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LIVES OF SAINTS 
 
 FROM 
 
 THE BOOK OF LISMORE 
 
 EDITED 
 
 IVITH A TRANSLATION, NOTES, AND INDICES 
 
 BY 
 
 WHITLEY STOKES, D.CL. 
 
 AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 
 1890 
 
 rights reserved'] 
 
HENRY FROWDE 
 
 Oxford University Press Warehouse 
 Amen Corner, E.G. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Preface :- ^^^^ 
 
 I. Description of the Manuscript v-xliv 
 
 II. The Language of the Lives xliv-xc 
 
 III. The Contents of the Lives xci-cxx 
 
 Text:— 
 
 Betha Phátraic 1-19 
 
 Betha Choluim chille 20-33 
 
 Betha Bhrigde 34-53 
 
 Betha Shenáin meic Geirginn 54~74 
 
 Betha Fhindéin Clúana hEraird 75"^3 
 
 Betha Fhinnchua Bri Gobhunn 84-98 
 
 Betha Bhrenainn meic Fhinnlogha 99-I16 
 
 Betha Chiaráin Clúana meic Nois 1 17-134 
 
 Riaghail Pátraic 135 
 
 Cose mo Cholmoc meic húi Beóna 135 
 
 As doilghi learn ind in t-écc 1 35 j 136 
 
 Betha Mochua Balla 137-146 
 
 Translation :— 
 
 Life of Patrick 149-167 
 
 Life of Colom-cille 168-181 
 
 Life of Brigit li^2-200 
 
 Life of Senán, son of Gerrcenn 2CI-221 
 
 Life of Findian of Clonard 222-230 
 
 Life of Findchua of Bri gown 231-24Ó 
 
 Life of Brenainn, son of Finnlugh 247-261 
 
 Life of Ciarán of Clonmacnois 262-280 
 
 Life of Mochua of Balla 221-289 
 
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CONTENTS. 
 
 Notes : — 
 
 PAGE 
 
 On the Life of Patrick 293-299 
 
 „ Life of Colom-cille 299-317 
 
 „ Life of Brigit 318-336 
 
 „ Life of Senán, son of Gerrcenn 337-341 
 
 „ Life of Findian of Clonard 342-346 
 
 „ Life of Findchua of Brigown 347-348 
 
 „ Life of Brenainn, son of Finnlugh 349-354 
 
 Life of Ciarán of Clonmacnois 355-359 
 
 „ Life of Mochua of Balla 360-361 
 
 Indices :— • 
 
 L Index of Matters 363 
 
 II, Index of Persons . . . 369 
 
 III. Index of Places and Tribes 376 
 
 IV. Index of First Lines of Poems 382 
 
 V. Index of Irish Words 383 
 
 Addenda 404 
 
 Corrigenda 
 
 Photographic Facsimile 
 
 . 407 
 
 Facing the title-page. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 The chief contents of this volume are the text and translation of the 
 nine Lives of ancient Irish saints contained in the so-called Book of Lismore^ 
 a manuscript which now belongs to the Duke of Devonshire, and is kept 
 in Lismore Castle, Co. Waterford. There, in 1814, it was found in a walled- 
 up passage by some workmen engaged in repairing the castle. It was lying, 
 along with a crozier, in a wooden box. 'The MS.' (says O'Curry) 'had 
 suffered much from damp, and the back, front and top margin had been 
 gnawed in several places by rats or mice.' Of its previous history we 
 only know that on the 20th June, 1629, it was in Timoleague Abbey, in 
 the hands of Michael O'Clery, one of the Four Masters. 
 
 This manuscript has been noticed by Windcle^, O'Curry Mr. Gilbert^, 
 Sir Henry Yule*, and Professor d'Arbois de Jubainville ^ ; and one of the 
 two modern copies of part of it, belonging to the library of the Royal Irish 
 Academy, has been noticed by Dr. Todd But all these notices are so 
 meagre, that they give no adequate idea of the nature and variety of its 
 contents. The following description, though very incomplete, may serve 
 to fill the gap till the codex is catalogued by some better scholar and 
 palaeographer than the present writer. 
 
 I. Description of the Manuscript. 
 
 The Book of Lisinorc was compiled from the lost Book of Monaster- 
 boice and other manuscripts, in the latter half of the fifteenth century, 
 for Finghin mac Carthaigh Riabhach and his wife Catherine, daughter of 
 Thomas, eighth earl of Desmond. Hence it is sometimes called TJie Book 
 of Mac CartJiy RcagJi. It is written in double columns on 197 leaves of 
 
 ' Jotirnal of the Kilkenny, etc. Archaeological Association, New Series, vol. i (1858), pp. 370-378. 
 
 Lectures on the MS. materials of Ancic7tt Irish History. Dublin, 1861, pp. 196-200. 
 ^ Facsimiles of National Manuscripts of Ireland, Part III, Introduction, p. xvii. 
 
 * The Book of Ser Marco Polo, second edition, vol. I, Introduction, p. 100. 
 Essai iVtin Catalogue de la Litttraturc épiqice de VIrlande, Introduction, c. 
 
 • Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, vol. i. pp. 449, 450. O'Curry's copy comprises (he 
 says) 131 folios. 
 
vi 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 vellum, 15Í inches by loj inches. There are on an average forty lines 
 in each column. 
 
 The only ornaments are the initial letters with which some of the 
 pieces commence. These letters exhibit the Celtic interlacement, but have 
 no colour, except in two or three cases, where they have been reddened by 
 an unskilful, and apparently modern, hand. 
 
 The handwritings of three scribes can be distinguished : one of whom 
 was a friar named O'Buagachain, another calls himself Aonghus O'Callaid. 
 
 All of them were more or less careless and ignorant. They often omit 
 marks of aspiration, sometimes even words. They constantly write gh for 
 dh and dh iox gh^. So they write mh for bh and bh for mh. They use 
 the digraph fh not only for the aspirated / (/), but for the medialized / 
 (bh'f). They use the digraph ts^ not only for the eclipsing / {t-s\ but for 
 the aspirated s (s). 
 
 The manuscript has lost at least thirty-six leaves, and of those that 
 remain, many are more or less illegible owing to fading, damp, or the 
 re-writing of an ignorant person called O'Floinn, in whose hands part of 
 the book appears to have been in the year 1816. 
 
 The contents of the remaining folios are as follows : — 
 fo. I a, col. I (old foliation .f. xxxu.). Beginning of an Irish homily on the 
 
 Life of S. Patrick, printed infra, pp. 1-19. 
 fo. 2 a, 2 b. A misplaced fragment of the historical piece called Digal fola 
 Crista ' Revenge for Christ's blood,' which is founded partly on Josephus' 
 account of the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus, and corresponds with the 
 mediaeval French Vengeance du Sauveur'^. Of this piece there are perfect 
 copies in Laud 610, fif. 18 b, i — 22 b, 2, and in the Lebar Brecc, p. 150, 
 col. 2, 1. 54 — p. 157 b, 1. 29 : others, apparently, in the Book of Fermoy, 
 44 a ^ and the Bibliotheque Nationale, Celt, et B. i, fo. 90 a, 2; and an 
 
 ^ In one instance— íí^Aazí//z for Old Irish adaig, ' night ' — both these blunders are made in the same 
 word. 
 
 2 See as to this, Jievue critique, 1882, i. 346 : Romania, xvi. 56, and G. Paris, La Littérature 
 Fran^aise au moyen Age, § 140. 
 
 ^ See Dr. Todd's account of this MS. in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Irish MSS. 
 Series, 1870, pp. 1-65. 
 
THE BOOK OF LISMORE. 
 
 vii 
 
 imperfect copy in Egerton 91, fo. 63 b, 2. The Lismore fragment is 
 equal to LB., 156a, 1. 62 — 157 b, 1. 29, and begins thus : 
 
 [Ar ba ferr leo a thinud oltas bethugud n]a For rather than that the Jews should be fed 
 rv-Xviáaide de, ar daigh co ^^-eiplitis do by it, they preferred that it should vanish, 
 gorta, air ba he mian na crechaire Romh- so they might die of hunger : for this was 
 anda gu (n-)eplitis na hludaidi uile do the desire of the Roman raiders, that all 
 ghorta, air ba (to)irrs^c// iat ica mdivhad. the Jews might die of hunger, for they 
 
 were sorrowful at killing them. 
 
 fos. 3, 4 (old foliation, .f. xxxui and .f. xxxuii). Continuation from fo. i of 
 the Homily on S. Patrick. 
 Two leaves are here lost. 
 
 fos. 5, 6 and 7 a. The remainder of the Homily on S. Patrick. Fo. 6 a is 
 numbered in an old hand xxxxi. 
 
 fos. 7b-ii a, I. Homily on the life of S. Colomb cille, printed infra, pp. 
 20-33. Folio 8 a is numbered in an old hand xxxxiii. 
 
 fos. II a, 2 (old foliation xxxxui)-i6 b, 2. Homily on St. Brigit, with the 
 hymn Brigit hé hithmaith and the preface thereto. Printed infra, 
 pp. 34-53. Folio 12 a is numbered in an old hand xxxxuii. 
 
 fo. 17 a, 1-23 a, I. Homily on S. Senán son of Gcirgenn. Printed infra, 
 PP- 54-74. 
 
 fo. 23 a, 2. Life of S. Finden of Clonard. Printed infra, pp. 75-83. 
 
 fo. 25 b, 2-30 a, 2. Life of S. Finnchua of Bri Gobann (now Brigown). 
 
 Printed infra, pp. 84-98. At the end is the following scribe's note : In 
 hrsiihair oBuagachain roscribh an betha so as l^cabhtir Mdimestrech '^uiti 
 'the friar O'Buagachain wrote this Life from the Book of Monasterboice.' 
 Folios 27 a and 28 a are respectively numbered in an old hand Ixii and Ixiii. 
 fo. 31 b-35 a, I. Homily on S. Brenainn son of Finnlugh. Printed infra, 
 
 pp. 99-116. 
 
 fo. 35 a, 2-39 b, 2. Homily on S. Ciarán of Clonmacnois. Printed infra, 
 pp. 1 1 7-1 34. At the end is a note in the handwriting of O'Buagachain, 
 complaining of the MS. which he was copying. 
 
 fo. 39 b, 2, 1. 10. Two short prose pieces and a poem in eleven quatrains, 
 printed infra, pp. 135, 136. 
 
 fo. 40 a, 1-42 b, I. Homily on S. Mochua of Balla. Printed infra, pp. 137-146. 
 
 fo. 42 b, I. A story entitled Sgela an trir m^c cleir^c// annso sis, 'Tidings 
 
viii 
 
 PREFACE, 
 
 of the three young clerics here below.' This legend is also found in 
 the Book of Lemster, p. 283, whence it has been published, with a French 
 translation and notes^by M. Henri Gaidoz in Mélusine, t. iv. cols. 6-1 1. 
 The Lismore copy furnishes some various readings, and runs thus : 
 
 Triar maczX^vcech di fhearuibh YXxenn do- 
 chotar dia n-ailithre. Ba dicra 7 bá 
 cridheachair docos. Ni rucad ann do Ion 
 ior muir acht teora bairgen {sic) 
 
 * Beratsa in caitin,' ar fear dhiibh. O ro- 
 siactadar fi'^-mnai na fairce ii?i?norro, ' a 
 n-ainm Cm/, tra,' or iat, 'leicium ar raimh 
 isin mhuir uann 7 fo[n]cé'rtam il-leth ar 
 Tig^ma.' Doronat[h] on. Ni bá cian 
 iZYum la íuríacht Crist condztrala. docum 
 n-indsi áilli : cond^Xh. n-imdha inde, \xsd 
 imdhai. 'Denam tra ecXais ior lar ar 
 n-indsi.' Doghniat on. Teit in caitin 
 uadhaibh. Dos-srengai bratan fireisc 
 dhoibh conice teora bratana ce^ry^a tratha. 
 *A Dé,' or iat, *ni hailitre ar n-ailitre 
 ifechtsa. Tz^csam Ion linn, ar caitin 
 diar n-airbiath(2^. As diic ifechtsa, to- 
 mhailt a urthoraidh. [Ni chaithfem torad 
 in caitt.'] Bditar se trath iarsin cen 
 tuara, cein cu tainic timt/reacht o Crist 
 cu mbui iorsin altoir .i. Whbairghiun 
 cruithneachta ccirh fir 7 orda eisc. ' Maith 
 tra, findadh each duris dia madh^ don 
 fhir ardon-biatha.' 
 
 * Gebatsa cetamus,' ar fer dibh, ' na tri .L. 
 
 cech dia, la ceileabhr^^T mo trath 7 la 
 hoifrenn.' 
 
 ' Gebhutsa didiu,* or araili, ' na tri .L. ur- 
 naigtkl, la ceileabríjií^ mo trath 7 la hoi- 
 freann cech lái.' 
 
 * Gebutsa,' or in treas fer, ' .LLL Imnum 
 
 Three young clerics, of the men of Ireland, 
 went on their pilgrimage. It was fer- 
 vently and heartily they went. There was 
 no provision taken to sea save three cakes. 
 
 ' I will bring the little cat,' says one of them. 
 Now when they reached the shoulders of 
 the main, ' In Christ's name,' say they, ' let 
 us cast away our oars into the sea, and 
 throw ourselves on the mercy of our 
 Lord.' This was done. Not long after- 
 wards they came with Christ's help to a 
 beautiful island. Plenty of firewood was 
 therein, plenty of water. ' Let us build a 
 church in the midst of our island.' This 
 they do. The little cat goes from them. 
 It draws to them a veritable salmon, up 
 to three salmons for every (canonical) 
 hour. ' O God,' say they, ' our pilgrimage 
 is no pilgrimage now ! We have brought 
 provision with us, our cat to feed us. It 
 is sad now to eat his catching. We will 
 not partake of the cat's produce.' There- 
 after they abode for six watches without 
 food, until a message came from Christ 
 that (some) was on the altar, to wit, half 
 a cake of wheat for each man, and a piece 
 of fish. ' Well, then, let each of us make 
 known his work for Him who feeds us.' 
 
 ' I will sing, first,' says one of them, ' the 
 three fifties ^ every day, with celebrating 
 my hours and with mass.' 
 
 ' I will sing, then,' says another, ' the thrice 
 fifty prayers, with celebrating my hours 
 and with mass every day.' 
 
 ' I will sing,' says the third man, ' a hundred 
 
 * The Book of Lismore is here corrupt. 
 ^ i.e. the 150 psalms. 
 
 Read, with LL., Maith, tra, finnad cách úaind a mod. 
 ^ MS. inserts do. 
 
