Árd Ladhran
The not yet excavated Árd Ladhran ( German height Ladhras ) is a large round hill near the east coast of Ireland , on the edge of the cemetery of Ardamine in County Wexford . The mound that could cover a stone grave is known in particular from Irish mythology .
Forty days before the Flood, according to Lebor Gabála Érenn ("The Book of Landings"), Cessair (also Ceasair or Cesair) came to Ireland after a shipwreck with surviving 50 women and three men - Bith, Ladhra, Fintain. According to the annals, there were no people in Ireland before. Ladhras was the first to die in Ireland. According to legend, the hill is his grave.
During the translation of the annals of the four masters , John O'Donovan (1806–1861) came to the view around 1850 that the parish of Ardamine must be the same as Árd Ladhran mentioned in the annals. Various sources indicate the existence of an ancient cross or dolmen on the hill, but nothing of this is known.
The sea off this part of the Irish coast is called "Tuile Ladhrann". This area of the Irish Sea is known as the "threatening roar", which heralds the arrival of a dangerous storm, which is why the arrival of Cessair was probably located here.
Árd Ladhran (but also Ardeath or Geshill or Geashill) is also mentioned as the site of a famous battle between the mythical armies of Éber (also Heber) and Éremón , the sons of Milesius .
literature
- Peter Harbison : Pre-christian Ireland - From the first Settlers to the early Celts . London 1988, p. 217, ISBN 0-500-27809-1 .
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Coordinates: 52 ° 37 ′ 51 ″ N , 6 ° 13 ′ 52 ″ W.