School: Cnoc Luinge (C.) (roll number 11665)

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1. History of Knocklong (continued)

   

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   district, so that both men and cattle were dying by thirst around them. The King of Munster in this extremity, too counsel with his people and the decision they came to was not to submit to Corman, but to send to the island of Dairbre(Valencia) on the west coast of Derry, to Mogh Ruith, the most famous Druid of the time, who was said to have studied Druids in his East, in the great school of Simon Magus to request that he would come and relieve them from the terrible distress which they well knew had been brought upon them by Druidic agency. The ancient Druid consented to come and relieve them, on the condition that he should secure a territory of his own selection in that part of the province, with security for its decent in his own family for ever.
   His demands were granted, and he selected the present Barony

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Curtis

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Knocklong, Co. Limerick

   Informant

   Joseph Curtis

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Knocklong, Co. Limerick