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   Old Phil Boner of Ballymacarthur told me this story
   In a field belonging to John Burns there is a Rock called the Mass Rock. It is said that this rock got is name because of Mass being offered at it during the penal times when a priest's life was in danger as there was a reward for his head. So a priest and a few people would assemble and on this rock a priest offered Mass and that is how it got its name

   

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   This was told to me by grandfather who is 85 years of age. Lower Ballybrack is called the standing stone because Fionn Mac Cumhal through a stone across the water from Magiilligan. It was a magic stone and it is still standing from the day it was thrown to this day. Fionn threw it over a good many years ago.

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   Topics

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      1. belief (~391)
   2. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
   3. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Ballybrack, Co. Donegal

   Collector

   Mary Farren

   Gender

   Female