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Cóir Anmann (Fitness of Names) by Wh. Stokes.......285

Introduction..................285

Text and Translation...............288

Notes....................412

Index of nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Persons................426

Index of nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Places andnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Tribes............433

Index of nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Things................436

Index of nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Words................438

Corrigenda..................444

Toohmarc Ferbe, bearbeitet von E. Windisch........445

Einleitung..................445

Text des nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Buchs vonnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Leinster und Uebersetzung.....461

Anmerkungen zu dem Text im Buch von Leinster .... 530

Nachtrage...................548

Text von Egerton 1782 und Uebersetzung.......549

Cóir Anmann. Addenda. Corrigenda...........557

Inhaltsübersicht zu den „Mittelirischen Verslehren“ (Ir. T. Ill, 1) . 558

Indices......................559

I. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Sachenverzeichniss..............559

II. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Wörterverzeichniss..............565

III. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Personennamen...............586

IV. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Geographische Namen, Stammnamen u. s. w......592

Cóir Anmann (Fitness of Names).

Introduction.

What the Dindéenchas does for the names of noteworthy idaces in Ireland, the Coir Anmann, ‘Fitness of Names’, doesnbsp;for the nicknames of about three hundred noteworthy Irishnbsp;persons, — kings, queens, warriors, wizards, prophets, poets,nbsp;leeches, elves, werwolves. The etyma with which the Cóir Anmann,nbsp;like the Dindéenchas, abounds, are, as a rule, absurd. But anbsp;knowledge of these nicknames is essential to the understandingnbsp;of Middle-Irish Uterature, and their explanations often involvenbsp;legends of interest to the student of Irish mythology, folklore,nbsp;topography, manners and customs. See, for instance, the notices of heathen baptism (no. 251), and incest (55, 62, 66), thenbsp;hastening a girl’s growth by feeding her on the flesh of othernbsp;children (170), the cat-headed god (241), and other heathennbsp;deities (150, 156, 167, 211, 220), amputation of the tip of thenbsp;little-flnger (170), the transformed hag, (70) a woman bearing anbsp;lamb and a salmon (133), the tabus called gessa (41), lycan-thropy (215). Interesting, too, are the mentions of magicalnbsp;practices, such as shape-shifting (149, 205, 215), putting spellsnbsp;on wisps (183), producing mist (70) and snow (76), prophecynbsp;and divination (83, 287).

Here also, as in the Dindéenchas, philologists will find some rare words and grammatical forms. The words are collected

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in the Index verboram. The forms are the noun athscenmaim 157, the dat. (or rather the instrumental) sg. of atJisceinm,nbsp;and the following verbs: Perfect act. sg. 3, cechain (— cecinit)nbsp;251, génair 34, 51, 176, ro-genair 54, rogenir 45, geinirnbsp;46, rod-giuil 38, 42, rodn-giuil 55, ro mhehaid 157 (donbsp;meabhaid 28), for ro-mcmaid. T-preterites, sg. 3: ron- altnbsp;35, 42, rotn-alt 183, con-aitecht 149, ro-cMt 29, 65, con-eihilt 48, do-r-idnacht 149, do-r-imart 125,^ torracht 209.nbsp;Reduphcated future sg. 1, ni racJi 134: secondary form, sg. 3, nót-geógnad 142. But these forms are mostly archaisms. The com-I, position of the Coir Anmann can hardly be put before the twelfthnbsp;century. For, with the exceptions of génair, ro damar andnbsp;fetaniar (217), the old deponents ^ are lost, and s-preterites suchnbsp;as tucsat (37, 174), rugsat 170, ishertsat 134, and accdinisnbsp;133, point unmistakeably to the Middle-Irish period.

Two recensions of the Coir Anmann are known. One, the longer, now edited, is preserved in H. 3. 18, a ms. in the hbrarynbsp;of Trinity College, Dubhn, desciibed in d’Arbois de Jubainville’snbsp;Essai d'un Catalogue, p. LXXII. The part of the ms. containing the Coir Anmann is vellum, and was written, accordingnbsp;to O’Curry, about A. D. 1500. It contains 287 articles, ofnbsp;which eleven — namely 84, 86, 90, 94, 96, 97, 98, 120, 177,nbsp;197, 218, — are unfinished. It is preceded by the followingnbsp;note in the handwriting of Edward Lhuyd, the author of Ar-chceologia Britannica, Oxford 1707: Gan Eoin Agniv yn agosnbsp;i Earn yn Swydh Antrim a prynwyd hwn. A® 1700, i.e. Thisnbsp;was bought from John Agnew near Larne in the county ofnbsp;Antrim, in the year 1700. Of the shorter recension three copies

^ sg. 3 ro - loingistar 239, gur dubustair 263, pi. 3 do chomraigedar 280, are new extensions of the deponent. See Strachan: Transactions ofnbsp;the Philological Society, 1891—94, p. 558.

Cóir Anmann. — Introduction.

are known, one in the Book of Ballymote, pp. 249—255® of the facsimile pubhshed in 1887, another in the Book of Lecan,nbsp;a ms. in the hbrary of the Royal Irish Academy, pp. 441—447;nbsp;and the third in a ms. in the Advocates’ Library, Edinburgh,nbsp;marked Kilbride III. This recension contains 170 articles. Thenbsp;aiTangement of the longer recension tries to be chronological; thatnbsp;of the shorter recension tries to be alphabetical: neither attemptnbsp;is successful. The longer recension contains 117 names notnbsp;found in the shorter. On the other hand, the shorter recensionnbsp;contains eleven articles (here numbered 288—298) not foundnbsp;in the longer.

Some portions of the shorter recension have been published by O’Curry {Manners and Customs II, 11), by O’Donovan (Msc. Celtic Society, 76), by Mr. S. H. O’Grady in Silvanbsp;Gadelica, vol. II, p. 455—548, where it is cited as ‘K’, andnbsp;by myself in The Academy for April 23, 1892, p. 399. Butnbsp;so far as I am aware, no part of the longer recension hasnbsp;hitherto been edited, save the story of Eogan Mor (nos. 36—40),nbsp;which was pubhshed by O’Curry, with an English version, innbsp;the introduction to his Battle of Magh Leana, Dubhn 1855,nbsp;pp. XVIII — XXII, and the tale of Ailill Aulomm (no. 41),nbsp;which is printed and translated in The Academy for Jan. 7,nbsp;1893, p. 14.

London, June 30. 1895.

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Oóir Anmaim.

[H. 3. 18, p. 565=*.]

1. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Mumu, ciinus rohainmnighidh?

Ni ansa. a nomim alicuius regis* .i. ó ainm righ bdi iuirn .i. Eochaid Mumo mac Niadh Feibhis eissidhe.

Eochaid Mumo cidh dia ta?

Ni ansa. Eochaid Momó .i. ar ba mó a nert 7 a cumac/ita ina nert 7 cumachta, ca.ch duine a nBirmw bói a comhré fris.nbsp;Is de sin ainmnigbtfeer Mumü.

Nó Muma .i. mó a hana nas ana cslcJi coigidh aili a nEinwn, ar is innti nó adhradh bandi'a in tsónMsa .i. Ana anbsp;hainm-sein, 7 is naithi sidhe isberar Da Chigh Anann ós Lua-ckair Degad.

2. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Mnimnigh iarsin .i. mó neich, ar ba mó cacfe nechnbsp;dlbh ’nas each nech alle a nEiriww intan sin.

3. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Enna Airgthech mac Echac/^ Mumó .i. Enna Airg-didi^; is dó doronta scéith airgdidi^ a nAirgef Eos. Doradadnbsp;dó airechws Ereww.

4. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Modgaeth Mór-olach indara mac Niadh Feibis. 18 énbsp;roba mó daeithin dil robai ina ainisir, ar ba mian lais iwfor-craidh dighi doghres. Nó Modhgaei/i Mór-óilech, ar bad moranbsp;a óile .i. a di leacain.

1. * alii CS. reigis H. 3. ' airgdigi H.

Fitness of Thames.

1. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Mumu ‘Munster’, whence was it named? Not hardnbsp;(to say); a nomine alicuius regis, that is from the name of a kingnbsp;who ruled it, to wit, Eochaid Mtimo, son of Nia Febis was he.

Eochaid Mumo, whence is it? Not hard (to say). Eochaid mo-mo ‘greater-greater’; for greater were his strength andnbsp;might than the strength and might of every one in Erin whonbsp;hved at the same time as he. Erom him Mumu ‘Munster’ isnbsp;named.

Or Muma, that is mo ‘greater’ its ana ‘wealth’ than the wealth of every other province in Erin; for in it was worshippednbsp;the goddess of prosperity, whose name was Ana, and from hernbsp;are named the Two Paps of Ana over Luachair Degad.

2. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Muimnig ‘Munstermen’,, then, that is greatest of any,nbsp;for each of them was greater than any one else in Erin atnbsp;that time.

3. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Enna Airgthech, son of Eochaid Mumo, that is, Ennanbsp;Airgdide ‘silvery’. ’Tis for him that silvern shields were madenbsp;in Airget-ross. On him was conferred the leadership of Erin.

4. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Modgaeth Mór-ólach ‘greatly bibulous’, one of the twonbsp;sons of Nia Febis. ’Tis he whose fill cost most in his time, for henbsp;always desired a superabundance of drink. Or Modgaeth Mor-oilech ‘great-cheeked’, for great were his oile, that is his twonbsp;cheeks.

290 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cóir Anmann.

5. Conmhael .i. cow-mhal. mal .i. ri .i. ri na con,

rob é righ ba cowchaire, intansin e.

6. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochceic? EaebMrghlas .i. bad glasa gérfaebracha a dhinbsp;tsleig 7 a ghlaidis.

7. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;ISTuada Deghlamh .i. Nuadha Deaghlamha(ch) .i. robanbsp;maith 7 roba laidir a dhi' laimh.

8. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Glas mac Nuada# Ueghlaimh .i. robo ghlas a ainech 7nbsp;a gbne doghnath. Anbec^^ach a ainm a toissigh a aissi gonbsp;tugad ‘Glas’ fair.

9. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Gas Clothach mac Fir Ardda. cloth .i. enech. ar isnbsp;é necli robo mó enech 7 ba fearr im cac^ nf do larfadh nech fair.

10. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Muineamon mac Cais Chlothaig, issé coifduine dochuirnbsp;muinci óir fó bhraighdibh daine^ ar tüs a nA'rind. [p. SOS'*]nbsp;.i. slabra óir eiside. Is de sin aderar Muineamon .i. muinnbsp;müin .i. main for muinelaib. Maine Mór Aidiu robe a céfeinm-sium go tucaÉ^ Muineamon fair.

11. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;[FJailderg dóid .i. is leis dorighnecTh failgi oir deirgnbsp;artw.s im dóidibh a nEiriww, ar ba derg degmhaissech each dóidnbsp;ima mbidis na faüghi intan sin. Is aire isberthi Failderg doidnbsp;fris. Aedh Derg a ainm aile.

12. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Roan ri Oilech .i. ri rochuir aile [leg. ailche?] dochnbsp;a corthib, 7 is do ba hainm Aillech .i. ona hailltibh [leg.nbsp;ailchibh?] doch dochuirthea hi coirthibh lais. Is de isberthinbsp;Aillech fris.

13. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;EothecMaid. Rotha mac Roain ri Ailec^ is é cé#nanbsp;rothecM roth na ceihri n-ech artós for cairpthibh, 7 is dó banbsp;hainm Anroth an .i. fi'r, 7 is ó rotban na carpat aderar An-roth fris. Eochait? Urchain cetainm Fothaf mefc Foain, 7 do-

Fitness of Names.

5. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conmliael i. e. con-mlidl: mdl, that is, king, i. e. kingnbsp;of the hounds (con); for he was the king that was fondest ofnbsp;hounds, and ’tis he that possessed (all) the hounds that werenbsp;in Erin.

6. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid Faebur-glas, ‘blue-edged’, that is, blue andnbsp;keen-edged were his two javelins and his sword.

7. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Nuada Deg-ldmh, that is, Nuada the good-handed, i. e.nbsp;good and strong were his two hands.

8. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Glas, son of Nuada Deglam, that is blue (glas) werenbsp;his face and his countenance usually. Anbechtach was Ids namenbsp;at the beginning of his hfe, until Glas was put upon him.

9. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Gas Clothach, son of Eer Arda: cloth i.e. hospitahty^,nbsp;for ’tis he whose generosity was greatest and best as to everything that anyone asked of him.

10. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Muinemon, son of Gas Glothach: ’tis he that of oldnbsp;in Erin was first to put round men’s throats a golden necklace,nbsp;that is, a chain of gold. Hence he is called Muinemon, that isnbsp;muin-mdin, that is, a treasure (main) on muinéoil ‘necks’.nbsp;Now ‘Maine the Great’ was his fii’st name, till Muinemon wasnbsp;put upon him.

11. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fail-derg-clóit, ‘E.ing-red-arm’. ’Tis by him that firstnbsp;in Erin rings of red gold were made round arms; for red andnbsp;very beautiful was every arm round wldch the rings were putnbsp;at that time. Whence Fail-derg-dóit, ‘Hing-red-arm’, was saidnbsp;of him. ‘Aed the E.ed’ was his other name.

12. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;E.oan ri Oilech i.e. a king (ri) that put rocks {aile) ofnbsp;stones into menhirs, and he got the name Aillech from thenbsp;rocks of stones which were put by him into menhirs. Hencenbsp;Aillech ‘rocky’ was said of him.

13. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Bofhechtaid Rotha, son of Roan Rocky King, ’tis henbsp;that of old first had (rothecht) small wheels {rothdna) on four-horse chariots: he had the name An-roth . dn i.e. true, andnbsp;it is from the little wheel of the chariot that An-roth is said

9. ' The meaning here given to cloth seems questionable: cloth, clothach usually mean ‘famous’. P. O' Connell has also cloth .i. buaidh,nbsp;cloth .i. gaoth .i. glic.

Coir Anmann.

clióid in farainm tar in ainm hmiaid annsin tré gnathugMcZ in foranma do radh ris co minic.

14. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid Urchain .i. iir 7 cain (.i. alaind) e géin bainbsp;a [m]biu.

15. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Failbe Falchoirthech, issed cefea duine lér’ togbadhnbsp;coirthi cloch artós a nEirw» do sadlia[d] a coicrich. Nó Eailbenbsp;Ilcborach, ar imat chora chaich fria him.

16. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cass Cefchuimnech .i. Cass Céfcoimgneech .i. is énbsp;cefoa rothinnscain coimgnedha 7 filidhecA^ a Teinhraigh^ artws.

17. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eilim OllflnsnecA^a .i. sneac^^a mor fi'na rofer inanbsp;flaithis: is dé isberar Eiilim Oil fin sneclita, fris. Nó Eilimnbsp;Ólétechtaide 1 .i. él étecii^aidhe dognith .i. mor a daitliin leanna.nbsp;swtó (]ui legat.

18. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Art Imlech (nó Art inflig) .i. on Imlech Fir aen-dairtinbsp;a Clin... [p. 566®]. Is ann robhai a dhunarMs ai'tMS, conamp;d denbsp;isberar Ai’t Imlech dé.

19. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Bres righ .i. ba righ ar righdac^# é .i. roba righda anbsp;ghnim 7 a enech 7 a hamp;thius, 7 dobhris sé ilchatha for Fomh-oire aga ndichttr a hEiriu.

20. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;SeiJna* IndarrditZ mac Breis is é cétna dorat tua-rustal (.i. indarrad) d’amhsaibh artws a nEiriww, coniA aire sinnbsp;isberar Sétna^ Indarraid his.

21. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Enna Derg mac Duach Finn, .i. derg ainech robai,nbsp;coniA é rolil Enna Derg dé.

22. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Lughaidh Laighde^ .i. a Corea Laigh[dji ro hoiledh é.nbsp;Nó Lugaid hdighde .i. ar choscrac? in laigh 7 ara bherbhadhnbsp;adubhrad^ Lugaid ILidighde fns.

23. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Lugaid lardonn .i. diibh donn robhoi. nam iarn .i.nbsp;duibhe dicitor

16. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;^ temhraidh H.

17. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;® oil etechtaid H.

20. ‘ Sena H. ® Sëna H. 22. ^ Lughaigh Ldighe, H.

Fitness of Names.

of him. Eochaid Ürchain was Rotha mac Roain’s first name; and from the habit of frequently saying the nickname to denotenbsp;him, the nickname supplanted the original name.

14. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid Lrchain i.e. ur ‘fresh’ and cdin ‘beautiful’nbsp;was he so long as his Hfe lasted.

15. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Failbe Fdl-choirthecJi. ’Tis the first person by whomnbsp;of old in Erin a menhir was erected to be set in a boundary.nbsp;Or Failbe Ilchórach from the abundant peace {cora) which innbsp;his time every one enjoyed.

16. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cass Cét-chuimnech, that is, Cass Cét-coimgneech: ’tisnbsp;he that of old first began histories {coimgneda) and poetiy at Tara.

17. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Elim Oll-fin-smchta ‘great-wine-snow’, that is, from anbsp;great snow {snechta) of wine [fin) which fell in his reign he isnbsp;called Ehm Oil-fin-snechta. Or Elim Ol-étecMaide, that is,nbsp;he used to take an irregular (étechtaide) draught (dZ), that is,nbsp;huge was his fill of liquor: s(udet) q(ui) l(egat).

18. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Art Imlech (or Art Inflig), that is from the imlechnbsp;(land near water) of the Man of one Heifer in Cliu. ’Tis therenbsp;was his fortress at first, and thence Art Imlech is said of him.

19. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Bres ri ‘king’, that is, he was a king for royalty: i.e.nbsp;royal was his action and his honour and his reign, and he routednbsp;the Eomorians in many battles, expelling them from Ireland.

20. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Setna Indarraid, son of Bres. ’Tis he that of oldnbsp;first gave wages {indarrad) to soldiers in Erin. Wherefore Setnanbsp;Indarraid is said of him.

21. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Enna Berg, son of Dua Finn: red {derg) was his face,nbsp;wherefore (the name) Enna Berg ‘Red Enna’ clave to him.

22. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Lugaid Ldigde, that is, in Corco-Laigdi he was reared.nbsp;Or Lugaid Ldigde, from the cutting-up of the fawn (lóeg), andnbsp;fi’om boihng it, Lugaid Ldigde was said of him.

23. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Lugaid lardonn: dark {iar) and brown {donn) henbsp;was, for iarn means darkness.

Cóir Amnann.

24. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Recht^^^^^ Righdherg .i. righ derg robhói aigi. Nó Recli-taid Righdliercc .i. roba mhór, 7 bad rigbdai a da deircc .i.nbsp;a dl suil.

25. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Adammair^ Flidais[e] Foltcalu .i. Flidhais in righannbsp;de Tlmaith Dé Danaww, is 1 ba ben d’Adamair mac Fir Cuirp,nbsp;7 is uaithi aderar Buar Flidhaisi, 7 is uaithi Adamair Fli-dhaisi Foltchain aga radii fnssin righ.

26. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Niadh Séghamain’ .i. is ségh^ a main, ar is cumanbsp;nóblighthea bai 7 eillti fon aenchumai camp;cli dia ré linn, ar banbsp;mór in main dó na neiclie^ sin sech na rigliu aili. Ocms isnbsp;sl in Flidhais sin mathak Niadh Ségamain* male Adamair,nbsp;7 do bhligbtliea a flaith Niadh Séganihain® in biiar sin .i.nbsp;diabulbhtiar .i. ba 7 eillti do bliliaghan re Hnn Nlad Séga-main®, 7 issi a mathak tuc in cumbac/i^a tsidlianiail sin dó.nbsp;Is dó sin rocan in fill:

Maith toissech mét amain med dorinne Niadh Ségamain® sen,nbsp;is dó robdar eiUti ba,nbsp;do Niadh Ségamain® s[i]abra,

.i. siabhartha no sremach robói sé. Nó issé in t-aes sidhe ro timairgdls na heillti dia mbleoghan ina flaith.

27. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Lughaidh Luaiglini .i. a Luaighnibb Temhrech róboi-ledh é, 7 issé céfna Ié ndernadh gai 7 cruan artós a mErinn é.

28. Coirpri Lose mac Tmigdech Luaigwl. Is de bói Coirprinbsp;Lose fair. Feaci^tos dochóidli rl Hereww .i. Cowglial Clar-ingnech mac 'Ruè.raigQ, do gbabail ghiall Muman iar marbadnbsp;Imlgdech Luaig»! do Cowgal. Cairbri mac Luigdec/t Ijuaigninbsp;ba rl Muman intan sin. Doferadh cath Chatrw in Felnedhanbsp;etarru fn Rossaigh Ruaigh anlar. Dombeabald in cath sinnbsp;ar Mliuimnechaibb, 7 docuiredb a n-ar ann. Gonais Forthewd

25. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;‘ Aadammair H.

26. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;' Niadh seadliamain H.nbsp;main H. “ sedamhain H.

Fitness of Names.

24. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eechtaid Big-derg, that is, a red (derg) forearm {rig)nbsp;he had. Or Eechtaid Big-derc, that is, great and royal {rigdai)nbsp;were his two dercs, that is, his two eyes.

25. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Adammair Flidaise Foltchdin, that is, Fhdais thenbsp;queen, (one) of the Tuath dé Danann, ’tis she was wife of Adammair so nof Fer cuirp; and from her Buar Flidaise (‘F.’s kine’)nbsp;is said, and from her 4lt;iammair Flidaise Foltchdin (‘Fhdaisnbsp;Fafrhair’s Adammair’) is said of the king.

26. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;JSTia Segamain, that is, seg ‘deer’ is a mdin ‘his treasure’; for during his time cows and does were milked in thenbsp;same way every day, so to liim beyond the other monarchsnbsp;great was the treasure of these things. And it is that Fhdaisnbsp;(above-named) who was mother of Nia Ségamain son of Adammair; and in Ma Segamain’s reign those cattle were milked,nbsp;that is, double cattle, cows and does, were milked in the timenbsp;of Nia Ségamain, and it was his mother that gave him thatnbsp;fairy power. Of Ihm the poet sang;

Good was the chief with the greatness of his treasures,* Which old Nia Ségamain made.

’Tis for him that does were cows.

For Nia Ségamain the siahra,

that is, ‘enchanted’ or ‘streamy’ was he. Or it is the fairy-folic that constrained the does to be milked in his reign.

27. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Lugaid Luaigne, that is, in Luaigni of Tara he wasnbsp;reared, and he is tlie first by whom of old spears and enamelnbsp;were made in Erin.

28. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cairbre Lose, son of Lugaid Luaigne. Hence had henbsp;the name Cairbre Lose. Once upon a time the king of Ireland, Congal the Flatnaüed, son of Eudraige, after he hadnbsp;killed Lugaid Luaigne, went to take the hostages of Munster.nbsp;Cairbre, Lugaid Luaigne’s son, was then king of Munster.nbsp;The battle of Cam in Féineda, to the west of Eossach Euaig,nbsp;was then fought between them. In that battle the Munstermennbsp;were routed and slaughtered. Forthenn son of Cerb wounded

26. ’ For main med I conjecture mdinhed.

Cóir Anmann.

mac Oirb Ooirbri isiii chath gur’ba bacach géin bói a mbe^haidh \ cowid aire sin gaiïther Cairpri Lose de .i. Cairpn hamp;ccach.

29. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Düach dal[l]ta Deagaif^, cidh dia ta? Ni ansa. Danbsp;mac maithi bói ag Coirbri Lose .i. Düach 7 Deagad a n-an-manna. Bói imchosnam mór etarru imon righi, ar ba hadhbwrnbsp;n'[g] Eremï cnch mac dib ar dheilbh 7 ar gnim. Nl roibe anbsp;nüJnnn dias biidh chaime na budh chucMghlaine ’naid in dinbsp;mac sin Coirbri. Deagat? mac Coirpri in soisiur, 7 bói ac dulnbsp;tar Duach chum na righi. Bob olc tra^ la Düach indi' sin, 7nbsp;dochuir tec^^a uadh arcewi^ a brathar a bhail a roibhe. Doluidhnbsp;Degad iarsin co hairm a mbai Duach. Dogabai^ Deagad annsinnbsp;la Düach, gur’ bhen a rwsca dé, gur roibhe dall. C'owid[d]énbsp;sin gairthar Düach Dallta Deagaid dé. Ocms issé céMall Eirmwnbsp;insin. Is dó sin rochel in fili;

Dogahad Deagad na thaigh ic Duach aga dhearbbrathairnbsp;[p. 567‘‘J

ocus do dallad co dian in Deagac7 sin gér’ dhrochiall.

Duach Dalta Degaid indara m de .i. Deagad, mac sin do Ernaibh Munian, is é vus-ail Düach. is de rohl Düachnbsp;Dalta Deagaid dé.

30. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid Uarches, cidh di'a ta? Ni ansa. ceasa uaranbsp;badwr aigi ina chobhlaighibh o ro innsaigh forsin nGréig, 7 isnbsp;a corraibh a long roghabh each ni' rogabh tbr each lefli ton doman.

Eochaid Uarches .i. üar-ghaiech, nam cess gai Aicituv, ar bói siumli da bhhadam ar innarba ior muir.

31. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochatd Eer Fuirmhe mac Düach .i. ter fora nder-nadh fnirmheth .i. a lagadh 7 a laighdiugad 7 a aimnertugMdnbsp;co mor. Issiat dorinne in fin'rmedh si'n fai'r .i. eland T)egaid

‘ mbeihaigh H. * tratb II.

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Cairbre in the fight, so that he was lame as long as he was alive: wherefore he is called Cairbre Lose, that is, Cairbre thenbsp;Lame.

29. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Duach Dallta Degaid, whence is it? Easy to say.nbsp;Cairbre the Lame had two sons, named Duach and Degad.nbsp;Between them was a great contest concerning the kingship, fornbsp;as regarded form and action each of them was fit to be kingnbsp;of Ireland. There was not in Brin a pair that was fairer ornbsp;purer-coloured than those two sons of Cairbre’s. Degad wasnbsp;the younger, and he was outrunning Duach for the kingdom.nbsp;Duach misliked that, so he sent envoys to his brother wherenbsp;he abode. Then Degad went to the place where Duach wasnbsp;dwelhng, and there Degad was seized by his brother, whonbsp;struck his eyes out of him, so that he beeame blind. Hencenbsp;he is called ‘Duach Dallta (‘Blinded’) of Degad’. And that isnbsp;the first blind man in Erin. ’Tis of him the poet sang:

Degad was seized in his house By Duach, by his own brother,

And swiftly blinded was

That Degad, though it was a wicked trick.

Duach Dalta Degaid, the second explanation^ of it: to wit, Degad, a son of the Ernai of Munster, ’tis he that rearednbsp;Duach, and hence (the name) Duach Degad’s dalta (‘fosterling’)nbsp;clave to him.

30. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid Uar-ches, whence is it? Easy to say: uaranbsp;‘fresh’ cesa ‘skiffs’ he had in his fleets when he attacked Greece;nbsp;and ’tis in the prows aud poops of his vessels he kept all thatnbsp;he had seized on all sides throughout the world.

Eochaid Uar-ches, that is, ‘having fresh spears’; for cess means ‘spear’, and he was for two years banished to sea.

31. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid Fer Fuirme, son of Dua, that is, a man {fer)nbsp;on whom was inflicted fuirmed ‘abasement’; for he was greatlynbsp;weakened and lessened and deprived of power. They that

29. ‘ literally, ‘thing’.

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mic tSin. 0 dorochtiir Di'iach Dalta Degaid la h[Jlltct^6 ro fui-liinsit Eriia 7 Clanna Deagait? for Eochaf^ mac Duach. Cowad aire sin isberti Eochaic^ Eear Fuirmi Ms iarsin.

32. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Muirec^hach Muchna .i. a Muclina rohoiletïh é, 7 isnbsp;frfa Miiire(^hach aderfchai Liath Dairbhri .i. an oilen Dairbiinbsp;for muir, 7 a rennaib orathach 7 a n-oilenaibh in mhara ronbsp;innarbsat Clanna Deagaic? é, gur’bhó liath scan inntibh Muire-(ihacb Muchna, ar robiad r[e]anna 7 iinh Human ferann chlainnenbsp;liEbiV intan sin larna innarba do chlannaibh DeagaftZ inntibh.

33. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Enna Muncham .i. muinel cam (.i. alainn) aigi. namnbsp;muin .i. muinel .i. muinel alainn lais .i. muinci oir wobhithnbsp;ima bhraigit, is de ba Muinchaw eissium.

34. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Deirgthine mac Enna Munchdfw .i. nir’bo dirga grisnbsp;ar ciu’ a crithri di inna in daigec? ruithnech rothaitnemhach ^nbsp;|p. 567'’J bai aigi. 7 is frisside atberthi Corb Elum .i. rolo-madh a ó dia chinn, ar nl roibhe ó fora chiunn intan genair.nbsp;Is aire sin tra ba Corb Ólom é, 7 is Musidhe aderthf ua Deirgnbsp;.i. é feisin 7 a mhac .i. Derg mac Dergthine.

35. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Mog‘ Néid .i. Nét ainm an aide ron-alt, 7 ic fri-thaihmh a oide nobhfth gu gnathach intan ba hog. Is de banbsp;Mog ^ NefC AengMS a ainm hwaid, 7 ba gnathaighi in forainmnbsp;do radh Ms inna in t-ainm diKs, ama? isrubairt in filf:

Aeughas ce^ainm Mogha* Néid a fets a bei5ha[d] gin bréig,nbsp;is Mog Nef#® a ainm iarsinnbsp;gMrMS-mai’bh Goll gu ngnimaibh.

.i. mac Morna.

34. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;^ rothaithnechach H.

35. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;1 Mod H. 2 modha H.

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caused this abasement were the clan of Degad son of Sen. AVhen Duach Dalta Degaid fell by the Ulstermen, the Emainbsp;and the clans of Degad abased Eochaid son of Dua. AYhere-fore Eochaid Fer Fuirmi was said of him thereafter.

.32. Muredach Muchna, that is, in Muclma he was reared, and Muredach was called The Gray of Dairbre, the islandnbsp;Dairbre in the sea; and into coastal (?) points and into thenbsp;islands of the sea the clans of Degad banished him, so thatnbsp;in them Muredach Muchna became gray, for Munster’s pointsnbsp;ajid borders were the land of the Clann Ebir after they hadnbsp;been banished into them by the Children of Degad.

33. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Enna Munchain ‘Bright-neck’: a beautiful neck he had.nbsp;Muin means ‘neck’, and a lovely neck he had. A necklace ofnbsp;gold used to be I’ouud his throat: hence he was Muin-chainnbsp;‘Bright-neck’.

34. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Dergthene ‘Bed-fire’, son of Enna Munchain. Notnbsp;redder (dirgu) was a fii’e after its sparks had been put from itnbsp;than the radiant, sliining glow that he had. And he was (also)nbsp;called Corb 0-lonim ‘Bare-ejir’, for Ids ear was stript from hisnbsp;head, for there was no ear on his head when he was born.nbsp;Therefore, then, he was (called) Corb 0-lonim. And he himself and his son, Derg mac Dergthini, were called ‘the Dergs’.

35. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Mog Néit, that is. Nét was tlie name of the foster-father who reared him: and when he was young he was usuallynbsp;in attendance on liis fosterer. Hence he was called Mog-Néitnbsp;‘Net’s slave’. Oengus was his original name, and he was morenbsp;usually spoken of by the nickname than by the proper name:nbsp;as the poet said:

Oengus was Mog Neit’s first name At his fife’s beginning, without a he.

And Mog Néit was liis name afterwards.

Until active Goll, son of Morna, killed him.

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36. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eoghan inac Moga^ l^éit, ceifhri lianmanna ro tbecbtnbsp;.i. Eogan Mór 7 Eog^ï» Fidhfeccach 7 Eogaw Taidhlech 7nbsp;Mog^ Nuadat, dia ndebhairt in bli isin fwrsunduth:

Ceifhre hanmanna gan bhron dobhadar for Eogaw Mór,

Eogaw Eidhfeccach® flal gart,

Eogan Taidhlech, Mog^ Nuadhat.

37. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eogaw a ainm ó thuistigeine .i. éogewesis^ .i. geinnbsp;maith ara eó .i. en .i. bona, genesis^ nero genirati[o] Eogam.nbsp;EogcfW didw bona geniratio a thaithmech.

IS de sin ata Eoghanac/ii do radh friü tre thoradh na mbennacfe^ tucsat fir Eireww fair ara ghart 7 ara féile fn'u,nbsp;7 ara tesargain don ntina a rabhadwr. Eoganacht desidhe .i.nbsp;bona acht^o] .i. acht® maith dó fir Eireww do saerad ar ghorta.

[p. 568®.]

EogawacM .i. Eogaw icht .i. icht Eoghain for feraibh Ereww. JVo' Eogaw-necht .i. nec/tt Eogam .i. nec^^ clann .i.nbsp;clann Eogafn na secM nEoghanac/«te.

IS dé sin tra rob ainm dó Eagan Mór .i. mór é ós chach 7 a chlann 7 a chinél ina dhiaidh.

38. Eoga« Taidhlech do radh ris .i. fecht dochoidh Eogannbsp;Mór ind Esbain for ceihdhe. Issé ba ri Espain intan sin .i.nbsp;Eber Mór mac Midhna. Euair tra Eogaw gradhugwd mór indnbsp;Espain don toisc sin. Do bhói Aidiu ingen aire[g]dha ag innbsp;ri'gh a u-aentuma intan sin .i. Bera ingen Ébir a hainm. Octtsnbsp;tuc si gradh égmaisi d’Eogaw su dochuaid a nEspam ara

36. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;^ .m. a H. ^ .m. H. ® fidhfeccacliach H. .m. H.’

37. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;^ éogeni H. * genteis H. ^ icht H.

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36. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eogan, son of Mog Néit, had four names, to wit, Eogannbsp;Mór (‘Great’), and Eogan Fidfeccach (‘wood-bending’), andnbsp;Eogan Ididlech (‘splendid’), and Mog Nuadat (‘Nuada’s slave’).nbsp;Whereof the poet said in the Elucidation:

Four names without grief Were on Eogan Mór:

Eogan Fidfeccach the generous-hospitable,

Eogan Taidlech, (and) Mog Nuadat.

37. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eogan was his name from parental origin, that is, eo-gene-sis i.e. good birth, for eó is sv- bona, but genesis (/eVsötg) isnbsp;Eogan’s generatio. Of Eo-gan then, hona generatio is thenbsp;analysis

’Tis from this that Eoganacht is said of them (scil. his descendants), in virtue of the blessings which the men of Erinnbsp;bestowed upon him for his hospitahty and generosity towardsnbsp;them, and for rescuing them from the famine in which theynbsp;were. From this (comes) Eoganacht i.e. hona actio, i.e. a goodnbsp;act (it was) for him (Eogan) to save the men of Erin fromnbsp;starvation.

[Or] Eoganacht i.e. Eogan-icht, i.e. Eogan’s protection to the men of Erin. Or Eogan-necht, that is Eogan’s necht:nbsp;necht ‘children’, that is the seven Boganachts are Eogan’snbsp;children.

Thence then had he the name Eogan Mór (‘Great’), because he was great above every one, and (so were) his children and his kindred after him.

38. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eogan Taidlech ‘splendid’, was (also) said of him.nbsp;Once upon a time Eogan Mór went into Spain on a visit.nbsp;He who was then king of Spain was Eber the Great, son ofnbsp;Midna. Now Eogan on that journey met with great affectionnbsp;in Spain. The king had then a stately unmarried daughter,nbsp;named Bera daughter of Eber, and because of the great reportsnbsp;of Eogan she had given him ‘love in absence’ before he went

37. * i.e. Eogan when analysed means hona generatio. Irische Texte. III. 2.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;20

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iirsce7aibh. Tug tra Eogaw in ingin larsin, 7 rug si claim tsainemhaü dó .i. mac anara .i. Oilill ()\omm, 7 dias ingen .i.nbsp;Scoithniam 7 Oaimill a n-anmanna.

DothigeiZh isin aimsir sin Wair bradan buüidb brecdhathach do tsruth na ndül a ParrthMS cac/ia bliadwc go sruth Tibir,nbsp;7 tigedh ó Thibhir go sruth nBbir a nEaspaiw. IS amhlait?nbsp;do bói in bradan sin 7 tlacW olla firaille co cinél csuêha. dathanbsp;t-rit. Fofrith tra in bradan sin la liEber i n-aimsir sin Eóghainnbsp;a nEspaiw, 7 dobenai^h in tlac^# olla sin dé, 7 twcadb do inginnbsp;Ebir in olann sin. Dorigbnedh tra laisin mgin brat taidhlechnbsp;taithnemach d’Eogaw don i\amp;cht sin robhói forsin mbradan.nbsp;OcMS in brat sin is é ro bhói fa Eogaw intan tainic a nFrinn.nbsp;Cown Cétchathach a righi nErinn intan sin. Eobo tbaidhlechnbsp;taithnemach in deaüxadh bói for Eogaw ón brat sin. ComAnbsp;de sin rod-giul Eoghan Taidhlech de.

39. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eogciw Eidhfeccach do radh fris, [cid dia ta?]. Ni ansa.nbsp;Badar tri dunaidh Ia hEogaw 7 Fideg ainm cac/i ae dibh. Bóinbsp;tra‘ Eoga» ac cur 7 ac feccadh 7 ac figi ind fedha [p. SOS’*]nbsp;la each. Comd dé sin asberar Eogan Fid[f]egach de .i. ónbsp;feccadh ind fedha iga chwr. Nó fighfecc .i. o figbi ind feda céhia.

40. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Mogh ^ Nuadat, cidh dia ta ? Ni ansa. Daire Barracknbsp;mac Cathdir Mhair is é ros-ail Mogh Nwadat^ .i. Eogaw macnbsp;Mogha® Nét. Dorighnedh cumdach duin Aülinne fec/wf ann lanbsp;Daire mBarrac^ mac Cathair. Eobhói tra rathmhoghaidh^nbsp;amra a aÉrinn intan sin .i. Nuadha Sólfada mac Aengwsanbsp;mie Eir da crich a crich Cuailgne, nert céit ann, saith co'icaitnbsp;nomheleth. Tucad co Dóire mBarrac/i in mogh^ sin do chum-dach dhuine Aillinne. INtan badar isin cluidh iga thochailtnbsp;dorala iarsin doch mhór dóibh isin cluidh 7 forfeimidh in mogh ^

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into Spain. So then Eogan wedded the maiden, and she bore him noble offspring, even a wondrous son, Aihll Ólomm, and anbsp;brace of daughters named Scothniam and Caimell.

