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School: Scoil na gCeithre Máighistrí, Dún na nGall (roll number 14247)

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Copany, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cathal Mag Fhionntaigh
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  1. The Giant's Stone

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    One day Fionn Mac Cumhail and another giant were smoking on Croagh-sonna, near Barnesmore. They were wagering with one another and Fionn said he would throw a rock from his little finger to hit the church-steeple.
    He lifted the rock and threw it but it never reached the church. It dropped into Clogher river on Devlin’s farm, and is called the “Giant’s Stone”.
    Nuts called pig-nuts grow on it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Barnesmore, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Ádhamhnan Mag Fhionntaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Informant
    James Cassidy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    87
    Address
    Leghawny, Co. Donegal