THE BOOK OF LISMORE. 
 
 ix 
 
 dicat^ (cech dia), la ceileabra^ mu trath 7 
 la hoifnunn.' 
 Dognit^r on tra fria re ^ fhoda. Marb iarumh 
 in tres fer. Rogabadh a ecnairc 7 rohad- 
 nacht. 
 
 [42 b. 2.] ' Maith, tra,' or siat, ' na tesbhadh 
 ni don urd cetna isin^ eck/s. Rannam 
 edz-ainn ord ar [cojcele ' .i. fer na tri .L. 
 [salm] is é atbath ann. Rannaid etarra. 
 modh in tres fir. 
 
 Nir'bo clan iRuim cu mba marb araili. 
 Adhlaicti-r [side dano A.] fer na tri .L. 
 uvnazgth'i. Trumai - di * lasin ydrxier 
 á'xdúc : ba soethar mor dosom na .LLL. 
 salm 7 na .LLL. uvnaigth'x 7 na .LLL. 
 Imnum dicat, lasna tri hoifreannaib ce^:^ 
 dia 7 la ceileabhradh na trath. ' Fir,' 
 or seisium, ' moo sere na deisi ucut la 
 a Tigi-ma innusa : f<?rroces' chuice : 
 fom-racuibhsea. Maá \.ros,cud frissiumh 
 dogentar 6n<', ar nach ferr a n-airilliudh 
 innussa.' Don-ic in t-ai;zg<?/. * IS bair- 
 r\ech do Tig<i'ma friutsa,' or in t-ainge/, 
 * do irosciid indlightt'c/z, ar ni bia cen 
 aircisecht [uad],' ' Cid dosum áxdiii cen 
 mu chesadh-sa lia mhuinntir?' 'IS tu 
 dora[e]ga,' ol in t-ai;/g^/ '.i. intan do- 
 rannsaidh hur n-urdu .i. in ier doroega 
 na .LLL. as duthain 7 is nime : is air 
 dofucadh i tos/^di '^. Fer na .LLL. urn- 
 aígíhi, ni thimdhibh ni ihdhair S3cgu/. 
 Inni immorro rothoghuis .i. .LLL. Im- 
 num dicat, sirshseg?^/ do saidhe 7 flaith 
 nime.' 
 
 and fifty Hymmwi dicats every day, with 
 celebrating my hours and with mass.' 
 
 So this is done for a long space of time. 
 Then the third man died. His requiem 
 was sung and he was buried. 
 
 * Well, then,' say they, ' let there be nothing 
 wanting to the same order in the church. 
 Let us divide between us the order of our 
 comrade,' to wit, the man of the thrice 
 fifty psalms, it is he that died. They divide 
 between them the third man's work.' 
 
 ' It was not long before another was dead. 
 He, then, is buried, to wit, the man of the 
 thrice fifty prayers. It was the heavier for 
 the one survivor : it was great labour to him, 
 the thrice fifty psalms and the thrice fifty 
 prayers and the thrice ^ityHymmwi dicats, 
 with the three masses every day and with 
 celebration of the hours. * Of a truth,' 
 says he, ' their Lord hath a greater love 
 for yon twain than He hath for me. He 
 has taken them unto Him : He has left me. 
 Let me perform fasting against Him, for 
 their merit is no better than mine.' The 
 angel comes to him. ' Thy Lord is 
 angry with thee,' saith the angel, ' because 
 of thine unlawful fasting : for thou wilt 
 not be without mercy from Him.' * Why, 
 then, did He not let me suffer with His 
 household ? ' ' The choice was thine,' saith 
 the angel, ' when ye parted your duties. 
 The man that chose the thrice fifty 
 (psalms) is transitory and is short-lived. 
 Wherefore he was taken first. The man 
 of the thrice fifty prayers, he neither cuts 
 off nor adds to his life. As to that, how- 
 ever, which thou chosest, even the thrice 
 fifty Hyvminn dicats, long life to him 
 (who chose), and the kingdom of heaven.* 
 
 St. Hilary's hymn in praise of Christ, Todd 
 CO ré, LL. ^ assind, LL. 
 
 Rosuc, LL. 
 
 is duthain. 7 nime. nus-menicedar is aire fosroiti i tossaig, LL 
 
 b 
 
 Liber Jlymnorian^ pp. 151-161, 
 * Trz^mmu-te, LL. 
 ® Dogentar Iroscud frisseom on, 
 
 LL. 
 
X 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 ' ^QXiViacht iorÚTs. Tig^ma oa tuidhches ^ : 
 am buid<?Ci^ de.' 
 
 Bai dS.diu ina innsi co hgeis 7 crine, co tar- 
 raidh Brenainn don fhairrgiu, conaá. essein 
 rom-beannuch 7 dorat coman 7 sacarbaic 
 dhó, CO n-áechaz'd dochum nime, cona.[d] 
 torruma aingel uasaibh áogres ina n-indsi. 
 Finit dó sin. 
 
 ' A blessing on the Lord from whom thou 
 
 hast come. I am thankful to Him.' 
 So he dwelt in his island till he was aged 
 and withered, and till Brenainn came 
 from the sea ; and Brenainn blessed him 
 and gave him communion and sacrifice, 
 so he went to heaven ; and a watch of 
 angels is always over them in their island. 
 
 fo. 42 b, 2,. Story of a young nun who waited on S. Molaisse of Leighlin, 
 was seduced by a clerical student, and became pregnant. She tells her 
 lover to flee from the wrath of the saint. ' It is enough,' she says, * that / 
 should be ruined ' {as lor, ar si, mu mhudhugudh so). The saint curses her 
 and deprives her of heaven. She dies in childbed and is buried in a bog out- 
 side the church. Her lover devotes himself to saving her soul from hell. 
 He builds a hut by her grave, and every day he recites seven times the 
 Beatus and the psalms, and he performs a hundred prostrations. After a 
 year her spirit appears to him, blesses him, and declares that she is almost 
 rescued, and that the Beatus has helped her most. The story ends thus : 
 
 Feact áidiu táinic Fursa crúhháech docum Once, then, Fursa the Pious came to the 
 
 na cilli, con fhaca side timthireir>^/' na n- 
 aing^/ isin monat'd don lighi. ' Maith, a 
 Molaisi,' ar Fursa, * cia noemh fil isin 
 mhonazdV * Idhul fil ann,' or Molaisi, 
 * .i. demi^;^ caillz^i.' ' Décha, a Mholaisi,' 
 ar Fz/rsa. Dechait andis, con f<2catar 
 timthireacht na n-ai;^g^/ don lighi docum 
 nime. 
 
 Ti^cadh huim in corp asin moin cu roadh- 
 nacki isin relic. Co nderna. Fursa faesom 
 in cleirz^, cu mba noemhdha iarsin, 7 
 CO ndeckat'd doc^^m nime. 
 
 Conad ievv cech n-err\atgthe in hiait do 
 tesarci^m anma ar demhnaib. 
 
 There is another copy of this story in the Book of Leinster, pp. 285 b- 
 286 a. 
 
 fo. 43 a, 1-43 a, 2. Story of two young clerical fellow-students who agree 
 ^ o tucad, LL. The tuidhches of the text means literally ' ventum est.' 
 
 church and beheld the service of angels 
 (between heaven and) the grave in the 
 bog. * Well, O Molaisse,' saith Fursa, 
 ' what saint is there in the bog ? ' ' An 
 idol is therein,' saith Molaisse, * a dia- 
 bolic nun.' * Look, Molaisse ! ' saith 
 Fursa. They both look, and they beheld 
 the service of the angels (ascending) from 
 the grave to heaven. 
 
 Thus the (nun's) body was taken out of the 
 bog and buried in the graveyard. And 
 Fursa took the cleric under his protec- 
 tion ; wherefore he afterwards became a 
 holy man and went to heaven. 
 
 So that the Beatus is better than any prayer 
 for saving a soul from devils. 
 
THE BOOK OF LISMORE. 
 
 xi 
 
 that whichever of them dies first shall come to the survivor with tidings 
 of the other world. Another copy, beginning Dids macclerech, is in the 
 Book of Leinster, 278 a. A third copy, beginning Da macckre<:/^ robad<2r 
 a comann ac denam a leighiunn^ is in Rawl. B. 512, fo. 140 b, 2. The 
 Lismore copy runs thus : 
 
 Two clerical students had been reading 
 together ^ so that they were comrades ^ 
 since they had been little boys. This 
 was their conversation in their hut. * Sad 
 is the journey on which our dear ones and 
 our friends go from us, that they come 
 not again with tidings to us of the land 
 into which they go. We have a counsel, 
 that whichever of us first escapes should 
 come to the other with tidings.' That on 
 which they agree is done. They agreed 
 that whichever of the twain should go 
 first would come, before a month's end, 
 with tidings to the other. 
 It was not long thereafter that one of the 
 twain died. He is buried by the other, 
 who sings his requiem. Then the sur- 
 vivor abode waiting him to a month's 
 end. His comrade came not. He was re- 
 proaching him and reproaching the Trinity 
 for not letting him commune with him. 
 He was then making prostrations in his 
 hut. There was a little crossbeam above 
 his head. His head struck against the 
 cross-beam so that he became dead. The 
 soul saw its body before it. It seemed 
 to it that it was (still) in its body. It 
 was dreaming * That is bad,' saith he, 
 * to bring the corpse to me. The people 
 of the church,' saith he, * have brought it.' 
 With that he leaps forth out of the house. 
 
 Dias macc\érech batar i comuidh [43 a, 2] 
 oc leghiunn comdar comhalti^da optar 
 meic beca. Ba he a n-imrath ina mboi- 
 thiniu. * IS truagh in turz/j i tiag«/t ^ 
 ar coeim 7 ar caruit uainn nach teguit 
 doridhisi cu bhfis seel duin in tire a tiaghat. 
 Tathonn comairli, nechtar noternoithe 
 artús cu tuidced* cu sceluibh dia cheli.' 
 Firthar inni immangaibht(?r ime. Ima- 
 ragaibh doibh ime. ciapate [leg. ciapad] 
 dhe roteis^^ itosaigh co tised ria cinn mis 
 CO fis sceul dialaile. 
 
 Nir'bó foda iarsin cu mba marb andala nae. 
 Adhnaicti^r lia cheli 7 gebhidh a ecnairc. 
 Bui oca fnthail/;;; cu cenn mis iarz^w. 
 Ni thainic a cheli. Bui oca ecnac/t, 7 oc 
 ecnachnaTrinoitigan a lec^ddia RcaWawi. 
 Bui-siumh di<'//V/ oc slechtanaibh ina boi- 
 thiniu. Tairrsich ^ bee uasa cind. Atcu- 
 maing a cenn imon tairrsiuch '^ cu mba 
 marbh. Con fliaca [ind anim] a coluind 
 arabhela/A [Darle-side is ina curp b6i]. 
 Boi ica taidhbhredh. ' 01c 6n,' ol se, ' in 
 colunn do tabairt cucamsa. Muinntirr 
 na cilli,' ar se, ' dosn-uc' Laissin lingidh 
 asin tigh imach. Bai in fer g^idh oc 
 bein a[n] cluic ^ * Ni con maith, a cleir/^,' 
 or se, * in colunn do brith cucumsa.' Ni 
 rofreacuir in cUreck. Gaibhthe do ^ chách. 
 
 * Lit. in partnership at reading. ' Lit. fosterbrothers : of. W. cyfaillt. ' in turnsa tiagait, LL. 
 
 * Denam comairle, nechtar de uánd dig zxUis co ti co scélaib dia cheliu. Dentar ám. Immaragaib 
 doib cipé díb nodigsed hi tossaig co \xa%ed ria cind mis co fis seel diarailiu, LL. 
 
 ' fordonis, LL. « taidbread, ' a dream, a vision,' P. O' C. LL. has Bid oc tadbrhid. 
 
 ^ oc beim in chluic, LL. ^ co, LL. 
 
 b 2 
 
xii 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 Ni con cualut.a;;'. Ba toirrsi mor laissiumh. 
 Gaibhthe asin cill docum na meithle. 
 ' Iss ed so,' ol sé. Ni con cualatizr. Nos- 
 geibh ^ luinne : teit don chill. Docuas cu 
 náQz\vví\adhaib dosz/rm, con fhacas a chol- 
 ann istaigh. Dos-fucadh docum na reilgi. 
 Intan dochoidh-sium isin cill con fhaca 
 
 a chele arachinn. * Amein am^/;^/ or se, 
 * is foda lat cu ^ tanac' * 01c do breitzV,' or 
 sesium. * Na[ch]am-cairigh áidiu,' oul 
 a chele. * Tanac mor iechtus co mbinn 
 for cinn h' adhairt oc nemele frit, 7 nim- 
 chual(3:zs, ár ni cluinet[h]ar in cor^ tiugh 
 trom ind ainim n-aerdha tanaidhi.' 
 
 * Rot-cluinim innosa,' ol sesium. 
 
 * Na tó,' ol a cell : ' h'ainim nama as i fil ann. 
 
 Is ret choluinn fesin itai occ imi^iched. 
 Ar-rogad comanarladh dhuinne. Con 
 fail on \2c:ujn. Mairg doghni olc, cein mair 
 [i.] mogenar, dogni maith. [43 b, i] Eirg 
 arcenn do colla resiu dorattar isin deirc' 
 
 * Cubrath ni con ragsa innti doridhisi ara 
 
 grain 7 ara homiin.^ 
 *Noragha ém, 7 bia hlmdan i mhethai'd. In 
 biait cech dia ar m'sinmam-si, ár is e áradh 
 7 slabhrííd 7 muince is treisi do thabairt 
 anma [dune] a hithfern in biait.' 
 
 Ceileabhraidh dia chele, 7 teit dochum na 
 colla, 7 adracht a greich ass oc to'iáhec/ií 
 innti, cu rotathbeo[ig], co ;^dech^/^ docum 
 nimhe i cind hliadne. In bhiaid, tra, as^ 
 si ernuighthi as dech fil ann. Finit. 
 
 ^ Nongeib, LL. 2 
 
 The ecclesiastic was striking the bell. 
 * It was not right, O cleric,' saith he, ' to 
 bring the corpse to me.' The cleric made 
 no answer. He betakes himself to every- 
 one. They heard him not. (That) was 
 a great trouble to him. He gets him out 
 of the church to the reapers. ' It is this,' 
 saith he. They heard him not. Fury 
 possesses him: he goes to the church. 
 They went with tithes to him and saw his 
 body within. It was carried to the grave- 
 yard. When he entered the church he 
 saw his comrade before him. * Verily, 
 verily,' saith he, ' thou hast been long in 
 coming. Bad is thy word,' saith the 
 same. ' Upbraid me not, now,' saith his 
 comrade. ' I came many times, and was 
 at the end of thy pillow complaining to 
 thee ; and thou heardest me not, for the 
 thick, dense body heareth not the aerial, 
 attenuated soul.' 
 
