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School: Naomh Éamoinn, Dúnmaonmhuighe (roll number 10703)

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Coolkellure, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Sorcha Ní Ghabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0304, Page 426

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    Story of Giants
    The following story is told of a rock which is in the townland of Derryduff in this parish and on which are some marks supposed to be those of fingers.
    A giant stood on Mount Owen which is to the west of this parish and threw the rock to another giant who stood on Milane Hill on the south side of the parish.
    They threw the rock from one to the other three times. When throwing it for the fourth time, instead of landing on Milane Hill, it fell at Derryduff, a townland between the two hills.
    It is called "Lord Bantry's Rock" because when shooting in the district, Lord Bantry had lunch on that rock on several occasions.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr William Ross
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    83
    Address
    Derryduff, Co. Cork