School: Muff
- Location:
- Muff, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Irene Russell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 186
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- There is a place in this district called Ardmore. This means, "The Big Height.
There is another place called "Cock o the North", because at one time long ago there wa a round circle of trees growing in a field, the trees were all the same kind and one large tree in the centre of the circle.
There is a large gap in the hills of Iskaheen called "Grainne's Gap". It is said the Diarmuid and Grainne crossed this gap when Finn Mc Cool was chasing them
There is a place called "The Mitchell's-town Because there was a small row of houses owned by a man called Joe Mitchell and it has been that ever since.
- Collector
- Willie Mc Connell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardmore, Co. Donegal
