School: Dristeran (roll number 2131)
- Location:
- Dristernan, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Cnaimhsighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1122, Page 254
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“There is a farm near our school called Grousehall.”
There is a farm near our school called Grousehall. This was once a military station. A man living in a small farm near did not want the soldiers to ceilidhe in his house so he always stood at the door. One day a soldier shot him. The foundation stones of his house are still to be seen. Near these ruins is what seems to be a cave. No one has ever tried to go into it for fear of being smothered with clay. Some old people say monks escaped through it long ago for there is a river running behind it where their boat was supposed to be.
- Collector
- Mary Cummings
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Bernard Kearney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 30
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Gleneely, Co. Donegal