Excerpts from an interview with Jamsie Kearney about the belief in fairy forts. For this interview's catalogue entry click here
Description
Excerpt 1: Narrative about someone run a bulldozer through a Lios in Leitrim and his land moved, slid into the next valley.
Excerpt 2: The biggest Lios in Granrioch near Teereltonand how the Ceol Si used to be heard announcing death.
Excerpt 3: Narrative on how a priest took away the curing power from a local man who had got it from the fairies.
Excerpt 4: Narrative about Tadgh Saor, a republican who hid in the Lios away from the Tans in 1916.
Excerpt 5: How the republican tried to interfere with the Lios.
Excerpt 6: Narrative of how a coffin cover blew off when passing the Lios in Gortnahoctee.
Excerpt 2: The biggest Lios in Granrioch near Teereltonand how the Ceol Si used to be heard announcing death.
Excerpt 3: Narrative on how a priest took away the curing power from a local man who had got it from the fairies.
Excerpt 4: Narrative about Tadgh Saor, a republican who hid in the Lios away from the Tans in 1916.
Excerpt 5: How the republican tried to interfere with the Lios.
Excerpt 6: Narrative of how a coffin cover blew off when passing the Lios in Gortnahoctee.
Date
1986
Identifier
UCCFEA_SR00052_WAVC
Citation
“Excerpts from an interview with Jamsie Kearney about the belief in fairy forts.
For this interview's catalogue entry click here,” UCCFEA, accessed April 28, 2024, http://epu.ucc.ie/folklore/items/show/461.
For this interview's catalogue entry click here,” UCCFEA, accessed April 28, 2024, http://epu.ucc.ie/folklore/items/show/461.