Sliabh Coillte's hidden history revealed at talk
A SMALL mountain outside New Ross is Ireland's Mount Arrarat where the first invasion of Ireland look place, Simon W. Kennedy, told a conference at JFK Arboretum last Thursday evening, in what he said would be a revelation to most people.
He said this 275 metre high mountain and its hinterland has the significance of 'another Newgrange' and is probably connected to Newgrange in an alignment of a cosmic graph.
The well-known solicitor and author told the conference that he believes Sliabh Coillte is one of the country's most ancient sacred places and of great significance.
'Historians have ignored or have not known the significance of place names including Kilmokea, Whitechurch and Slieve Coillte as the first and foremost place of ancient priority and importance in the Irish experience,' said Simon.
'Whitechurch was the site of an ancient temple known as the Temple of Brightness, nearby Kilmokea or Mileadoc was the spot at which Cessair the granddaughter of Noah, escaping the flood, made the first incursion or invasion into Ireland, and Sliabh Coillte was where the first invasion of Ireland took place in 2242 B.C.,' he explained.
'Historians have up to now failed to join the dots in tracing Sliabh Coillte's central connection with Irish mythology, its association with Kilmokea, the confluence of the Three Sisters - the Barrow, the Nore and Suir - an amazing alignment of standing stones, the true translation of local place names and their meaning in the context of the rise and setting of the sun, folklore and topography,' he added.
As part of his conference, Simon displayed various pieces of evidence of his findings following many years of research.
