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   There were at least eight different families with the name Anderson. I don't know what the commonest name now would be.
   There is a garden in Drummullagh where Mass was celebrated during the Penal days. The garden gets its name from that, as it is called "Cnoc na h-Éaglaise" or the "Hill of the Church" to this day. Other gardens are called, "Garrdha na Móna", "Garrdha Cruinne", "Cnoc na Sgeiche" and "Páirc an Taidhbhse." Long ago there were two lime kilns on Drummullagh Hill. They are called the Kiln Hills to this day.
   There is supposed to be a Hidden Treasure on Drummullagh Hill. Last year an Omeath man Mr. Patrick O'Hanlon who recently returned from America and who made his name famous in America by finding the famous "Elizabethian" coin stated that there was gold to be found on Drummullagh somewhere about the place where the Co. Council are

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Drummullagh, Co. Louth

   Collector

   Christina Rice

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drummullagh, Co. Louth