School: Ardfinnan (B.), Cahir (roll number 16077)
- Location:
- Ard Fhíonáin, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: W. J. Nugent
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0571, Page 156
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There is a "fairy fort" in Spitalands in the parish of Ardfinnan.
It is circular in shape, and it is fenced in by earth. There is three or four gaps in the fence There was an entrance hole in some part of it, but it is not known where.
At the time wheat was set in ridges this fort in Ardfinnan was ploughed up and a crop of wheat set in it, and it grew well but since then there was never a crop set on it.
It is said that if you cut a thorn bush in a fort you will feel its thorns in bed at night.
The Danes are supposed to have built them for the purpose of firing from the tops of them, and they used to live in them at times.(continues on next page)
