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1. Fairy Forts

   

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   There was a fort in Lynally and it is said that if you touched any thing in it something would happen it. There was a man living near the fort and he went to go into it, but he only went some of the way he got afraid he saw a big door and two black cats sitting inside the big door

   

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2. Fairy Forts

   

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   There was a fairy forth in Coolanarney in a field which belonged to James Kinnarney. It is said that the fairies were heard dancing and singing and hurling round the forth in olden times. It any on took a bush out of the forth the fairies would come on that night and cry at the door of the person that took it.

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   Language

   English

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   John Stewart

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   Cúil an Airne, Co. Uíbh Fhailí