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  1. The Skull in the Cave at the Hermitage

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    About a mile from the eleventh green at the Hermitage along the banks of the Liffey, on the Palmerstown side there is a cave. It is about ten yards in from the path beside a big wall opposite "The Wren's Nest" (a public house). In the cave there is a skull. It is said a man went into the cave and took the skull off a slab. He turned around and found himself shut up in the cave. He left the skull on the slab, and when he turned around again the cave was open again. It is said if anybody tries to take the skull with him, he
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Brennan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    16
    Address
    Beaumount Cottages, Co. Dublin