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School: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Boys) (roll number 16332)

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Skerries, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
T. Mc Namee
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    “In Lusk there is a very high Tower about two hundred feet high. They say that St. Maculinn jumped from the top of it to the back of the barracks about half a mile away.”

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    Old Irish Tale.
    (Skerries, Co. Dublin)
    In Lusk there is a very high Tower about two hundred feet high. It is said that St. Maculinn jumped from the top of it to the back of the barracks about half a mile away. His foot-print is there still, and when he tried to jump back his face hit the middle of the Tower so hard that the print of it can be seen to this very day.
    Michael Hoey,
    Rathmooney,
    Lusk,
    Co. Dublin.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Hoey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathmooney, Co. Dublin