There is a rath in Ardscull. It is in the Town land of Ardscull. It is on Mr. Finns land. The land is a quarter of a mile from Finns house. It is five miles from Athy. It is a round rath. There are many trees and briars in the rath. Sally Dempsey, and Julia Dempsey, Kilmeade were gathering nuts in the rath and they saw a fairy with a red hat on her. It is said that a fairy goes from Dunnys rath into Finns rath. Dunnys rath is in the Town land of Blackwood. It is between Blackwood and Athy. Dunnies rath is very big. It is a square rath. If you went into the rath you would go astray. Mr. Dunny said that there

Long ago there was a boy living in Rathanna named Pat Ryan. There was a rath near his house, in Murphys field. The boy was in the field, and he saw a flock of geese rise out of the rath, and they flew across a couple of fields, and lighted in Nolans rath. A blaze of fire rose from Nolans rath, and flew to Murphs rath, and they were never heard of again, but it is said that there were bushes cut around the rath, and they were burned when the flame came to the rath.

Story of Ballaghmore Rath.
There is a rath in Ballaghmore. It is situated near Mr. Allen's house. At this rath fairies were often seen playing
One fine morning towards night-fall in mid-September some men were working in a field near the rath. They were working very hard at hay. They wanted to have it all finished before night. They heard a lot of cheering coming from the rath. They heard it louder every time. The men looked around but saw nobody. One of the men got upon a tramp of hay, and looked towards the rath. He saw some little men hurling near the rath. He told the other men, but they ran to the rath where the men were hurling. When they arrived at the rath the men disappeared. The man stood where he was and he saw the most.

There is a rath in one of John Ryan's fields in Muckalee and another in one of Thomas Coonan's fields. One rath cannot be seen from the other. The rath in Mr. Ryan's field is circular in shape, and is surrounded by a fence. There is a hole in the middle. The Danes are supposed to have built it. Fairies are supposed to live in it. One day a man was going to the creamery and he had a dog with him. He saw a cat in the rath and he put the dog after him. The cat disappeared and the dog ran off squealing. One night a man was going by the rath and he saw two dogs coming out of it.
There is also a rath in the corner of Mr. Comerford's garden of Clorinka, and two dogs come out of it on to the road every night at twelve o'clock. There is also a rath in a field near Coolraheen Cross. Two turkeys come out of it every night. Lights are seen in Mr. Coonan's rath. There is also a rath in a field of Mr. Purcell's

Tá Rath eile cosamhail leis Ráth-na-gCupán in aice Maolda. Tugtar Ráth-Máillichin ar an áit mar tá ráth ann. Tá bannc cré thart air timchealll is deich troigh ar aoirde. Tá poll ins an ráth. Tá staidhre síos ins an ráth. Tá cloch ar béal an phuill. Deirtear go mbíonn sidheóga ins an ráth. Déanamh cruinn atá air. D'féadfadh fear nó capall siubhal go réidh ar bhárr an bainnc. Tá fál mór árd fiadáin deich troighthe ar aoirde de'n sgeich ghil ag fás ar bhárr an bhainnc freisin. Níl acht aon bearna amháin ann cúig troig déag ar leithead

There was once an old man named Loughman who lived near an old rath near Mageaney. This rath was supposed to be inhabited by the fairies. The old man knew the rath very well. And one night about twelve years ago he went across to a neighbour's house. And coming to the rath could not find the gate he knew so well. And out of the rath he could not get until daylight came. He said the fairys kept

and sweeter than the nuts of any other rath. Mercier's rath, Keenan's rath and Phelan's rath of Aghaboe are connected.
Phelan's rath is called the "Black Grove" on account of its darkness. It is smaller than that of Mr. Merciers, and Mr. Keenans. It is just a very small rath. Hazels grow there also, and nuts are also plentiful there. It is said that the bull which guards the hidden treasure which is near the Abbey in Aghaboe dwells in that rath.
Fairies lived in Mr. Mercier's rath one time, and a story concerning those fairies is told. They used to pass from Mr. Mercier's rath to Mr. Keenan's rath and in doing so, they passed through Delaney's house of Aghaboe. There was a family living in that house once, and they had one very beautiful child. Everyone admired it. It is thought that if anyone admired a child, they should say, "God bless it". If not it is said, that the fairies will take that child. They took this child, and left in its stead a very ugly, sulky, child. This child was a real fairy child. As any stranger entered, it would be up on the rafters, and the next minute it

There is a fort in Hayestown owned by Joseph Foley, Hayestown, Taghmon, Co. Wexford. This fort is called a rath. It is circular and is situated in the very centre of a field called the rath field. Bushes grow on the fence of this fort. When ploughing and planting crops this rath is never interfered with. It is said that lights go from this rath to Heifernan's raths and that a rattley car goes up the road to this rath

No. 2. Once upon a time a man had a rath in a lea field. He began to plough the field and when he came to the rath, he thought it very troublesome to be going around the rath. So he began to plough the rath. In the morning when he came out to the stable he found his two horses dead. The people said that it was a punishment for ploughing the rath

There is a rath situated in the townland of Ballymaconey. This rath is owned by Mr. Byrne. There is a trench in the middle of the rath. There is a story told about this rath. There was a woman one time by the name of Mrs. Rose Byrne and she planted trees in it. After a while she lost the use of herself. There are no lights to be seen in this rath.

