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I came across this druid twice in the one weekend, here at Labbacalle and also at a standing stone outside of Tipp town called Roth Ramhach (I think).
Seemingly in the Annals of the Four Masters (the ancient ireland history mixed in with biblical stories) he was a great druid (and husband of a goddess) that travelled to Italy and met the bibical alchemist Simon Magnus.
I have it in a book at home but the standing stone Roth Ramhach was meant to be the remains of this crazy "machine" described as a "fire-wheel" that could destroy armys with its power a bit like the Ark of Covenant i guess. It was destroyed at a great battle at Solohead beg.
Anyway, all a bit out there I know but its amazing folklore, Ill post the whole excerpt later on tonight but if anyone has anymore info on it would appreciate it.

http://www.moghroith.org/name.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mog_Ruith

The Mogh Ruith/Tlachtga Cycle at http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/index_irish.html :-
The Beheading of John the Baptist by Mogh Ruith
The Executioner of John the Baptist
Verse on Mogh Ruith, Book of Leinster
The Genealogies of Mogh Ruith The Genealogies of Mogh Ruith
Tlachtga Tlachtga: genealogies
Tlachtga (Müller-Lisowski edition) Tlachtga (Matthews translation)
Tlachtga (Gwynn edition) Tlachtga (Gwynn translation)

Had a look at some of them, its quite confused folklore really. I guess it explains how it moved from Tipperary to North Cork with the lands been given to him there.
I wonder what his oared wheel was, could it have been some kind of monument aligned to the sun?