School: Drumaweir (roll number 5228)
- Location:
- Drumaweer, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Aodh Ó Dómhnaill
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- Some years ago, near Inishowen Head, a man named Michael Cavanagh, was ploughing in one of his fields. At a certain spot in the field, the horses stopped, appeared to be frightened, and would not go on. The man examined the spot to find out what was wrong and discovered a very large flagstone. He lifted up the flagstone on its edge, and was amazed to discover beneath it an underground house. On going down into it, he discovered another underground chamber of the same size. This underground house is supposed to have been used by the Danes when they were in Ireland.
- Collector
- Annie Gillen
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Cassie Gillen
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumaweer, Co. Donegal