At that time there used to come in every year a lovely varicoloured salmon from the River of the Elements in Paradise to the river Tiber, and from Tiber to the river Ebro innbsp;Spain. Thus was that salmon, with a covering of most beautiful wool, and a kind of every colour through it. Now whilenbsp;Eogan was in Spain that salmon was caught by Eber and thatnbsp;woollen covering was stript from from it, and that wool was givennbsp;to Eber’s daughter. Now of the covering which had been on thenbsp;salmon the damsel made for Eogan a splendid shining mantle;nbsp;and ’tis that mantle which Eogan wore when he came (hack)nbsp;to Ireland. Conn of the Hundred Battles was then in thenbsp;kingship of Erin. Splendid and shining was the brightnessnbsp;abiding on Eogan from that mantle. Wherefore the name Eogannbsp;Tdidlech 'Splendid’ clave to him.

39. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eogan Fidfeccach, he was (also) called, why was this?nbsp;Easy to say. Eogan had three fortresses, and the name ofnbsp;each was Fidfecc. Now Eogan was setting and bending andnbsp;weaving the wood at each; wherefore he is called Eogan Fidfeccach, from bending (feccad) the wood (fid) in setting it: ornbsp;Figfecc, from weaving (fige) the same wood.

40. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Mog Nuadat, whence is it? Easy to say. Dafrenbsp;Barrach son of Cathair Mor, ’tis he that reared Mog Nuadat,nbsp;that is, Eogan son of Mog Néit. Once upon a time the fortification of Dun Ailhnne was undertaken by D4ire Barrach.nbsp;Now there was then in Erin a famous rath-builder, Nuadanbsp;Long-heel, son of Oengus, son of Per da chrich in the districtnbsp;of Cualnge. In him was the strength of a hundred, and henbsp;would eat the fill of fifty. This slave was brought to Daire tonbsp;fortify Dun AilHnn. When they were in the trench, a-digging

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a tógbail. Dobhadar maccraidh in duuaidli 7 Eogaji etarru ar in claidhe na ratlia ig fechain in mogaidli® ag locad innbsp;fedhma. Do larr in mogh-’’ for in maccraidh in chloch do cht«rnbsp;assin chlaidli. Rws-eitigh in maccraidh inni sin acht Eogawnbsp;a aenwr. Dochuaidh tra Eogaw isin cluidh 7 do i'adh a dlnnbsp;laimh iinan cloich, 7 nts-tógaibh ’ua aenwr in chloch, 7 donbsp;chuir ar uilhnn deiscertaigh in düini. Conus til ann osin aledi.

IS ann asbert in drai'^ frissin mogh:® “Is saér do mogh® anm“, a Nüadha!” or in drai’'. Gonid dé sin rolil Mog® Nua-dhat de, 7 is üaidh rohainmnighcdh iarsan shc^^ sin.

41. Oilül Ólomm, cidh ’ma ii-apttr fris? Ni ansa: ar lu' roibhe croicinn na feóil for a chluais lama lomadh d’Aine inginnbsp;Eogabhail a nDruim EoghamaiL Ina chodlwcZ dawo robhóinbsp;Oilill intan rws-lom an ingen a ó for a chinn, ar ni'r’ fag annbsp;ingen dia chluais for Oilill acht colmn na cluaissi nama. Duls-cis OiZill iarsin asa chodlwd, 7 do airigh go mór a ó ’arnanbsp;lomad dond ingin, 7 ba hannsum lais. Isbert OiKll: “Is gernbsp;in póg sin, a ingen!” ar OiMl, “as lóm dofagais mó ó for monbsp;chinn”. ISbert Aine [p. 569'»] fri hOib7^; “Do mharbhaisinbsp;mh’ athairsi anoc/i#, a Oiïill!” or Aine .i. Eogaba? Sldhach.nbsp;“OcMs agsin mo chuitsi do dhighail mh’ athar fort, a OiKll!”nbsp;or Aine, “7 bid ahim sloinnti duit co brath, OHill Ólom”,nbsp;CoMa[d]dé sin rohl Oilill Olomm dé.

Nó Oilill Aulom .i. aula regis» .i. rlghthech ind righ .i. lom a aula .i. a righdüi .i. a rl[g]thech, ar nl roibhe flal tairlsnbsp;ar a bheódac/iif .i. iil i’oibhe fal na cumdach timcholl a tlüghinbsp;ar a omhan la each.

d

40. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;® maigh 11.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;’ draigJi H.

41. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;» aulom reigis II.

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it, they came upon a huge stone in the trench, and the slave was unahle to raise it. The youths of the fortress, and amongnbsp;them Eogan, were on the dyke of the earthwork, watching thenbsp;slave flinching fi’om the effort. The slave asked the youths tonbsp;put the stone out of the trench. This the youths, save onlynbsp;Eogan, refused. Then Eogan entered the trench, and claspednbsp;his two arms round the stone, and he alone hfted it up, andnbsp;hurled it into the southern angle of the fort. And there itnbsp;remains thenceforward.

Then said the druid to the slave: “Noble is thy slave today, O Nuada!” quoth the druid. quot;Wherefore Mog Nuadat, ‘Nuada’s Slave’, clave to Eogan, and from Nuada he was named,nbsp;according to this version (of the story).

41. Ailill 0-lomni ‘Bare-ear’, why was he so called? Easy to say. Because there was neither skin nor flesh on his ear afternbsp;it had been stript off by Aine, Eogabal’s daughter, on Druimnbsp;Eogabail. Now Ailill was asleep when the damsel stript hisnbsp;ear from his head, and of his ear she left on Ailill only thenbsp;skin of the ear. Then Ailill awoke from liis sleep, and perceived clearly that his ear had been stript off by the damsel,nbsp;and it seemed to him very grievous. Said Ailill: “Shaiq) isnbsp;that hiss, 0 damsel!” says Ailill. “Bare hast thou left minenbsp;ear on my head!” Said Aine to Ailill: “Thou hast killed mynbsp;father to-night, 0 Aihll”, even Eogabal of the Elfmound —nbsp;“and there on thee, O Ailill, is my share of vengeance for mynbsp;father; and AihU Bare-ear shall be thine appellation for ever”.nbsp;Wherefore the name Ailill Olonim clave to him.

Or Ailill Aulomm, that is (the au stands for) Atila regis ‘the king’s palace’, and lomm ‘bare’ was his aula, i.e. his regalnbsp;habitation, i.e. his king-house, for because of his courage therenbsp;was no covering over it, that is, by reason of the fear of himnbsp;in which every one stood there was no fence nor fortificationnbsp;around his house.

K^ill cidh dia ta? Ni ansa. B4 fej'gacli AiZill fria hAine ingin Eogamai? don aithis tug air, 7 ba tinn lais a leth-chinn co mór iar lomadh a ó. Gabbais a tsleigh coigrinn chuigi 7nbsp;saidbis triasan ingin gu talmain, gurtis-hea, in cóicedh rinn dinbsp;a cloich, gnr’ ba cam^ dé. Ba geis don tsleigh sin a bein anbsp;cloich. Tri geassa robadar for in sléig sin OileZ^a .i. ba geisnbsp;di a bein a cloich; geis aile di a cur fo dét dia dirghuth; geisnbsp;mie di bén do mharbatZ Ié. EocoUlec? na geassa sin la hOilillnbsp;intan sin, ar rochuir Oilill in rinn bói cam^ for in sleigh sinnbsp;OileZZa fo ddiét dia dirghuth. Ind neim 7 in duabhais dobhóinbsp;a rinn na sleighe nemhi do chuaidh a ndét OileZZa. Rob olcnbsp;tra la hOdill indi sin 7 dorinne olc mór dó, ar ró chorb anbsp;anail 7 ro dhubh a dhé#, 7 do lom an ingen a ó for a chiunn.nbsp;Tri haithisi Oile??a sin gein bhói a mbiu. IS aire sin adubhratïnbsp;Kdill fris .i. ail oil .i. is oil in ail fil forsin fer. Ajdill Ólomnbsp;a ainm iar sin la each. Mais mac Mog^a ^uadat a ainm gónbsp;sin. IS de sin tra® robhoi in fiacail fidba (.i. neime) a cinnnbsp;Odellsk iarsin. INd neim dobhói a rinn na sleighe dochüaidhnbsp;a ndét Oileü^a, ro dhubh in dét 7 do mhorg a anail ó neimh do-chuaidh ina dhéi. Tainic olc na fiacal sin ré hOiliZZ co mór iar sin, arnbsp;ba bailoÉ^hach é co minic o neim na fiaccal, [p. 569''] 7 ba dall enbsp;fódheóidh.

42. Fiacha MuillefAaw cid dia ta? Ni ansa. Munchai ingen Dil mie üi-Chreagga in drui, mathair sin mie Eogosiw.nbsp;Ba torrach tra^ Munchai ó Eogaw mac Oileiia ré ndul chumnbsp;catha Muighi Mhucruma. Ind adhaigh ré tuismetih a toirrehisa,nbsp;dochüaidh isin Siuir, 7 do tsuidh for cloich a mbruach na habh-ar adubairt a hathair fria go mbéretih mac 7 da mber-edh si a n-aidhchi sin é gu mba drui dingbhala, 7 dia mber-edh iamamharach bad rig é 7 bid righdha air dha choigetihnbsp;41. ® H. has here the Latin contraction for quam. ® trath H.

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Ailill, whence is it? Easy to say. Ailill was wroth with Aiiie daughter of Eogahal for the disgrace which she had inflicted upon him, and very sore he deemed his half-head afternbsp;his ear had been stript off. So he thrust his five-barbed spearnbsp;at her and drove it through the girl to the ground, and thenbsp;fifth barb struck on a stone and thus became bent. It was a geisnbsp;(‘tabu’) of that spear to strike it on a stone. Three tabus werenbsp;on that spear of Ailill’s, to wit, there was a tabu to strike itnbsp;on a stone; another tabu to place it under a tooth in order tonbsp;straighten it: another tabu to Idll a woman therewith. All thosenbsp;tabus were broken by Ailill at that time, for (after killing Ainenbsp;and striking the stone), to straighten the barb which was bentnbsp;on that spear he placed it under one of his teeth. The poisonnbsp;and the irk which lay in the barb of the spear entered Aihll’snbsp;tooth. That thing seemed evil to Ailill; and it did him greatnbsp;harm, for it corrupted his breath, and it blackened his tooth,nbsp;and (while he slept) the girl had stript the ear off his head.nbsp;Those were Aihll’s three disgraces so long as he was ahve.nbsp;This is why he was called Ailill, that is. Ail-oil, that is, greatnbsp;{oil) the dishonour {ail) that there is on the man. Every onenbsp;after that called him Aihll Bare-ear. Mais, son of Mognbsp;Nuadat, had been liis name till then. Hence, too, was thenbsp;poisonous tooth in Aihll thereafter. The venom that lay in thenbsp;barb of the spear entered Aihll’s tooth and putrefied his breath.nbsp;Then the evil of that tooth visited Aihll greatly, for he oftennbsp;went mad from the venom thereof, and at last he became blind.

42. Fiacha Muillethan, whence is it? Easy to say. Mun-chai daughter of the druid Dil greatgrandson of Crecca, was the mother of Eogan’s son. Now Munchai became pregnantnbsp;by Eogan son of Aihll before he went to the battle of Magnbsp;Muccruma. On the night before she brought forth her burdennbsp;she went into the Suir and sat down on a boulder on thenbsp;brink of the river. For her father had said to her that shenbsp;would bear a son, and that if she brought him forth on that

Cóir Anmann,

Human a chlann 7 a chmel dia éis. Adubafrt Monchai aim-sin; “Muna till trem thaebh, nl tharga^ in conaiv choir”. Ba fir tra don ingin innl sin. Do bhoi si adh na hoidhchi gonbsp;maidin larnambairecA forsin cloich ina suidhe. Rug an inghinnbsp;mac larsin a mucha na maidne, 7 rolelhnaigh mullach a cliindnbsp;frisin cloich. Is de sin rodn-gliil Fiacha M.m\iefhan dé.

43. Fiacba Fear da Llacb do radh rls. Ni ansa, liachnbsp;.i. seel no Aoilig .i. ba doi% don mac bheg in dl sgel rohin-nisseiï dó intan rógenair .i. romarbad tli’athalr anlu, a mt'enbsp;bhig, a cath Mhuighi Mucraime, 7 is marbli do inliatbaiV dotnbsp;hlvceith. Is aire sin aderthal Flacha Fer dha llacb fn's.

44. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Oilill Flaim Beg 7 OtIUI Ylann Mor .i. nam flannnbsp;ruadh Aicitux .i. Oilill Bee 7 Oibll Mor, is dé ro haininnighedhnbsp;in dl mac sin Fiachacli 'MhmW.efhain.

45. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Natfraich 7 Mac Brocc 7 Mac lair, cidb dia tait nanbsp;hanmanna sin fortha? Ni ansa. Natfraich .i. ag Ath Fraichnbsp;rogenir, is de rohainmnighedh. Mac Brocc .i. a mbroicenaighnbsp;na [p. 570®] mbr[o]cc rogenir, is de vohainmniged. Mac lairnbsp;.i. lar each ndeidhinach 1, ar is é mac is deidinchu rugaib inwnbsp;in rigan é, is dé vohainmniged.

46. Crimthan Sreb .i. srlabha derga büi a timchill anbsp;nihuineoil intan geinir é. Nó Cnmtha» Srém .i. sreamach robhol.

47. Aedh Flann Cathrach .i. nam flann ruadh dici^Mr, 7nbsp;hi cathair Duine hiascaigh ior Siuir rohhoi a artts. Nó da ainmnbsp;baditr fair .i. Aedh 7 Flann.

42. ^ thard, H. the A apparently dotted.

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night he would be (only) a worthy druid; but if she brought him forth on the morrow he would be a king, and his childrennbsp;and his kindred after him would be kings over Munster’s twonbsp;provinces. Then Munchai answered: “Unless he come throughnbsp;my side, he will not come the proper way (till tomorrow)”.nbsp;The girl said sooth. She remained sitting on the stone fornbsp;the space of the night till the morrow morning. Then at daybreak the damsel brought forth the boy, and the crown {niul-lach) of his head broadened (ro-lethnaig) against the stone.nbsp;Hence Fiacha Muill-lethan ‘Broad-crown’ clave to him.

43. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacha Fer dd Hack was (also) said of him. (Why?)nbsp;Easy to say. Liach means ‘tale’ or ‘sad’, that is, sad for thenbsp;little boy were the two tales that were told him when he wasnbsp;bom, to wit, ‘Thy father hath been killed to-day, thou httle son,nbsp;in the battle of Mag Mucraime, and thy mother is dead fromnbsp;bringing thee forth’. Therefore Fiacha Fer dd Uach (‘Man ofnbsp;two sorrows’) was said of him.

44. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ailill Flann Becc and Ailill Flann Mór, that isnbsp;Ailill the Little and Aihll the Great. Since flann means ‘red’nbsp;those two sons of Fiacha Muillethan were so named.

45. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Nat-Frdich and Mac JBrocc and Mac Idir, whencenbsp;come those names upon them? Easy to say. Nat-Frdich, atnbsp;Ath Fraich ‘Fraech’s Ford’ he was born, and thence he wasnbsp;named. Mac Brocc ‘son of badgers’: in the warren of thenbsp;badgers he was born: thence he was named. Mdc lair: iar isnbsp;everytliing final, and he is the last son that the queen conceived. Thence he was named.

46. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Crimthan 8reb ‘Stripe’. There were red stripes roundnbsp;his neck when he was bom. Or Crimthan 8rem, for he wasnbsp;streamy.

47. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Aed Flann Cathrach ‘Bed Aed of the Town’, for flannnbsp;means ‘red’, and in the town of Dun lascaig on the Suir wasnbsp;kis residence. Or two names were on him, to wit, Aed andnbsp;Flann.

Cóir Anmann.

48. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cü een mhêihaiT .i. ie eüi fa mkathaiv roboi intannbsp;coweibilt in mhafhak. Cü een mathak a ainm iarsin.

49. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Coirpri Crom mae Crimtb«w Srem .i. a Cill Cbrom-ghlaisi a Muigh Feimin rohailedh é: is de vdixainmniged.

50. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fedlimith Uillethan .i. Fedlimïï^ üi-Liathain .i. anbsp;n-Uibh Liatbain rohailet^. Is aire rohainmniged Fedlimicinbsp;Vkiefhan dé. Nó FédhlimicZ Olleathan .i. oil 7 leamp;an ro bhoi,nbsp;is de xohainmniged.

51. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fearghws Seandal^ .i. seandal^ roferadh imme indnbsp;aidhehi genair é dus cia óadhibh nwsn-alath.

52. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Coirpri Cruithneehan .i. a Cruithneebaibh Alban rueoa?nbsp;é 7 rohoiled. Moingfinn ingen Feradbaigh Fenet, righ Albannbsp;mathak Choirpri Cbrutlinigh, is dé lohainmniged. Cairbrinbsp;Cruithneehan de an .i. tormaeh sillaéibhe (.i. formoladh) tMeadhnbsp;fair do faidiugMt? ind anma.

54. Conall Coree, eidb dia da? M ansa. Fecht dia mboinbsp;in ri .i. Jmgaid mac OiZillct Flainn Big, inna tbaigh a Femiunnbsp;doluid banebainti do thigh in righ intan sin .i. Bole Banbretnaehnbsp;a ainm sein .i. ban-ehainti do Bhretnaibh issidhe. Dolad innbsp;benehainti ailgis forsind righ im feis Ié [p. 570’’]. Faemais in rinbsp;inni sin, 7 luid a eomlebosid na banehainti. Ba torraeh in bhan-ehainti ón ri intan sin, 7 rue mac, dó .i. Conall mae Luigdeeh.nbsp;Lair Berg ingen Mothaire mie Chthaire de Chorea Oiehe anbsp;Hüi[b] Fidh[g]inti 7 Torna Eigis in fili remraiti, is siat rws-ailnbsp;Core inae Luigdeeh. Oews is ón Lair sin aderar Core mae Lairenbsp;fris. Ba siür don Lair sin Feidhm ingen Mothaire, ban-aimitnbsp;issidhe, 7 luidh sidhe do thigh in righ i n-aidhehi rogenair

51. * sgandal H.

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48. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cu cen mdthair ‘Hound -without mother’: to wit, wailing for his mother was he when the mother perished: Cu cennbsp;mdthair ‘motherless Cu’, was his name thereafter.

49. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cairbre Grom, son of Crimthann Srem. In Cell Crom-glaise (‘the Church of the Crooked Stream’), in Mag Femin wasnbsp;he reared: thence was he named.

50. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fedlimith UiUethan, that is, Fedhmith Ua-Liathain,nbsp;that is in Hui Liathain he was reared. Hence he was namednbsp;Fedlimith UiUethan. Or Fedhmith OUefhan i.e. huge {oil) andnbsp;broad (lethan) was he: thence he was named.

51. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fergus Scandal, that is, a quarrel {scandal) was raisednbsp;about him the night he was born, to know which of them (thenbsp;bystanders) should foster him.

52. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cairbre Cruifhnechdn (‘Pictling’). In Scottish Pictlandnbsp;he was bom and reared. Mongfind, daughter of Feradach Fenctnbsp;king of Alba, was Cairbre the Piet’s mother. From this henbsp;was named Cairbre Cruithnechdn, from an, an additional syllablenbsp;which was put on him to lengthen the name.

53. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cairbre Luachra ‘of Luachair’: in Luachair Degadnbsp;was his residence and his dwelUng.

54. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conall Core, whence is it? Easy to say. Once whennbsp;the king, Lugaid son of Ailill Flann the Little, was in hisnbsp;house on Femen, there came to the king’s house a she-satirist,nbsp;named Bole Ban-bretnach — a she-satirist of the Britons. Thenbsp;satirist made an urgent request of the king to he -with her.nbsp;To this the king consented, and he went into the same bed asnbsp;the she-satirist. She then became pregnant by the king, andnbsp;bore him a son, even Conall son of Lugaid. Lair the Red,nbsp;daughter of Mothaire, son of Chthaire, of the Corco-Oiche fromnbsp;Hui Fidgente, and Torna Eces the aforesaid poet, ’tis theynbsp;that fostered Core son of Lugaid. And from that Lair he isnbsp;called Core mac Laire. There was a sister of that Ló.ir, Feid-hm daughter of Mothaire. She was a witch (?), and she wentnbsp;to the king’s house on the night that Core was bom. All the

Coir Anmami.

Core. Tangadar aimididhi Mumhan gwsin tech a n-aidhchi ce'toa rucad ConaR. Ban-aimiti latsidhe iiobhith aga myLiecM 7nbsp;aga idhmille(? mac mbeg. Ocus ba dibh sin Féidhm ingen Mo-thaire, inn amait. Bo hómhnaighedh co inór a mbai astighnbsp;o’dchualadar na hamaide aili isin dorws. Docuiredh in mac begnbsp;a fuin la each fo bhel in cboire bhoi isin tigh 7 for faesomnbsp;Féidlimtó na hamaide. Kodhbgbsit na hamaide forcell di ginnbsp;chumairci do ghabhail forra gibe maighin a coimhreigdis frinbsp;araile. Cowad aire sin rofurail Fedhm in amait in mac begnbsp;do chur fon coire dia folach for na hamidibh. Rofoillsighedhnbsp;trsL dona hamidibh in ni sin. Isbert amait dibh; “Cia choill-fedh dia fil astigh?” Asbert a se^chi; “a fail a fuin fon coire”.nbsp;larsin bruinnith amile dibh breo don teni forsin mac mbeg,nbsp;guTMS-loisc a eo 7 gurus-corcc. Is aire sin asberar Corcc friss.

55. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiachu Fer mara, cidh dia ta? M ansa. Aengusnbsp;Tuirmech dorighne in Fiacha sin réna ingin tré mheisci iarnbsp;n-ól fina co mor dó. Ba hannsamh la hAenghas inni sin .i.nbsp;a ingen feisin do hreitli mic dó. Is i comairle dorighne intinbsp;Aenghws, in mac do chloth co maith ardaigh na budh mac dó,nbsp;7 dorighnedh amlaid. Dolad in mac beg iarsin a nae aensei-chedh for muir [p. 571“^] co slonduth meic ri[g] lais .i. brat corcranbsp;co ciiach oir ann. Fuaradttr iascairidha ri[g] Alban iarsin é inbsp;Traigh Blmaena fona iiachaibh, cowid[d]esin rodn-giüil Fiachanbsp;Fear mara dé iarsin. Ocms roghabhsat a chlann righi iiFrenn 7nbsp;Alban dia eis feisin .i. Etersgel Mór mac lii lair 7 Cowairenbsp;mac Etersceoil 7 Cowaire mac Mogha ^ Lamha cliamhainnbsp;Cuinn, 7 rl.

56. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;OiZill Erann mac Fiachac/» Fir mhara .i. Oilill Ernanbsp;.i. a n-Ernaibh Mum an rohoile(7 inti OHill. Is dé sin rohaiw-

r

mniged Oilill Eraww dé.

Ö5. * modha H.

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[other] witches of Munster came to the house on the same night that Coiiall was brought forth. These witches used to benbsp;attacking]?) and destroying little boys. And one of them wasnbsp;Feidlim the witch, daughter of Mothaire. All that were withinnbsp;were much alarmed when they heard the other witches at thenbsp;door. The little boy was put by every one in hiding undernbsp;the mouth of the caldron that was in the house and under thenbsp;safeguard of Fedlim the witch. The witches were entitled tonbsp;proof from her that she did not take protection against themnbsp;in what place soever they should meet with each other. Fornbsp;that reason Feidlim the witch directed the little boy to be putnbsp;under the caldron in order to conceal him from the witches.nbsp;That, however, was revealed to them, and one of them said:nbsp;“Whom would ye destroy if he be within?” Said her comrade:nbsp;“Him who is in hiding under the caldron”. After that a certain one of them darts a flame of the fire on the little boy, andnbsp;burnt his ear, and reddened it. Hence Gore hed’ is said of him.

55. Fiacha Fbr ilfara, whence is it ? Easy to say. Oengus Tuirniech through drunkenness, after drinking wine greatly, begotnbsp;that Fiacha on his daughter. This seemed very hard to Oengus —nbsp;his own daughter to bear a son to him. This is the counsel whichnbsp;Oengus framed, to conceal the boy well, so that he might notnbsp;be (known for) a son of his, and thus was it done. The littlenbsp;boy was then put to sea in a one-hide boat^ but with the insignia of a king’s son therein, to wit, a purple cloak, and a cup ofnbsp;gold. Afterwards the king of Scotland’s fishermen fomrd him onnbsp;Traig Braena, under the .... Wherefore (the name) Fiacha Fernbsp;Mara ‘man of the sea’, clave to him afterwards. And his chil-di’en obtained the kingship of Erin and Alba after himself, to wit,nbsp;Eterscel Mor, great-grandson of lar, and Conaire son of Eterscel,nbsp;and Conaire son of Mog Lama, Conn’s son-in-law, etc.

^ nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;56. Ailill Érann, son of Fiacha Fer Mara, that is, Ailill

Erna. In the Erna of Munster Ailill was fostered. Hence he was named Ailill Érann.

Coir Anmann.

57. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cairbri Cromchenn .i. robhoi cruime mbor ina mhui-nél CO mbith a smech fora bbruinne la cruime a chinn. Is dénbsp;rohainmniged Cairpri Crom[cbeiin] dé.

58. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Lugbaidh' Alldathach .i. Lugaid illdathach .i. dathanbsp;imdha ticdis dia gnuis in cacA than.

59. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid Ilchrothach .i. crotha ile tigdis ara chaimenbsp;amcf? robhoi Lugaid Midatliach. Ocus is frla hEochosi^ Ilchro-tbach aderthal Mogh^ Lama .i. ba dalta do rl[g] Laighen é, 7nbsp;ag tabairt uisci tar lamhaibh in righ 7 aga frithailemh nobltbnbsp;intan ba hog. Is dé idhainmniged Mogh^ Ldma dé.

60. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conaire Caem mac Mogha^ Lama .i. ara chaimhe sechnbsp;csLch n-aen a comré [isberthe] frls. Chamhain Chuinn CétcJia-tJia^gh eissidhe.

61. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Coirbri Miisc 7 Coirpri Baschain 7 Cairpri Rlghfoda,nbsp;cidh dla n-apar na Cairpri frln 7 ca,cJi forthormach anma filnbsp;form? M ansa. Dla tardadh cath Chind Abrad etar Lugaidnbsp;Mac con 7 Eogan mac Oile^Za Óluimm, romharbsat na Cairprinbsp;Nemhedh mac Sraibhcinn rlgh Erenn, fear a mathar feissin,nbsp;efar a dl laim. Ar i toirithin M*c con robhoi Nemedh 7 slatnbsp;som i toirithin Eogaw [p. 57D] mic OileZ?a. cowid[d]é sin aderarnbsp;na Cairpri frin .i. corbaire .i. lucM coirpthi lad .i. na corbai-ridha. Is dé sin aderar na Cairpri frlu.

62. Coirpri Mmsc .i. mo a aisc (.i. miaisc) indaite a bhrai-thre aili, ar is é dochóidh co Duib[f]inn ingin Conaire, có[a] der-fialr, dia nderua Core Duibhne frla.

58. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;^ Lughuigh H.

59. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* modh H. ¦

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57. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cairbre Cromm-cheiin. There was a great stoop innbsp;his neck, so that, from the stoop of his head his chin was onnbsp;his breast. Hence he was called Cairbre Crommchenn ^Cairbrenbsp;of the Bowed Head’.

58. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Lugaid AlldatJmch, i.e. Lugaid Ildathach ‘many-coloured’: many colours used to come to his countenance atnbsp;every time.

59. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid llchrothach ‘Multiform’, i.e. many shapesnbsp;used to come because of his comeliness, even as was Lugaidnbsp;Alldathach. And Eochaid llchrothach was called Mog Lama,nbsp;for he was a fosterhng of the king of Leinster, and when henbsp;was young he used to be pouring water over the king’s handsnbsp;{lama) and waiting on him. Hence he was named Mog Lamanbsp;‘hand’s servant’.

60. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conairenbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Com, sonnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;of Mog Lama; for his beauty

beyond every one in his time he was so called.

61. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cairbrenbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Muse andnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cairbre Ldschdin andnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cairbre

Ligfota, why were they called the Cairbres, and whence was each of their additional names? Easy to say. When the battlenbsp;of Cenn Abrat (Eebrat) was fought between Lugaid Mac connbsp;and Eogan, son of Ailill Bare-ear, the Cairbres killed Nemed,nbsp;son of Sraibchenn, king of Erin, the husband of their ownnbsp;mother, between her two arms. For Nemed was helping Macnbsp;oon, and they were helping Eogan, son of AiliU. Whereforenbsp;they are called the Cairbres, that is corbairi ‘polluted ones’:nbsp;wicked folk were they, the polluted ones. Hence ‘the Cairbres’nbsp;is said of them.

62. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cairbre Muse, that is, greater {mo) was his disgrace

{aisc) than are (those of) his nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;other brothers, for ’tisnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;he that

went in nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;unto hisnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;own sisternbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Duibfind, daughter ofnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conaire,

when he begat Core Duibne upon her.

Cdir Amiiann.

63. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Coirpri Righfocla .i. righ foda bai aigi. Nó righ fodanbsp;• i. rigid hi fod dorighne .i. fagbhail EirewM. dó 7 dul a nAlbain,nbsp;cowid uadh Dail Riattai a nAlpctm iartain.

64. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cairpri Bascham .i. bas cam fuair, ar iss aire as-berar Cairpj-i Bascam fris, iss é aen dochüaidh bas fn hadhartnbsp;dibh é.

65. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Oenghws ar Choirpri Mtfsc. Eochaid ar Cairpri Riadai.nbsp;Oiiill ar Chaiqjre mBaschain. Is dé rochet in fiM:

OengMS ar Chairjjre Mmsc mbinn,

EochM ar Chairpri Riadai ón rinn, gairgi ’sind fairiim co n-aibh,

AiZill ar Chairjjre mBaschain.

66. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Oorcc Duibhni .i. Core Duibhinne, ar is fri Duibhfinnnbsp;ingin Conaixe dorighne Cairjjre Mrtsc é, 7 ona mhathair roham-niniged é .i. Core Duibfinne.

67. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Dai're Slrchréc/^fech .i. ro crec/wfnaighthi co mór é isnanbsp;cathaibh^ doberedh. Nó Daire Si'rdhrecMach .i. sirdhüanach,nbsp;nam drécA^, düan dicituv. Nó si'rchrethach, creth .i. eigsi, ar anbsp;mhé^ do dan dognithi dó is aire sin aderthai Daire Sirchre-thach de, nam creath eigsi dicituv.

68. Daire Fine^ dawo .i. dtiar fine .i. fine dhüar finenbsp;focul, ar duar foew?. Duarfine .i. fine bhis ag ordugMd focMl.nbsp;Nó Dair [p. 572=^quot;|-fine .i. fine Dhaire mie Dheagath iat. Ocmsnbsp;ni dilsi do chlainn Daire mie Deagad Dairfine do radh riunbsp;oldas do chlainn Daire Doimthig, ar is Dairfine aile iat sein.

69. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Daire Doimthech .i. domatech .i. robhoi daibhris 7nbsp;terci bhidh co mór fria find.

70. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cóig meic Dhaire Doimthigh .i. na cóig hugdaig,nbsp;cidh dia tait na tuillti anmann-sa forra .i. hngaid Laighe, a

67. ^ cathathaibh H. 68. * leg. Dairfine?

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63. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cairbre Eigfota, that is a long (fota) forearm (rig)nbsp;had he. Or rig fota, that is he made a stretching-out (rigid)nbsp;afar Qii fota), to wit, getting Ireland and invading Scotland,nbsp;so that afterwards from him Ddl-Riatai in Scotland (is named).

64. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cairbre JBds-chdin, that is a gentle (cdin) death (bds)nbsp;he met with. For this is why he is called Cairbre Bdschdin,nbsp;being the only one of them who went to death on a pillow*.

65. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Oengus (was the original name) for Cairbre Muse,nbsp;Eochu for Cairbre Eigfota, Ailill for Cairbre Baschain. Hencenbsp;the poet sang:

Oengus for melodious Cairbre Muse,

Eochu for Cairbre Eigfota from the point — Fierceness in the troop with beauty —

Ailill for Cairbre Baschain.

66. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Core Euibne, that is Core of Duibfind, for on Duibfind,nbsp;daughter of Conaire, Coirbre Muse begat him, and from hisnbsp;mother he was named, even Core Duibfinde.

67. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Daire Sir-chrechtach 'Daire the ever-wounded’, thatnbsp;is, greatly was he wounded (ro crechtnaigfhe) in the battles whichnbsp;he used to dehver. Or Daire Sir-drechtach, that is, ‘ever-song-ful’, for drecht means *poem’. Or sir-chrethach, ‘ever poetic’:nbsp;creth i.e. poesy, from the great quantity of poetry composednbsp;by him ’tis therefore he was called Daire Sir-chrefhach, fornbsp;creth means ‘poesy’.

68. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Daire fne, moreover, that is, duar-fine ‘word-tribe’nbsp;i.e. tribe of words, for duar means ‘word’. Duar-fine, a tribenbsp;that is putting words in order. Or Ddir-fine, the fine ‘tribe’nbsp;of Daire son of Dega are they. And the children of Dairenbsp;son of Dega are not more properly called Dairfine than thenbsp;children of Daire Doimthech, for those are another Dairfine.

69. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Daire Doimthech i.e. dommatech ‘pauperised’, for therenbsp;was poverty and great scarcity of food in his time.

70. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Daire Doimthech’s five sons, to wit, the five Lugaids.nbsp;Whence did the additional names come upon them, even Lugaid

64- * i.e. died in his bed, not on a battlefield. Irische Texte. m. 2.

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Cóir Anmann.

a quo Corea Laighe, Lugaid Cal, dia tai't Callrai^e, Lugaid Core dia tait Corcraidhe, hugaid Corb dia tait Dail Mhescorbnbsp;Laighen, Imgaid Cose, dia tait Cosgraidhe na nDeisi.

IS aire tug Daire ‘Lugaid’ for cacA mac dia maceaibh, ar robhoi hi taimgaire dó go ngebad mac dia macaibb righinbsp;jxErenn 7 bat ‘Lugaid’ a ainm. IS ann isbert Daire fria dbrui:nbsp;“Cia mac dom maccaibb gebhas righi darm eis?” Isbert innbsp;drui: “Tiuefa loegh co neimh ordai fair isin aenach”, or innbsp;drai, “7 in macc dibh gbebhMS in laegh is é gbebis in righinbsp;dit éis”.

Doroicb in Idegb iarsin isin ae[n]ach 7 lodar fir 'Erenn ina dhiaidh 7 maceni Dhaire, go rangadar Beinn Étair. Atna-gar ceo druidhec7da etami 7 fir Ereww. Lodar meicc Dhairenbsp;a ndiaidb in laigh otba sin co Dail Moscorb Laigbin, 7 tarthisnbsp;Lugaid Laighi in laegh, 7 coscrais Lugaid Cose, cowid[d]e rolilnbsp;Lugaid Cose é. Dogni Lugaid Laegbfes a immaine .i. feisnbsp;doib dbe, cowad[d]e rodeat Lugaid Laigbfes dé.

Teit Lugaid Orede for cenn uisci 7 cilam lais, conad[d]e raidbter Lugaid Orcc de [p. 572'’].

Cach ni no fuinte de no itbid Lugaid Laighi. CacJi fuighell doebuiredh uaidb nócbaithedb Lugaid Corb, cowid de rolil Corbnbsp;de .i. coirbtbi de.

Codlais Lugaid Cal, conid de roghabh ainmniugad.

Gnit sealga iarsin isin dithreibh. Ferais snechta mor doibb, gwr’bb’obair doibb a n-airm do chongbail. Tef nech dibh d’iar-raid tbigbi, 7 fogeibb tech n-amhra 7 tene mhor ann 7 linn 7nbsp;imat mbidb 7 miassa airgdidi^, 7 tolc finnruine. Fogabhait foraisnbsp;sentuinne moire istigh, 7 etneeb impi, 7 a curach fiacal fria

70. ^ airggidi H.

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Ldigde, a quo Oorco-Laigdi, Lugaid Cal, from whom are the Calraige, Lugaid Core, from whom are the Corcraige, Lugaidnbsp;Corb from whom are the D41 Mescorb of Leinster, and Lugaidnbsp;Cose, from whom are the Coseraige of the Dési?

This is why Daire gave the name of Lugaid to each of his sons. Because it had been foretold to him that a son ofnbsp;his would obtain the sovranty of Erin and that ‘Lugaid’ wouldnbsp;be his name. Then said Daire to his druid: “Which of mynbsp;sons will take the kingdom after me?” The druid replied: “Anbsp;fawn with a golden lustre upon it will come into the assembly,nbsp;and the son that shall catch the fawn is he that will take thenbsp;kingdom after thee”.

Thereafter the fawn entered the assembly, and the men of Erin together with Daire’s sons, pursued it till they reachednbsp;Benn Etair. A magical mist is set between them (Daire’s sons)nbsp;and the (rest of the) men of Erin. Thence on after the fawnnbsp;went Daire’s sons to Dal Moscorb in Leinster, and Lugaidnbsp;Léigde caught the fawn, and Lugaid Cose broke it up (coscrais)nbsp;— so the name Lugaid Cose clave to him. Lugaid Laeghfesnbsp;cooks it, that is, (makes) a feast (fes) for them of it — so thatnbsp;hence he bore (the name) Lugaid Ldegfes ‘fawn-feast’.

Lugaid Orede went for water, taking with him a pitcher, whence he is called Lugaid Ore.

All that was cooked of the fawn Lugaid Laigde would eat, and all the leavings that he put away, Lugaid Cori wouldnbsp;consume them. Whence (the name) Corh clave to him. Cori-the ‘polluted’ thereby.

Lugaid Cdl slept — hence he took his appellation.

Thereafter they hunt in the wilderness. A great snow fell upon them, so that it was a labour to hold their weapons.nbsp;One of them goes to look for a house, and he finds a wonderful house with a great fire therein, and ale, and abundance ofnbsp;food, and silvern dishes, and a bed of white bronze. Inside henbsp;discovers a huge old woman, wearing a frontlet (?), and her

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cenn anecMair, 7 senbriscai salcai móra impi. Isbert si fnsin macc .i. fn Imgaid Corb; “Cidb cownaighi?” or si. “larthuim ^nbsp;lepaidh”, for eissium. “Dia tis im cbomhlepaid-si, for si,nbsp;rot-badh”. “Nathó”, or in macc. Luidh có a bhraithribh 7 isbertnbsp;na fnair tech. Luidh each dibh a ndiaidh a chéli isin tech 7nbsp;rob edh in ceifna uadhaibh. Luidh LugaicZ Laighi fódheoidh.nbsp;ISbert in chaillech in cétoai fris. “Oentudaid [fi]fetsa frit”,nbsp;or Lugaicï. Luidh in chaillech isin tolc. 7 luidli Lugai^ inanbsp;diaidh. INdar-lais ba grian ag turgbhail a mis Mhai soillsi anbsp;gnüisi. Füan corcra corthorach, folt dath-alainn impi. Banbsp;samhalta fri lugbort cumra a boladh. Teit ina gnais iaram.nbsp;“Maith do tJiurus”, or si. “Missi in üaifMus, 7 gébhtüar rigenbsp;nErewn üait”.

