Rossnaree

Rossnaree (Irish: Ros na Rí, meaning 'wood of the kings'; Old Irish Ros na Ríg or Ros na Ríogh)[4] is a small village and townland in County Meath, Ireland, on the south bank of the River Boyne. The Brú na Bóinne complex of neolithic monuments is nearby, on the north bank of the Boyne. Rossnaree commands a ford that was used by the Williamites at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.[5] The walls of the mill at Rosnaree once contained a Sheela na Gig, although this has been removed for safekeeping and is in private possession.[6]

Rosnaree
Ros na Rí
Village
Church of the Nativity Rossnaree, built c.1820
Church of the Nativity Rossnaree, built c.1820[2]
Rosnaree is located in Ireland
Rosnaree
Rosnaree
Coordinates: 53°41′18″N 6°29′55″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Meath
Area
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 • Townland2.8 km2 (1.1 sq mi)

Legends

The legendary High King of Ireland Cormac mac Airt is reputedly buried at Rossnaree, having refused to be buried at a pagan site across the river after converting to Christianity.[7] In the Ulster Cycle tale Cath Ruis na Ríg ("the Battle of Rosnaree"), it is the site of a battle between Conchobar mac Nessa, king of the Ulaid, and his son-in-law Cairpre Nia Fer, king of Tara, during which the Ulaid hero Cú Chulainn kills Cairpre with a spear thrown from a distance, and then decapitates him before his body hits the ground.[8][9]

Namesakes

Rossnaree House, a mid-19th century manor house, takes its name from the area in which it is sited.[10] It is suggested by Elizabeth Hickey to be the original location of the House of Cletty (Tech Cleitech),[11] where Cormac mac Airt died after choking on a salmon bone and Muirchertach Macc Ercae reputedly died a threefold death.

Ros na Righ was also the name of a small steam launch which brought day-trippers along the Boyne Navigation in the early 1900s.[12]

The Rosnaree Hotel outside Drogheda was the location of an IPLO-INLA shooting incident in 1987. It is now the Moorehall Lodge nursing home.

References
  1. "Rossnaree Roman Catholic Church, County Meath". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  2. "Rossnaree Roman Catholic Church, County Meath". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  3. "Rossnaree Townland, Co. Meath". townlands.ie. Townlands Ireland. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  4. "Ros na Rí / Rossnaree". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  5. "Revisiting the Battle of the Boyne". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 8 October 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  6. "National Monuments - ME01204 - Rossnaree - Sheela-na-gig". meathheritage.com. MeathHeritage. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  7. "Meath". The Catholic Encyclopedia. 1911. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  8. E. Hogan (ed & trans), Cath Ruis na Ríg for Boinn, Todd Lecture Series, 1892
  9. Patrick Wadden. "Cath Ruis na Ríg for Bóinn: history and literature in twelfth-century Ireland". academia.edu.
  10. "The Manor Boyne". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  11. Hickey, Elizabeth (1965). The House of Cleitech. pp. 181–185. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  12. "We protest most vigorously... in a passive, silent kind of way". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2019.


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