School: Drumloughan (Dromlachan) (roll number 15665)

Location:
An Sonnach Mór, Co. Liatroma
Teacher:
Peadar Mac Giolla Choinnigh
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0221, Page 127

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0221, Page 127

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Drumloughan (Dromlachan)
  2. XML Page 127
  3. XML “Mount Ida”
  4. XML “Giants' Graves”
  5. XML “How Lough Gowna Co. Cavan Was Formed”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. There are a good many Giant's Graves around these parts. There is one in Drumlaughin and anaother in Aughaniltubrid. The tradition about them is that the Formorians were buried there. They say they passed this way when flying from the Battle of Mag Tiúra, and that according as they died they were buried under these big rough stones.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcription guide »
    By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
    Topics
    1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
        1. séadchomharthaí (~6,794)
    2. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. seanchas áitiúil, dinnseanchas (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Loch Gamhna, Co. an Chabháin / Co. an Longfoirt
    Collector
    P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John M. Kiernan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Sonnach Mór, Co. Liatroma