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School: Coillte Críotáin

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Erris, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Nóra Nic Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 464

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    1. Giants were not so common in olden times. There were three old hags in Ceis and they were giants. It is said that a giant from Ceis carried a big rock from Ceis to our town land at Brislagh and it is to be seen there yet and it is called the 'Giant's Rock." It is left down in the slopes of a hill and to look up at it you would think it would tumble down the hill it is so big
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