School: Adair, Fermoy

Location:: Fermoy, Co. Cork
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houses in the district. Several monks fled except three. They refused to go, because they wanted to mind the valuables and to see after the monastery. Cromwell's soldiers heard of this monastery, and went to take it. They caught the three monks and threw them into the river Blackwater and they were drowned. Every year since there is supposed to be three people drowned in the Blackwater because it was cursed then.
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The Cursing of the Blackwater

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Many years ago, when the Cistertian Monks dwelt in Fermoy, three of them were walking down by the riverside chatting and joking. The Abbot of the Monastery had wanted some papers which the three Monks had. When the Abbot

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