What is recorded here
Fairy fort in Lissodeige, County Kerry. Earthen ring, ancient by shape. People may have lived there before folklore took the name. The soil remembers hands, firelight and ordinary days, even when stories now populate it with fairies.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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