Luidh Ttugaid co[a] bhraithribh, 7 dobefr gusin tech lais iat, 7 fogabait nua bidh 7 sen leanna inn, 7 cuirw ina n-aenarnbsp;ic dail dóibh.

ISbert si fri fer dibh: “Oidh dorala dhuit?” or si. “Dorala laegh dam”, or sé, “7 don-üadhws m’oenwr é”. “Bid Lugaid!nbsp;Laighé th’ainm cot chinél”, for si.

RoiarfacM [p. 573®'] didiu diaraile cidh dorala dó. “Orce allaith”, for sé, “7 don-uadhus mh’oenwr”. “Bid Lugaid Orcedhainbsp;th’ainm cot cinel”, or si.

Rofiarfac/it dawo d’ffr aile in ce'ina. “Ni tharla ni damh itir”, or sé, acht codlud doronws.” “Is caldai sin”, or si, “bidnbsp;Lughaidh Oól th’ainm dé sin.”

Rofiarfacü^ d’fir aiie in cétna. “In ro laidhsit na fir aili uadhaibh”, or sé, “issec7 rochaithias”. “Bid Lugaic7 Corb t’ainm”,nbsp;ol si, “ar is coirpthi an ro chaithis”. Is üadh Oorbraidhe.

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spears of teeth outside her head, and great, old, foul, faded things upon her. She said to the youth, even Lugaid Corb:nbsp;“What askest thou?” quoth she. “I seek a bed”, he answered.nbsp;“If thou come and lie with me”, quoth she, “thou wouldstnbsp;have one”. “Nay”, said the youth. He went back to his brothers and told them that he had not found a house. Each ofnbsp;them went, one after another, into the house, and the samenbsp;(reply) was got from them. At last went Lugaid Laigde. Thenbsp;hag said the same to him. “I will sleep alone with thee”,nbsp;says Lugaid. The hag entered the bed, and Lugaid followednbsp;her. It seemed to him that the radiance of her face was thenbsp;sun rising in the month of May. A purple, bordered gown shenbsp;wore, and she had beautifully coloured hair. Her fragrance wasnbsp;hkened to an odorous herb-garden. Then he mingled in lovenbsp;with her. “Auspicious is thy journey”, quoth she. “I am thenbsp;sovranty, and the kingship of Erin will be obtained by thee”.

Lugaid went to his brothers and brings them to the house; and there they get the freshest of food and the oldest of ale,nbsp;and self-moving drinking-horns pouring out to them.

She said to one of them: “What hast thou met with?” quoth she. “I met with a fawn (Joeg)quot;, he answered, “and Inbsp;alone devoured it”. “Lugaid Laigde (‘Eawny’) shall be thy namenbsp;with thy kindred”, said she.

Then she asked another of them what he had met with? “A wild boar”, he answered, “and I alone devoured it”. Lugaidnbsp;Orcdae (‘Piggish’) shall be thy name with thy kindred”, quoth she.

Then she asked the same thing of another man. “I met ¦with nothing at all”, says he; “but I fell asleep”. “That isnbsp;drowsy”, quoth she: “Lugaid Cdl (‘sleep’) shall be thy namenbsp;from that”.

She asked the same thing of another. “What the other men threw away”, said he, “that I consumed”. “Lugaid Corbnbsp;(‘corruption’) shall be thy name, for corrupted is what thounbsp;hast consumed”. From him (descend) the Corbraige.

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K,ofiarfac/t# d’fir aile béoMS an céfaai. “Atrulla lóeg sS^aid damh”, or sé. “Bidh LugaicZ Loegb fes .i. loegh fas, “th’ainm”,nbsp;or sf.

(7owid[d]é sin rolean na tuillti anmann dona Lughadhaibh.

“Foi'edh nech üaibh liumsa anocA^”, or si.

“Fifitsa lat”, or Lugaid Laighi”, “ar is damh rorath”.

Fuidhis LugaftZ Laighe Ié in aidchi sin fna si. Is and COWACUS dóibh, fuan corcra darsin mnai 7 dar Jjugaid, 7 mongnbsp;órbbuidhe fuirri, 7 is 1 ba caimiu do mhnaibh.

“Ouicb^ tbü, a ingen?” ol slat.

“Missi hanilaith hErenn”, or sl, “7 bam udmhall o dhinn do dhinn, 7 gébhthair rlghi nErmw üaitsi, a hugaid Laighi”,nbsp;or sl.

IS amhlald robhadar meic Dhalre amabharach, for maigh réidh gin tech, 7 a coin a tuil a leanmhain dia sleghaibh.nbsp;Lodar iarwm co haenach^ Taillten, 7 innisit a sgéla 7 a n-ec^-trsL d’feraibh Ereww intan sin. Sgaüit lir Ereww iarsin assinnbsp;aénach.

Aplaid Daire iartain, 7 gabhais Oond Gétchathach rlghe nEre^^M, 7 gabhais 'Eogan Taidhlech righi Muman, 7 gabhaisnbsp;Lugaid Laighi [p. 573^] rlghdhamhncsc/i# Muman, 7 rl.

71. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Mac con, cidh dia da? Ni ansa. Cü ro bói ag Oilillnbsp;O\omm .i. Eloir Derg a ainm, intan ro bói Mac con ina naidhinnbsp;i tigh OüeZk. Eó étla iarwm ara lamha[can] do saighi na con.nbsp;Rothimairge(7 in cü ina glotain in macc, bec, 7 nis fe7a a theas-argain ar in coin gin \jec'ht dó dia saige. UnöJe Mac con dicituv.

72. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochw Apthach .i. ara mét atbailedh fria Hnn .i. tamhnbsp;ca£h mis .i. da thamh déc isin bhatów. Unde dicituv Eochwnbsp;Apthach, conid do thamh atbath feissin.

70. ^ cuith H. ^ hdennach H.

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Again she asked the same thing of another. “A fawn escaped from me”, quoth he. “Lugaid Loegli-fes, i.e. Lugaidnbsp;Loeg-fds (‘fawn-empty’) shall be thy name”, quoth she.

So thence the additional names clave to the Lugaids.

“Let one of you sleep with me to-night”, quoth she.

“I will sleep with thee”, says Lugaid Laigde, “for to me it is a great favour”.

So that night Lugaid slept with her. ’Tis then they were seen of his brothers, with a purple garment over the damselnbsp;and Lugaid, and golden-yellow hair upon her; and she wasnbsp;the most loveable of women.

“Who art thou, O damsel”, say they. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;»

“I am the Lady of Erin”, quoth she; “and I shall be wavering from liill to hill; and the kingship of Ireland shall benbsp;taken by thee, 0 Lugaid”.

Thus were Daire’s sons on the morrow; on a level, houseless plain — with their hounds asleep, fastened to their spears.nbsp;Thereafter they fare forth to the Assembly of Teltown, and thennbsp;they tell their tales and adventures to the men of Erin. Afternbsp;that the men of Erin disperse from the assembly.

Daire dies afterwards, and Conn of the Hundred Battles took the kingship of Erin, and Eogan Taidlech took the kingshipnbsp;of Munster, and Lugaid Léigde took the crown-princedom ofnbsp;Munster, and so forth.

71. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Mac con, whence is it? Easy to say. There livednbsp;a hound named Eloir the Red in the house of Aihll Bare-ear,nbsp;when Mac con was a babe in Aihll’s house. Now the babe creptnbsp;on its hands and knees to seek the hound, and the hound wouldnbsp;squeeze the little boy against its belly, and it was impossiblenbsp;to keep him from going to visit the hound. Hence Mac connbsp;‘son of the hound’ is said.

72. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochu Apthaeh, because of the greatness of the mortality in his time, namely, a pestilence every month, that is,nbsp;twelve pestilences in the year. Whence is said Eochu Apthaehnbsp;‘deadly’; and he himself died of the pestilence.

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73. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochw Edghudach .i. is dó doronta imden[u]m arnbsp;eifaighibh artws a nEirww. Un(7e Aicituv Eochw Etghudhach.

74. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochw Eiadhmhuine .i. maine fedha .i. fiadhmila no-ghnathaighedh do tseilg.

75. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Dartraighi .i. Daire traighi .i. traigh [Dairi.] namnbsp;traigh .i. eland no cinél .i. cinél Daire Doimthich iat.

76. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conn«c^ta cidh dia ta? Ni ansa, imasrbhaigh ^ dbrui-SkecMst: dorala iter da dbrui do Tbuaitb Dé Danaw»i .i. Cith-neUacb drui 7 Gown drai a n-anmanna. Dorat Gown sneac^tonbsp;mor a timcbell GonnacM, 7 conibad[d]esin ro lean in t-ainmnbsp;is Connachta, in coigedb ó sin gwsaniu .i, Cuinn-sneacA^a .i.nbsp;meamp;chta. Ouind druidb.

ConnacMa .i. coin ecbta .i. ecbt con. issiat rombarbh Ailbbe cii Mic da tbo. Is dé tdhainmniged Condachta, dibb.nbsp;No Gondachta, .i. Gunn achta. .i. achta. Guinn .i. gnimrad Guinn,nbsp;ar issé dorigne tir cblaidbimb di ar eigin, ar is inann add 7 gnim.

[p. 574®‘] Nó GonnacMa .i. Guinn iucbta .i. iucbta Guinn .i. clann Gbuinn. nam iebt clann no cinel.

77. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Goigedb GhxécmacTit do radb riu. Ni ansa. Eleadbnbsp;dotairged doibbsium 7 do Gblannaibb Jdegaid i tigb Dommadnbsp;druadb, co rangadar Gonaachia a toisseeb 7 ni randsat ré Glainnnbsp;Degaid in bnn na in biadb co maitb, acht atibbsit a da triannbsp;CO mór. Go wdebbairt in drai intan sin: “Is écmachta in t-ól-sonbsp;dognitbi”, or sé, .i. is éc[u]m(icMa .i. is écumtba. Conid dénbsp;sin rolil Goigidh 01-n-écmacMa do cboigedb Gonnacht ó sin ille.

78. bEremón macc Miled, is fris adertbai Gede Ollgbo-thach. Gede Ollgotbacb, cidb dia ta? Ni ansa. Is é neebnbsp;robu mó labbra robboi a nErinn é, 7 ba binniudb a gbutbnbsp;amaZ bid Uta mennebrot fogMr a gbotba. Ar robbai sidb 7

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73. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochu Étgudach. ’Tis by him that embroidery wasnbsp;first put upon garments in Erin. Whence is said Eochu Etgu-dach ‘Eochu of the raiment’.

74. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochu Fiadmuine, that is mdine feda ‘treasures ofnbsp;the forest’, to wit, wild beasts, he used to hunt.

75. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Dartraige, that is, Ddiri traigi, i.e. Daire’s offspring.nbsp;For traig means children or kindred, and they, the Dartraige,nbsp;are the kindred of Daire Doimthech.

76. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Connachta, whence is it? Easy to say. A contestnbsp;in wizardry took place between two wizards of the Tuath dénbsp;Danann, named Cithnellach the druid and Conn the druid.nbsp;Conn brought a great snow all round Connaught, so that fromnbsp;then till today the name Connacht clave to the province, thatnbsp;is, Cuinn snechta, the druid Conn’s snow.

Or Connachta, that is coin-echta, i.e. écht con ‘the slaughter of the hound’. ’Tis they, the Connachta, that killed Ailbe thenbsp;hound of Mac dó. thé (‘son of two silent ones’). Hence theynbsp;were named Connachta. Or Connachta i.e. Cuinn-achta, thatnbsp;is achta Cuinn ‘the deeds of Conn’, for ’tis he that forciblynbsp;made swordland of Connaught, for acht and ‘deed’ mean the same.

77. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Coiced Olnécmacht ‘the Province of Olnecmacht’ wasnbsp;said of them (the men of Connaught. Why so?). Easy to say.nbsp;A banquet was prepared for them and for the Children of Deganbsp;in the house of Domma the druid, and the men of Connaughtnbsp;came (thither) first, and they shared not the ale and the foodnbsp;fairly with the Children of Dega, but drank up two thirds ofnbsp;it mightily. Wherefore the druid then said; “Uncomradelike (?)nbsp;is this drinking (o7) ye do”, quoth he, that is, it is écumachta, i.e.nbsp;écumtha. Therefore Ifom that to this (the name) Province ofnbsp;Olnecmacht clave to the province of Connaught.

78. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eremon son of Mil, ’tis he was called Oede Ollgo-thach ‘Cede of the Mighty Voice.’ Cede Ollgothach, whencenbsp;is it? Easy to say. ’Tis he whose utterance was greatest innbsp;Erin, and the sweetness and sound of his voice resembled the

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samhchaire 7 cainchomhradh 7 cairdine ag caA cluine a nEi-rinn diarailiu ina flaith, 7 isberait ba hoUguth [la] cac^ duine ind Eirww inda flaitb-sium. Is dé ba hollgbotbach-som.

79. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;hlrél Eaidb .i. ba faidh, ba feiniiid, 7 roba ri Erewwnbsp;larsin, 7 iss eissidbe in Nüadha Airgéflam b4i do maccaibhnbsp;Mileci, 7 ni feïamair cidb dia ta.

80. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacha Labhrainne, ar robi céfca airisiu a flathanbsp;tómaidhm Labhrainne fó thir, conid[d]é aininnigtiier Fiachanbsp;Labhrainne dé iarsin.

81. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;AengMs ÓlmuccaitZ .i. Aengws oil muca .i. roba mhórnbsp;turen in righ. 7 rl.

82. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;[p. 574’’] O^iïl Ollchain .i. ba holl 7 ba cain (.i. alainn)nbsp;e. Nó Olim Olchain .i. ba cain carthanach ag in ól é sech each.nbsp;Nüadha Finn Feimin a ainm a tossaigh a aissi .i. a Finnmhaghnbsp;Feimin rohoiletï é. is de rohawmwipecü.

83. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Nüadha Finn Fail iarsin .i. ier finn é, 7 nothaidhledhnbsp;co minic in lia Fail ic cluici fria 7 ag suirghi, ar ro tlfirchan-sat na füidhe dó co mba ri Erem é, comad aire sin aderthainbsp;Nüadha Finn Fail fris iarsin.

84. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Aedhan Grlas, cidh dia n-apar.^

85. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Simón Brecc, cid dia ta? Ni ansa. Brecc-ainechnbsp;robhoi .i. aiged! bhrec lais on ardbhruth, cowid[d]e sin rohlnbsp;Simon Breac de.

86. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Muiredhach Bolgrach

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strings of lutes For in his reign in Erin there was peace and rest and pleasant converse and friendship between one personnbsp;and another. And they say that in his reign every one in Erinnbsp;had a mighty voice. Hence he was oll-gothach ‘mighty-voiced’.

79. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Irel Faith: he was a prophet {faith) he was a champion, and he was king of Ireland afterwards. And ’tis he thatnbsp;was the Nuada Airgetldm (‘Silverhand’) of the sons of Mil.nbsp;and we know not whence it is.

80. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacha Labrainne. As the first memorable event ofnbsp;his reign was the outburst of (Lake) Labrainne through thenbsp;land, he is hence called thereafter Fiacha Labrainne.

81. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Oengus Ollmuccaid, that is, Oengus oll-mucca ‘great-swine’; for large were the boars of the king, etc.

82. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Aihll Oil-chain, that is, great {oil) and beautifulnbsp;{cdin) was he. Or Ailill Ol-chdin, i.e. at the drinking {ól) henbsp;was sweet-tempered {cdin) and affectionate more than anyone.nbsp;In the early part of his fife, Nuada Find Feimin was his name,nbsp;that is, in Findmag Feimin he was reared, and hence he was named.

83. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Nuada Find Fdil thereafter. He was a fair {find)nbsp;man, and he used often to visit the Stone of Fal, playing withnbsp;it and courting; for the prophets had foretold to him that henbsp;would be king of Ireland; wherefore he was called Nuada thenbsp;Fair of Fal thereafter.

84. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Aedan Glas (‘the Blue’), why is he (so) called?

85. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Simon Brecc, why is it? Easy to say. Frecklefaced was he, that is, he had a freckled (brecc) face from thenbsp;high fervour. Hence (the name) Simon Brecc clave to him.

86. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Muiredach Bolgrach.

78. ^ The text is here corrupt. I translate as if it were: ba bin-nius 7 fogur a ghotha amal bid téta mennchrot.

328 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cóir Anmann.

87. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Macha Tolgach, iss é cefca Ié ndernadh tolg pnws.

88. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Doach .i. doaig ladgra .i. lüath agrai .i. issé nanbsp;iahvad dail do neoch lar ndenwm écóra gin agra ióchétoiv.

89. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;8ima Saeghlach .i. ar fod a kaeguil sech firn nanbsp;haimsire a mbói .i. coiga ior cét mbliad«J^ fod a saegM*?. isnbsp;aire sin atberthe ‘Sirwa SaeghZac^ dé’.

90. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eocbw Buadhach.

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91. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ugbaine Mór .i. robu mór é secb rigu na haimsirenbsp;a mbai. 7 roghabh sé righi iarthair Eórptha ó mhuir n-Iucfónbsp;anair co hErmw^ 7 Eire feissin.

92. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cessair Chruthach inghen righ Erangc. isi ba seitighnbsp;do Ugaiwe iarsin, 7 issi rug in chlann remraiti di Ugaine .i.nbsp;XX. mac 7 tri hingena. üghaine mór é iarsin .i. ar mhé^nbsp;a tbigernais 7 ara mkét feissin.

93. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cobthach Gael Bregh, cidh dia ta? Xi ansa. Seargnbsp;galair romhoir ro gabh é tré fdath 7 format fa sinnser-brathairnbsp;.i. Laegaire Lore m«c JJ gaine, is é ba righ Erenn in tan sin,nbsp;7 Cobhthach Gael a righdhamhnacA^ Erenn. Bofoirmtigh Gobh-thach fri Laeghaire ara heiür a righe 7 Góbhthach ’na ridhamhna.nbsp;Bé gabh galar mór inti Góbhthach de sin a Muigh Bhregh, 7nbsp;dosearg co mór, co nAeamp;ehaid a fail 7 a feóil dé, gur’ bó cael énbsp;iarsin serg mór a mbéi, cowid aire sin dogarar Gobthac/» Gaelnbsp;Breg dé.

94. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Meilge Molbthach, cidh dia n-apar?

95. lArunngléo Fathach .i. bad fathemail glic gaesmar

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87. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacha Tolgach: ’tis by him that a tolg ‘couch’ wasnbsp;first made.

88. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Doach (.i.e. do-aig?) Ladgrach (‘quick-avenging’?)nbsp;i.e. of the swift (luath) pleading (agra). ’Tis he that wouldnbsp;not give delay to anyone who did injustice, but he sued himnbsp;at once.

89. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Sima Saeglach, (was so called) because of the lengthnbsp;of his life (saeguT) beyond the men of the time in which henbsp;hved, that is, 150 years was the length of his life. Thereforenbsp;Sirna Saeglach ‘long-hved’ was said of him.

90. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochu Buadach ‘the Victorious’.

91. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ugaine Mór. He was great {mór) beyond the kingsnbsp;of the time at which he Hved, and he seized the kingship ofnbsp;the west of Europe from the Ictian sea westward to Erin, andnbsp;Erin itself.

92. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cessair Chruthach ‘the comely’, daughter of the kingnbsp;of France. ’Tis she was wife to Ugaine afterwards, and borenbsp;him the aforesaid children, to wit, twenty sons and threenbsp;daughters. Ugaine ‘the Great’ was he afterwards, because ofnbsp;the greatness of his lordship and because of his own greatness.

93. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cobthach Coel Breg, whence is it? Easy to say. Anbsp;violent wasting disease attacked him through hatred and envynbsp;of his elder brother, Loeguire Lore, son of Ugaine. Loeguirenbsp;Lore was then king of Ireland, and Cobthach Coel was in thenbsp;crown-princedom. Cobthach envied Loeguire because he wasnbsp;king and Cobthach (only) crown-prince. Hence a violent diseasenbsp;attacked Cobthach on the Plain of Bregia, and greatly did henbsp;waste away, so that his blood and his flesh left him, and henbsp;became meagre after that great illness in which he abode.nbsp;Wherefore he is called Cohthach the Meagre of Bregia.

94. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Meilge Molbthach (‘Praiseworthy’), why is he (so) called?

95. larunngléo Fdthach. Prophetlike, shrewd and wise

Cóir Anmann.

é, 7 bad ngh Ereww eissein, 7 bad fatbagdai in fer sin. Is de sin isberar laranngléo Fathach Mss.

96. Connla Cruaidh-chealgach.

97. Oilill Cass-fiaccluch.

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Eochaic? Altleatban,

99. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;ÓengMs Twrbech .i. ba torbech (.i. nar) lais in macnbsp;dorighni fri ingin .i. Eiacha Fear mara. Nó Aengws Twniech,nbsp;ar is chuigi tuirimtir saerclanna sfl hEirimóin meic Milet^. Isnbsp;aire sin [asjberar Aengws Twraiecb fris.

100. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Enna Aignech .i. óg a enech .i. lan a einech, arnbsp;ni bid gradh neich sech arailiu do innmhMsaibh in domain aigi.nbsp;Ad Enna Aignech .i. agh nech .i. rob 4ghmar é sech ógu nanbsp;haimsire a mbói.

101. Easamhain Eamna .i. a n-Eamhain Mhacha rohoilednbsp;Is dé isberar Easamain Eamhna fris.

102. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaic? Fedlech, is ina remhis arricht fedil fria boinnbsp;artMS a n-EiriMw. Ad Eochaid Fedhil-fich. fich .i. ferann .i.nbsp;a ferann co feidhil rwsgabh. Ad Eochösid feidhil-uch .i. fadanbsp;.i. feidhil .i. fada .i. uch co mór minic lais, ar ni dheachaidnbsp;a thinniMS asa chridhiu 6 romharbhait a maccu^ lais a cathnbsp;Droma Criadh, co fuair fein bas, cowa[d] ar in fotha sin asberarnbsp;Eochai(? Feidhlech fris.

103. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid Airem .i. EochaitZ ar damh .i. is leis dora-dadh cuing for muinélaibh damh artws, ar is fria n-édnu nanbsp;ndamh dobhith a feidm gó sin. Ad Eochaid ar uamh, ar isnbsp;leis rotochladh talamh artós do dhenwm üamha innti.

102. ‘ a tri maic lais .i. na tri Findemna, B.

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was he; and he was king of Erin. And that man was prophetic. Hence he is called larunngleo Fdtliach.

96. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Connla Cruaid-chelgach (‘hardy-treacherous’).

97. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Aihll Cass-fiaclach (‘of the Twisted Teeth’).

98. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid AU-lethan (‘the broad-jointed’).

99. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Oengus Turbech. A shame (torbech) he deemed thenbsp;son whom he begat on his daughter, even Eiacha Fer Mara.nbsp;Or Oengus Turmech, for up to him are reckoned ifurimter)nbsp;the nobles of the race of Erimon son of Mil. Therefore henbsp;is called Oengus Turmech.

100. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Enna Aignech, that is, complete {óg) was his hospit-ahty {enech), i.e. lavish was his hospitahty. For of all thenbsp;wealths of the world he loved none more than another. Ornbsp;Enna Aignech, that is dgh ‘battle’, nech ‘any one’, i.e. he wasnbsp;warhke beyond the warriors of the time at which he hved.

101. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Esomain Emna, that is, in Emain Macha he wasnbsp;reared. Hence he is called Esomain Emna (‘the Fearless onenbsp;of Emain’).

102. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid F’eidZecA ’Tis in his reign that a yoke (/edeL?)nbsp;for an ox was first invented in Erin. Or Eochaid Eedil-fich,nbsp;fich i.e. land, i.e. his land he held lastingly. Or Eochaidnbsp;Eedil-ueh, that is, ‘long sigh’ — feidil .i. fada — that is,nbsp;greatly and often he sighed: for since his sons were slain bynbsp;him in the battle of Druim Criad, the pain never went out ofnbsp;his heart till he himself died. So for that reason he is callednbsp;Eochaid Eeidlech.

103. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid Airem, that is Eochaid ar-dam ‘on one ox’:nbsp;’tis by him that a yoke was first put upon the necks of oxen,nbsp;for till then the pull used to be against their foreheads. Ornbsp;Eochaid ar-dam ‘ploughing of graves’, for he was the first tonbsp;dig the ground to make a grave therein.

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104. Tri Finn-eamhna .i. Breas 7 Nar [p. 576®] 7 Lothar,nbsp;tri me*c 'EiOch.ach Feid%. Is airi atberthi na Finn-eamhna friu,nbsp;ar is d’aentoirbirt ruc a bhen lat d’Eochaigf, ar cidh dias nónbsp;triar bertair^ a n-aen[f]ec^^ is [ejamhan atberar friu. Eambannbsp;.i. amh-aen .i. amh fó dhiultadh, ni haen acht a dó nó a tri.

105. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;ÏMgaid Beo nderg .i. sriabh ndearg .i. da sreibhnbsp;dhearga batar tairis .i. cris fó braigit 7 cris dara mhedhon.nbsp;A cheann fri Nar rodhiall, a bbruinne fri Bres, ó chris sis frinbsp;Lothar rodell.

106. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Orimtban Nia Nar 4 niadh .i. trén .i. trénfear Nairenbsp;.i. Nar tbüathach^ a sidhibh, ben Chrimtham^. Is sidhe rugnbsp;Crimthan Ié a n-echtra, n-ordbairc a Dun Chrimtham anbsp;n-Edur.

107. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eeradhach FecAfoiach .i. ar feaciiifnaigbi a flaithmsanbsp;for Eirinw, nam feac^feach .i. firén .i. ar firinne a flaithanbsp;adubhradh Feradhach Fechtnach fris, ar is a n-aimsir Feara-dhaigh robói an idh Mhorainn 7 Morann feissin. Issi an idhnbsp;sin M-orainn nóghléed^ firinne do chacb. Iss aire sin adubradhnbsp;ind aghnomew fris.

108. Fiacha Finn[f]olaidh [.i. Fiacha na mbó] finn, namnbsp;foladh bó^ èicitur .i. finna urmbór bhó Eireww ina reimis.

109. Tüathal TQchtmar ,i. ar imat a sealbba. Nó arnbsp;thec/ïiadh each maithiMsa fria reimhis a n-Nrinn asberar Tec^7-mar dé. Nó ar theacMadh chaich cocoitchinn dósom, ar nir’nbsp;fagaibh-sium in fóich fóghlas [leg. foichni fogla] a n-Erinn ginnbsp;rectóghi flatbab

104. ^ berar B.

106. ‘ nair B. * tuathcaec B. * For hen Clirimthain B bas: no do Cruithentuaitb a bean.

108. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;‘ nam aladh H.

109. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;^ oir nir faccaib sium infoicbni fogla in Erinn gan tectadhnbsp;ilatha, B.

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104. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Three Find~emna, namely Bres and Nar and Lothar,nbsp;three sons of Eochaid Peidlech. This is why they were callednbsp;the Pind-emna, because Eochaid’s wife bore them to him at onenbsp;birth; for whether it be two or three that are born at oncenbsp;eman is said of them. [Aliter] eman, that is am-oen hiot-one’:nbsp;am- for negation; not one, but two or three.

105. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Lugaid Béo nderg, that is, a red {derg) stripe (sriab).nbsp;Two red stripes were over him, to wit, a circle round his throatnbsp;and circle over his waist. His head resembled Nar’s, his breastnbsp;that of Bres; from the belt downwards he was like Lothar.

106. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Crimthan Nia-Ndre: nia ‘champion’, that is ‘Nar’snbsp;champion.’ Por Nar the witch, from the elamp;aounds, was Crim-than’s wife. ’Tis she that took Crimthan mth her on thenbsp;famous adventure from Dun Crimthain on Howth.

107. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Peradach Fechtnach ‘the Bighteous’, because of thenbsp;fechtnaige ‘righteousness’ of his reign over Erin. Por fechtnachnbsp;means righteous: that is, for the truth of his reign he wasnbsp;called Peradach Fechtnach. Por in his time was the Collar ofnbsp;Morann and Morann himself. ’Tis that Collar of Morann thatnbsp;used to declare truth to every one. Therefore the agnomennbsp;(Fechtnach) was given to Peradach.

108. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Piacha Find-folaid, that is Piacha of the AVhitenbsp;Cows, for folad means ‘cow’. In his reign the greater part ofnbsp;the cows of Erin were white.

109. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Tuathal Techtmar, (so called) from the abundancenbsp;of his possessions (techtada). Or from the coming (techtad) ofnbsp;every good thing into Erin during his reign he is called Techtmar. Or from the jurisdiction (techtad) over every one innbsp;general which he exercised; for he did not leave the pettiestnbsp;act of plundering in Ireland without the royal discipline.

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110. Fedlimid Rec^i^aidh^ .i. hvetha, vecMa, do foghnaidis^nbsp;[p. 576^] dó, uar talio bo aige .i. similis uindcan [leg. uin-dicatioj .i. inneachadh cosmhail dogmthf lafs .i. suil hl suil 7nbsp;cos hi cois 7 lamh il-laimh, et cetera sic .i. ara mhét dofogh-naidis ^ bre7ha rechta dó is aire isberthf Fédhlimid EecMaid ris.

111. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conn Ce7chathach, cidh dia n-apar? Ni ansa. Cétnbsp;cath robhris for Mumhain 7 cét cath for Ulltu 7 .lx. for Laigh-nibh, dia ndebairt in fik';

Cé^ cath[a] for Mumain moir robhris Conn Ce'fchathach coir,nbsp;cét cath for ülltaibh gren[n]ghail,nbsp;sesca cath for Laighnechaibh^.

112. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Art Aenfer, cidli dia n-apar? Ni ansa. Ar ui bhoinbsp;mac fódheóidh oc Cunn acht esseam ’na aeuMr, ar dorochradurnbsp;Connla 7 Crinna, da mhac aili Chuinn, Ié hEochaig Finn 7 lanbsp;Fiacha /Süigh[d]i, dia ndebairt in fili isin farsunnuth:

Da bhrathair Chuinn gin chor dé,

Eochaiii Finn, Fiacha 8uigh[d]i ro mharbhsat Connla is Crinnanbsp;da mac Cuinn, da chaemhgilla.

Eochaid Finn ba fuath ié hArt a haithle mliarbhtha a da mac.

Art Aenur in t-ainm rws-gabli^ tareis bhais a dha brathar.

Nó dawo is é aenmac toghaidhe bai oc Cunn Art, ar dorochair Crinna^ la liEochaip 7 la Fiachai^' Suighde. Ocus doluidh

110. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;^ rechtadha H. and B. ^ dofodlmaidis, H.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;^ nam aladh H.

111. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* B gives the last two lines thus: cét ar Ulltu mar aen riu isnbsp;sesca cath for Laigniu.

112. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;^ roslean B. ^ adrochair Crinna, B. dorochair Connla 7nbsp;Crinna H (perperam).

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110. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fedlimid Rechtaid, that is, he used to deliver judgments of the Law (of the Old Testament), for he had talio:nbsp;that is, similis vindicatio, ‘identical retribution’, was enforcednbsp;by him, i.e. eye for eye, and foot for foot, and hand for hand,nbsp;et caetera sic. From the frequency with which he used to follownbsp;the judgments of the Law {reckta) he was called Fedlimidnbsp;Rechtaid.

111. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conn Oêt-chathach, why is he (so) called? Easy tonbsp;say. In a hundred {eét) battles {cath) he defeated Munster: innbsp;a himdred, Ulster; and in sixty, Leinster: whereof the poet said:

A hundred battles on great Munster Conn Cetchathach the just broke,

A hundred battles on beard-brave Ulster,

Sixty battles on the Lagenians.

112. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Art Oenfer (‘Only-man’), whence is he so called?nbsp;Easy to say. Because at last Conn had no son save Art alone,nbsp;for Connla and Crinna, Conn’s other sons, had fallen bynbsp;Eochaid Find and by Fiacha Suigde. Whence the poet saidnbsp;in the Elucidation:

Conn’s two brothers, whom he had not put from him.

Eochaid Find, Fiacha Suigde,

Killed Connla and Crinna,

Two sons of Conn, two dear boys.

Eochaid Find was a horror (fuath) to iVrt

After the Idlling of Conn’s two sons.

Art Oenfer was the name he got

After the death of his two brothers.

Or, again, Art was the only choice son which Conir had, for Crinna fell by Eochaid Find and Fiacha Suigde, and Connlanbsp;went on an adventime with a fairy Avoman to Sid Boadaig, as

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Cownla for eac^tra Ié mhnai sidhe co sidh mBoadhaigh, ama? innister a n-Eac7tfra Cwnlai feissin, dia ndébhair[t] in fili:

Do bhas Crinna la hEochai^, d’eac^Tra Connla, madheochaitinbsp;doMdli in graidhfer dar^ lear,nbsp;dé doraidhedh Art Aenfer.

113. Cormac Ulfada .i. ulchai fadai lais Nó ullt foddainbsp;.i. is é rodlaidh [p. 577*] TJlltu hi fod^ .i. a n-innarba darnbsp;rnuir fri ré .ui. mbliadaw ndéc. Nó Cormac Cülibda .i. cülnbsp;foddai fair, amp;mal robhadar a seind rémraiti roime.

114. Coirpri Lifechosir .i. ara vahét rochar Liphe, nó il-Liphe a mathair .i. Eithne ingen Chathairnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Nó Coirpri

Lifechair .i. il-Liphe Laighin ro boiled^ é. Is de sin adubhrad Coirpri Lifechair Mss. Is dé isbeir in fili:

Tri maic do chloinn gin dul® dé ac Coirpri dochar Life,

Fiacha Sroibtine^ na sén,

Eochcsid is Eochaid Domlén.

115. Fiacha Sroibtine .i. sraib tenedh tucaci inna longaibnbsp;intan bói for muir isin doman tair. Nó a nDün tSraibtine inbsp;Connac/itaibh ronalt. Nó dowo frossa tenedh tigdis ina ré. Nónbsp;Fiacha Roibtine .i. garg é. Fiacha Roibtine Aidiu .i. Bfiachanbsp;garg. Nó_ Fiacha Sraibtine .i. srah tinedh nomhoidis asnanbsp;saighdibh dergaibh badar acM dia vus loiscit in dun isin domhannbsp;t4ir. No

Sraftine (.i. cathbarr) ba ditin neich do bói ag Midhir ima dhreich,nbsp;is üadh tsloinnter in ri dhenbsp;darbh’ ainm Fiacha Sraiftine.

112. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* mondeochaid B. •* for B.

113. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* no Ulfada .i. e rolai UBm a fad, B.

114. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* for .i. ... moir B has: in cumal do Laignib.nbsp;quot; se tabairt B. * interlined: nosrainfe.

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is related in the Echtra (Adventure) of Connla himself. Whereof the poet said:

IVom Crinna’s death by Eochaid,

From the adventm-e of Connla who departed well.

The loveable man went over sea —

Hence Art Óenfer was said.

113. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cormac Ulfota, that is, he had a long {fota) beardnbsp;(m1). Or Ult-fota, that is, ’tis he that drove the Ulaid afar,nbsp;banishing them over sea for the space of sixteen years. Ornbsp;Cormac Cul-fota, that is, there was a long {fota) back {cvl)nbsp;upon him, even as his aforesaid ancestors were before him.

114. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cairbre Lifechair, (so called) because he loved thenbsp;Liffey so greatly. Or in Liffey was his mother, even Ethne,nbsp;daughter of Cathair the Great. Or Cairbre Lifechair, in Liffeynbsp;of Leinster he was reared. Hence he was called Cairbre Lifechair. Of him saith the poet:

Three sons of children that went not from him Had Cairbre who loved Liffey,

Fiacha Srabtine of the blessings,

Eochaid and Eochaid Doimlen.

115. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacha Sraihtine, that is, a stream (srdib) of firenbsp;(tened), which was cast into his ships when he was at sea innbsp;the eastern world. Or in Dun Sraibtine in Connaught he wasnbsp;reared. Or, again, showers of fire used to come in his reign.nbsp;Or Fiacha Itoihtim, that is, rough was he. Fiacha Roibtinenbsp;then i.e. Fiacha the Rough. Or Fiacha Srabtine, that isnbsp;streams (?) of fire used to break out of the red arrows whichnbsp;they had when they burnt the fortress on the Continent innbsp;the east.

A sraftine (‘helmet’) which was anyone’s protection

Mider wore around his face:

From this is called the king

Whose name is Fiacha Sraftine.

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116. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Muiretliac/i Tirecli mac Fiacha Sraiftdne, is é banbsp;tuairgnidh^ catba Ma laim a athar a[gj gabaiZ^ ti're ar éiginnbsp;dó. Is de ba tirtbech eissem.

117. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;'Eioch.aid Muighmedhon .i. medhon mogad^ lais .i.nbsp;Eochcii«7 Mogh^ medon a cheann 7 a bkruinne Mssin ri[g]nbsp;rodell, a mheoJhon Msin mogh^ .i. Ma Miiigadhach ®. Cosanbsp;oigtigem (.i. echtigern) lais. Nó Muin medon .i. muinél remurnbsp;lais. .i. ba remur medon a mhuineóil. nam muin .i. muinélnbsp;nó braighi Aicituv.

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118. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Mali JVoighiallacb .i. nói ngéill roghabh .i. a coignbsp;a hErinn 7 a ce^hair a hAlbain. Is dé sin isbert in fik';

Mac Ecliech, ard n-ordan,

Mali nar in camp;ch ardbhladh, gabhais righe reimennnbsp;Brenn ocus Alban.

Ethais^ giall each coigid fó thir nErenn n-ardda,nbsp;tuc M® reir gin terbanbsp;ce^hri geill a hAlba.

60 mbad e bói dó-sain i tóraib fian fiathach {nó Mthach),

Ma hor {nó riad) na righ rathach Mali Aóigiallach niathach (wó nithach).

Luidh dawo Mali do saigid righi co Letha 7 co hAïail, cowid aire asrubhrad Nóighiallach de .i. coic geill Hermw 7 giallnbsp;Alban 7 giall Saxaw 7 giall Bretan 7 giall IVanc etc. Lebwrnbsp;Glinne da locha in bec sin.

119. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ma Nai nGrainde .i. ndi tulcha fiht a Corca ’ Tri,nbsp;7 Grainne ainm each tulcha dibh, 7 co mbad üaidhibh sinnbsp;ro hainmnightha som .i. Nia Nói Grainne, etc.

116. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;^ sic B. tuairgnigh H. ^ octabairt B.

117. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* modad H. modli H, ® munguta B.

118. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* Eithis B. ^ Ma B.

119. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* corcair B.

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116. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Muredach Tirech son of Fiacha Sraittine, ’tis he wasnbsp;battle-striker in lieu of his father when taldng land by force fornbsp;him. Hence he was Tirthecli ‘landed’.

117. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid Muigmedon, that is he had the waist {medón)nbsp;of a slave (mogad), Eochaid Mog-medón, his head and hisnbsp;breast resembled the king’s; his middle like the slave, namelynbsp;Mingadach. Young nobles’ legs he had. Or Muin-medón,nbsp;that is, he had a thick neck, that is, the middle of Iris necknbsp;was thick. For m,uin means neck or throat.

118. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Niall Nói-giallach ‘nine-hostaged’, that is nine {nói)nbsp;hostages (géïll) he had, to wit, five out of Erin and four outnbsp;of Alba. Thereof the poet said

Eochaid’s son, high the dignity,

Mali, modest in every high fame.

Took troops (?) of the kingdoms Of Erin and Alba.

He had a hostage for every fifth Throughout the land of lofty Erin:

He brought at will. without separation .Four hostages out of Alba.

So that it was he who was . .

In crowds (?) of ... . champions.

Against the course of the gracious)?) kings Warlike Mall the Mne-hostaged.

Now Niall went to Letavia and Italy to seek a kingdom; AVherefore he was called ‘Mne-hostaged’, that is (he had) fivenbsp;hostages of Erin, and a hostage for each of Alba, England,nbsp;Wales and France etc. This little bit is from the Book ofnbsp;Gleudalough.

119. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Nia Nói nGrainde ‘of the Nine Grainnes’, that is,nbsp;nine hills that are in Corea Tri, and Grainne is the name ofnbsp;each of them; and from them he was named.

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120. Doinhnall Ilchelggach.

121. Aedh Uar-idhnach .i. uara idna^ tigdis dó gurnbsp;tidhnaicfeci in doman dia mbe^h fó mhamMS [dó]. Nó Aedhnbsp;Füaridhnach .i. fdar a idhna .i. a ghai, ar sluaighedh geimritinbsp;wognathaighedh. Nó dawo uara tigdis dó ina chodlMd, cowidnbsp;edh isberid [Fin] coirm crech eruit.

122. Aedh Ollan .i. oil lan in mhara .i. lan rabarta annnbsp;intan rugadh. Nó Aedh Allan .i. Alltan ainm [p. 578®] nanbsp;haiti inar’ boilec7 é. Nó Aedh Allan .i. Aedh ildan .i. ildananbsp;dognithi dó. is dé isberar ind agnómew.

123. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Aedh Oirdnide .i. Aed dorndine .i. a dhornn donbsp;dhenedh iama bhéin da chighib [a mdthamp;r], coniè. de sin isberarnbsp;Aedh Dorndine friss.

124. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Niall Frasach .i. tri frassa roferadh la gein^ .i. fraisnbsp;airgit® for óthain Móir, 7 frais chruithnec^^a for Óthain mBig,nbsp;7 frais [f]ola ® for Gleann Laighen. Inde Aicitwe Niall Frassach.

125. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Niall Caille, cid dia n-apin' friss? Ni ansa. Laanbsp;óódiu tainic Niall Caille maresluagh mór d’innsaighi na habhannnbsp;dianad ainm Cailïe. Bai tuile mór isin abhainn intan sin.nbsp;Luidh tra gilla óg de mhuinntir in ri rempu d’fïs na habhann,nbsp;7 dobhaidh ind abhann é fócfeétoir. Doraidh in righ fri eachnbsp;dul d’foirithin in ghilla, 7 ni fuair ó neoch. Dochuaidh innbsp;righ feisin da foiritin 7 sé fora each. Mar dobhen cossanbsp;cinn ind eich risin mbrüach róbhrisit in brüach 7 rug indnbsp;abhann in righ Ié 7 dobhaidh é. ISsei? sin tra doraimgiredh

121. ’ enig H.

124. * ro fearadh aidhchi a geini, B. fala, B.

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120. Domnall H-chelgach ‘maiiy-wiled’.

121. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Aed Uar-idnach, that is, cold pangs (uara idna)nbsp;used to visit him, so that (to be reheved of them) he wouldnbsp;have given the world, were it in his power. Or Aed Uar-idnach, that is, cold his weapons {idna), to wit, his spears, fornbsp;he used to make warlike expeditions in winter. Or again, coldnbsp;tits used to come to him in his sleep, so that he would say:nbsp;“Wine, ale, a cup, a harp”!

122. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Aed Olldn, that is, great (oil) was the full (Idn) ofnbsp;the sea, that is, the full spring-tide, when he was bom. Ornbsp;Aed Alldn, that is, Alltan, the name of the place in whichnbsp;he was reared. Or Aed AUan, that is, Aed II-dan, that is,nbsp;many {Hi) arts {ddna) were professed by him. Hence the agnomen is said.

123. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Aed Ordnide, that is, Aed Dorndine ‘Suckfist’. Henbsp;used to suck his fist after he had been weaned. Hence he isnbsp;called Aed Suckfist.

124. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Niall Frassach ('Showery’). At his birth fell threenbsp;showers: a shower of silver on Othan Mor: a shower of wheatnbsp;on Othan Becc, and a shower of blood on Gllenn Laigen. Hencenbsp;Niall Frassach is said.

125. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Niall Caille, whence is he so called? Easy to say.nbsp;One day Niall Caille wmnt with a great horse-host towardsnbsp;the river named Caille. There was then a great spate in thenbsp;river. A young lad of the king’s household went ahead tonbsp;sound the river, and the river at once drowned him. The kingnbsp;told every one to go and sucfcour the lad, but he got naughtnbsp;from any. So the king himself, still on his horse, went tonbsp;succour him. But when the forefeet of the horse struck thenbsp;river-bank, they broke it, and the river swept the king awaynbsp;and drowned him. Now that had been foretold to him, his

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dó a bhadadh i Cailli. Unde Mall Cailli dicitur. Unde quidam cecinii:

'^iaddacht fort, a Caille chniaidh, a sruaim amail cheo tar sleibh,nbsp;dorimart [Ha] de each leith.nbsp;tor dreich niathaigh niamghlain Neill.

126. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conall En’ (.i. laech) Bregh .i. gaisgedhach Breg.nbsp;No Cowall Err (.i. deredh) Brec .i. eiti brec bai ’na mhatalnbsp;intan ba hog^, cowid[d]e rolean ind aghnomew.

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127. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conall Cremthainne .i. a Cremhtainne la liAii’ghiallanbsp;rotnalt. JVd dawo da ainm badar fair .i. Cowall 7 Onmhthan.nbsp;Is de rolil in t-ainm fair.

128. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conall Gutlibhinn, ideo dic#wr Guthbinn quia optiniMSnbsp;cantator (.i. cantairi) iuii. CleiricMS et sacerdos (.i. sacart)nbsp;Chluana hiraird fuit.

129. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conall Grant .i. Cowall Hath, ar itberai’ grant gonbsp;gnathach fri each Hath, ut dicitur Crontsaile [.i. grantseli]nbsp;.i. saile Hath no glas.

130. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cearnnach Sotal .i. ara uallchai 7 ar mhét a mhean-man lais atberthi sotal fris.

131. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Feargws Cerrbhel .i. [cirre .i.] caime bai ina bhél.nbsp;Nó 'Wergus Gerrbhél .i. girra robhói ina bhél. Is de rolean innbsp;senainin de.

132. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Einachta Fleadhach .i. ar imat tergnum fleadh inanbsp;reimis, 7 bat fledach fwirigech feissin.

133. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Aed Slaini, cidh dia n-apar? Ni ansa. Bennbsp;ghnóiech robhoi ag Diarinaid mosc Cerbhaill .i. Mughain inghennbsp;Cowcraidh meic Dhuach a hAirgefros. Roba imrit tra in Mhu-gain sin, 7 ni ruc clann don ri. Roboi Diarmaid ag tréiginnbsp;na righna de sin.

126. ' ina macam B.

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drowning in the Caille. Hence ‘Mall of the Caille’ is said; and some one sang;

Curse on thee, thou cruel Caille,

Thou stream hke mist over a mountain!

Thou hast pressed a flood from every side On Niall’s heroic, bright-pure face.

126. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conall Err Breg that is, champion of Bregia. Ornbsp;Conall Err Brecc ‘speckled tail’, that is, when he was youngnbsp;there was a speckled wing (sleeve? collar?) in his mantle. Hencenbsp;the agnomen clave to him.

127. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conall Cremthainne, that is, in Cremthainne in Orielnbsp;he was reared. Or, again, he bore two names, to wit, Conallnbsp;and Crimthann. Hence the name clave to him.

128. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conall Guthhind. He is called GutJi-Und ‘sweetvoiced’, because he was an excellent chanter. He was a clericnbsp;and priest of Clonard.

129. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conall Grant, that is, Conall the Orey, for grantnbsp;is usually said of all things grey: as, for instance, cront sailenbsp;‘phlegm’ i.e. grant-seile, grey or blue spittle.

130. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cemach Sotal. For his pride and for the greatnessnbsp;of the spirit in him he was called Sotal ‘proud’.

131. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fergus Cerrbél ‘Wry-mouth’: cirre, that is, crookedness which was in his mouth (hél). Or Fergus Gerrbél: girranbsp;‘shortness’ which was in his mouth. Hence the old name clavenbsp;to him.

132. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Finachta Fledach: from the abundence of the preparations of banquets (fleda) in his reign, and he himself wasnbsp;feastful and fond of giving banquets.

133. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Aed Sldine, why is he so called? Easy to say.nbsp;Diamiait son of Cerball had a dehghtful wife, even Mugainnbsp;daughter of Concrad, son of Duach, from Airgetross. Now thatnbsp;Mugain was barren, and bore no children to the king. Wherefore Diarmait was forsaking the queen.

Cóir Anmann.

Dochuaidh in righau iarsiii co Finnen Mhuighi Bile 7 co hespoc Aedha mac Bricc, 7 accainis fnü a beith aimrit. Ronbsp;bhennachsat na cleirigh uisci di cowMS-ibh digb ass, 7 ba tor-racli sidhe. Issec? ruc don toirrchis sin .i. uan finn. “Amnbsp;mairg si de seo”, ar Mugmw “.i. ceitbir do choimpert”. “Mnbsp;hedh bhias ann,” or Finnen, “acM bidh coisergud dod broinnnbsp;indi sin .i. innsambail an Uain nemhlocii^aigh rohedbrac? tarcennnbsp;in chinindha daenna.” Robheimach in cleirech uisci aile di 7nbsp;ba torrach sidhe [p. 579^] dé sin. Issec? rochoimpir, bradannbsp;airgdidhe ^ co n-eithiibh órdha. “Am mairg-si de seo”, ar Mugam,nbsp;“7 is mis-di damh a ndénait na cleirigh frium, ar bid airdhaircnbsp;ic feraibh Erenn in sgél sa”. “Ni hedh bhias ann”, or in cléxech,nbsp;^^acht beVa-su mac de, 7 bératsa in bradan lium, 7 dogentarnbsp;fethla hum de, 7 berair-siu mac diachinn 7 forberait a bbr[a]i-thriu, 7 bidh Ha ri uadb for 'Etvinn innas óna macaibh aile.'quot;nbsp;“Maith lium”, or Mugaw, “acht gura, chomhaillter”. “Comh-aillfither”, or in cleirech. Dogni Finnen 7 espoc Aedha ben-nachadh na rigbna 7 bennacbadh in tsil rogheinfe(ib uaithi, 7nbsp;atnaig uisci don righain 7 ibidh^ digb as, 7 fothraigis inn, 7 ronbsp;toirrchid in rigban de sin, 7 beridh mac, 7 A.ohveth ainm dónbsp;.i. Aedh, 7 dob eissein Aedb Slaine .i. roslanmgedb é ó nanbsp;netbibh minadüra rug an rigban reime. (7omd[d]esm asberarnbsp;Aedh Slaine fris.

Maith tra in mac rucad ann iarsin .i. Aedh Slaine, 7 roba mhaith a chlann 7 a chinél déa eis .i. fir Bhregh.

ISberait foirenn aile co mbad forsan abhainn diauad ainm Slaine rugadh Aed, cowid[d]e xohainmniged Aedh Slane. Nónbsp;coma[d] ó Aedh Slaine feisin isberar Slaine frissin abhainnnbsp;dianadh ainm Slawi asberar Slaine fria.

134. Diarmaid Ruanaidh^ .i. Diarmaid derg, ar ruan Ims

183. ‘ airgdighe H. ^ ibigh H. 134. * ruanaigh. H.

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Then the queen went to Finnen of Mag Bile and to bishop Aeda son of Brecc, and lamented her barrenness. So the clericsnbsp;blessed water for her, and she drank a draught thereof, andnbsp;became pregnant. Of that pregnancy this is what she broughtnbsp;forth, a white lamb. “Woe is me for this!” quoth Mugain, “tonbsp;conceive a four-footed thing!” “Tis not that which will be there”,nbsp;says Finnen. “This is only a consecration of thy womb, thenbsp;likeness of the sinless Lamb that was offered up for the humannbsp;race.” The cleric blessed another water for her, and therebynbsp;she became pregnant. This is what she conceived: a silvernnbsp;salmon with fins of gold. “Woe is me for this!” quoth Mugain,nbsp;“and I am the worse of what the clerics do for me; for this talenbsp;will be noised abroad among the men of Ireland.” “’Tis notnbsp;that which will be there,” says the cleric; “but thou wilt bearnbsp;a son, and I will take the salmon with me, and I will makenbsp;reliquaries thereof, and in its place thou wilt bear a son, andnbsp;his brothers will increase, and more kings over Erin will descend fi:om him than fi-om the other sons.” “I am glad,” saysnbsp;Mugain, “provided this be fulfilled.” “It will be fulfilled”, saysnbsp;the cleric. Finnen and bishop Aeda bless the queen, and blessnbsp;the offspring which she was to bring forth, and bestow waternbsp;on the queen, and she drinks a drink thereof, and bathed therein;nbsp;and thereby the queen became pregnant, and she brings forthnbsp;a son, and the name ‘Aed’ was given to him, and he was Aednbsp;Sldine, that is, he was healed (ro sldnaiged) by the unnaturalnbsp;things which the queen produced before his birth. Whereforenbsp;he is called Aed Sldine.

Good was the son who was born there afterwards, and good wnre his children and his kindred after him, that is, thenbsp;men of Bregia.

Others say that Aed was born on the river named Slaine: whence Aed Slfiine was named. Or maybe it is fi'om Aednbsp;Slaine himself that the river called Slaine is named.

134. Diarmait Ruanaid, that is, Ditirmait the Bed, for

Coir Anmann.

1ms dobcMquot; cvLcht fair mpev faciem co mbi derg de, ut est Rua-naidh ddcituv. Nó Ruanaidh didw .i. rofeinnidh, ar bid laech-dha-sium intan roboi. Diarmaid Ruanaidh dawo .i. iarsandi intan ro innarbsat maic Aedha Slaine moChuta a Rathaiii,nbsp;dobhadar ag iarraid [p. 579^{1 2}gt;] Diarmada léo. “Ni racb”, ornbsp;Diarmaid, “ar ni dhingen ni bhws ole le muChuda.” Is annnbsp;isbertsat a braiftri fri Dia[r]maid “Is ruanaidh (.i. is ri[g]da)nbsp;sin, a Dhiarwtaid”, or siat. Oonid[d]e sin asberar Diarmaidnbsp;^tianaid ris iarsin slicht sin.

135. Colman Rimhidb, is aire isberar, ar noairmeiib sé fónbsp;a cosaibh in lin ech nobith a n-aenach TaiUten. Ar ni raibhenbsp;a n-jÉrinn ina aimsir nech doghénefh in rimli amai? dognith.nbsp;Da derbbrathair tra Aedh Slaine 7 Colman Rimid. Ce^hrinbsp;bliadhna dóibh male w-rige n-jBrinn.

136. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Duach Galach .i. gal 7 uch lais .i. fó ghal 7 fó uchnbsp;doberdis maic aili Bbriain maic Echacii. Maigmedoin é intannbsp;bói na mac óg.

137. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Enna Bmalacli mac Briain, 7 Cowall Oirinsi. is Sennbsp;mac Briaiii. OccMS Ercc Derg mac Briain. Oidh dia tait nanbsp;forthormaiglii sin forro?

138. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Duach Tenga Umha .i. ar bhinne a ghothad itberthinbsp;Tenga Umha fris .i. indar le each ba tenga umhai wo'bhith inanbsp;chiunn, ar ni bo binne fogwr tét lii crot ina fogMr a irlabranbsp;la each.

139. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Dearbbhrathair do Dlniach Eochaic^ Tirmcharna.nbsp;Is aire ba hainm dó Eochai«i Tirmcharna. Intan robhoinbsp;Eochaid ar indarba o Ddach Tenga Umhai ni ithedh saill acMnbsp;carna tirim 7 ni cowtibh limi no midh.i

1

138. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;^ ar febas a urlabra, B.

139. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;^ For this B has: ar [leg. quia] non deid[it] sibi frater suns

2

i. Duach Teanga Unia, nisi cairneni aridam quando rex fuit.

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rudn is a plant that produces a colour on the face so that it becomes red, wherefore (he that uses it) is called ruanaid.nbsp;Or Buanaid, that is, ro-féinnid ‘great champion’, for he (Diar-mait) was heroic when he lived. Again, Diannait Buanaidnbsp;(was so called) because when the sons of Aed Slane banishednbsp;(Saint) mo-Chuta from Rathen they were asking Diarmait (to go)nbsp;with them. “I will not go”, says Diarmait, “for I will do nonbsp;evil to mo-Chuta”. Then said his brothers to Diarmait: “Thatnbsp;is ruanaid i.e. royal (?) 0 Diannait!” say they. So therefore,nbsp;according to this version, he is called Diarmait Buanaid.

135. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Colman Bimid was so called, because he used tonbsp;count by their feet (footmarks?) the number of horses at thenbsp;assembly of Teltown. For in his time there was no one innbsp;Erin that could count as he did. Two own-brothers were Aednbsp;Slane and Colman Rimid. Four years were they together innbsp;the kingship of Brin.

136. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Duach Galach, that is, gal ‘warfare’ and uch ‘alas’nbsp;had he, that is, the other sons of Brian, son of Eochaid Muig-medón, would make war upon him and cause him to moan whennbsp;he was a young lad.

137. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Enna Emalach son of Brian and Conall Oirinse, andnbsp;Sen son of Brian, and Ere Berg son of Brian, whence do theynbsp;bear these additional names?

138. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Duach Tenga Umai: because of the melodiousness ofnbsp;his voice he was called Tenga Umai ‘Tongue of brass’. Tonbsp;every one it seemed that there was a tongue of brass in hisnbsp;head, for all men thought the sound of strings in a hai-p nonbsp;sweeter than the sound of his utterance.

139. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Own-brother to Duach was Eochaid Tirmcharnanbsp;‘Drj^-flesh’. Tliis is why he had the name. When he wasnbsp;banished by Duach Tongue-of-brass he ate no bacon, but drynbsp;flesh, and drank neither ale nor mead.

Cóir Anmann.

140. No Bochaic? Muin fethan .i. robói cercuil immanbsp;met^hon amaiZ cnis [leg. cris?] fir chollnaigh reimhithir medónnbsp;ind fir. [p. 580®.] Is de rohainmniged Eochafc^ Muin methannbsp;de .i. methain nobWdis timcholl a mhedhóin ara mhec?.

141. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid Domlén .i. damblén .i. [rodam] ar lén ginnbsp;ni d’innsaigf d’Eirinn, ar nir’ leig Fiacha Sraiföwe dó aennbsp;chuid d’Eirww do ghabail dó, ar ba siniu in Fiacha inna innbsp;i-¥Mchaid, 7 bat ridliamhna Eireww Eochafd gein bói a mbiu.nbsp;Is de sin adubairt in fiK.-

Eochaid rodhamh lén ré linn giw ni d’innsaighi d’Eirmw.-athafr na tri Colla cian,nbsp;or’chinsit amp;\VQclit Airghi'all.

Nó Eochafd Domplén .i. domus (.i. tech) plena (.i. do giallaibh) .i. tech lan do ghiallafamp;A aigi. Is de rohainmnigednbsp;Eochaid Domplén de.

142. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Na tri Colla cidh dia tait? Ni ansa .i. [na] colaigh,nbsp;ar ba col mór dóibh derbbrathm'r a n-athur do mharbad .i.nbsp;Fiacha Sraföiwe. Coll ni in uótwstis libris dicitur .i. ni coll ninbsp;is coir do radha go fada sed corrupti, acht co gen’ is coir anbsp;n-ainm do radh .i. na Collai.

Colla Uais .i. Cairill .i. ara üaisle, ar is é roghabh righe n-Eixenn sech na Collaibh aili. Nó Collai os .i. os é aranbsp;luaithi. Nó issi os bansegainn ron-alt. Nó oss-sédguine é oisnbsp;allta nót geoglinadh', nam sed (.i. os) .i. agh^ allaid Aicitux.

Colla Menn [.i. Aed] .i. Mennait Cruithnech ron-alt®.

142, ’ rogonad B. ^ adh H. ® Mennac cruithnech rodnalt, a quo Dal Mewdach la Mudhurnu.

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140. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Or Bochaid Muin-fethan, that is, there was a circlenbsp;round his waist like the girdle of a fleshy man, as thick as thenbsp;man’s waist. Hence he was called Bochaid Muin-methain, thatnbsp;is, methain(?) that used to be round his waist because ofnbsp;its size

141. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Bochaid Doimlen i.e. Dam-Un, for he sufferednbsp;(ro-damair) woe {Un) from not attaining any part of Brin.nbsp;Bor of Brin Biacha Sraiftine left him not a single hit to henbsp;taken by him. Bor that Biacha was senior to Bochaid, andnbsp;Bochaid was (only) crown-prince of Ireland so long as he hved.nbsp;Of him the poet said:

Bochaid suffered sorrow in his time,

Without attaining aught of Brin:

The father of the three distant Collas Brom whom the tribe of Oriel descended.

Or Bochaid Dom-pUn, that is, domus ‘house’, plena (i.e. of hostages) that is, he had a house full, of hostages to wit.nbsp;Hence he was named Bochaid Domplén.

142. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;The three Collas, whence are they? Easy to say.nbsp;They are the colaig, ‘the sinful ones’, for it was a great sinnbsp;(col) for them to kill their father’s own-brother, even Biachanbsp;Sraftine. In ancient books Coll-ni is said: (yet) it is not rightnbsp;to say Coll-ni at length sed corrupte, but it is right to saynbsp;the name shortly, that is, na Collai, ‘the Collas’.

Colla Uais, that is Cairell: (so called) for his uaisle ‘nobility’; for he, rather than the other Collas, obtained thenbsp;kingship of Erin. Or Colla Oss, since he was an oss ‘stag’nbsp;for his swiftness. Or it was a doe (oss ianséguinn) that rearednbsp;him. Or oss-sédguine a deerslayer, was he: wild deer henbsp;would have slain, for sed means ‘deer’.

Colla Menn (that is, Aed), because Mennait the Piet fostered him. Or it is because he suffered from dumbness, got

140. ‘ This article seems to belong to no. 117. It is corrupt and I to me) unintelligible.

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Nó dawo is guide bói ann. god .i. mend is de rohainmniged Colla Mend de.

[p. 580b]

Colla PÓ chri^ [.i. Muiredacfe] .i. fó Chrinenn cerd do-righnedh le hEochai^ ^ nDomlene fna hAiligh inghin righ Alban. Nó dawo fó chri .i. fó chriaidli .i. ere doberedh bennbsp;na cerda ime dia diamhlugnc^ ®. Nó Colla Oiclire .i. Oiebrenbsp;ainm na'^ hai'ti inron-alt. Nó Connla Forcraidh, ar liter fairnbsp;ben Chrinraidh cbeird ó Slain e ut est a Eathann. s. q. 1.

143. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conaing Begfiaccla nó Beg-egla‘ .i. ni tbainic uairnbsp;n-omhain nó egla dó riamh, ar ba niadh in each irghail é, dianbsp;ndebafrt in fiK ig a derbad:

Conaing mac Conghail, death ghlan®, righ nar’ omhnaigh nech riamh®,

/iche rochaith® for each leih nogur’ mharbh* Art mac Luighdhech.

144. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Aerghialla .i. daerghialla .i. cinél [n]Eóghain meicnbsp;Néill rwscuir fo daérchis iat ó chath Beithichaim^ amach. Nónbsp;Aerghialla .i. saerghialla, ar bat saer iat sech each aen aile,nbsp;uair ni dhligh ri Temhra agrai^ no cengal [forru na] for anbsp;ngiallaibh-seom sech each ngiall aile anErinn, diandehairt infili;

Nói ngeill do ri[g] Podia ar fechf do dheoin ri[g] Airghiall aenfech#,nbsp;il-laimh ri Temhra® na tornbsp;gin agrai^ ocus gin cheanghol.

Airghialla tra .i. ar ghialla .i. ar ghiallaibh dóibh ó righ Temhra 7 geill uatha som do ri[gh] Teamhra. Is de sinnbsp;isrubhairt in fih;

142. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* focric B. ® for cinn Crfnnen cerda doroine Eochaid, B.nbsp;“ diamradad B. ’ in B.

143. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* Beageclac B. ® clethgairg B. ® ni roomnaig neachnbsp;roaird, B. * roalt, B. ^ gMj’omarb, B.

144. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;' Leithe caim, B. “ carcrad, Lee. * Tlachtga, B and Lee.nbsp;* carcra, Lee.

Fitness of Names.

‘stammering’ and menu meaning the same. Hence he was named Colla Menu.

Colla Fo chri (that is, Muredach). Under (fo) Crmenn the wright (i .e. while Crinenn was her husband) he was begottennbsp;by Eochaid Domlen on the king of Alba’s daughter Ailech.nbsp;Or, again, fo chri i.e. under ere, that is, clay wherewith thenbsp;wnght’s wife covered him to disguise him. Or Colla Oichre:nbsp;Oichre being the name of the place in which he was reared.nbsp;Or Connla Foreraid ‘excess’, for he is accused (of lying with)nbsp;the wife of Crinrad the wright of Slaine, ut est in Rathann.nbsp;Let him who reads sweat.

143. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conaing Becc-fiacla ‘of the little tooth’, or Becc-eclanbsp;‘Little-fear’, that is, an hour of dread or fear never visited him.nbsp;For he was a champion in every combat: whereof the poetnbsp;said, confirming this:

Conaing son of Congal, a pm'e rod,

A king that never dreaded anyone:

Hamlets he wasted on every side.

Till Art, son of Lugaid, killed him.

144. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Aergialla, that is, daer gialla ‘base hostages’, thatnbsp;is, the kindred of Eogan son of NiaU, from the battle ofnbsp;Beithecham they were subjected to a base tribute. Or Aergiallanbsp;that is, saer-gialla, for they were noble beyond every one else;nbsp;For the king of Tara has no right to put bond (?) or fetternbsp;upon their hostages, though he may on every other hostage innbsp;Erin. Whereof the poet said:

Nine hostages to Fodla’s king after an expedition The king of Oriel once granted.

Into the hand of the king of Tara of the troops Without bond(?) and without fetter.

Air gialla then, that is, ar gialla, ‘for hostages’, i.e. for hostages to them from the king of Tara and hostages from the king ofnbsp;Tara to them. Thereof said the poet:

23*

Crtir Anmann.

Gréill ar ghiallaibh do ri Airghiall Ó ri Teamhra tre nert niadh,nbsp;ara n-uaislecA#, ara mordhac^if,nbsp;ara crodAiamp;cM a[c] cur ghhadh.

145. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacha Foltsnaitbech .i. samalta fri snath ordhai innbsp;folt leabar [p. 581®] lanalainn boi fair, ar bad fada fathmunn-cbael a folt. cowid[d]e sin rolil Fiacha Foltsnaitbech 7 Folt-leabar fair.

146. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Dathi .i. Feradhach mac Fiacbracb a ce^ainm. Ocusnbsp;intdn roghabb righi n-i?rinn dochoidh isin doman sair do ghabaflnbsp;righe, 7 doghabh sé righi iartbair na bEórpa go hElpa.

Eobboi tra fear firén a n-ucht tsleibbe hElpa intansin .i. Fer ménia a ainm. Boi tor daingin dftboghail ag Fer méma.nbsp;Roghabb tra Feradhach mac Fiacbracb conn sluagh ag toghailnbsp;a thuir for Fer ménia, 7 m'r’ féfeat ni dó. Toingis in righnbsp;nach fm'cfed in tor nogo n[g]aba(? é. Roghabhsat na slóighnbsp;CO di'chra ag toghail in tuir 7 ag dmbhrugud in cbaicb boinbsp;annsa tor. Cacba ndiubraigdis na slóigh uathaibb frisin tor,nbsp;eter cblochu 7 armu, is beg nf rosoichedh lar di'bb sech in righnbsp;gan ghabaiZ ina lamhaibh 7 in righ feissin aridhisi iga fodhailnbsp;do chach, cowidh ed isberdi's each fris: “Is daithi in ghabal-taighi dogni in righ forsna harmu.” “Fir, tra”, or in drai,nbsp;“bid [DJathi a ainm on mhudh sin.” (7öwid[d]e sin rohl Dathinbsp;de ósin alle. Fuair tra in ri bas annsin tréna üabwr 7 trénanbsp;indliged frisin fer feidhil. Ar tamig saighnen tenedh do nimnbsp;chuigi ann sin, gurus marbh 7 gurus loisc in righ ann. nmalnbsp;asrubhairt in fili:

Nir’ghabh ré thoisc ael naeim[f]ir gMr’ loisc caér thenedh Dathi'.

147. Oilill Molt .i. mian féola muilt bói fora mhd^^afrnbsp;.i. for Eithne inghin Cowrach. [p. 581*^.] Ocas Fi'al inghennbsp;'Etchach, se'^igh in righ, dorad in leasainm fair iarsin. Nó AiliZl

Fitness of Names.

Hostages for hostages to the Idng of Oriel From the king of Tara through a hero’s might.

For their nobleness, for their majesty,

For their hardihood in giving battle.

145. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacha Foltsndithech, ‘Hair-threaden’. Likened tonbsp;golden thread was the long, full-beautiful hair that was on him;nbsp;for lengthy and . . . fine was his hair. Wherefore (the names)nbsp;Fiacha Foltsndithech and Foltlebar ‘Long-hair’ clave to him.

146. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Dathi. Feradach, son of Fiacha, was his first name.nbsp;And when he obtained the kingship of Erin he went into thenbsp;world eastward to gain a realm, and he gained the kingshipnbsp;of the west of Europe up to the Alps.

Now at that time there dwelt in the heart of the Alps a righteous man named Per-ménia. He had a strong, impregnablenbsp;tower. So Feradach, son of Fiachra, with his army begannbsp;to destroy Per-menia’s tower, and they could do nothing to it.nbsp;The king swore that he would not leave the tower until henbsp;had taken it. The hosts began energetically to destroy thenbsp;tower and to shoot at every one who was therein. Whatsoevernbsp;the hosts would shoot against the tower, whether stones ornbsp;weapons, woidd scarcely reach the ground past the king, whennbsp;he caught them in his hands and himself distributed them againnbsp;to every one. Wherefore all said of him: “Active is the waynbsp;tlie king seizes the weapons”! “True indeed”, says the druid,

Dathi ‘active’ shall be his name fi’om this work”. Wherefore (the name) Dathi clave to him thenceforward. But the kingnbsp;died there through his pride and through his injustice to thenbsp;faithful man. For a flash of lightning came to him from heavennbsp;and burnt and killed the Idng. As the poet said:

He had not taken according to his wish the holy man’s building When a thunderbolt bimnt Dathi.

147. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ailill Molt ‘Wether’: his mother, Ethne, daughter ofnbsp;Conm'a, (when she was big with him) felt a longing for thenbsp;flesh of a wether {molt). And Fial, daughter of Eochaid, thenbsp;idng’s consort, afterwards gave him that nickname. Or Ailill

Cóir Anmann.

Molt .i. Ailill mó a folt, ar ba mó in tolt bai fair iniia fora bhraithribh aili.

148. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Oilill Inbhanna .i. ba cosmhail fri deilbh nihna anbsp;clhealbh som .i. gin ulchai robhói gein bdi a mbi'u.

149. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Tuatba Dea (.i. Donann) .i. dée in t-aes dana 7

andeé in t-aes trebhtha, amail asrubhairt Cu .cc. for Tain Bó Cüailwgre, dia mbai a toirrsi 7 a n-ftaidh mhóir déis Lóichnbsp;meic Mofeidbis do mharbad. INtan bói Cuchulamw isin com-rag sin Lóich, tai'nic chuigi in Mhóm'ghan ingJien Ernmhaisnbsp;a richt anaichnidh a sidhibh do bhasgadh Goncvlainn isinnbsp;comhrag. Tug Cüchulaw» root n-urchMir don Mhórrighainnbsp;gwra bhris a le^hrosc. Tai'nic si' aridhisi a richt tseantainnenbsp;d’innsaighi Ghonculainn, 7 dobhi si ag bleghan hó tri sine inanbsp;fiadhnaisi. IS ime tra tdinic si arbithin a foirithnech do Choin-cnlainn, daigh ni ghonadh Guduvlainn nech aratema[d] conbsp;mbe^h cuid dó fein ina leighis. Conaii^cht Qücivuiainn innbsp;bleóghan fttirri iama dhéchradh d’itaidh. Tiohreth si blegan sinenbsp;dó. “Rob slan an nehn damhsa só!” ar Cuchulainn. Ba slannbsp;Aidiu leflirosc na righna annsin. Ar Cüchulaww robhris anbsp;lefhrosc roime sin. Conaiiecht som bleóghan sine alle iuirri.nbsp;Dobert si dó. “An neimh rob slón inti doridhnac^#”, or Gucixu-\ainn. Oowatach som in tres ndigh 7 dobert bleghan sine dó.nbsp;“Bennac/if dée 7 anndée fort, a inghen”, or Guculainn. Batarnbsp;é a ndée in t-aés cnvahachta [p. 582nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;7 a n-andée in t-aes

trebmVe, 7 ba slan in righan iarsin.

150. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Dagda .i. dagh dé .i. dia soinemhail ag na geintibhnbsp;é, ar do adhradhais Tuatha Dé Danann dó, ar ba dia talmhannbsp;dóibh é ar mhé^ a chumacAfa.

151. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochflsicf OUathair .i. uilhu é inna a athair. N[ó]nbsp;Ollathair .i. athair oil do Thuathaibh Dé Danann é.

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Molt i.e. mo a folt ‘greater his hair’, for the hair on him was more than on his other brothers.

148. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Aihll Iribanna ‘Womanly’: his appearance was hkenbsp;a woman’s, for so long as he lived he was beardless.

149. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;TuathaDe, i.e. Danann, that is, dée were the poets andnbsp;an-dée the husbandmen, as Cuchulainn said on the Oattlespoilnbsp;of Cualnge, when he was weary and sore athirst after killingnbsp;Loch, son of Mofebes. When Ciichulainn was engaged in thatnbsp;combat with Loch, there came to him out of the elfmounds thenbsp;Mor-rigan, daughter of Emmas, in an uncouth shape, to checknbsp;Ciichulainn in the combat. So Cuchulainn made a cast at thenbsp;Morrigan, and shattered one of her eyes. Again she came, innbsp;the shape of an old woman, to attack Cuchulainn, and shenbsp;milked, in his presence, a cow Avith three teats. Why shenbsp;came was to be succoured by Cuchulainn, because no one whomnbsp;Ciichulainn had wounded could recover until he himself hadnbsp;a share in his cure 1 Ciichulainn after the fury of thirst askednbsp;her for the milk. She gave him the milk of (one) teat. “Maynbsp;this be safe to me from poison!” quoth Cuchulainn. Then onenbsp;of the queen’s eyes was cured, — for Cuchulainn had previously shattered one of her eyes. Ciichulainn asked her for thenbsp;milk of another teat. She gave it to him. “May the giver*nbsp;be safe from poison!” says Ciichulainn. He asked for a thirdnbsp;drink, and she gave him the milk of (the last) teat. “The blessingnbsp;of gods and non-gods be on thee, O damsel!” says Ciichulainn.nbsp;These Avere their gods, the magicians, and their non-gods werenbsp;the husbandmen. And the queen was whole thereafter.

150. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Dagda, that is dag dé ‘fire of god’. He was anbsp;beautiful god of the heathens, for the Tuatha Dé Danannnbsp;worshipped him: for he was an earth-god to them because ofnbsp;the greatness of his (magical) power.

151. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid Oll-athair, that is, greater (uilUu) was henbsp;than his father (athair). Or Oll-athair, a great [oil) fathernbsp;(afhair) to the Tuatha Dé Danann was he.

149. * sic Hennessy in Bev. Celt. I. 49,

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152. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ruadh Rofesa .i. is aigi robhoi óighi ind fessanbsp;g[e]mntlidlae, 7 is aigi badar na tréidlie ildealbliaidhe.

153. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eocbaie^ Bres .i. Eochaici cruthach, ar cac/i m' caeninbsp;7 each m cruthach atci'ther ind Eriww is co ^ Bres samhlaithernbsp;.i. Breas mac Ealadhan meic Tih^haith is fris atberar, 7 Eochai'cinbsp;ainm aïle dó.

154. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Nuadha Airgeflamh, cidh dia t4? Ni ansa. A lamhnbsp;dheas doben Sreng mac Senghainn de a comracc a cath Muighinbsp;Turedh. Cunga, intan tangadar Tüatha Dé Danann a n-Eiriw».nbsp;Dochuiridar leagha Thüaithe Dé Danann lamh airgit co lan-lüth cacha laimhe ior Nüadhait. Is aire sin trath aderthinbsp;Nuadha Airgeflamh friss iarsin.

155. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Tuirenn Beggreann .i. grenn beg bhói fair .i. banbsp;beg a ulcha. Dealbhaeth ainm aïle dó, 7 is do Thuirinn b4nbsp;eland in chlann remhraiti .i. clann Tuirinn .i. Brian 7 Eochaidnbsp;7 lucharbha.

156. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Manannan mac hi’ .i. Oirbsin a ainm^ .i. cenc^aighinbsp;amhra robi [p. 582'’] a n-Inis Manann .i. issé liiamhaire* is dechnbsp;robhi' ior muir a n-iarthai’ domain. Rofinnadh triana engnac/iinbsp;[sic. leg. tria nemhghnacfó, as in marg. smjj.J .i. tria dheicsinnbsp;ghné ind neime .i. ind aeofr, ind aire# nóbhith in tsoininn nónbsp;in doininn, 7 intan cowclaechlobadh cec4#arde araile, 7 is airenbsp;sin rothoimne#ar Bretnaigh 7 fir Ereww eissiumh gur’ bhó, déenbsp;in mhara é 7 Mac hr aderthi fris .i. mac in mhara. Manannannbsp;dawo do ródh ris a Manainn.

157. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Dian cecht .i. ainm suithe leigi's Eireww, di'an nanbsp;cumacfe#a, nam cecht cumhachta. Aidtur, unc#e Néidhe macnbsp;Adhnai Aixit: Cechtsam' derca athsgeanmaim ailcne .i. cumh-acfe#aigsimn ailcni .i. sceillec romhebait# don aihg cowdombf

153. gt; fri B,

156. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;^ But according to B: mac desium Oirbsiu proprium nomennbsp;eius Allaei nomen patris eius. * luam B.

157. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;’ Caechsam H.

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152. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ruad Bo-fessa ‘of the great science’, that is, ’tis henbsp;that had the perfection of the heathen science, and ’tis he thatnbsp;had the multiform triads.

153. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid Bres, that is, Eochaid the Shapely, fornbsp;everything fair and every thing shapely that is seen in Erin isnbsp;likened to Bres, to wit. Bres, son of Eladu, son of Delbaeth, isnbsp;so called, and Eochaid is another name of his.

154. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Nuada Airgetldm ‘Silver-hand’, whence is it? Easynbsp;to say. Sreng, son of Sengann, cut off Nuada’s right hand innbsp;a combat at the battle of Mag Tured Cunga, when the Tuathanbsp;Dé Danann invaded Erin. The leeches of the Tuatha Dénbsp;Danann put on Nuada a hand of silver with complete motionnbsp;of every hand (therein). Therefore he was afterwards callednbsp;Nuada Airgetldm ‘Silverhand’.

155. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Tuirenn Becc-grenn, i .e. ’twas a httle (becc) beardnbsp;(grenn) that was on him, that is, his beard was small. Delbaeth wasnbsp;another name of his, and his children were the children aforesaid, namely the dann Tuirinn, Brién and Eochaid and lucharba.

156. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Manannén Mac Ur. Oirbsen was his name, a marvellous chapman who dwelt in the Isle of Mann; and ’tis henbsp;that was the best pilot at sea in the west of the world. Henbsp;knew by his sky-knowledge, that is, by looking at the appearance of the sky, i .e. the air, the time that the good weathernbsp;and the bad weather would be, and when each of them wouldnbsp;change the other. Therefore the Britons and the men of Brinnbsp;deemed that he was the god of the sea, and he was callednbsp;Mac Lir, that is. Son of the Sea. 3Ianannan, also, he wasnbsp;called from the (Isle of) Mann.

157. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Dian-cecht the name of Erin’s sage of leechcraft, ‘thenbsp;god of the powers’, for cecht means ‘power’. Hence Nede son ofnbsp;Adnae said; “We have mastered eyes with a rebound of rock-splinter”, that is, we have mastered an ailcne, that is, a sphnter

addais ® tenidh [njdraidhecAfo ann, g^{r’ mhuidhset cóig sriiam-anna tenedh ass, gur’ chuir-sium mac dó fri each sruaim [dib], comd[d]ibh® atait na coig Dealbna. Cöwad [djesin rolil de siumnbsp;Dealbh-aedh .i. dealbh aedha .i. dealbh thenedh. Lugaic^ anbsp;ainm co sin. Nó Dealbh-aedh .i. dealbh aedha fair, ar anbsp;chaime, ar ba derrscai[g]thech a dhealbh som.

160. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ó1 ngüalai .i. dabhach umhai issidi. Is si tuc Con-chwbar mac Nessa a dun Geirg [mie] Faeburdil iar n-argain innbsp;düine 7 iar marbad Geirg. Ó1 ngiialai doradh fria, fobith isnbsp;tene ghüail nobhith a n-Emain Mhacha astigh a n-ibhthea i.nbsp;Ts uadh sin rohainmniffed Loch nGüalai a nDaiminis crichinbsp;ülaci, ar is fai ata aniu i ndiamhraibh. Gearg mac FsebMrdil,nbsp;meic Cathair, meic Glais, meic Inderccaigh, meic Srüibh, meicnbsp;Eossa, meic Eudhrai^re.

161. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ferghws Folcthech‘ .i. Fergws mantach. Nó srén-fiaclach^ robói .i. sénasach robói.

157. ^ ut est impiti H.

159. ^ sic B. .i. H. ^ fodéin B. a H. 5 adaid, B. “ uaidib, B.

161. * foilc B. * srdnfiaclach B.

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which broke from the rock, so that it pierced his eye, and he n. became bli|;d, that is, he exercised his power. Cechtsam doesnbsp;not mean caechsam ‘we have blinded’, as the ignorant assert.nbsp;Or dian, that is deus ‘god’, caech i.e. . . ., as he is deus salutis.

158. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Maccecht, that is, a son (macc) that committed thenbsp;cruelest homicide {écht), for he killed in combat his own brother,nbsp;even Tinne son of Connra. Now Tinne was at that time kingnbsp;of Connaught, and Monodai’, son of Connra, killed him, whereupon for that homicide which Monodar had perpetrated (thenbsp;name) Mace-echt was given him. Conodar was his proper name.

159. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Delbaeth, that is delb aeda ‘shape of fire’. Or delb-aed, that is, ‘magic fire’, which he made when his own son-in-law, Trad, son of Taissach, by aid magic banished him outnbsp;of the land in which the Tradi-aige are today. He went innbsp;flight into the Hui Néill’s countiy. He went into Cam Kachachnbsp;meic Néill, and there he kindled a magic fire, and out of itnbsp;burst five streams of fire, and with each of these streams henbsp;sent forth a son of his, and from them (the sons) are the fivenbsp;Delvins. Hence the name Delbaed, that is, delb-aeda ‘form ofnbsp;fire’ clave to him. Lugaid had been his name till then. Ornbsp;Delb-aed, that is, a form (delb) of fire (aeda) upon him, becausenbsp;of his beauty, for his form was distinguished.

160. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;01 ngualai. This is a vat of copper. ’Tis this thatnbsp;Conchobar mac Nessa brought out of the fortress of Gergnbsp;Faeburdel, after sacking the fort and killing Gerg. It was callednbsp;01 nGualai ‘Coal-vat’, because there used to be a fire of coalnbsp;inside in Emain Macha, when men drank thereout. From itnbsp;Loch nGualai, in Daim-inis in the country of Ulster, wasnbsp;named, because it stands to-day under that lake in secret places.nbsp;Gerg, son of Faeburdil, etc.

161. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fergus Folcthech, that is, Fergus the Toothless. Ornbsp;he was .... toothed.

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162. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Aedh Gnai Per in ghai leathain .i. gai leathan laisnbsp;. i. laighne leamp;anmhóra dobói aigi. Aedh g[n]ai ¦ in t-ainninbsp;hunaicL, 7 niw do gait 4s goina hAedh Gai é. Aedh Gnéi, trinbsp;lianmanna badar fair .i. Feidlimid 7 xAithinbhleitb 7 Fergna.nbsp;Da mac na da Aithinbleith la dai'1 Medruaidh .i. Aithmbleithnbsp;mac Aedha Gnai 7 Aithiwbleitb mac Medniaidhb

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163. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conall Ech-lüath .i. Gowall ech luaidh .i. eichnbsp;rolüaidhedh go minic intan ba hóg.

164. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Mac Tail .i. dalta sair é, is aire isberthi Mac Tailnbsp;fris. Cass in t-ainni hwciaid, 7 dochóid in forainm tairis. Ocmsnbsp;a düthcMS ó senathaïV tucad Cass fair .i. ó Chormac Cass macnbsp;OileMa Oluim.

165. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cormac Cé,s .i. Cormac cruaidh .i. ara chródhacht.nbsp;Nó Cormac Cas .i. liiath, ar ba luaithin é ’na caNi necb inanbsp;aimsir, 7 deismirec/i# air cb'a ndébairt arailiu cruitire ag foghlaimnbsp;dia dhalta ‘seinn co cass é’ .i. co Math.

166. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fotharta .i. Math arta .i. fuath (.i. dealb) dee, namnbsp;art deus dicitur, ‘amail asberar Eochaic? Finn fiiath n-airt.

167. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaic7 Finn fiiath n-airt .i. fuath (.i. delb) dé fair,nbsp;ara chaimhe, ar is inann art^ 7 deus (.i. dia), ar ba ier cainnbsp;(.i. alaind) sochraidh inti Eochait? Finn. Nó Eochaic? Yinnnbsp;iuath n-Airt, ar ba fuath Ié hArt mac Cuinu é, ó romharbhnbsp;sé da brathair Airt maic Cuiun .i. Connla 7 Crinna.

168. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacha Suighthi .i. so-ghuithi*, ar ba \xurus-a. anbsp;eterghuidhe ara mhine, 7 so-éentadhach é co sir, 7 ba suilbhirnbsp;dogm.

162. ’ H. adds .i. belong to § 158.

167. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;gt; atr H.

168. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* soguitti, B.

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162. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Aed Gnai Fer in gdi lethain ‘the Man of the broadnbsp;spear’, that is, a broad spear he owned, that is, broad-greatnbsp;lances he had. Aed Gndi was his original name, but n wasnbsp;taken out, so that it became Aed Gdi. Aed Gnai had threenbsp;names to wit, Eedlimid and Aithinbleith and Fergna. Twonbsp;sons were the two Aithinbleiths at Dail Medruaid, that is,nbsp;Aithinbleith, son of Aed Gnai, and Aithinbleith, son of Medruad.

163. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conall Ech-luath, that is, Conall Ech-luaid, i.e.nbsp;horses {eich) he often drove (no luaided) when he was young.

164. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;31ac tdil was the fosterhng of a wright. Thereforenbsp;he was called Jgt;f«c tail ‘Son of Adze’. Cass was liis originalnbsp;name, but the additional name superseded it. From his inheritance from his grandfather Cormac Cass, son of Ailillnbsp;6lomm, (the name) Cass was given him.

165. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cormac Cds, that is, Cormac the cruel, because ofnbsp;his cruelty. Or Cormac Cass, that is, swift, for he was swifternbsp;than anyone in his time. And (we have) an example of thisnbsp;word when a certain harper teaching his pupil said to him;nbsp;“play it CO cass”, that is, quickly.

166. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fotharta, that is fuath arta ‘form of a god’, for artnbsp;means ‘deus’, as is said Eochaid Find Fuath n-airt ‘Eochaidnbsp;the Fhir of form divine’ (^E0[ioQ(poq).

167. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid Find Fuath n-airt, that is, a god’s formnbsp;upon him. (This Avas said) because of his loveliness: for artnbsp;and deus ‘god’ mean the same. For Eochaid Find was a beautiful shapely man. Or Eochaid Find fuath n-Airt ‘Art’s hatred’, for Art son of Conn hated him since he killed Connlanbsp;and Crinna Art’s two brothers.

168. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacha Suigthi, that is, so-guiti ‘easily entreated’, fornbsp;because of his gentleness it was easy to supplicate him; andnbsp;he was constantly agreeable and always pleasant.

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169. Defssi .i. difoissi, ar ni bhói airissem i'orro fria rénbsp;chfana acht a tabeifh ior faeindel as camp;ch inadh i n-arailiu. Nónbsp;deissi .i. duaisi, ar is a tinnscra mhna tucad^ dóib ierann iarnbsp;tecfó de Mhuigh Breg .i. a tinnscra Eithne Uathaighe inghinenbsp;Crimbthain, maic Enna Cheinnselaigr, [ba dalta doib], ar is latnbsp;na Deisi ros-ail Eithwe TSsAhaigh. [p. 584®.] AengMS macnbsp;Nadfraicb righ Muman, is é tuc dóibh in feraw» forsa tait nanbsp;Dei'si indi'u a tinnscra Eithne Uatha^’p'e.

170. Eithtie Uathacfe, cidh dia n-apar.? Ni ansa. Intannbsp;rugsat na Déissi in ingin léo dia baltrMm, feóil lenum doberdisnbsp;di co nibad praipi-ti wofoirbredh, ar is ina tinnscra dobhoi anbsp;cinnedh dóibh ferann 7 foistine d’faghbdi?. Nó Aono cinn lü-taingén^ a clainne feissin do thescadh si co mbad suth[a]naidinbsp;fat. ar nir’ leigedli clann a tossach di. Doberdis na leinipnbsp;füath mór di arindi adhbar sin. Is aire sin tra isberar Eithmenbsp;Uathcïcft fria.

171. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Art Cearb .i. Art tesctha^, nó cinihi, namh cearbnbsp;cirriudh dicitur, ar is cirrthi robhói. Is de ba liArt Cea[r]b.

172. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacha Tort .i. Fiacha bairghinach nam tort bair-ghin^ dicitur, ar is é céfaa las ra cummadh bairghin prins.

173. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiachra Tuirtri in fear ce7na. Is é ronaisc tort-gabhail Cowailli Muirthemni fó hEriww.

174. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Laighin cidh dia n-apar? Ni ansa. Óna laighnibhnbsp;lethanghlassaibh tugsat na dubhghaiU léo a n-Eri/m, muinnternbsp;Labradha Loingsigh dia tangadwr maraen ré Labhraidh co tecb

169. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* doratad B.

170. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* luddaingen B., ludican L., lughdagan Ed.

171. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;' teisctle B.

172. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* bairgenech B. ^ bairgen B,

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169. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Déissi, that is di-foissi ‘unresting ones’, since fornbsp;long spaces of time they had no resting-place, but were wandering from one stead into another. Or Déissi, that is, duaisinbsp;‘gifts’, for after they left Mag Breg land was given to themnbsp;as a woman’s dowry, that is, as the bride-price of Ethne thenbsp;Horrible, daughter of Crimthann, son of Ende Cennselach, whonbsp;was their fosterling, for ’tis the Déissi that reared her. Oengus,nbsp;son of Natfraich, king of Munster, ’tis he that gave the Déissi,nbsp;as the bride-price of Ethne the Horrible, the land on whichnbsp;they are now settled.

170. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ethne Uathach ‘horrible’, why so called? Easy tonbsp;say. When the Déissi took the girl to rear her they used tonbsp;give her the flesh of children (to eat) so that she might the morenbsp;rapidly grow up (and be married). For it had been determinednbsp;that they would get land and a settlement as her bride-price.nbsp;Or, again, she used to cut off the ends of the little-fingers ofnbsp;her own children so that they might be the longer-lived: fornbsp;at first no children were left to her, (but all died prematurely).nbsp;For that cause the children felt a great horror for her. Wherefore she is called Ethne the Horrible.

171. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Art Gerb, that is, Art the maimed or lacerated, fornbsp;cerh means laceration, and he was lacerated. Hence was (the name)nbsp;Art Cerb.

172. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacha Tort ‘cake’, that is, Fiacha the Oakey, fornbsp;tori means ‘cake’, and of old he was the first by whom a cakenbsp;was shapen.

173. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacha Tuirtri, the same man. ’Tis he that fastenednbsp;throughout Erin the tortgabdil (cake-taking?) of Conaille Muir-themne.

174. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Laigin ‘Leinster’, why is it said? From the broadnbsp;blue lances which the Black Foreigners, Labraid Loingsech’snbsp;people, brought into Ireland, when they came along with Labraidnbsp;to Cobthach Coel’s house at Dind Rig. Two thousand two

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Cobthaigh Cbail a nDinn Righb Da cét ar fichit cét Gall a Hn. Eomarbac? tra inti Cobhttac/t Gael léo, 7 ro hortadb innbsp;riglu-atï. OcMS is óna laiglmibh lanmbóra tugsat intan sinnbsp;isberar [p. 584^] Laigbin fnu ó sin alle. Dia ndébair^ in fili:nbsp;Da cét ar fichit cét gallnbsp;co laigbnibh le^hna léo anall,nbsp;dena laigbnibh sin gin ailnbsp;dibh rohainmnighthea Laigbin.

175. Labraidh Loingsech .i. robói sein for longais (.i. in-darb») co fada iama innarba ó Cbóbbthach Cbael. Labraid ^nbsp;Ollda a ainin a tossaigb. Labraidh Maén iar suidhiugMc7.nbsp;Labraidh Loingsech iarsin ó doluidh forsin longais. s. qui 1. ISnbsp;de sin isrubhairt Fercertne fih:

Labraidh Loingsech, Ollda Maen, mac do Ailill Aine aén.

176. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Laeghaire Lorcc .i. Laegaire garg, nam lorcc gargnbsp;dicitm'. Nó lore .i. sladach^. lurcos enim dicitur .i. rapaxnbsp;deuorator^. Laegm're Lorcc tra .i. finghalach .i. üngal do-righnec7h fair 7 dorinne for nech. nam lorcc .i. finghal. arnbsp;is é Laegoïfre domharbh Badhbchadh mac Slchach Büadhaighnbsp;ag cosnamh® righi n-Erewn fris 7 CobhtacA Gael mac \]gainenbsp;meic Echac/i Büadhaigh issé romhaihh Laegaire Lore ag cosnamnbsp;na righe fris. Mac rucadh do Laegaire Lore .i. Ailill. is anunbsp;genair sén, oc Tiprmd da ech n-Aine, Is de bói dósom Ailillnbsp;Aine do radh friss.

177. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Oilill Braccain cidh dia taP

178. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;AengMS Ollum .i. ollum a üledacht eissium, 7 badnbsp;righ Erenw iarsin. Is de sin isberar Aenghzts Ollatw.

174. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;^ For a nDinn righ B has Breg i Muig Trega.

175. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* Maen H. * mdr H.

176. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;1 sladhach H. slatach B. ^ rapax de rabatar H. de urateg B.nbsp;“ agcosnanamh H.

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hundred foreigners was their number. So Cobthach Coel was killed by them and the kings were destroyed. And from thenbsp;huge lances (laigin) which they brought at that time they arenbsp;called Laigin ‘Leinstermen’ thenceforward. Whereof the poetnbsp;said;

Two hundred and two thousand foreigners Having broad lances (came) hither.

Prom those lances without reproach They were called Laigin.

175. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Labraid Loingsech ^the Exile’. That is, he continuednbsp;in longas ‘banishment’ for a long time after he had been banishednbsp;(from Ireland) by Cobthach Coel. Labraid OUda ‘great’ was hisnbsp;name at first. Labraid Maen ‘dumb’ after settling. Labraidnbsp;Loingsech ‘exile’ after that, when he went into banishment.nbsp;S(udet) q(ui) l(egat)! ’Tis of him that the poet Ferchertne said;

Labraid (called) Loingsech, Ollda (and) Maen,

Son of unique Ailill Aine.

176. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Loegafre Lore, that is Loeguire the Fierce, for lorenbsp;means ‘fierce’. Or lore ‘rapacious’, for (the Latm) lurco meansnbsp;‘rapax deuorator’. Loegafre Lore, then, i.e. parricidal, for lorenbsp;(also) means ‘parricide’, and Loegafre killed Badbchad, son ofnbsp;Eochaid the Victorious, when contending for the kingship ofnbsp;Erin with him and Cobthach Coel, son of Ugaine, son ofnbsp;Eochaid the Victorious, ’tis he whom Loegaire Lore killed whennbsp;contending with him for the kingship. A son, namelynbsp;Ailill, was born to Loegaire Lore, and liis bfr'thplace was Tipranbsp;da ech Aine ‘the Well of Aiiie’s two steeds’. Hence he wasnbsp;called Ailill Aine.

177. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ailill Bracedin, whence is it?

178. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Oengus Ollam. He was an ollam ‘doctor’ in poetry,nbsp;and afterwards king of Erin. Hence he was named Oengusnbsp;Ollam.

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179. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fergus Fortamhail .i. bé,t laechdha fortill in fer sinnbsp;fn cmJi n-aén nóthegmadh fris.

180. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Féidlimid Porthren .i. ba niadh (.i. tren) in eachnbsp;cath 7 a cuibhlengaibh Erewn eissium.

181. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cremthan[n] Coscrach .i. ara vahét doberedh coscurnbsp;7 buaidh cacha, chatha a mbidh 7 in each inadh aili a mbith.

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182. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Mogh^ Airt .i. ag moghsaine* 7 ag frithailemh anbsp;maic nóbith intan b4 hóg .i. Art mac Mogha® Airt, ar banbsp;diliu lais é inna each nech aile.

183. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Nüadha Fullón .i. FuUón ainm in draadh rotn-alt,nbsp;7 is eisein cétna drui rolai bric^^ for dlui riamh do chuir dhuinenbsp;for foluamhain. Inde dlui fulla diaitfr ó sin alle apud Scotos.nbsp;Ad Mlon ainm do mhaissi. Inde Nuadha Fullón dicitur .i.nbsp;Nüadha maissech.

184. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Bressal Brec .i. ba brec a einech .i. a aiged. Isnbsp;ime dogairthai Bresal Brec de.

185. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Lugaid Lóth linn .i. lóth ainm d’allws .i. sód chnisnbsp;roboi for allws. No lóth finn .i. lóth ainm d’fésoig .i. fésógnbsp;fmn bai fair.

186. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Séfea Sithbacc .i. sidhbacc, ar ig toirmesc 7 agnbsp;bacadh tsidha do bith dogres 7 ag tabairt chogaidh mdnairnbsp;etar na dainibh.

187. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eithne tSithbacc .i. sidhbhacc .i. baccadh sidha do-gnith .i. ig a thairmesc tsidha^ dobhith in Eithne seo eiar anbsp;clainn feissin .i. Cairbri Cluithec/» mac Cowcorb 7 Laidir Aranbsp;mac CoMcorb, ar bad claim d’Eithni iat sidhe dibh hnaibh. Adnbsp;bac sidh[a] 7 Eithwe ig a astadh doghnath^ eiar a clainn agnbsp;toirmesc in chogaidh dogres.

182. ‘ Modh H. ^ modhsaine H. ’ Modha H.

187. ’ ic baccail 7 ic tairmesc sidha, B, ® comarthanach B.

Fitness of Names.

179. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fergus Fortaniail ‘prevailing’. That man was heroicnbsp;(and) prevaihng as regards every one who chanced (to come)nbsp;against him.

180. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fedhmid Forthrén ‘mighty’. He was a champion,nbsp;i.e. ahant, in every battle and in Erin’s contests.

181. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Oremthann Coscrach ‘triumphant’, because of thenbsp;extent to which he wonld carry off triumph (coscor) and victory in every battle in which he was engaged, and in everynbsp;other position in which he was.

182. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Mog ’Airt Art’s servant’. He used to be servingnbsp;and attending on his son when he was young, even Art, sonnbsp;of Mog Airt; for Art was dearer to him than any other.

183. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Nuada Fullón. Fullon was the name of the druidnbsp;who reared him, and Fullon was the first druid who cast anbsp;spell on a wisp so as to send [thereby] a human being a-flying.nbsp;Hence dlui fulla ‘madman’s wisp’ is said by the Irish fi’omnbsp;that time to this. Or fullon is a name for ‘beauty’. Hencenbsp;Nuada Fullon, that is, Nuada the beautiful.

184. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Bressal Brecc. His countenance, that is, his face,nbsp;was speckled (brecc). Hence he was called Bressal Brecc.

185. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Lugaid Loth-find, that is, loth is a name for sweat,nbsp;i.e. change)?) of a skin that has been perspiring. Or loth-findnbsp;‘white-bearded’, for loth is a name for a beard, and a whitenbsp;beard was on him.

186. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Sétna Sithbacc, that is, sid-bacc ‘peace-hindrance’,nbsp;for he was always preventing and hindering peace, and promoting mutual war among men.

187. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ethne Sithbacc, that is, sid-bacc, a hindering (baccad)nbsp;of peace {sida) she used to effect, that is, this Ethne was preventing peace between her own children, to wit, Cairbre Clui-thech, son of Cu-corb, and Laidir Ara, son of Cu-corb, fornbsp;both of these were Ethne’s children. Or bacc sidha, ‘hook ofnbsp;peace’, (Ethne) usually keeping peace between her children, andnbsp;continually preventing warfare.

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188. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Nüadha Nec/ïi .i. Niiadha nicht, onni is nix snec?*#a.nbsp;Nó nox .i. adhaigh .i. fer nó imthighi aidhchi, ar is é Nüadhanbsp;cefaa dorinne fogail aidhchi ar üis a n-Eirww. Ó ni is noxnbsp;Nüadha Nechi. Nó 6 ni is nix .i. snecWa .i. ba gilitliir frinbsp;snechta, Nüadha NecM’^.

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189. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ferghws PaiiTgi .i. ónda[ra]ruathar rodn-ug^ chumnbsp;na [fairge nó chum na] righi [do gabail]. No Fergh^^s Fairrginbsp;.i. for longais robhoi cofada, nó is for fairrgi nigadh.. Is denbsp;isberar Ferghws Fairrgi fris.

190. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Concbubar Abhrad-ruadh .i. rose rüadh co mailgibhnbsp;rüadba ro thec^^, nam brai mala Aicituv.

191. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cii corb .i. coirb in charpait a mbai. Nó ar anbsp;heitfx co fada gin bhaiste(^li ba coirbthi de. Nó corb ar^ is cerbnbsp;tesetha. Cü corb .i. cüi corb .i. coirb in charbait a mbainbsp;rus-bris fai 7 sé ina inac beg. Eogbabh in mac ag cui fonnbsp;coirb ro brisset?. 0’tchonnaic a athair in mac ig cui dochuirnbsp;fein coirb isin carbat intan sin. Is ón mhogbsaine^ dorigbnenbsp;dia mac isberar Mogh® corb fris, 7 Cü chorb .i. cai chorb in-dara de.

192. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Niadh Corb. niad .i. trén, 7 a dutbebas a atbar 7nbsp;a seanathar rolil in förtormach anma é .i. Niadh corb.

193. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Meissin corb .i. rombesemhnaigh go mór inni sin,nbsp;7 dorinde feissin a innamail. Is aire sin tra isberar Meissinnbsp;corb fris iarsin.

194. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Coirpri Cluithechair .i. a Cluithri Cliacb 7 a Maighnbsp;Cliach is ann rws-gabh iar fagbhail chrich Laighin dó gu rus-aitreb la maithri iarsin.

195. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Clothrén i maigh ChliacA ata. is üadh Cluitbii Cbbac/?.

196. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Féidhlimic^ Fer urghlass noiargblas .i. folt ghlas baifair.nbsp;Is de isberar Feidbbmtó Fer urghlas [p. 586“] Ms. iai’ .i. folt.

188. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* Nuada neet .i. Nuada aiainn .i. neet alainn nó geal dieitnr, B.

189. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* ondaruthur [leg. ónd arathur?] rodnueead, B.

191. ^ guts H. ® mhodhsaine H. ® modh H.

Fitness of Names.

188. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Nuada Necht, that is, Nuada nicht, from nix ‘snow’.nbsp;Or from nox ‘night’, that is, a man who used to march atnbsp;night, for Nuada was the first to plunder by night in Erin.nbsp;Prom nox comes Nuada Necht. Or from nix, because Nuadanbsp;Necht was as white as snow.

189. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fergus Fairge ‘of the sea’, from one of the twonbsp;expeditions ^ which he made to sea or to seize the kingship. Ornbsp;Fergus Fairge, from the exile in which he long abode. Or it is at seanbsp;(fairge) that he was born. Hence he is called Fergus Fairge.

190. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conchobar Ahrat-ruad ‘of the Red Eyebrows’, thatnbsp;is, a red eye with red eyebrows he had, for hra means ‘eyebrow’.

191. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;CÜ corh from the corb ‘basket’ of the chariot in whichnbsp;he lay. Or it is because he was long unbaptised that he wasnbsp;polluted (coirbthe). Or corb because cerb means ‘cut’. Or On corb,nbsp;that is cui corb, that is, the coirb ‘basket’ of the chariot innbsp;which he lay broke under him when he was a little child, andnbsp;the child began to cry (cui) at the basket that was broken. Whennbsp;his father beheld the boy a-crying he himself put the basket intonbsp;the chariot. From the service he (then) did to the child he isnbsp;called Mog Corb, and the other Cu chorb, that is, Cui chorb.

192. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Nia Corb, nia ‘vahant’, and from the heritage of hisnbsp;father and grandfather the additional name clave to him.

193. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Messincorb. Hejudged(ro-wesemwaf^)that(sw)greatly,nbsp;and he himself did the like. Hence he is since called Messin corb

194. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cairbre Cluithechair: that is, from Cluithre Cliachnbsp;and from Mag Cliach, where he set up after leaving the countrynbsp;of Leinster, and he afterwards inhabited it by his mother’s tribe.

195. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Clothrén, in Mag CHach he is: from him is Cluithre Cliach.

196. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fedhmid Fer urglass or iarglas, that is (there was)nbsp;Srey {glass) hair upon him. Hence he is called Fedhmid Fernbsp;urglas: iar, i.e. hair.

189. 1 I read óndara rüathar.

193. ^ Some omission here. Ddl Mesincuirb was a tribe in the co. of Wicklow. F. M. 952.

370 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cdir Anniann.

197. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cormac Gealtai gaeth. ni feadamair coleig.

198. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacha Baicidha mac Cathair Mhair, cidh dia ndebh-rad? Ni ansa. Dia tarla cath Mhuighi hAgha etar Cathairnbsp;Mar 7 Conn mac Fedlimid Bectóada, dochomhraig Fiaca macnbsp;Cathdir 7 OiK^? Gabra do Tbüathaibh Temhrach isin chath.nbsp;Gonais Gild? Fiacha gwF these lüithech a choisi, co mbainbsp;bacach de, comd[d]e robai Fiacha Baicida fair. Fiacha Aiccidhanbsp;do rMh ris .i. a n-aice a bhraithrec/i [.i. Bosa Failgi] do binbsp;se, gin ferann do ghabhail ara óigi. Is dé sin aderthai Fiachanbsp;Aicedha fris.

199. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Lughaidh Büamna mac Cathair, cidh dia tó? Ninbsp;ansa. Comrac tarla etar Ché^ghein Cruachna mac Cowaill isinnbsp;chath 7 Lugaid mac Cathdir. Boba misti rüamanta Lugaidnbsp;ón chomhrag sin Ché^gein. Is aire sin tréth isberthi Lugaidnbsp;Büamna fris.

200. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Bochaid Cupa mac Cathdir, cidh dia ndebrad fris?nbsp;Ni ansa. Comhrac dorala etar Eochaigi 7 Assal EcWach macnbsp;ind feinedha isin cath ce7na. Tromghonais Assal Lugaid [leg.nbsp;EochaidPj isin comhrac, co tainic tonn do chuip fola a chuirpnbsp;trena chathé^edh. Conad[d]e asberar Eochaid Cupa fris.

201. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Bressal Ainechghlass mac Cathdir .i. glass robhóinbsp;a ainech .i. aighed ghlas lais .i. comarthada glassa bidis fornbsp;a aighidh dogréss. Is dé ba Bressal Ainechghlas eisium.

202. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid Timine mac Cathair, cidh dia ta? Ni ansa.nbsp;Intan tug [p. 586'gt;] Cathair ferann dia chlainn bói tra Eochaidnbsp;ina chodlwd intan sin. Luidhsit a bhraithri chuigi gwsan inadh anbsp;mboi 7 düiscit asa chodlad é. Is ann isbert each fris: “Is tim sin,nbsp;a Eochaid”, ol siat .i. as südhail in codlMd a fuilidh. C'owad[d]enbsp;sin rohl Eochaid Timine de.

203. Aengh2lt;s Nig mac Cathair, cid dia té? Ni ansa.

Fitness of Names.

197. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cormac Gelta Gaeth: we do not know at presentnbsp;(the origin of this name).

198. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacha Baicida son of Cathair the Great, why wasnbsp;he so called? Easy to say. AVhen the battle of Mag Aganbsp;took place between Cathair the Great and Conn son of Fed-limid Rechtaid, CathMr’s son Fiacha and Ailill Gabra of thenbsp;Tribes of Tara met in the battle. Ailill wounded Fiacha, severing a sinew of his leg, so that he became lame {bacach). Hencenbsp;he was called Fiacha Baicida. He was (also) called Fiachanbsp;Aicida, because he lived near {i n-aici) his brother Ross Failge,nbsp;having got no land because of his youth. Hence Fiacha Aicidanbsp;was said of him.

199. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Lugaid Ruamna, son of Cathair, whence is it? Easynbsp;to say. In the battle befell a contest between Cétgein of Crua-chain, son of Conall, and Lugaid son of Cathdir. Rent andnbsp;reddened (ruamanta) was Lugaid from that contest with Cétgein.nbsp;So therefore he was called Lugaid Ruamna.

200. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid Oupa, son of Cathdir, why was it said ofnbsp;him? Not hard. In the same battle a combat took place between him and Assal Echtach son of the champion. Assalnbsp;wounded Eochaid seriously in the combat, and a wave of foamnbsp;of the blood of his body came through his battle-garb. Wherefore he is called Eochaid Cupa ‘Foam’.

201. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Bressal Ainech-glass son of Cathdir. That is, bluenbsp;{glass) was his countenance, that is, he had a blue visage. Therenbsp;were always blue marks on his face. Hence he was Bressalnbsp;Ainech-glass ‘Blue-faced’.

202. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid Timine, son of Cathdir, whence is it? Easynbsp;to say. When Cathdir gave land to his children Eochaid wasnbsp;asleep. His brothers went to the place where he lay, and theynbsp;waken him out of his sleep. Then said, every one to him:nbsp;“That is spiritless (tim), 0 Eochaid”, say they: “slothful is thenbsp;sleep in which you are”. Hence (the name) Eochaid Timinenbsp;clave to him.

203. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Oengus Nic. son of Cathdir, whence is it? Easy to

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In tan bói Aenghtts ag idjcraid forba for Cathair, “Neg” ol Cathatr fris .i. “ni bhia forann duit, a Aenghais”. Octfs isbertnbsp;Cathd7r fris ag timna ferainn dia macaib aïli:

Neg, nid-biadh sealbh senorba, 7 rl.

Is aire sin tra isberar Aenghws Nig de.

204. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;OüMll Cethach mac Cathdir. Cethac/j .i. beimnechnbsp;• i. buillech, ar bat inóra a bheiminna a cath 7 a comhrachnbsp;Is aire isberar O^ill Cethac/i fris.

205. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Forgull Monach .i. cleasuch robhói, ab eo quod estnbsp;mon .i. cleas, ar[ba] for cumac/ïfoch eissium, co téighedh anbsp;n-ilrecWaibh.(^ar each fer dognith cleas bat monach a ainm,nbsp;smail rochan in fiH;

Do choigecih Ohoirpri Niadh fer Forgull Monach modh miled.nbsp;cac/t cleasach dochanadh ceilgnbsp;monach isin tsenghaedheilg.

206. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Bresal Bregoman .i. a oman for Bregaib. Nó Bresalnbsp;Breaghmain .i. dia m[b]d({r maine na Brega.

207. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Bressal Belach .i. Bressal béodlaec[h] ‘ .i. laech béodha,nbsp;ar a beódac/»# aderthi Bresal Beólach fris. Nó is bel mór bainbsp;aige; is uadh aderar Bresal Belach fris.

208. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Bressal Bronnehainnbsp;Nó Bressal Bronneain ar anbsp;do chdch.

209. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Enna Ceinnselach, cidh dia ta? Ni ansa. Cath ro-feradh [p. 587®] etar Eochaid Mmgmedón 7 Labhraidh mac Bressailnbsp;Bhelaip .i. cath Cruachaln Chlaenta. Eo mhemhaidh^ in cathnbsp;for Eochai^^ M.ugmedón annsin, 7 dogabud eiges EachacAnbsp;ann .i. Cefeathach 7 dohaince#h in fili la céch^ co \x)vracht

203. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* Naic, B.

204. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;^ eomhrach H.nbsp;207. ‘ beolaech B.

209. ’ romhedhaidh H.

Fitness of Names.

say. When Oengus was asking Cath^ir for a heritage. “Nay!” (me) quoth Cathair to him. “There shall be no land for thee,nbsp;O Oengus!” And Cathair said to him when bequeathing landnbsp;to his other sons;

Nay (me), thou shalt not own an ancient heritage, etc. So therefore he is called Oengus Nic.

204. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ailill Cethach son of Catham. Cethach means strokeful, that is, given to blows, for great were his strokes in battlenbsp;and in conflict. Therefore he is called Ailill Cethach.

205. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Forgall Monach, that is ’he was featful. From monnbsp;,a feat’, for he was a man with magical power, and he used tonbsp;shift into many shapes. For every man who used to performnbsp;a feat was named monach; as the poet sang;

Of Cairbre Nia-fer’s province

(Was) Forgall Monach, a soldier’s work.

Every featful one who performed a trick Was monach in the Old-Gaelic.

206. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Bressalnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;thal is, fear {oman) of him (lay)

on Bregia. Or Bressal Breg-main, he whose were the treasures imdini) of Bregia.

207. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Bressal Bélach, that is, Bressal Beodlaech, i.e. anbsp;vigorous (heóda) warrior (laech): for his vigom* he was callednbsp;Bressal Beolach. Or it was a big mouth (bel) that he had;nbsp;hence he is called Bressal Bélach.

208. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Bressal Bronnchdin, that is, bright (edin) was hisnbsp;breast (hruinne). Or Bressal Bronn-edin from the extent to whichnbsp;he used to spend (do-hronnad) his royal rent {edin) on every one.

209. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Enda Cennselach, whence is it? Easy to say. Anbsp;battle was fought between Eochaid Muigmedón and Labraid,nbsp;son of Bressal Bélach, to wit, the battle of Craachan Claenta.nbsp;Therein Eochaid was routed, and his wise man, Oetnathach thenbsp;poet, was captured. The poet was spared by every one, till

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Bnna chucu. Dosaidh Enna gai Mt in filic? ann, 7 dorighne gaire de, co ndebhrada»' ind fir: “Is salach in gen cowtibhenbsp;iarnar saragM^, a Enna”, or slat. “Bidh é a ainm”, or in t-éigis,nbsp;„Enda gen salach”. C'owad[d]esin rolil ind agnome» de ó sinnbsp;amach .i. Enda Gean salach.

210. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Enna Bóguine .i. guin na mbó .i. ce^hra a mha^Aarnbsp;7 a athar do mharbh. Ag iarraidh ferainn fora athaw robhóinbsp;intan ms marbh. [Ideo Boguine dicebatur — B.]

211. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Rumul Dériar. ideo ‘Dé riar’ Aicitur .i. ai' a mheïnbsp;dognith riar^ a dhée. Is eissidhe 7 Dera a bhen rosn-ailnbsp;hagaid Béo nderg^, 7 aidde muiwti gaiscz'rf dó Güc\iu\aiim.nbsp;Is aire atberar comadh aide do Jjugaid CuchxAainn. Ri Laighen,nbsp;tra, in Rumul sin. Issé ce'^ri do Laighnibh doghabh ó Bhoinnnbsp;co Buaidnig®.

212. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Gaihoin (.i. Lagin) .i. Galleóin, ar[ba] dalta donbsp;ghallaibh inti Labhraidh Loingsich o fiht Laighin. iVd Gaihoinnbsp;.i. galleóin .i. cloth*, nam gall cloth Aicituv .i. ar imat a clothnbsp;7 a mbüadh Lagen for feraibh Ereww raiter Gaihoin dibh onnbsp;mhudh sain.

213. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Osairge .i. oséirghe .i. eirghi amail ossu aUta leó icnbsp;teiche(7 rdsna Dei'ssibh dia rofagsat in feraww hi filit na Dei'ssinbsp;indfu. Nó Osairgi .i. os-frithi .i. etii ossaib alltai frith [p. 587’’]nbsp;AengMS Osairge .i- sen Ósairge*). Oinnfinn ingen Daire maicnbsp;Damp;gad, md^/wir AengMsa intan boi inn ingin fri lamhnadh roelanbsp;si isind aidhchi ón inghenraidh bai ’na fari’adh ica coimeY.nbsp;Rolean each an inghen iar sin gwsan inat a mbai. Iss ann frrithnbsp;an inghen eter ossaibh aUtai intan sin, 7 si ’ar mbreite meicnbsp;eter na hossu, 7 dobrete ainm dó .i. Aenghtts, 7 is eissidhenbsp;Aenghws Osairge o til righroa? Osraidhe.

213. * seon Üsraige B.

Fitness of Names.

Énda came to him. Then Enda thrust his spear through the poet and laughed at him. But the bystanders said: “Foul is thenbsp;smile that thou smilest after outraging us, O Enda”. “Thisnbsp;shall be his name”, said the wise man, “Enda of the foulnbsp;(salach) smile (gen)”. Hence this agnomen clave to him thence-foi’ward, even Enda Glen salach.

210. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Enda Bóguine, that is, slaughter (guin) of the Idnenbsp;(bo), that is, the cattle of his mother and his father which henbsp;killed. He was asking land of his father when he killed them.

211. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eumul JDénar, that is, Dee-riar is said because ofnbsp;the extent to which he performed the will (riar) of his godsnbsp;(dee). ’Twas he and his wife Dera that fostered Lugaid Reonbsp;nderg, and the tutor that taught him martial exercise wasnbsp;Cuchulainn: hence it is said that Cuchulainn was Lugaid’snbsp;tutor. How that Rumul was king of Leinster, and he wasnbsp;the first king of Leinster that ruled from the Boyne to Buaidnech.

212. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Gaileoin (that is, Leinstermen), i. e. Galleóin, fornbsp;Labraid Loingsech, fi:om whom the Leinstermen descend, wasnbsp;a fosterling of foreigners (gradZ). Or GaiUoin, thamp;t is, gaileoin, i. e.nbsp;famous, for gall means ‘famous’, because of the abundance ofnbsp;the fames and the victories of Leinster over the men of Erinnbsp;they are called Gailioin from that work.

213. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ossairge ‘Ossory’, that is, oss-éirge, that is, their rising-upnbsp;(éirge) like wild deer (ossm) as they fled before the Deissi, whennbsp;they left the land on which the Deissi are settled today. Ornbsp;Ossairge, that is, oss-frithe ‘deer-waif, i. e. among wild deernbsp;(ossatb) was found (frith) Oengus Osairge, the ancestor of thenbsp;Ossorians. When liis mother Cennfind, daughter of Daire macnbsp;Dega, was about to bring forth her child, she escaped at nightnbsp;from the gh’ls who were in her company, guarding her. Thennbsp;every one pursued the damsel to the place in which she was staying,nbsp;and w'here she was found was among the wild deer, just afternbsp;she had home a son among the deer (ossu). And the namenbsp;of Oengus was bestowed upon bim; and he is the Oengusnbsp;Ossairge from whom Ossory’s kingfolk descend.

Cóir Amnann.

214. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cü Cercca cidh di'a ta? M ansa. Bói caillech noemnbsp;d’Ibh Losgam Midmine ic Noitiu .i. Cearc a hainm. FecJitusnbsp;dochóidh Finnchadh mac Faelain, mac ri Osraidhe, do mhilradnbsp;a fog«(S do chili na caillighe. Duisgit na gadhair mil intan sin.nbsp;Bai cü ag in chailKg 7 marbhais in mil. Bomharbhsat coinnbsp;Pinnchad cü na caiUigi. “Truagh sin, a Pinnchad!” or innbsp;chaillech, “do marbhais mo chü coimé7a, 7 benfat nemh dit inanbsp;hémc”. “JSTa gad neamh dim”, or Finnchadh. “Biatsa amnbsp;choin choimhé7a agat co cenn mbliadhna a n-éiric do chon”.nbsp;“Gabhaim”, or in chaillech, “7 bidh Cü Ohearca th’ainm”.nbsp;“Paemaim”, or Findchad, 7 bai amhlaid. Is aire sin tranbsp;adubhradh Cü Cearca iris.

215. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Laighnech Faeladh .i. fer eissidhe no theghedh frinbsp;faeladh .i. i cowr[e]ac^^aibh .i. ar[e]ac^feibh na mac tire téghedhnbsp;intan ba hail dó, 7 teighdis a sil ina dheóidh, 7 domharbhdüisnbsp;na hindile fó bés na mac tire, cowadh aire sin isberthi Laighnechnbsp;Faelad/ï frissium, ar is é céfoa dochóidh i conrecM dibh.

216. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Bigni Caech mac Laighnigh Faeladh .i. beg ni .i.nbsp;duine beg [p. 588^1] é. Bochaid a ainm sium ar tas 7 Begnechachnbsp;iarsin .i. Begne caech.

217. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Rüamann Düach .i. Eochaid a ainm ar tus, 7 ninbsp;ietamar cidh da Rüamann Düach do rad ris fós.

218. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Laegaire Bimw buadhach, ni feiamar coléig.

219. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Rónan Riflaiili .i. ba righ 7 bat flaith 7 bat righdhanbsp;a flaithiws for each.

220. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Tri Fothaidh .i. tri fósuith .i. sotha maithi iat. Nónbsp;Fothaidh .i. fotha suith^ iat, ar robi cé#chlann Fuinchi iat.nbsp;Nó Fotha[idh] .i. fóthaidhe .i. fochlith dorinne Mac niad (.i.nbsp;Mac con) iat fria Fuinchi ingin Bhéinne Brit ri Bretan^. Nónbsp;Fothafd/ï .i. fi (.i. olc) aeda (.i. tene) .i. tene nemhnech iat

220. ’ sotha, B. ® Fuinci ingean Jiair meic Fir mora, B.

Fitness of Names.

214. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;CuCerca, whence is it? Easy to say. There was anbsp;holy nun of the Hui Loscain Midmine at Noite (?). Cere wasnbsp;her name. Once upon a time Fiudehad, son of Faelan, the kingnbsp;of Ossory’s son, went to hunt near the nun’s church. The dogsnbsp;then put up a hare. The nun possessed a hound and he killednbsp;the hare. Thereupon Findchad’s hound killed the nun’s. “Alas,nbsp;0 Finnchad, quoth the nun, “thou hast killed my guardiannbsp;hound, and I will, as his eric, deprive thee of heaven.” „Donbsp;not take heaven from me”, says Finnchad. “I will be thynbsp;guardian hound till a year’s end, as an eric for thy hound”.nbsp;“I accept”, says the men, “and Cu Cerca ‘Cere’s Hound’ shallnbsp;be thy name”. “I assent”, says Findchad. And so it was.nbsp;’Tis therefore, then, he was called Cu Cerca.

215. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Laignech Fdelad, that is, he was the man that usednbsp;to shift into fdelad, i.e. wolf-shapes. He and his offspring afternbsp;him used to go, whenever they pleased, into the shapes of thenbsp;wolves, and, after the custom of wolves, kill the herds. Whereforenbsp;he was called Laignech Fdelad, for he was the first of them^nbsp;to go into a wolf-shape.

216. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;JBeccne Caech, son of Laignech Faelad, i.e. a littlenbsp;(becc) thing {ni), he was a httle man. Eochaid was his namenbsp;at first, and Beccnechach, that is, Beene Caech, afterwards.

217. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Buaniann Duach .i. Eochaid was his name at first,nbsp;and we know not why he was also called Bframauu Duach.

218. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Loegaire Birnn JBuadach: we know not at present.

219. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eonan Bigflaith, that is, he was a king (n) and anbsp;lord {flaith), and royal (rigda) was his lordship (flaithins)nbsp;over every one.

220. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;ThreeF'o^/ïa£78,that is,threei.e.good offsprings,nbsp;were they. OrFothaidh, i.e. foiha suith ‘foundation of offspring’nbsp;were they,being Fuinche’s firstborn. OrFothaidh, i.e. fofhaidhenbsp;‘by stealth’, i.e. surreptitiously Mac niad, that is, Mac con, begatnbsp;them on Fuinche daughter of Bénne Brit, king of Britain. Ornbsp;Fothaidh, that is fi ‘evil’, aed ‘fire’, i.e. a virulent fire were

i.e. the group composed of Laignech and his descendants.

Cóir Anmann.

ag orgain chlann 7 chinél. Nó ^o^haidh .i. fó thadi .i. tathi maithi iat. ar is tade cacA lanamhnMS, Is de sin isbert in drüinbsp;intan sin: Fochin taidhe dia rochin in triar amne. cowad[d]énbsp;rolil Yothaidh iat.

Aendia 7 Trendia 7 Caendia a n-anmanna. Aéndia in t-airgthech, Trendia in cairpthech, Caendia Fothad Cananw.nbsp;D’aen thoirbirt rug Fuinchi iat a triür do Mac con. Arethanbsp;Fuinchi Aendia a tüs aidhchi. Is de dobre^/^ ainm dó, ar banbsp;gin righ ar febas in tseoin. Trendia a inedÓMaidhchi; is denbsp;do bre^^ ainm dó, ar tbreissi in tséoin laisna déibh ann. Caendianbsp;isin mhaidin, ar cbaimhe 7 ar aille funghaire [p. 588'*] nanbsp;maidne is aire is Caendia dobreth dó do anmum.

Fothaci Cananw is de isbre^/» ó Cbanainn .i. ón choin bai aigi. \ónde Dinn Chananw a Maigh Life. Nó Fothad caini-dae .i. cain 7 41ainn na dée intan nót-rucad.

Fothad Airgthech, is de isberar, ar issed innmhMs ba bannsamh lais, ar ba de a bhuinne niadh 7 a dhi falaigh 7 anbsp;mbnntorc oir 7 a cbü 7 a ech.

Fothad Cairpthech isbre^^ dó ainm .i. issed slaibhri con-iredh, mairc cowa cairpthibh. Is fris cowraiti Fothad Dolas.

FothadDoIms .i. duallsighi. disoiUsighi .i. fer nóghnathaighi siubhal a n-aidhchibh dorchaibh, is de adebhrad Fothad Dolas fris.

221. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Feinias Farsaidh^ .i. fodhailtech, ar is é rofodhailnbsp;in sgol fó ilchinelaibh in domain d’foghlaim ^ na n-ilbeVla, ar isnbsp;inann fariseas 7 farsaid .i. focul gregda, diuisió a etarcert laidni.

222. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fianna a uenatione .i. on téeilg dognidis isberthi^

221. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;’ B inserts . i. a med robai fis na FaiTsaighi oga. * dfodhlaim, H.

222. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* adbertea, B.

Fitness of Names.

they, destroying clans and kindreds. Or Fothaidh, i.e. fó-thddi, good thefts are they, for every [illicit] copulation is a theft. Thencenbsp;the wizard then said: “Welcome the theft whence the trio sprangnbsp;thus.” Wherefore (the name) Fothaidh clave to them.

Oendia (‘one god’) and Tréndia (strong god) and Oaendia (fair god) were their names. Oendia was the herdsman, Tréndianbsp;the charioteer, Oaendia was Fothad Canainne. At one birthnbsp;did Fuinche bear them to Mac con. Fuinche brought forthnbsp;Oendia at nightfall — the name was given to him because,nbsp;owing to the goodness of the luck, he had no king: Tréndia atnbsp;midnight — the name was given to him because of the strengthnbsp;itrésse) of the luck with the gods there: Oaendia in the morning.nbsp;Because of the delightfulness and beauty of the red light (?) ofnbsp;the morning, therefore Oaen-dia was given him for a name.nbsp;Fothad Cananne was so called from Oanann a hound that henbsp;had. Hence Finn Chanami on Mag Lifi. Or Fothad Gainidae,nbsp;that is fair (cdin) and beautiful were the gods (déé) when henbsp;was bom.

Fothad Airgthech ‘the moneyed’, hence it is said, because it is wealth that was dearest to him, for thence was his champion’snbsp;bracelet and his two rings, and his necklace of gold and hisnbsp;hound and his horse.

‘Fothad, of the Chariots’, was so named, for this is the portion that he used to give his sons, horses with their chariots.nbsp;He was also called Fergus Dolus.

‘Fergus Dolus\ that is non-manifestation, unenlightenment, that is, a man wont to wander in dark nights. Hence Fergusnbsp;do-lus ‘obscure’ was said of him.

221. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fenius Farsaid, i.e. the divider, for ’tis he thatnbsp;divided the school throughout the many kindreds of the world, tonbsp;leam the many languages. For fariseus and farsaid are thenbsp;same. It is a Greek word, divisio is its interpretation in Latin.

222. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fianna, from the venatio, i.e. from the hunting,nbsp;which they used to practise fianna was said of them. Or

Cóir Aninann.

fiauna friu. Nó fianna .i. fineciha, ar is ina finib 7 ina n-aicmibii no bidis siat. Nó fianna .i. feinnedha righ Ereww iat.

223. Fercheirdne .i. ter cearda ai .i. aü-cefeil, nam ai .i.nbsp;airce^al' dicitur. Nó'Ferchertne .i. fircheta? n-ai .i. nois, ar mnbsp;beredh [acht] brei^feafira. Nó feircheirtni' .i. fir eert nai .i. duinenbsp;fircherte nam nai duine diciiur.

224. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fir bholg .i. a mbolgaibh do thaimgidis uir foranbsp;muin dia cur for leacaibb lorna 7 for cairrgibh doch i tiribhnbsp;Grrec. co mbidis ina muighihh fó sgothaibh h Cowid óna bolgaibhnbsp;sin roraidhit Fir bholg dibh.

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225. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fir domnann .i. fir damninn^ .i. don damnadh 7 donnbsp;déire tucac^ orro^ la Gregu rohainmniged Fir domnann dibh.nbsp;ut dmt poete:

Fir domhnann tra .i. fir domhain fonn ,i. fir no-dhomh-nai[g]dis in talamh .i. ba domain no théighdis isin talamhain ag tabairt uisci aisti dia chMr for sleibtibh garba Ia Gréig.

226. Gaileóin dicifw .i. ona gaib rohainmnighthi .i. gainbsp;lin ar lin a ngai rohairimthi. Nó Gaileóin .i. gail tïann, fiannbsp;in ghaiscie^, ar is siat doghabadh lamh forsm da trian ^ aili.nbsp;No gael fiann .i. fiann ghail \ochtsi na ddirsi.

223. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* ceadail B.

224. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;‘ go mbidis maige fo scothaib, no is e a creic fri Greco ar ornbsp;7 ar argud dognidis dia suigedhud [lag. suidighud] iar catbrachaib ar namannbsp;na naitbreach 7 na piast neime. — B.

225. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;‘ sic B. domanainn H. ® forro B.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;226. ’ trün H.

Fitness of Names.

fianna i.e. fineda for it is in their fini (families) and in their tribes they used to be. Or fianna, i.e. féinnedha (‘champions’)nbsp;of the king of Ii-eland they were.

223. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fercheirdnejthamp;t is, fer cerda (an artisan), di i.e. ofnbsp;poetry; for di means aircetal. Or Fercherfne, that is, fir-chetal (‘a true singing) n-di, that is, of custom, for he deliverednbsp;only true judgments. Ovfer-c1iert-ni, that is, fir-cert-ndi ‘a trulynbsp;just person’, for ndi means human being.

224. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fir JBolg, that is, irom the bags in which they draggednbsp;mould on their backs to cast it on bare flags and on crags ofnbsp;stones in the lands of the (Greeks, so that they might be asnbsp;flowerful plains. So that from those bags they were called FirBolg,nbsp;‘men of bags.’

225. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fir Domnann, that is, fir damnann, from the bindingnbsp;(damnad) and from the bondage inflicted upon them by thenbsp;Greeks they were named Fir Domnann, as the poet said:

Sémi'ath went eastward on his way to the fair lands of the

men of the Greeks.

The Greeks imposed an angry tribute upon him — carrying of

mould in bags.

From those strong bags of the children of Semiath, son of gentle Starn, They are called Fir Bolg with fame, and Fir Domnann from

the binding.

Fir Domnann, now, that is, fir domain-fonn ‘men of deep fonns, men who deepened the earth, for it was deep they wentnbsp;into the earth bringing water thereout to cast upon the roughnbsp;mountains in Greece.

226. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Gaileóin, then, from the spears they were named,nbsp;i.e. gdi-lin, by the number flin) of their spears (gdi) they werenbsp;reckoned. Or Gaileóin, i.e. gail-fiann, ‘champions’ of valour,nbsp;for it is they that expelled the two other thirds. Or gdel-fiann,nbsp;that is, the champions of the kindred (gdel) of the folk of slavery.

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Cóir Anmann.

227. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Maine Aithremail .i. ba cossmail fna athair é .i.nbsp;fna hOilill mac Mada.

228. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Maine Maithremliail .i. fria vahathair ba cosmhailnbsp;.i. fri Meidbh ingin EchacA.

229. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Maine mar condagaibh uile .i. cruth a radthav 7 anbsp;athar bai fair, ar bat cosmhail fnu dibh linaibh.

230. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Maine Tai .i. Maine amhlabar .i. nir bhó raitechnbsp;é sechach chach.

231. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Maine Antai .i. Maine nemthai .i. an ar dhiultadhnbsp;fil ann .i. ba raidhtech é doghrés (?), 7 iss eissidhe Maine Mónbsp;a eipert .i. mó a radh-som na radh camp;ch Maine aili dibh.

232. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Maine Minghar [.i.] minghaire a mhdthar dognith sénbsp;in ca,ck than.

233. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Maine Mórghar .i. gaire a athar gu mór dognith.

234. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Pomoraigh .i. fómuiride .i. lucht bide' ag sladaigh-echt 7 ag crechairecAi5 2 ar fairrgi [.i. loingsig na fairrgi — B.]nbsp;[p. SSO**] is dóibh is ainm [Pomoraig. — B.]

235. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Per Niadh mac Damhain .i. fer trén, nam niadh trennbsp;Aicituv. Nó Per diadh .i. dé iath .i. a comrag da ferann rodn-ugad, is aire tugadh Per diad fair. sicM# iiciiuv Per da chrich.

236. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Pearghw,s Andot (doit .i. lam) .i. PerghwsGearrlamhach,nbsp;nam an non dicitur. andoid .i. nemh-doidechar bat gearr anbsp;di laimh.

237. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;LugnaPer tri n-ogh .i. tri hniglü badar aigi. Nó Pernbsp;Tri .i. Tri ainm a mhna .i. Trea inghen Taidhg meic Cein^.

238. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Luighni .i. Lói geine .i. clann Lai meic Cormaicnbsp;Gaileng iath

234. ‘ bidis B. “ creccairecht H.

236. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;‘ newdotach, B.

237. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* Tri ingen Gein, B.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;238. ^ mate Taidg, B.

Fitness of Names.

227. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Maine Aithremail ‘father-like’, that is, he resemblednbsp;his father, even Aihll son of Mata.

228. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Maine Mdithremail ‘mother-like’, that is, he resemblednbsp;his mother, even Medb daughter of Eochaid.

229. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Maine mar condagaib uile, ‘as he combines themnbsp;all’, that is, he had the form of his father and of his mother,nbsp;for he resembled them both.

230. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Maine Tdi, that is, Maine the Mute, for he was notnbsp;talkative more than every (other Maine).

231. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Maine Antdi, that is, Maine non-mute, the an beingnbsp;a negative, that is, he was talkative always, and he is (alsonbsp;called) Maine mo a eipert ‘greater his speech’, that is, his talknbsp;was more than that of every other Maine.

232. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Maine Mingar, that is gentle piety {min-gaire)nbsp;towards his mother he used to shew at all times.

233. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Maine Mórgar, that is, piety {gaire) towards hisnbsp;father he used to shew greatly (gu-moV).

234. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fomoraig, that is, fo-muiride, folk who are robbingnbsp;and reaving on the sea, to them is the name.

235. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fer Niad mac Damdin, that is, a vahant man, fornbsp;nia means valiant. Or Fer diad, that is, dé-iafJi ‘two-lands’,nbsp;for he was bom at the meeting of two lands, therefore (thenbsp;name) Fer diad was given him. Even so is said Fer dd chricknbsp;‘man of two districts’.

236. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fergus Andót, that is, Fergus of the Short Hands,nbsp;for an- means non, and doit means hand. An-dóit, i.e. non-handed, for his two hands were short.

237. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Lugna Fer tri n-og ‘Man of three eggs’, that is,nbsp;he had three testicles. Or Fer Tri ‘Tri’s husband’, for Tri wasnbsp;the name of his wife, i.e. Trea daughter of Tadg, son of Clan.

238. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Luigni, that is Ldi-geine, they were the children ofnbsp;L4i, son of Cormac Gaileng.

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Cóir Anmann.

239. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Galanga lang (.i. feil), goa (.i. breg) .1. Cormac macnbsp;Taidhg meic Cem dorinne gó fnsna brocaibh .i. gai Taidhg rugnbsp;Cormac lafs chum na mbroc ar co tisdais asa mbroicthenaighnbsp;amach ar enech Taidhg meic Géin, 7 gaf Taidhg ag Cormacnbsp;do chomai-tha fnü. Tangadar na brufc chum Cormaic 7 do-mharbh fat. Dochóidh Tadhg iarsin do chaithem na fleidhe bafnbsp;ag Cormac, 7 doghrafn a aiccnecïh ag ól na fleidhe 7 dofeflr anbsp;enech do choll [don mac]. Roloingistar, Thadhg a mac liadh assinnbsp;crfch amach iarsin, cowid é sin fotha innarbtha Chormaicc onbsp;Thadhg. Uncïe Cormac Gaileng 7 Gaileng nominatur .i. gaenbsp;lang .i. cac ar enech.

Ahter Galeng, nomen terrae ideo Cormac gae lang dicitur pro habitatióne eias.

Cormac Gaileng tra .i. gai lang .i. gai meabhlach farrsanf dorinne gai forsna brocaibh gurws marbh fat.

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240. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cafnti .i. ónf is cainis cü, ar cenc^ con for cafnti agnbsp;amhw.straigh. Undo Crithenbhél cainti.

Crithinbél [.i. crithirbél] .i. bel na chrither .i. ara neimh-nighe 7 ara theintemhlacW na mbrfathar üadh, ar is ^ nemhnech brfathra in dana iter. Nó Cridenbél .i. a cridhe ina bhél .i. anbsp;run in a bhélu, ar nf gheibet^ som iter for run dia cluinec^h. Nónbsp;Critherbhél .i. bél na crithir, ar is é cé^chafnti dobhafdh righ-chainnell ó tengaid artws é.

241. CoirpriCfnt^ cait .i. diarbo cenn ca[i]t .i. fuath (.1.nbsp;dealb) cait robhaf fora déa. Nó da chlüais chait badar fairnbsp;amail isrubhairt in fiK [.i. Eochaic^ na Floww^]:

Amïaid robói Coirbri crüaidh, roghabh 'Ennnn tes is tüaidh,nbsp;da chluais chait ima chenn cain,nbsp;finnfati cait trfana chlüasaibh.

240. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* air ad B.

241. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;“ sic B.

239. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Galenga, from goa ‘falsehood’ and lang ‘treachery’.nbsp;Cormac, son of Tadg, son of Ci'an, shewed falsehood to thenbsp;badgers, to wit, having Tadg’s spear he went to the badgersnbsp;that they might come out of their warren (trusting) to Tadg’snbsp;honour and his spear as a token thereof. So the badgers camenbsp;out to Cormac and he killed them. Thereafter Tadg went tonbsp;partake of the feast that Cormac held, and while banquetingnbsp;he felt a loathing, and knew that his honour had been spoilednbsp;by his son. So then Tadg exiled his son from the province;nbsp;and that is the cause of Cormac’s banishment by Tadg. Hencenbsp;Cormac Gaileng and Gaileng are so named, to wit, gae langnbsp;‘dung on honour.’

Ahter: Gaileng is the name of a territory, so Cormac Gaelang is so called on account of his habitation.

Cormac (ra^7mgl, then, i.e. gailang,i.e.a. treacherous spear, because he shewed falsehood to the badgers and (thus) killed them.

240. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cdinte ‘lampooner’, from canis ‘hound’, for a dog’snbsp;head is on a lampooner when objurgating. Hence Ciithenbelnbsp;cdinte.

Crithenhél, that is, critherhél i.e. iél ‘mouth’ of the sparks {crithir), from the virulence and the fieriness of the words fromnbsp;him, for the words of the poem are virulent. Or Cridenbélnbsp;that is, his heart (cride) in his mouth {hél), i.e. his secret innbsp;his bps, for he would not withhold a secret if he heard it. Ornbsp;Critherhél, that is, mouth (amp;eZ) of the sparks {crithir), for he isnbsp;the first lampooner that put out a royal torch by his tongue.

241. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cairbre Ginn cait ‘of the Cat’s head’, since it wasnbsp;a cat’s head, that is, the form or shape of a cat, that wasnbsp;on his god. Or there were two cat’s ears upon him, as saidnbsp;the poet, even Eochaid hua Floinn:

Thus was Cairbre the cmel Who seized Erin south and north,

(With) two cat’s ears on his fair head,

(And) a cat’s fur through his ears.

Cóir Anmann.

Nó da,no Cairpri cenn Catraigé, ar is iat i-ws-ail® é, 7 ba cend forru é. ISberait foirenn aili hk do Luaighuibh Tembranbsp;dó 7 gu mba d’Feraibh Bolg a bhunadh genelai^r, dia ndebairtnbsp;in fili:

Coirpri d’ Feraibh Bolg gin bhrath in laech do Luaighnibh Tembrach,nbsp;ainm a abdhaine gin achtnbsp;fuair o Chathraigiibb Connacht.

242. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Callraighe .i. Cal-traighe .i. clann Imigdech Ca[i]lnbsp;iat, nam traighe clann nó cinél. Nó Cal-righe .i. righe Chaünbsp;.i. \i\agdech Cail meic Daire Doimthigh.

243. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ealga .i. Eiriu .i. ealg ainm do mhuic isin tsen-góidbilg, go tucad iuim in t-ainm sin, ar is cosmhailiMS mhuicenbsp;boi for Eiriww intan atchonnaic fth mac Breogam uada indnbsp;innsi do mhullach Thuir Breogain a hEspain.

244. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Aedh Gwsdan .i. Aed gus dana, ar mór an gus dó,nbsp;na tri righa^ do mharbad isind aenló .i. Aedh Slaine righnbsp;EirewM, 7 Aedh [p. 575*] Bóin ri üa Failge, 7 Aedh Buide righnbsp;Teftha. gus .i. gnim isin tsenghaeidhilg.

245. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ulaidh, caims rohainmniged? Ni ansa. \}\aid .i.nbsp;oil saith [.i. saith oil duratsat duna fileda^b — B.] saith .i.nbsp;innmhits, 7 deismirecM air aanail asbeir in Amhra:

Céiain luidh ludas tar ord a lorg Deamhna, dighal garg,nbsp;ce7ain roghabh saint im saith,nbsp;cé^ain dóbhraith Isu ard.

No Ulaid .i. oU leath [Erenn] léo im chogadh 7 im irghail. No \]\aid .i. oil leith .i. ulchadha hatha léo hi cath Aenaigh

241. * tuargaib B. 244. ’ na hAeidh, B.

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Or, again, Cairbre cenn Cathraige ‘head of the Cathraigi’, for ’tis they that reared him, and he was head over them. Othersnbsp;say that he was of the Luaigni of Tara, and that his genealogical origin was of the Fir Bolg. Whereof the poet said;nbsp;Cairbre of the Fir Bolg without treachery,

The warrior of the Luaigni of Tara,

The name of his mastership without doubt He got from the Cathraigi of Connaught.

242. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Callraige, that is, Cal-traige, i.e. children of Lugaidnbsp;Gal were they, for traige means children or kindred. Or Cdlrige,nbsp;that is, kingdom (nge) of Cal, i.e. of Lugaid Cal, son of Dairenbsp;Doimthech.

243. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Elga i.e. Ireland. In the ancient Gaelic elg is anbsp;name for ‘pig’, and this name was given to Ireland because itnbsp;wore the semblance of a pig when Ith son of Breogan saw thenbsp;island out of Spain from the top of Breogan’s tower.

244. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Aed Gusdan, that is, Aed Gus (‘deed’) ddna (‘bold’):nbsp;for great was that deed of his, killing on a single day the threenbsp;kings, Aed Slane, king of Ireland, and Aed Boin, king of Huinbsp;Pailgi, and Aed the Yellow, king of Tebtha. In ancient Gaehcnbsp;gus means ‘deed’.

245. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ulaid, whence where they named? Easy (to say).nbsp;Ulaid, that is, oil smith, that is, great {oil) wealth {smith)nbsp;which they gave the poets. Saith means ‘wealth’, and (here is)nbsp;an example of this, as saith the Amra (Choluimchille);

On a Wednesday Judas transgressed (his) order

In the Devil’s track, a fierce revenge;

On a Wednesday he felt desire for wealth:

On a Wednesday he betrayed noble Jesus.

Or Ulaid, that is, they have the great {oil) half {leth) of Ireland, as regards warfare and battle.

Or Ulaid, that is, ‘great-gray’, that is, they had gray beards in the battle of Oenach Macha, i.e. they tied gray wool to

Cdir Anmann.

Mhacha .i. olann Hath dochengladar di'a smechaibh ‘ isin cath céfea .i. uilliu lefth^ léo isin cath.

Conchwbar mac Fac/iHia Fdthaijr 7 a bhraithri, is siat tug catb Aenaig Macba do Dbabball Dianbuilleacb inac airdrignbsp;Locblann. Ba diairim, tratb, in slógb robboi maille ré mac rigbnbsp;Locbland intan sin ar tecM do gbabaiZ Eireww i cóigedb Ulad.nbsp;Is ann gabbsat artws 7 luidbsit rempu iarsin co Magb Macba.

Rotbinóilsit clanna Riidbrai^fc im Cboncbubar anagbidb® nan allrnwracb* do tbabairt cbatba dóibb. ISbert Geanannnbsp;Grüadbsolws mac Catbbbaidb fria mbuinntir intansin: “Is terenbsp;hur slüaigb, a Ulltu!” ol sé, “ocms is óg ambulcbacb camp;di aennbsp;agaibb”. “Cidb dogbénamm' de sin, a Gbenainn?” or cacb.nbsp;“Dénai(i, a ógu”, ol Genond. “Tabbraid imat d’olainn leitb Ubbnbsp;7 crüadb-cenglaidb an olann ddbar n-aigtbibb, 7 bidb moaidenbsp;grain 7 egla na n-allmwracb remaibb innisin amaiZ ba rigb-laicbnbsp;sibb.” Dorinnedar Ulaid in cbombairle sin Gbeanainn cnchnbsp;aen ba bambulcbacb acu. Tugad in catb iar sin 7 do mbuidbnbsp;for na ballmwrcbaibb, 7 doladb a n-ar ann, conid ón cbatb sinnbsp;Aenaigb Macba [p. 591»] adubbrad Ulaid friu ón mbudbnbsp;sin, amail asrubart in fili;

Clanda FacMna nisfil faill fri cacb facbta catba cuill,nbsp;ainmnigbter dib atan tallnbsp;Ulaid óbdar oil leitb uill.

Nó Ulaid ó Ollamb Fódla mac Fiacbacfe Finsgotbaigb .i. Ulaid .i. oil letbadb Ollamban .i. is mór rolertmaigsit 7 rotsilsitnbsp;ülaid óOllamh Fódla. Nó JJlazd .i. oil ai ollaw inabo® loconbsp;dicitwr. Ar bó,t fib' ambra eissein, 7 is aire isberar Ollam Fódlanbsp;fris, 7 is uadb isberar JJlaid iar fir, 7 deismirec/d air:

Ollam FódZa fegaid graidb® uadb robainmnigbtbea Ulaid,nbsp;iar fir feis Teambracb na treabbnbsp;is lais taisecb rotoimedb.

“ uilli leatli, B. » aiiaghigh, H. feochair gail, Halliday’a Keating, p. 132.

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their chins in the same battle, that is, in the battle they had grey beards.

Conchobar, son of Fachtna Fathach, and liis brethren, ’tis they that fought the battle of Oenach Macha with Daball ofnbsp;the Vehement Blows, son of the overking of Ijochlann. Innumerable, now, was the army that was then along with the king ofnbsp;Lochlann’s son, invading the province of Ulster in order tonbsp;conquer Ireland. There tliey first encamped, and they afterwardsnbsp;marched on to Mag Macha. quot;

The clans of Budraige gathered round Conchobar against the foreigners, to deliver battle to them. Then said Genannnbsp;Blight-cheek, son of Cathbad, to his people; “Scanty are yournbsp;hosts, ye Ulaid!” quoth he, “and each of you is young andnbsp;beardless”. “What shall we do therefore, 0 Genann?” saysnbsp;every one. “Do this, ye warriors”, quoth Genann. “Take plentynbsp;of gray wool, and tie the wool fast to your faces, and thencenbsp;the horror and fear of the foreigners will be the greater, as ifnbsp;ye were kingly champions”. So the Ulaid — at least all whonbsp;were beardless — acted on Genann’s advice. Then the battlenbsp;was fought, and the foreigners were routed, and their slaughtei-was inflicted therein. Wherefore from that battle of Oenachnbsp;Macha the Ulaid were (so) called, as the poet said;

Fachtna’s clans, no fault have they

Against every ... of battle . . .

From them are named . . .

The Ulaid, since they were gray-bearded, mighty.

Or Ulaid, from 011am Fodla, son of Fiacha Fi'nscothach • i.e. Utoid, a great spreading (oH-fef A ad) of 011am, that is, greatlynbsp;did the Ulaid spread and descend from 011am .Fodla, Or Ulaid,nbsp;i.e. oil aiollam is said in another place. For he was a wonderfulnbsp;poet, and therefore is he called Ollam Fodla, and from himnbsp;the Ulaid are veritably called, as, for example;

Ollam Fodla . . .

From him the Ulaid were named.

The feast of Tara of the households truly By him (as) leader was ordained.

Cóir Anmann.

246. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacha Finsgothach .i. sgotha fina ina flaith gonbsp;fafsgthi ’ a leastraibh glaine, 7 bdt fin nó mil doberthea eistibh.

247. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ce^hre maic OWamon Fódla .i. Oairpn Cowdelg, 7nbsp;Ymachtdi, Slanoll, 7 Gédhe Ollghothach, cidh di'a tait?

Coirpri Cowdelg m'

Fmnacfc^a .i. finsneacA^a .i. sneac/ï^a mar fina rofer ina flaitMMS for Eirmw cowa faiötlö in fer nó in fochon tairis,nbsp;comba measctha cacfe duine a n-Erinn nós-ibhid.

Slanoll .i. oil slamti chaich ina flaith, ar ni boi' tamh nó galar ina ilaitliius, 7 m fess ci'a gaXur rws-fuc feissin. ¦*quot;

Gedhee Ollghothach .i. bdmórguth cac/i duine ina ilaithius, 7 ni hd binne la each tóa i crot innó guth 7 amhar cac^ duinenbsp;a n-iVinn in ilaithius^.

248. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Sirlamh. sir .i. foda .i. lamha foda badosr aigi, arnbsp;ro [p. 581’’] soichdis a dhi laimh lór 7 sé ina tsesam.

249. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Dal (.i. rand) n-Araide .i. dal n-airéle .i. airél ri[g]nbsp;EroMW léo[.i.] is i a leabaid theefóa'. fobhith is orba niadhnbsp;roghabhsat, 7 is do chloinn [niad] dóibh. Imarcaidh dóibh sechnbsp;chóch beiih fo ghlün ri Ereww dóibh ara cródhacM, ar robe ri,nbsp;niadh ® EiroMW isin aimsir a roibhe Cowall Cernach mac Amargin ®nbsp;7 each nech do chloinn Oonaill Chemaigh, ar is siat sidhenbsp;Ddil n-Araidhe, 7 is ó Gowall Ohemach righraidh Dhal ^ n-Araidhenbsp;ó sin alle.

246. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* nofaisedis B.

247. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;’ binditAir teda mendcrot guth 7 amur gac(h) duine ina flaith, B.nbsp;249. ’ tectaide B. ® no is do Aainn nfa doib imarcaide don bith

fo glun rig ar robe rignia, B. ® For the rest of the article B has Aliter quod uerius est Dal nAraide .i. nomen uiri .i. Araidi Bibri a Mumainnbsp;isi ro alt Fiaca Araidi a quo Dal nAraidi nominatur. * rfghraigh H.

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246. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacha Finseothach, that is, (there were) flowersnbsp;(scotha) of wine (fma) in his reign, so that they were squeezednbsp;into vessels of glass out of which wine or honey was (then) taken.

247. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;011am Fodla’s fom' sons, namely, Cairbre Condelg,nbsp;Finachta, SlanoU and Géde OUgothach, whence are these names?

Cairpre Condelg, not (known to me at present).

Finnachta i.e. fin-snechta 'wine-snow’, for a great snow of wine poured down in his reign upon Erin, so that the grassnbsp;or the young com was not seen over it, and every one in Ireland who would drink it became drunk.

Sldn-oll, that is, great {oil) was the health (sldinte) of every one in his kingdom, for there was neither plague nor sicknessnbsp;during his reign, and nobody knows what disease carried offnbsp;(the king) himself.

