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Ath Luain
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"[The Brown Bull] drank again at Ath Luain, and left Finnbennach's loins there - that is how the place was named Ath Luain, the Ford of the Loins" (The Táin, 252). |
The name ‘Ath Luain’ literally means ‘Ford of the Loins.’ The word ‘ath,’ meaning ‘ford,’ is one of the most common elements in Irish place-names, including those names found within the Táin Bó Cúalnge. |
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