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School: Druim Mór (roll number 11901)

Location:
Dromore, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Ó Conghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0944, Page 209

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    town was changed.
    It is from this old story that our parish and our lake Muckno, the Killarney of the North got their names.
    Many people hold that at sunset one can see a "rode through the water from Mullandoe to the Demesne.
    Many years ago the lower part of Muckno Lake was a swamp and was called Loch Eochta. Lord Blayneys ancestor's in order to beautify their holdings had the Fane river damed to flood this swamp. There was a road through this swamp which was used by the people around here to go to Blayney directly or to go to the Dundalk road. It is the road can be traced in the loc and around which the stories grew.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ita Conlon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dromore, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    James Conlon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    46
    Address
    Dromore, Co. Monaghan