Irish Druids and Old Irish Religions

Stone- Worship. 2 1
remains near Cleggan Bay, Gahvay. A Grannie's bed is
at Glanworth of Cork. A zvarriors rest lies at Hyde,
Cork Co.
The capstones of some were as large as 24 ft. in length.
One near Mount Brown weighed no tons. There are
Cromlechs at Finvoy of Antrim, Dundonald of Down,
Ballymascandlan of Dundalk, Rathkenny of Meath,
Mount Venus of Dublin Co., Castlederg of Tyrone, Fairy
Mount and others of Louth, Kinvyle of Galway, Leaba-nabhfian,
or Kissing-stone of Sligo, Loughrey of Tyrone,
Sleigh-Grian of Kilkenny, Kilternan of Dublin Co., Castlehyde
of Cork Co., Ballintoy of Antrim, Sliabbcroabb and
Drumgoolan of Down, Garry Duff of Kilkenny, Sugarloaf
of Waterford, Burran and others of Clare, with those
of Innishshark, Killeena, Fintona, Mullimast, Kilternail,
Lennan, Knockeen, Dunmore, Lough Gur Isle,
Headfort,
Ballylowra, Gaulstown, Ballynageeragh, Killala, Castle
Wellan, Mount Vernes, Brown, Rathkelly, Moytara, Carlow,
Carrig-na-Crioth at Drumgoolan, &c.
While the cromlech of Howth, Dublin Bay, said to be
the tomb of Oscar, son of Ossian, is the more romantic
object, that of New Grange, by Drogheda, is the more
wonderful. Formerly covered with earth, its interior was
first made known in 1699. Standing on two acres of land,
it rises 6^ ft. At the base the diameter is 319 ft. ; at the
top, 118 ft. There is a gallery of stones 62 ft. in length,
with a number of chambers, one of which is 20 ft. in height.
Inscribed stones are not so common as in Wales and
Scotland. But the symbols of discs, double discs, circles,
concentric circles, bow and sceptre, volutes, wheels, spirals,
zigzags, ogham writing, pentagons, triangles, spectacleornament,
sceptres, serpents, horseshoes, mirrors and
combs, fishes, boars, elephants, horses, bulls, camels, crosses,
grooves, cups, &c., arc not unknown in Erin. There are