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School: Dristeran (roll number 2131)

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Dristernan, Co. Donegal
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Séamus Ó Cnaimhsighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1122, Page 227

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    After a time one of them was raised and a rectangular chamber was disclosed underneath.
    In it lay a skeleton with long flaxen hair and when touched it crumbled into dust.
    The men closed in the cave and looked at the other which contained the skeleton of a tall man like a Dane with long hair and it in waves.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christina Cummings
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Ellen Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60