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Dermot & Grania's Bed

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Dermot & Grania's Bed
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Dermot & Grania's Bed is a cave in County Sligo named for two people whose lives may have touched that rock. The name suggests intimacy, ownership or love, though no date or event survives to prove which. A bed implies rest, warmth and return, so perhaps they entered together, lay down in darkness and emerged changed. The cave keeps that much: a human shape fit enough to remember, small enough to believe.
Dermot & Grania's Bed is recorded as a cave in County Sligo. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Dermot & Grania's Bed is a small limestone cave associated with Irish folklore, named after the legendary lovers Dermot and Grania. The cave's name reflects local tradition rather than detailed archaeological or geological study.

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