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  • Tags: Fionn mac Cumhaill

"…Fin M’Coul stood before the monster; but instead of innocently submitting to be sucked in like a common man, Fin, famed as he was above all the Fions for feats of agility, took a hop, step, and leap, and fairly and clearly jumped down its…

A description of the context surrounding the formation of the Orange Order district lodge and its relationship to Lough Derg

"There are two different opinions to account for the meaning of the denomination, Lough Derg..."

O'Donovan's account from a local of the origin of Lough Derg's name in a story from the Fenian Cycle

"The same or a similar monster inhabits the lake yet (still) and was seen not many months ago. It guards a crock of gold which lies buried in the ancient island of the Purgatory…"

"They here shew a bass relief of Keeronagh, the devil's mother, rudely done on a coinstone of one of the chapels, a figure somewhat resembling that of a wolf, with a monstrous long tail and a forked tongue..."
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