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School: Gort an Tuair (roll number 13467)

Location:
Gortatoor, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Áine Nic Oirealla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0141, Page 555

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    looking at the nice scenery around him.
    Fionn was supposed to be a very strong man. There is a very big rock in a field in the village of Laragon. it is several tons in weight. One day Fionn was hunting, and he roused a deer. She was a long way off. He and his companions ran after the deer but he could not reach her. He meant to kill her anyway, so he lifted this big rock on Suidhe Finn Hill and sent it flying through the air after her, and the rocks fell in Laragon, and it is there from that day to this. Ever since that, it is called cloch Finn or Fionn's rock.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gerrard Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gallowshill, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gallowshill, Co. Mayo