 * I hear thee now,' saith he. 
 
 ' Not so,' saith the other : ' it is only thy 
 soul that is there. It is from thine own 
 body that thou art escaping. What thou 
 askedst has happened to us. There is 
 this then. Woe to him who doth evil 1 
 Happy he who doth good ! Go to meet 
 thy body before it is put into the cave.' 
 
 * I will never enter it again, because of the 
 
 horror and the fear of it ! ' 
 
 * Truly thou shalt go, and thou wilt be a 
 
 year alive. (Say) the Beatus every day 
 for my soul, for the mightiest ladder and 
 chain and collar to bring man's soul out 
 of hell is the Beatus.' 
 He bids farewell to his comrade and goes to 
 the body, and his scream rose out of him 
 as he entered it, and he came again to 
 life, and at the year's end he went to 
 heaven. The Beatus, therefore, is the 
 best prayer that is. Fim'i. 
 
 3 ar. 
 
THE BOOK OF LISMORE. 
 
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 fo. 43 b, I. Story of S. Brenainn r 
 harper and the bird-like angel. Ar 
 
 [FJeacht do Brenuinn mac hui Altai a Gluain 
 F^-rta, dia case .ui iMmdna rena eitsict^ 
 ceilebarthar isin eclaz's lais 7 pntchaight(?r 
 7 aifnVíMar. O tainic in medon lai im- 
 morro tiaguit na ma.nai^ da proinntigh. 
 Do bhi m(2ccleir^c^ istigh 7 cruit ina 
 laim oca gaba/s f^^ra n-airfited,7 doratscit 
 a mbennac/ii dó. 
 
 Robo meallach lim anosa,' ol in cUreck, 
 Mia mbeith Brenainn astigh^ eu seinninn 
 tri hadbuinn do.' 'Ni leicfed euigi thfi,' 
 ar na msLnai£^, * ár is sec/ii mb\\2uina do 
 Brenuinn nar'thibh 7 na cuala ceol do 
 cheo^a/d domiim; ac/i^ da. ubhall ciar[th]a'^ 
 7 snaithi etarra [, 7 nobitis] ara belaibh 
 fors'm leabar, 7 intan rocluin ceol dobeir 
 na hubla ina ouibh.' 
 
 Raghatsa [/mmorro \ ol in macclerech,] ' do 
 sheinm do.' 
 Teit as 7 a chruit glesta lais. ' Osluic,' or 
 mc\éreck. 'Ciaso?' olBremnnn. ' M^c- 
 c^recA duitsi do seinm cruiti duit.' * Seinn 
 imuigh,' ol Brenainn. * Mun bhadh doil- 
 z'gk latsa, * ol in cUrech, 'robudh buidhi^ 
 lim mu leicen for lar na hecalsa do sheinm 
 tressi*.' Maith lem,' ol Brenainn. 
 
 * Oslaic remam,' ol in macc\ifrec/i.] Os- 
 luiczí/ Brenainn roimhe. 'Dohe/r in 
 {^.érech a cruit aniar ^ Dob^zV Brenamn 
 a dha ubhull chiartha ina óuibh. * Ni 
 maith leamsa,' ol in mizecl/r<?c/!, Mi'air- 
 fitedh mina ghata in ceir as t'óaibh.' 
 
 * Dogéntrtr,' \d\dhc\ ol Brenainn. 
 
 Lccu Altai of Clonfert, the young 
 ther copy in Rawl. B. 512, fo. 142 a, b. 
 Once when Brenainn maccu Altai was in 
 Clonfert, on Easter-day seven years before 
 his obit, mass is celebrated by him in the 
 church, and preaching and offering. Now 
 when midday came the monks go to their 
 refectory. There was a clerical student 
 inside with a harp in his hand, whereon 
 he began to make music for them, and 
 they gave him their blessing. 
 *It would be delightful, now,' saith the cleric, 
 * if Brenainn were within, that I might 
 play three strains to him.' ' He would not 
 let you (come) to him,' say the monks, 
 'for it is now seven years since Brenainn 
 smiled or heard a melody of the melodies 
 of the world. But he has two waxen 
 balls with a thread between them, and 
 they used to lie before him on the book ; 
 and whenever he heard a melody he puts 
 the balls into his ears.' 
 * I will go, however, and play to him,' says 
 
 the clerical student. 
 Off he goes with his harp tuned. ' Open ! ' 
 saith the cleric. 'Who is this?' saith 
 Brenainn. ' A clerical student come to 
 play the harp for thee.' ' Play outside,' 
 saith Brenainn. * If it be not disagreeable 
 to thee I should thank thee to let me 
 into the midst of the church to play for 
 a while.' * I am willing,' saith Brenainn. 
 'Open before me,' says the student. 
 Brenainn opens (the door) before him. 
 The cleric brings his harp from behind. 
 Brenainn puts his two waxen balls into 
 his ears. ' I do not like,' saith the clerical 
 student, ' to make music for thee unless 
 thou take the wax out of thine ears.' ' It 
 shall be done then,' saith Brenainn. 
 
 ^ danam-leic^th Brenainn ior lar na hecla/je, R. 
 * tri n-adhbunn, R. ' Dobeir in macclerech 
 
 ^ ciarach, R. ^ MS. buighi. 
 
 a cruit '\\.er a di laim for lar na heck/je, R. 
 
xiv 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 Dohez'r didm forsin leabur. Seinnidh tri 
 hadhbuinn dó. * Beannac/ií fort, a mac- 
 cleirz*^ ! ' or se, ' laat cheol, 7 neam duit 
 aire 
 
 [43 b, 2] Doheir Brenamn na hubla ina 
 cluasaibh iardain [ar nir'b ail lais a eistecht 
 nisa moa]. * Cidh ná coisti frisin ceol ? ' 
 ol in maccUreck, 'in [a] ra olctis lat?' 
 * Ni haire,' ol Brenamn, ' acht amail so. 
 Laithi dhamh isin eclais so, sechtvc^Xv^dna 
 cwsaniu^, iar ^roxzept [sunn] 7 iar n- 
 aifreann, dochuatar na cXevcig don pro- 
 inntigh. Rom-facbhadsa sunn amae- 
 112^^, 7 rom-gabh imtholta andiaidh ^ mu 
 Thigearna iar ndul do cur^ Crist. A 
 mbadh^^j hi suidhiu rom-gabh crith 7 
 M^mon. Confaca én [etrocht] ior an 
 seinistir í:í';^nessidh {orsm altoir. Foreim- 
 áhius siWed fair lasna ruithnibh gHandai 
 hditar imbe.' ^BedLnnacht fort 7 bennach 
 dhún, a cleirigh ! ' ol se. * Rot-bennacha 
 Dia ! ' ol Brenamn, * Cia thu ? ' oul 
 Brenainn. * Mich// Tan^el^ ol se, ' do 
 th'acalluimsi.' ' Atloch[am]ar do Dia 
 h'acalk^m,' ol Brenainn, * 7 cidh dia 
 tudchaid ? ' ' Dot bennachad 7 dot 
 airfitzV/d od Tig^rna,' ol in t-en. 'As 
 fochean duit leamsa,' ol Brenain?!. 
 Atnaig * in t-en a ghulbain ar cliath^i;/ a 
 eite 7 dobadhz^j-sa ag zoistecht fris on 
 trath CO araili, 7 doceilibair dam iarsin. 
 
 Dob.?/r Brenainn in stoil darsin mbrag^zt 
 
 * In binn latso, a m^jiccleir?^? ' or se. 
 
 * Dobhiursa mo breithir fiadh Dia,' ol 
 
 So he puts (the balls) on the book. (The 
 clerical student) plays three strains to 
 him. ' A blessing upon thee, O student, 
 with thy melody,' saith Brenainn, * and 
 heaven to thee for it ! ' 
 
 Afterwards Brenainn puts the balls into 
 his ears, for he desired not to listen any 
 more to it. ' Why dost thou not listen 
 to the music ? ' saith the student : ' is it 
 because it seems to thee bad ? ' ' Not 
 for that,' saith Brenainn, 'but even 
 thus. One day, just seven years ago, as 1 
 was in this church after preaching here 
 and after mass, the clerics went to the 
 refectory. I was left here alone, and 
 having gone to Christ's Body, a great 
 longing for my Lord seized me. As I 
 was here, trembling and fear possessed 
 me, and on the window I saw a radiant 
 bird, which (then) sat upon the altar. I 
 could not look at it because of the sunny 
 rays that were around it. " A blessing on 
 thee, and do thou bless us, O cleric!" 
 saith the bird. " May God bless thee ! " 
 saith Brenainn. " Who art thou ? '* 
 '* Michael the angel," saith the bird, 
 " come to commune with thee." " We 
 give thanks to God for communing with 
 thee, and wherefore hast thou come ? " 
 " To bless thee," saith the bird, " and to 
 make music for thee from thy Lord." 
 " Thou hast a welcome from me," saith 
 Brenainn. Then the bird puts its beak 
 on the side of its wing, and I remained 
 listening to it from one watch to another, 
 and then it bade me farewell.' 
 
 Brenainn puts the stole (?) over the neck (of 
 the harp). 'Deemest thou (that) melo- 
 dious, O student ? ' saith he. ' I give my 
 
 * ol Brenainn, ' ozus ro[t]fia ceol nime tara eisi sin,' (and thou shalt have heaven's music in lieu 
 thereof,) R. 2 ^S. ci/saniugh. ^ ^g. andiaigh a leth, R. 
 
 * MS. atnaid. s ^^^^^^ e j^da stoil f<7rsin mbraghait, R. 
 
THE BOOK OF LISMORE. 
 
 XV 
 
 Bren(2/««, * nach binde Hum ceol do 
 cheoluibh áoxmdn andiaigh an ceoil-sin 
 inas in stoil-sea darsin mbraghuid \ 7 as 
 bee tarbai lim a cluinsin. Beirsiu bend- 
 acht?L\x\., a macQ\t\rig\ 7 biaidh neam ocat 
 aran airfitzV^d-sin/ ol Brenainn. 
 
 Cuni^d hi an dithramhí^í-///^ Brenaz'ftn. 
 
 word before God,' saith Brenainn, 'that 
 after that melody no melody of the world's 
 melodies seems sweeter to me than this 
 stole[?] over the neck, and to hear it I hold 
 to be little profit. Take my blessing, O 
 student, and thou shalt have heaven for 
 that playing,' saith Brenainn. 
 So this is Brenainn's dithramhacht (?). 
 fo. 43 b, 2. Story of SS. Colomb cille, Comgall and Cainnech and of Dathi 
 
 the Presbyter Begins : 
 Colum cilli 7 Comhghall 7 Caindech do- 
 chuatar do thig Grumthir Dathi ar aighi- 
 dhe<:^/* iar caithimh a proinne don 
 mhuinnt/r. 
 
 Golomb cille and Gomgall and Cainnech 
 went to the house of Dathi the Presbyter 
 for guesting after the community had 
 eaten their dinner. 
 
 fo. 44 a, I. Story of S. Patrick, Loeguire's queen, his son Lugaid and the 
 archangel Michael. Begins : 
 
 [AJraile fectus tainic V^Xraic cu Temhr^/^h 
 aram^^j na righna bai oc Laeguiri mac 
 Neill, d'foirzMin a meio. imon n-ainces 
 bui fair. 
 
 Once upon a time Patrick came to Tara to 
 visit the queen whom Loeguire son of 
 Niall had, (and) to help her son from the 
 ailment which he suffered. 
 
 Similar legends are in Rawl. B. 512, fol. 108 a, 2, and fo. 143 a, 2. 
 fo. 44 b, I. Story of Mael Poil and the ghost of a dead nun who chooses 
 the Beatus for her requiem. Begins : 
 
 Mael P6il, grandson of Ginaed, even the 
 abbot of the monastery of Gell Becáin, 
 was with another monk discussing astro- 
 logy. Afterwards, as he slept, he saw 
 coming towards him a gospel-nun who 
 had died six days before that, and great 
 plaining she had. He remembered her 
 death. 
 
 fo. 44 b, I. Story of Guaire of Aidne and the two saints Cumain the Tall 
 and Cáimin of Inis Celtra. Begins : 
 
 [Fjeachtus do Ghuairi Aidhne 7 do Gumain Once as Guaire of Aidne and Gumain the 
 Fotai 7 do Ghaimin Innsi Gelltra isin Tall and Gaimin of Inis Geltra were in 
 eclíízs moir Innsi Geltra. the great church of Inis Geltra. 
 
 * in da stoil sin for sin mbraghait, R. dithrimi?<r///, R ; leg. dithreabhacht ? 
 
 3 Perhaps the Cruimther Nathi of Achad cain Conairi commemorated at 9 August, see Martyr- 
 ology of Donegal, p. 214. * MS. aidhighecht. ^ MS. mainisistreach. 
 
 ^ Read perhaps soiscclda, * evangelical.' 
 
 Maol Poil hua-Ginaetha .i. ab mainistrech° 
 Gilli Becain, robhui 7 manach aili ac 
 luadh astrolaice. Mar docotail iarsin 
 con faca chuicc mainces soiscela ^ robo 
 marb se la roime : 
 Gumain leis a hec. 
 
xvi PREFACE. 
 
 Other copies of this legend are in Lebar na hUidre, p. ii6, in Rawl. B. 
 512, fo. 141 a, 2, and in some MS. (to me unknown) cited by Dr. Todd 
 {Lib. Hymn., p. 87). The LU. copy is printed and translated infra, p. 304. 
 fo. 44 b, 2. Story of Mochuta of Raithen. Begins : 
 
 Mochuta Raithin doroine roinn dia com- Mo-chuta [abbot] of Raithen made, one 
 thinol 7 dona hseighedhaib ^ archena night there, division to his congregation ^ 
 adaig2 n-oen ann. and to the guests besides. 
 
 fo. 45 a, I. The legend of S. Muling and the Devil. Entitled Sgel ar 
 Muling annso sis. Begins : 
 
 Moling LuaAra dalta do Maedoc Ferna. Moling of Luachair (was) a pupil of Maedóc 
 IS o Mhoedhoc rogabh-somh Tech Mo- of Ferns. It is from Maedóc he got 
 ling. De Uibh Deagad Mora (leg. Móir) Moling's House {Thnullen), Of the 
 Laigen dosom. Feacht do Moling oc descendants of Dega the Great of Lein- 
 erna/^i/ii ina eclais con fhaca ind oclach ster was he. Once as Maedóc was pray- 
 cuice isin tech. ing in his church he saw the young 
 
 warrior coming in to him. 
 
