School: Cnoc Luinge (C.) (roll number 11665)
- Location:
- Cnoc Loinge, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Siobhán Ní Néill
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- (continued from previous page)-age some half-century ago. Lough Gur at present covers an area of about 230 area, and its surface is 252 feet above the level of the sea. The shape is roughly that of a crescent the arms embracing a rugged hill rising nearly 200 feet above the level of the lake. The hill called Knockadoon was at one time an island, or nearly so, as the meadows to the east of it were under water before recent efforts were made to drain them. The shores of the are level to the south and west, but they are over-hung by considerable elevations to the north and east. Under the Hill of Knockfennell and to the north, is an opening Red Cellar Cave.
Like many another lake, Lough Gur is said to be under the guardianship of Garret the Great Earl of Desmond. The(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Curtis
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cnoc Loinge, Co. Luimnigh
- Informant
- Philip Curtis
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cnoc Loinge, Co. Luimnigh