- The Hill of
Uisneach or
Ushnagh (Irish:
Uisneach or Cnoc Uisnigh) is a hill and
ancient ceremonial site in the
barony of
Rathconrath in
County Westmeath...
-
historian Geoffrey Keating,
there was a
great gathering at the hill of
Uisneach each
Beltane in
medieval Ireland,
where a
sacrifice was made to a god named...
- ch****s as red as blood.
Leabharcham told her she was
describing Naoise mac
Uisneach, a
handsome young warrior,
hunter and
singer at Conchobar's court. With...
- was
named "Loch Nis". A
second legend,
named "The
Tales of the Sons of
Uisneach" by
Mackay and now
considered part of the
Ulster Cycle of
Irish mythology...
- Bóinne (Newgrange).
Other places ****ociated with or
named after him
include Uisneach,
Grianan of Aileach,
Lough Neagh and
Knock Iveagh. The
Dagda is said to...
- to be just
outside Castletown Geoghegan. In
Irish mythology the Hill of
Uisneach,
which is
about 17.7
kilometres west of
Mullingar and two
kilometres from...
-
Chlann Uisnich—"Track of the
children of
Uisneach." This name
derives from a legend:
after the sons of
Uisneach fell in battle,
Deirdre threw herself into...
-
parent of
several other monasteries. In 544,
Kevin went to the Hill of
Uisneach in
County Westmeath to
visit the holy abbots, Columba,
Comgall and Cannich...
- Record. 8
March 2017.
Retrieved 12
February 2021. "Deirdre and the Sons of
Uisneach". The
Hazel Tree. 13 July 2022.
Retrieved 5 June 2024. Àndraa (9 February...
-
Louth and Offaly. Mide
originally referred to the area
around the Hill of
Uisneach in
County Westmeath,
where the
festival of
Beltaine was celebrated. The...
