School: Tulach Cruinn, Inis (roll number 7708)
- Location:
- Tullycreen Upper, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Maranáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0601, Page 137
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- Diarmuid and Gráinne were one day roaming through the Kerry hills and their pastime was casting or stone throwing. Diarmuid was beating Gráinne in the throw and began to jest over the fact. Gráinne became angry and lifted a huge stone and threw it with all her might. The stone landed on the western corner of Hog Island near Scattery about a mile from Kilrush. The stone measures eight feet each way and is still to be seen in the position in which it fell. She defied Diarmuid to beat it, but he still mocking her said "as the throw was not too far, he would give her another throw. In a great fury, she caught up a stone much larger than the first and threw it. It came to rest in a field near the village of Kilmihill owned at present by T.J. Lillis. Diarmuid caught up a stone about the same size as the one she had thrown and threw with all his strength and it came to rest just beside(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anna Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Brew
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tullycreen Upper, Co. Clare
