Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, fyc. 107 



copp Oari 50 Cpuacham, ;up li-aonaiceao e i Relij na pioj i ^-Cpuacam, i 

 B-pail a pa&aoap ptojpaio pil epeariiom DO upriiop, aic a B-puil jup aniu an Chuippre Oheupj 

 map liag op a lije 'na leacc lairii le Raic Cpuacan, jup anopa, 1666." Lib. Geneal. p. 251. 



" The body of Dathi was brought to Cruachan, and it was interred at Relig na riogh at 

 Cruachan, where the most of the kings of the race of Heremon were buried, and where to this day 

 the RED PILLAR STONE remains as a stone monument over hia grave near Rath-Cruachan, to this 

 time, 1666." 



The following notice of Carn Amhalgaidh, preserved in the Book of Lecan, 

 fol. 247, a, will give a distinct idea of the kind of monuments, which the pagan 

 Irish chieftains erected for the purpose of receiving their bodies after death, 

 and will also tend to show that an annual meeting of the people, called in Irish 

 Oenach, was usually held at those regal cemeteries : 



" Capn Griialjaio, .1. Omal^aio, mac Piachpa eijjaio, mic t)athi, mic Piachpach. Ip leip 

 po cochlao in capn, cum aenaig h-Ua n-Gmalgaio oo oenam 'na chimchell caca bliaoain, 

 oo peichem a long ocup a cablaij ap ocup mo, ocup oia aonocol booem. 



" Cam Amhalgaidh, i. e. of Amhalgaidh, son of Fiachra Elgaidh, son of Dathi, son of Fiachra. 

 It is by him that this earn was formed, for the purpose of holding a meeting of the Hy- Amhalgaidh 

 around it every year, and to view his ships and fleet going and coming, and as a place of interment for 

 himself." 



If it were necessary to my purpose I might also adduce, from the most an- 

 cient Irish MSS., several minute descriptions of the modes of interment prac- 

 tised by the pagan Irish; one, however, which cannot fail to interest the reader, 

 may suffice. It is found in that most valuable MS., the Leabhar na h- Uidhre, 

 so often quoted already, and occurs in a very ancient story, written to show that 

 Finn Mac Cumhaill was also sometimes known by the name of Mongan, and 

 which details the circumstances connected with the death of Fothadh Airg- 

 theach, who was for a short time monarch of Ireland, and was killed by the 

 warrior Cailte, the foster-son of Finn Mac Cumhaill, in the battle of Ollarba, 

 fought, according to the Annals of the Four Masters, in the year 285. In this 

 tract, Cailte is introduced as identifying the grave of Fothadh Airgtheach, at 

 Ollarba, in the following words : 



" 6amaip-ne lar-pu, a pmo, ol in c-oclac. Goaucr, ol ITIonjan, ni mair pin. 6amaip-ni 

 la pmo, cpa, ol pe ; ou loomap 01 Glbae." Immapnacmap ppi Poruo n-Gipjcec h-i puno accuc 

 pop Ollopbi. Piciminip pcanoal n-ano. pocapcpo epcop paip, co pec epic, co Uuio h-i ral- 



a Glmain in H. 3, 17, which is better. 

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