It's not every day you discover a potential fairy mound or Sídh. So this find was particularly exciting to me. I initially heard of a Sídh near the banks of the River Suir outside Thurles from Professor Ronald Hicks's facebook page, where he detailed all the Sídhs he had visited in Ireland. He described the area as Shyane which comes from the An Sian which means Fairy Mound ( http://www.logainm.ie/en/2214?s=shyane ). A quick search shows that Shyane was actually the civil parish name for the combined townlands of Clobanna, Rossestown & Coolgarrane. He said about it that "From the Paps, according to "Two Tales about Fionn," Fionn went to Ely, centered on the barony of Eliogarty, County Tipperary, chasing Cul Dub, who jumps back and forth across the River Suir before going into a síd." Its an exciting story to imagine, Fionn MacCuill hunting the Cul Dub or Black Hound from The Paps of Anu in Co. Kerry to the rich pastures of Tipperary and the h...
My blog looks at the archaeology and heritage of sites in Tipperary and surrounding areas. As many of these sites are on private property, it is important to request permission from the landowner before entering private lands so that access does not become a problem across all sites.