Folklore

Portleen
Stone Row / Alignment

There are two stones known as “the standing stones” in a field about one hundred yards above the school-house.
There is a story told that one time two giants were on the top of Lough Salt hill. They thought they would try their skill and see which would throw the farther. One giant threw his stone and his stone fell into this field. The other giant threw his stone and it fell about three inches in front of the first stone.

From the Schools Collection collected in the 1930s, and now being digitised at duchas.ie.