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School: Machaire

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Magherintemple, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mary Ó Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1023, Page 152

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    foundation but later it was amalgamated with Drung. At the mound of Maghera in an old ditch surrounding the graveyard is a vitrified substance containing Roman cement and a bitumen compound similar to aportion found in the "Worm Ditch" near Scotshoes.
    A story has been told in connection with this "Long long ago a foreign prince travelling Ireland came to the spot and carried back with him to his own country the man who had built that mound with a view to having a similar one erected in his own kingdom.
    Unfortunately he forgot to take the necessary secret materials and was thus unable to build the mound. Later the prince
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Bridie M. Smith-Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Folklore collector
    Address
    Cavan