[Note 056.5]

[Note 056.5] "the waves bet Banaher": the waves were overwhelming. According to the Irish Times July 16th 1931; the popular Irish saying "That beats Banagher and Banagher beats the devil" is derived from a belief that a handful of sand from the grave of Saint Muros O'Heney, in the graveyard attached to Banagher Old Church, is able to overcome all evil - even the devil himself.