School: Drumgownagh

Location:
Drumgownagh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Dominic Ó Huiginn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0222, Page 588

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  2. Ireland is dotted over with cromlechs and other monuments which remind us of bygone days.
    In Annaghmore in a field belonging to John Colreavy, there is a cromlech, two standing stones and another large one resting on the two. It is the local belief that it was used as a druid's altar or Gráinne's bed.
    In a garden belonging to Jimmy McKenna, Lear, there is another
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