 Other copies of this legend are in the Book of Leinster, p. 284 a, 
 Laud, 61C (in a note on the Calendar of Oengus, June 17), and Rawl. B. 
 512, fo. 141 b, I. The copies in the Book of Leinster and Laud, 610, have 
 been published, with translations, the one in Goidelica, p. 1 80, the óther in 
 the Calendar of Oengus, p. cv. A complete copy of the poem recited by 
 the Devil is in the Book of Bally mote, p. 256 a, where it is said to be taken 
 from the (lost) Book of Glendalotigh (Leb^r Gllnne da lacha sin uili). Two 
 of the quatrains are in the ninth-century Irish MS. in St. Paul's Kloster, 
 Carinthia. See Goidelica, p. 177, and Irische Texte, p. 319. 
 
 fo. 45 a, 2. Legend of Cairpre Crom, king of Húi Maine, and S. Ciarán the 
 
 Wright's son. Begins : 
 
 Bai Cairpr<? Crom maz F(?radhuigh, meio. Cairpre the Bent son of Feradach, son of 
 
 \.\3\%dech, mei'c Dalann, 7nezc Breasail, Lugaid, son of Dala (?), son of Bresal, son 
 
 mez'c Maine Moir, a quo Hui Maine of Maine the Great, a quo the Húi Maine 
 
 Conxvacht. Doghnidh áidiu Cairpre ulca of Connaught. Now Cairpre was doing 
 
 imdha fria each. abundant evils to every one. 
 
 So he was murdered and beheaded. He was afterwards brought back 
 
 ^ MS. hseidh^/ha/^. 2 y^^^ ^^gaid. 
 
 ^ See as to this the Martyrology of Donegal, at 14 May. 
 
THE BOOK OF LTSMORE. 
 
 xvii 
 
 to life by Ciarán, who replaced his head, but so unskilfully that Cairpre was 
 nicknamed Crom. There is another copy of this story in the Book of 
 Fermoy, fo. 51a, i. 
 
 fo. 45 b, I. Story of S. Brenainn son of Finnlug and of Dobarchu, who 
 
 being cursed by Brenainn for killing his oxen, falls into Loch Lir and 
 
 is turned into an otter. Edited with a translation, by Mr. S. H. 
 
 O' Grady, in Méhisine, vol. iv, col. 298. Begins : 
 
 Bai Brenainn mac Finnloghai a nDubh- Brenainn son of Finnlugh was in Dubdaire, 
 dhoire, a Tuadhmhum«z"«, oc fognamh in Thomond, serving the Lord. He that 
 don Coimd/tíT. Is e ba nesa dhó ar tuaith was next to him in the district was Do- 
 .i. Dobhurchu o bhfuilit I Dhobharchon. burchfi, from whom descend the Hái 
 
 Doburchon. 
 
 fo. 45 b, 2. A short note about S. Baithin son of Brenann, Adamnán's 
 
 Baitheneus, St. Columba's first cousin (claim dd dcarhbratJiar iat andis). 
 
 Another copy is in Rawl. B. 512, fo. 142 a. 
 fo. 46 a, 1 — fo. 52 a, 2. A tractate in reddish ink, entitled in black 
 
 ink, Teanga bhithnua annso sis, ' the Evcrnew Tongue here below.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 In principio fecit Deus coeliim et terram et Mn the beginning God created the heaven 
 reliqua. Airdri domain as treisi C2ich and the earth/ and so forth. The world's 
 righ, is ardiu ZTuch Q\x\v\\achidS. Overking, who is mightier than every 
 
 king, who is higher than every power. 
 
 This curious composition is a dialogue between the sapientes Ebreorum 
 and the spirit of Philip the Apostle, who is called by the household of 
 heaven the ' Evernew Tongue,' because when he was preaching to the 
 heathen, his tongue was cut out nine times and was nine times miraculously 
 restored. In answer to questions by the wise Jews, the Evernew Tongue 
 tells them about the creation of the universe, and especially about certain 
 seas, wells, rivers, precious stones, trees, stars, etc. ; and it, lastly, describes 
 hell, doomsday, and heaven. 
 
 There are other copies in the Bibliothéque Nationale, Celt, et B. 1, ff. 
 24 a, 1-27 b, 2, and in the British Museum, Egerton 171, pp. 44-65. And 
 
 ^ According to the Lcbar Brecc, the number of amputations was only seven : Pilip apsta/ do 
 treb iuda do, co rocrochaí/ hé iar mbein a thengad fo secJii asa chind isin cathraig in Eripoli, 
 L. B. 181*. 
 
xviii 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 O'Curry, Lectures, 532, says that a MS. called Liber Flavus Fergiisoriim 
 contains a ' tract on the greatness of God, &c. (commonly called Teanga 
 Bithnua)! 
 
 fos. 48 a, 49 a, 50 a, 51 a, 52 a, are respectively numbered in an old hand, 
 Ixxxiii, Ixxxiiii, Ixxxu, Ixxxui. 
 
 fo. 52b, I. Religious poem, in sixty-six quatrains, by Mael-ísa ó Brola- 
 chain = the Mael-ísu Hua Brolchain who wrote the hymns quoted in 
 Goidelica, p. 175, and died A. D. 1086. Begins : 
 
 Ocht n-serich^ na ndualuch The eight chiefs of the vices 
 
 don-roichet ior rith Which come to us speedily 
 
 indagaid na sualach Against the virtues 
 
 dia ndichur don bhith. To expel them from the world. 
 
 fo. 53 a, 1. Anonymous poem on Doomsday, in twenty-five quatrains, of 
 which the last twenty-two are hardly legible. Begins : 
 
 Bráth, ni ba bee a bresim Doom, not little v^^ill be its uproar 
 
 intan loiscfes in doman: When the world shall burn, 
 
 ba cóir, a Crist gu ngradhuibh, It will be meet, O Christ ! 
 
 do shil Adhuimh a oman. For Adam's seed to dread it. 
 
 fo. 53 b, 2. Poem in ten quatrains, beginning : 
 
 Mithid dhamsa toirired Time for me to journey, 
 
 do triall ó Thoraig the^Xaig To travel from Torach of (the) household, 
 
 ascnam am«/ oilither To go like a pilgrim 
 
 dar tuind muaid mara medrííj;^^. Over a noble wave of (the) joyful sea. 
 
 There is another copy of this poem in Laud 615, p. 15, where it is 
 ascribed to S. Colum cille. 
 
 fo. 54 a, 1-66 b, 2. A romantic Life of Charlemagne, entitled in a late hand : 
 Gabhált?^j Sheárl^^j Mháin (the Conquests of Charlemagne). Founded, 
 apparently, on the Pseudo-Turpin^. Begins : 
 
 Capitulum primum .i. ar ndul d'esbuluibh Chapter I. Christ's apostles and disciples 
 7 do deiscipluibh Crist a rannuibh in having gone into the (various) parts of the 
 domuin mar innist^r, dochuaid in t-esb«/ world as is told, the glorious apostle 
 glormhar .i. San Se;;2 artus isin Gailinnsi St. James went first into Galicia and 
 7 dorindi senmora innti. preached " therein. 
 
 ^ Cf. It e dawc nomina na n-erech ndualachae, Rawl. B. 512, fo, 39% 2. 
 
 ^ A Welsh version of the Pseudo-Turpin is contained in the Red Book of Hergest, and was 
 edited in 1883 by Professor Powell, of Cardiff. Another version entitled Campeu Charlymaen, 
 was published from RhyddercKs White Book, by the late Canon Williams, in 1878, 
 
 ^ Lit. made sermons. 
 
THE BOOK OF LISMORE, 
 
 xix 
 
 It will be remembered that Charlemagne is said to have been the first 
 pilgrim to the shrine of S. James of Compostella. See Gaston Paris, La 
 Littérature Francaise an moyeii Age, § 34. • 
 
 fos. 60 a, 61 a are numbered Ixxxxu, Ixxxxui ; fo. 64 a is numbered Ixxxxuiiii. 
 fo. 67 a, I. A piece entitled Sccl na samhna (the story of All Saints Day). 
 Begins : 
 
 Araili impir dogabh righi Romhan. Focas A certain emperor, named Phocas, assumed 
 a ainm. Dognithe aenach adhbhul gachdt. the Romans' realm. Every year at 
 h\ia//ne leis am samhain isin Roimh. sainain (All Saints day) a great assembly 
 Deithb/r ón, ar ba hi in tsamain ardsolla- was held by him in Rome. This was 
 mun na ngennte intan sin, ar noadraitis right, for the samain was the chief 
 uili dhee in domain, o thurgab<227 co solemnity of the heathen at that time, 
 fuinedh, fuirre. for all the gods of the world, from east 
 
 to west (lit. from sunrise to sunset), 
 were worshipped on that day. 
 
 It then relates how the Pantheon (' dommus omnium deorum, .i. tegdtiis 
 
 na n-uili dhee') was given to Boniface, and dedicated by him to all the 
 
 saints. Compare the piece entitled Fagail na Samna in the Bibliotheque 
 
 Nationale, Celt, et B. i, fo. 15 b, 2. 
 
 fo. 68 a, I. A short tract on Antichrist, entitled in a late hand Sgel 
 Ainnte Crisd annso. It begins : 
 
 Adubuirt an Tig^rna gu rube in Diab?^/ The Lord said that it would be Diabolus 
 dothicfi^d a curp daena .i. ante Qxist do- who should come in a human body, to 
 genííd comurda mora isna poblaibh. wit, Antichrist, who should do great signs 
 
 in the peoples. 
 
 fo. 68 b, I. A legend of S. Cainnech, entitled in a later hand Sgel ai^ 
 Cainnech naorn annso. It begins : 
 
 Araili laithi do Chaindech noem a n-oilen On a certain day, as holy Cainnech was on 
 Rosa Cre co f^cuidh slógh dimhor dea- the isle of Ros Cre, he saw a huge host of ^ 
 man ag imthe<r>^/ in aieir osa chinn. devils passing through the air above him. 
 
 Another copy of this legend, entitled Aeso an t-adbarfa n-abar domnach 
 
 crom diibh (lo, this is the reason why Cromdubh Sunday is so called), appears 
 
 to be in the Book of Fermoy, fo. 62 b, i. 
 
 fo. 69 a, I. A legend of King David, Solomon and a beggar. Entitled in 
 
 a later hand : Sgel ar V>abiá mhac lese annso sis. Begins : 
 Dia case, is and nodailcadh Viabiá maz lese It was on Passover day that David son of 
 
 c 2 
 
XX 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 (a dechmada do bochtaibh) 7 aidelcne- Jesse used to distribute his tithes to the 
 chaibh in Goimded. poor and the needy of the Lord. 
 
 Another copy in Egerton 92, fo. 26, has been published with an 
 English translation by Mr. S. H. O'Grady, in Mélusine, torn. iv. cols. 163- 
 166. There is a third copy in the Book ofFermoy, fo. 57 a, t, and the latter 
 half occurs in Rawl. B. 512, fo. 144 a, i. 
 
 fo. 69 a, 2. A legend (almost illegible) beginning : 
 Nobid áidiu Dah'd oc breith na hoeinbr/Z/^re cor intsamhlai 7 .1. hre^Aeaman oca 
 himradhadh artús comdh. mr am nob^readh-somh forciunn fm'rri. 
 
 fo. 69 b, I. The following copy of the tale of the Two Children, entitled 
 Sge7 an da leanabh annso sis. So faded as to be in parts illegible. 
 
 Feach[t] n-oen dia rabhutar da lenabh a 
 F^^ngcaib oc c<9mcluiche (.i. lenamh 
 cristaide 7) lenam mdaidQ, in araili la so- 
 (Uamnuch. At)b^rt in leanumh zr\staide\ 
 ' Tiagham (i cumai caich isin tempul,' ar) 
 
 se. Tiagaz't iarsin 3.ma/ do orduig 
 
 .... pall. Fiafraigis in leanab iudazd'i : 
 ' Cret (in de)albh croiche ut 7 in crochaire 
 innti?' *Ar Tig(erna is)e sut/ ar in 
 leanbh cristaide, * 7 do muinnt^r-sa (r)o- 
 croch é, ar fuath 7 ar format.' ' Dar- 
 linn is olc (i)n gnimh doronsad,' ar in 
 leanamh \udazdi. (' I)s olc zmmorro,' ar 
 in leanad cristaide. 
 
 Fiafraigis in \enab mdaidx : ' Cia in dealbh 
 bainntig(?;'na anor<a;z]^hi úd atchiam 7 in 
 leanamh beg ana hu<r>^d ? ' 'Dealbh 
 Muire mdthax sud,' ar an \enah cristaide^ 
 *7 dealbh a Meic docrochab<2/rsi, ana 
 nóidhendacht^ sud ana huchd.' lar n-ais- 
 neis morain do comradh doibh amlazdh 
 sin, ' Tiagam cusin n-altoir,' ar in 
 crisiaz'de, ' 7 caithem bairghin coisrictha.' 
 Tiag<2zt 'mrzím. lar scail^^ don pobz/r/ asin 
 temp?// [fo. 69, b 2] amach, sgailit in da 
 leanamh o chele .... caitem arain cho 
 doibh, 7 teit each dhibh dia tigh 
 
 Once, in France, when two children, even a 
 Christian child and a Jewish child, were 
 playing together on a certain holiday, the 
 Christian child said: * Let us go, like every 
 one, into the temple,' saith he. Then they 
 go, as he ordained, into the temple. The 
 Jewish child asked : ' What is that shape 
 of a cross yonder, and the crucified one 
 upon it ? ' ' Our Lord is he who is yonder,' 
 saith the Christian child ; ' and it was thy 
 people that crucified Him, out of hatred 
 and envy.' * Evil to us seemeth the deed 
 they have done,' says the Jewish child. ' It 
 is evil indeed,' says the Christian child. 
 
 The Jewish child asked : ' What is the 
 shape of a noble lady yonder that we see, 
 with the babe in her bosom ? ' * Yon is 
 the shape of Mary Mother,' saith the 
 Christian child ; ' and the shape of her 
 Son whom ye crucified is yonder, in His 
 infancy, in her bosom.' After they had 
 talked somewhat more in that wise, the 
 Christian child said : * Let us go to the 
 altar and partake of consecrated bread.* 
 So they go. After the people had de- 
 parted from the temple the two children 
 part from each other, .... partake of 
 
 ^ MS. seems, corruptly, micd. The Paris MS. has naidentacht. 
 
