School: Lochán na mBan (roll number 7816)

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   got married to Mary Prendergast. Micheál Mór Prendergast and Frank French were great friends. Richard Jordan lived in Rooskey. Micheál Mór lived in the village of Knock. [ Note on margin – Jennings Cloonlee Knock] He lived in a house where the Jennings family lived [ ‘first in the old Post Office’- stroked through] in Cloonlee Knock [ Marginal note- Jennings family Cloonlee]. Micheál Mór was a fine big strong fellow.
   Hubert Trench who lived in Carrane was a friend of the Jordans who lived in Rathslevin in Kiltimagh. In the year of 1798 there was a great rebellion. They hung Frank French in Castlebar.

   

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   “The word Loughanemon means the lake of the women.”

   

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   The word Loughanemon means the lake of the women. Long ago there was a wake in Loughanemon. Three women came to this wake. During the night the three women got drunk. After a while they went home.

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
   2. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ciss Mc Hugh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Loughaunnaman, Co. Mayo