Note 437 — Chapter XLIX · THE SUBSIDENCES AND DISLOCATIONS OF THE PLATEAUX
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For versions of the legends, see Dr. Todd's "Irish Version of the Historia Britonum of Nennius," Roy. Hist, and Archæol. Assoc. Ireland; Dr. Reeves' "Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down," etc., p. 370; Mr. J. O'Beirne Crowe's "Ancient Lake Legends of Ireland," No. 1 in Journ. Roy. Hist. and Archæol. Assoc. Ireland, vol. i. (1870-71), p. 94; Giraldus Cambrensis, vol. v. cap. ix. p. 91—"de lacu magno miram originem habente." Moore's well-known lines embody the popular belief that round towers and other buildings were submerged by the inundation.