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   a rug on the or a pin on a stone.
   There is an altar stone beside a lone bush on Eddie Beirne's hill in Cashill where the people used to say mass long ago.
   It is said that two giants were fighting on Cairn Hill and one threw a stone at the other and missed him. The stone fell on John Beirne's hill in Cashill. The stone is there still and the track of the giant's five fingers are on it. The distance from Cairn Hill to Cashill Hill is about ten miles.

   

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   In the townland of Drumard Maggerawn in which I live an old story hs been handed down from generation to generation. The incident took place perhaps two hundred years ago. Briefly a family named Reynolds lived at (E) Clooncolry and seemed to be strong and powerful. Some members of which were rapharees and much feared by the members of the English garrisons of that line.

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. people
         1. robbers (~423)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Martha Mc Guire

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drumard (Jones), Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Mrs Farrell

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   77

   Occupation

   Farmer's wife

   Address

   Drumard (Jones), Co. Leitrim