134"Fairy Forts.""Fairy forts" are called raths in this district. There are three raths in the Nursery near Bunclody. They are in view of one another. There are large trees growing around the raths. There is a rath in Corragh, three miles north of Bunclody. It is said that a man once plouged up the rath and he was struck dead a few minutes later. There are bushes growing around the rath. There is a rath up on Kidd's Hill near Glaslackin. A woman named Mary Doyle was getting sticks in the rath. She broke off a bit of the elder tree that is growing there. When she got home she dropped dead. Mr. Kidd's horse was grazing and the tree was in the field that it was grazing on. The tree was in bloom and the horse ate some of it. When the horse was taken home it got sick and died.
There is a rath in Graigue about three miles from Bunclody.
A man named Thomas Rathville saw lights coming from Gibbet Hill to the rath and remained in the rath. Larry Molloy, of Corragh saw lights there also. There were lights seen in the rath by a man named Michael Byrne of Ross Lane, Gurteen.
There is an old rath in Ballypracus and anyone who trie to dig it or destroy it the spade or tool he had would break across. There are people supposed to be buried in it.
There is an old rath in Ballypracus and anyone who tries to dig it or destroy it the spade or tool he has would break across. There are people supposed to be buried in it.
There is a rath in Buaile Dorchadh in Mr. Carroll's field. He had seen a man often sitting in the rath and this morning he got up at six o'clock to see who the man was. He saw the

There are many raths in the district. Three raths can be seen from Rath Maeve in Tara. Ringlestown Rath and Arnolds Rath. Ringlestown rath is surrounded by a stone wall about three feet high. There is an entrance by a style into the rath.
There is a story told about the rath. About eight years ago a man went into the rath to cut a tree. When he was cutting the tree he found a pot of gold, in a hollow in the tree. When he was coming out of the rath he met a fairy man who took the gold of him. Immediately he lost his sight and the power of his arms and legs. He died three days afterwards.

No one ever interfered with that Rath after that. The Rath in Floodhall is full of rabbits and we hunt them. Nothing will happen you to hunt the rabbits in the Rath because they would only burrow it all and knock it.
I heard a story about a Rath near Burnchurch. There was a man living near the Rath and every night he went out to play cards to a house about half a mile from the Rath. On his way he passed by Rath and this night he heard music and saw a whole lot of little lights inside in the Rath. He stood to see what was going on and he saw a great crowd of fairies dancing and jumping around. He gazed at them for a while and he got dazzled. After a little time he recovered his sight. When he looked again where he saw the fairies there was nothing to be seen and he went his way.

There are five raths in this district. Murphy's Rath, Lacey's Rath, Deevy's Rath and Ring's Rath.
A man called Sam Sim's was lost for three days in Murphy's Rath in the Rock of Foyle. It is supposed to be the fairies that took him. One time a man went to dig Lacey's Rath. As soon as he began to dig his cows began to die.
Fairy music was heard at Deevy's Rath. Another man ploughed Ring's Rath. When he had it nearly all ploughed he got a prick of a thorn. He suffered from the effects of it for twelve months.

There a great many raths in this district. Here are some of them. Cleers rath in Ballyspellan, Sanforts rath in Warronstown, Dowlings rath in Grange. Cleers rath is a very large one, surrounded by trees and bushes. It is said that in this rath there are fairies seen. One night there was a man coming home late and he was crossing the rath.
He was surrounded by fairies. So he was kept in the rath until morning. During the fairies were singing and dancing. When morning came all the fairies disappeared and let the man home. He told all the people about it. Ever since no one went near the rath.

About a quarter of a mile from Kilcormac there is a fairy fort. the name of the place it is situated in is Annavilla. It is known as a fort sometimes it is called a rath or a ring. It is the only rath in my district and it is about two and a half miles form Broughall school. there is another rath in Drinagh. You cannot see the rath in Annaville from the rath in Drinagh. the shape of the one in Drinagh is round. there are a lot of trees growing round it. There is an entrance at the side of the rath and some times people have walked through it. I myself walked through it on one occasion. there are fairies supposed to be living in it. The owner never touched the land because it is said that if anyone touched anything in it they would not have luck. There are lights seen at certain times

across by means of a draw-bridge. It is said that they are occupied by fairies now. A man by the name of Ryan from Ballygub was going to The Rower. A black hound appeared at Cullán rath and followed him to The Rower. A black hound and lights were also seen at Ballavarra rath. A man by the name of Farrell was going hom one night. He had to pass by Coolhill rath. He heard horses galloping in the rath. The man got up on the ditch but could see nothing. Soon a bright light shone on the rath, and the man could see horses galloping in the rath field.

Murphy's Rath, Hayden's rath, and Deneeffe's rath, are the three raths in this district. They are at the

There are a good many fairy forts in this district known as McGrath's, Keye's rath, Kenny's rath, and two belonging to the Keoughan's. The people around this district generally call them rath's. Mc. Grath's is in the townsland of Tinnilenton Keye's rath is in the townsland of Ballyouskill Keoughan's raths are in the townsland of Tinnilenton and there is another rath on top of the hill in the townsland of Ballinalacken. Some of them are in view of each other. There are two rings in McGrath's rath, first there is a ring of bushes on

There is a rath near my house and it is the townsland of Balleen, Freshford, Co Kilkenny. It is a round rath with bushes growing all around it. It is facing a rath in Lodge-Park, Freshford, Co Kilkenny. It is said that one night long ago there was music heard in it. There is a lane going into it. There is a big stone in this rath and it is said that if you moved the stone at night it would be back in the same place in the morning. This rath was never ploughed. The rath in Lodge-Park is surrounded by hazel trees and other kinds of trees.