Fintan's Grave
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Fert Fintain, Dun Tulcha | |
Coordinates | 52°50′48″N 8°23′26″W / 52.8467°N 8.3905°W / 52.8467; -8.3905 |
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Fintan's Grave is a mythological cave on the Irish mountain (now hill) Tul Tuinde [1] (Hill of the Wave) in the Arra Mountains near Lough Derg . [2] [3]
Supposedly, Fintan mac Bóchra waited out the Flood here. [4]
References
- ↑ Mountain, Harry (May 1998). The Celtic Encyclopedia . Universal-Publishers. p. 679. ISBN 978-1-58112-892-5 . Retrieved 16 January 2011 .
- ↑ "Annal M2242.1". Annals of the Four Masters . CELT: The Corpus of Electronic Texts. p. 5.
- ↑ Joyce, Patrick Weston (1875). The origin and history of Irish names of places . Longmans, Green and Company. p. 253 . ISBN 9780806345390 . Retrieved 16 January 2011 .
- ↑ R. A. S. Macalister, ed. (1941). "§26-38: The Invasions of Cessair and of Partholon" . Lebor Gabála Érenn: Book of the Taking of Ireland . Dublin: Irish Texts Society. p. §28.
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