School: Synge, Inagh (roll number 14440)
- Location:
- Glennageer, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máirtín Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0612, Page 340
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- (continued from previous page)chieftain named Conan, and the following is a translation of that passage of the poem by an esteemed Irish antiquarian the late Theophilus O Flanagan, student of T.C.D The fierce and mighty Conan was not at the desperate battle of Gabhra for in May, the preceding year, the dauntless hero was treacherously slain by Fenii of Fin at an assembly met to worship the Sun.
His sepulchral monument was raised in the north-west. His wailing dirge was sung and his name is inscribed in Ogham characters on the very Black Mountain of Callan.
The following is the translation by the same author - Beneath the sepulchral monument is laid Conan the fierce the nimble-footed.
To get a sight of this remarkable inscription the antiquarian is to proceed along the Ennis road for seven English miles, where, on the left, his attention will be arrested by the well-known Druid's Altar, designated Darby and Joan's Bed consisting of three flat stones or flags all about 9 feet 9 inches long and(continues on next page)
