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Explanatory note
- English
the lump (of rock) of Méabh
Centrepoint
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Historical references
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Carn ar ar bharr na Mucaise Sl (662m)
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AL (clóscríofa) 283/4
MEASCAN MEADHBHA, a lump of stones. Meave's lump. [OD:AL];
Mesconmeave Finné:AL, Maskon Mave - Madge's butter Ellison:AL,
Meascin maise - plenty of food Ogilby:AL;
Maskon Mave is a large mound of stones. The English of it is Madge's butter. A woman of the name of Madge was ordered as a punishment to carry these stones to the top of Muckish and there to build them in a heap together and after this exploit was performed she was to go to Connaught and there she was to get a lump of butter (or a Maskon) as large as her mound of stones. So the mound of stones is called Mascon Mave or Madge's butter Descr.Rem.:AL
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