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Giant's Grave
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54.0404, -6.35024latitude, longitude
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Historical references
| 1748 |
Grave or Cell of Stone-work
"The Grave [of <i>Parrah bough M‘shagjean</i>] or Cell of Stone-work they shew for it is about 20 Feet long and 5 Broad, and several Bones of a monstrous Size they affirm to have been dug up here."
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| 1836 |
the grave of Para Buidhe Mór Mhac Seóidin
"In Proleek townland ... is a Giant’s Grave ... They say it is the grave of <i>Para Buidhe Mór Mhac Seóidin</i>, a Scotch Giant who came to challenge Fin Mac Coole ..."
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LSO (Lú) Bliain: 1836, Dáta: Feabhra, Údar: Tomás Ó Conchúir
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| 1837 |
Chillo Ca Larc
"Near it [sc. <i>Giant's Load</i> .i. Cromleac Phroilíg], in the same field, is a rath [sic] called <i>Chillo Ca Larc</i>, said to be the burial-place of Mac Scanlon, chief of that sept in the tenth century."
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Top. Dict. Leathanach: s.n. Ballymascanlan
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