From the sea on a clear afternoon, Howth's heathery headland and cliffs rise behind a small plank boat with a square sail; Ireland's Eye lies far off.

Mide · Meath

Binn Éadair

Howth · Co. Dublin

The headland the dying sons of Tuireann lifted their heads to see.

Open it on the full site There it is marked on the map of the five fifths, where the road of a tale can be traced.

The high peninsula on the north side of Dublin Bay. Sailing home from Lochlann, Brian saw it rise out of the sea and held up his dying brothers so they could look at Ireland once more; they came ashore there and went on to their father’s fort. Logainm.ie records the name as Bend Etair about 1060; in 1879 Joyce called it Ben Edar, “now Howth Hill”.

In the tales

The Fate of the Children of Tuireann Three brothers stone Lugh’s father to death. His price sounds small: three apples, a pigskin, a spear, a hound’s whelp, and three shouts on a hill.
The Destruction of Da Derga’s Hostel A king bound by geasa breaks them one by one on the road, and knows exactly what it means.

Sources

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