What is recorded here

No visible trace remains in Tom Naíonán, though local memory still shapes the hidden fort into a fairy abode. That much is clear: the land holds a lost ringfort, and people chose to believe the fairies inherited it rather than admit it vanished. Maybe both things are true.

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