An Chraobh Airgid
At dawn mist tears from the flat-topped, cliff-edged Iron Mountain above Lough Allen, revealing a great host with spears and round shields camped on its shoulder.

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Sliabh an Iarainn

Slieve Anierin · Co. Leitrim

The Iron Mountain, where the Tuatha Dé stood when their mist lifted.

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A flat-topped mountain with a steep slope, east of Lough Allen. Its name means “the mountain of the iron”, and there were iron ore and ironworks in the country round it. Keating says the Tuatha Dé Danann burned their ships and hid in a mist of druidry for three days, so that not one of the Fir Bolg saw them until they reached it. From there they sent to Eochaid mac Eirc for the kingdom of Ireland or a battle.

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.

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