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School: Mercy Convent, Rathangan

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Rathangan, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Sr. M. Pádraig
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    The "Leap"
    There is a place in Allen, Co. Kildare called The Leap. It is said that one day Finn Mac Cumhall gave a step from the Hill of Allen, and his foot landed at the bottom of the hill on putting his foot on the ground he got a thorn in it, and when he took it out and threw it away, a white thorn bush sprung up from the earth. A ;little spring of clear water now marks the place of his footprint.
    This incident was told to me by Mrs. Michael Byrne. The Factory, Barnfield, Rathangan: aged about sixty six; as she heard it from her mother.
    Mary K Burke
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary K. Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Michael Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 66
    Address
    Rathangan, Co. Kildare