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School: Twomilehouse (roll number 2284)

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Twomilehouse, Co. Kildare
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Tomás Bineidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776C, Page 12_008

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  1. Finn Mac Cool

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    Finn Mac Cool was a most powerful man. One day he went up to the Hill of Allen and taking a long huge stone in his hand threw it from there to Punchestown, a distance of about ten miles. This stone weighs around three ton and it stood upright in the ground in the centre of a big field until about three years ago. It is now lying flat on the ground.
    Finn Mac Cool was so big that he could
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. Fianna (~595)
          1. Fionn Mac Cumhaill (~137)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Curran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Johnstown or Dunshane, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Mr Hannon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    84
    Address
    Johnstown or Dunshane, Co. Kildare