HOWTH:
Teia Tephi landed at Howth on the 18th. of June 583 B.C., and was
greeted there and carried ashore by Eochaidh Mac Duach, the Ard ri
(high king) of Ireland. She spent that night at Howth staying at the
palace of Crimthann which was built on the Hill of Howth.
THE HILL OF
TARA: The next day Teia Tephi was taken to
Cathair Crofinn (now known as The Hill of Tara), where she married Eochaidh, the high
king of Ireland, and they gave their
pledges of marriage over the Lia Fail Stone (Jacob's Pillar - The Stone of Destiny) that Teia Tephi
had brought with her from Jerusalem. She then stood upon the Lia Fail
Stone and was acknowledged queen of all Ireland and Eochaidh as Ard
ri. Tephi and Eochaidh had four children, her firstborn son, Aedh,
died as a teen-ager and was buried in the Mound of The
Hostages at Tara. A special
subterranean tomb was constructed beneath the Mound of The Hostages
and Teia Tephi was buried in it, when she died, along with a number
of extremely significant artifacts including David's Harp, which
features as the Irish people's national emblem, and The Ark of The
Covenant.
SLANE: The
Battle of
Unna; also known as the battle of the
second Moytura (meaning "plain of towers" - the Boyne Valley); was
held at Slane. In Irish mythology, Tephi's warriors who were slain in
the battle were placed in the Well of Slane and were brought back to
life to terrify their enemies on the battle-field the next day.
KNOWTH: There was a total of 6668 people killed in the Battle of
Unna, most of whom were buried in the Boyne Valley. The warriors of
high rank who fell at the Battle of Unna were buried in the Knowth
burial-mound and those of lower rank were buried in the many
satellite graves around Knowth and throughout the Boyne Valley.
DOWTH: Bressail, the leader of those who rebelled against Teia
Tephi in the battle of Unna, survived the battle. The people never
forgot his arrogance, greed and meanness and when he died he was
buried in a grave that was made to face the setting sun rather than
the sun-rise and his grave was named Dowth which is derived from the
ancient Gaelic word "Dubad" meaning darkness.
NEWGRANGE: Teia Tephi's third child and second son, Aengus succeeded
his older brother Aedh to the Throne and became high king of Ireland
after his parents' death. He grew up to be very arrogant and had the
grandest tomb in Ireland built for himself to be, in his belief,
immortalized in, and was buried there at Bru na Boann (Boyne) which
means "The dwelling of Aengus, son of Bo." (Bo or Bovinda meaning
"the heifer" - the source of the milk of human kindness - Teia
Tephi).
TELTOWN:
Teia Tephi and Eochaidh had a palace built at Teltown, near Kells,
where they lived and where Teia Tephi wrote her amazing
autobiography, "The Book of
Tephi, Queen of Tara and Gibraltar." Before she died on the 1st of
August 534 B.C., she asked the people to remember her by holding
games at Teltown in her honour. The Teltown Games were held to remind people of her and The Torah which is the name
given to God's Laws; Statutes and Judgments contained in The First
Five Books of The Bible and in The Ark of The
Covenant, which she had brought with
her from Jerusalem. The games were to help teach the children to
behave themselves and rewards were given to those who upheld The
Laws of The Torah and were the most humble.
CAIRN
T, LOUGHCREW: Jeremiah the Bible
Prophet, also known in Irish history as the Ollamh Fodhla (wise teacher), who brought Teia Tephi to Ireland from
Jerusalem was buried in Cairn T. The second stone on the left as you
enter the tomb depicts the boat journey they made from Taphanes
(Tanis) in Egypt to Ireland, changing boats at Gibraltar and stopping
at Breogan in Spain and Marazion in Cornwall on the way. The stone
also gives astronomical calculations, done in great detail, which
give the date when
Jeremiah died and also when the
Battle of
Unna was fought. Jeremiah's Judicial
(Judgment) Seat, which he sat upon when he taught the people God's
Laws contained in The Torah, is situated on the Northern side of the
tomb , just to the right of the entrance, but has in recent times
become known as the Hag's Chair.
CIAN ANNUS MOR (KELLS): Ith Cian, the Israelite ruler
whom Teia Tephi visited at Breogan in Spain on her way from Jerusalem
to Ireland, later came to Ireland to visit his son Lughaidh, but was
killed near Kells by three Tyrian men whom he had previously driven
from Spain. Ith Cian was buried on the highest point in Kells, which
was the mound that Columba's (Columcille's)
house is built into the side of, until
recently when the Kells Garda Station was built on mechanically
raised ground next to it. Kells' original name is Cian Aneas Mor
which means Great Cian from the South, referring to Ith Cian, ruler
of Spain (Spain is referred to in "The Book of Tephi" as the
Sun-lands of the South).
There are many other sites in Royal Meath and surrounding areas in
Ireland that are associated with Teia Tephi, but the above are the
most relevant ones. Other sites include Tlachtga, Rath Lugh, Navan,
Mullagh Hill in Co. Cavan and Navan Fort
and Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland. The people at Navan Fort are
keen to co-operate with us in linking all of the associated sites to
promote tourism in a joint North - South venture
to help the peace process.