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School: Cill Mhic Eoghain (roll number 9848)

Location:
Kilmackowen, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Hurdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0276, Page 008

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    and it is about one foot wide. If you stood on the top of it you could see the bay out as far as the horizon. It is said that Mac Eoghain used stand on it, so that any ship could not come into the harbour without his seeing them. When the soldiers came to shoot Mac Eóghain and Beara, he was watching from the "Cillíneach", and she was watching from the stone. The soldiers came from the north, and shot Beara near the stone. Then they dug up the stone and buried her under it.

    Told by the late Eileen Harrington
    Kilmacowen
    Eyeries
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Harrington
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Eileen Harrington
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmackowen, Co. Cork