School: Edraguil (roll number 11225)
- Location:
- Edergole, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: C. Nic Philip
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- Edraguil in Irish Eadar a Gabhai(?).The story goes that there was a mighty giant living here long ago, his name was Edward Gull. He is supposed to have owned the entire townland of Edraguil. His grave it on the top of Edraguil Hill, it looks like a cromlech.It consists of three upright stones surmounted by a large flat stone placed on the other three. It is situated on a ditch between two fields. The fields are the property of Mr. Patrick Durnan, they have always, as far as can be remembered, been in the hand of the Durnan family.
People also think that Edraguil means "between two(continues on next page)
