School: Castlefin
- Location:
- Caisleán na Finne, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teachers: Ailís E. Ní Bhaoighill Seosamh Ó Baoighill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1098, Page 294
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“Long ago near Castlefinn it is said that there was a King crowned on a very big stone and it is said it is at least ten feet in length and it is about six feet in breadth.”
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“In the townland of Sessaughlong there lived a man who had a large farm. There was one field especially near the road and it always contained a quantity of water.”
In the townland of Sessaughlong there lived a man who had a large farm. There was one field especially near the road and it always contained a quantity of water. This year he had a crop of potatoes in this field, and when they had grown a little above the ground, he took a spade, and he began to dig a drain along the foot of the field. When he was digging, a little man appeared to him and he(continues on next page)