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School: Cluain an Iubhair (roll number 15213)

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Cloonanure, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Háinlighe
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    Once upon a time there lived two giants. One of them lived in the caves of Keash and the other in Bacah, near Charlestown. There two giants were opposed to one another and one day it was decided that they should fight between themselves. On the specified each of them took up a rock and flung it towards the other and it happened that both rocks clashed together at Doon which is approximately ten miles from Keash hill. These rocks can still be seen and they stand between six and seven feet over the ground and it
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. giants (~518)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Vera Mulligan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonloogh, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Andrew Mulligan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Cloonloogh, Co. Sligo