1910-1911.] Griddle or Greidell Ine or Een. 287 



person of great importance among the Anglo-Saxons, as the 

 writer of the Chronicle has created a fabulous pedigree for 

 Ine and his brother Ingild which goes back to Adam the 

 first man. 



It is quite evident that Ine, King of the West Saxons, 

 cannot have any connection with Greidell Ine or Een. He 

 lived many centuries after the megalithic circle or cairn 

 which we have been considering was built ; and besides, it is 

 certain that King Ine died at Eome. But it is quite probable 

 that he is the lawgiver mentioned by Sullivan in O'Curry. It 

 is, however, interesting to find such a name as Ine existed, 

 and that it was Anglo-Saxon. 



Possibly Ine was a form of the name Finn, as that name 

 was also in use among the Anglo-Saxons. The name appears 

 ('Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,' vol. ii. p. 15, Thorpe's edition) as 

 one of the progenitors of King Ida, from whom arose the royal 

 race of the Northumbrians. 



In the story of Brudin Daderga it is mentioned, in con- 

 nection with events which are supposed to have taken place 

 about the beginning of the Christian era, that Saxons were 

 present at the Court of Conaire Mor. 



Probably the Irish way of spelling Ine would be " Een," 

 and this gives us a clue as to a possible explanation of the 

 name as associated with Greidell Ine or Een. 



So many places are associated with the name of Finn 

 MacCumhail that it is quite possible that Finn and Ine, or 

 in Irish, Een, may be variations of the same name. For 

 instance, Borlase (vol. iii. p. 756) mentions that the meaning 

 of the word Boardeen, which is the name of a dolmen in 

 County Cork, is said to be lordy table, and een for Finn, 

 meaning Finn's Table. In Brittany we have the word dol- 

 men, from dol, a table, and men, a stone. 



In Tipperary there is a circle named Lackaneen, which, it 

 has been conjectured, may be Lacka na Ch-Fian, meaning 

 Flagstones of the Fians. There is also another circle named 

 Diineen, probably meaning the dun or fort of Finn. 



In some cases in Ireland the name of Finn is associated 

 with natural features of the country, such as rocks, with 

 names such as Finn's Chair and Finn's Thumb. There is a 

 dolmen, however, in County Down named Finn's Finger. 



