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   People that explored it said that the cave leads from the moat to the fort. There is a fort in Lynam's field and it is called a fairy fort. All around the fort, there are heaps of bushes growing. It is said that the faries lived there long ago. The owners of those forts never interfere with them. I know of people that interfered with forts and nothing happened them. It is said that if you cut a bush in a fort you will have bad luck the whole year.

   

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2. Fairy Forts

   

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   In Adamstown at the back of Martin Neills house there is a fort circled with clay and stones. The ruins of an old Chapel are in the middle of the fort. It is said Colm Cill said mass there. In Mr Casey's field there is a fort called Rath Drishóg. It is a big hill circled with rocks. The townland still bears the name Rath Drishóg. In Jack Pigots field, Killeen, there is a high fort surrounded with banks. In the middle of it the fairies tached their little houses with feathers.

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   Language

   English

   Location

   Adamstown, Co. na hIarmhí

   Collector

   B. Maloney

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Joseph Carey

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Conranstown, Co. na hIarmhí