The Lia Fáil is one of two stones named the 'Stone of Destiny'. The other 'Stone of Destiny' sometimes known as the Stone of Scone has recently been removed from the coronation chair of the British monarchs in Westminster Abbey and returned on loan to Scotland.
In Celtic mythology, the Lia Fáil is reputed to have been brought to Ireland in antiquity by the semi-divine race known as the Tuatha Dé Danann, it is to be found on the Hill of Tara, in County Meath, approximately 25 miles north of the city of Dublin.
The Lia Fáil was thought to be magical: when the rightful King of Ireland put his feet on it, the stone was said to roar in joy. Cúchulainn split it with his sword when it failed to cry out under his protegé, Lugaid Riab nDerg, and from then on it never roared again, except under Conn of the Hundred Battles.
The stone is also credited with the power to rejuvenate the sovereign and also to endow him with a long reign.
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