School: Clochar Lughbhaidh, Bundobhráin (roll number 14531)
- Location:
- Bundoran, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Siúracha Naomh Lughbhaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1026, Page 022
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- A few months ago men were quarring at a place called the “Rock” near Bundoran. As they were working they found a snake about ten feet from the surface of the earth. It was so fragile that it had to be taken out in sections. The groove in which the fossilized animal lay is still to be seen in the rock. It is five feet long, and one and a half inched in diameter. The rock must have formed over the reptile because no fissure or cleft could be discovered in the rock. It is said that it must have been there before St. Patrick’s time because it would at least fifteen hundred years to form five feet of rock. The remains of this animal were sent to the Museum in Dublin.
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