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School: Achadh Mór

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Aghamore, Co. Mayo
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Seán P. Mac Shiúrtáin
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    How Mannin Lake came
    to be there.
    Long ago that field was used for playing hurling and there lived a poor widow near the field and she had only one son. One day when her son was playing hurling someone struck him with a ball and killed him. When his mother heard that her son was killed she cursed the place and she wished it had been a lake. When the people of the village got up the next morning there was a lake there. That is how Mannin Lake came to be there.
    Kathleen Wilson,
    Killeen Aghamore,
    Ballyhaunis,
    Co. Mayo.
    I heard this story from my mother of the same address.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Wilson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killeen, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Wilson
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killeen, Co. Mayo