School: Stranorlar
- Location:
- Stranorlar, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Giolla Chomhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 85
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- There lived in two neighbouring town-lands, a very tall giant and a very stout giant. The tall giant was forever troubling the stout giant.
One day the stout giant met a goblin fairy whom he told his trouble to. The fairy gave him a wand and told him to tap his brother three times with it. The giant did as he was told and as he did so his brother fell dead and his blood covered all the stones in the town-land.
From that day to this the place is called "Cloch-Rua" or Cloughroe which means "red-stone".
- Collector
- Mary O' Callaghan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Stranorlar, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Peter Bradley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lettermore, Co. Donegal
