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1. Gleanntán na Crónach

   

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   To the south west of Cathair Con Rí near the fé bogs there is a place called Gleanntán na Crónach. It means the glen of the swine. In ancient times when people were coming from Camp fair they saw a lot of swine coming down the glen.
   The swine consisted of a sow and a litter of suckling bonhams. They belonged to no earthly person and disappeared again as they came and that is the reason it was called Gleanntán na Crónach.

   

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2. Ré Chloch na hAltóra

   

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   About twenty years ago a travelling man named Peter OHalloran put up for a night at John O Briens house Gortaleen. This was the first time he was noticed about the place and he was a sage. He told them they mass was celebrated on a rock some where in the neighbourhood in olden times and that there was a whitethorn tree not far from the rock and that there was a crock of gold under a flag beneath the tree. The whitethorn tree is about 20 yard north east of the rock and unbaptised babies were buried around it.

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
         1. fairy forts (~5,616)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Éamonn Ó Caomháin

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Teacher

   Informant

   Mrs J. O' Brien

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gortaleen, Co. Kerry