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1. The Méaróg in Cloonkeen (continued)

   

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   In the village of Cloonkeen there is a very large boulder of rock of stone called a Méaróg. The old people tell us that it was thrown by a giant from the hill of Derreen a distance of two miles away.He took it in one hand and heaved it lies half buried on the side of the next hill-that of Cloonkeen.There are five marks which may be seen on it to the present day,which are said to correspond to his thumb and fingers. A contractor from Castlere named John Fox once attempted to remove the Méaróg,but the workmen abandoned the removal,when they found blood on the wedges they used in trying to lift it.

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   Topics

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

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Location

   Cloonkeen, Co. Roscommon

   Collector

   Mairéad Ní Cheallaigh

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   10

   Address

   Foughil, Co. Roscommon