Dictionary definition: Assaroe

Dictionary definition: salmon
A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology;      700+ words ... ... ic along the Boyne and at the falls of Assaroe on the Erne, both caught by Fionn mac ... the salmon on his own at the falls of Assaroe it is known as Goll Essa Ruaid [the one-eyed fish of Assaroe]. A comparable Welsh salmon of wisdom ...

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Sunday Mirror (London, England);  June 20, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... waterwheels created by the Cistercian Monks who founded Abbey Assaroe in the late 12th century. Sean Lang, founder member of the ... coastal views. For opening times at the Water Wheels, Abbey Assaroe, Ballyshannon call 072-51580 from the Republic or 003 ...

Dictionary definition: Goll Essa Ruaid
A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology;      256 words ...Goll Essa Ruaid [Ir., of Ruad's waterfall, Assaroe]. Name applied to the one-eyed salmon caught by Fionn mac Cumhaill at Assaroe . This one, like the one caught on the Boyne , is identified with Fintan .

Dictionary definition: Macha
A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology;      700+ words ... ... Cimbáeth, who have agreed to serve in successive seven-year reigns. When Áed, her father, drowns at Assaroe , the others refuse her claim to the throne. When Díthorba dies (in some accounts, at Macha's hand) she denies ...

Dictionary definition: Erne
A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology;      391 words ... ... caryatid-like standing figures of Christian and apparently pagan origin, including a sheela-na-gig . The fabled cataract of Assaroe , now flooded for a hydroelectric project, was on the Erne. Bibliography See W. F. Wakeman , Lough Erne (Enniskillen ...

Dictionary definition: Fintan
A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology;      247 words ...Fintan 1. The salmon of knowledge is known as Fintan in many early Irish texts. At Assaroe he sometimes bears the name Goll Essa Ruaid [one-eyed of the red waterfall].

Article: Funeral of mill wheel death girl
Belfast Telegraph;  June 11, 2001 ;     323 words ... ... Donegal girl killed in an horrific accident at the weekend. Erin Lawne was crushed by a millwheel when she fell into water at Assaroe Abbey Water Wheels outside Ballyshannon on Friday evening. A Garda spokesman today said there would be no further investigation ...