Talk:Slige Midluachra
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Where did the Slige Midluachra Cross the Boyne?
editThe article says that the Slige Midluachra crossed the River Boyne at Slane, but according to
The HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY of EARLY IRELAND WALTER FITZGERALD The Geographical Teacher Supplement No. 1: The HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY of EARLY IRELAND (1925), pp. iii-vii, 1-101 https://www.jstor.org/stable/41553286
"From the northern slopes of Tara Hill this highway led by way of Duleek to Drogheda, where the Boyne was crossed" (page 87) Eroica (talk) 14:22, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
This source (page 83) says that the Slige Midluachra crossed the Boyne at Brow Ford (Ath Bhroga) near Newgrange. Eroica (talk) 14:30, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
John O'Donovan placed Ath Bhroga at Broadboyne Bridge (Stackallan), about 9-10 km west of Newgrange. Orhnance Survey Letters:Meath, pp. 327-340 Eroica (talk) 13:38, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
On the Tumuli and Inscribed Stones at New Grange, Dowth, and Knowth, George Coffey, The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 30 (1892 - 1896), pp. 1-96. Another source that discusses this matter (page 87), without coming to a definitive conclusion. Eroica (talk) 18:16, 9 March 2017 (UTC)