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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 260

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    of the "giants grave." There are two big stones standing up one at each end of his grave. They are about six feet over the ground and the same under it. There was a big flag lying across those two stones. This flag was bicken and put into the grave to fill it. There is a sloe-bush growing at the head of the grave.
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    There is a place called "Croc Foladh" in a field of Mrs. Garrity in the townland of Ballaghanea. There is a treasure of gold hidden there. There was to be a
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francis Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Burrenrea, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Matthew Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Burrenrea, Co. Cavan