School: Ramelton

Location:
Rathmelton, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seán Ó Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1085, Page 311

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    Buaileadh". There was a priest in hiding in this same field where the stone is, so the field still goes by the name of "Gort Ságairt".
    Then there is another stone also. It is called the "Grey Stone" and the field that it is in, is called by the same name was the stone.
    There is also a stone at Moyle Hill with a cow's foot carved out on it and it is called the lithery [?] Stone."
    The reason why the stone called the "Cloch Buaileadh" was erected was because of the priest who was in hiding.
    The reason why the stone called the "Grey Stone" was erected was because there was a race of Danes in Ireland long ago called the Scottish Greys", so this stone was named after them.
    There is a stone in loughantree [?] marking the place where the three Parishes meet the Parish of
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Greer
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Glen Lower, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    George Greer
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glen Lower, Co. Donegal