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38. Dei-"/ Tt mrach 



Deisel Temracb was situated between the two stone-heaps of the youths, 

 that is, between the southern heap and the northern heap (PD 38). 

 According to VD iii 137 it was between the two earns, and tes Crinnai — 

 "south of Crinna" — a mere cheville. More important is the further state- 

 ment that it was 



fot co rath ria ndul ar eel a soitis daine deisel, 

 ' ; a sod with luck before dying, where men used to turn sunwise". 



This passage obviously refers to some religious rite, probably observed 

 before going into battle, in order to secure good fortune for the warriors. 

 There can be little question that Deisel Temrach was a stone circle ; and the 

 passage, to which we must return later, is of importance in giving us some 

 notion as to the traditional purpose and use of such monuments. The 

 structure has now entirely disappeared. 



39. Garnn Maccraide Ua Neill 



We know nothing about the stone-heap of the youths of Ui Neill, except 

 that it was beside and to the north of Deisel Temrach (PD 38). There is no 

 record of the history of the Leinster and the Ui Neill youths who owned the 

 two cams named after them respectively. The two names occur together in 

 the Annals of Ulster (a.d. 779), where we read of a " convention of the 

 synods of the Ui Neill and the Leinstermen" which met in "opido" Temro 

 under the presidency of Dublitter the anchorite. 



40. Edith Colmain meic /■'"■■'■■/ton 



This fort was north-east of Carnn Maccraide Ua Neill (PD 40). The 

 owner of the fort is called son of Faolchu in K, of Aelchu in B, and of 

 Caelchu in L, U, H. It may possibly be traced in some obscure irregularities 

 in the ground, connected with a gravel-pit, in the southern corner of a large 

 field next to the west of that containing the remains here identified with 

 ltaith Chonchobuir. 



41. Duma ind LucMuinn 



This mound was west of Baith Colmain | PD 41). It is not mentioned in 

 VD ; it can no longer be found ; nor is anything known of its history. The 

 word Luchdonn (spelt variously in mss.) occurs twice in Fled Bi"icrt nd as an 

 epithet of the Ultonian hero Loeguire Buadach ; but this does not help us 

 much, except, indeed, on the theory already set forth, that the monuments at 

 the north end of the ridge were the remains of a bronze-age burial-place, 

 which in popular tradition had become transferred wholesale to the braves of 



