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

Location:
Knocklong, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Siobhán Ní Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0510, Page 073

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0510, Page 073

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    in a northerly direction and two flags are displaced, which they formerly supported.
    The origin of the name Duntry-league is said to be due to the following occurrence - Cormac Cas second son of Olioll Olum, King of Munster, and Eochy, King of Ulster, engaged in battle at Ionock-souna, near where Kilmallock now stands. The Northern monarch was slain in the contest and Cormac severly wounded in the head. A dun was accordingly constructed for him, having a clear spring of water in the centre of it. A house was built over the well, and three pillar stones placed around it, so that the King's head was in the midst between the three pillars and convenient to the spring. Here the monarch lay, and one of his attendants stood constantly by him pouring the cold, clear water on his head. Cormac
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    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    2. 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