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   his blood-stains remain on the wall in the present Denn Rectory . After this one of the wells moved about half a mile, and the bush that was over it went also. It is at present in a field belonging to Mrs Fegan in Leggan Denn where several people go for water, up to the present day to effect a cure.

   

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   In the old graveyard in lower Denn, convenient to Drumavaddy Chapel, there lies a stone forty stones weight, which in former years is supposed to have formed a table or substitute for an altar, on which the priests celebrated Mass in the Penal Days. It was a great fete in former years, for the strongest men attending a funeral to try their skill to lift this stone. On one occasion a man named Mr Michael Clarke of Crimlin made a bet he would carry the stone as far as the

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Smith

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Aghnaglogh, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   John Mc Connell

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   Over 84

   Address

   Glencorran, Co. Cavan