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are Mur na d-tri g-Cogur, or the Mur, or Wall, of the Three Conspiracies, and 

 Lia na b-Fian, or the Stone of the Heroes, or Soldiers. Of the first, it is only 

 stated in the prose that it was situated in the vicinity of Teach Miodhchuarta ; 

 but the verse most distinctly marks that it was between the Long and the Heroes' 

 Well. To this Well there is no other allusion in any of the documents, but this 

 is sufficient to point out the locality of the Mur, as the Well is still to be found 

 to the north-west of the Hall, though it is now generally dry. Of the monument 

 itself there are no remains, and no illustration of its history has been found. 

 With respect to the second feature, the Stone of the Heroes, the prose and 

 verse both state that it was situated to the east of the road, opposite the Rath of 

 the Synods — a locality now occupied by the village — and consequently no 

 vestige of the monument remains ; nor has anything been found thait would 

 serve to illustrate the history of this, any more than of the former monu- 

 ment. 



The next monument described is Dumha na m-ban-amus, or the Mound 

 of the Heroines, or, literally. Women Soldiers,* which, according to the prose, 

 was a small mound situated to the south-east of the Teach Miodhchuarta, and 

 at the southern end : the verse states, more simply, that it was situated at the 

 upper or southern extremity, and calls it the Mound of the Women who had 

 been betrayed. This mound has disappeared, and no historical illustration of 

 it has been found. 



Proceeding now to the northern extremity of the Hall, both the prose and 

 verse place here the Rath, and the Leacht, or Grave, of Caelchu. These are de- 

 scribed in the prose as being near the northern head of Long na m-ban, and the 

 verse states that the Grave was to its north-east, and adds that it was a heap of 

 stones ; but there is every reason to believe that it should have been written 

 north-west, as the Irish transcribers frequently mistake the word paip for y^iap. 

 Both authorities state that this Caelchu was the great-grandson of Cormac Cas, 

 and was one of the Eoganachts of Cashel, and the most distinguished of all the 

 men of Munster for wisdom, and that from him the chiefs of Ros- Teamrach 

 and the tribe of Tuath-cis at Temur were descended. He was cotemporary 

 with the monarch Cormac Mac Art, and his son Cairbre LiflFeachair. This 



* For an historical evidence of the existence of female soldiers in Ireland, see p. 172. 



