A seven-year old Setanta become Cú Chulainn (Culann’s Hound) after killing the beast by driving a sliotar (the ball used in hurling) down its throat. Detail from a mural in Roumania Rise, off Ross Road. Wide shot of the whole below. The lettering reads “Mol na nóige agus tiocfaidh sí” [as written: praise the young and it will flourish; usually the phrase is “Mol an óige …” “praise youth …”]
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text: X01668 X01667 mol na nóige agus tiocfaigh sí gaelic games hurling
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