School: An Ráth Mhór (Clochar) (roll number 13742)

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1. Description of Cathair Crobh Dearg (continued)

   

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   as those of George V, the arrival of the English in 1169 and their exit in 1922, the building of the round tower in Nuadh Chongbháil against the Danes in the 10th century and its crumbling away in the 18th. On the morrow of Clontarf the pilgrims at the City discussed the exploits of O'Donhue of the Glens in that great fight, just as they have discussed the local clergy from teh days of Cuimín Fada and Cuan in the seventh century to Canon Carmody and Father Tom in the twentieth.
   Before that time the druids heard with comparative indifference a belated account of the rise of Christianity in Europe but with interest sharpened by jealousy and fear they heard of its introduction into Ireland by Patrick. At the City festival the conquests of Caesar and Alexandar were once as topical as was later the doings of Napoleon. Sometime in the fourth century B.C the Iberians who until then held all Ireland had thus "patron" disturbed by the first appearance of the Gaels displaying their new iron swords and speaking a strange new tongue called Irish now for the first time spoken in Ireland.
   Away behind this far off date lies the unknown stretch of Iberian history. they came to worship to the City each year speaking a language akin to modern Basque and using bronze weapons The principal event in the long millenniums is the discovery of the use of metal about 2000 B.C. For perhaps 3000 years previous to that date the "city" was a place of worship the visitors there using none but stone implements. we have now far outdistanced the records of Macedon, Persia, Babylon, India or China and tie only with Assyria and Egypt. Challenge the most competent historian you can find and say to him that you can tell some occurrence for every year in recorded human history. When he has mentioned his date you can simply say to him. "On that year on May 1st, great numbers of people were dancing and praying for temporal prosperity at Cathair Crobh Dearg under Dhá Chích Danann

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Location

   Gortnagane, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Eugene O' Curry

   Gender

   Male