Irish corra

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Trecheng breth Féne - §§ 230–256
§ 237c: Trí h-amra Connacht

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§§ 230–256
Ed. and tr. Kuno Meyer, The Triads of Ireland (1906).
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Third of the three wonders (amra) of Connacht: two herons (corra) in Scattery Island (Inis Cathaig): they do not admit any other herons to the island; the female heron flies west across the ocean to hatch and later returns with her young, but (men in) currachs have not discovered the place of hatching.

§ 237c: Trí h-amra Connacht

# 237c Trecheng breth Féne
Third of the three wonders (amra) of Connacht: two herons (corra) in Scattery Island (Inis Cathaig): they do not admit any other herons to the island; the female heron flies west across the ocean to hatch and later returns with her young, but (men in) currachs have not discovered the place of hatching.
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heron • miracles
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Connacht
Trácht Éothaili
Inis Cathaig
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Ir. corra