sentences:  It is possible that traces of this road are preserved in the modern thoroughfare that runs northwest from Stoneybatter (i.e.the Stoney "bóthar", or "cow-track") through Ratoath Road in the general direction of Tara.The existence of this unnamed road suggests that the Slige Midluachra originally by-passed Tara, running north from Dublin to Emain Macha.