Cnoc Meadha

Cnoc Meadha is a hill west of Tuam, County Galway, in Ireland. It is stated in legend to be the residence of Finnbheara, the king of the Connacht fairies. Of two large cairns on the hill, one becomes thought to be the burial-vicinity of Finnbheara and the alternative of Queen Medb, whose name can be converted in the name Cnoc Meadha. Knockma Hill is crowned with prehistoric cairns. G. H. Kinahan wrote of the vicinity: The soft breezes that bypass one in a night in West Galway are called fairy paths.

They are said to be due to the flight of a band of the good people on their way to Hill of the Plain, near Castle Hackett, on the east of Lough Corrib, that's their super inn in Connaught. A smooth warm blast shows the presence of a good fairy; whilst a unexpected shiver shows that a horrific one is close to. In Evans Wentz's traditional The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries, his informant Mr. John Glynn, the metropolis clerk of Tuam, mentions that: The complete of Knock Ma which in all likelihood manner Hill of the Plain, is said to be the palace of Finvara, king of the Connaught fairies. There are a very good many legends about Finvara, however very few about Queen Maeve in this location.