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Carey, John, “An Old Irish poem about Mug Ruith”, Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 110 (2005): 113–134.

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“An Old Irish poem about Mug Ruith”
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Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 110 (2005)
Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 110 — Medieval literature relating to Cork and Munster (2005), Cork Historical and Archaeological Society.
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110
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113–134
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Mog RuithMog Ruith
Mug Roith;Mug Ruith
Legendary Irish magician from Munster, who was linked in Ireland to biblical and apocryphal traditions, notably as a pupil under Simon Magus and as one responsible for the beheading of John the Baptist. He appears in Irish genealogies as a descendant of Medb and her lover Fergus mac Roích and as an ancestor for Fir Maige Féine, in the area about present-day Fermoy.
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Dennis Groenewegen
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