Scoil: Leaca (uimhir rolla 8765)
- Suíomh:
- Leacach, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Múinteoir: S. Ní Chormaic
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- XML Scoil: Leaca
- XML Leathanach 152
- XML “The Giant's Grave”
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Ar an leathanach seo
- In a field belonging to Patrick McKenna, Corlealackagh, Castleblayney, there is a mound, or raised ground, containing huge boulders of stone, and here and there is an odd hawthorn bush, evidently of a very good age. The place is known as the "Giant's Grave" and is marked on the Sapper's map as such. The oldest man in the district never heard it called by any other name but he says that the position of the stones and boulders have been changed.
A number of men from the Archaeological Society Co Louth came to visit the place about fifteen years ago and locals helped them to dig down into the earth to see what they might find buried there. They misplaced the stones from their original position and left them scattered about. A few years later a gentleman called Rev. Fr. Rapmund[?] who was interested in such places(leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)