Brandubh or brannumh is a Celtic board game whose oldest archaeological evidence dating back to Ireland in the ninth or tenth centuries AD were found on board of this game 
Downpatrick Waterford and Antrim, but the most famous being the best preserved, is found in Ballinderry board (between the counties of Londonderry and Tyrone). The literary references in this regard are the bardic poems of Tadgh Dall O hUiginn, in a poem entitled "Abair riom to Eire ogd " attributed to Maoil Eoin Mac Raith, it sheds much light on the game; quote translation in full:
Downpatrick Waterford and Antrim, but the most famous being the best preserved, is found in Ballinderry board (between the counties of Londonderry and Tyrone). The literary references in this regard are the bardic poems of Tadgh Dall O hUiginn, in a poem entitled "Abair riom to Eire ogd " attributed to Maoil Eoin Mac Raith, it sheds much light on the game; quote translation in full: E
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