Eiscir Riada

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Eiscir Riada, Eisgir Riada. [Ir. eiscir, esker, (glacial) ridge; riada, to travel by horse or chariot]. Traditional boundary dividing Ireland into two halves, north and south, running along a series of low sandhills from Galway Bay to Dublin. In the pseudo-history Lebor Gabála [Book of Invasions], Éber Finn takes the north; Éremón takes the south. Elsewhere in early Irish tradition the northern portion is Leth Cuinn, or Conn's half, attributed to Conn Cétchathach [of the Hundred Battles], and the southern is Leth Moga, or Mug's half, for Mug Nuadat, better known as Eógan Mór.

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