Gede Oll-gothach, ‘the strong-voiced’, that is, great was the voice of every one in his kingdom, and the strings in a harpnbsp;seemed to all no sweeter than the voice and song of every onenbsp;in Erin during his reign.

248. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;8ir-ldm ‘Long-hand’: sir ‘long’, that is, he had longnbsp;arms, for his two hands (Idim) would reach the floor while henbsp;was standing up.

249. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ddl (i.e. division) Araide, i.e., Ddl n-airéle ‘thenbsp;division of the bed’, for they (the Dalaradians) had the king ofnbsp;Ireland’s airél or bed; that is, it is their proper bed (i.e. seat),nbsp;because they acquired a champion’s heritage, and of a champion’snbsp;clan are they. It was superfluous for them more than any onenbsp;to be descendants of a king of Ireland, seeing that in his timenbsp;Conall Cernach, son of Amargen, was royal hero of Irelandnbsp;because of his valour, and every one (of them was) of Conallnbsp;Cemach’s progeny. For these are the Dalaradians, and ’tis fi’omnbsp;Conall Cemach the kingfolk of Dalai’adia descend from thatnbsp;time to this.

Cóir Anmann.

D41 n-Araidhe cidh dfata? Ni ansa. Da mac mhaithi Ia Fiacha Fi'nsgothach .i. Eochai(^ (qui et Ollaw Fo(^?a) 7 Araidhe.nbsp;EochaifZ Aidiu rob fik' amhra é. Araidhe trath drm ambranbsp;eissein. Eogabh Eochait? righi n-jErinn aiin sin, 7 tug ferannnbsp;airedha d’Araidhe .i. in rann don cóicedh ria raidhter Dailnbsp;n-Araidhe, 7 is ón Araidhe sin mac Fiacha Finscothai^' raiternbsp;Ddil n-Araidhe friü o sin alle.

250. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacha Araidhe, cidh dia ta? Ni awsa. Araidhe Bibraenbsp;in cainti de Mhumain 7 Oairech a bhen, is siat rws-ail Fiachanbsp;mac Aenghasa Goibhnenn, 7 is ó Araidhe cainti isberar Fiachanbsp;Araidhe fris.

251. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conall 7 Cemach, eau assa raiter? Ni ansa. Rosachtnbsp;chlainne bói for Finnchaimh ingin Chathbaidh .i. beiiAimirghinnbsp;larghiunnaigh, cotó heredh clann. Co tudchaidh araile drui inanbsp;(Uil, con-epert in drui fria, “dam[bja mhaith mo lögh”, ol sé,nbsp;“doberthfissa mac maith do Amhargen”. “Bidh fir son”, olnbsp;sisi: “bid maith do lóghliumsa”. Cow-eipert in drui, “tar don tipraitnbsp;amdrach 7 tiaghsu lat”. Tiaghait [p. 592®] andis iarnamhdrachnbsp;don tiprait, con cechain in drui brechfii 7 tairchefia forsin tiprait.nbsp;Cow-epert in drui: “Dot-fothraig eissi 7 dofuisemha mac, 7 ninbsp;ba hingaire nech aüediamathar macne oldas .i. do Connachtaibh”.

Atibh an ingen digh assin tiprait iarsin, 7 ro sluig dumb laisin digh, 7 bai in duix’b sin a laimh in maic a mbroinn anbsp;mha^har, gu ra tholl an lamb 7 gwras-cemaigh.

Ó’tchüala Cet mac Maghach, hrathair a mhathar, in ni sin .i. go mbéradh asiür in ghin nómhuirbhfed fer for leih Connachf,nbsp;hoi sein a coimé^ a seathar co mberid a mac. Tainic inbaidnbsp;na hingine, 7 rofug mac. Tangadar driiidh baidsidhe in maicnbsp;i ngeinthucJd gw chansat an mbaithis ngeintlidhe for in macnbsp;mbeg, 7 roraidhsit ‘ni ghinfi mac bhws ingaire oldas in mac sonbsp;do Connachtaibh’, 7 ni bhiadh aidhchi gin chenn Connac/daigh fornbsp;a chriss, 7 mairbhfidh fer for le^h Connacht. IS ann sin roghabh

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Ddl n-Araide, whence is it? Easily said. Fiacha Finsco-thach had two nohle sons, namely Eochaid (also called Ollani Fodla) and Araide. Now Eochaid was a marvellous poet, andnbsp;Araide, he was a wonderful wizard. Then Eochaid took thenbsp;kingship of Erin, and gave a goodly estate to Araide, namely,nbsp;the part of the province which is called Ddl n-Araide, andnbsp;from that Araide, son of Fiacha Finscothach, the Dalaradiansnbsp;are so called from that time to this.

250. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacha Araide, whence is it? Easy to say. Araidenbsp;Bibrae of Munster, the lampooner, and Cairech his wife, fosterednbsp;Fiacha, son of Oengus Goibniu, and from Araide the lampoonernbsp;he is called Fiacha Araide.

251. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conall and Cernach, whence are they said? Easy tonbsp;answer. Findchoem, Cathbad’s daughter, Amargein’s mfe, sufferednbsp;ff'om ‘hesitation of offspring’, so that she bore no children. But anbsp;certain druid met her and said “If my fee were good”, quothnbsp;he, “you would bear a noble son to Amargein”. “That will benbsp;true”, quoth she; “good shall be thy fee from me”. So the druidnbsp;said: “Come to the well tomorrow, and I will go with thee”.nbsp;So on the morrow the twain fare forth to the well, and thenbsp;druid sang spells and prophecies over the spring. And thenbsp;druid said; “Wash thyself therewith, and thou wilt bring forth anbsp;son, and no child will be less pious than he to his mother’snbsp;kin, to wit, to the Connaughtmen”.

Then the damsel drank a draught out of the well, and with the draught she swallowed a worm, and the worm was in thenbsp;hand of the boy (as he lay) in his mother’s womb, and itnbsp;pierced the hand and consumed it.

When his mother’s brother. Get mac Magach, heard this, that his sister would bear a child that would slay more thannbsp;half the Connaughtmen, he continued protecting his sister tillnbsp;she should bring forth her boy. The damsel’s time arrived, andnbsp;she bore a son. Dndds came to baptise the child into heathenism, and they sang the heathen baptism over the Uttle child,nbsp;and they said: “Never will be born a boy who will be more impiousnbsp;than this hoy towards the Connacians; and not a night will

Oóir Anmann.

Ceat in mac beg chuigi, 7 dom-bert fó a sail co mbruid a braga 7 ni brui a smir. Conid ann sin isbew' a rohdthaiv fria Cet;nbsp;“Is connda in feall dogiü, a derbbrathatr!” ol si. “Is fir”,nbsp;ol Cet. “Bidh Consdl nó cowfeall a ainm ó èunn”. Ocusnbsp;dobert a mac di. Unde Cowall Claenbhraigdecb Cemachnbsp;nominatur.

Conall Cemach didw, .i. ceam robói assa le^hchinn ba meitithir Ina cobhraidh sceith, iama bhüalad a nAlbain imnbsp;dhilsi mnd. Is dé ba Cemach on mhudh sin.

252. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cowall Cemach post .i. CowaU [cem niadh.i.] trénfer,nbsp;nam cem fear 7 niadh tren dicitur. Vel ab eo quod est cemonbsp;.i. uideo, ar ba cuma dochith^ ni il-ló 7 ind aidhchi trésinnbsp;suil ngleoir boi ina chinn Nó CowaU Cemach .i. Cowallnbsp;buadhach, nam cem buaidh dicitur^, ar ba mór in bhüaidh dónbsp;seach chach*.

253. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Amhargein larghiünnach .i. Amarghein Dubh, namnbsp;iarn* duibe [p. 592''] dicitur. iarn [leg. iar] .i. dubh. giunnachnbsp;¦ i. folt .i.'folt dubhbaifair is de b4 hAmarghem lamghiunnach *nbsp;eissium.

254. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Uindoll Caisirni .i. cistemaei (.i. duine) .i. talamh-mhinugwd, ar issé ceïduine lér’ tochladh talamh artws do dhenumnbsp;chidrri .i. corr, a fuigthi uisci in each than'.

252. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;' adcidh, B. * Here B. inserts: nó cern doroine in darbnbsp;dael nó in doirb bai ina laim ig a breth, is de raiter Cemach de. ® Herenbsp;H. adds: cowa atchith radhairc il-ló 7 a n-atdehibh. * In H this paragraph follows § 253. B. adds: 7 ised sin a firdenum.

253. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;' iar B. ® iarnghinwach H.

254. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;' is leis ro toclad corr do breith usci innti artws in Erinn, B.

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he be without a Connaughtman’s head on his belt, and he wül slay more than half the Coniiacians’’. Then Cet drewnbsp;the little child towards him, and put it under his heel, andnbsp;bruised its neck, but did not break its spinal marrow. Whereuponnbsp;its mother exclaims to Cet: “Wolfish {condo) is the treacherynbsp;{fell) thou workest, O brother!” “’Tis true”, says Cet. “Letnbsp;Conall (or con-feall) be his name henceforward”. And he gavenbsp;her son (back) to her. Whence he is called Conall Cloen-braigtech ‘wry-necked’ Cemach.

Conall Cernach, also, from a cern ‘angle’ out of his halfhead that was as big as the boss of a shield, when he had been smitten in Scotland concerning the ownership of a woman.nbsp;Hence in that wise he became cernach ‘angular.’

252. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Conall Cernach, lastly, i.e. Conall cern-niadh, thatnbsp;is, champion, for cern means ‘man’ and niadh ‘valiant’. Or itnbsp;{cernach) comes from (the Latin) cerno ‘I see’, for he used tonbsp;see as well by day as by night, with the bright eye whichnbsp;lay in his head. Or Conall Cernach, that is, Conall the Victorious,nbsp;for cern means ‘victory’, since great was his victory beyondnbsp;every one.

253. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Amargeinnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;(‘dark-haired’), that is, Amargein

the dark-haired, for iarn means ‘darkness’ and iar ‘dark’, and giunnach ‘hair’. That is, he had black hair, and hence he wasnbsp;Amargin largiunnach.

254. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;FindoU Caisirni, that is, cisternae’’- i .e. earth-rending,nbsp;for be is the first person by whom of old the earth was dug tonbsp;make a pit in which water was found at every time.

254. * duine ‘human being’ seems a gloss on naei.

396 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cóir Anmann.

255. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Furbaidhe tra .i. a fwrbadh .i. a theascarf, dorinnedhnbsp;a broinn a vadthav larna badhadh forsan abhainn dianadh ainmnbsp;Glaissi Berramhain, 7 is on Eithni sin, in^m EchacA Eéidhligh, ^nbsp;isberar Ei time f/isind abhainn anm^, ar is fun'i robaidbefZhnbsp;Eithne, 7 is fri Farbaidhe mac Conchuhair aderthi Diarmaidnbsp;mac Cowchubhair larsin.

256. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Furbaidhe Fearbenn .i. da bheinn airgit 7 beaun oir

257. Fedlim Nói-chruthacb .i. nói crotha tigdis di in cac/inbsp;than atchithi 1. Nó nua-chrothach .i. cruth nüa do thaisbeutanbsp;do cacA aen fwtVri ara caime. Nó nüa-craidhech 1 ara cownailbhe.

258. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiach[n]a Lui’gan .i. Lurgain^ ainm a aide, a quonbsp;clann Luirgine la Dail n-Araidhe, is de isberar Fiacha Lurgan friss.

259. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;FergMs Foghai .i. Fogha ainm a mlid^^ar, is uaithinbsp;rohainmniged. Nó Fergws Oiche .i. Oiche ainm a mathav, isnbsp;de Tohainmniged. Nó Ferghws Fogha, [p. 593^^] .i. isse rainignbsp;foghai la gai mor artus h

260. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ferghws Dubdheïach .i. de^a dubha bai^ aigi. Nónbsp;dubh é féin 7 défe móra lais .i. dubh-dhét mór eisseom.

261. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fearghws Foltleabar .i. folt fada robói fair, ar ronbsp;soichédh a folt tara cris si's sechtair.

262. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;FeargM.s Bót tai’ Bregaibh .i. tene tar Bregaibh, namnbsp;bót tene .i. teine tug tar Magh Bhregh gwras-loisc.

255. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;^ féidhlidh H. “ anln H.

256. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;^ robadar fora cathbarr, B.

258. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;^ Lurgan, B.

259. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* prius B.

260. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;’ badar B.

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255. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Furbaide, now, his excision, that is, his cutting-out,nbsp;from his mother’s womb was wrought after she had been drownednbsp;in the river called Glais Berramain; and ’tis from that Ethne,nbsp;Eochaid Feidlech’s daughter, the river Ethne is so called today,nbsp;for in it Ethne was drowned. And Furbaide, son of Conchobar,nbsp;was afterwards called Diarmait, son of Conchobar.

256. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Furbaide Fer-benn ‘man-hom’, that is, two horns ofnbsp;silver and a horn of gold were out of his helmet, and hencenbsp;he is called Furbaide Ferbenn.

257. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fedelm Nói-chruihach ‘nine-shaped’, that is, ninenbsp;shapes would come to her whenever she was looked at. Ornbsp;Fua-chrothaeh ‘fresh-formed’, that is, because of her beautynbsp;a fresh form upon her was displayed to every one. Or Nua-chraidech ‘fresh-hearted’ was she because of her friendliness.

258. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiachna Lurgan, that is, his fosterer’s name wasnbsp;Lurgan, from whom are the Clan Luirgfne in Dalaradia. Hencenbsp;he is called Fiachna Lurgan.

259. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fergus Fogae. Fogae was his mother’s name: fromnbsp;her he was named. Or Fergus Oiche, that is, Oiche was hisnbsp;mother’s name: from her he was named. Or Fergus Fogaenbsp;‘small spear’, for ’tis he that of old invented the small spearnbsp;beside the great spear.

260. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fergusnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;‘Black-toothed’; that is, black teeth

te had. Or he himself was black and he had large teeth, that IS black and great-toothed was he.

261. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fergus Folt-lebar ‘the Long-haired’, that is, longnbsp;hair was on him, for his hair would reach downwards over hisnbsp;girdle outside.

262. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fergus Bót tar Bregaib i.e. Fire over Bregia, fornbsp;^ót means fire, that is, the fire that he brought over Mag Breg,nbsp;so that he consumed it.

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263. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Dubthach Ddeltengt/iac^, ar roba neimnech goirt-bbriath[r]ach ó tbengaidh^ é. Amail is neimneach dubh innbsp;dael la each is mar sin bat neimhnech goirtbbriathrach ó erlabhranbsp;inti Dubthach fri camp;ch n-aen. Ar béibriathrach glórach é frinbsp;ca.ch nduine, 7 isberait araile gur' dubhastair a thengaidh inanbsp;chinn ara ghlóraidhe, quod in prouerbium apud® Scotos [fri gachnbsp;nduine nglorach] .i. is sé sin ni aderthai ris maille ré Hérmw-chaibh in bhriathar sin anuas do rada ré Dubhthach. namnbsp;daelos graece formido® latine dicitur, ar is inann daelos isinnbsp;tengaidh gregdha 7 formido isin laitin .i. in seng4n, 7 mar isnbsp;nemnéch Ié cacA nduine in sengan do bhein fris is mar sin batnbsp;neimnech la each inti Dubthach.

264. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Dubthach Dael Ulatf .i. adhüath Ulaci a faigsin onbsp;romharbh a n-inghenraidh a n-Eamhain Mhacha, 7 mar is adhüathnbsp;Ié each nduine in bheist dar a comainm in dael d’faicsin, isnbsp;marsin is adhüath la hUltu inti Dubhthaci^ d’faigsin o romharbhnbsp;na hinghina a n-Eamhain.

265. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;CruindBadrui .i. cruinn ba drui, ar ba [p. 393'’]begnbsp;é 7 ba drui 7 ba fili a tós a aimsire, 7 is üadh atait righradnbsp;Dhal n-Araide.

266. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cü chulaiww, cidh dia n-abar? Ni ansa. Ar is sénbsp;ro mharb in cm robhai ag Cuilhnn cerd .i. cerd CowchubMirnbsp;eisséin is aigi dobhai in cü dothuit Ié Coinculamw. cü is sidhenbsp;tugadh tar muir .i. brodcha garbh gruamdha tugadh a liEspain,nbsp;7 ara* maegnimharthaibh do mharbh Cüculaiww i, 7 dobhi sénbsp;féin ina choin choiméi5a a dhüine 7 a che^hra ag Cuilhnn cerd.nbsp;Is de sin tra adübra[d] Cü Chuïllmn fris, amail ishert [in lih:]

Cü na cerda, tolggda in tuir, rob redg robda^ tar glasmhuir,nbsp;dar’ ort in sarfer® tar hnn,nbsp;de doraidhedh Cüchulinn.

263. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Dubthacli Z)«e?-#ewgf^7jac/» •chafer-tongued’, for he wasnbsp;virulent and bitter-worded in tongue. Even as the duel seemsnbsp;black and vkulent to every one, so Dubthacli was to every onenbsp;virulent and bitter-worded in speech. For hurtful in word andnbsp;noisy was he to all; and some say that he blackened his tonguenbsp;in his head by his noisiness, quod in proverhium apud Scotosnbsp;against every noisy person, i.e. this is what is said of suchnbsp;a person by the Irish, that word above which was utterednbsp;against Dubthach: for daelos in Greek (is) formido in Latin,nbsp;for in the Greek tongue daelos is the same as formica, that isnbsp;‘ant’, in the Latin; and as to be bitten by an ant seems virulentnbsp;to every one, so to every one Dubthach seemed virulent.

264. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Dubthach Duel Vlad,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;thatnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;is, (it was)nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;a horror to

the Ulaid nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;to see him when henbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;hadnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;killed theirnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;maidens in

Emain Macha; and as every one deems it a horror to see the insect called the duel, so the Ulaid held it a horror to seenbsp;Dubthach since he killed the maidens in Emain.

265. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cruind Badrui, that is,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cruinn who wasnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;(ba) a druid

(drui), for nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;he was small, and henbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;wasnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;a druid, and at the be

ginning of his time (career?) he was a poet; and from him descend the kingfolk of Dalaradia.

266. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Gu Chulainn, whence is he (so) called? Easy to say.nbsp;Eor ’tis he that killed the hound that belonged to Culann thenbsp;nrtisan. Conchobar’s artisan was Culann and to him belonged thenbsp;hound that fell by Cu-Chulainn. This hound was brought over sea,nbsp;a rough, surly mastiff that was taken out of Spain; and as onenbsp;nf his Boyish Deeds Cu-Chulainn killed it, and he himself became

a hound guarding Culann the artisan’s fort and cattle. Hence he was called Cu Chulainn, ‘Culann’s Hound’, as the poet said:

The artisan’s hound, haughty the tower,

Was furious, aggressive, over the green sea.

When the great man slew him over the water Thence Cu-chulainn was (so) called.

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NÓ didiu is ó Chuillinn MMrthemne rohainmnighedh.

267. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Foidbghein^ mac Sengaidh [leg. Sengainn?] .i.nbsp;EochaitZ a ainm artMS, go tugadh Faidbgew fair, aris ’na aimsirnbsp;tangadar faidhb tna chrannaibh artw.s a nFJnnn dia ndébhairtnbsp;in ÜK;

I N-aimsir Oidhbhgein cin ail tangadar faidb tria chrannaibh.nbsp;crainn 'Èirenn roime sin denbsp;batar reidhe rodhirghe l

268. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Rinnal .i. rendail.i. ail reanna, ar isleisrotinnscanadhnbsp;rinn for arm arttis a nFrinn, dia ndébhairt in fili;

Gur fas Rindal ni bhoi rinn for arm artós a nErïmx,nbsp;for gaib garga gan chleith cainnbsp;acht a mbeii^h mar fidhchrannaibh.

269. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Bressal Bódibad .i. dith tainic ar^ bhu4ibh Erewwnbsp;’na remhes, cowa torna de bhuaibh EroMW gin dihad acht teoranbsp;samaisce .i. dairt hi Cuailngni; is üaithi ata Gleann [p. 394*']nbsp;Samhaisci a Cuailwpi, indara dairt, dairt iCliu: is de ata Imlechnbsp;fir aen dairti a Clin mhail meic Ughaine.

270. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid Ronn righ Ua Maine, ind aimsir O'della, 7nbsp;Mhedhbha romhói, ri-mong^ órhhuidhe iarleahhar fair co mbithnbsp;for sleasaihh in eich forsa mbith Eochaid. Bói ronn óir dheirghnbsp;assin fult sin. Slabradoir eissein ambid comthrom .uii. n-uinge.nbsp;is de mh.ainmniged 'Etockaid 'Ronn.

271. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Satni .i. satfine .i. fine Satain .i. Diabhail, namnbsp;Satan .i. diabul .i. Satan robhoi a coimetec^# Lula littenaig anbsp;qMO Satni. Is uadh adübhrad Satni friu.

267. ‘ Oidbgeinid B. ^ fedhaErenn cosin de robsat rodirgi reide B.

269. ^ for B. 270. * rigmong B.

267. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Oidbgein, son of Sengad [leg. Sengann?]. Eochaidnbsp;was his name at first until he was called Oidbgein, for in hisnbsp;time knots (oidb) first came through trees in Erin. Whereofnbsp;the poet said:

In the time of Odbgen without disgrace Knots came through trees.

Erin’s trees before that Were smooth and very straight.

268. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Hindal, that is, rend-ail ‘point-weapon’, i .e. ail-rennanbsp;weapon-points’; for by him of old points were first put onnbsp;weapons. Whereof the poet said:

Till Kindal grew there was no point On weapon of old in Erin,

On rough spears without fair covering —

They were only hke wooden bars.

Bressal Bó-dibad. During his reign destruction came upon the kine of Erin, so that of those kine none escapednbsp;Without perishing, save three heifers, to wit, a dairt (a two-year-old heifer) in Cualnge — from her is Glenn Samaiscenbsp;m Cualnge — the second dairt in Chu — hence is Imbliuchnbsp;oendairte in Line — and the third dairt in Cliu Mail maicnbsp;Ugaini.

270. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid jRoww, king of Hui Maini, lived in the timenbsp;cf Ailill and Medb. There was a royal mane golden-yellow,nbsp;dark-long upon him, so that it would be on the sides of thenbsp;steed whereon Eochaid was riding. There was a tie (ronn) of rednbsp;gold in that hair: it was a golden chain the weight of whichnbsp;was seven ounces. Hence he was named Eochaid Bonn.

271. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Satni, that is Sat-fine, family of Satan .i. e. thenbsp;Devil. Eor Satan was in the company of Lula Littenach fromnbsp;whom the Satni (descend). From him they were called Satni.

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272. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Senchan Toirpéist .i. Senchaii [dororba péist] dianbsp;rotliogaibh spirat na hécsi cenn do fo sceib^ dodheilbh, intannbsp;luidh Senchd» for cuairt a n-Albaiw dochoid spirat na hécsi anbsp;richt pes^i graincM fora chiund^ forsan sligi a inbói, gurus aigillnbsp;tré fordhorcha filidhec/»^a é. comd[d]e rohainmniged e.

273. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Tiiathal Mael garbh, cidh dia n-apar? Ni ansa.nbsp;Cummain ingen Daill brónaigh, mdthair Thuathail is si rofossaighnbsp;a chenn fri cloich intan not-mc ^ dia mbai ag irnaide dhaghtseóinnbsp;dó, co nderna in chloch luicc 7 cnuic ina chiunn, comma mael.nbsp;Cowid[d]e dogarar Tuatha? Mael garbh de.

274. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Medhbh Chrüachan 7 Criiacha feissin, cidh dianbsp;tait? Ni ansa. Crüacha .i. Cróchen Ohrodearg, inilt Edainenbsp;radthar Mheidhbhe, is üaithi rogbabh Meadhbh Chruach^^)^ 7nbsp;Crüacha feisin ainmniugMd.

275. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cormac Cowloinges, cidh dia ta? Ni ansa. Is sé [p. 594’’]nbsp;hk conn agon loingins 7 ba toissech don dübh-loingiMS la Fergtisnbsp;mac Nóich intan doluidh ^ Ferghws for loingiws a coigedhnbsp;Ólnécumtha (sic), ar ba dona comaircibh bói fria macaibh Uisnechnbsp;Cormac, 7 is fris aderthi Cormac Niadh in chairnn iarsin. Isnbsp;de sin adubairt in fih:

Cormac Cowloingis nia^ in chairnn, is de rodet in morainm;nbsp;ba conn na loingsi gin ailnbsp;do chom toirrsi for Ulltaibh.

276. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Niad in Chairnn dorisi do radh .i. Finncharnn nanbsp;foraire ar Sliabh Fuaid, is agon charn sin ba niadh é a coimé#nbsp;a chóigidh feissin, ar dobidis na ceflire choigidh aili a comcho-dach chogaidh fri Cowcubwr 7 fria coigedh Ulad, 7 bat niadhnbsp;na coig cóigedh inti Cormac Conloingius agan chamn neut. Isnbsp;de ba Niadh in Chairn Cormac.

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272. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Senchannbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;i. e. Senchan whom a or monster

profited when the spirit of wisdom appeared under a hideous form. At the time that Sen chan went on a circuit into Scotlandnbsp;the spirit of poetry came in the shape of a loathly monster to meetnbsp;him on his road, and conversed with him in the obscurity ofnbsp;poetry. Hence he was so named.

273. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Tuathal Mael-garb, whence is he (so) called? Easynbsp;to say. Cummain, daughter of Dali Bronach, Tuathal’s mother,nbsp;rested his head against a stone, just after she bore him, whennbsp;she was waiting for a lucky hour for him, and the stone madenbsp;hollows and lumps in his head, so that he was bald. Hencenbsp;he is called Tuathal Mdel-garb ‘Bald-i'ough’.

274. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Medb of Cruachu and Gruachu itself, whence arenbsp;they? Easy to say. Cruachu, that is Crochen the Bed-skinned,nbsp;the handmaid of Medb’s mother Etain, ’tis from her that Medbnbsp;of Cruachu and Cruachu itself got their names.

275. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cormac Conloinges, whence is it? Easy to say.nbsp;’Tis he that was head at the exile, and was chief of the Blacknbsp;Exile with Fergus son of Boich, when Fergus went in exilenbsp;into the province of Connaught. For Cormac was one of thenbsp;guarantors for the sons of Uisnech. And he was afterwardsnbsp;called Cormac the Champion of the Cairn. Thereof saidnbsp;the poet:

Cormac Conloinges, the Champion of the Cairn,

Hence he got that mighty name.

He was conn (head) of the hinges (exile) without disgrace.

He caused woe to the Ulaid.

276. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Hia in Ghairn again to mention. The White Cairnnbsp;of the Watching, ’tis at that cairn he was champion, protectingnbsp;his own province; for the four other provinces were in a warhkenbsp;alliance against Conchobur and the province of Ulster, andnbsp;Cormac Conloinges was champion of the five provinces at yonnbsp;caarn. Hence was Cormac (called) Nia in Ghairn.

Coir Anmann.

ISberait foinnn dona heolchaibh each inadh a mbia coig clocha no coig neithi eigin no cóie cdicidh Herenn ba coir camnbsp;do radha riu .i. niadh in chairnn Cormac desin .i. niad nanbsp;coic cóicidh. 7 cc.

277. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Mimremur mac Eirrcind, cidh di'a ta? M ansa.nbsp;FecMus dochoidh Get mac Maghach a coigedh THad. Eighternbsp;ime. Do fregair mac Ein-gww in curaidh Get. Tuc Get urchwrnbsp;sleighi do mac Eirghinn gur’ bhean ina mhuinel. Atais innbsp;muinel comma vemur. Is de bai Mmmemur fair.

278. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Sal colgg 7 Mewd a mac, cidh dia taft na tuilltinbsp;anmann sin forro? M ansa. Get mac'M.amp;gach doluidh a coigcf^hnbsp;Ulad for creich. Eighter ime intan sin. Eregrais Sal cholg 7nbsp;a mac é .i. Mewd. [p. 595“] Tuc Get urchwr sleighi do Mhewdnbsp;go tarla isin mbraighit 7 tre bhun a thengaeZh, gom[-b]ad mewd denbsp;iarsin, 7 tuc buille cloidhim dó tar[s]incois .|i. dia cholg, gMr’thesenbsp;in tsal dé, co mba ^ bacach é iarsin. Conidh aire sin tugadh nanbsp;ieasanmanda form .i. Mewd 7 Salcholgga, 7c.

279. Gusgraidh Mewd Macha, cidh dia ta? Ni awsa. Issec^nbsp;ba bés la hUlltu camp;ch mac og noghabha[d] gaisce(7 acw artusnbsp;dothéighdis a coigedh Olnécmac/d for creich wo do chuinginbsp;ghona duine. Doluidh Gwscraidh mac Gowchwbwir iechtus anbsp;coiged Conndidit. Eighter ime. Ereccrais Get é intansin. Gonaisnbsp;Get inti Gwsccraidh trena bhél gur these harr na teangadh de,nbsp;gom[b]a mend é iarsin.

280. Lamh Ghabhaidh, cidh dia n-apar? Ni ansa. FecMnbsp;dochoidh Get mac Maghach a coigedh Ulad. Eighter ime.nbsp;Dofregair Lamh é 7 dochomhraigidar indis sin ré chéile intannbsp;sin. Tuc Get buille cloidhimh don churaidh isin chomhrac, gar

comaba, H.

Fitness of Names.

Some of the learned assert that every place wherein there may be five stones, or any other five things, or the five provincesnbsp;of Ireland, is properly called a cairn. So that hence Cormacnbsp;was Nia in Ghairn, that is, champion of the five provinces, etc.

277. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Munremur mac Birrcind. Whence is it? Easy tonbsp;say. Once upon a time Get mac Magach entered the provincenbsp;of Ulster. A cry about him is raised. Mac Eirrginn answerednbsp;the champion Get. Get ipade a spearcast at Mac Eirginn, andnbsp;struck him in his neck. The neck (munel) swelled up so that itnbsp;became thick (remur). Hence he bore (the nickname) Munremur.

278. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Sdl-cholg ‘Heel-sword’ and Mend (‘Dumb’) his son,nbsp;whence are these additional names upon them? Easy to say.nbsp;Get mac Magach entered the province of Ulster on a foray.nbsp;A cry about him is then raised. Sal-cholg answered him, andnbsp;his son Mend. Get gave a cast of a spear to Mend, strikingnbsp;him in the gullet and through the root of his tongue, so thatnbsp;he was dumb {mend) thereafter, and he gave a blow of hisnbsp;glaive, that is, of his sword, to Sdl-cholg over his leg, and cutnbsp;off his heel, so that he was lame thereafter. Wherefore thenbsp;nicknames. Mend and Sdl-cholga, were conferred upon them.

279. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Guscraid Jfewd Macha (‘the Dumb ofMacha’), whencenbsp;in it? Easy to say. This was a custom of the Ulaid. Everynbsp;young son of theirs who first took arms used to enter the province of Gonnaught on a foray or to seek to slay a humannbsp;being. So once upon a time Guscraid, son of Gonchobar, enterednbsp;the province of Gonnaught. A cry is raised around him.nbsp;Then Get answered him. Get wounded Guscraid through hisnbsp;mouth, and shore off the point of his tongue, so that he wasnbsp;dumb {mend) thereafter.

280. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Lam Gdbaid ‘Hand of Danger’, whence is he (so)nbsp;called? Easy to say. Once Get mac Magach invaded the province of Ulster. A cry is raised around him. Lam answerednbsp;him, and the twain then encountered. Get gave the championnbsp;a sword-blow in the conflict, and struck off' one of his hands.

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bhen a lethlamh de 7 teit ass areigin o Chet iarsin. Is de sin trath asberar Lamb Ghabbaidh fair, iarsanf ba gabhadh mórnbsp;dó a lamb do bbein de 7 é féin do dbul ar ei'gin o Cbet iarsin.

281. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacba mac Fir Febba^ cidb diata? Niawsa. Feabbnbsp;inglien Oboncbubbair maic, Nesa ba ben do Chonall Cernacb 1,nbsp;7 rug mac dó .i. Fiacba 7 iss eissidhe Fiacba mac Fir Feba,nbsp;7 ba mac Cowall Cbernach é.

282. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;FeargliMS mac Roicb, cidb diata? Niawsa .i. Roicbnbsp;inghen EocbacA maic Dbaire a mathak, is uaitbi róhainmniged.nbsp;Nó com[b]adb i Rocb [p. 595^'] inghen Rüaidh meic Dheirg Datbfolanbsp;a sidbaibh mathak FergMsa mafc Eofch 7 inhd^i^afr Sualtaigbnbsp;maic Roicb, 7 is i tug in cumbacMa sidbe do Sualtacb, 7nbsp;comadh uaitbi isbertbi Sualtacb Sidbe friss.

283. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ciar macFergbwsa .i. Mog^ taetb. Core Ruadb macnbsp;Fergbasa .i. Fer déodba. Cü mac Fergbttsa .i. Cowmac a ainmnbsp;7 Lugaici Conmac ainm aile dó. Mogb ^ Ruitb mac Fergbwsa,nbsp;Tigernach a ainm arttis. Ciar .i. ciar odar a gbnuis secb nanbsp;macaibh ailibb. Mogb^ taetb ainm aile do Cbiar .i. mop Tetbnbsp;.i. Tetb mac Degatb maic tSin de Mbumain ro ail é, 7 is üadnbsp;dogarar Mop Taetb de, dia ndébhairt in fili isin farsunnuth:

Tetb mac Degath, fer gu ngus, dó ba mogb® mac ür d’Fergbws,nbsp;üadb Aes Tetb fri foss fuigblinbsp;i Tir Tri Ros rodbuibni.

284. Core .i. ba corccra a ainech .i. dearg rüadh robbai.nbsp;Fer deódha didiu ainm aile do Chore .i. ba de'odha .i. banbsp;deidhenebu rug Meadbb é inna Ciar 7 Cowmac. Conmac .i.nbsp;mac na con .i. ba cowchaire é nait na maic aili.

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so after that he was forced to retreat from Cet. Hence then he is called Lam Gdbaid (‘Hand of Danger’), for it was a greatnbsp;danger {gdbud) to him to have his hand (Idm) cut off, and henbsp;himseK to be then forced to retreat from Cet.

281. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacha, son of Fer Feba, whence is it? Easy to say.nbsp;Feb, daughter of Conchobar mac Nesa, was Conall Cernach’snbsp;wife, and she bore him a son, and he is Fiacha son of Fer Febanbsp;(‘Feb’s husband’), and he was son of Conall Cernach.

282. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fergus son of Botch, whence is it? Easy to say.nbsp;Roich, daughter of Eochaid son of Daire, his mother, from hernbsp;he was namedi. Or maybe Roch, daughter of Ruad, son ofnbsp;Derg Dath-fola, from the elfmounds, was the mother of Fergusnbsp;mac Roich and the mother of Sualtach mac Roich, and ’tisnbsp;she that bestowed on Sualtach the magical might of an elf,nbsp;and from her he was called Sualtach Side ‘of the elfmound’.

283. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ci'ar son of Fergus, that is Mog Taeth. Core thenbsp;Red, son of Fergus, that is Fer Deoda. Cii, son of Fergus, thatnbsp;is, Conmac was his name, and Lugaid Conmac was anothernbsp;name of him. Mog Ruith, son of Fergus, Tigernach w'as hisnbsp;name at first. Ciar, that is, dark (odar) was his face beyondnbsp;the other sons. Another name of Ciar was Mog Taeth, thatnbsp;is, servant of Taeth, i.e. Taeth, son of Dega son of Sen, ofnbsp;Munster, who fostered him, and from him he is called Mog Taeth.nbsp;Whereof the poet said in the Elucidation;

Teth son of Dega, a man with spirit.

To him was servant a young son of Fergus.

From him (came) the Aes Teth for stay of judgement.

In Tfr Tri Ross Roduibni.

284. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Core, i.e. crimson {corcra) was his face, that is, henbsp;was red and ruddy. Fer deoda, now, was another name ofnbsp;Core, for it was deoda, that is, it was later, that Medb borenbsp;him than Ciar and Conmac. Conmac ‘son of the hounds’, fornbsp;more than the other sons was he fond of hounds.

Cóir Anmann.

285. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fer Tlac^#[g]a inac Fearghtfsa .i. Tlacht[g]a inghennbsp;Ruith ba sefdigh dó. Is uaithi raiter Fer Tlacht[g]a de.

286. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Dichmairco .i. Laidir Ara. is aire aderthi Laidir Aranbsp;fris. .i. bahai’a carpait do Choin corb mac Mo^a corb, do righnbsp;Laigben, é .i. roba laidir 7 bat niadh in ca^ch irgbail inti L4idirnbsp;Ara. Is ar in fotha sin adubbrnt^ Laidir Ara fris.

287. Mogh^ Ruith, cid diata? Ni awsa. Roth mac Rigbuillnbsp;ron-alt. Drui amhra in Roth sin. Is de ba M03 Ruith eissium.nbsp;Nó Mo^r ruith .i. migus rotarum^, ar is a rothaib donith anbsp;taiscéladh druidhec/tfe. Uair is don Roth sin mac Righuill dorighnenbsp;Mo^f Ruith moghsaine dia ndébhradh Mop Ruith r[i]ss. Tigher-nach a ainm ar iüs go tugadh Mop Ruith fair.

Finit.

Lebar Lecain [p. 441—447].

288. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Aihll Diabalgai .i. gai diabalta, uair is leis dorondadnbsp;faga artus dia beith i fail gai moir. [p. 441®]

289. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Balar Balcbemneach .i. ar treisi a beimi. [p. 441®]

290. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cormac Gaileng .i. gae leng .i. gaei meblach. [p. 443®]

291. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Dairi Cerba .i. i Methus Cerba i mBregaib ronaltad.nbsp;[p. 443'^]

292. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eber Glunfind. i. comarthada gela badwr for a gluinibh.nbsp;[p. 444®]

293. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid Gunnata .i. fear robeag he. Nó Foehaidnbsp;Gunwate .i. ro gunnataich .i. ro bolg. ar is leis ro fodailteanbsp;Gowaille fo Erind. Nó Fodiaid Gundat .i. braga fada, namnbsp;gunnd .i. braige nó niuinéF. fp. 441*gt;]

287. ’ modh H. ^ roth tarum II. “ modhsaine H.

293. ’ nam braidi, 1. gunnd braidi 1. muinel.

Fitness of Names.

285. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fer TlacJitga, son of Fergus. Tlachtga, daughter ofnbsp;Mog B,uith, was his wife. ’Tis from her he is called Fernbsp;Tlachtga ‘Tlachtga’s husband’.

286. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Dichmairc .i. Ldidir ara. This is why he is callednbsp;Ldidir-ara ‘strong charioteer’. He was charioteer to Cu corb,nbsp;son of Mod corb, king of Leinster; and strong and valiant innbsp;every battle was this Laidir ara. For that cause Laidir aranbsp;was said of him.

287. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Mog Muith, whence is it? Easy to say. Hoth, sonnbsp;of Rigoll fostered him. A famous druid was that Roth. Hencenbsp;he was (called) Mog Buith ‘Roth’s servant. Or Mog ruith,nbsp;that is ‘magus rotarum’, for ’tis by wheels that he used tonbsp;make his magical observation. Since Mog Ruith did servicenbsp;to that Roth son of Rigoll, he was called Mog Ruith. Tigernachnbsp;was his name at first till Mog Buith was put upon him.

It endeth.

Extracts from the Book of Lecan.

288. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Ailill Biahulgai, that is, spear [gai) doubled (dia-halta)-, for by him first was made a small spear to be alongnbsp;with a large spear.

289. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Balar Balcbéimnech ‘of the mighty blows’, because ofnbsp;the strength of his blows.

290. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Cormac Gaileng, that is, gai lang, i.e. a treacherousnbsp;spear.

291. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Daire Cerha, that is, in Methos Cerba in Bregia henbsp;was reared.

292. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eber Glunfind ‘white-knee’, i.e. white marks werenbsp;on his knees.

293. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eochaid Gunnata, he was a very little man. Ornbsp;Eochaid Gunnata, i.e. he broke up {ro-gunnataich), for ’tisnbsp;by him that the Conailh were scattered through Ireland. Ornbsp;Eochaid Gundfota, that is. Long-neck, for gund means gulletnbsp;or neck.

Cóir Anmann.

294. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eogan Srém ^ .i. sreng bai ina beolo nó fina rose,nbsp;[p. 441'gt;]

295. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Failbe Fland .i. Faübe raad, nam fland derg nónbsp;raad. [p. 444^]

296. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fergus Caechan .i. Caechan ainm a aidi. [p. 445’’]

297. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Muireadach Muilleathan .i. mullacb leihan bainbsp;occa unde. [p. 446^]

298. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;SuibniMend .i. formendi mor inahirrlabra. [p. 446'gt;]

294. * Is srém a scribal error for sréin gen. sg. of srian = Lat. frenuni?

Fitness of Names.

294. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Eogan Srém, i.e. there was a string (sreng) in hisnbsp;mouth or in his eye.

295. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Failbe Fland, that is, Failbe the Fuddy, for flandnbsp;means red or ruddy.

296. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fergus Caechdn, i.e. Caechan was the name of hisnbsp;fosterer.

297. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Muiredach Muillethan: the crown of his headnbsp;imullach) was broad {letJian), whence (he was called Muillethan).

298. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Stiibne Mend ‘the mute’, that is, (there was) greatnbsp;dumbness in his speech.

Notes.

§ 1. According to the Edinburgh ms. K. the king was ‘Mugh Nuadat, a quo Leth Mogha dicitur’. See Corm. Tr. 113. Eochaid or Eochu Mumonbsp;V. LL. 18a 1, 1271) 37, and BB. 12igt;.

§ 3. See 0’Mahony’s Keating p. 229. For Enna in Lee. we have Eochaid. In LL. 127igt; 40, 41 the name is spelt Énna Airctech or Airgdech.nbsp;For Boradad do airechus Erenn the corresponding passage in LL. 18lgt;nbsp;11, 12 has Borat do airechaib Herenn. Another Enna Airgdech innbsp;LL. 129 a.

§ 10. Four Masters. A.M. 3872. O’M.’s Keating 230. Munemdn, gen. Munemoin, LL. ISi* 26; 127tgt; 49, 51.

§ 11. Four Masters, A.M. 3882. O’M.’s Keating 231. IS ’na amsir batar falge óir im dóitib, ’tis in his time that rings of gold were roundnbsp;arms’, LL. ISb 33; et v. LL. 1271) 52.

§ 17. F.M. A.M. 4170. O’M.’s Keating 236. B4i Hothechtaid Botha .uii. mhliadna ir-rige hHerenn coro loisc tene geMin i nDünnbsp;Sobairche. IS leis arricht carpat cethri n-echin Herinn artiis, LL. 191) 23—26.nbsp;O’Curry renders Bothechtaid by ‘chariot-possessor’, as if it were compounded of roth and techtaid.

§ 18. O’M.’s Keating 237. LL. 19b 3I, 128a BB. 12a. See infra No. 269.

§ 19. O’M.’s Keating 237. Gabafs Bres mac Eladan iarsen rige iiHerenn co cend . uii. vabliadan, coro fccad 14m Nuadat, LL. 9» 29, 30.nbsp;et V. LL. 9b 9, 127» 50.

§ 20. BB. 12b F.M., A.M. 4271. O’M.’s Keating 238. Setna narrad [leg. Innarraid] mac Bresse is sé tóisech dorat chrod d’amsaib in Herinnnbsp;.i. innarrad, LL. 19b 44, et v. LL. 128».

§ 21. BB. 12b. 0’M’s Keating 239. Enna Derg d4 hliadain déc do ir-rige eow-erbailt de thdm i Sléib Mis co sochaide móir imme, LL. 20» 2,nbsp;et V. LL. 128».

§ 22. See infra No. 70.

§ 23. Lugaid lardonn, BB. 12b. O’M.’s Keating 239.

§ 24. BB. 12b. F.M., A.M. 4547. O’M.’s Keating 248. In LL. 128b Kechtaid Rigderg is said to have killed Queen Macha.

Notes.

§ 25. O’M.’s Keating 258. Adamar Foltcain, BB. 12'gt;. For Adam-mair we have twice, by a strange metathesis, Amathair in LL. 128gt;gt; 48,51.

§ 26. O’M.’s Keating 260. Nia Segamuin, LL. 129^ 8.

§ 27. BB. 12igt;. O’M.’s Keating 262. Lugaid Luagne, letr a blad, cen buadre tri choic hliadan, LL. 129» 21.

§ 29. BB. 12igt;. O’M.’s Keating 262. Duach dailee?t Dedaid, Duach dalta Dedaig, LL. 129» 24, 25.

§ 30. F.M., A.D. 4346 n. O’M.’s Keating 240. Eocho Uairches dt bliodaiw déc il-longais for muir. is aire atberar Uairches de. for innarbanbsp;robdi Ó Sirtóm, LL. 20» 8, et v. LL. 128» 48.

§ 32. The corresponding article in Lee. is: Muiredach Muchna .i. Muiredach gruamda, nam [muchna] gruamda (‘surly’).

§ 36. O’M.’s Keating 311.

§ 37. Gorm. Tr. 66. For the genealogy of tbeEoganacht of Cashel see LL. 320gt;gt;.

§ 41. F.M., A.D., 186, 234. LL. 288». Rev. Celt. XIII 434, 436). Already edited in The Academy for Jan. 7. 1893, p. 14.

§ 42, 43. LL. 290»—2901^ (Rev. Celt. XIII. 452). O’M.’s Keating 316. Piache Mullethan, annis XXV, Pal. 830, fo. 15»gt;.

§ 48. Cii cen mdthair, perhaps theTather of Findgaine, king of Munster, nientioned by Tigemach, A.D. 678.

§ 55. 0’M.’s Keating 265.

§ 61—64. F.M., A.D. 165,186. Cairpri Rigfoda, BB. 131. Oath Chind Abrad in § 61, would be better spelt Oath Cinn Fébrat, as to which seenbsp;BB. 375igt;.

§ 66. see above, no. 62.

§ 68. For the genealogy of the Dairfine see LL. 325e, f.

§ 70. O’M.’s Keating p. 243. The BB. version~of the story of the transformed hag is edited in The Academy for April 23, 1892, p. 399.nbsp;See also Mr. Alfred Nutt’s letter, ibid. April 30,1892, p. 425. The Lecannbsp;Version is in Miscellany of the Celtic Society, 71, pp. 67—77. See P.M.,nbsp;ad. 146, O’M.’s Keating 319. Rev. Celt. XIII. 434, note 1. Lugaid Mac-connbsp;wac Lugdech | tricha bliadan balc-buidnech, LL. 129'* 17.

§72. F.M., A.M.;4248, note 2: O’M.'s Keating 237. Eochu Apbthach, BB. 191) 38^ 6at. Eochaid Apthach, LL. 128» 30. Eochaid Opthach, BB. 12igt;,

§ 73. Eochaid Étgudach = Eocho Edgothach, BB. 12». IS aci side doronta ilbrechta i n-etaigib Hereww .i.Oendathin étaigpb] mogad. Dadathnbsp;1 n-étaigib aithech. Tri datha i n-etuch mogad 7 oclach. Cethri dathanbsp;• n-etuch dethigern. Coic datha i n-etuch tóisech. Sé datha i n-etuch rfgnbsp;7 oYiaman 7 filed .uii. ndatha i n-etuch rfg 7 rigan. IS assin ro[f]d,s indiunbsp;na hull datha i n-etuch epscop, that is; ’Tis by him were made many varietiesnbsp;in the garments of Erin, to wit, one colour in the garments of slaves; twonbsp;colours in the garments of peasants; three in the raiments of slaves (sic)nbsp;Irische Texte. HI. 2.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;27

Notes.

and warriors; four in the raiment of young lords; five in the raiment of chiefs; six in the raiment of kings and doctors and poets: seven in thenbsp;raiment of kings and queens, LL. 16t 40—46, et v. LL. 127'gt; 27.

§ 74. BB. 12t: F.M., A.M. 4357. O’M.’s Keating 240. Dorochair Eocho Fiadmuine la Lugaid mac Echac/i Uaircheis, LL. 20^ 20. Eochunbsp;Fi[a]dmuine na forgg | docer la Lugaid L4mderg, LL. 1281’ 2.

§ 76. Haliday’s Keating 132 = O’M.’s Keating 88.

§ 78. O’M.’s Keating 233. LL. 127igt; 12—14.

§ 79. O’M.’s Keating 218. LL. 127b 19.

§ 80. F.M. A.M. 3751. BB. 12». LL. 127b 36, where he is called ri Féne ‘king of the Féni’.

§81. O’M.’s Keating 227—228. BB. 12». Here Lee. differs: Aengus Olmucaid .i. ol Mogaetha lais .i. Mogaeth morólach mac MofebMs, is énbsp;ba mo ol do lind bai ’na aimsir. Is do rob ingen bmFiachach Labraindinbsp;mathair Aengusa Ollmucada [.i] ol Mogaetha. In LL. 127b 38 the namenbsp;is spelt Oengus Olmuchaid.

§ 83. O'M.’s Keating 237. Nuada Fdil, LL. 128» 25.

§ 84. Aeddn Glas was son of Nuada Find Fdil, and father of Simon Brecc, O’M.’s Keating 238.

§ 86. O’M.’s Keating 238. Simon Brec... mac Aeddin, LL. 128» 36. Simon Breac, BB. 12b.

§ 86. O’M.’s Keating 239. Muredach Bolgrach, BB. 12b.

§ 87. O’M.’s Keating 241, where the nickname is Tolgrach — Tol-crach, LL. 20» 31, 33.

§ 88. O’M.’s Keating 242, where the nickname is Lagrach — Ladmig, Ladrach, LL. 20» 27, 36, 42, 42. Duach Lagrach, BB. 12b.

§ 89. Sima Saeghlach, BB. 12». O’M.’s Keating 234.

§ 90. In anno XVIII. Ptolomei fuit initiates regnare in Emain Cimbded filius Fintain, qui regnavit .XXVIII annis. Tmmc Echu Buadachnbsp;pater Ugaine, in Temoria regnase ab aliis feittir liquet [i.e. licet] prae-scn'psimMS ollim Ugaine imperasse, Tigernach, Rawl. B. 602, fo. 6b 2.

§ 91. BB. 12b; F.M., A.M. 4567, 4606; O’M.’s Keating 248. LL. 128b.

§ 93. BB. 12b: F.M., A.M. 4608; O’M’.s Keating 252. Cobthach Gael, LL. 22», 128b.

§ 94. F.M., A.M. 4678, O’M.’s Keating 257.

§ 95. larainngleo, BB. 12b: F.M., A.M. 4726, note. O’M.’s Keating 257.

§ 96. Connla Cruaidcelgae/j, BB. 12b 32 (misprinted Curaid-celurg in Todd Lectures III 300,301); F.M., A.M. 4757 note: O’M.’s Keating 258.

§ 97. F.M., A.M. 4758; O’M.’s Keating 258.

§ 98. F.M., A.M. 4788, 4804. Eocho Altlethan, LL. 129» 1. O’M.’s Keating 158, where his nickname is Foltleathan.

Notes.

§ 99. F.M., A.M. 4816. O’M.’s Keating 259. Oengus Turmech Temrach, LL. 129a 4. Aengus Turbeach, Turmeach, BB. 12i).

§ 100. F.M., A.M. 4888, 4907. O’M.’s Keating 261. Nfhat is tbe meaning of aignech? Windiscb conjectures ‘munter’, comparing agenmar.

§ 102. BB. 121). FM., AM. 5058. O’M.’s Keating 264. See the dind-senchus of Druim criach. Rev. celt. XVI. 148, la Echaid FeidlecA mac Find I docer in rl de ruadrind. Ré da hliadan déc, buan breth | rogialladnbsp;Eocho Feidlech | isin Temraig mongaich maith | fuair dig tonnaid in t-ard-flaith, LL. 129» 28—30; sed v. LL. 23» 36.

§ 103. F.M., A.M. 5084. O’M.'s Keating 285. Eochaidh Airem, Oiream, BB. 12'gt;, 13».

§ 104. Lugaid Reoderg mac na tri Find nEmna ‘son of the three Finds of Emain’, Tigernach, Rawl. B. 502, fo. 11» 1.

§ 105. F.M. A.M. 5166. O’M.’s Keating 287, 288. Lugaid Ri'ab nderg, LL. 129». Lugaig Sriabnderg, BB. 13». Lugaid Reo derg occissusnbsp;est óna trib Riiadchennaib (.i. de Laignib). Nó commad in claideb do donbsp;léced con-abbad de chomaid a mnd .i. Deirbe forgaill, no dechsad, Tiger-nach, Rawl. B. 502, fo. lit 2; see note on No. 104.

§ 106. F.M., A.M. 5193, A.D. 9. O’M.’s Keating 289, note 11. The corresponding article inLec. is; CremthandNiadNair .i. trenfearNairi .i. Nairnbsp;Thuathchaech a sidaib. Nó de Chruithentuaith a bean (i)sidi rue eisemnbsp;i n-eaohtra. See also LL. 23t 3—8,129» 43,145» 20, and the dindsenchasnbsp;of Dun Crimthainn, Rev. Celt. XV. 332.

§ 107. F.M., A.D. 10, 15, 36. O’M.’s Keating 294. He is called Peradach Find in LL. 129», Feradaoh Find Fechtnach in BB. 13» and innbsp;Tigernach, Rawl. B. 502, fo. 12gt;gt;. As to the id Morainn, see Irischenbsp;Texte, 3. Serie, 190.

§ 108. F.M., A.D. 40. O’M.’s Keating 295. Corruptly Fiadach Findalafd, bas Fiachaig Finnalaid, BB. 13» 13t.

§ 109. BB. 13t. F.M., A.D. 76, 106. O’M.’s Keating 297. For the last eleven words Lee. has; air nir’ facaib som inad foich focla in Erindnbsp;cen techtad flatha re lind,

Tuathal Techtmar regnauit annis XXX. is dó ceta-ronasced 7 fris-rolccad bórama Lagen [artüs], Tigernach, Rawl. B. 502, fo. 12t 2.

§ 110. P.M., A.D. 110, 111. O’M.’s Keating 307. Feidlimid Rechtvar, BB. 13t.

§ 111. P.M., A.D.„123, 157; O’M.’s Keating 308, 312.

§ 112. BB. 13t. O’M.’s Keating 313.

§ 113. O’M.’s Keating 328, note 27.

§ 114. F.M., A.D. 268. O’M.’s Keating 361.

§ 115. F.M., A.D. 276, 286, 322. O’M.’s Keating 363. Fiacha Sropiine XXXI. nó XXXIII. co torchair lasna tri Colla i cath Duibchom-

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Notes.

mair .i. i Crfch Ross i mBregaib, LL. 24» 30. As to Fiacha’s unselfish death, see LL. 332c.

§ 116. F.M., A.D. 326, 327. Muredach Tirech annis iiii, Pal. 830, fo. ISti. Muridach Tirech, LL. 24» 33, 129'gt; 33, 332c, 333».

§ 117. F.M., A.D. 358, 365. O’M.’s Keating 367, 368. Echu Mug-medoin annis XXII, Pal. 830, fo. IS’’. Eocho Mugmedon, LL. 129'gt; 35, where the nickname rimes with bron. See A.U. 445 n.

§ 118. F.M., A.D. 179. O’M.’s Keating 394, where the poem is translated. Its second stanza only is in Lee., where Techtais is put fornbsp;Ethais, ardain for n-ardda, chorbain for terba and JiAlbain for hAlba.

In K. the first stanza runs thus:

Mali nar nuall ordan gabais gialla gledennnbsp;and the third stanza thus;

Combroide boi dosom fri hor na righ rathachnbsp;The metre is rindard.

Hostages are mentioned also in Nos. 28 and 1411.

§ 120. F.M., A.D. 601. gen. Domnaill llchealgaig, BB. 49tgt;.

§ 121. BB. 49». A.U 721. F.M., A.D. O’M.’s Keating 467.

§ 122. There were two Aed Alldns, one a son of Pergal, mentioned in A.U. 733,736, 737, 742 and F.M., A.D. 730: O’M.’s Keating 486, thenbsp;ther a son of Domnall: Mors Aedho Alddain filii Domnaill regis Temro,nbsp;A.U. 611, where Aedh Aldan is an alias for Aedh Uaridnach, king ofnbsp;Tara. Maelfithrich filium Aedho Alddain alias Uairidnaigh, A.U. 635.

§ 123. BB. 49». F.M., A.D. 793: O’M.’s Keating 492.

For iarna béin da, chighib Lee. has here iarna Imain do chichib a wathar.

§ 124. LL. 25tgt; 274». BB. 49». P.M., A.D. 716: A.U. 717, 763,777. O’M.’s Keating p. 484. The shower of blood containing snow (palmellanbsp;nivalis?) was probably an unlucky portent; cf. Iliad XI. 53: the shower ofnbsp;silver reminds one of the Danae shower of gold: to the shower of wheatnbsp;I know of no parallel.

§ 125. BB. 49». F.M., A.D. 821, 825, 832: O’M.’s Keating 500. Niall Cailli seems the most modern person mentioned in the Coir Anmann.

% 127. F.M., A.D. 475. Mors Conaill Cremthainne mic Neill, A.U. 480.

§ 128. Conall Guthbind mac Subni, LL. 42»; F.M., A.D. 600. Aed [Ms. Aog] Gustan comdalta Conaill Guthbind, LB. 48Jgt;. Conall Guthbind s.nbsp;of Suibne, s. of Colman Mor, s. of Diarmait, s. of Fergus Cerrbél, s. ofnbsp;Conall Cremthainn, s. of Mali of the Nine Hostages, LL. 335a.

§ 129. F.M., A.D. 713.

Notes.

§ 130. F.M., A.D. 686. Cearnacii Sotal mac Diarmata qiiieuit, A.Ü. 666. Fogartach mac Neill mic Cearrnaigh hsotail, A.IJ. 723. BB. 49b. Fornbsp;uallchai Lee. has uallchacM.

§ 131. F.M., A.D. 478. Fergus Cerrbel mac Conaill Cremthainde, Lb. 48b. gen. Ferghusa Cerrbeoil, A.U. 599.

§ 132. F.M., A.D. 674. O’M.’s Keating 280. Findacto Fleadhach, Finacto Flegbach, Tigernach, Bawl. B. 488, fo. 11a i. Finachta Fleghach,nbsp;BB. 49a, Fi'nacbta Fleadhach, A.U. 674. fledach = W. gwleddog.

§ 133. A.U. 597. F.M., A.D. 595. Aed Slane mac Diarmata annis iiii. Pal. 830, fo. 15b. lugulatio Aedho Slane, A.U. 603. The story is told alsonbsp;in L.U. 53a, LL. 145b, and in two of the Brussels mss., and has beennbsp;edited by Windisch in the Berichte der philol. histor. Classe der Konigl.nbsp;Sachs. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, 1884. For the descent of Aednbsp;Sldine’s father Diarmait from Niall of the Nine Hostages, see LL.nbsp;SShd.

§ 134. O’M.’s Keating 470.

§ 135. F.M., A.D. 595. L.B. 48b. Inicium regni Colmain Righ-medho [leg. Ri'medo] et Aedha Slaine simul, A.U. 597. Colman Rimidh rex generis Eugain, A.U. 601. lugulatio Colmain Rimedho, A.U. 603.

§ 136. O’M.’s Keating 408 and 409. Son of Brian son of Bochaid Muigmedon, A.U. 576.

§ 138. F.M., A.D. 499. The last sentence stands thus in Lee.: ar ha bindithir re fogw thet mbeandchrot a irrlabra (‘for his speech was asnbsp;melodious as the sound of strings of lutes’). Bellum Segaisse in quo ceciditnbsp;Paui (no Duach) Tinga umhai .i. ri Connacht, A.U. 501.

§ 139. F.M., A.D. 499. Aed mac Echach Tirmcharna, ri Connacht, A.U. 601.

§ 140. This seems to belong to No. 117.

§ 141. F.M., A.D. 276. do-mlén from the neg. prefix do- = Svq, and mUn (ex mlalcno-s), cognate with ir. Mén ‘groin’, gr. fxaXaxoq, lat.nbsp;niulcere,

§ 142. F.M., A.D. 322, 323, 331 note. O’M.’s Keating 365. For Colla JJais Marianus writes Conlae Boiss, Pal. 830, fo. 15b. As to thenbsp;etymology of his name see also LL. 333b.

§ 143. Conaing Beageglach, BB. 12b. In Lee. the quatrain runs thus:

nochor’omnaig neach ria n-am CO rus-marb Art mac Luigdeach.

nf ron-omnaig rf riam

CO ro marb Art mac Lugdech.

Notes.

§ 146. F.M., A.D. 428: O’M.’s Keating 395. Nath! annis lx., Pal. 830, fo IS^». The story of ‘Fer menia’ and Dathi (or Nathi) is toldnbsp;in LU. SSa' (where the righteous man is called ForméuMs ri Tracla), andnbsp;more fully in 0’Donovan’s Hy Fiaehrach, pp. 17—27. Nathi seems thenbsp;correcter spelling: cf. Rogiallad do niurt Nathi, LL. 129'gt;, where nimtnbsp;and Nathi alliterate.

§ 147. A.U. 463. F.M., A.D. 459. O’M.’s Keating, p. 418. Aillill Molt mac Nathi annis XX, Pal. 830, fo. 15^. For midn feola muilt Lee.nbsp;has mian moUcharna ‘desire of wether-flesh’.

§ 148. A.U. 549. O’M.’s Keating 431, where he is inaccurately styled Olild Anbfann. The story of Ailill Inbanda’s heroic death is toldnbsp;in LL. SOS') (Rev. Celt. XIII. 84, 86). He was brother of Aed Flaithemail,nbsp;BB. 107igt; 30.

§ 149. BB. IS»'. This article is founded on an incident in the Tdin bo Cualngi (L.U. 77^ LL. 75igt;, Rev. Celt. i. 49).

§§ 150,151, 152. see Rev. Celt. XIII. 125. LL. 9t 18, 127igt; 3, BB. O'» (Ollachair, perperam). Cratan Cain (LL. 144» 40) and Cera (Corm.nbsp;Tr. 47; H. 3. 18, p. 633'i) were other names for the Dagda. For thenbsp;meaning given in the translation to dag, cf. dag .i. ingnis, H. 2. 1C, col.nbsp;101. Skr. ddhati and Gr. zegga are cognate.

§ 153. See the Second Battle of Moytura § 21 (Rev. Celt. XII. 62). LL. 39». BB. IH.

§ 154. Ibid §§ 11, 33 (Rev. Celt. XII. 58, 66). Nuado Argatlam iarom. X^. lAiadan. Ldm argait co Idnliith cacha tóma in each meór 7 innbsp;camp;ch alt dorat fair Di'ancecht in liaig, 7 Creidne cerd i congnam fris, ‘anbsp;hand of silver with every hand’s complete motion in every finger and in everynbsp;joint Dian cecht the leech put upon him, and Créidne the artisan workingnbsp;along with Dian cecht’, LL. 9» 31—33.

155,159. Delbdeth, the father of Elatha, king of the Fomori, and of Eri mother of Eochaid Bres, Rev. Celt. XII. 60, 62.

156. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Founded on Cormac’s Glossary s. v. Manawnan mac Ur.

157. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;See Cormac’s Glossary's, v. Dian cecht, F.M., A.M. 3310, andnbsp;Revue celtique XII. 125—126. The Bretha Den-checht are mentioned innbsp;the Ancient Laws i. 18, 24. As to Néde mac Adnai’s blinding see Threenbsp;Irish Glossaries, pp. XXXIX, XL.

158. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Maccecht .i. Tethor, cecht a déa, LL. 10» 35. One of thenbsp;three joint kings of the Tuath dé Danann, one of S. Patrick’s smiths, LL.nbsp;12711, and the champion of Conaire Mor, often mentioned in the Brudennbsp;da Berga, L.U. 83», were also called Maccecht.

§ 159. Delbaeth daréis in Dagdai .X. rcAAiadna ir-rige nHerewra, CO torchair 7 a mac (.i. 011am) la Cacher mac Ndmat brathair Nectain,nbsp;‘Delbaeth after the Dagda, ten years in the sovranty of Erin, till he andnbsp;his son 011am fell by C,aoher son of Nama, Nechtón’s brother’, LL. 9'gt; 42.

Notes.

§ 160. The ól ngualai is mentioned also in the Tochmarc Emere, LU. 121gt;gt; 10.

§ 163. O’M.’s Keating, 369, 370.

§ 165. F.M., A.D. 284. O’Curry Lectures, 208. 312.

§ 167. O’M.’s Keating, 314.

§ 168. P.M., A.D. 265. O’M’.s Keating 314.

§ 169. 170. F.M., A.D.265 note n.: O’M.’s Keating 338; 0’Gurry’s Manners and Customs II 206. The horrible story of Ethne Uathach isnbsp;told in LU. Sli), LL. 3161', and Laud 610, fo. lOOi» 1. See also Tiger-nach 490. The practice of chopping off a portion of the little finger as anbsp;sacrifice to the gods prevails in the Tonga islands, see Tylor, Primitivenbsp;Culture II 400. As to Oengus mac Natfraich’s mother, see BB. 285‘i.

§ 171. Art Cerb, ancestor of the Lugne, whose genealogy is given in LL. 338ii.

§ 172. F.M., A.D. 668, note k.

§ 174. From the Dindsenchas, Rev. Celt. XV. 299. See LL. 159» 19. The destruction of Cobthach Coel Breg in Dind rig is thus commemoratednbsp;by Tigernach (Rawl. B. 502, fo. ltgt; 1): Cobthach Cóel Breg mac Ugainenbsp;Móir do loscud co trichait rig imme i nDind rig Maige Ailbe hi[m]Brudinnbsp;Tuamma Tenbath sainrud, la Labraid Loingsech Móen mac Ailella Anenbsp;mofc Loeguire Luirc maie Ugaine Móir i ndigail a athar 7 a senatharnbsp;romarb Cobthach Coel. Cocad 6 sein etir Laigniu 7 Leth Cuinn. ‘Cobthach the Slender of Bregia, son of Ugaine the Great, was burnt, withnbsp;thirty kings about him, at Dind Rig of Magh Ailbe, in the Hostel ofnbsp;Tuaimm Tenbath precisely, by Labraid Loingsech the Dumb, son of Ailillnbsp;Ane, son of Loeguire Lore, son of Ugaine the Great, in vengeance for hisnbsp;father and grandfather whom Cobthach the Slender killed. Thence therenbsp;Was warfare betwen Leinster and Leth Cuinn.’

§ 175. F.M., A.M. 4658, 4677. O’M.’s Keating p. 252. LL. 1281).

§ 176. F.M., A.M. 4606, 4607. O’M.’s Keating, p. 250. LL. 128igt;. 178. F.M., A.M. 4702, 4719, 4815. O’M.’s Keating 178. Oengusnbsp;011am a hocht déc | dorat socht for sliiag saergrec, LL. 128tgt; 40.

§ 179. F.M., A.M. 4804, O’M.’s Keating 259. la Fergus fial Forta-LL. 129».

§ 181. F.M., A.M. 4908: O’M.’s Keating 261. Ri Banba docer i la Crimthand calma coscrach, LL. 129» 12.

183. O’Curry, Manners and Customs II 204. Of the magic practice here referred to we find the following mentions: Fulla .i. fo tabair in dlainbsp;fulla. Laws i. 90. cumrech in duine mir .i. fo tabair in dM fall® [misprinted dluighe fulla], ibid. 300, 1. 11. dlaoi fulla .i. dlaoi chuireas duinenbsp;®r foluamhain . i.. ar sirsiubhal no ar mire, 0’CI.

Notes.

§ 184. Bresal Brecc, son of Brian, king of Ulaid, the hero of the adventure mentioned in the dindsenchas of Kdth Mor in Mag Lini,nbsp;LL. ITOb 23 and Bev. Celt. XVI. 48.

§ 186. F.M., A.M. 5090.

§ 188. BB. 13a. F.M., A.M. 5090. O’M.’s Keating 285. Nuado Necht ainm filet? do hagnib, 7 is dó ha ben Boand, LL. IfiGiJ 51. Docernbsp;rf na recht do rind | la Nuadait Necht i n-Alind. 1 Aided Nuadat i cathnbsp;Chli'ach I la Conaire na coemsciath. | LL. 129» 34, 35.

§ 190. BB. 13». O’M.’s Keating 289.

§ 196. Boole of Bights 204.

§ 198. Booh of Bights 200, 202. A.U. 483.

§ 201. Booh of Bights 195, 196.

§ 202. ForEochaid Timine and the bequests of his father Cathair Mór see Booh of Bights, 192—204.

§ 203. As to Oengus Nic see Booh of Bights 198.

§ 204. Here cethach seems a scribal error for cétach, a deriv. of cét ‘a blow’, cead .i. béim, cédach .i. beimneach no beimeannach, 0’CI.

§ 205, Forgall Monach, also F. Mcmach, father of Emer, Cuchu-lainn’s wife. L.U. lOli), 102».

§ 206. Is this the Bresal Bregh mentioned in A.U. 767?

§ 207. Bressal Belach, F.M. 435. A.U. 435, 483. Bresal belach, LL. 39'gt;. A.U. 483.

§ 209. A.U. 483. O’M.’s Keating, 368. The story is thus told in LL. 316t: Cath Cruachain Cloenta ro memaid re Laigwm for Eochaitjfnbsp;Mugmedow rig nllerm», cor-ragbad and Cetnadach fili Echac/s Mugmedoin.nbsp;INtan iarttm bds oca anacul tuas forsna sci'athaib na fer is and tanic Ennanbsp;’sin cath, co tard gai i Cétnadach 7 core thib Enna. Cowid and asbertnbsp;Cetnadaeft: ‘is salach in gen sin, a Ennai, 7 bid e th'ainm co brath Ennanbsp;Gensalack.’ that is. In the battle of C. C. Leinster routed Eochaid Mugmedon,nbsp;king of Ireland, and his poet Cétnadach was taken prisoner. While theynbsp;were protecting the poet (lifting him) up on the shields of the men,nbsp;Enna entered the fight and drove his spear into Cétnadach, and grinned.nbsp;Then said Cétnadach: “Foul (salach) is that grin (gen), 0 Enna, and thisnbsp;shall be thy name for ever, Enna Gen-salach”, of the Foul Grin!

§ 210. Compare the dindsenchas of Benn Boguine, Rev. Celt. XVI. 153.

§ 212. See the dindsenchas of Laigin, Rev. Celt. XV. 299: see also LL. 311».

§ 213. Oengus Ossfrithe: eter ossu alta fofrith... Cennait ingen Dairi maic Dedad is i hóe i n-arrad Crimthaind Mdir isst mathair Oengitssanbsp;Osfrithi, LL. 339» 48.

§ 214. Compare the story of the origin of Cdchulainn’s name, L.U. 61a.

Notes.

§ 215. As to lycanthropy in Ireland see Irish Nennius, p. 204, and Giraldus Cambrensis, Top. Hib. Dist. 2, c. 19. A female werwolfnbsp;(ben tét i euanricht) was called conel, H. 3. 18, p. 67'gt; and p. 634igt;.

§ 218. Loegaire Bern buadach: mac side ingine Delbdith drdad brathair Moga Ruith, LL. 339» 44.

§ 220. Na Fothaid óeiMiadaim, co torchair Fothad Cairptech lasin Fotba(2 Airgdech. Dorochafr dawo Fothad Airgdec^ il-Line i cath Ollarba,nbsp;LL. 24» 28—30, see Silva Gadelica 11. 483, 531. As to Aendia, Tréndia,nbsp;Caindia, see LL. lOO^ 11, where they are called Oende, Cloendé, Trendé.nbsp;As to Fothad Canand see 0’Mahony’s Keating 378. As to Fothad Airg-thech and Fothad Cairpthech, see F.M. A.D. 285, and O’M.’s Keating 362.nbsp;Gilla Coemain’s quatrains about the Fothads (LL. 12911 27—30) have beennbsp;strangely miscopied in the Todd Lectures III. 208. They run as follows:nbsp;Rogabsatar na Fothaid!nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Aided Fothaid iar flngail

\Aiadain os Banba bothaig. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;i cath Ollarba inbaig.

doroohair Fothad Cairptech nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Fiacha iar Fothod, feith latt,

lasin Fothad flnd-Airgdech. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;secht mbliadwa déo ar fichet.

‘The Fothads were a year over bothy-full Banba (Ireland). Fothad of the chariots fell by the fair Fothad Airgdech.

‘The tragical death of Fothad after parricide in the battle of ... . Ollarba: after Fothad Fiacha (Sraibtine) — consider thou — (reigned) sevennbsp;and twenty years.’

§ 221. O’M.'s Keating 147. 153. Farsaid is perhaps = arsaid ‘old.’ The Irish etymologist seems to have heard of the derivation of the N.T.nbsp;•TaQiauLoq from perishin, the Aramaic form of Hebr. perusMm ‘separated’.nbsp;See Isidor. Origg. VII. 6, 40 and VIII. 4, 3.

§ 223. As to Ferchertne fili, who disputed with Néde mac Adnai, see LL. 186—188; Rawl. B. 502, fo. 60»: O’Curry, Lectures 45.

§ 224. See LL. 61), the dindsenchas of Loch Andind and Loch Uair (Rev. Celt. XYI. 80), and O’M.’s Keating 127. 129. 130.

§ 225. 226. O’M.’s Keating 130.

§ 227—233. These names of the seven Maines, sons of Ailill and Medb, are found also in L.U. and in the Bodleian Dindsenchas of Ath cliathnbsp;la Connachta, Folklore III. 492.

§ 234. See LU. 2» (Revue Celtique I. 257) and O’M.’s Keating 116. 124. 126. 142.

§ 235. Fer diad mac Damain meic Ddre (LL. 81» 24), in milid tnorchcdma d’feraib Domnand, who was slain by Cuchiilainn, LL. 87».

§ 237. Fer tri n-og, literally ‘man of three eggs’ — og being here used metaphorically for ‘testicle’. So Skr. anda. According to Lee.,nbsp;of Lugna’s three testicles, two were his own and one was Oscar’s (a danbsp;nig fein 7 ug Oseuir). I know nothing of the story here referred to.

Notes.

Probably the expression ‘man of three tesjicles’ merely meant, like the gr. TQiOQxV'S, that their owner was very lecherous.

§ 238. For the genealogy of the Lugni of Connaught see LL. 338h. The last five are Nia Corp mac Loi o filet Lugni, marc Cormaic Galengnbsp;maic Thaidc maic Cein.

§ 239. The story of Cormac and the badgers is told also in H. 3.18, p.42, whence itiseditedinthepreface to ThreeIm^Gfossaries,pp.XLII—XLIV.nbsp;See too Cormac’s Glossary, s. v. Qaileng, F.M., A.D. 1558, p. 1566; andnbsp;LL. 329 c.

§ 240. See LL. 11: Rev. Celt. XII. 64, 125. Crichenbél, LL. lit 12, 170t 5. Crithlnbél cainte, BB. lit.

§ 241. F.M., A.D. 10. and 1258, note i. O.M.’s Keating 290, 295. Corpri Chindchaitt criiaid, LL. 129». Cairbri Cind chaid, BB, ISk Morenbsp;of the revolt of Cairbre of the Cat’s head, BB. 255» 34, lAsmore Lives.nbsp;p. XXXVII. O’Curry, Lectures pp. 230, 262—264, 590.

§ 242. As to Lugaid Cal see supra no. 70.

§ 244. F.M. A.D. 600. lugulatio Aedho Roin rex [leg. regis] Nepo-tum Failgi, A.U. 603. Another Aedh Roin rex Ulath is mentioned in A.U. 734, et V. LL. 41c. As to Aed Slaine v. supra No. 183. Aed Gustan comaltanbsp;Conaill 7 Baethal Bile ron-ghonsadar, A. G. Conall’s fosterbrother and B.B.nbsp;killed him: A.U. 603. Aed Buide ri Ceniu[i]l Maeni, A.U. 603.

§ 245. The etymology of TJlaid from oU-saith is also in O’M.’s Keating 89. The other etymologies are in Laud 610, fo. 106t 4. The battlenbsp;of Oenach Macha, O’M.’s Keating 278—279.

§ 246. BB. 12». F.M., A.M. 3867; O.M.’s Keating 230.

§ 247. Finnachta, see F.M.. A.M. 3942: O’M.’s Keating 233. He is called Finnachta Fail ‘Finnachta of Ireland’, in LL. 128». SldnoU,nbsp;F.M., A.M. 3959: O’M.’s Keating 233. As to his death LL. 18t 47 has:nbsp;ni fes ca galar rodn-uc, acht a fagbdil marb. sech nir’ s4e datli. ni ra lobnbsp;a chorp, and see LL. 128». Gede Ollgothach BB. 12», F.M., A.M. 3960nbsp;note: O’M.’s Keating 233. Ba binnithir téta mendchrott guth 7 amor cac7tnbsp;duine inna flaith, LL. 18t—19», ‘sweet as strings of lutes were the voicenbsp;and song of every one in his reign’.

§ 248. O’M.’s Keating 239. F.M., A.M. 4329, note. Rosaiched a 14m 14r 7 sé ’na sessom ‘his hand would reach the ground, and he standing up’, LL. 20» 8, et v. LL. 128».