THE BOOK OF LISMORE. 
 
 xxi 
 
 budein iarsin. Fiafraigis a athair don 
 \enab máatd\ : ' Gait a rabudhuis cus- 
 tratsa, a meic ? ' ar se. ' Dobhadus i farrad 
 
 fhir cumuinn ^ dam idhein,' ar 
 
 in mac 'iuáatdi, '7 dochuamar a tempz^/ 
 na baintig(ern)a .i. Maire mdikair, 7 
 rochaithsium bhairgin coisrictha ann.' 
 (Rofergaig 7 rolonnaig a athair fris "^,) 7 is 
 ed in cetna dorigne a máthair^ 7 doraidset: 
 *As bidbhu bais tu, a meic!' ar siat; 7 
 %d)our (leo 7 cuirther i) sura teined ar 
 d(?rglas«d, 7 dobi ann on trath (co araile), 
 CO «d<?ma[d] min 7 luaithred de. 
 
 (Arn)amarach (ycamorro) tiagait dia fis ga . . 
 
 indar leo is amlaid robui, 
 
 (ina chotlud). Ingantaigter cumor inni 
 sin, 7 innisit do each a coitcinne na 
 moirmhirbz/Zli doronad ar in \enab. Fia- 
 fraigit iarsin don \enab, cred do shoer he 
 ar a Xos^ud. As eadh doraidh : 'Bainntig- 
 emd, in tempail mhoir a rabhadhz^j 
 ane, asi rom-soer ar mu loscwd .i. Muire 
 mdthair in airdrig, 7 is fa a coim rochod- 
 his areir ; 7 dalta diiius di mhe o so amcich.' 
 
 Et tresan mirhtnl moir sin do creideastar a 
 athair 7 a mhathazr, 7 tz^cadar a n-uile 
 coibhsina do Dhia uilichumhíi;í://tach 7 do 
 Mhuire vadthaiv Xsm. Ocus is mor in 
 mhirbz/zV do Mz^zVe, co nach fetann bean 
 'wxáaidi tuismhedh a leinimh intan bis 
 CO «-idhnuibh nogu n-aitchenn Mm're et 
 
 * fhir companaig, Paris MS. ^ Rofergaigh 7 rolonnaidh a athair fris, Paris MS. 
 
 ^ According to some of the Latin and French versions of this tale, the father was a vitrarius or 
 vi trier, so that the furnace was at hand. 
 
 ^ Compare the Divina Commedia, Purg. xx. 19; Par. xv. 133. 
 
 consecrated bread, and each of them then 
 goes to his own home. The Jewish child's 
 father asked him : * Where hast thou 
 been up to this hour, my son ? ' says he. 
 * I was along with a companion of mine,' 
 says the Jewish child, 'and we went into 
 the temple of the Lady, even Mary 
 Mother, and there we partook of conse- 
 crated bread.' His father grew angry 
 and bitter against him, and his mother did 
 the same ; and they said : ' Thou art a 
 criminal deserving of death, O son ! ' say 
 they ; and he is taken (by them and cast 
 into) a furnace of fire flaming redly and 
 he remained therein from the one watch 
 to the other, so that dust and ashes were 
 made of him. 
 Howbeit on the morrow they go to know 
 
 it seemed to them that thus 
 
 he was : in his sleep ! They marvel much 
 at that, and relate to (every one) in general 
 the great miracles that had been wrought 
 for the child. Then they ask the child 
 what had saved him from the burn- 
 ing. This is what he said : * The Lady 
 of the great temple wherein I was yester- 
 day, even Mary, Mother of the Overking, 
 she saved me from my burning, and it is 
 under her protection I slept last night ; 
 and I am an own fosterling of hers from 
 this time forth.' 
 And through that great miracle his father 
 and his mother believed, and gave all 
 their confessions to Almighty God and 
 to Mary, Jesu's mother. And great is 
 this miracle of Mary's, that no Jewish 
 w^oman, when she is in birth-pangs, can 
 bring forth her child, until she entreats 
 Mary*; and so forth. 
 
xxii 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 A copy of this story in the Bibliothéque Nationale (Celt, et B. i, 
 fo. 28 b, 2-2,9 a, i), has been published by M. Henri Gaidoz, with a French 
 translation, in Mélusine, torn. iv. col. 39. Wolter, in his book Der Juden- 
 knabe, Halle, 1879, mentions thirty-three versions in Greek, Latin, French, 
 Spanish, German, Arabic, and Ethiopic. ' In the French versions,' says 
 M. Gaidoz, 'the tale is locaHsed, oftenest at Bourges and sometimes in 
 Egypt.' So four of the Latin versions (including that in the Legenda Aurea) 
 have 'in ciuitate Bituricensi No. 18 has 'apud Bituricas;' and No. 19, 
 *apud Bituriges.' 
 
 fo. 69 b, 2. Note in nine lines about a monk who came from the East 
 
 do choimhshinedh crabuid fria Comhgall to contend in devotion with Comgall of 
 Beannchair. Bennchor. 
 
 fo. 70 a, 1-7 8 b, 2. A large fragment of a quasi-historical tract on the Lombards, 
 and on ' Macametus ' and the Saracens (71 b, 1-73 a, 2), 'Pepinus,' 
 ' Carulus ' ' Carulus Mor,' ' Childricus,' ' Teodoricus ri Gotorum,' ' Clodo- 
 uius,' * Beda anorach,' ' Rathordus ri France,' Petronilla's relics (74 b, i), 
 ' Loduicus,' ' Alcunius/ ' Lotarius,' ^Gregoir Mor,' 'Henricus dux Bauarie,' 
 ' Lotagarius,' ' Conradus,' etc. It begins : 
 
 Do SDAiR na Lumbard<3;c>^ and so. a n-ainm Of the history of the Lombards here. In 
 
 De 7 Phelagizitj papa 7 na \ieg\ais\ cucoit- the name of God and of pope Pelagius 
 
 chenn. Ocus dobhi in PelagÍ2/j sin 'na and of the Church in general. And that 
 
 phapa 7 a ndimiecht foirbthe 7 a mbeihaid Pelagius was a pope and of perfect holi- 
 
 inmolta. ness and praiseworthy life. 
 
 This piece, which is founded to some extent on Paulus Diaconus' His- 
 toria Langobardorum^ and which, in fo. 75 b, 2, cites Torpinus espug (bishop 
 Turpin), ends imperfectly on the verse of ifo. 78, (f. 11.x. iii. of the old folia- 
 tion), with a passage about the death of Hugo de Sancto Victore^ A.D. 1138. 
 Dr. Petrie {Ecclesiastical Architecture^ p. 369) quotes from fo. 77 b, i the 
 beginning of a story about Conrad the Salic and the Emperor Henry III. 
 
 fo. 79 a, I. An abridgment of Marco Polo's travels, made, apparently, from 
 the Latin of Francesco Pipino. It begins imperfectly thus : 
 
 riguibh 7 taisechazí^ na cathr^c^ sin. Bai to the kings and chieftains of that city. There 
 brathair righ a n-aibit san Fronses isin dwelt then in the city a king's brother in 
 cathrai!^ intansin. Ba eoluch da;^^ isna the habit of St. Francis. He was skilled 
 
THE BOOK OF LISMORE. 
 
 xxiii 
 
 hilbherlaibh, Fransiscwj a ainm . . B,frur 
 \2iXU7n dú a mhdXar na maithe ucut, 7 
 cuinghit fair in leabhor do clodh fi^rcula 
 o thengaidh na Tartairedh cusm tengaid 
 laitianda. * IS omun leamsa/ ol se, 
 *s3ethar na menm<2nradh do chaithimh 
 fria gnimhriz^ idhul 7 ainchreitm^c/^.' 
 Guidhit ^ he fá an c//na doridisi. * Do- 
 gentar,' or se ; ' ár gidh scéla 2iincv/s/aufi 
 fhaisneight^r sunn, mirbhuili in fliir-Dhia 
 iatsaidhe ; et gack aen docluinfe in t-imut- 
 sa anag^/^ na hirsi coimd«?ta guidhfidh'^ 
 codicra faa clodh-sum f<?rcula, 7 in nech 
 nack guidhfe ^ caithfidh calma[cht] a cuirp 
 fna clodh. Nisam omhnach-sa riasin 
 leabur-sa. Mharcais, or ni fuil gó ann. 
 Dothadhaill mu rosc-sa he ac tabhaz'rt 
 mhind na hecl<2ji naeime lais, 7 rofagaibh 
 fria blaisect mbais gur' fhir son, 7 ba 
 diadha inti Marc/^j.' 
 
 Cidh fil ann tm ac/U ros-tinnta Pronsisa^i- 
 in leabar-so Mharcuis a Tartairidh a 
 laitin, et fa hiat bliadhna in Tig<?rna in- 
 tansin .u. hh'adna dec 7 da f icit 7 * .cc. 
 7 mile bh'adan. 
 
 in the many languages, and his name was 
 Franciscus. So he is brought to the 
 place in which yon nobles were, and they 
 request him to turn the book from the 
 tongue of the Tartars into the Latin 
 tongue. ' I am afraid,' saith he, ' to spend 
 labour or care on a work relating to idols 
 and unbelievers.' They entreat him 
 again in the same wise. ' It shall be 
 done,' saith he ; ' for though unchristian 
 tidings are made known here, these are 
 marvels of the true God ; and whosoever 
 shall hear this much against the faith of 
 the Lord will pray fervently for their 
 conversion, and he who will not pray will 
 spend the strength of his body in con- 
 verting them. I am not afraid of this 
 book of Marco's, for there is no lie in it. 
 Mine eye beheld him bringing with him 
 the relics of the holy Church ; and he left, 
 while tasting death, (his testimony) that 
 this was true; and INIarco was a godly man.' 
 Howsoever Franciscus [Pipinus] translated 
 this book of Marco's from Tartar into 
 Latin ; and the years of the Lord at that 
 time were fifteen years and two score 
 and two hundred and a thousand years 
 (i. e. A. D. 1255). 
 
 The translation is incomplete, ending (fo. 89 b, 2) with the beginning 
 of the chapter on Abaschia ( = Yule's Marco Polo, bk. iii, c. 35, translated, 
 vol. ii. pp. 421, 422) : 
 
 Abaschia ^\diu righi dimhor iside, co secht 
 righaibh Udrre .iiii. righa dhibh oc adhr^d 
 don fhir-Dhia, 7 cros óir a tul eduin gach 
 aein dibh ; 7 as ferdha a cathuibh iat, ár 
 is friu ronn-altadh oc imairecc fria 
 geinntiu. Na teordL riga aili áo?io filet 
 fria haincreidiumh 7 idlacht. 
 
 Abaschia, then, this is a vast realm with 
 seven kings over it. Of these kings four 
 are worshipping the true God, and there 
 is a cross of gold on the forehead of each, 
 and they are manly in battles, for they 
 have been brought up fighting against 
 the heathens. Now the other three kings 
 are given to unbelief and idolatry. 
 
 1 MS. guighit. 
 
 2 MS. guighfidh. 
 
 3 MS. guidhfe. 
 
 * MS. 77. 
 
xxiv 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 Et rigi Aden .i. soudan is ri ior'co sum. 
 
 Con2,di hi airec mtmi\an forfhuair ri Abascia 
 feacht n-aen, triall cu hairm ir-raibhe 
 \esvi arna adlucadh. *Nato idir/ ol a 
 mhaithe 7 a mhil/^ fns ; *ár robudh 
 omhun linne gennti dot marb(2</ fí7r an 
 conair, ár is tritha noghebhtha. Fil 
 escop nsemhtha lat/ ol siat, ^ ocus cuir 
 CO hadhnucul I^j-u he co n-imut oir 
 lais.' 
 
 And the kingdom of Aden, a sultan is king 
 over them. 
 
 And a king of Abaschia once conceived 
 this idea, to travel to the place wherein 
 Jesus vi^as after His burial. ' Not so at 
 all!' his nobles and his soldiers say to 
 him ; ' for we should have fear that the 
 heathens would slay thee on the way, 
 for it is through them thou wouldst betake 
 thyself. Thou hast a holy bishop,' say 
 they, * and send him with plenty of gold 
 to Jesu's sepulchre.' 
 
 fo. 81 a is numbered in an old hand l.l.x.u.iii (i.e. 118). 
 
 fos. 90, 91, g2, are in a different hand and ink, and each column contains 
 forty-four lines. The contents are a copy of the story called Suidigud 
 Tellaig Temrach^ 'the settling of the manor [lit. hearth] of Tara.' It 
 begins thus : 
 
 Bui mordhal bfear n-E'irenn a Maigh 
 Breagh ^ a n-ima.ca\\aim a n-aimszr Diar- 
 muda mheic Ferghusa. Ceirrbeoil, meic 
 ConuWl Ghremthaind, meic Neill Naigiall- 
 ai£-', 7 ba headh do imraidhs<?t. Ba mor 
 leo do thir urlann Teamhra .1. maighen a 
 mbui radharc for gach leath; 7 ro im- 
 raidhs<?t a timdhibhe na faithchi sin 'ia.rumf 
 ar ba dimhain leo in cudruma sin do 
 f^rund occu gan teach, gan treabhadh fair, 
 7 gan foghnum^ thealluigh Teamra de, ar 
 ba heicin doibh faichill fhuluing fer n- 
 'Erenn 7 a mbiadhta co cend seacht lá 7 
 seacht n-oidhchi a cind an {sic) seaiT^/mad 
 \Madne. 
 
 In the time of Diarmaid son of Fergus 
 Wrymouth, son of Conall Cremthann, 
 son of Niall the Nine-hostaged, there was 
 a great assembly of the men of Ireland 
 in Magh Bregh for discussion. And this 
 is what they considered. The demesne 
 of Tara, that is the tract of land so far 
 as eyesight reached on every side, seemed 
 great to them; and so they considered 
 that that green should be cut down: 
 for they (the descendants of Niall) 
 deemed it idle that they should have so 
 much land without house or cultiva- 
 tion upon it, and without service of the 
 hearth of Tara thereout. For at the end 
 of the seventh year they were bound 
 to the service of supporting the men of 
 Ireland, and of feeding them, to the end 
 of seven days and seven nights. 
 
 I believe that there are other copies of this story in the Book of Lecan 
 and in H. 1,. 16, cols. 740-749. Some account of it is given in O'Curry's 
 
 MS. breadh. 
 
