School: Twomilehouse (roll number 2284)
- Location:
- Twomilehouse, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Tomás Bineidh
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- Finn Mac Cool was a most powerful man. One day he went up to the Hill of Allen and taking a long huge stone in his hand threw it from there to Punchestown, a distance of about ten miles. This stone weighs around three ton and it stood upright in the ground in the centre of a big field until about three years ago. It is now lying flat on the ground.
Finn Mac Cool was so big that he could(continues on next page)- Collector
- James Curran
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Johnstown or Dunshane, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Mr Hannon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Johnstown or Dunshane, Co. Kildare