School: Mount Plunkett (roll number 8096)
- Location:
- Mountplunkett, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Bheirn
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- Kitty Kelly (pupil) visited baile na Gaovce and there is a cairn there, that is a big heap of round stones and ogham writing on them. A little piece away there is a rock and the letter "O" on it.
About a quarter of a mile away there is a cromlech with writing as follows:-
[Below is a rough sketch of the monument}
The people say that a giant put up that cromlech. In the same field there are a lot of flat stones and the people say that important people were buried there. Some call it "Darby's Bed"
- There is a large square tower in the Quaker Island.
Outside Kilmaire Churchyard (Moate Park, Co. Roscommon) there is a monument with many inscriptions upon it. Some say it is one the grave of a priest called Fr. Kelly.
