I'm from Ballindrait, which is a wee village tucked away at the foot of that hill. We always sort of new there was something special about that hill. We were often up there as kids, we used to go up at night to see the lights all around, you could even see Derry. I planted some native trees on that hill a few years ago, oak, ash, sycamore and chestnut. There's all kinds of local lore about the place, the tinkers rocks and there's supposed to be a tunnel that starts at that hill and goes for miles. I know a local farmer who claims to know the start point of the tunnel but he's very old and can't go up there any more. It's all overgrown. One day I might try and find it! Great video!
Lacey as usual gives no evidence for the presumed importance of Croghan Hill. Niall Naoighiallach came from Connacht and lived at Tara. His son, Conall Gulban settled at Ballyshannon and he establish what became known as Donegal from there.
I'm from Ballindrait, which is a wee village tucked away at the foot of that hill. We always sort of new there was something special about that hill. We were often up there as kids, we used to go up at night to see the lights all around, you could even see Derry. I planted some native trees on that hill a few years ago, oak, ash, sycamore and chestnut. There's all kinds of local lore about the place, the tinkers rocks and there's supposed to be a tunnel that starts at that hill and goes for miles. I know a local farmer who claims to know the start point of the tunnel but he's very old and can't go up there any more. It's all overgrown. One day I might try and find it! Great video!
Fascinating!
Fascinating. Thank you.
Great talk.
Great talk, except that it is about Croaghan Hill (Donegal), not Croghan Hill (Offaly). Still very interesting and well documented
Lacey as usual gives no evidence for the presumed importance of Croghan Hill. Niall Naoighiallach came from Connacht and lived at Tara. His son, Conall Gulban settled at Ballyshannon and he establish what became known as Donegal from there.