Cloughaneely Stone
There are many versions of the story of Balor, but in Falcarragh it goes something like: There was once a Chieftain named Mac Aneely who owned a prize bull. The ruler of Tory Island, Balor of the Evil eye, named for his one-eyed gaze which would kill anyone it rested on, stole the bull and brought it back to Tory. Mac Aneely wanted revenge but his druidess informed him that Balor could only be killed by his grandson, for that was what the prophesies foretold. Balor knew of this prophesy himself and so had his daughter Eithne cruelly locked up in a tower where only her maids could enter.
So… Mac Aneely disguised himself as a woman and sneaked into the tower… and nine months later Eithne gave birth to triplets! Balor, enraged at what had happened, order the triplets to be thrown into a river. The druidess, managed to save one child, Lugh who was then raised by her uncle Goibhniu, but sadly the other two perished. When Balor discovered that Mac Aneely was behind the incident he travelled to the mainland, seized and beheaded him on a large white stone. That stone to this day has a red stain said to be the blood of Mac Aneely, and that stone is from where the parish Cloich Cheann Fhaola takes its name.
Years later Lugh led the Tuatha de Danann to war against Balor during which he managed to drive a hot poker through Balor’s evil eye, ultimately killing him and thus avenging the death of his father.