Note 1258 — Chapter XXIV
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Footnote 1258:
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A whole class of such Irish legends is called Tomhadna, "Inundations." A typical instance is that of the town below Lough Neagh, already referred to by Giraldus Cambrensis, Top. Hib. ii. 9; cf. a Welsh instance in Itin. Cambr. i. 2. See Rh[^y]s, CFL, passim; Kennedy, 282; Rev. des Trad. Pop. ix. 79.