Fairy Forts in Duxtown and Adjoining Townlands - Heffernan's Fort

Abstract: Story collected by Bridget Dowling, a student at Duxtown, Rathkeale school (Duckstown, Co. Limerick) from informant John O Grady.

Original reference: 0500/3/53

 Duxtown, Rathkeale [Vol. 0500, Chapter 0003]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Limerick Schools

COLLECTOR
Dowling, Bridget 
Gender
male
Location
Kilcolman East (Townland) 
Rathkeale (Civil parish) 
Connello Lower (Barony) 
Limerick (County) 
INFORMANT
Grady, John O ("An Fear Láidir")  
Gender
male
Location
Ballyea (Townland) 
Rathkeale (Civil parish) 
Connello Lower (Barony) 
Limerick (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Fairy Forts in Duxtown and Adjoining Townlands - Heffernan's Fort  [duchas:4917907]

There is a big rock in the middle of this fort, one night some years ago. Mr Heffernan heard strange noise in the direction of the fort. The night was dark but he heard sounds of voices and the barking of dogs. Next morning after breakfast he went to the fort and to his amazement he saw the rock which was half embedded in the ground thrown from its place to the other side of the fort. Mr Heffernan believed, as most Irish farmers do, that forts should never interfere with and as the men in the locality would not be able to move the rock to its own place he got it blasted and the pieces he put into the great hole from which it was rooted.

Resource description

Origin information
Duckstown, Co. Limerick
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 481
Volume 0500
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Agnes O' Grady.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Fairy forts--Ráthanna
School location
Duckstown Baile na Lathach Duckstown Rathkeale Connello Lower Limerick
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4941610
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0500/3/53

Suggested credit
"Fairy Forts in Duxtown and Adjoining Townlands - Heffernan's Fort"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_4941610>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Agnes O' Grady.
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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