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The Murder Hole

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The Murder Hole
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Murder Hole, County Donegal, Ireland, is a cave whose name still sounds like a warning. The rock may have swallowed voices, bodies or memories, while people avoided the place because they believed it was hungry. That is the shape of the story, even when the facts stop short of the event.
The Murder Hole is recorded as a cave in County Donegal. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
The Murder Hole is a karst cave formed in limestone through water erosion, typical of the cave systems in northwest Ireland. It derives its name from local folklore suggesting it was a site of violent or tragic events, though no archaeological evidence has been recorded to confirm historical human activity there.

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