School: Tulach na Leise (Tullylease) (roll number 9815)
- Location:
- Tullylease, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Matthew D. O' Brien
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0350, Page 009A
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“The above (accompanying) photograph in cloc na eilite (the stone of the deer), mentioned on page 4.”
Photo (The Deer Stone, Tullylease, County Limerick)Subject "looking North-East"
The above (accompanying) photography is Cloc na Eilite (the stone of the deer), mentioned on page 4.
Its dimensions are as taken by myself are:-
4 (four) feet in diameter - it is circular in shape and when placed there must have been perfectly so, as it has been altered little in the course of the centuries - the cavity is 1 ' 9" (one foot nine inches) in diameter at the top and circular in shape. It slopes until the diameter at the bottom is only 3 (three) inches - where the hole is.The sloping side of the cavity is 2 (two) feet at one side, and at the other (where it seems to have been hammered, (or damaged by the weather or other means) it is 1' 9 " (one foot nine inches). At the northern side, it rises about 2' (two feet) over the surface of the field; and at the southern side 1' - 3" (one foot three inches), as the field slopes towards the north.It must have been held in great veneration through the(continues on next page)