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School: Fanaid (roll number 10658)

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Fánaid, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cáitlín Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1089, Page 209

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    Date. 15 . 11 . '39
    "The standing stone:-" is supposed to be thrown from Innishowen Mountain by a giant across Lough Swilly to Drumfad, as told by James McAteer who heard it from his father & is now dead 50 yrs and was 65 when he died.
    The standing stone is also supposed to mark the burial place of a famous Fanad man of olden times as told by Benjamin Mc Elwaine on whose family is in Drumfad.
    Benjamin is now dead about a year.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Drumfad, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Cáitlín Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Informant
    James Mc Ateer
    Gender
    Male