 MS. fodhnum. 
 
THE BOOK OF LISMORE. 
 
 XXV 
 
 Manners mid Customs^ iii. pp. 60-62 and pp. 241-242. It contains five 
 poems ascribed to Finntan, of two of which older copies are found 
 
 p. 21 b ('Heriu cia fiafaigear dim'). At the end of the piece is the 
 following : 
 
 eiveMqiiTi, ^yxxgigiidT Q2\\aig^ emr?. co71\\\q.\ ún. Finitt. Aonghz^-j- o Calla/í/ doscnbh 
 so do Mhag Q2s\^aig \. Finghen xviac Diarm(^/a, 7 henTi2icht leis dó. 
 
 ('etc. The Settling of the Manor of Tara down to that. Finit. Aengus O'Callaid 
 wrote this for MacCarthy, to wit, Fingen son of Diarmait, and he (Aengus) hath a 
 blessing for him.') 
 
 fo. 92 a, 2. A piece in ten lines, in the same hand but in blacker ink, 
 beginning : 
 
 * Heriu cia gabhat, cia v?ha\. inde ? ' ar CeandfaoliZi/. ' Ni ansa' ar Finntan. * larrwj^ 
 fis . tuathi^j- cath . airthz^j- blath , teasus [for thus] flaith. A fis . a ioxus . a forsaidhi . a 
 coimhgne . a com?/'/rIe . a bagha - . a breitheamnz^j-, a sench/^j-. a soindscne. a saóire, a 
 saidhbre, a saigtighe, bá asa hiart/^r, [ar foiride fo iatmaige morglana] co ndendáis a 
 fiWa forfe arna treighibh noda-neimthegar^ .1. imbas fi^rosna 7 tenm laogha 7 
 dicetal docenn<2z<^h * [coll co ndentais a brithemnas bronnsa hetha no bertis firbretha 
 a firinni frithib], 
 
 *Can as a hiart/zr?' ar Cendfaelrzi-^. 'Ni a?isa,' ar Findtan. ' A Corann, a Cera., a Crua- 
 chain, a hUmall, a hEaba, a hAidhniu, a Maonmaig, a Mm'risc, a Mucrumha, a hAoi, 
 a Tennmuidh, a Tarbga, a Boirind, a Badna, a Berramain.' 
 
 This is the beginning of a tract in Laud 610, fo. 57 b, 58 a, thus entitled : 
 INcipit interrogacio Cin^faclad do Fintan mac Bochrai meic Lamiach. No Bee mac 
 Dead ceci'm't, ut ailii óuunt. 
 
 The words in brackets are inserted from this MS. 
 
 fo. 92 b, 1. An unfinished tract in two columns beginning thus : 
 
 Feacht n-oen dorala Oissin 7 Gailti a nDún Once upon a time it came to pass that 
 
 Clithair oc Sliabh Crott. IS hi sin aimsi-r Oissin and Cailte were in D(m Clithair 
 
 tainic Patraic docum n-E\renn. IS ed at SHab Crott. That was the time that 
 
 domhair d'iarsma na Feinde .1. Oissin 7 Patrick came to Ireland. This is what 
 
 Gailti 7 tri naenbuir^ ina bbfarr^d. continued of the remnant of the Fiann, 
 
 even Oissin and Cailte and thrice nine 
 along with them. 
 
 ^ larus .i. iartar H. 3. 18, p. 170, col. 3. 
 
 ^ forbthe fo tredib nodanemthegedar, Laud 6ro. 
 
 * See as to these, O'Curry's Lectures on MS. Materials, 240. 
 
 2 MS. badha. 
 
 ' MS. noenmuir. 
 
 d 
 
xxvi 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 This is part of the story which Mr. Hennessy {Revue Celtique, i, 54) 
 called the Acallam Bee * Little Dialogue,' and which is contained in the 
 Book of Lismore, fo. 152 a, i — fo. 158 b. It breaks off in the second 
 column of fo. 92 b, and is followed by the conclusion of the above-mentioned 
 * Interrogacio Cinnfaelad do Fintan : ' 
 
 *a hAgur, a hEactge a Slemuin, a hAirceltraibh. Finit.' 
 
 fo. 93 a, I. A story beginning thus : 
 
 Aed Baclam, gilla gai Diarm<3:da meic Cer- 
 haillj rog^bh slaotan tromghaluir he, 7 
 robui \i\\adan a serg sirgaluir, cubhfhuair 
 slainti iarum, co ndeachaid d'agalluimh 
 Dhiarm(2/a 7 atbert fns : * Cinnus ata 
 coruchz/f^ do smachta 7 do shidha ^ fHsin 
 mhl'mdam sea i tú-sa im loighi ? ' ' Ni 
 airighim-si turbhrodh fair/ ar D'mvmaz'f» 
 *Ata ni ara bhfindab-sa sin/ ar ^d 
 Baclam. 
 
 Aed Baclam \ Diarmait mac Cerbaill's spear- 
 gillie, a sore lung-disease attacked him, 
 and for a year he was in tedious illness ; 
 but then he got his health, and went to 
 converse with Diarmait and said to him : 
 'How has the ordering of thy discipline 
 and thy peace been during this year that 
 I have been on my back ? ' * I do not 
 perceive that they have been injured ^,' 
 saith Diarmait. ' I will see if that is so,' 
 saith Aed Baclam. 
 
 It contains two poems, one (fo. 93 b, 2), beginning : ' Atconduic aislm^l 
 olc,' (I saw an evil vision), the other (fo. 94 a, i), ' Mairg thachr^^.? fri 
 derchtd ceall' = Mairg thochras ri clerdhib cell, Book of Leinster, p. 149 b, 
 Mairg thachrus re cleirchib cell, Laud 615, p. 15 (Woe to him who contends 
 with clerics of churches) — a poem ascribed to King Diarmait after he had 
 been cursed by two saints 
 
 fo. 94 a, 2. A copy of the poem recited by Bee mac Dé to Diarmait, son 
 of Fergus Cerrbél (Egerton, 1782, fo. 40 a, i). 
 
 Olc bith . aru[m]pta . daora fir . saora mná. 
 Mes fas . fidh^ cain . olc blath^ . ile gai[th]. 
 Samh fliuch . ith glas . imdha buar . tearc ass. 
 Mi[d]bhaid' t^om . in cec[h]tir . caeil tuirc . uilc righ. 
 Fir n-olc . guin ghnath . bith crion . lion rath, 7 xeMqua. 
 
 \ i. e. mancus. 2 mS. shigha. 
 
 ^ turbhródh,vfeakTYt%%, faintness, pressure, crushing, P. O'C. 
 
 * See O'Curry, Manners and Customs, 11. 337. s j^s. figh. ^ MS. bith. 
 
 ' Miodhbhaidh .1. eineachlann, a mulct or fine, atonement or amends for a crime, P. O'C. 
 
THE BOOK OF LISMORE. 
 
 xxvii 
 
 This is followed by a quatrain : 
 
 Nochu cill acht fuath cilli 
 acht áit imbi firinde 
 ni techiiis do Crist na cXann 
 baile i mbi longp^^rt Ladrann. 
 
 fo. 94 b, I. How King Diarmait slew his son Bresal for depriving a nun of 
 her cow, and how S. Becan brought Bresal's soul back from hell. 
 
 Fleadh ^ mhor dorinne a mac do Dhiarm,^// 
 mac Ccrhaill .i. Breasal mac Diarmiz/a, 
 7 ni thesda ni on fleidh ^ acht bo co naeib 
 nitha^ Co cuala Breasal a beith ac 
 caillz^ Cilli hEgn. [Elgraige, LL.] i Ur- 
 mann Cenannsa, Luchair a hainm-sidhe, 
 CO ndechaid Bresal dia cennach go targuidh 
 .uii. mbai 7 tarbh diacind, 7 ni thuc in 
 c\id\\\ech, 7 rue Breasal in mboin ar eicin, 
 7 dorat in ihXeidh. dia athai'r i Cenann/^j-. 
 Intan rob aine doibh ic ol, is and tainic 
 in ca.\\\ec/i do chasait Bresail cusin righ, 7 
 a heighmhe eisdi. 
 
 * Ecoir a ndernuis,' ol in ri, * in chailli**:^ do 
 shariigz/c/ imon mboin 7 si ina cill, 7 
 techt anaguidh mo righi-si 7 mu smachta ; 
 ar ni bés athardha dhuid a dhenum; 7 
 muirbhfid^r leamsa thu isin ghnimh do- 
 ronuis.' 
 
 Marbhtar iarz/w inti Bresal. 
 
 IS ann asb<?rt Dmrmait fHa Cohim cille\ 
 *in bhfhil mo chabhuir-si on ghnim-sa 
 doronz^i- ? ' * Ata,' or Colww cille. * Eirig 
 cusan athlaech fil isin innsi .i. B^can \!>\ad' 
 'Ni lamhaim dhul,' ol in ri. * Ragat-sa 
 lat,' ar CoXum cille. 
 
 For Diarmait son of Cerball his son, even 
 Bresal son of Diarmait, made a great feast, 
 and to that feast naught was wanting save 
 a cow with . . . And Bresal heard that 
 there was one belonging to a nun named 
 Luchair of Cell Elgraige (?) in the sanc- 
 tuary of Kells. So Bresal went to buy 
 it and offered therefor seven kine and a 
 bull. And the nun refused, and Bresal 
 took the cow perforce and gave the feast 
 to his father in Kells. When they were 
 happy carousing, then came the nun to 
 complain of Bresal to the king, and she 
 screamed out. 
 
 * Unjust is what thou hast done,' saith the 
 king (to his son), 'to outrage the nun as 
 regards her cow while she was in her 
 church, and to resist my kingship and my 
 discipline. For it is not an ancestral 
 usage for thee to do so. And thou shalt be 
 killed by me for the deed thou hast done.' 
 
 Then Bresal is killed. 
 
 Then Diarmait (repented, and) said to Co- 
 lomb cille: 'Is there any help for me 
 from this deed that I have done? 
 ' There is,' saith Colomb cille. ' Go to 
 the ex-hero who is in the island, even 
 Becan of the Ulaid.' ' I dare not go,' saith 
 the King. ' I will go with thee,' saith 
 Colum cille. 
 
 1 MS. Fleagh. ^ ^5. fleigh. 
 
 3 The words conccib nitha, which I do not understand, appear to have been ineffectually erased. 
 
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 O rancatizr iarum is ed ÍM2iVZ.\.ar B^can occ 
 denumh chaisil 7 cuilche fliuch uimme, 
 [7 ic irnaigthi simul.] O rodech B^can ar 
 Diarm^//, is ed asb^rt fris : ' Fon talm^m, 
 a fhinghalííz^ ! ' or se, co ndea.chaid conice 
 a ghluinibh isin tsUmam. ' As cen an^i^ in 
 chomairce, a B^cain,' or Colu;;^ ci//e, 
 * ár is ed tháinic in ri chugíítsa, d'mrraidh 
 dilghudha 7 d'aithbeoudh a mheic duit.' 
 Tocbhuis B^can in laimh ndeis, 7 doghni 
 mnaigth\ fo tn d'aithbheoadh Breasail 
 mheic Dhiarm^z/a, co tuc .L. Bres^;/ la 
 gach n-urnuighthi a hithf^rn, 7 tainic 
 Bresí^/ m^c Diarm^z/a, leisin yxxnaighWi^ 
 ndéidhinííí:^^ ^ leisin lucht ndéidhinízc^ ^ 
 dhibh. 
 
 IS ann sin voidcht B^can scela dhe 7 rof^r 
 iailti fns. 
 
 Now when they arrived, thus they found B e- 
 can, building a stone wall, with a wet sheet 
 around him, and praying at the same time. 
 When Becan looked on Diarmait this he 
 said to him : ' Under the earth, thou parri- 
 cide ! ' So Diarmait went into the earth 
 as far as his knees. ' The protection is 
 without stay, O Becan,' says Colum cille : 
 * for the king hath come to thee to ask 
 thee to forgive him and to restore his son 
 to life.' Becan raised his right hand and 
 thrice made prayer to resuscitate Bresal 
 son of Diarmait, and at each prayer he 
 brought fifty Bresals out of hell ; and at 
 the last prayer Bresal son of Diarmait 
 came with the last batch of them. 
 
 Then Becan asked tidings of him and made 
 him welcome. 
 
 This story is also found in the Book of Leinster, p. 358, left margin. 
 See, too, The Martyrology of Donegal at April 5. 
 
 fo. 94 b, I, line. Account of the Battle of Cúil Dreimne, fought by Colomb 
 
 cille against Diarmait, son of Cerball. This piece is extracted from the 
 
 Aided Diarmata maic Fergusa Cerrbeoil, ' Tragical Death of Diarmait, son 
 
 of Fergus Wrymouth' (Egerton, £78:2, fo. 37 a, i, and H. 2^ 16, col. 870). 
 
 Dognith^r feis Temra la Diarmait m^zc 
 Cerhaill. Marbhais áidtu Curnan m^c 
 Aedha meic Echach Tirmcharna, o fhuilit 
 
 sil Mhseil ruain la Connachta., duine ocon 
 fleidh ^ sin, 7 luidh for comuirce da m^^c 
 Mhuirc«?H:aigh meic Erca .i. Ferghas 7 
 Domhnall. 
 
 The feast of Tara is held by Diarmait son 
 of Cerball. Now at that feast some one 
 killed Curnan son of Aed, son of Echaid 
 Dryflesh (from whom come the race of 
 Mael ruain in Connaught), and went 
 under the protection of the two sons of 
 Muirchertach son of Ere, even Fergus 
 and Domnall. 
 
 Fergus and Domnall put Curnan under Colomb cille's protection. Nevertheless 
 Diarmait slays him. The Connaughtmen then attack Diarmait to avenge Curnan ; 
 and Colomb cille, with the northern Húi Néill, join them. The hostile armies meet 
 at Cúil Dremne, and Diarmait's wizard makes an azrde druad ('druid's fence') 
 between the two armies. Colomb cille chants three stanzas beginning A Dhe, cidh 
 nach dingbhai dhin in ceo O God, why dost thou not expel from us the mist ?'), and 
 
 ^ MS. ndeighinaí^. 
 
 2 MS. ndeighiníJ!c/í. 
 
 MS. fleigh. 
 
