[236] Wars of the Gaedhill, xci, n2.
[237] Dublin, 1847, p. 22.
[238] "Book of Rights," pp. 11-12, note.
[239] Dean of Lismore's Book, Introd., p. xxiii.
[240] "Uatha, plural of Uath, a word not easily translated. Uath is evidently "These are tales formed from Uaimh, a cave, or cellar; and signifies some deed connected with, as the attack or plunder of, a cave." (O'Curry, op. cit., p. 586, note.)
[241] "The Irish before the Conquest," p. 32.
[242] For Mr. O'Curry's various statements, see his Lectures, pp. 257-8, 283, 586-7 and 589.
[243] A more particular description of the Brugh of the Boyne will be found in [Appendix A]. The three mounds are also described in "A Hand Book of Irish Antiquities," by William F. Wakeman, Dublin, 1848; in Wilde's "Beauties of the Boyne," Dublin, 1849, and two of them (Knowth and Dowth) by T. N. Deane, in the "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy," December, 1888.
[244] For such details see Scott's introduction to "The Monastery," etc., etc.; Brand's "Description of Zetland;" and Armstrong's "Gaelic Dictionary," s.v. "Uruisg."
[245] "Legends of Scottish Superstition," Edinburgh, 1848; "Maclachlan's Brownie."