School: Glendalough

Location:
Glendalough, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Bean Uí Ghabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 418

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 418

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  1. Finn McCuhail was supposed to be a giant in some stories told by the old people, one evening he was walking along a path over Moneystown Hill, when he saw some men trying to lift a very big stone but they had failed many times, but Finn took it in his hand and threw it to Moneystown Bridge where it is still to be seen.
    There is a cave on the Derrybawn mountain called the Witching Cave or the Wishing Cave, it is said that an old witch lived in it, and it is said that she enchanted it, and if people go there they get
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. giants (~518)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máirín Ní Bhroin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrybawn, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Patrick Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Occupation
    Officer
    Address
    Derrybawn, Co. Wicklow