School: Virginia (C )
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Farelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 205
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- (continued from previous page)The fourpenny, fivepenny and tenpenny bits are gone out of use, and also the four shilling bit, the gold guinea, sovereign and half sovereign.
- Once Fionn was fighting with a giant on Murmod Hill, and Fionn put him to flight. The giant fled in the direction of Mullagh, Fionn flung a big rock which was a couple of ton weight after the giant. That rock is still to be seen at the gates of Mullagh.
There is a rock on Murmod Hill called Fionn's rock. Fionn's thumb is supposed to be buried under that rock.
Fionn Mac Cumhail was a great boxer. Once he got a challenge from a giant named McCann. McCann was champion boxer of Breffney. Fionn(continues on next page) - Collector
- Rita O' Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Frank King
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Deerpark, Co. Cavan
