School: Swanzy Memorial N. S. (roll number 10428)
- Location:
- Moville, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eilis F. Ní Stiobháird
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1120, Page 110
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- Stories of Giants and Warriors
Once upon a time a Giant lived over at Magilligan Point. One morning he waken very early he thought he heard the war cry. Without waiting for his breakfast he ran out of his cave and lifted a large stone weighing two and a half tons.
He threw it across Lough Foyle thinking it would have killed some people in its falling it fell three miles from where the giant threw it. The giant said if he had got his breakfast he would have thrown it further. It fell at a place called Ballybrack. It gets the name of the "Standing" Stone" today(continues on next page)
- Collector
- David Mc Feeters
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Greencastle, Co. Donegal
