Walking the Ceremonial Path at the Hill of Tara

Looking down the length of The Tech Midchúarta, or Banqueting Hall at Tara © Ali Isaac."thrice fifty stately couches there were,and fifty men to each shining couch.Seven cubits, an honest reckoning,before the crowded warlike company,55] with blazing torches burning,that was the measure of the hearth.Other seven, I have heard,made in truth a brightness beyond denial,majestic, notable, noble,60] beautiful chandeliers of brass.This sunny shining citadel,festive, martial, with cask-staves...