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Churchtown's History
THE
CLOUGHAN DALLAUN
By
Jim McCarthy
At
the north eastern corner of Jack Murphy's farm can be
seen a large pillar stone which was known to older generations
of local people as the Cloughan Dallaun. It is nine feet
in height and roughly six feet in width. The area surrounding
this pillar stone was used long ago as a burial place
for still born babies.
As
a schoolboy I often made a shortcut home by this stone.
I remember one evening long ago I saw a man sitting on
top of the pillar. At first I wondered at seeing somebody
sitting up there but when I came closer I saw it was a
man from the locality who did it as a joke when he saw
us young lads approaching.
Around
the year 1905, two men repairing a fence on Murphy's farm
close to the Cloughan Dallaun found a number of gold and
silver coins. There were about 18 coins in all, one gold
coin about the size of a soverign dated 1679. Another
gold coin dated 1677, a siver coin about the size of a
shilling dated 1604. One coin about the size of an old
half crown, marked Elizabeth but undated. A number of
coins were marked Carlos II 1677. The coins are now in
the National Museum, Kildare St., Dublin.
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