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.

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 December 12, 2024, https://epu.ucc.ie/folklore/items/show/461.