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“About a mile outside Ballyshannon there are the ruins of an old church. It was built about three hundred years ago. It was called Domhnach Mór which means the big Sunday.”

CBÉS 1027

Danny Breslin, Mr P. Laughlin

Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal

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“In the townland of Dunmuckrim there is a field and in this field there is a very large stone. Long ago there was a chapel here and this stone was used as an altar.”

CBÉS 1027

Danny Breslin, Mr P. Laughlin

Dunmuckrum, Co. Donegal

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“Lough Melvin is about five miles to the south of Ballyshannon. About a hundred years ago a woman was going for water to the lake. She was very long away and the man of the house went out to look for her.”

CBÉS 1027

Danny Breslin, Mr P. Laughlin

Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal

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“In olden times a disease came on cattle which was called elf-shooting. The elf was supposed to be a fairy which stayed in every glen and field, and had a stone which he fired at the beast...”

CBÉS 1027

Danny Breslin, Mr P. Laughlin

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“There is an old school about a mile to the south of Ballyshannon on the land of Mr P. Laughlin (Dunmuckrim)...”

CBÉS 1027

Danny Breslin, Mr P. Laughlin

Dunmuckrum, Co. Donegal

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