School: Áth na bhFearchan (roll number 5500)
- Location:
- Aghnafarcan, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Mac Closcaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0931, Page 187
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- (continued from previous page)round the house; and so avoid the smoke. And Manowar- for- that was the giant's name went out and turned round the house and avoided the unpleasant smoke caused by the burning logs. He then proceeded at ease to the sumptuous feast spread out for him by Fionn's wife and quaffed some of the mead to wash down the savoury meat and homemade cake.
Having partaken of the meal he went out in search of Fionn around the hillside. Afterwards he went down to the little stream which divides Fincarn from Aghnafarcan and took a copious draught of its sparkling water, and wandering up the gentle slope of Aghnafarcan hill, he became exhausted, lay down to rest and died. One wonders was it blood poisoning from Fionn's finger bite or corrosion from the horse shoe nails that caused the famous giant. At any rate(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Flanagan
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
