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 () and literally means "abounding in fish", due ...

County Sligo County Sligo ( , ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region and is part of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht. Sligo is the administrative capital and largest town in ...

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

. Located about a mile from the village of

, Killeenduff has an area of approximately . The townland is home to the "Split Rock".

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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, sculptor, was born and grew up in Killeenduff.

References

Townlands of County Sligo {{Sligo-geo-stub