(gan teideal) “In the village of Castlefinn Co. Donegal there stands to this present day the ruins of the castle occupied by the O'Donnels.” CBÉS 1098 Cecil Joseph Mc Bride Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “In the Parish of Castlefinn some hundreds of years ago two little boys set about to put up a sod Easter house.” CBÉS 1098 Cecil Mc Bride Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “Once upon a time there happened in a little house was a little house in the heart of country one winter's night, that the people of the house were talking round the fire, a strange thing occurred.” CBÉS 1098 Edward Connoly Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “There was a man once upon a time who lost his arm and it was buried.” CBÉS 1098 Edward Connolly Tras-scríbhinn