School: Graigue, Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4124)
- Location:
- An Ghráig, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Lionacháin
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- (continued from previous page)to own those lisses. Cats and weasels are said to be seen in the lisses about midnight. If any person ever ploughed those places people believe they would be unlucky.
- In the neighbourhood of Graigue school there are several forts. There are four in the townland of Kilclooney and three in the townland of Graigue. The three lisses in Graigue can be seen from one another. Two of them in Kilclooney are within view of each other, and others outside the district can be seen from the two others. Around some of them there are high banks and the others look like raised circles of earth. These lisses were built by the Danes to hide their. Some are supposed to have been fortresses used by the Danes. In every place where money was hidden a man was killed and he was supposed to mind it(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anna Caplice
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Ghráig, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Mr John Caplice
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Address
- An Ghráig, Co. Chorcaí