What is recorded here

Fairy forts are earthen rings people stopped calling homes because they feared what lived inside. This is one of them: a rath in Tawlaght, County Kerry, built with soil and patience, not fantasy. The fairies are the excuse humans give when they do not want to admit how much ordinary life has been lost.

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