School: Baile an Chaisleáin, PortLáirge (roll number 15841)

Location:
Castletown, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Gobnait Ní Dhuinnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0651, Page 49

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0651, Page 49

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  1. XML School: Baile an Chaisleáin, PortLáirge
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  3. XML “Games we Play”
  4. XML “Stories of Giants”

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  1. Two Giants lived in this locality hundreds of years ago. Their names were Longa and Cannon. They often indulged in stone-throwing. One day the two giants had a contest. They wished to see who would throw a stone the longest distance. They stood on a hill. One of the stones fell in a field in Drumcannon. The marks of the giants [g] fingers are still to be seen on the stone. Carriglong is named after longa and Drumcannon is named after Cannon. Longa's
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. giants (~518)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gwen Power
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carriglong, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mr Power
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carriglong, Co. Waterford