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School: Málainn (roll number 13949)

Location:
Malin, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eilís Nic Uilcín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 271

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  1. Local Monuments

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    There are four standing stones in this district. They stand in the middle of fields. Some people say there are tracks of a man's hands on some of them.
    They have been there for generations no one knows how they came to be there.
    St. Patrick's cross stands near Carndonagh.
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  2. Local Monuments

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    There are some old monuments in our locality. There is a large monument nearly as large as a tree erected in memory of an ancestor of the Harvey family. There is a round rock in Glacknabrad and there is the of a hand and foot on it. It is said to mark the remains of an old Friary. There is another rock at Malin and there was a man killed on it and there is blood on it still.
    There is a large rock or stone in
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Norah Mc Laughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Malin, Co. Donegal