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¹⁰Smyth, Jonathan. “Is Shantamon Cavan's most magical mountain?” The Anglo-Celt, 12 October, 2025.
During our 1998 visit to Shantemon we met local artist Mark Lawlor, who suggested that the sculpted face in the gate wall of a nearby home may have been connected in some way to ritual activities on the hill.

¹¹Harton, Michelle. Personal Communication, 25 April, 2026.

¹²Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth, and Joseph Fenwick. “The Gathering Place of Tír Fhiachrach? Archaeological and Folkloric Investigations at
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