Now Castleknock, near Dublin.
In the King's County.
The hill still bears the name, Knockanar.
Glanismole, near Dublin.
Talkenn, or “Adze-head,” was a name given to St. Patrick by the Irish. Probably it referred to the shape of his tonsure.
Pronounced “Sleeve-na-mon´”: accent on last syllable. It means the Mountain of the [Fairy] Women.
Translation by S.H. O'Grady.
See [p. 105].
Examples of these have been published, with translations, in the “Transactions of the Ossianic Society.”
Taken down from the recital of a peasant in Co. Galway and published at Rennes in Dr. Hyde's “An Sgeuluidhe Gaodhalach,” vol. ii. (no translation).