What is recorded here
At the S edge of the Rathcroghan plateau, and on the summit of the mound of ring-barrow (RO022-057046-). Traditionally it was thought to mark the burial place of Daithaí, nephew of Niall of the Nine Hostages and the last of the early mythological High Kings of Ireland (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 85; Gormley 1989, 9,…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO022-057047
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