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School: Clocháin (Cloghans) (roll number 16170)

Location:
Cloghans, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
John Kelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 666

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  1. How Lough Conn Got Its Name

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    Lough Conn is situated in Mayo and is over looked by the Nephin Mountains. Where the water is at present was only a bog long ago. When St. Patrick came to Ireland, there was a big number of serpents in the country. One day while he was travelling near the Nephin Mountains he saw a serpent and this serpent was bold and St. Patrick thought to himself that he would banish the serpents our of Ireland for ever so he chased the serpent with a hound. The hound followed him on towards Lough Cullen.The track which they took filled with water and this is called the River Deel. The part of this river which was in the bog over flowed
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Lough Conn, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Ethna Clarke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloghans, Co. Mayo