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The Tuatha dé Danann were a mythical race of magical folk who once 
dominated Ireland.  When the Milesians arrived in Ireland they defeated the 
Tuatha dé Danann and forced them to relocate to the Otherworld.  They 
retreated into the mounds or hollow hills (the ancient earthenwork forts or “raths”) where they became “na Daoine Sidhe”.  The word sidhe  means both “mound” and  “faery”.  Inside these forts were the “palaces” of the fairies. These served as assembly halls as well as the scenes of great feasts.  At night-time music could be heard by passers-by coming from the raths. Sometimes the fairies were seen dancing on the top of old moats. Other-times they could be seen playing hurling in a nearby field on a moonlit night. 
Thousands of these raths still remain in Ireland today. They are visible portals to the magical underground world of Faerie.  Human interference with these dwellings is not advised. There are countless stories throughout Ireland of people suffering illness, misfortune or even death having disturbed a fairy fort.
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