Cloich Cheann Fhaola Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 9/13/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Cloich Cheann Fhaola




Balor, the mythological king of Tory Island, was a Fomorian giant who was widely known as Balor na Súile Nimhe (Balor of the Evil Eye). He stole a highly prized cow, the Glas Gaibhleann, from Mac Aneely a chieftain who lived on the mainland. Mac Aneely resolved to kill Balor, but was told by his druid that only his own grandson could kill Balor. Balor, therefore, kept his only child, a daughter called Eithne, in prison in Tory. Mac Aneely, disguised as a lady, succeeded in getting into the prison and when Eithne saw him she immediately fell in love with him. When Mac Aneely returned to the mainland he left Eithne with child. She gave birth to three sons but when Balor found out her ordered that they be drowned. However, one son named Lugh survived, and was fostered by his uncle Gavida who was a blacksmith. Balor, outraged by Mac Aneely's plans to kill him went to the mainland, seized Mac Aneely, lay him across a large white stone and beheaded him with one blow of his sword. A red stain, said to be Mac Aneely's blood can be seen on the white stone known locally as Cloich Cheann Fhaola (The stone of the head of Mac Aneely).
In 1774 Wybrant Olphert of Ballyconnell House raised the stone on a pillar 16ft high. Sometime after Mac Aneely's death, his son Lugh avenged him by thrusting a red spear through Balor's evil eye. Lugh, who came to be known as the God of Light was commemorated on one of the postage stamps of Eire, "The Sword of Light."

THE CACHE The Cache is a 1.8L tab lock container with a geocaching label on it's side. When hidden it contained an assortment of 7 swap items and a small first to find prize. Please take care to rehide carefully.

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