Donegal Annual / Bliainiris Thír Chonaill, Vol. 1, No. 2 (1948)

JOURNAL OF THE COUNTY· DONEGAL HisTORICAL SOC!M'l; to N. o! village·. lt was wantonly _d·estroyea by RJevenue PO.lice about 1840. The· structure was a bee-hive cell with an aperture in the· east side · 1arge enough to admit a patient, and rwas one or these baths in wndcil steam was .generated !by pouring water on hea,ted stones. The cooling· plunge was taken in the ne·a~ streiam. In the S. Of tQlwnl:and is a ruined Cashel Wlth1 smaJ:l diameter and high r:amparits. ORIMGM1.AiDDYROE-fFAIR. Olose tQ the .shore 9'f Dougin S!Wiilly is a "holy well" and on the shore· are· stones called "Turraisbun:allia. " No Statio•ns now performed. OAIRlNlAiGlHIFEA!GH. D.Ofllarn, not re- •OOrdeci', in N. fence o! road to Rlathmullen. OR®VAJRY UIPmR. iPeculi1ar struicture of standllng stones :and blOOks on ed§e ·called; 1'De'r:mo1t and Qr1aine's Bed." \Ra,ths obliterated 'by the: buildli.n:g of. the !MJarteUo to;w;ers ait Ra1tbnluJleini :and the opppsite p0int at Do!Wll. HA[..ILYKiENNY. Rums Olf a mound w1th . st0ne circle at the· point. It may have been the tuiam or ba·rrow Olf the O"Clannons, once lords of the country. RIAY. No rem.a:i:ns o:f ia. foir:t llO!W' in this townl:and. It may ha.ve been nieighboruring dUln, ·Called ''Ray Hii11;," o!l· may have' oo·en destroyed when the salt-palls and t:acto·ry were erected' at thie· Point. ORDNANCE SURVEY SHEET 44 WlEiiim HIILL. On the summit oif the lar1g·e drumlin to· N.E. of Gar:tan LaOOes is the rums olf an e)ci;ensive l~s~. It 'Wias an out-post to the ·fortress at [.1oug1n Bea.gh. In this neig1hbourhioo'd and to the eastward. there aT:e similar rem1a,ins on all the .summits; tha:t 1oomm1ai11d' 1Passes1 eit:Jheir tJhirOIUlgih t1w hills or morasses.· S'IIRJAOAIDDY. !Ruin of one Off the li.Ss mentioned aibove. :BlAII...IL YlBIU1NliN.Af81HtEIR. Oave reoorded on O.S. Map has disa.ppe.ared. Larige conspicuously perched erratics of white quartz called "Ologlh:banes" here. J.l)SS[EIT. No trace of :a "[)em),Jot Ml.d· IQlrtaine's Bed" mal'lked on Map. GOR'mNIALAlRiAJGH. One - chamberedi fOISleac with da.zza:n beside it on thle road commanding the pass from "D>on." DRJU1M!BIR.[OK. On the summit of a drumlin is a lisheen and' on a slope overlooking the pass f!"om "Dooni'' a rumed foSlea:c. DOON. DPOn Rtlc;k, a place of ancient and modem note, is a steep isolated rock Oif f1air size whose· sides were :forttfted and· sumµiit :levelled'. and surrO!U!llded w:i th stone seaits f()lr ·those .assisting in the inauguration ceremonies of the :ancient kings ·and ehd.e1ftai:ns. It is said' thait there used to be a cave underneath the rock while on thie summit was a large whin-stone w~th a peculiar squarish iportion in its centre which i'f taken out will reveal the resting-plaee· of "alL the crowns of' the ancient kings.., [)loon Well, ble,~ed bY F1a:ther.s Friel 1a,nd Galla:ghte[", is still mu1ch frequented by pilgrims. 10AIBJR[DOK. Liiss in w1hich are rellllad:ns of ·a lusoo. It is desc1ribed on O.S. Map 1a:s "aald:r.agh bruna~-iground." CWNIQA{RINY. Remains of a castle cial.led "Laoca llcl~k's Oastle" and !Kinahan was informe·d that the last resident pro:prie·tor too·k his rents not in cash or kindi but in fat children '"for whiictl• he· se1emea to h:a:ve a reillish." . RIA'IUllDO~ E. of this towml·and, on the· summi:t of :a dll'umlln, is a ztss oailled; Ratm-ea:gy. RJartihdonne~ 1si on ailiO'ther drumHn ~arther so.uthiwards. ORIDNANIOE SURiVEY SIHl!ET 45. K1lJMlAORENlAlN. See Ma,gu!i!re' s ''Hiisfuiry of the DiocelSie Qtf Rlalpboe'' .and orur Bibliography. · LJETim On summiit of the hifll tJhere iJs a ~emaaikia.Wy okr strruc·ture cta.Ued by some peoplte LabharO'cks and by othlers Cl'OCk'-nlt.-tara. ''Lt," ·salyS K:Lna1hian, '1h1ais. ibeen coillS1ide:ra."bly deistrotyed by persons eareym1g aJWlaY \the :ttmgg 1a;ndi byi 1.treasuire1 seekers.' Tihte ~inan:t on tJhe iiarm~ now an. oild man s:ta:ted thalt When a ·!boy the ~Ln~ipail chamber wals roofed with . :ftagis W1hlfile1 tJhe outsiide vms an QIVl8Jl. fenCie su:rrorundd:nig ;thie· habitaitions. 'Tihie latter, when epmplleite, contS11Steid1 (),f stam:liilng-s'tiones backed wiitJh ia clay r 1ampa!l'ft. Wlhelili sm-veyed ( 1887) a!Ll the 'covier :flia,gs iand some of thte uprigihjt .fl:ags 01f the hu'ts1, . aWslo ·tJhie madoirity• oif t'he· fenoo-flaigis, llia!d been carried aiway, :tlhe ten9-Ilt .siayitn:g, by the contmicltoriSI for the quiay, etc., alt ~elwn, to wmm, rtAh.eY had been 126

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