I've been wanting to make some pictures from my trip to Ireland, and Queen Medb's Cairn on the summit of Knocknarea Mountain in Strandhill was my first choice. (She is also known as Queen Maeve if you anglicize her name.) Queen Medb's got an interesting story, a mixture of potential truths and a lot of mythology. But, what really surprised me is that it turns out she was killed by Furbaide with a piece of cheese. Yes, cheese. He used it as a missile to kill her while she bathed in a pool. I figure that part must be true.
Oct 11, 2010
Cairn
I've been wanting to make some pictures from my trip to Ireland, and Queen Medb's Cairn on the summit of Knocknarea Mountain in Strandhill was my first choice. (She is also known as Queen Maeve if you anglicize her name.) Queen Medb's got an interesting story, a mixture of potential truths and a lot of mythology. But, what really surprised me is that it turns out she was killed by Furbaide with a piece of cheese. Yes, cheese. He used it as a missile to kill her while she bathed in a pool. I figure that part must be true.
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Hey, this was supposed to go on my Stay Curious blog, not here. Oh well, I'll post the same thing in two places. Sorry for the redundancy, those of you who look both places!
I don't mind seeing it twice, it's a nice picture and an interesting story.
Yes- and I think you should draw a picture of what the cheese looked like as a missile...
must have been a chunk of parmesan cheese... I also like the story about renaming her sons
read the wikipedia page about her - holy moly, what a life story!
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