Volume: CBÉ 0407 (Part 1)

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   “I spent most of summer holidays 1910 & 1911 in company with Willie Doyle. Fine steady young man of most exemplory who had devoted all his sprae time to the study of antiquities and folklore.”

   

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   within the inner ring of the Ring yielded something in the nature of treasure trove the nature of wh. I could never discover. Lights have been seen often in the Rath at night but those in the know will tell you stories about poitin-running but being an export at the art of illicit distillation, I don't see how poitìn could be made without running water except by aid of an elaborate pumping apparatus connected with the fabled well, over wh a snow-white queen is said to preside (Tobar Geal). This caiseal may be the Dún Bolg for wh. antiquarians have been searching for 80 years. It is placed in correct juxtaposition with regard to Bun Eife, etc (qv page )
   Of our further rambles in Wicklow I shall say nothing (h) Bun Eife. Travelling up the right bank of the Slaney one day northwards from Tullow, we inquired and recorded name of every pool, stone, field as we passed along. "What do you call this pool?" I enquired of an old man whose name I have lost. "Bun Eifí", was the prompt reply. I could have embraced him. This was surely the spot where the armies crossed on their way to Dun Bolg - a spot sought for in vain for 100 years by antiquary and archaeologist. Sure enough, there was a stream running into the pool i.e. Effy's Brook, and the

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   History Edit

   Date

   1910

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   Béarla

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Liam Ó Dubhghaill