School: Kiffa
- Location:
- Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Helen Dinneen
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0992, Page 111
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- There is a stone in McGoverns field in Duffcastle and there are dots and strokes on it. This is Oghan writing. there are the tracks of a giants fingers on it.
There is a field near my home in Mrs Joe McClellands farm in Duffcastle a large stone standing on four small ones. It is supposed to be an incessant druids alter. It has been told that long ago two men dug under these stones and unearthed one of the smaller pillars in search of gold. When they went back to their home they found that the healthy baby they had left in the cradle was now a sickly child. It seemed to have changed in appearance too. It was said that they had done wrong and the change in the child was their punishment. This child lived for years but never grew any bigger.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Violet Tweedie
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Duffcastle, Co. Cavan
