1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Sandyford (B.)

School: Sandyford (B.) (roll number 2872)

Location:
Sandyford, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
M. O'Keeffe
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0797, Page 253

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0797, Page 253

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Sandyford (B.)
  2. XML Page 253
  3. XML “The Three Rocks”
  4. XML “The Soldiers' Cave”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The Three Rocks

    Share Share Post
    It is said that Finn Mac Cool once had a competition in stone throwing with a Scotch giant at Wexford. The Giant threw them to the Scalp and Finn to the Two Rock and Three Rocks.
    Finally he threw a good big one to Howth and the Giant gave in, This is of course a fairy story
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. The Soldiers' Cave

    Share Share Post
    On the north-western side of the Three Rocks is a hole or cave in Fulhan's glen.
    It was said that when flogging was in the army a soldier to avoid it came out there and died. His body was found and since then it has that name. This cave was also used as a dump and hiding place after 1916.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. Fianna (~595)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    3. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Sandyford, Co. Dublin