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[60] _Also_ .-- This tale bears a simple and obvious interpretation.

The druids were the most learned and experienced in physical science of their respective nations; hence the advice they gave appeared magical to those who were less instructed.
[61] _Geisill_ .-- The scene of the battle was at a place called _Tochar eter dha mhagh_, or "the causeway between two plains," and on the bank of the river _Bri Damh_, which runs through the town of Tullamore.

The name of the battle-field is still preserved in the name of the townland of Ballintogher, in the parish and barony of _Geisill_.

At the time of the composition of the ancient topographical tract called the Dinnseanchus, the mounds and graves of the slain were still to be seen .-- See O'Curry, page 449.

The author of this tract, Amergin Mac Amalgaidh, wrote about the sixth century.