The Cailleach

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The Cailleach is the wife of Mug Ruith. She lived with him at the site of what is now Labbacallee wedge tomb. In a fit of jealousy after he fell in love with her sister, she threw a boulder at the druid knocking him into the River Funshion where he died.

When

First attested
500 CE
Attested period
500 – 1500

Relationships

consort of
Mug Ruith
co occurs with
Tlachtga, Dorb, Cuma, Muach

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Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“He married The Cailleach and together they lived at the site of what is now Labbacallee wedge tomb until, in a fit of jealousy after he fell in love with her sister, the hag threw a boulder at the druid knocking him into the River Funshion where he died.”

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