School: Ceathrú na Manistreach, Elphin

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Abbeycartron, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Pádraig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0251, Page 038

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0251, Page 038

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    seen near the mill.
    A man named Culligan, who died about 15 years ago, said that the Windmill had not been worked for eighty years before that.
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  2. Finn Mac Cumhaill and Scottish Giant were standing on Sliabh an Iarainn. The Scot challenged Finn to a stone flinging contest. They took two stones, Finn taking the heavier. He flung it from there to Elphin and it rested outside Feeneys door. It was standing high at first but is now lying on the "toe path". It is
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. giants (~518)
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    English