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School: Cill Dara (Pres. Convent) (roll number 15599)

Location:
Kildare, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Sr. Philomena
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    There were twelve Breans,
    Great was the number in one Dun,
    In the possession of Teige's daughter,
    Of Almhuin of noble Fenians.
    There were twice six fires
    Exactly in each house,
    And one man and one hundred
    At each of these fires."
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    Story of Fionn MacCool's Treassure
    About the year 1835 an old man of the name of Donnelly dreamed, or pretended to have dreamed, that Fionn Mac Cool's treasure was buried in a cave near the south-west extremity of the Hill of Allen, and communicated his vision to the people in the neighbourhood. He told them that in order to make his way to the treasury, it would be necessary to blast some rocks which stopped
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. Fianna (~595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare