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VOLUME X.

EDWARD GWYNN

the metrical DINDSHENCHAS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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PREFACE.

Most of the poems in this volume are now printed for the first time. The corresponding prose versions will he found in Stokes’nbsp;edition of the Rennes Dindshenchas, in vols. xv and xvi of thenbsp;Eevue Celtique. I have followed in general the order of thenbsp;Eennes manuscript, but have inserted some poems which donbsp;not occui' in that codex. Some of these are late additions tonbsp;the Dindshenchas, and are here printed as nearly as possible innbsp;the places which they occupy in the Book of Lecan and thenbsp;other codices in which they are found. As no two copies of thenbsp;Dindshenchas, among those which 1 have used, have exactly thenbsp;same contents, an editor is obliged to use his own judgmentnbsp;to some extent. The arrangement here adopted seems to menbsp;preferable to that of Stokes, who relegates these later additionsnbsp;to an appendix, thereby obscuring the geographical ordernbsp;which the compilers of the Dindshenchas observed. That therenbsp;is such an order was first noticed, so far as I know, bynbsp;Mr. G. H. Orpen, in the Journal of the Society of Antiquariesnbsp;(Ireland), March, 1906, p. 29.

In some cases a poem which is found only in the Book of Leinster or in some small group of manuscripts has been setnbsp;beside a different poem on the same place which occurs innbsp;the Eennes codex and other copies. On the same principlenbsp;the poem on Eóiriu in Ui Failge is placed beside Eóiriu innbsp;Ui Muiredaig, and those on Eó Mugna and Eo Eossa afternbsp;Mag Mugna.

PEEPACE.

The problem of arrangement will become more complicated in my next volume, in which I hope to complete the text of thenbsp;Metrical Dindshenchas. When I reach the final volume, whichnbsp;is intended to contain, among other matters, a description ofnbsp;the manuscripts, I hope to state fully the facts as to the ordernbsp;followed in the various copies.

In constructing the text of the poems I have attached rather less weight than in former volumes to the authority ofnbsp;the Book of Leinster, and rather more to that of E and Bnbsp;(which are very closely related), especially when they arenbsp;supported by H and S3. The Book of Lecan, the Book ofnbsp;Ui Maine, and the Stowe manuscript D n 2 are verynbsp;untrustworthy guides in doubtful places.

In orthography I have as a rule tried to approximate to the general practice of the Book of Leinster; but no uniformnbsp;standard can be fixed, especially as the spelling is constantlynbsp;varied in order to mark the rhymes.

The poem on Eo Mugna (which is only preserved in S) and those on Cam FrAich, Ard na Eiag, Inker Miiada, Cam Amalgaid,nbsp;Mag Tibra, and Sliab Gam (only in Lc.) are reproduced as theynbsp;stand in the manuscript, except as specified in the criticalnbsp;notes; but I have not thought it necessary to indicatenbsp;expansions by italics, unless some shade of doubt were possible.nbsp;On the other hand, in editing the poems which are only foundnbsp;in L (Maistiu II, Eoiriu in Ui Failge, Eo Eossa, Sliab Mairge I,nbsp;Mag Femin I), I have supplied marks of length and introducednbsp;some slight alterations of spelling. This applies also to thatnbsp;part of the poem on Carmun for which L is the only authority.

These and other inconsistencies are partly due to the long time which has elapsed since the earlier pages of this volumenbsp;were put in type, and to the necessity of printing off each sheet

PEEFACE.

as it was finished. The same cause is in part responsible for the long list of Corrigenda.

Mr. W. J. Purton has been good enough to read the proofs of the whole volume and suggest corrections. Dr. Bergin hasnbsp;kindly done the same for pp. 49-80. To the Eev. Charlesnbsp;Plummer I owe a collation of the Eawlinson text of Tondnbsp;Clidna T.

EDWAED GWYNN

Tmnity College, Dublin, February Wth, 1913.

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MANUSCRIPTS OF THE DINDSHENCHAS

CITED IN THIS VOLUME.

L nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;=nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;The Book of Leinster.

R nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;=nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;The Rennes MS.

B nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;=nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;The Book of Ballymote.

Lc. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;=nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;The Book of Lecan.

Y nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;= The Yellow Book of Lecan.

H nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;=nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Trinity College, H. 3. 3nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;(1822).

E nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;=nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Trinity College, E. 4. 1nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;(1486).

G = Royal Irish Academy 28 K 82.

M = The Book of Ui Maine, Royal Irish Academy.

S nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;=nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Royal Irish Academy,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Stowenbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;D.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;ii. 2.

S2 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;=nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Royal Irish Academy,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Stowenbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;B.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;ii. 2.

Sj nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;=nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Royal Irish Academy,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Stowenbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;B.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;in. 1.

Sj nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;=nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Royal Irish Academy,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Stowenbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;D.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;iv. 2.

V nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;= Royal Irish Academy, Reeves 882.

Rawl. = Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B 487.

Ed. = Advocates’ Library, Edinburgh, Kilbride xvi.

Laud = Bodleian Library, Laud 610.

Franc. = Franciscan Convent, Dublin.

Lism. = The Book of Lismore.

COEEIGENDA.

Page 2, lines 7, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;8 read tictis, arjigli»: so in lines 193, 210, 211,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;213.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;3, 16

for ‘smooth’ read nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;‘lean’. 3, 19 readnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;‘ that won a title of ... .nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;without dis

repute’. 4,. 23 see Notes. 7, 69 delete ‘extinction’. 8, 78 fetabair, 8, 90 see Notes. 10, 100 delete comma after Herech. 14, 170 read chorgud,nbsp;17, 189 see Notes. 18, 234 read chi'oes-tolla. 19,234 for ‘fiddles’ read ‘harps’.nbsp;20, 259 read egair. 20, 264 read nddn. 21, 259 delete ‘profane’. 23, 286 readnbsp;‘ horse-fights’.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;24, 301 read tdidliud and see Notes. 24, 322 read deg^coem,

25, 303 see Notes. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;26, 7 read asmaid:nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;see Notes. 26, 11 read otdnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;sin.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;26, 19

read gairthir (L): nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;31, 55 read ‘to thenbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;well, without being thirsty ’.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;34,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;15 read

comraicet and render ‘ they meet ’. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;35, 18 read ‘ through Loch Munremair past

ïailtiu ’. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;46, 83 read achdch. 50, 27 read issi. 70, 54 read ndag~ceil. 70, 63

read Oïl-dóitig ; see Notes. 72, 81 read dreim (L). 73, 73 for ‘ fared ’ read ‘ had gone’. 75, 114 read ‘at the Black Fords81, 26 read ‘in the islands of thenbsp;Red Sea’. 82, 70 read abainn. 83, 53 read ‘those two grappled with eachnbsp;other 84, 7 read issi. 84, 16 read cét col: see Notes. 84, 19 read Herccaid.nbsp;85, 7 see Notes. 86, 2 read perhaps arhdig : see Notes. 90, 21 read ddltail raindnbsp;‘ verses decide (!¦) ’: in the passage quoted in the Notes the ihyme requires ddltaid,nbsp;91, 39 read ‘ Cliath ’. 94, 14 read sobarthain, 96, 6 read bindguth. 100, 6 readnbsp;cluiche drenn. 106, note at foot: for prhis read proprium. 106, 49 read diard magnbsp;‘to whom the plain belongs’. 107, 41 for ‘pleasing’ read ‘active’. 108, 64nbsp;read ruada. 108, 69 read mac~blait. 108, 75 read chlóiter. 108, 84 read a h-Étarnbsp;‘ from Etar ’.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;109, 64 read ‘ the red sons of Ross 109, 65 for ‘ champions * read

‘ curraghs ’. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;112, 21 read tria. 147, 10 see Notes. 149, 9 for * hallowed’ read

‘ joyous ’. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;152, 15 for das read dar. 164, 38 read gebat: see Notes. 158, lines

17-20 should follow line 8. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;158, 9 read gU. 160, 9 read sceól sain. 164, 5 read

Crimthand. 164, 10 read cian ind ail. 165, 1 for ‘bright’ read ‘perfect’. 165, 24 read ‘ the way to subdue them is to behead them ’.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;171, 50-51 read ‘of

laws and ordinances, which were made,’ etc. 173, 71 read ‘ Boinim ’. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;176, 134

read andess. 177,131 read ‘0 sir!’. 178, 160 residi comalltair. 186, 50 read chatlia. 203, 43 read ‘May they sit in heaven! 208, 37 read lotar. 214, 49nbsp;read Mogênair. 216, 7 read is maic Thahuirn : see Notes. 224, 20 read file.nbsp;225, 8 see Notes. 225, 23 see Notes. 226, 18 read Cathgtts. 231, 67 fornbsp;‘in general’ read ‘by far’. 234; the title should be Cend Cuirrig.nbsp;234, 2 read rodamair and see Notes. 236, 2 see Notes. 236, 16 readnbsp;nofoilgtis. 238, 27 see Notes. 240 read throughout Miss for Miss, and in 19 readnbsp;ndiss. 246, 72 read immat. 251, 119 read ‘ the king of the Fianna ’. 253, 127nbsp;read ‘in the noose of a gad’. 258, 32 xQSidi co Mdmaind is co liedgaig. 261, 16

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COEKIGENDA.

read'Fand’. 263, 37 read ‘ the lake of the hero Len\ 271, 14 read * of the fleet *. 277, 4 for ^ dissolution ’ read ‘ the ring of battle \nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;281, 58 read * by stric

custom’. 283, 73 for ‘mute’ read ‘muttering’. 286, 8 read Idech-luchair and see Notes. 288, 46 read sdir sin. 289, 32 read ‘ to everyone it is not unlovelynbsp;290, 54 read Iten luchair, 303, 53 read ‘ to sleep 306-308 : lines 49-52 shouldnbsp;come after lines 53-56. 307, 43 read ‘Both’. 311, 83 delete ‘ casket ’ and seenbsp;Notes. 334, 16 see Notes. 317, 30 read ‘Elg ’. 319, 4 see Notes. 322, 57 seenbsp;Notes. 322, notes : for 58-59 read 59-60. 328,49 read bail. 334, 7 read labradnbsp;and see Notes. 336, 35 read in Móen sin. 336, 44 read Moenaih sin. 337, 26 seenbsp;Notes. 344, 87 read/o rww ‘ mysteriously346, 99 readnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;351, 24 read

‘horse-fights’. 355, 87 see Notes. 359, 44 see Notes. 363, 102 see Notes. 366, 3 read tliaiss. 377, 13-16 see Notes. 882, 13 read nocleckta. 385, 39 readnbsp;‘ it severs not’. 393, 99 see Notes. 397, 20 read ‘ Mianna . . . Magen’. 397,nbsp;21 read ‘ of the Marline’. 401, 20 read ‘ on a cairn of the Curlew Mountains’.nbsp;403, 27 read ‘ when he was laid in the cairn of stones 405, 6 read ‘Elg 407,nbsp;25 see Notes. 409, 5 read ‘ From the Isles of the chieftain Mbd 414, 14 readnbsp;fa Mad. 415, 16 read ‘all four’. 419, 1 and 42,1, 29 read ‘ Inber Muada’-419, 11 read ‘ Elg 427, 15 see Notes. 431, 46 see Notes. 438, 11 read oigednbsp;sona. 440, 4 read Conaill. 441, 18 see Notes. 443, 26 see Notes. 443, 44 sq.nbsp;for ‘ is diiven ’ read ‘ is planted ’.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;453, 34 read ‘ their kine and oxen he killed in

the first hour 458, 108 read ba fairm tocha ‘ it was an appropriate name 465, 51 see Notes. 465, 53 read ‘ free from venom 465, 57 see Notes. 465, 64 fornbsp;‘ swift ’ read ‘ sullen

PART III.

CARMUN. Fulaetach cecinit.

Eistid, a Laigniu nal-lecht, a èluaig ós Raigniu rath-chert,

CO fagbaid uaim as cech aird cdem-senchas Carmain chloth-aird.

Carmun céte óenaig féil, co faithchi róenaig roréid,nbsp;in tsluaig tictis dia thaichmi,nbsp;arfigtis a glan-graifni.

Is railecc rig a ruam ran, cid sain-serc sluag co sóer-grad;nbsp;fail mór fo dumaib ddlanbsp;dia slóg bunaid bith-grdda.

Do cbdiniud rigan is rig, d’ faidiud digal is digm'm,nbsp;ba mence find-sliiag fagmairnbsp;dar slim-griiad sóer Sen-Cbarmain.

In fir nó in fer co mét gal, nó in ben co n-ét anbal,nbsp;ruc gairm een mimes marggaid,nbsp;tuc ainm dües deg-Carmain ?

LEBYMEHSS3V. Parts of L are nearly illegible, especially 110-150. JwlartecA] Fulquot; L ; Flann E ; om. cat.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;1. Laigni%C\ LY : laigni,

amp;c. cat. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;2. sliiaig] sluag, amp;c. codd. és Saigniu] ed. os-aigni L (oraigne

fes.); ua raigne, amp;c. YS; uar aighne M; narraigne B; uas raigne, amp;c. cat. rathcher(\ racert, amp;c., RB ; rocert, amp;c., YHESs ; na ceart M.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;3. fagbaidquot;]

fagthai Y; fabhaig E ; fagbaib M. «s] os RB ; is ESs. 4- cojot-] LE : dind-, amp;c. cat. chlothaird'\ clethgair Y; olethgairce S.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;6. faithchi'\

faitcib H; flaitbib M. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;7. in tslüaig'] an sluag YSs;

thaie'hm%\ taithmi, amp;c., RYHS3; taiebne E; faiebe M. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;8. arjigtis\

arafaiedis R; arfiebtis YHS; airfichdis M. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;glan-l nglan YMSE.

9. «] in LB. 10. cid] cidat M. sain-] sam- RBY; am- S. sluag co sóergrdd] a sluag saergrad S ; sluaig ssergrad M.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;11 • ƒlt;gt; dumaib]

fodumaid YE; do dumaib SSsM; do damuim H. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;12. dia] do t- E.

CAEMUN.

Hearken, ye Leinstermen of the graves,

0 host that rule Raigne of hallowed rights, till ye get from me, gathered on every hand,nbsp;the fair legend of Carmun high in fame !

Carmun, gathering place of a hospitable fair, with level sward for courses :—nbsp;the hosts that used to come to its celebrationnbsp;conquered in its bright races.

A burial-ground of kings is its noble cemetery, even specially dear to hosts of high rank;nbsp;under the mounds of assembly are manynbsp;of its host of a stock ever-honoured.

To bewail queens and kings,

to lament revenges and iU deeds,

there came many a fair host at harvest-time

across the noble smooth cheek of ancient Carmun.

Was it men, or a man of mighty prowess, or woman with passionate jealousy,nbsp;that brought the market a title not unreputed,nbsp;and gave its proper name to noble Carmun ?

-grdda\ gradhach H. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;13. do] di BR ; da Y.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;chdiniud] dumaid R ;

cumaid B. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;14. d’fdidiud] du faidiud RB ; d’famp;iged E ; daidheadh S,

dignim] mignim (?) L; dognim ME. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;15. ha] bat L; bad RBE.

mence] inenci LRB ; minca E ; menie, amp;c. YHSs* nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;-sluag] -slüaig LBSs.

fagmair] fagmur, amp;c. YE ; ïagmair L. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;16. -grmd] gruaid, amp;c. RBHSs;

ruad E. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;sóer] sseir BSs; sair H.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;'Charmain] Carman, amp;c. RYHE.

ll.Jir—fer] fer—fir R ; fear—fer B. gal] LB; ngal nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;in ben]

in bead B ; in bet M ; in beth S ; in hi ben E. co n-ét] coméit E ; conceat M ; connet H. anbal] nadbal E ; angabal M ; nimadbal YHS3.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;19. gairm]

ainm L (?) B ; a hainm E. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;mimes] mes LE.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;mavggaid] ed. marg-

gaig E; mar gr«aid (?) L; margnaig R; margnaid, amp;c. BYSM ; margn HS3. 20. deg~] sen- R ; do E; nde S.

B 2

25

CARMUN.

Ni fir is ni fer fergach, acht óen-ben dian dibergach,nbsp;gliiair a tarmun is a tairra,

6 fiiair Carmun a cét-ainm.

Carmun ben maie Dibaidjdéin maic Doirche dirmaig dag-féilnbsp;maic Aincgeis co méit ratba,nbsp;ba cend airdmeis ilcbatha.

Nistailged tairecc tarba fri sain-seirc na sóer-Banba,nbsp;daig ba snimaig ceob amm thairnbsp;eland maic Dibaid ’s am-mathair.

Cengsat siar dindyara cbur Dian ocus Dub is Dotbur,nbsp;ond Athain aidben anair,nbsp;ocus Cairmen am-mathair.

Nomiltis im Tbuathaib Dé in t-aes nüacbair naimtidenbsp;torad each thalman co traig:nbsp;ba fogal adbal écair.

Cairmen as each bricht co mblaid aidcgled each ihblieht mborr-thoraid,nbsp;iar ngleicc as each dén nar dleeht,nbsp;na meiec tria ag tria anrecht.

larum rosrathaig Tüath Dé, rosbrathaig liath is amgné,nbsp;ar each n-om-gnim gniset sonbsp;sniset a comlin ehucco.

CARMÜN.

Not men it was, nor wrathful man-, but one fierce marauding woman—nbsp;bright was her precinct and her fame—nbsp;from whom Carmun got its name at the first.

Carmun, wife of the son of fierce Dibad, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;26

son of right hospitable Doirche of the hosts,

son of Ancgeis rich in substance,

was a leader with experience in inany battles.

No supply of gain appeased them

in their ardent desire for noble Banba ; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;80

because they were distressed perpetually in the East, the children of the son of Dibad and their mother.

They fared westward for the second time —Dian and Dub and Dothur,—

from the East out of distant Athens, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;85

they and Carmun their mother.

