Holly Lake Loch - Cuileann #1 is a photograph by Joe Cashin which was uploaded on September 30th, 2015.
Holly Lake Loch - Cuileann #1
The Legend of Holly Lake (called in Irish, Loch Cuileann) ... more
by Joe Cashin
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Holly Lake Loch - Cuileann #1
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Joe Cashin
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The Legend of Holly Lake (called in Irish, Loch Cuileann)
The first of these legends (writes John O'Donovan) is connected with the traditional history of Holly Lake, called in Irish Loch Cuileann. It is an article of popular belief that Tory Hill which rises over Loch Cuileann, was formerly the theatre of pagan worship for the people of the surrounding country.
On one of these occasions, the worship being ended, athletic games and feats of activi�ty commenced. The people were assembled on the Faiche, or plain, now the townland of Fahee, which extended up to the border of the thick wood, still called Bigwood (Coillmhor in the language of the day).
Hurling was the favourite amusement; the opposing teams - sixty a side - being on this occasion distinguished by their camans: Tri fithghid caman cuillin agus caman coll (three score hurls of holy and hazel
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