Dúnán-Ui-Chuinn

J. O'Donovan O.S. Letters Co. Clare, p.25

Tradition has it here that Connor O'Quin of Inchiquin had one day observed
a beautiful lady on the southern brink of the lake, at a place called, still,
Dúnán-Ui-Chuinn, in the act of combing her hair, and being smitten with
her beauty, he made his way around from his own side of the lake to where
he saw her, but when he arrived there she had disappeared. He went back
disappointed, and watched the next day for her reappearance, which happened
at the same time as on the day before, on which he had made his way round
towards her, but when he approached the place she was again vanished from
his view. He then resolved not to be foiled the third time, and taking his
station the following morning behind a clump of trees near the spot where
she appeared, he had not waited long before he saw her coming up out of
the lake and throwing off the dark hood that covered her upper part. O'Quin
taking advantage of her long flowing hair covering her eyes for a moment,
made a spring and caught her in his arms, withng, your sarvint, madam, or
any other dacent good-morrow of the kind, upon which she turned about at
him and laughing asked him what he wanted with her, he said to make her
his wife: she at once agreed, and giving him her hood to keep went over
to his castle with him where they lived happily for three years. In the
meantime, the O'Briens of Leimeneagh and the other chiefs of the country,
proposed to hold a tournament and race at Comhad, upon which O'Quin's wife
begged of him when he would go to the assembly neither to invite, or reject
the invitation of anybody at the assembly to a feast, he promised to comply
with her request, but forgalsot his promise, for he invited O'Brien who
came with all his retinue to dine with him that evening. The lady had a
plentiful and sumptuous dinner which she served up. She left the company
to enjoy, and taking her hood in her hand, rushed out and plunged into the
lake, never to be seen again.