Close to our school there is a fort or a lios.

Abstract: Story collected by a student at Breac-chluain school (Brackloon, Co. Galway) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0001/5/26

 Breac-chluain [Vol. 0001, Chapter 0005]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Galway Schools

Story text

transcribed at

 

Breac-chluain  [duchas:4594029]

Close to our school there is a fort or a lios. It is circular in shape. There is only the remains of one fence around this fort now. There is no trace of a cave in this fort. Right beside this fort little children are buried. The old people call this graveyard a Cilleachán. There are no children buried there now. This fort is called Lios na Sidheog. The Bean Sidhe has been heard crying from a stream at the back of the school across to the fort on several occasions. Our teacher heard her crying on one occasion. One night at about twelve o'clock and the next day a member of a very old family was dead. This fort has never been excavated.

Resource description

Origin information
Brackloon, Co. Galway
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 400
Volume 0001
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Liam Ó Seachnasaigh.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Fairy forts--Ráthanna
School location
Brackloon Breac-chluain Brackloon Killimor Killimordaly Athenry Galway
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4616645
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0001/5/26

Suggested credit
"Close to our school there is a fort or a lios."in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4616645>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Liam Ó Seachnasaigh.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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