Eochaid in his palace at tara awaited the coming of his rival, Midir; and though all the doors of the palace had been firmly closed for the occasion, and armed soldiers surrounded the queen, Midir like a spirit suddenly stood in the centre of the court and claimed the wager.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
Weeping and sorrow ceased not in tara after the boy, and on that night no one therein ate or slept, and they were in grief and in exceeding gloom.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
We might say that all of Brittany is a Land of the Dead, and ancient Carnac its Centre, just as Ireland is Fairyland, with its Centre at ancient tara.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz