Wt'!~tern side of hill there wou~cl appear to be a large cap stone s'.iding off Jts support!; but it is so massive that you cou;d net imagine human stl'ength moving it into such a position as t :.i form a Dolmen. Roisin in Ardcvin is a small peninsuI:a on shore of Lough Eske about 200 yds west of F'ort. lt is a disused graveyard said to be consecrated and ~wssib2y used as a burial ,place when Franci~ cans ministered in 'the Friar v -·· the townland on opposite :ihore of Lough Eske after their expulsion from Donegal Abbey. The owner of ac;ljolning land t::ilct me bodies unearthed tJhere were wrapped in flannel - possibly Franciscan Grey. T-0bar Na mBra.tha.r a fo'w fields to west of Raisin on sh'.}re of lake. Friar's Bush coi'.~cides with town:and of Ardnawatk (.Ardan Amhairc). It is said 1.'1at <\ Fra·1C'isean Fr.iar \Vas s~mmarily hanged here by the Redcoats. It is just at Western e:itranee to Barn_esmore Gap. Ardawark (Ard an Amh:i.i:·c) - Lookout Hil'.). It \Vas on this hill wi'.1ich co mm<:nds a view of passage through G3p and awa.v bwards Dor:cgc:i! that the sen-ti·ies kept •a .lookout for lhe Redc:o<!ts in the .Fer.al times whil2 t":12 p:·i<.:sls (A:· a SE'aehnadr.) ;:e!2brated Musa ir. ·the nei-ghhouring fastness of Cu!lir>hc;:v (Cciiiir.r; Buidhe). Graine Ni Blog·;1ail! when :1 very old wo.man to:d '.;he foll:.Jw · ing story (in I;.ish of e::iurse) to Patric:k Caliupban wi1:i w'is ub0ut 10 years ol.d at the time. Cal;agnan died Ii Y€·ars ago at the a.t;e of 71:- The people o! Townawilly \'li"ere eagerly 1•:rnking forward to ;1Ucnd 1ni.: Chri<>tm;.~; .i\ln~::< which was to be celebrated jn Cullinboy. The women fo'.k of the district had ru~n candles in readiness days beforehand and when the great da.v arrived they were -0ff to the · appointed venue long before dawn. :But some spideoir ('iad done his fell Work 'and when Mass was in progress the Redcoats eluded the lookout by crossing the mountain from the South and there was no opportunity of giving t!'le reqt1 ired warning of their approach. Thus the so~diers surrounded the assemb:ea congregation unawares. Loud larrkntations from the wors'.1ippers 'broke forth. "A :i.Vlh:uire Mhathar cuid~gh Linn-A .Mhuire Mhathair Saar Sinn." Immediately the so~diers fell prostrate and he!pless remaining in that position until l'vbss was over and a]l had dPparted. Thi.:.s did t:'.ie Virgin succour them in the hour of danger. Ch'l,rt. a si:iecies of Alpine salmon ure caught in ,great numbers W-ith ba 't i:1 I. oug::1 E."ke during spawning season (N~>Ve!T' ber) when they come dose to s.':ioz·e . They 'are ge~1craty of a uniform size weighing about 2 oz>., and are said to have been put there by t'ile Frand:::cans. They are fou!1d in onP other lukl' in Irel a!ld. somewhere in We.;tmeath. The 1''1·iary is J townland situated on the Kill:'murcJ side of Lough Eske. lt was here the Friars sett:eri when bnn ishe<I from Doneg:il :rntl min!.stered to the Spiritual war:ts oI the neighbouring di.stricts. There · is now no sign of n Church or building there
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