Local Folklore - The ringfort of Druminalass
On a farm in Druminalass
stands an old ring fort. It is
about 4 feet higher than the
land around it. A thick clay ditch
in which stout trees are growing
encloses it. There is an old story
about a man named Hugh
Loughlin who went to this fort
one time to cut firewood.
He climbed up one of the trees to cut some of the
branches with a hatchet. When he had a few branches cut his
hatchet dropped to the ground. He was wondering how he would
get it when he heard a voice saying, ‘Here is your hatchet’. But
he could see no one! Then the hatchet was lifted up to him. He
was so frightened that he never went to the fort again.