Standing stone in Knockyoolahan East

Situated close to the shore at the bottom of a steep S-facingl slope. Ryland (1824, 303) descirbed a stone close to the estuary of the Dalligan River, c. 350m to the E, that resembled a human form and was venerated as a saint, but it had been thrown into the sea. It may have been recovered and re-erected as it is described as the place where Fionn Mac Cumhail was killed and bore an imprint of his hands and knees (Fitzgerald 1858, ). There is a record from the 1930s (NMI file) of a stone set into a road wall in the same vicinity with hollows to fit the shoulder-blades. This stone cured back-ache, but is not now evident. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26th September, 2011.