School: Guaire (Goorey) (roll number 7929)
- Location:
- Goorey, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Úna M. Montgomery
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- XML “Finn's Finger Stone”
- XML “The Devil's Tether-Stick”
- XML “Rock Names”
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- Finn Mac Cumhaill is supposed to have thrown a stone from Lagacurry, the Isle of Doagh across to Knockamany. The stone is still standing. It resembles a finger in shape. That is how it gets its name.
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- Collector
- Úna M. Montgomery
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Goorey, Co. Donegal
- These rocks are round Knockamany strand.
(1) Rab's Rock
(2) Kate's Rock
(3) Sloak Rocks
(4) Pickens Rocks
(5) Diver's Rock
(6) The Stook
(7) The Squilt is a big cleft in the rock.
(8) The Wild Cat's Rock is in Goorey near this school.