In the borders of the Tuatha De the folk of a hostile wedlock ravagednbsp;the fruit of every land to the shore :

it was a dreadful lawless pillage. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;40

Carmun, by means of every spell of fame, destroyed all sap of swelling fruit,nbsp;after strife waged with all arts unlawful,nbsp;and the sons through battle and lawlessness.

Then the Tuatha De perceived them; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;45

horror and hideousness betrayed them :

for every cruel deed they did,

the Tuatha De inflicted the like number upon them.

49. CriffAinSel] Crithinbel RBYSM; Cridenbél, amp;c. ESs. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;m sdiiad] . .

saib . . L (ba saib ƒ««.) ; ba saebad E ; noco saob E. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;50. Laibachl libacb E ;

laeebban S. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cachir\ Catbair Enbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;51. ChuilK] cuil B ; cuill E.

Ó»] ar LE. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;rdi] raen B ; ri E ; drbi S.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;na ra^] na radb T ; ro rad,

amp;c. SaH. 53-56.] in LE nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;53. ar\ a E. 55. i eendP^ a cbenn E.

57. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;rogain\ L; raga in H ; ragba an Ss ; roguin, amp;c. cat.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;roga'] ragba T.

58. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;soraid] LE; saguir EB ; sogbair TS; sogar H; sogbar S3; sogbuir M.

ni sderthoga] in saertaga Y. 59. no] om. LE ; nod- SM. fdedaid] fagbad Y; fdebadb, amp;c. MS.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;grind] rinu H.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;giall] bar ngiall E. 60. creiti]

is eirg M. óen-] cen R; a aen M. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;63. eiarh aidheri] ciarbad ben, amp;c.

CAEMUN. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;7

Crichinbel—no deception this !

and Lug Laebach son of Cacher nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;50

Be Cbuilli. . . above all battlefields and Ai son of Ollam,

The stem four, equal-strong, said to them on overtaking them,

“ A woman is here to match your mother, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;55

three men to the brothers three ;

“ Death to you—no choice ye would choose,

no blessing, no lucky wish !

or else leave with good grace a hostage;

depart from Erin ye three only! ” nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;60

Those men departed from us ; stern means were found to expel them ;nbsp;though it seemed distant to them, they leave herenbsp;Carmun—alive in her narrow cell.

Every pledge [was given] that is not transgressed with safety, the sea with its beasts, heaven, earth with its bright array,nbsp;that the strong chiefs should not come southwardnbsp;so long as the sea should be round Erin.

Carmun, death and extinction carried her off. it came upon her in ungentle shape :nbsp;she found her fate, as was right,nbsp;among the oaks of the strong graves.

LRBTS ; oiar bo ben E. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;fdcbat] E ; facbad B ; facbait, amp;o. eat.

64. Cairmen\ BH ; carman cat. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;65-68.] om. H.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;65. ƒ»'»•] fer S.

na\ nach E.B. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;66. muir mil, ncm] mil muir din{f) Y (s.m.) ; muir

mil (no niuill s.m.) n-(nó tein s.m.) B ; mur niüil tein S3; muir neam M. 67. tistais] tisatL; tlsaed E.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;tenn S.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;eéinnobetK\ L

(robeth ƒlt;!«.); cen nobeth E ; airet bes, amp;c. cat. im'] in B. 69. Cairmen\ BH ; Carman, amp;c. cat.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;bdide] b5idi L ; baide EBH; baidi Y; baidhe S3 ;

buide E; blaidhe S. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;70. nosaidlcd] na saidled, amp;c. YHSS3; no sailed B.;

na saighleadb M. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;ns] is EYMHSS3.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;71. aidid] baidid L.

gt;•0-] do E.ESS3; nar Y ; 0 M. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;72. dron-'\ droing Y; dorun E.

CAEMUN. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;9

Thither came, for the delight of her beauty,

to keen and raise the first wailing over her,

the Tuath De over this noble plain eastward : nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;76

it was the first true fair of Carmun.

The grave of Carmun, who digged it ? do ye learn, or do ye know ?

according to the judgment of every esteemed elder

it was Bres son of Eladu : hearken ! nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;80

Five fair hundred four score

years it is since then—no lie !

from Carmun, a captive under tribute,

to the psalm-sung birth of Jesus in human form.

Four hundred two and thirty from the birth of Christ—not false the count!nbsp;to Crimthand [ruler] over captive Carmunnbsp;to Patrick great and glorious.

Five and thirty kings in the east without a curse of the Leinstermen before the faith of Christ;nbsp;the noise of them reached over Erinnbsp;from thy sweet-omened company, 0 Carmun !

Five and fifty kings—laborious these !— of the warriorhood of Christendomnbsp;from Crimthann, mark for wounds,nbsp;to Diarmait Durgen, stout and goodly:

¦dédruclit S. 89. n^] om. BM. ceii] cein B,; co Y. 90. do] o LE. ria] iar YS ; re E.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;ereitim] ed. craitid (?) L ; creidig E ; creitid, amp;c. cmt.

91. a nuall] anuail L ; anuaill EEM ; anhuail B. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;rosaich] L; roseicBE;

roaaig EBH ; rosaid, amp;c. YS. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;92. dit] dot, amp;c. HS ; din E ; don YS3.

chiiain] ehtlan, amp;c. YSS3 ; qan H. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;chélUnd] ceibfind, amp;c. EE ;

ceibind Y; qbind S. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;93. saetkraig] saetbrach, amp;c. LB; saethr,

amp;c. EHS3. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;94.] do laighnibb na criostoidbib S3 [in litnra).nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;95. cned]

cend E. 96. dromnas] dornmas, amp;c. LEH. durgen] nuirgean, amp;c. YS ; ndroigean M.

CARMUN.

Eight sons of Galam, with the number of their hosts,

Bonn, Hir, Eber, Heremon,

Amairgen, unvexed Colptha,

Herech, Febria, and Erennan : nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;100

These were the warranties of the Fair, loudly acclaimed at all seasons,nbsp;at coming in and at going forthnbsp;without any rude hostility.

From the Tuatha De to the children of Mil, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;106

it was a refuge for noble ladies and princely men; from the children of Mil (’twas a clear fact),nbsp;till Patrick of Ard Macha, it was a refuge.

Heaven, earth, sun, moon, and sea,

fruits of earth and sea-stuff, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;110

mouths, ears, eyes, possessions, feet, hands, warriors’ tongues.

Horses, swords, chariots fair, spears, shields, and faces of men,

dew, mast, sheen on leaf, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;115

day and night, ebb and flow :—

The hosts of Banba, free from enduring sorrow,

gave all these completely [as pledges]

that it should not lie under gloom of disputes

to interrupt it, every third year. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;120

The Gentiles of the Gaels held often time with great acclamationnbsp;a Fair, without law, without sin,nbsp;without deed of violence, without impurity.

117. sin} sainL; si E. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;n-og} anógh E.

120. ar} L ? (tax fes.) air E. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;121. genii}

. . re [tjren m[aid]eni L; ar mence re mormseidem E. 124. ««] E ; i L (cen/os.).

CAKMUN. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;13

People of Christ’s baptism, conceal it not! nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;125

hearken to him, for it is certain

men deserve a curse the more when they depart

from Christ and from Christianity.

Kings and saints of Erin there

around Patrick and Crimthand : nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;130

they it was who strictly checked every fight; they blessed the Fair.

Nine fairs before the time of the active Tuatha De

over the borders of well-famed Carmun :

fifty in the midst of her, quickly, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;135

from Herimon to Patrick.

Five times forty pleasant

glorious fairs in succession

from Bresal Broenach without treachery

till the final fair. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;140

From Crimthand pure of beauty to the high battle of violent Ochanbsp;nine right famous fairs without divisionnbsp;[held] by the seed of heroic-gentle Labraid.

Sixteen kings, I am certified nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;145

by every sage, every glib shanachie,— from Carmun of the winding harboursnbsp;did the host bring into the mighty fair.

Eight from populous Dothra,

a host of renown, ever boasted, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;150

duly held the fair of Carmun with pomp and with pure weapons.

137. data\ dat . L, 139. cm hratlï\ illeg. in L. 140. ndederiacK] ndeiginach E; illeg. in\j.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;141. cai»*] L (f) ; caid E.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;142. co] oE; .o L; the

rest of the line is illegible to me in Ïj. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;143. «ói] ni E.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;144. la\

ra LE. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;149. dóinig'] dóinich L (dobuch fcs, wrongly) ; dainid E.

150. ƒ)'»] ra L; re E.

CAEMUN.

By honoured princes there

was held the fifth game in Carmun :

the honourable companies of Erin, however,

to them was firmly pledged the sixth.

Lastly by the Clann Condla [was held] nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;185

the game of well-protected Carmun : noble was the compact beyond every hostnbsp;above every triumph and high fruition.

Seven games, as he granted to you,

that is the charge Patrick left, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;190

every day for a week set apart:

for the sake of your loved fame, steadily hearken!

The Leinstermen use to do on this wise by tribes and by households,

from the days of Labraid Longsecli, with number of hosts, 195 to powerful Cathair of the red spears.

Cathair of Carmun left nothing save only to his mighty offspring :nbsp;at their head, with special wealth,

behold the seed of Eos Failge ! nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;200

The seat of the noble king of Argatros on the right of the pleasant, modest king of Carmun ;nbsp;at his left hand, with no beggarly inheritance,nbsp;the seat of the king of bright-seioned Gaible.

The Laigsi are descendants of the seed nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;205

of mighty Lugaid son of Conall Cendmor ; and the Fothairt, whom drought visits not,nbsp;free from poverty to persecute them.

cen daidbri\ dia gach luathgair Y ; fri cech luathgair, amp;c. ccct. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;hduaiV] L ;

nglninn R; laind H ; luind, amp;c. c0t. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;204. Gaihli géc’-luain'] L ; cruachain

clethclimrr, amp;c. cici. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;205. ^«JraL; doYMS.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;207.

fothart LY. nacA taidli taYt\ L; co saidbri sét, amp;c. c(Bt. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;208. daidl)r%\

dairbri M. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;dxa n-iarnioracht\ L; dandicomed R; dondicoiméd B; cen

dichoimét, amp;c., YHSs ; cë drai coimhéd S.

CAKMUN. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;19

On the kalends of August free from reproach

they would go thither every third year ; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;210

they would hold seven races, for a glorious object,

seven days in the week.

There they would discuss with strife of speech the dues and tributes of the province,

every legal enactment right piously nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;215

every third year it was settled.

Corn, milk, peace, happy ease, full nets, ocean’s plenty,nbsp;greybearded men, chieftains in amity

with troops overbearing Erin. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;220

Suing, harsh levying of debts, satirising, quarrelling, misconduct,nbsp;is not dared during the races . . . :nbsp;evasion, injunction, nor distraint.

No men to go into an assembly of women, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;225

no women into an assembly of fair, pure men ; as for elopement, it is not to be heard of there,nbsp;neither a second husband nor a second family.

Whoever transgresses the law of the kings

Benen prescribed firmly for ever nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;230

that he should not thrive in his tribe,

but should die in his mortal sin.

These are the Fair’s great privileges :

trumpets, fiddles, hollow-throated horns,

pipers, timpanists unwearied, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;235

poets and meek musicians.

rogar, cfec. BYHSSs; corgor M. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;217. sdma] samad, amp;c. YS; isama M.

218. Idna] leó S. lerthola] lerdola E ; fa lamp;ntola 8. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;219. riglaicK] riglaid Y;

igMaigh S. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;co comldid] E ; co coinbaig H ; co combaid, amp;c. BYSs ;

combaid, amp;c. MS. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;220. for'] fo S.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;221-284.] in L only.

231. ar as ’na fine] aras na fine L.

c2

CAEMUN.

Tales of Find and the Fianna, a matter inexhaustible, sacks, forays, wooings,nbsp;tablets, and books of lore,

satires, keen riddles : nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;240

Proverbs, maxims of might, and truthful teachings of Fithal,nbsp;dark lays of the Dindsenchas for thee,nbsp;teachings of Cairpre and Cormac;

The feasts round the mighty Feast of Tara, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;246

the fairs, round the Fair of Bmain ;

annals there, this is true ;

every division into which Erin has been divided :

The tale of the household of Tara, that is not scanty, the knowledge of every cantred in Erin,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;250

the chronicle of women, tales of armies, conflicts, hostels, tabus, captures:

The ten-fold Testament of hundreded Cathair to his right pleasant offspring kingly of stature :

[assigns] the estate of each man as is due, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;266

so that all may listen to it.

Pipes, fiddles, gleemen, bones-players and bag-pipers,nbsp;a crowd hideous, noisy, profane,

shriekers and shouters. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;260

They exert all their efforts for the King of seething Berba :nbsp;the king, noble and honoured, paysnbsp;for each art its proper honour.

Tales of death and slaughter, strains of music ; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;265

exact synchronising of the goodly race ;

his royal pedigree, a blessing through Bregmag

his battle and his stark valour.

cinti L. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;267. a Téim rig ratli\ read perhaps a. rèim mUia, ¦ see

268. chatli] read perhaps (i)aaX]aa,. is a] sa L : see Commentary.

CARMUN. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;2»

That is the [sign for] breaking up the Fair

by the fortunate ever-joyous host: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;270'

may there be given to them, from the Lord,

the earth with her pleasant fruits!

......of the Leinstermen next day

the saint of the compact—no deceitful blessing—

above the hallowed water of Carmun, devoutly, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;27amp;

mass, genuflection, chanting of psalms.

A fast was held in autumn

in Carmun, all at once,

by the Leinstermen, not thinly gathered here,

against wrong and oppression. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;280

Clerics and laymen of the Leinstermen there, wives of the warriors assuredly,

God knoweth how they have deserved; to their noble prayers He hearkens.

Hospitality of the Hi Drona next, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;285

and horse-racing of Ossory,

and a shout raised with spear shafts

by the host there—that is the end.

Though we should call it Firt Mesca,

it were not raillery nor malice ; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;290

[she] and Sengarman the crooked, her husband, it is there she was buried for eternity.

Even from them was it called among leaguered hosts;

it belonged to them, without poverty, and they to it; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;295

0 Leinstermen of the graves, hearken !

isunn BS ; isann Y; isaond H ; Biaund M ; sunn S3. roclaided'] rochlSieas S. 293. «0-] L; ro cat. 294. slita^aib'] samaib EB. sammgthe\ samsaigte, amp;c.nbsp;EBM ; samaithe Y; samthaighthe S. 295. is] s B ; om. R. 296. Laigm'\nbsp;laigniu L.

CAEMUN. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;25

One and twenty raths—their fame endures—

where lies the host under earth’s sod,

and their count of graveyards right famous

where lies the beloved of noble Carmun. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;300

Seven mounds next, unvisited, for frequent keening of the dead,nbsp;seven plains, purlieus without a house,nbsp;under the funeral games of Carmun.

Three busy markets in the land, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;305

the market of food, the market of live stock, the great market of the Greek foreigners,nbsp;where were gold and fine raiment.

The slope of the horses, the slope of the cooking,

the slope of the women met for embroidery; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;310

no man of the host of the noisy [Gaedil]

boasted of them nor reviled them.

There comes for neglect of it baldness, weakness, early greyness,

kings without keenness or jollity, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;315

without hospitality or truth.

Vigorous till now has been the wrath

of the numerous hosts of Labraid’s keep :

every host that is not aggressive is sapless,

men dare, and they dare not. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;820

A welcome with the heavenly host of the saints for me, and with God, beautiful, noble, and kind !nbsp;the King with blessed hosts offers it;nbsp;to every supplication he hearkens.

315. rigcengérï\ L; ri dana, amp;c. RBS ; ri donaM ; ridagaiY ; righ aghae H ; righ oga S3. cen grinnil conainble bil R ; conamble bil B ; conam bleibil Y;nbsp;conamblaa mil M ; conainblib il, amp;c. S3II; connailbe a sbil S. 316.] L; donbsp;laignib ana eistid, amp;c. ewt, 317-324] in L only.

BOAND I.

Sid Nechtain is the name that is on the mountain here, the grave of the full-keen son of Labraid,nbsp;from which flows the stainless rivernbsp;whose name is Boand ever-full.

Fifteen names, certainty of disputes, given to this stream we enumerate,nbsp;from Sid Nechtain awaynbsp;till it reaches the paradise of Adam.

Segais was her name in the Sid to be sung by thee in every land:

River of Segais is her name from that point to the pool of Mochua the cleric.

From the well of righteous Mochua to the bounds of Meath’s wide plain,nbsp;the Arm of Nuadu’s Wife and her Legnbsp;are the two noble and exalted names.

From the bounds of goodly Meath till she reaches the sea’s green floornbsp;she is called the Great Silver Yokenbsp;and the White Marrow of Fedlimid.

Stormy Wave from thence onward unto branchy Cualnge;

River of the White Hazel from stern Cualnge to the lough of Eochu Bed-Brows.

16. a] L : om. cat. 17. coccirA] erich L. 18./o«(7-] foil Y. 19. moV] man Y {in Utura) HSs: mor {with no man superset. in late hand) M. argait]nbsp;gairit {with two dots over the g) L.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;21. trethnacli] LKB ; trethan amp;o. cast,

connicï] amp;e. LS3; coruigi M; nocoroich, amp;c. YHS ; a hainm co amp;c. EB. crdibacK] craibtach E.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;24. Zoch nEehaeh'] L; sruth néohtaoh S ;

sruth Nechtain amp;c. cat.

BOAND nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;I.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;29

Banna is her name from faultless nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Lough Neagh:nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;25

Roof of the Ocean as far as Scotland :

Lunnand she is in blameless Scotland—

The name denotes her according to its meaning.

Severn is she called through the land of the sound Saxons,

Tiber in the Romans’ keep : nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;30

River Jordan thereafter in the east and vast River Euphrates.

River Tigris in enduring paradise,

long is she in the east, a time of wandering

from paradise back again hither nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;35

to the streams of this Sid.

Boand is her general pleasant name from the Sid to the sea-wall;

I remember the cause whence is named

the water of the wife of Labraid’s son. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;40

Nechtain son of bold Labraid

whose wife was Boand, I aver;

a secret well there was in his_^^^

from which gushed forth every kind of mysterious evil.

There was none that would look to its bottom nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;45

but his two bright eyes would burst: if he should move to left or right,nbsp;he would not come from it without blemish.

37. eoitchenn] cinte E. 38. otd in\ L; o M ; ota, amp;c. cat. fraig'] fria fraig M.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;41. laind] luind, amp;c. KYSSs; loinn H.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;42. diarho]

ba hi a H. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Boand bagaimin] boand bogaimm ? B ; boand mbaguim airrtruim

[the last word erased) Y ; bagacb boaind E. 43. bói na'] in a E. 44. maided maidbend S.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;45. nodéceed] nodecced L; nondecb- E; nondeced B ;

nodeachad Y; no dechad SSs; nodeebquot; H ; noneicead M. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;dia] L ; da

YSSa; do EBMH. 46. maided] muidfead Y ; maidig H. 48. thargad] tardad EB.

BOAND 1.

Therefore none of them dared approach it

save Nechtain and his cup-bearers :— nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;50

these are their names, famed for brilliant deed,

Flesc and Lam and Luam.

Hither came on a day white Boand (her noble pride uplifted her),

to the never-failing well nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;55

to make trial of its power.

As thrice she walked round about the well heedlessly,nbsp;three waves burst from it,

whence came the death of Boand. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;60

They came each wave of them against a limb, they disfigured the soft-blooming woman ;nbsp;a wave against her foot, a wave against her perfect eye,nbsp;the third wave shatters one hand.

She rushed to the sea (it was better for her) nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;65

to escape her blemish, so that none might see her mutilation ;nbsp;on herself fell her reproach.

Every way the woman went

the cold white water followed nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;70

from the Sid to the sea (not weak it was), so that thence it is called Boand.

Boand from the bosom of our mighty river-bank, was mother of great and goodly Oengus,

the son she bore to the Dagda—bright honour ! nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;75

in spite of the man of this Sid.

thuaithli T ; cona tuaitk M ; can tuaiohli S. 61. rid] re E. 64. tres] L; in tres, amp;c. ecet. brisid] bris IIYS ; fris M. d] om. HS3. 66. e?’] ar L. 67. ar] co YS.nbsp;nock accei] na bacced H ; na faicfead, amp;c. YMS3. 69. dolluid] luid L ; fosluid E.nbsp;70. moslm] LH ; luid E ; foslui amp;c. BSM ; doluid S3; roslamp;i Y. imgeï] imglannbsp;(i« late hand) M. 73. mbruich] L ; mbruie EB ; mbruig, amp;c. YHS3; mbruidh S ;nbsp;mbuic M. 74. oll-mais]'L\ ardmais, amp;c. cici. 76. silt;7e-se] seadaise Y ;nbsp;hidise [with no s siiperscr.) E ; sithaige M.

BOAND I. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;33

Or.Boand is Bo and Find

from the meeting of the two royal streams,

the water from bright Sliab Guaire

and the river of the Sids here. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;80

Dabilla, the name of the faithful dog

who belonged to the wife of Nechtain, great and noble,

the lap-dog of Boand the famous,

which went after her when she perished.

The sea-current swept it away, as far as the stony crags ;nbsp;and they made two portions of it,nbsp;so that they were named therefrom.

They stand to the east of broad Breg, the two stones in the blue waters of the lough :nbsp;Cnoo Dabilla [is so called] from that day to thisnbsp;from the little dog of the Sid.

dd gabait] da gabsait M ; dagbaig L. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;88. rohainmnigthe] rohainmniged E.

89. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;L ; braisEHS; bras, amp;c.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;90. i«] YS ; nactsi. ’sitijL;

con, amp;c. ceet. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;glass] glaiss LMH.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;91. erne Dabilla] DahiWidi

ric L; dabillam ric B; dauUla in roc E; dabhilla M; dabilla a ainm H. Ó sin ille] osainle EB. 92. di chain] da coin M; docum B.

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BOAND 11.

O Maelsechlainn son of Domnall of the family of Comgall’s daughter!

I will tell thee, O prince of Meath! the tale of white bright Boand.

Boand—a blessing on the stream did Christ fair of form ordain;nbsp;so she from glen to glennbsp;is the river Jordan of Erin.

Find Life, Find of the fierce Gaileon, from the union of two names,nbsp;from their meeting is Mag Find named :—nbsp;swift Find Life and Mifind.

One of the two Finds, that wins victory, flows past Tara from the north-east:nbsp;there at the Confluence it meetsnbsp;with white-bellied Boand.

Bo Guairi which flows eastward past Tailtiu through lough Munremair,

Bo Guairi is the name of the river which is called great Banna.

As there is ordan and an

from which the river Jordan is called,

so Boand is bo and find

from the meeting of the two royal waters.

iarsin YHSaV. 15. comreOTi] comregaid E ; comraigit S ; comraices, amp;c. con] can E. 16. Bómd] bó ann V; bodbad (?) E; bodb do S. bronnat] ed.nbsp;bronnad E ; brondad, amp;c. codd.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;20. ria] ed. \ re S ; ó cat.

is] H ; iordan is SsV ; eor 7 Y ; ior 7 S. an] en HS3V.

23. bó ocus] isin YS. in dd] ed. ; ina S ; na da, amp;c. cat. glind S.

D 2

BOAND II. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;87

Thither from the south came Boand nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;25

wife of Nechtaiu to the love-tryst to the house of Elemaire, lord of horses,nbsp;a man that gave many a good judgment.

Thither came by chance the Dagda

into the house of famous Elemaire : nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;30

he fell to importuning the woman ;

he brought her to the birth in a single day.

It was then they made the sun stand still to the end of nine months—strange the tale—nbsp;warming the noble ethernbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;35

in the roof of the perfect firmament.

Then said the woman here :

“Union with thee, that were my one desire! ”

“ And Oengus shall be the boy’s name,’’

said the Dagda, in noble wise. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;40

Boand went from the house in haste to see if she could reach the well:nbsp;she was sure of hiding her guiltnbsp;if she could attain to bathe in it.

The druid’s three cup-bearers nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;45

Flesc, and Lesc, and Luam,

Nechtain mac Namat set to watch his fair well.

To them came gentle Boand

toward the well in sooth ; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;50

the strong fountain rose over her, and drowned her finally.

clt;?. a cleith coeifl!.: see Commentary. mtói»] imslain S. 37. asiert] dosbert S. 40. tre\ triaH. 41. ó] oa S3.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;42. diis] tüs amp;c. TS. da'janSaV.

44. seised] riseadh S3. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;51. tobar~\ tiopra S3V.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;52. cen forchenn~\ tre

foirtheann.

BOAND II.

It was contrived against [the river] on either shore by Maelmorda, vast of wealth,

by the comely son of Murchad, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;55

that it should not reach the inlet of ships.

God’s mercy was shown

on Leth Chuind by that counsel,

so that it escaped the swift night of gloom

unto thee, 0 generous Maelsechlainn 1 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;60

There is another tale—’tis known to me— of that hill, which Dubthach possesses :nbsp;it was made, though great the exploit,nbsp;by Bresal Bodibad.

In his time there fell a murrain on kine in every place in Ireland,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;50

except for seven cows and a bull that increased strength for every farmer in his time.

ochund T; ochunn S. 42. «einfjrwrf] memnad (?) Y ; rinninadhS. na'] ina HSa.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;43. eia dé] cebe Y ; gibe S ; eidbe, amp;c. HS3.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;duib]

de duib Y. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;44. dar buadaib] diambruigib Y (with no buaib sitperser.) Y ;

dambuaibb S ; darmbuadaibb, amp;c. HS3. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;45-48.] om. YS (supplied by a late

hand in margin of Y, now illegible). nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;46. oc]aH; ac (?) S3.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;49. na]

reYSs. 51. im] fes S. 52. cc] a Y. caeA] an S. ria] re YS.

CNOGBA.

By him is built the solid hill

in the likeness of Nimrod’s tower,

so that from it he might pass to heaven, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;65

—that is the cause why it was undertaken.

The men of all Erin came to make for him

that hill—all on one day;

the wight exacted from them hostages

for the work of that day. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;60

His own sister said to him, she would not let the sun run his course;nbsp;there should be no night but bright daynbsp;till the work reached completion.

His sister stretches forth her hands ... nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;65

strongly she makes her druid spell: the sun was motionless above her head;nbsp;she cheeked him on one spot.

Bresal came (lust seized him)

from the hill unto his sister : nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;70

the host made of it a marvel: he found her at Ferta Guile.

He went in unto her, though it was a crime, though it was violation of his sister:nbsp;on this wise the hill herenbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;75

is called Ferta Guile.

When it was no longer day for them thereafter

(it is likely that it was night),

the hill was not brought to the top,

the men of Erin depart homeward. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;80.

rofasto YS ; rofosdadh H ; rofosdaidh S3. óenrinit] oenand S. 69. ragab'\ rogab codd.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;70. on ehnacc dochum'\ on cnue sin cum, amp;c. YS3;

on cnucsin coma H. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;a] na S.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;72. fosfuair] HS3; rosfuair Y ;

rosfuar S. i] ar S ; a YHSs. 73-76.] om. S. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;75. sundd] sund Y.

78. linn] iim, amp;o. IIS3. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;79. co cend] co chend Y; gó chenn S; co tend,

amp;c. HS3. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;80. tiat] tiadHSs; dochiiaid YS.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;for eulu] ar cula HS3

ar cul YS.

CNOGBA.

Ata in cnocc ósin ille een tuilled air ar airde :nbsp;ni ba mó acbaeh óseo immaehnbsp;co tl in brdth briste brethach.

Fland sunna, solus a dan, innises sin, ni sóeb-rad:nbsp;rogu sceóil, sc4ilid mna is fir,nbsp;mebrugaid beóil oc buadaib.

82. tuilled^ uilleadli S. air w] ara YS. 83. ni ia] S ; ni \iudh Ss; sni httdh H ; nirbo Y. tnó achach'\ mou (witJi aoadh superser.) H; mó chach S ;nbsp;mo each Y; mo ag camp;ch Ss. 84. bristequot;] esti Y. brethach] buidneoh YS.

ONOGBA.

Prom that day forth the hill remains ¦without addition to its height:nbsp;it shall not grow greater from this time onwardnbsp;till the Doom of destruction and judgment.

It is Fland here—bright his art— who teUs this tale—no deceptive speech :nbsp;a choice story—spread it abroad, men and women!nbsp;lips, make mention of it among excellences!

86. indises] innsis S ; indisim, amp;e. HSs. sinj sunna S3 ; in senchus S. ni soebrdd'] scemamp;r S. 87. scaiUd\ scaoilit S3; ailit H. 88. mehrugaid'\ meauraid H.nbsp;beoil] bur mbeóil S. iiladaib] buadbibh S3 : boadaibb H ; buaibh YS.

NAS.

Euadri, son of Cailte of the flocks,

was no faint splendour swift-passing yonder;

father-in-law of Lug with tale of ships,

with prowess of feats in war and slaying of foreign foemen.

The two daughters of Ruadri, the king

of Britain, of conquering white-clad forces

[were] the two wives of Lug,—fruitfulness came to them—

Bui of the Brug and modest Nas.

Nas, mother of Ibic of the horses,

claims of right the brow and the beauty [of the spot],

since she is gone, with the noise of combat,

how should ye know at all the spot where she died ?

Nas took in hand a deed unwise:

(truth and not folly) death o’erwhelmed her ; ’tis from her Nas was named,nbsp;famous perpetually for stern law.

Nas of the Leinstermen, bright with splendid bounty,

’tis there the lady was buried ;

from her it is called with clear certitude;

the lore of the ancient hides not this.

ar] araYS; for Sj. atbath] otbath YS.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;13. rogaibi] rogaebe

gdis] bsea HSj. 14. fir] fhir L. bdis] gaos S3.

15. dliged] Hnd S. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;16. ’s] is L; om. ccet.

19. raiter] maiditir L. fr%] L ; con S3; cen amp;o. cat. 20. ni cheil sein] sin ni cel E ; om. B.

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NAS. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;51

Her sister was at Ciiogba free from ravage, after the havoc of her shelter and her precinct:nbsp;not tardily came the death-dirge for the lady ;

’tis there Bui abode, and was buried.

Cnogba is the Hill of Bui of the battles ; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;25

the pillaging violence of hosts does not wreck it; but ’tis it that, for [repose from] fatigue of fierce deeds,nbsp;is the lofty hold of the fiery kings.

The hosts of the pure Gaels came to bewail the women from the Brug;nbsp;from Tailtiu where he raised a firenbsp;thence they came with Lug.

They lifted a cry of lamentation perpetually for the women free from guilt and guile ;nbsp;the game of wounds was waged by themnbsp;untimely, in no merry wise.

Thence grew the boasted gathering—

(it is not an empty lamentation with the lips) the assembly of Taltiu with mighty preparations,nbsp;held by every hero moreover according to custom.

That was the gathering of accomplished Lug,

happy satisfaction, no small pleasure,

the lamentation of the fair-skinned vocal women of Fail,

the keening for the daughters of Euadri the red.

la\ CO Y. 33. caoh than'\ cachan L; each ban S. 3.5. ro haeh(\ ro hadnaclit E; rothacht M. a] om. E. 36. nirbu'] nirbud E. mod] in mod L.nbsp;37. mdidiud] maitem H; maidheam S3; maidiud amp;e. ccet.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;assin] ass

sain L; iarsiu H. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;/has] ksLK.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;38. Ae] H EB.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;/HjraL;

ro M. 39. lt;aamp;i]L; tailc a c«i. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;40. antem] antnem E. din] L;

dim EE ; dian YHS3 ; diam MS. bes] bés L. 42. nacK] nam Y; na MS. su«iZ] sluagh amp;c. MS.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;43. fdidiud] faidid EB; faide HSs ; saidead Y.

44. ediniud] cainid B.

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NAS

Tri maio Dorchlaim, tromm testan, Nas Eonce ocus 'Ailestar,nbsp;siar een chairdiu ós Cliüan chestach,nbsp;Tailtiu büan rosbadestar.

Eath i nUltaib, cian in chain ; rath cóicid Chonnacht co mbiiaid ;nbsp;rath cóicid Lagen een tlais ;nbsp;magen do Nais ingin Eiiaid. E.

45-52. In L only.

45

NAS.

The three sons of Dorchlam (strong testimony ! i, Nas Eoncc and Ailestar

in the west without respite above troublous Cuan, Taltiu extinguished them for good.

A rath in Ulster (long the law); a rath of the province of Connacht the excellent;nbsp;a rath of the province of Leinster without weakness,nbsp;a site for Nas daughter of Suad.

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LIAMUIN.

The notable places of Leinster—wealth of valour ! do the historians declare them ?nbsp;the notable places, and next the raths,nbsp;many the causes whence they are named.

Myself will declare the cause whence are named nine of their notable places ;nbsp;till doomsday it shall be a fame unfading,nbsp;let none cast doubt upon it!

Liamuin, Porcarthain of the sods,

Miannach, Trustiu of the broad roads ;

are notable places known by various designations

with their four fair names.

Miannach, Porcarthain of the feasts Liamuin, and white-sided Trustiunbsp;were maidens, a precious possession,nbsp;of the family of the good king of Dubthair.

It was Dubthach of Dubthair fierce of face, king of the Desi of Bregia of the undying bards,

(his was all as far as the horse-rearing region of the estuaries,) whose four fair daughters they were.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;20

12. ceihrib'\ cethriiibh, amp;c. SM: cethri, amp;c. cmt. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;13. Fercartkaiii]

forcarthain, amp;c. LRHSs. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;fed, amp;c. KBSM ; fead corr. to flead

by late hand Y. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;17. drecli\ derc M.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;•yarg'] -derg YS.

18. -iarrf] berg (?) Y; obliterated from X,. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;19. /iec7»5n(^]'echnib L ; heaebrud

B ; bachbrug Y. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;-inber~\ ingen L.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;20. diarbo] diarbart L ; diarba B ;

dierbad, amp;c. IIS3. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;cetkrur'] cetbri L ; cetb- R ; .iiii. EM.

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LIAMUIN.

The month over the bargain that all observe,— at the present time it is no novelty,—nbsp;Dubthach was the first to add it,nbsp;the rule is well known to the Ui Cliuinn.

A year’s wage (it was a judgment of the wise) from every king to every warrior,nbsp;only Dubthach would not give itnbsp;without additional work, (it was a long space).

Dubthach was son of Fergna noble and fair son of Muredach son of Sinellnbsp;son of Bregon the famous for victory,nbsp;son of Oengus, son of Eogan.

Eogan Brec is still spoken of,

the son of well-born Piachu Suidige,

son of noble Fedlimid Rechtmar,

son of Tuathal Techtmar great and strong.

That is the pedigree till now of Dubthach good king of the Desi.nbsp;for my art-prompted tale to set forthnbsp;among all the noted places of Leinster.

The gentle sons of Acher Cerr from the harbour, sprung of the Erainn of Munster of the cavaliersnbsp;met their death, it was no mild visitation,nbsp;it blasted their growth all at once.

echtiiig M. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;l¦(jili] rain, amp;c. YSHS3.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Irén-móir] tréumair, amp;c. YSH.

37. é sin] R; é LS ; se sin B ; einY; seH; eiM; e a S3. «««cAas] senchass sin, amp;c. LYSS3HM.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;na nDese] dubthaire S.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;30. domj don R.

dan-irlaiin] d.an erlam L; dain irlaimh, amp;o. YSS3; dan irlani H; dand irrlaiin M.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;41. Achir'] cbaithir Y.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;cdim on cumi] on chuan L;

caem on cuan, amp;c. RBS ; on chuan chaeim Y. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;42. d’Ernaib] dferaib R.

43. ««»¦] na M.

LIAMUIN. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;71

An injunction of stem force was laid nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;45

on the fair and lofty four;

it was no pleasant tryst in the dark,

it was an injunction in virtue of pagan love,

That they should not wed, in the land of the living,

the four beloved sisters, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;60

or that they should meet their death ;—

the keeping of the injunction was no easy task for them.

Fomu and renowned Roimper,

Pernocht, Ferdub the sagacious ;

the mention of their names together nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;55

has gained from us, as was due, a noble stanza.

These youths from the Erainn far from us were fervent lovers, a noble band,nbsp;the sons of Acher Cerr of the provincenbsp;son of Eochu Find the handless.

Son of Mug Lama the stainless son of fierce Lugaid of the encampmentsnbsp;(and of Olldoitech, choice of fair women)nbsp;son of shapely Cairpre Cromchend.

They came,—hard the toil— to earn their guerdon,

the four thanes, winning [a name for] valour, at the house of Dubthach of Dubthair.

sluuc/\ sluaigHSa- 59. Aehir^ caiter Y. c/iin’] chaim M. 60. Echach j'ind^ uair M.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;andóitig'} antotig, amp;o. LEBS ; andtoidighY ; antodaig M.

Cl. Moga\ ïïïö L. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;62. Olldóitche] ed. olldotig L ; olldoidig, amp;c. EB ;

olldothaidh S ; alldath' H ; ollatlr (.P) Y; ioldhathaigh S3. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;forcle LM ,

forgele EB ; foiigle Y ; idirgb HSs; fhairgi S. 64. chromehind'] croiginn Y ; croimgind M.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;65. t-aatar'\ read perhaps taacur.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;66. corUiiltis]

corotultis, amp;c. LBSHM ; corotuillset, amp;c. ESs ; gurthuilldis Y. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;«] L;

supplied by late hand in Y ; om. cat. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;67. eethri^ ceitri maio Y ;

cethrar S3. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;hruythaid'] LB ; brugthaig M ; brath~ E ; brutlr H ;

briithaigb, See. YSSa.

LIAMUIN.

Luachaii’ Bairendacli co mblaid, mathair cliumthach in chethruir,nbsp;doriaclit dia haidid ind findnbsp;etir maigib na mórdind.

Fomu fer Liamna malle ; comaesa na da chéile,nbsp;dias gasraide na ngel-lamnbsp;casmaile in da cbóem-lennan.

Na dindgnai-sa turmim treil molfait eolaig na hÉrenn ;nbsp;sluindfitit eo sadail sinnbsp;dia ndalaib is dia ndindgnaib.

117. hairendach']?L\xQmxdi.^\i\j. 119. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;haghaidh E.; haigid B. ind'\

L; in, amp;c. cat, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;121. Foniii\ Fomain L.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Liamna'\ om, M.

122. comaesa] ciomhaos S3. na dd chéile] in da chaemchéle S. 123. gasraide] gasraid L. na] anda, amp;c. YS. 124. casmaile] itcosmaile L ; casmhail S. in danbsp;na da lendan R. 125.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fercathrai R ; Frcarthain Y ;

Forcarthain HSs. ha] om. L. a] om. R. 126. a] is R. sere airmim] èercarminL; .searc airini M; saorairimR; éeir airmim B.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;129. Fernocht]

Fomo L ; Fornocht HS:t. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;ae'] tiic L.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;130. dia^ a RYS.

LIAMUIN.

The famous Luacliair of Boirend was the sad mother of the four ;nbsp;the fair woman came to her deathnbsp;among the plains of the strong places.

Fomu, husband of Liamuin, rests with her ; the spouses were of like age,nbsp;the white-handed soldier-pair,nbsp;alike are the lovers twain.

Fercarthain, lovely was her face,

(her love, I reckon him without delay,) through their converse is assurednbsp;her great love to Eoimper.

Fernocht belongs to unwrinkled Miannach: he helped her not by his cruel cunning;nbsp;the warrior of the proved troops destroyed her,nbsp;his cunning was no helpful cunning.

Ferdub belongs to white-sided Trustiu, their equal date was lamented ;nbsp;in naming them here not misleading arenbsp;my pleasant harmonious verses.

These places that I number presently

the learned of Erin shall praise ;

at their ease shall sages name them

among their assemblies and their noted places.

ehruaidK] cruad LBH ; cmaidh, amp;c. RYS. nir chelg'\ oj». M. 133. Ferdiil'] fordub S3.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;«c] is YHMS3; i S.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Trustiii\ truistiu RYS; truisti H ;

truiste S3. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;134. rocdmte\ docanti R ; nocanti B. eomsceglaig^ caemsaeglaig

I.: comseeglaidh, amp;c. RB ; comsEegal Y’; comsa;gbail S. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;135. co a\ co Y8M.

nit] ni YSS3. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;saba] saeb RB.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;137. Na dindgnai-sa] L ; intochtar

sa, amp;c. cat. iwmi»»] turbim R. 138. molfait] molfat RB ; raolfaidid Y. «« Serend] Erend Y.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;139. sluindjitit] ed. sluindfet, amp;c. I/R ; sloindfidit Y;

sluindfidid, amp;c. cat. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;sin] sain LRB.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;140. dia (2)} na L; om. Y'.

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DUN GABAIL.

The wooing of the daughter of Goll Glas, son of noble mettlesome Fedlimid,nbsp;by Lutur son of powerful Lurgnech,nbsp;from the western side of Spain.

Thus was mighty Lutur, a man right tall and big,nbsp;fourteen heads—no rash boast—nbsp;above his shaggy grey neck.

As for Gablach, big was the woman, daughter of fair quick Fedlimid;nbsp;fifty cubits she was in height,nbsp;and the half of that in breadth.

Four of them came from the east both Goll and his daughter,nbsp;and Lutur, who came without ship,nbsp;and Lurgnech son of Calatrom.

So they partook of their feast, a pleasant modest household the four of them;nbsp;a hundred of every beast—great was the amount-a hundred measures of every grain on earth.

A bed was made for them thereafter, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;‘

all four in one couch ;

they gave a blessing to each other;

happy they were and not replete.

15. Lutur'\ LB ; lothar, amp;c. cat. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;16. Calatruini] calathdruim L;

calcatruim R ; alatruim S3. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;17. thomlisef\ thoimlidis YS ; tinoilsefr M

18. na miintir'] amp;c. LS3 ; a miiinter, amp;c. eat. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;ehóem-nair'] HS3 ;

chaem na L ; csemnar RBM ; conilan, amp;c. YS. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;20. each arha\ gharba M.

.21. corodeirgecC^ doderaidead, amp;c. YS; condergliad M. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;22. a] an S3.

comlepaid Y. 24. nirliat] M ; nirbo LY ; nirbot S; nirbad, amp;c. cat.

DUN GABAIL.

Another soldier was in the east, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;2amp;

he dwelt in the isles of the Sea,

Fuither son of Forduh the wrathful son of the son of Labraid Lamderg.

He gathered a vast following ;

he came from the east on a sudden— nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;80

it is sure that there was groaning and carnage— to contend for his leman.

The names of the captains he brought from the east: — vigorous Labraid Lamfata,

Brothur sou of See, Glas son of Garb, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;‘S5-

Ibar son of See son of Sceobalb.

There came of them from the east more than any other band

in the following of each champion ;

a hundred heroes in the following of each man,

of the Fomoraig and Arsaide. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;40

While the others w'ere in the house,

the four of them, a fellowship of equal size ;

they hear the call without:

“ Come out, of your own accord, or else by force ! ”

Up rose Lutur half his height, and opened the royal house from before them ;nbsp;he carried out with him before his shouldernbsp;both pole and palisade.

Arsaidib'] airsiib R; arsibib B. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;41.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;tig~\ L; astig, amp;c. €(et.

42. no] a M. commondl L ; muinter Lc : niuintir, amp;c. C(Bt. comméit\ L ; toemnair, amp;c. RBHMSs; conilain, amp;c. YS; comlan Lc.nbsp;docluinid, amp;c. Y {with no g superscr») LcS : go ccluinid S3.nbsp;supplied in top margin^. immaig‘\ immaichL ; amuigh, amp;c. cat.nbsp;taet aiiiach, amp;c. RMHS3 ; amach YLcS. ar ais] dais, amp;c. RHS3. ar écinjnbsp;decin, amp;c. RHS3; reicin, Lc. 45. Zutur] lothar, amp;c. YL0SS3H. arnbsp;tar lear Lc. 4G. coroscair\ corfoslaic Lc ; goroscaoil S3 ; read perhaps Q,oy:Q%Q.^\\^nbsp;roaib'] L; dib, amp;c. ccet. 47. leis rostic^ L; conusruc, amp;c. RY^; conorug, amp;c.nbsp;BLcM; eonaruc, amp;c. HS ; goriig S3, ri] tria R ; ra BHMS3; re YSLc.

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DUN GABAIL.

49. soun\ sona L; sund R. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;in düne] an nuineY; ann amne, amp;c. LcS.

