Is Fionn MacCumhail’s wingman buried in West Cork?

Wingman to Fionn MacCumhail and tragic hero at the centre of one the greatest tales of

Is Fionn MacCumhail’s wingman buried in West Cork?

The discovery of a 175-year-old document, the clearing of an ancient, overgrown graveyard and the determination of a local man to follow a hunch have culminated in what could be the cultural find of a century.

The 1,500 -year-old burial mound of one of the Fianna’s greatest warriors - a man whose legendary passion for a beautiful princess led to his tragic death - is now believed to lie just a few miles outside the West Cork village of Enniskeane.

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