Uisnech
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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And it was a good while after that, Nuada was holding a great assembly of the people on the Hill of Uisnech, on the west side of Teamhair.
From Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory
And the youths, all fresh and tall and lithe and beautiful, went home to their father to tell that the sons of Uisnech were safe.
From Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales by Various
It was on the heights of Uisnech that Connla heard the fairy calling him to the Plain of Pleasure, Moy Mell, where Boadag is king.
From Evelyn Innes by George (George Augustus) Moore
"It is a pity your journey is from Teamhair, and from the pleasant plains, and from great Uisnech of Midhe; there is nothing so pitiful as this."
From Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory
And Lugh went away out of Ireland, and some said he died at Uisnech, the place where the five provinces meet, and the first place there was ever a fire kindled in Ireland.
From Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory
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