School: Páirc an Chuilinn (Hollygrove) (roll number 15138)
- Location:
- Hollygrove, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraic Mac Gleannáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0390
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Rocks from Sliabh Muire
From the ice age to the time of the Fianna there were three huge rocks on the summit of Sliabh Muire. One is still there towering above the whins and heather. Another is in the village of Curragh just across the Galway-Roscommon border, and the third is just visible above the waters of the River Suck, about thirty yards west of Athleague bridge
The separation of those three rocks came about in this way. One day when Fionn Mac Cumhail and his companions were hunting on Sliabh Muire they(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maggie Cunniffe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coalpits, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Cunniffe
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coalpits, Co. Galway
