School: Callystown, Drogheda (roll number 14252)
- Location:
- Callystown, Co. Louth
- Teacher: S. Ó Murchadha
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“On their way to attack Drogheda the Cromwellian soldiers passes through Clogher.”
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There are three stones in this cave and it is believed that one of them turns every seven years. If a person stands on this stone when it is turning he will remain stuck to the stone for the remainder of his life.
- Some people believe that this cave was used extensively in olden days for smuggling. There is an underground passage for almost a mile in one direction and for the greater part of a mile in another. They say silk was smuggled. In any case a boat could said into the mouth of the cave when tide is full. A small boat. The cave is in a lonely part of the coast.
