Armagh is a county in Ireland. It contains a mighty prehistoric structure called Emhain Macha in Irish and Navan Fort in English. There is a lake nearby where a treasure is said to lie buried, but you can't get your hands on it if you are not the rightful owner. A dragon guards it and on one occasion this beast stuck its head out of the water, much to the discomfiture of a man named O'Rourke.
A dragon in another lake nearby was allegedly slain by the hero Finn mac Cumhaill, whom it swallowed, but who slit open its belly to escape. The dragon died, whether of chagrin or its wound seems uncertain.
Source: F. Quinn Armagh Folk Tales (Dublin, 2014).
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