Fintan's Grave is a mythological cave on the Irish mountain (now hill)
Tul Tuinde (Hill of the Wave) in the
Arra Mountains
The Arra Mountains or Arra Hills (Irish: ''Sliabh an Ara'') are situated in County Tipperary in Ireland, between the towns of Nenagh and Ballina, south east of Lough Derg (Shannon) and north of the M7 Motorway.
The highest summit is Tountinna (' ...
near
Lough Derg.
Supposedly,
Fintan mac Bóchra
In Irish mythology Fintan mac Bóchra (modern spelling: Fionntán), known as "the Wise", was a seer who accompanied Noah's granddaughter Cessair to Ireland before the deluge. Bóchra may be his mother, or may be a poetic reference to the sea.
H ...
waited out
the Flood
A flood is an overflow or accumulation of an expanse of water that submerges land.
Flood(s), The Flood, Flooded or Flooding may also refer to:
Computing
* Flood fill, an algorithm that determines the area connected to a given node in a multi-d ...
here.
References
External links
MountainViews: Info on Tountinna Tonn Toinne (457m) in area Shannon
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Caves of the Republic of Ireland
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