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A possible boundary cairn or megalithic tomb known locally as 'Tuaim an Fhir Mhóir', which marks the townland boundary with Glenstal on the western foothills of the Slievefelim Mountains, in the townland of Meentolla. Annotated 'Tuamanirvore' on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Described in the Ordnance Survey Letters as following; 'In the south west corner of the Townland of Meentulla and at the boundary of it with Glanstale, is situated a monument called Tuaim an Fhir Mhóir, locally translated the Big Man's Grave. It is a small heap of stones thrown together by passerby, it is said, over the remains of a highway man who was killed there. The same name notifies a grave [wedge tomb LI006-031----) situated in the Townland of Cappanahannagh, within half a mile to the north to Liss Guaire [LI007-002----]' (O'Flanagan 1929, 127). Two megalithic tombs are in the vicinity, a wedge tomb (LI007-006----) in the nearby townland of Garranbane and a court tomb (TN038-013----) in the neighbouring townland of Shanballyedmond, Co. Tipperary.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 3 July 2020
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