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sleep in the west of 'Aine, daughter of Gailian, what time she fared with 

 Dubthach," which recalls "the wife of Dubthach," reverenced in the cemetery- 

 sanctuary of the Ernai, on Cenn Febrat, not far from 'Aine's Hill. This 

 suggests that various legends differed as to 'Aine's father, 1 calling him 

 Eogabal, Durgabal, Gailian, and Manannan. 



Of the other divine occupants of the sanctuary hill and mounds of 

 Knockainey, we find several sons of Eogabal — Feri, 1 Ferfi, Fere, Fermait or 

 Fer Fidail (still remembered there, like 'Aine), Aillen, Lu, and Fainle. 

 Another supernatural lady, Bacht (the Caehi, wife >>f Eogabal, of the poem), 

 came from Sid Cliath to Drom Fingin (Kiltinan) to confer with Fingin 

 mac Luchta, King of Monster,' and we hear of Enier, wife of Uaiuide, and 

 Eter, wife of Feri; perhaps the lady Etar, connected with Ben Edar, in 

 other poems. In th<- North of Ireland 'Aine is the Oaiilcach Bheara, who, at 

 Knockainey, is reputed to have made the curious ir causeway, over 



the Cammogue. Donn, under many epithi need in many places, 



as in the sand-hills of the vnbhir, at L</hiii<h, Co. Clare, and at the fairy- 

 cairn of "Strickeen," on the snmmil of Knockfirina (under the name of 

 Donn Firinne) visible from the cairn of 'Aine. 



Tii. 



M f Cell t Is were patrons "r makers <>f forts. 5 The god Lug gave 



his name t<> three places called Lugdunum or Lougdonnon. Lyons and 



Leyden -• •'. i shadow of hi^ name, and bis August festival, the Irish 



uuad, was obsei one of them.' Camnlos gave his name to 



Camulodunum ; hi* equh Beg bore the epithet "dunates" (of 



a earthworks/ Nuad N r"Ludens," held the British 



fort, I'iiui I.'inil. and probably I. d London. In Ireland the dilli- 



culi pea, not to I ad them. The Dagda, with hie huge 



i Variant parentage non in Irish .illu-i.-i . - ;md litn.t;s : cf. the w.o- 



goddess < I v..l. 1. p] Finn's divergent genealogies, and Mocha. Also 



see Rev. Celt., vol. xvi, ; .la's father varies in many sources. 



roL iv, p. :i) ; r • rm use [Agall., p. L'4») j Fer Fidhail (Rev. 

 Celt., vol. xvi, p. Lfii 



i:. Ir. Acad., Irish Texts Ser., vol. i. p. '.<, from Hook of Fernioy. 



..ha (ed. Meyer), pp. 1, 13-15) ; Agallamh. p. 225. For his connexion 

 with Knockfirina see Lewis, "Topog. Diet.", p. 114 ; Introd., Feis tighe cfaonam, p. 9 

 and N. Monster Arch. 8oc . vol. i. p. l'JS. 



Rhys, Bibberl Lot., vol. iv, for Lug, Xuada. and Camnlos; also "Irish 

 Mythological Cycle" (De Jubainville). 



re-dedicated to the Emperor Augustus, "All Gaul met at 

 Lugdunum." 



T The term ' Pirmiatfn ' or •'Dumias It., vol. xxxiii, p. 463) probably 



refers to the Poy <le Dome. 



