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Prehistoric stone row - or collapsed modern wall?
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Re: a whinger writes
Mar 15, 2005, 00:56
<i>I've not climbed CP yet, but it can be seen quite beautifully from here:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/4137</i>

Stunningly presented as always, 4W, you've captured it so well. The climb is on my ever-growing "to do when in Ireland" list.

<i>The list in Ireland is endless and many were still used less than 50 years ago for Lughnassa & Lammas festivals. </i>

I think one of the main differences between English and Irish use of sites is the matter-of-fact way the Irish areas are documented, the ancient festivals were kept up until very recently. A couple of extracts from here about Cnoc Áine and the Lough Gur area illustrate this.
http://www.boydhouse.com/alice/Carey/carey21hickeysofloughgur.htm

" Cnoc Aine is the Otherworld seat of the sun-goddess, Aine. Until 1879, men used to bring flaming cliara (bunches of hay and straw on poles) to the summit of Cnoc Aine. Then they would visit villages, fields, and herds to bring good luck. "

" My father was on the top of Knockfennel, tending the Bel-fire with a score of the neighbors" is a fantastic example, said with all the naturalness of 'Today I drove to the supermarket and did the weekly shop'.

I've not heard of anything similar in any english contemporary accounts. The sacredness of any site or area simply by being part of the cycle of the local inhabitants lives has long died out in England and is only hinted at in some folklore, yet in Ireland it seems to be much more current as a lot of it is within living memory.

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