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lity, founded on fact; for Mr. Curry, in 1841, with a copy of 

 the story in his hand, visited the scene of this ancient battle, 

 and found on the field a remarkable confirmation of the fact 

 that a great slaughter had there taken place in very remote 

 times. Not having then seen Ryan's History of the County 

 Carlow, he was quite unaware of the existence at the present 

 time of the " Hole Stone," mentioned by that writer. How- 

 ever, in moving along the road which runs parallel with the 

 river from Tulla to Ahade, and when near to the latter place, 

 he espied the identical flag-stone lying at the north end of a 

 small field of wheat close on the left-hand side of the road, 

 with a large lime-kiln nearly opposite, on the other side of the 

 road. Having thus unexpectedly come upon the neighbour- 

 hood of the site of the battle, he proceeded a short distance 

 forwards, to where some men were at work, at the same 

 (left-hand) side of the road, trenching up a small field to a 

 great depth, to get rubble limestone for burning, with which 

 the soil seemed to abound. This appearing to him a for- 

 tunate circumstance, he turned into the field, and inquired 

 of the men if they had discovered anything remarkable in 

 their excavations. They answered immediately, that they 

 had found the field full of small graves, at a depth of from 

 eighteen to thirty inches below the surface, and they showed 

 him some which had not been yet closed up. The graves 

 were formed, generally, of six flagstones, — one sometimes at 

 the bottom, four at the sides and ends, and one, sometimes 

 more, to cover them in. They were from three to four feet 

 long, one and a half broad, and about three feet deep. Every 

 grave contained one, two, or more urns, bottom down, co- 

 vered with small flags, and containing minute fragments of 

 burnt bones and black ashes or mould. 



Mr. Curry succeeded in procuring two of the urns in a 

 perfect state. They were made of materials superior to such 

 urns in general, and very neatly manufactured, and are now 