THE BOOK OF LISMORE. 
 
 xxix 
 
 one of his men overturns the druid's fence leaps across it, and is at once killed. 
 Battle is then joined and Diarmait is beaten. 
 
 fo. 94 b, 2. Account of the death of Diarmait, son of Cerball, when he wore 
 a shirt made of the flax of a single pod (lene óejiriiaissni) and a mantle 
 made of one fleece (dohmin oenchaerach dorónad\ and when he had on 
 his table ale made of the malt of one grain (coirm óeiigraindé), and the 
 bacon of a pig that had never been littered. This, too, is an extract from 
 the A ided Diarmata maic Fergicsa Ccirrbeoil. 
 
 fo. 95 a, %. Poem on the duties of a king. Entitled Dubh dá thuath 
 dixit. Begins : 
 
 Diamad mheisi budh ri réil If I were an illustrious king 
 
 nocha Wruinn'^ ceim tar cert. I should not take a step across the Right. 
 
 This poem is found also in Egcrton 92, fo. 9 a, i : in the Book of 
 Leinster^ p. 147 b, where it is anonymous ; and in Laud, 610, fo. 72 b, i, 
 where it is entitled : Fingen cecinit do Cormac mac Cuilen[n]ain. 
 fo. 95 b, I. Poem on the same subject^ beginning: 
 
 Cert %aQh righ co reil . do c\annai\i Néil nair. 
 
 Other copies are in the Book of Leinster^ p. 148 a, and the Book of 
 Fermoy, fo. 33 b, 2, where it is ascribed to Fothud of the Canon. O' Curry, 
 Manners^ etc., ii. 176, says it was addressed to Aed Ordnide, overking of 
 Ireland from A.D. 793 to 817. 
 
 fo. 95 b, 2. The following quatrain : 
 
 Toirrsi nocha maith in modh 
 um ^ach ni coimmsi rom-car 
 acht rom-tá rom-bi rom-bia 
 gach ni rodheon^z^ Dia dham. 
 
 fo. 96 a, I. Tale of Finghein son of Luchta and a ban-shee named Roth- 
 niam. Begins : 
 
 Bai Finghein mac Luchta adhaigh^ samna Finghein son of Luchta was on the night of 
 i nDruim Plngein. Brathair sein do sainain (All Saints day) in Druim Fin- 
 Thig^mach Tetbuillech maz Luchta ghein. He was a brother of Tigernach 
 dia ta Coici'd maic Luc/i/a.. Tétbuillech, son of Luchta, from whom 
 
 Mac Luchta' s Fifth is called. 
 
 ^ The cae nywl of the Mabinogion. chiiigfind, Laud 610. 
 
 * MS. aghaidh. 
 
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 Bai ben tside oca thaithz^dh ar %azh S2imain There was a female fairy visiting him always 
 
 dogres. A mbidh do dhecraibh 7 buadh- 
 uib i righdhúinibh 'Eirenn 7 ina sith- 
 chuiribh no indisedh dosom beous ar ^ach 
 samam. 
 
 on every samain. All the marvels ^ and 
 precious things that were in the royal 
 strongholds of Ireland and in its fairy 
 hosts she used to declare to him on every 
 
 samain. 
 
 It contains several single staves recited by Fingein, and a poem in 
 twelve quatrains beginning: Gai gene Cuind Conn fo YAxinn. There 
 is another copy in the Book of Fermoy, fo. 34 a, 1-^5 a, i, which is quoted 
 by Mr. Hennessy in Revue Celtique, i. 41. See also O'Curry's Manners, 
 etc., iii. 'xoi, 202, where the following passage from the Lismore version, 
 fo. 96 b, I, is incorrectly given : 
 
 ^Ocus cidh \iuaid n-aile ? ' ior Fingein. * Ni 
 anse,^ or an ben. 'Teora primhaicde 
 YXvenn inno^rht fofntha 7 rofoillsighthea .i. 
 
 ^ And what is another precious thing ? ' 
 saith Fingein. ^ Not hard to say,' saith 
 the woman. * Three chief fabrics of 
 Ireland were this night found and re- 
 
 barr BHuin ^ meic Smethr^zc^, ceard Ea^^us^ 
 mete Umhoir dorighne .i. cathbarr do 
 chorcair glain thire na ndin;^^^:^^?! [?] 7 
 ubhull oir uasa. Ba meit f^rcind, 7 cet 
 snathegne imme don charrmhocal chum- 
 zescdsi, 7 cet caliches circhorcra do áergór 
 f^Hoiscthi, 7 ce7 ronn findruine aca 
 uaimmbreachtr<2d. Ita lina hXmdne fo 
 dicleith i tiprait sidhe Cruach^;^ ar in 
 Morrighuin Ci^janocht. 
 
 ' Ita iarum fo celtair talman cusanoAt fidh- 
 cheall Cnmhthain ^ Niadh Nair tucc a 
 h^nuch Findjdia luidhlaNairtuathchaeich 
 is-Sidh Buidb for echtra, co mboi fo 
 dhiamraibh na fairgi. Ata fo dhicleith isin 
 raith ind Usmuch cusanocht. 
 
 the headpiece of Briun son of Smethra: 
 it was the brazier of Oengus son of 
 Umor that made it, even a helmet of the 
 pure purple of the land of the Indians (?) 
 with a ball of gold above it. (This) was 
 the size of a man's head, and around it 
 were a hundred strings of the mixed car- 
 buncle, and a hundred bright purple twists 
 of purified red gold, and a hundred 
 chains of white bronze in its variegated 
 stitching. Numbers of years hath it been 
 hidden in the well of Sid Gruachan from 
 the Mórrígain till to-night. 
 Then under a covering of earth till to-night 
 is the draughtboard of Crimthann Nia 
 Nar, which he brought out of Oenach 
 Find, when he went with Nar the Blind- 
 of-the-left-eye into Sid Buidb on an 
 adventure so that he was under the secret 
 places of the sea. It is hidden in the ratk 
 (earthen fort) in Uisnech till to-night. 
 
 1 deacar .1. iongnadh, O'Clery. 2 Egerton 1782, ff. 72 b, 73 b. 
 
 ^ See as to this, infra p. 317 : H. 2. 16, col. 696, and the Book o/LemsUr, pp. 23 b, 3 and 145 a, 20. 
 
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 * Minn L3Eg///n meic Lu<r^/a Laimfhinn The diadem of Loeguire, son of Luchta 
 dorighne Le« Linfhiaclach mac Banbolga Whitehand, which Lén Linf haclach, son 
 Banna ^ foruaratar innocht teora hingina of Banbulg Banna made, and which the 
 Faindle mezc Dubroith a sidh F'máTíchain three daughters of Faindle, son of Dub- 
 arna b^/hfo dhicleith o ghein Ci^^zchub^^y roth, found to-night in Sid Findacháin, 
 Abhratruaid gz/>yanocht.' where it had been hidden from the birth 
 
 of Conchobar of the Red Eyebrows till 
 
 to-night' 
 
 fo. 98 a, 1-104 b, 2. A copy of the Book of Rights, of which an edition 
 by O'Donovan (from the Books of Lecan and Ballymote) was pub- 
 lished by the Celtic Society in 1847. The Lismore copy is preceded 
 by the tract on the tabus and prohibitions {geasa 7 tirgarta) of the 
 Kings of Tara, Leinster, Munster, Connaught, and Ulster, also found in 
 Egerton 1782, fo. 35 a, 1. In the Book of Lismore, the Book of Rights 
 {Lebar na Cert) begins at fo. 98 b, 2. The Testament of Catháir Mór 
 {Book of Rights, ed. O'Donovan, p. 192-204) is omitted. S. Patrick's 
 blessing [ibid. p. 234) and Dubthach's decision as to the rights of poets 
 (ibid. p. 236) are in fo. 104 b, 2. The tract ends (fo. 104 b, 2) with the 
 poem (in thirty-four quatrains) beginning Teamuir teach i mbui mac 
 Ctiinn (ibid. pp. 238-250). 
 
 fo. 105 a, I. A short piece in prose and verse, on the nine saints of the 
 seed of Conaire. The prose begins thus : 
 Nonbwr noebh sil C(9;niire .1. Seanach vaac Cairill, Eolangan a nAithbi Bolg a 
 Muscmidhi Mhitaine, etc. 
 
 The verse begins : 
 
 Nonb/<rr sin sil Q.on\\\xQ o Viazh herwx ni ndeoluigh. 
 fo. 105 b, I. A poem, in (about) 32 quatrains, beginning : 
 
 A Chaisil, as dimbrig soin O Cashel, this is weakness 
 
 gan Feidl/wzd mac Crimhthoin ! Without Feidlimid son of Crimthan ! 
 
 a cnoch Tuathail, truag in bed, O territory of Tuathal ! sad the deed ! 
 
 gan do buachííz/ 'god coimet ! Without thy herdsman protecting thee. 
 
 fo. 105 b, 2. Short notes on the three Cries of the world (the cry of the 
 Israelites when they entered the Red Sea, the cry of Hell when Christ 
 carried off his prey from it, the cry of Doomsday when the righteous 
 separate from the sinners) : on the four things that resemble earthly 
 
 ^ Compare the Book of Leinster, p. 154 43 Book of Ballymote, p. 379 a, 26. 
 
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 glory (wind, smoke, sleep and a flower) : on the worst sin (pride) ; and the 
 greatest good (humility), 
 fo. io6a, I. A quasi-historical tractate, in prose and verse, on the war of 
 Cellachán and the Danes. Quoted by O'Curry, Manners and Customs, 
 ii. 276. Begins : 
 
 Airdri oirrdhirc airdmhenmach rogbabhz/star A conspicuous, high-spirited overking, whose 
 ^d\thi\MS> 7 forlamus ior dha choig^d Mu- name was Airtri, son of Cathal son of 
 vcian, dar' ainm Airtri m^c Catail meic Finguine, assumed the sovranty and 
 
 Finguine. IS re linn rogabhat(3:r Loch- sway of the two provinces of Munster. 
 \2ccinaig nert artús ior YXxinn. Acht It is in his time that the Norsemen 
 rofhuaradar catha 7 coinbhchta o aimsir first gained power over Ireland. But 
 Airtri gu caem-aimsir Gheallachain. they found battles and conflicts from the 
 
 time of Airtri to the propitious time of 
 
 Cellachán. 
 
 There is a facsimile of this page in Gilbert's National MSS. of Ireland, 
 Part iii, No. Ivii. There are poems on fF. 112 b, 2 ; 114 a, i ; 114 a, 2 ; 
 114 b, 2. The tractate breaks off in the middle of the second column 
 of fo. 115 a. 
 
 fo. 115 b, was left blank by the old scribe. On the upper half one Donn- 
 chadh O'Floinn has written an Irish note dated 1816. 
 
 fo. 116 a. A poem in forty stanzas, written across the page and beginning : 
 
 Ni téd anégen anaisgidh. 
 fo. 116 b. Two-thirds of the first column are occupied by two short pieces 
 
 obscure to me. Caitilin ingen an iarla (Catherine the daughter of the 
 
 Earl ^) is mentioned in 1. 4. The second column is blank, 
 fo. 117 a, T. The Adventure of Tadg son of Cian, son of Ailill Ólomm, as 
 
 to which see Prof. d'Arbois de Jubainville's Essai dun catalogiie, p. 125. 
 
 The story belongs to the Ossianic cycle and begins thus : 
 Feacht n-aon dia m(bai Tadg) mac Cein Once, when Tadg son of Cian son of Ailill 
 
 m^zc Aililla Oluim .... righdhamhna a Bare-ear .... crown-prince in the west 
 
 n-iarthar Mu(man) 7 a bhrai/^ri bunaidh of Munster, and his original brothers 
 
 mar3e(n) ris. along with him. 
 
 fo. 1 20 a, I . In the margin, at line 33, is a cross and the following scribe's note : 
 
 Dogébthur an cuid ele don echtra-sa Thaidg The other portion of this Adventure of Tadg 
 meic Céin andiaigh in catha-so this son of Cian will be found below, after 
 ^ i.e. Thomas, eighth earl of Desmond. 
 
THE BOOK OF LISMORE. 
 
 xxxiii 
 
 Crinna, 7 legthar roimh in croissi an cuid- this Battle of Cn'nna; and let that portion 
 
 sin di. of it be read before this cross. 
 
 The story breaks off in the second column of fo. 120 b. The scribe notes 
 
 Andiaigh an catha so dod láimh dheis ata an After this battle (of Crinna), on thy right 
 
 chuid ele don echt?a so Thaidhg m^/c hand is the other part of this Adventure 
 
 Cein, uair ni [fjuarz^j a n-aoinecht re of Tadg son of Cian : for I found it not 
 
 SQr%ad hi. at one time for writing. 
 
 fo. 121 a, 1-J23 a, 2. A saga entitled, in a modern hand, CatJi Criona, 'the 
 Battle of Crinna.' As to this battle (said to have been fought A.D. 254) 
 see O'Mahony's Keating, pp. 323-327 ; O'Curry's Manners, etc., ii. 139 ; 
 dArbois de Jubainville's Essaid'nn Catalogue y^. 64. There is another copy 
 in the Book of Fermoy, fo. 29 a, 1-32 a. The Lismore copy begins thus : 
 
 Bái ri amhra ior 'Eiri'nn A. (Cormac) ua There was a famous king over Ireland, even 
 
 Cuinn. Bui ri for VUai'd in(d in)baid sin 
 .i. Fergus Duibhdhed(ach). Batur da bra- 
 thaz'r la Fergtis .i. Fergt^s Foiltleabhar 7 
 Fergiis Tene fo Bregu. As and bui tech 
 Cormizzc i Temrazg intansin, 7 tech gac/i 
 airdrigh i n-Éir/«;z ardaighin feisi Tem- 
 rack do dhenomh .i. caeicdhiges ria sam- 
 fhuin 7 laithi na samhna 7 caeicdigi/^j 
 iarum. As airi nothinolduis ciicka. samna, 
 ar is ann ba haipthe meas 7 toirthi 
 dhoibh. 
 
 Cormac, descendant of Conn. And at 
 that time there was a king over the Ulaid, 
 even Fergus Blacktoothed. Fergus had 
 two brothers, even Fergus Long-hair and 
 Fergus Fire-thro'-Bregia. At that time 
 Cormac's house was in Tara, and the 
 house of every overking in Ireland, in 
 order to make the feast of Tara, that is, 
 a fortnight before Samain (All Saints' 
 day), and the day of Samain, and a fort- 
 night after. The reason they used to 
 assemble at every Samain was that then 
 crop and fruits were ripe for them. 
 
