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School: Aghalustia (roll number 12484)

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Aghalustia, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Máire Ní Dhubhthaigh
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    and was about to fire it when it slipped and fell about three and a half miles from the Bocagh hill. The Bocagh giant fired his rock and it fell on the Fairymount hill so he won the victory. The place where the giants rock fell is still to be seen. When the Fairymount died he was buried on the top of the hill and his grave is still visible.
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