School: Leaca (roll number 8765)
- Location:
- Leacach, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: S. Ní Chormaic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0936, Page 153
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- (continued from previous page)secured a number of volunteer workers and undertook the task of digging down deep in the earth at this spot.
They laboured for days and only succeeded in unearthing flat stone slabs one after another till they had 13 unearthed. They again continued their work in the hope of reaching the body of the Giant which was perhaps cremated but no such treasure was ever found. The Rev. gentleman asked his volunteer band to replace the stone slabs just as they had found them, which they did. When the portion of the large stone boulders that was under the earth was uncovered it was discovered that there were strokes of different lengths on one of these boulders, and experts said that it was something in the Ogham language. The strokes or marks were copied to be translated into English but we cannot find any person to translate the message written in Ogham.(continues on next page)
