School: Árd Bán (roll number 11904)
- Location:
- Ardbane, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Briain Ó hEarchaigh
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“In a townland called Sruhall there is a lot of hills which have queer names.”
(continued from previous page)back to his kill-stone and built it up. Thinking he would get it home some time. But it lay there for years and years and no one ever came to take it away. This man was from Dysart. He was called James Boyle. So he died and left this stone behind him. That is the way the Blue Stack got its name. In the summer visitors from all parts come to see it.
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“Till the present day there is a cave which is called the "black rock" and which lies near Glenties.”
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- Aloysious Mac Shane
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Ardbane, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Peter Mc Shane
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 61
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ardbane, Co. Donegal