What is recorded here

Mullannagaun holds buried heads from a brutal battle, while body graves lie at Tinnacarrig. The victors separated flesh from identity, denying enemies a complete rest. That much is recorded in the 1839 letters; the deeper wound is the intention behind the act.

The OS letters (1839) record a tradition that a battle was fought in Mullan-na-gCeann, and that the stronger party beheaded their enemies, burying their heads on the spot and their bodies in the graveyard at Tinnacarrig (CW022-032004-). (O' Flanagan 1934, 433, 435) Reference: O' Flanagan Ed. 1934 Letters containing information relative to the Antiquities of the County of Carlow collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Bray Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

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