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   the whole is thatched with straw or rushes held on by scallops made of light rods.
   Eleven families have disappeared. Some just died out and their farms were taken over by the sorrowing neighbours. Many went to America after the famine of 1846.
   Our farm was called Hairstown because there was a few families of that name here but all the ruins of the old homesteads have disappeared.
   The scenery from here is second to none in Ireland. We can see parts of counties of Sligo Leitrim, Roscommon, Donegal, Cavan and Mayo. The lakes to be seen are Loughs Key, Arrow, Melia, Skean and Derrynachologue. The nearest river is the Feorish which is a tributary of the Shannon. The mountains consist of the Bralieve, the Curlew the Ox, Knocknarea, Ben Gulban, Donegal, Slieve-an-iaran and the Slievebán at Strokestown.
   The important places near here are (1) Shancough where St Patric established his first church in Connaught; (2) Dugary, culminating point of Moytura where St Patrick addressed a meeting of pagan nobility; (3) Many Giant's graves including |Balor's which is the only one of triangular shape; (4) See Lughaidh where Lugh of the long hands lived (5) Kilhare where King Eocaidh is

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Highwood, Co. Sligo

   Collector

   Julia Hynes

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Highwood, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Mr M. Hynes

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   57

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Dromore, Co. Sligo