My grandfather told me about a year ago that there was a man lived in a castle in Killygordon. This man was supposed to be the last of the O'Donnells. This man went to Tyrone every week and he took a lot of money with him.
One day he was going to Tyrone and the English soldiers were waiting for him. They killed him and he was buried in a field of Hugh Taylor's.
One time my grandfather was making drains in Drumcannon (2 mls S. of Killygordon) and when he was digging, he came across a tunnel. This tunnel lead from the castle to Tyrone. The man on whose farm the grave was never interfered with it. When he was going to die, he told his son not to interfere with it. The son thought that there was gold in it. One day he started to dig in it. When he dug a few spadefuls the spade broke. Then he went for another and when he was going down the road, he saw his horse with a

Drumcannon= So called because the giant Cannon lived there. it is in the barony of Middle Third
Lisselan= So called because of its lios. It is also in the barony of Middle Third.
Ballynattin= So called because of its furze.
Ballykinsella= kinsella lived there.
Quillia= So called because of its hazel trees
Castletown= A castle was built there
The Long Field= So called because of its length
The Wooded Field= Woods are

(a) in a field belonging to Joseph Carlin at Tievebrack, ploughed up a few years ago, and is now cultivated. – was a circular mound.
(b) at Lisnamulligan, between Mr Andeson’s land and Mr Wall’s land. Still existing partly.
(c) At Drumcannon, in a field belonging to Mr. Dan Callaghan.
(d) on Partick Kelly’s land at Ballyarrel Demolished, Twenty Skeleton’s found buried in a circle. Field now cultivated.
(e) In a field now belonging to Charles Mortland, Ballygonnigan.Of these forts mentioned above; - they were all built as circular raised up mounds built about 20 or 30 feet above the surrounding field level. They are found to be in alignment running on the right bank of the Finn, and according to some the abode of the ‘good people’ others (e.g. Mr. James McLaughlin, Tievebrack) say that they were for signalling purposes.

There are a great many fairy forts or sometimes called knowes [sic] in my district. There are about two forts in every farm.Some of these forts are studies in antiquity.There is a field in Hugh Toglor’s farm of Drumcannon. There are supposed to be fairies in this field. There (are_ is a certain place in this field where the fairies are supposed to stay. It is risen about two feet above the ground.There is a story told that someone tried to plough down this height. He ploughed all right [?] for the first day. When he arose the next morning his two horses were dead. The field that he had ploughed, the furrows turned back and became green again.There is said to be a fairy tree in Willie John McMenamin’s farm of Egaltybane. Long ago there used to be a light in the tree every night. It is very seldom seen now.

"The Rock of Cannon"- is so called because it was placed there by the giant cannon.
"The Rock of Longa"- is so called because the giant Longa placed it there.
Ballynattin- Is so called because of the furze that grows there
Drumcannon- Is so called after the giant cannon
Castletown- Is so called because of the Castle in the neighbourhood
Ballykinsella- Got its name because a family named Kinsella lived there once.
Ballynock is so called because there is a large knock or hillock in the neighbourhood.
"Lisselan"- is so called because there is a lios in the neighbourhood.
"Ballyshoneen" is so called because there are a lot of shoneens living there.
Ballinamona- is so called because there is a large turf-pit there.
Ballyhoo- is so called because it was the

In the year 1835 there was a school in Loonogs with 102 pupils in attendance. There were seven other schools in the parish then, and in the year 1835 some of them were designated as day schools and some as Hedge Schools. Probably they had been all Hedge Schools prior to 1831, when the Board of National Education was set up, and that by 1835, most of them had been taken under the Board. The following local schools were in operation in 1835
School No. of Pupils. Teacher.
Loonogs 102 C. Kiernan
Lislea Day School 54 C. Lynch
Drumcannon Day School 45 P. Gallaher
Drumacaddy 47 P. Tahy
Lackenmore Hedge School 78 Jas. Molloy
Lackenduff Hedge School 90 ---
The school in Loonogs was held in the chapel which was then in Loonogs, and both of

PLACE NAMES (Contd.) :-The townlands in the school area are Aughawillan, Bredagh, Calloughs, Cloncorick, Corglass, Cloughea, Cornaughy, Drumsilla, Drumcannon, Kilbracken, Killahurk and Kivvy.
AUGHAWILLAN"Achadh an Mhuilinn" "The field of the Mill". There is still a corn mill in the Townland and tradition says the place was never without one.
BREDAGH"Bréadach" a breach, a cut, a narrow glen. This is one of the Townlands in which the village is situated. The south side of Main St. and the whole of Church St. are in Bredagh. The narrow glen is on the south side of the village. A small stream flows through it from Carrigallen Lough to Gangin Lough.
CALLOUGHS"Ceallacaigh" "church lands" "Ceall" Church
There is a slight tradition that a monastery existed here in the dim distant past, but even the oldest person can give no details.
CLONCORICK"Cluain Comhraic" "The meadow of the Single Combat". This is the second of the townlands in which the village is situated, the whole of the North side of Main St. being in it. Dominating the village on the North side is a high hill, called by the older generation "Mullinadaree" = "Mullach an Dá Rí" the hill of the two Kings (evidently "Dá here is = Beirt). The hill is so marked on the

Name of Person Who told Story:--
Mrs. P. Rowan,
Mulindrait,
Stranorlar,
Co. Donegal.
Age 73 years.
Story. 6:5:38. In the townland of Drumcannon, County Donegal, there is a spot in the corner of a field which is never cultivated, because it is said to be "gentle". It is known as "Butler's Field".
Once upon a time a certain farmer bought this field. He began to plough it with his two horses and a plough. When lo! upon reaching the fertile spot, the two horses fell down, dead in the plough.
Now the poor farmer did not know this piece of ground was "gentle", so he yoked two bullocks to the plough and no sooner had the two bullocks fell dead.
The farmer was thoroughly frightened this time, and so he ploughed round the spot where the four animals had died, because he knew by this time that it was "gentle".
Kathleen Rowan,
Meeting House Street,
Stranorlar,
Co. Donegal.