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School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin

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Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
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Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 460

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  1. Ghost Story (continued)

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  2. The Castleruddery Circle

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    In Castleruddery, there is a ring of stones - huge big stones. These may have enclosed a pagan castle. At what would appear the entrance, there are two, very large, white flint stones, and the other stones forming the circle are granite.
    These stones were brought there - because there is no granite or no flint in the soil in the district, - it is all limestone. Any one of these big stones would weigh, at least 5 tons. They are very probably there from pre-Christian times - so the question is - how did they get there? By some Supernatural power, I'd say.
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