On #Lughnasa each year at Teltown, on the River Blackwater in Co. #Meath, a great óenach or assembly of the tribes was held, devoted to trading, match making, and celebration as well as to ritual athletic contests appropriate to the season. Horseracing may have been part of the festivities and there are legends that teams swam across the nearby river as dawn broke.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Tailtiu the stepmother of #Lugh died of exhaustion after clearing land for cultivation, so Lugh's memorial to her was feasting, dancing & games culminating in her funeral pyre on a hilltop
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