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

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1. History of Knocklong (continued)

   

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   present difficulties, but denying his right of demand and refusing to send a dingle beef in acknowledgement of it, Cormac having received the stubborn message, mustered a large army and all his most learned Druids, marched into the heart of Munster and encamped on the hill called Drom Damhghaire. Having established his encampment, he consulted his Druids on the best and most expeditious means of bringing the men of Leinster to terms. The Druids after debate among themselves, assumed the monarch that he surest and most expeditious way of reducing his enemies would be to deprive them and their cattle of water, and that this they were prepared to do on receiving his permission. Cormac immediately asserted and forthwith the Druids by their spells and dried up or concealed all the rivers, lakes and springs of the

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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