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School: Lisdoonan

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Lisdoonan, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
S. Mac an Éanaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0930, Page 327

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0930, Page 327

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    them. One day sometime afterwards when she and her husband were coming home they lost their way and a girl followed them and caught up on them is this field and turned them into a rock which is there yet and is the shape of a man and woman.
    The girl who changed them into the shape of a rock was supposed to have coveted the man.

    The following is a list of names of fields in our district. They do not all belong to one farmer. They are as follows: Garraidhe Dubh, Cnocach, Páirc Mór, Páirc Carraig, The Sraith, Páirc na Lóbhtha, Cnochan bán, Croca Tóirne, Mee-na-Móirne, Mee-na Carn, Carraig an Bhláth, Carrig a Dorais, Páirc Tobar Dall, Páirc an Crann Mhór Cloncobh, Cuilean, The Alt, Páirc na Carraige, Páirc an Ath, Eaigh, Ailt Dubh, The
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Ena Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cormoy, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Owen Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cormoy, Co. Monaghan