- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
-
January 2025. "The
Royal Sites of Ireland: Cashel, Dún Ailinne, Hill of
Uisneach,
Rathcroghan Complex, and Tara Complex".
UNESCO World Heritage Centre....
-
Killaraus could mean the "hill of Killare" and thus may
refer to the Hill of
Uisneach. This is an
ancient ceremonial site with
numerous prehistoric monuments...
- re-erected them as they had stood.
Mount Killaraus may
refer to the Hill of
Uisneach.
Although the tale is fiction,
archaeologist Mike
Parker Pearson suggests...
-
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...
