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Burial - Cromlechs

Abstract: Story collected by Susan Mary Irwin, a student at Carraig na Heorna school (Carricknahorna, Co. Donegal) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 1028/3/7

 Carraig na Heorna [Vol. 1028, Chapter 0003]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Donegal Schools

COLLECTOR
Irwin, Susan Mary 
Gender
female

Story text

transcribed at

 

Burial - Cromlechs  [duchas:4388851]

Cromlechs. These monuments when perfect, consist of three or more unknown stones generally so placed as to form a small enclosure over which a large flat stone is laid. These are often called by the country folk ‘Giants Graves’. A perfect example  at Coolmore was deprived of its roof some years ago. The owner of the field in which it was placed thought that treasure was concealed within it and removed the gigantic roofing-flag and began his search. He was interrupted in the work by the crowing of a cock on his housetop which was believed to be a warning not to be slighted. He gave up the search, replaced the stones in the centre of the enclosure; the roofing-flag being too heavy to restore to its original position remains prostrate.
Another one is in Corker not far from Kilbarron old Church.
Not far from Ballyshannon and close to Fortwilliam are the remains of a cromlech.

Resource description

Origin information
Carricknahorna, Co. Donegal
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 347
Volume 1028
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Susan Mary Irwin.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Historical and commemorative structures--Séadchomharthaí
School location
Carricknahorna Carricknahorna Kilbarron Tirhugh Donegal
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4477334
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 1028/3/7

Suggested credit
"Burial - Cromlechs"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4477334>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Susan Mary Irwin.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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