Irish Literature Companion:

Altram Tighe Dá Mheadhar

Altram Tighe Dá Mheadhar (Fosterage of the Houses of the Two Milk-Vessels), a tale probably dating from the 14th cent., set among the Tuatha Dé Danann [see sídh] after they have been banished to the fairy-mounds, it relates how Eithne is fostered in Oengus's dwelling at Brug na Bóinne [see New Grange].

 
 
 

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