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Cobha, in the vicinity of Downpatrick, in the cemetery of which 

 the body of Magnus was interred. 



Torfaeus (p. 146), in giving a summary of the character of 

 Magnus, says — he was a great and magnanimous Prince ; 

 strenuous, valiant, distinguished by strength of body and en- 

 ergy of mind, too ambitious of power and glory, persevering 

 in his designs, intrepid in their execution ; to his country, by 

 his levies and expeditions, burdensome ; to his soldiers indul- 

 gent, and, consequently, an object of their love and admiration. 

 When blamed by his friends for too rashly endangering his life 

 by hazardous enterprises, he said, " life was not to be esti- 

 mated nor measured by length of years, but by victory and 

 renown." 



encircled raths, various monuments — Pagan and Christian, monastic and 

 military. The County Survey of Down says that the Danes penetrated into 

 the country as far as Armagh, and that the raths are commonly known by 

 the name of Danish forts. Certain golden ornaments have also been dis- 

 covered from time to time, and among them a beautiful crescent, which ap- 

 pears by the description of it to be like one of those in the Museum of the 

 Royal Irish Academy. 



In vol. vi. p. 52, of " Notes and Queries," there is a notice of the burial- 

 place of Magnus, by John W. Hanna, of Downpatrick. Having heard that 

 M. Worsaae, in a recent visit to Ireland, had pointed out a place at some 

 distance from the cathedral of that town, where Magnus was interred, he 

 was anxious to find the spot, but could hear of no tradition concerning it, 

 nor of any place named Slat Manus. He seems to have entertained a hope 

 that M. Worsaae might know of some Danish map or history mentioning the 

 particular locality, but without success. 



" Magh Cobha, the plain of Eochaidh Cobha, the ancestor of the tribe 

 "called Ui Eathach Cobha, who were seated in the present baronies of Upper 



and Lower Iveagh," in the county of Down See O'Flaherty, Ogygia, part 



iii. c. 78. The Four Masters, and from them, Colgan, have erred in placing 

 this plain in Tyrone .... The older writers place in it the monastery of 

 Druim Mor (Dromore), and the church of Domh-mach Mor Muighe Cobha, 

 which is unquestionably the present " Donaghmore" (in Upper Iveagh), 

 " nearly midway between Newry and Loughbrickland." 



The curious reader may see more on this topic by referring to the note, 

 pp. 165, 166, in Mr. John O'Donovan's translation ofLealhar na g-Ceart, i.e. 

 the Booh of Bights. 