50. doibquot;] om. LRB. sróin'] srona YM. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;stale] suilib R.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;51.] ro

ehaichlaig cuirp roseii'ri L. Idna na linde] lan analm de R. 52.] do maithlaib uilc inchinni L. brainib] bniindib, amp;c. YSLc. an-] in S3.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;53. comorogab]

comoragaib LYLcM ; commavogab H ; comuiarogaibh S3 ; comór aigbib S. dóib] LH ; dib, amp;e. cat.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;54. in din] annin Y ; ainm Lc.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;iar seis] iar

naiscis Lc. 56. ba turns track] L; etir tüs is etc. cat. -tuitted] L; tuitquot; S ; duibtquot; R ; duibter B; ait- Y; duitliear M ; duithquot; H ; dutherS3; aidtbear Lc.nbsp;59. no co terna] L ; niherno Lc ; ni'terno, amp;c. cat. óen] L; nacb oen R; nechnbsp;noen, amp;c.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;as] sin Lc.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nirbo] nibuL; nirb H. in] a RBHMS3.

tochmarcas] tcoli moresin Lc.

DUN GABAIL.

He laid a stake of tlie keep

on them across nose and eyes ; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;SO

so that the pools were full of spatterings of their brains.

Those twain laid on them stoutly,

not good was the shelter when fatigue came on;

so Gablach slew Fuither, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;55

it was a fatal journey, a heavy overthrow.

The number that came over sea to contend for the daughter of Goll,nbsp;not one of them escaped ;

ungentle was that wooing. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;60

From Gahal daughter of bright Goll comes Dun Gabail in Cuthraige;nbsp;there she slept with Lutur of the many ships,nbsp;futile was the rival wooing.

Goll Glas of the river-mouth gave nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;65

fortress and keep to his brave daughter, above Life of the Leinstermen, that is not sluggish,nbsp;contentious was her first wooing.

Thereafter Goll of the many feats gave

river and keep and famous weir nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;70

to his daughter free from perilous theft, cattle-raids, and reavings, and wooings.

¦61-64.] om. LB. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;61. Gabaif\ gobail, amp;c. YHSs.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;inpin] ingine K.

62. Gabail] ngobail, amp;c. YHS3. hi] as YLcS ; is S3. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;63. fde] fiiair S.

la] re YS; ra HM; om. S3. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ltttur] lutar, amp;c. EH; lothar, amp;e. coet.

Un] CO lin S3. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;marc EYLc. 64.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;cuthal SM ; cotliul S3;

cudal YLc. in] a M. 65-68.] om: S. 65. ind inbir] ind inbir L ; in irbir JI; diu'dbquot; Y i» wafyin ; in inbir, amp;c.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;66. dag-ingin] LE ; ingin,

Ciet. 67. ós] asBLc;isE; aasM, 68. «««ynec/j a] each caingneach YLc. 70. deg-ess] daigles, amp;o. YLeMSS3H.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;71. gdibthe] gaibtiE; gaibte H;

gaibtlii LB ; aife Y {altered by late hand to gaife) Lc; aithbe S. gat] ngad HS3. 72. is tdinU] amp;c. LS3; itaircti, amp;c. E; itairothi BYS; a taircte H; i tairce,nbsp;amp;c. Lc; i tairclie M. is (2)] L ; om. cect.

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BELACH DÜRGEIN.

Dnrgen found suffering on every side by the hand of Indech, who traversed the battle-field,nbsp;she was daughter of Luath, bloody in combat,nbsp;overcomer of a hundred warriors, one that knit strife.

Known to me is the mother who wrought her ruin; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;5

by her falseness the false woman destroyed her ;

’tis she was the pole that [Indech] cleft here on the soil of Belach da Bend.

Herccad, the mother who wrought her ruin, excellent in disposition at all times,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;10

was daughter of Trescu, with floods of waves ;— celebrated the deed that was done there !

She went to her slave—this is truth for you—

(it was a madman’s choice, when she had tasted him :) in spite of Luath—daring was the desire—nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;15

came the slave to the first original crime.

Sharply the daughter watched :

the alert hawk of the host revealed the secret;

to a tryst with Herccad was coming

a slave without repute, into Luath’s bed. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;20

amp;e. clt;ct. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;12. resemarl ed ; sescmart L ; rescmart EBHMSs ; rescniaii-

YLcS. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;mj] om. S.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;rognitli] rernadLc; ronadh S.

13. ro nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;coa mogaib L ; co moagaig M.'nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;14. rogaiiC] roguinRBYMS.

mir] fir Lc. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;rom, amp;c. LYLcS.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;15. dte;?] dluig L ; corHSj;

our cait. 16. in miig^ amugh S ; amuig YLc ; imuig Jtf. cetnd\ fa. c. na I.e. cltét.choT] L; cor Lc ; a ced eol S3; cét col, amp;c. cmt.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;17. ingen\ ingin M.

IS. sidmerl sidmir E ; sidglan Lc. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;19. téiged'\ ticead Lc ; teig M.

nan Lc ; ma M.

BELACH DÜEGEIN.

Ón dail sin rochertaig thair ar baig Herccaid co hindig,nbsp;na slüaig sumig nodosdlig,nbsp;Durgen fofuair a hingir.

21. 0»] L; don, amp;c. cat. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;22.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;bdig~\ bdid, camp;c. EBYLc ; bha-idh

Ss. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Serccaidnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;co Sindiginbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;earcaighnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;tuir Ss.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Indigl ingin S.

23. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;suimnignbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;R; suinig BM ; sumid Y; uile Lc ; fuinidh S ; suidhmi^A

BELACH DUEGEIN.

Erom that tryst -which she arranged in the East ¦with Indech on account of Herccad

Durgen met -with her suffering.

S3. nodosdlig\ L ; roduslig, amp;c. SS3; rodusdlig, amp;(¦„, clt;Bt. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;24. Burgen]

fuirgen K. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;cofuair Lc.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;a hingir] dr.rgin duir S; in ingir,

amp;c. ccet.

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BAIEEND CHEEMAIN.

Bairend Chermain, whence is it named, with its good fame, and ready hospitality ?nbsp;it was a precinct that lasted not for a short span,nbsp;where dwelt German Cetharchend.

German Galadchnes the valiant went a-wooing for increase :nbsp;the daughter of Etarba of the battlesnbsp;was deceitful Digais.

Digais was alert and strong ; she bore a princely family to German ;nbsp;she bore him seven active sons,nbsp;and five daughters.

The names of the sons—glorious work !-were Fulach, Liath, and Gassan, Fledach, Dimain, and Dormna,nbsp;and Seal of the mighty shield.

Five daughters of the hero, who was no sluggard, manlike in deeds were they, exceeding strong ;nbsp;Gappa, Gliath, Bernsa of the peaks,nbsp;good Malu, and Bairend.

¦digaii'E.; daghairM. 10. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;cendmor, amp;c. Leï”; cenmairH. 11. berf\

L ; rue, amp;c. cat. 12. a cote] L [supplied in lower margin); rue coic, amp;c. cat. 13-16] So L ; all other texts follow a different version : see p. 92.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;16. in Sedf^

in seamp;.l in L [the first in supplied above the line). 18. /«ytitmait/] fergnima ic R; feirgnimaM; fergnimacli Y. 19. Cappa'] L; cappacli, amp;c. lt;:«lt;. Cliatli]nbsp;cliachYLc. Bernsa] b'nsaL; berrsa HSa; b'sanbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;20. »itó/t]maichR.

¦ocus] om. B.

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BAIEEND CHEEMAIN.

Dlomais Digais, daltait raind, dia daltaib is dia derb-chlaind;nbsp;atbert Oerman, mar cbam cas,

“ Fognad diiib ag is ernbas.”

Eogab each a chonair dib, scailset ó threib is ó thi'r,nbsp;coragbatar a sostanbsp;batar ainble anfosta.

Cechaing Seal co Seairb ind Eóin ; dessid Dimain for Drobeóil;nbsp;dessid Dornmar, dur a graimm,nbsp;ic Ath modmar Mónadmaill.

Dolluid Cassan co Glend Cuill; dolluid Eer Liath co Liathdruimm ;nbsp;dolluid Fulach co Glend Smóil;nbsp;dolluid Fledach co Dergmóin.

Dessid Cappa i uGlind Da nGruad, dessid Bairend for Babliian,nbsp;rogab Cliatb senebarn fria la ;nbsp;it iatsin derb-cbland Digsa.

Digais ’na sléib mar atchlos ; fail and iar céin a tothehos ;nbsp;ic Bablüan ba slüagda sellnbsp;ind arm-ruad buada Bairend. B.

21. daltait] daltaig K; daltaid BYLcS. raind] rind It. 22. daltaib] dalta H ; daltaidh Lc. derb-] dec-Y; deg-Lc ; der B ; sser M. 23. atbert]nbsp;asbert EB. mar] bar EB ; mar S. chain] LMS ; cam B ; car ? E; caem, amp;o. HS3 ;nbsp;cain YLc.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;cas] cass L. 24.] L : sniid uan ra bagh reimmas E ; sniid uan