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Ironically,
the Concannon family, owners of The Manning House, were related to the O'Conors
in the 10th century in Ireland.
Legend has it that the older brother of
the Concannon Clan was dissatisfied with the services of the castle Abbot and he
discharged the Abbot against the wishes of Concannon's younger
brother. Distraught by his older brother's action, the younger Concannon
disassociated himself with the Concannon Clan and formed his own Clan, to be
known as the O'Conor Clan.
Consequently, in retaliation for his dismissal,
the Abbot placed a curse upon anyone with a Concannon surname. In 1989,
over 300 Concannon descendants from all across the globe gathered in Ireland
and performed a ceremony to remove the curse. No one knows if the
curse-lifting ceremony was successful.
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