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1. The Skeletons of Drumholm

   

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   Ballintra County Donegal is in the Parish off Drumholm. In a field down by Drumholm there were found skeletons. The skeletons were under a big flag. It was believed a battle was fought there a thousand years ago. The hair was on their heads. Some people think there was a battle fought by Hugh O’Donnell and Hugh O’Neill against the English.

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ruby Logan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal

2. The Piper's Hole

   

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   On the estate of Captain J.S. Hamilton Brownhall, Ballintra, there is a place called the “pipers Hole.” It is a tunnel. This tunnel runs from Brownhall estate and it is supposed to run out at Achadulla mill above Ballintra.
   The tunnel got its name in the following way.
   One evening a piper and another man made a bet of £5 that the piper would walk from one end of the tunnel to the

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