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School: Tinnahinch, Mountmellick (roll number 9892)

Location:
Tinnahinch, Co. Laois
Teacher:
S. Ní Bhradáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0825, Page 044

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  1. The Stony Man

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    The Stony Man is situated on the highest peak on Capard Mountains. It is just a plain pier built of stones resembling a man.It is about twenty or thirty feet in height.It is wide at the bottom and as it goes up it gradually decreased. It can be seen from very far off as it is built on a very good site.It is not long built.It was built about seventy or eighty years ago. Some men were up hunting on the Slieve Bloom Mountains and one day when they had finished they built the pier partly like a man and afterwards it was
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Ridge of Capard, Co. Laois
    Collector
    Catherine Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tinnahinch, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mr Joseph Dooley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tinnahinch, Co. Laois