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in the south of Gal way, tell that there will be great fighting on Slieve an Oir, 

 and in the Valley of the Black Pig, but that the slaughter will never extend 

 to the Valley of St. Columbkille ; so that it will be well for all the people 

 who live in the latter valley during the great war. This form of the legend 

 prevails widely about Loughrea and other parts of Connaught. O'Kearney, 

 who gives translations from the Irish of prophecies attributed to St. Columbkille, 

 states that in no Mss. has he met with any passages on which such statements 

 could be founded. 



