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| ABBEY ASSAROE, CO. DONEGAL.- Near the old town of Ballyshannon, on the Erne, are the ruins of the time-honored, but hopelessly decayed, abbey of Assaroe, founded in the early twilight age of Christianity in Ireland. Dr. Joyce, a most trustworthy authority, says the name is derived from the circumstance that Aedh-Ruaidh, father of Mocha, founder of the roval fortress of Emania, was drowned at the cataract of the river near this point, and is buried under themound still pointed out above the falls. |
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