School: Ballinakillew (roll number 8433)
- Location:
- Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mary K. Nutt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 390
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- Ballintra County Donegal is in the Parish off Drumholm. In a field down by the Drumholm there were found skeletons. The skeletons were under a big flag. It was believed a battle was faught there a thousand years ago. The hair was on their heads. Some people think there was a battle fought by Hugh O’Donnell and Hugh O’Neill against the English.
- Collector
- Ruby Logan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
- On the estate of Captain J.S. Hamilton Brownhall, Ballintra, there is a place called the “pipers Hole.” It is a tunnel. This tunnel runs from Brownhall estate and it is supposed to run out at Achadulla mill above Ballintra.
The tunnel got its name in the following way.
One evening a piper and another man made a bet of £5 that the piper would walk from one end of the tunnel to the(continues on next page)
