Wave of roary
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- Tonn Rudraige: the Wave of Rory, one of the Four Waves of Ireland → Dundrum Bay in County Down
- roar
- north (these four waves generally correspond to four animal commands in the directions of the compass, although this one is a bit unclear, it should correspond to north or “up”)
- hoary: The ancients often spoke of the sea as “hoary” (white- or grey- haired)
- Job 41:32 (“One would think the deep to be hoary”)
- Homer πολιὴν θάλασσαν poliēn thalassan - "the hoary sea."
- Apollonius, Lib. i.:545: - μακραὶ δ ̓ αἰὲν ἐλευκαίνοντο κέλευθοι - makrai d' aien eleukainonto keleuthoi - "The long paths were always white"
- Catullus, in Epith. Pelei: Totaque remigio spumis incanuit unda.
- Ovid, Epis. Oeno: remis eruta canet aqua.