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School: Achadh na Garron (Aughnagarron) (roll number 5603)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0764, Page 386

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    he had it almost closed so that the giant from Gallid could not succeed in getting out.
    It is supposed that these are some of the rocks which were broken up a short time ago and seattened out on the roads.
    Not long after this event the Clough giant was met by another giant (a friend of the giant from Gallid) who seized him and succeeded in throwing him into a barrel of boiling tar where he was burned to death.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eugene Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dalystown, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Miss Mary Kiernan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Address
    Gallid, Co. Longford