Fairy Story
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There was a town in Cornmore, [near Clonmellon: a flat boggy stretch between Clonmellon and Kilskryne containing Cnocnaree.] It was destroyed years ago. Cnoc-na-Rí was a place where the fairies used to play. They were seen about a 100 years ago by [?] Comaskey. They were riding horses around Ros-na-Rí and had red coats on them. Once a man heard the fairies singing there and chains rattling. There were paths all through Cornmore with the fairies, no one could live there with the fairies. They were seen dancing together and the cattle used to gather in a crowd to hear the fairies singing. Many people went down to Cornmore and were never seen again. Anyone that would rake the fire at nigh would find the track of the fairies in the ashes in the morning. There are no fairies in Cornmore now.