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School: Gleanntán, Scairteach an Ghleanna (roll number 7563)

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Cordal East, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Muiris Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0447, Page 260

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    In many remote places there are men of renown laid to rest and luckily enough I live quite close to one. The name of this man was Diarmuid Don[nell?]. The place in which he was buried is called Knockdown. We do not know much about him as very few old people live among us. Everyone has a different story about how he came to this hill, some say that he stood on the top of a mountain one day and that he threw a stone and it fell in Knockdown and that he said that would be his
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bríd Ní Laoghaire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glantane, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mr John Mannix
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glanowen, Co. Kerry