School: Twomilehouse (roll number 2284)
- Location:
- Twomilehouse, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Tomás Bineidh
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- Finn Mac Cool lived on the Milltown side of the Hill of Allen. He was a very big man. One day as he was out hunting he met a black cat. The cat flew at him and met him between the eyes. He was so angry that he caught hold of a large rock and threw it after the cat. It hit the cat in a field in front of Punchestown gates. It is still there. A big stone grew where the cat was buried.
The stone that Finn Mac Cool threw is called Finn Mac Cool's writing pen. The(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Baldrey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Swordlestown North, Co. Kildare