An Chraobh Airgid

Treasure

The Stone of Fál

Lia Fáil

Say it: LEE-uh FAWL

The stone at Tara that cried out under a true king.

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One of the four treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann, brought from the city of Falias. “It used to roar under every king that would take the realm of Ireland.” (Whitley Stokes’s translation of Cath Maige Tuired, 1891) A standing stone on the Hill of Tara carries the name today.

In the tales

  • The Coming of the Tuatha Dé Danann They burned their ships on the shore, and for three days a druid’s mist hid them. Then they sent word to the people who held Ireland: half the land, or a battle.

See also

  • The Four Cities Falias, Gorias, Findias and Murias, where the Tuatha Dé Danann learned their arts.
  • Teamhair The Hill of Tara. Seat of the high kings, and of the stone that cried out.
  • Tuatha Dé Danann The old gods of Ireland.

Sources

Medieval manuscript. Written down by Irish scholars between the eighth and seventeenth centuries.

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