Editing Macha (section)

==Macha, wife of Nemed==
Various sources record a second Macha as the wife of [[Nemed]], leader of the second settlement of Ireland after the flood. She was the first of Nemed's people to die in Ireland – twelve years after their arrival according to [[Geoffrey Keating]],<ref>[[Geoffrey Keating|Keating]], ''Foras Feasa ar Éirinn'' [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100054/text017.html 1.7]</ref> twelve days after their arrival according to the ''[[Annals of the Four Masters]]''.<ref>''[[Annals of the Four Masters]]'' [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/text002.html M2850]</ref> It is said that the hilltop where she was buried was named after her: ''[[Armagh|Ard Mhacha]]'', "Macha's high place". The surrounding woodland was cleared by Nemed's folk and named ''Magh Mhacha'', "Macha's plain".<ref>[https://celt.ucc.ie//published/T106500D/text027.html ''The Metrical Dindsenchas''] "Ard Macha"</ref>