School: Mullach Airlinne (roll number 1173)

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1. Fairy Forts (continued)

   

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   rabbits burrows in it. There is one called the "Fairies Hills" in Mr Brennan's field. No one can plough the field. A man tried to plough it but no sooner had he touched it than he, the horses and the plough were lifted and thrown into a strange field, and he could not get out. It is also believed that if anyone goes into the field they cannot be got out until morning. It is also said that if one falls on the fort he will never rise again.

   

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2. Famine Time

   

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   During the years 1846 and '47 the potato crop failed and the whole country almost were reduced to starvation. Then the blight came on the potatoes while they were still in the

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   Topics

   1. am
      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
         1. an gorta mór (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridie Cleary

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Green Gates, Co. Lú