School: Killyconnan (B.)
- Location:
- Killyconnan, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: P. Kearney
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0979, Page 148
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Killyconnan (B.)
- XML Page 148
- XML “Fairy Forts”
- XML “Fairy Forts”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Transcription guide »
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 are eight fairy forts in the school district. There are two in the townland of Lavey, two in Carriga, two in Corawillan and two in the townland of Knockanork. Each fort is on the top of a hill. They are circular in shape. These forts are surrounded by a mound of earth and trees. They are supposed to have been built by the Danes. There is an entrance gap into each of them. Fairies are supposed to have lived in these forts long ago. It is said that fairies play music in these forts on Christmas Eve. The sound of churning was heard in one of these forts some time ago. Owners of the land where the forts are situated never interfere with them when ploughing.(continues on next page)
