School: Glendalough

Location:
Glendalough, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Bean Uí Ghabhann

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Stories of Giants and Warriors

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 418

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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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Collector
Máirín Ní Bhroin
Gender
female
Address
Derrybawn, Co. Wicklow
Informant
Patrick Byrne
Gender
male
Age
40
Occupation
officer
Address
Derrybawn, Co. Wicklow
Language
English