Killeenduff () is a

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within the boundaries of the

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Easky Easky or Easkey (; ) is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is on the Atlantic coast, from Sligo and from Ballina, County Mayo. The village name derives from the Irish language term for fish ("iasc") and "Iascaigh" literally means "aboundi ...

County Sligo County Sligo ( , gle, Contae Shligigh) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the Border Region and is part of the province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the an ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. Located about a mile from the village of

, Killeenduff has an area of approximately . The townland is home to the "Split Rock". Local folklore holds that this rock —though actually carried to its current location by an

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— was split as a result of an argument between two giants. According to legend, if one walks through the split three times, it will close, entombing the person forever. Killeenduff National School, built in 1965 and extended and refurbished in 2007, is located in the area.

Notable people

* Jack Harte, writer, was born at Forge's Corner in Killeenduff, where his father was a blacksmith. Several of his short stories draw upon Killeenduff and its local mythology. *

Fred Conlon Fred Conlon (1943–2005) was an Irish sculptor. Born in Killeenduff, Easky, County Sligo, where he was schooled, Conlon won a five-year scholarship to the National College of Art and Design in 1960. Domhnail O'Murchadha, assistant profess ...

, sculptor, was born and grew up in Killeenduff.

References

Townlands of County Sligo {{Sligo-geo-stub