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The Silvermines The Twelve Mountains of Ebhlenn (Evelyn) Dha Sliabh Deag Ebhlinne Taken from Sacred Ireland by Cary Meehan "Ebhleen was a mythological figure, married to a king of Cashel. She fell in love with her stepson and eloped with him. Right in the heart of these mountains is a small peak called Mathair Shliabh or Mother Mountain which has a cairn of stones on top called 'the Terrot'. Those climbing the mountain would carry a stone from the bottom to add to this cairn. The cairn was said to cover the grave of a young man who refused to go to mass one Sunday and went hunting instead. Although it was June – June 29th to be exact – he was caught in a snow-storm and his body later found at the spot now marked by the Terrot. There was a traditional outing up the mountain here until the 1920s. It involved the usual Lughnasa activities of berry-picking, singing and dancing, though the date was 29th June. The monks of Kilcommon were to have started it but it is more likely that they changed the date from Lughnasa to the earlier date which is the Feast of SS Peter and Paul (The Festival of Lughnasa)"

Posted by bawn79 23rd November 2005ce

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