 A quatrain beginning Atach Dé ar teith^<^ na 
 
 fo. 122 b, 2, lower margin 
 tond. 
 
 fo. 123 b. Continuation of the Adventure of Tadg, son of Cian, marked 
 
 with a + and preceded by the following scribe's note : 
 NÍ andso bhudh choir an chuid-si sios Not here should be this portion below of 
 
 d'Echtra Thaidhg mei'c Cein, 7 ni meisi 
 is cintach, ór ni fhuarus ar suidhiughudh 
 choir isin tsheinleabar hi, 7 gebe bhias ag 
 leghadh no ag scnbad/i an sceoil, fechadh 
 an t-'mad isin Eachtra a mbia samuil na 
 croisi so amuigh, 7 bé-readh an cuid-se 
 don sceol roimpe. 
 
 the Adventure of Tadg son of Cian ; and 
 it is not I that am in fault, for I did not 
 find it properly arranged in the old book. 
 And whosoever shall be reading or copy- 
 ing the tale, let him look in the Adventure 
 at the place wherein there shall be the 
 semblance of this cross outside, and let 
 him add this portion to the tale before it. 
 
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 fol. £25 a, I. Story of Loegaire Liban, son of Crimthann, and the elf 
 Fiachna mac Retach, who comes to ask for aid in his war with Goll, son 
 of Dolb, king of the fortress of Magh Mell, one of the Irish names for fairy- 
 land. Begins : 
 
 The Connaughtmen were once in assembly 
 at Enloch in Magh Ai. Crimthan Cass 
 was then king of Connaught. They re- 
 mained that night in the assembly. Early 
 on the morrow they arose, and they saw 
 the man (coming) towards them through 
 the mist. A purple, five-folded mantle 
 around him. Two five-barbed spears in 
 his hand. A shield with a boss of gold 
 upon him. A gold-hilted sword on his 
 girdle. Golden yellow hair over his 
 shoulder. 
 
 Nessa got the kingship of the Ulaid 
 
 Great, now, was the dignity of Conchobar at 
 the end of seven years after his birth. 
 (For) then he assumed the kingship of 
 the Ulaid. This was the cause thereof. 
 Nessa, daughter of Echaid, his mother, 
 was leading a single life. Now Fergus, son 
 of Ross, was on the throne of the Ulaid. 
 He desired to have Nessa to wife. * Nay,* 
 saith she, ' not till I have a reward there- 
 for, even a year's kingship for my son, so 
 that my son may be called a king's 
 son.' 'Grant it,' says every one: 'the 
 realm will be thine, though Conchobar 
 be called by the name of king.' 
 After this the woman sleeps with Fergus, 
 and Conchobar is called king of the Ulaid. 
 She began instructing her son and the son's 
 fosterers and his household to strip every 
 second man, and to give (his wealth) to 
 another; and her gold and her silver 
 were given to the champions of the Ulaid, 
 because of the result thereof to her son. 
 2 Cf. Old Norse bóla f. the boss on a shield. 
 
 Batur Conáacht2^ feet ann a ndail oc Enloch 
 ior Maigh Ai. Crimhthan Cass ba ri 
 Connacht intan sin. Ansat in aidche ^ sin 
 isin dail. Ps±r2Lch.i?áar matun mhoch 
 arnamharach, cun fhaciztar an fer chuca 
 triasin ciaich. Brat corcra coicdiabuil 
 imbe. Dá slz^coicrinn 'nalaimh. Sciath 
 CO mbuaili ^ óir fair. Claidhium ordhuirn 
 íor2i cris. Mong orbhuidhi dar a ais. 
 
 fo. 125 b, I. How Conchobar mac 
 when he was seven years old. 
 
 Ba mor t;>'a in ordan do Concxibar i cinn 
 secht mhh'adne iarna geinemam. As and 
 roghabh righi n-V\ad. Ba si a tucait 
 side .i. Nesa in^-en Echack a mháthair 
 sidhe bui ind oentuime. Boi do;^^ Fer- 
 ghas mac Rosa i righi n-Ulad. Aco- 
 brastar sein Nesa do mnai dho [p. 125 b, 
 2]. 'Nitho,' or si, condum-rah a logh .i. 
 righe hWadne dom mac, arcon abuirt^r 
 mac righ fria amhach [leg. trim mac'.] 
 'Tabhuir,' or each; ' bidh lat in righi 
 cia congait^r ainm righ do Concub^r '. 
 
 Faidhidh iarsaidhe in hen la Ferghas, 7 
 congairter ri Vlad do Concuhar. 
 
 Rogab si ior tincosc a meic 7 aitiu in mheic 
 7 a mhuinntm .i. lomradh andala fir 7 a 
 thidhnacul diaraile, 7 a hor-si 7 a harcat 
 do thidnaciid d'anradhuibh Vlad ardaigh 
 a iard;aighi dia mac. 
 
 ^ MS. aigthe. 
 
THE BOOK OF LISMORE. 
 
 XXXV 
 
 Tainic ó\diu cenn na bliadhna. Dorimgart 
 iarsaide Fergz^j a giallu. ' Imacalduim 
 imbe,' or Ulta. Roimraits^t i n-oenndail, 
 [7] ba dimhicin mor leo Fergus dia tabh- 
 uirt a tinnscrai mna. Roptar buidhigh im- 
 7norro do Concub«r ara dheighthidnucal 
 doibh. Ba si a n-imacalluimh : an rorir 
 Fergz^j-, scari^d do fris, 7 an rocheannuigh 
 ConoxÍQar a anadh aigi ^ As ann sin 
 roscaradh Ferghas fria righi Vi-V>\ad 7 
 C07i%2s\xx airdri in choicidh do Chon- 
 c\iobar. Finit. 
 
 So the year's end came. Then Fergus 
 claimed his pledges. 'A council about 
 it ! ' say the Ulaid. They took counsel in 
 one assembly, and they deemed it a 
 great reproach that Fergus had given 
 them as a woman's bride-price. They 
 were thankful, however, to Conchobar 
 for his goodly gift to them. This was 
 their counsel : What Fergus gave, let 
 it part from him, and what Conchobar 
 bought let it remain with him. Then 
 Fergus was parted from the realm of the 
 Ulaid, and Conchobar is called overking 
 of the province. 
 
 This story (of which there is an older and better copy in the Book of 
 Leinster, p. 106) has been imaginatively balladized by the late Sir Samuel 
 Ferguson in his Lays of the IVesiern Gael, London, 1866. 
 fo. 125 b, 2. On the first poem made in Ireland. Begins : 
 
 Ceist, cia c//duan doron^jid i n-Y.\rinn, 7 cia 
 dorine, 7 cia dia ndernad, 7 cia baili i 
 ndernad ? 
 
 IS ann, tra, doron^d in c//duan, a n-Inis 
 Tighi for Loch Orbsiun a n-iart^r Ei- 
 renn ; 7 is e dorine, Ai mac 0\\ama.n 
 meic Delbaeith, 7 is dó dorine, d'Fhiacha 
 mac T>c\hcBilh do righ K\Te?i?i, do brathair 
 a athar. Ocus is i so in diian : 
 
 Question, what was (the first) poem com- 
 posed in Ireland, and who made it, and 
 for whom was it made, and in what place 
 was it made ? 
 There, then, the first poem was made, in 
 Inis Tighe on Lough Corrib, in the west 
 of Ireland; and he that made it was Ai 
 son of Ollom, son of Delbaeth, and he 
 made it for Fiacha son of Delbaeth the 
 king of Ireland, his father's brother. 
 And this is the poem : 
 
 Mo bnig, mo baili. cuach, carbut, cXúácb. 
 tricha bo odhercc. ech croderg cXúáeb (?). 
 Escra coemh cumhul. seisreach toeb treabar. 
 coire, cuad, ceili?. bro dheigfir dlegar. 
 Romtoircet uili. o righ na maighi. 
 daigh dluigh don duini. mo bmg, mo baili. 
 
 This is followed by some verses beginning : 
 
 Ailim bairc mhrzenaig fo ramuibh, fo bhuadhaib. 
 
 ^ This and the four preceding sentences are quoted in H. 3. 18 (a manuscript in the library of 
 Trinity College, Dublin), p. 605, where imagallaim is explained by comairle. 
 
xxxvi 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 fo. 126 a, 1-140 a, 1. A saga of the Ossianic cycle, entitled, in a modern 
 hand, Forbhuis Droma Damhghaire, ' the Siege of Druim Damgaire,' now 
 called Knocklong, in the county of Limerick. There is another copy in 
 the Book of Lecan, fo. 167 et seq., and the story is analysed by O' Curry, 
 Lectures, pp. 271, 272; Manners, etc., ii. 278-282. The Lismore copy 
 begins thus : 
 
 Ba shaorclaind shocheneoil bat^zr ind 'Eirinn. 
 As iat luaitt^r o sunn amach .i. Fiacha 
 Miiilleath«/i mac Eoguin dalta Mogu 
 Riiith 7 Cormizc mac Airt mheic Cuinn ; 
 Oacs i n-oenlo romarbait a dhá n-athair i 
 cath Mucraimhe. Ind oenlo ámh doronuit 
 .i. in Mhairt re ndul a cath Muighi Mu- 
 craimhe. Ind óenlo aili rucait .i. in 
 Mhairt i cind secht mis on Mhairt-sin, 7 
 ^2ino dá shechtmhisaigh iat dib h'naibh. 
 
 There were nobles of good kin who dwelt 
 in Ireland. These are they about to be 
 mentioned, even Fiacha Broad-crown, 
 son of Eogan, Mugh Ruith's pupil, and 
 Cormac son of Art, son of Conn. And 
 on one day their two fathers were killed 
 in the battle of Mucraime. On one day, 
 moreover, they were begotten, that is on 
 the Tuesday before going to the battle of 
 Mucraime. On one other day they were 
 brought forth, that is, on the Tuesday at 
 the end of seven months from that Tues- 
 day; and so they were both of them seven- 
 months children. 
 
 fo. 140 a, 2. A topographical tract on the two Fermoys, preceded by the 
 following quatrain : 
 
 Crichadh an caoilli gu cruaid 
 
 in bhfhuil uaibh nech no imluaidh? 
 
 tííícad do mao. sonaisc sin 
 
 ar an forbhais d'foiridhin, et cet^;'a. 
 
 The prose begins thus : 
 
 Na dá triuchiz^ roboi an tir sin suil tucadh hi do Mhogh Ruith, 7 ocht tuatha a wgazh 
 triucha, et asi so roinn in da triucha sin .i. mar ghabus glaisi muilinn Mairteil i Sleib 
 cain 7 Loch Luingi ar an machaire 7 Gleann nanDib<?rgach ar Monaidh Moir. 
 fo. 141 b, I. A poem in eleven quatrains ascribed to Cormac mac Cuilen- 
 náin, King-bishop of Munster, beginning : Baifáidh an feinnidh bdi sunn 
 (' the warrior who dwelt here was a prophet '), and furnished with the 
 following preface : 
 
 Feacht n-aon dorala Q^oxmac mac Cuilindain 
 ri Muman co Cenn Clairi, conzd he ni 
 ara tarla, a menma. beith ac foraithmet 
 gacha maithiz/ja dorónadh and, ocus do- 
 roine an laidh occa indisiud. 
 
 Once upon a time Cormac, son of Culennán, 
 king of Munster, happened to go to Cenn 
 Clairi; and this was why he went, that 
 his mind might be commemorating every 
 good thing that had been done there ; and 
 he composed the lay setting it forth. 
 
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 fo. 141 b, 2. A poem in thirteen stanzas beginning : 
 
 Truag Caiseal gan Corniizc Wretched without Cormac is Cashel, 
 
 righphort na slógh salmgrad. The royal port of the psalm-loving hosts. 
 
 fo. 142 a, I. Poem in ten quatrains on Ailill Ólomm's nineteen sons. 
 Begins : 
 
 Ailill Bare-ear, wondrous the birth, 
 Son of Mugh Nuadat the virulent; 
 Nineteen sons sprang from him 
 Who divided themselves among the noble host. 
 
 fo. 142 a, I A short tract on the destruction of the nobles of Ireland by 
 the vassals, led by Cairpre Cat-head, and the disastrous consequences. 
 See O' Curry, Lectures, pp. 230, 262-264, 590. 
 
 Bai fodord mor ic aitheachaibh 'Exvenn i The vassals of Ireland murmured much in 
 
 Ailill Olom, amhra an ghein, 
 mac Mogha Nuadat neimh^zz^, 
 noei meic dhec rochinset uadh 
 fi'rfodhuilset fon sa^rsluagh. 
 
 n-aimsir tn righ Vi-YAxenn .i. Fiach^z 
 Findfholizch, 7 Feic mac Fidheic 
 Caeich 7 Breas mi^c Firb. Bati^r 
 da/íí7 tri haithigh ba toisigh comairle do 
 aith^c^aibh Eir<?;m in v[\\iaid\\ sin .i. Mo- 
 nach 7 Buan 7 Corpr^ Cend cait. Do- 
 rons<2t comairli iar/^;;z aithigh YAxemi 
 doreir an trir sin, 7 ba hi comairli 
 [142 a, 2] rochindset, fleadh^ dothargudh 
 dia tigernaidh 7 a marbrtii'/h ocon fhleidh 
 sin. Batar \m7norro tri \Aiadhna oc foi- 
 chill na fl^^fi sin la haithechu YXven7i. 
 Trian toraid g^jic^a bliadhna doratsat 
 íorúxi turcnom sin. I Maigh Cro la Con- 
 n(2i-/z/a is ann doronudh in fledh^. Do- 
 lotur iarumh fir YXxenn di di each leith. 
 Batur iminorro .ix. nona ic tomhailt na 
 ^ed\. Dob^Khea leanna somesca sain- 
 emhla dhoibh isin nonai déidhinaig^ 
 díbh. Romarbtha soerclanna YAxe7i7i 
 ocon fleid*-sin triana meisce, cu rodhi- 
 bhdait uili acht na tri meic batar i 
 mbronduibh a maithr^i:^ . . . 
 
 the time of Ireland's three kings, even 
 Fiacha Findfholach, and Feic son of 
 Fidhec the One-eyed, and Bres son of 
 Ferb. Now there were three vassals 
 who were chiefs of counsel for the 
 vassals of Ireland at that season, even 
 Monach and Buan and Carpre Cat-head. 
 Then according to the desire of those 
 three the vassals of Ireland formed a 
 plan, and this was the plan on which they 
 determined : to prepare a feast for their 
 lords and to kill them at that feast. 
 Now the vassals of Ireland were for 
 three years preparing that feast. A third 
 of the produce of each year they be- 
 stowed for that preparation. In Magh 
 Cro in Gonnaught, there the feast was 
 made. So the men of Ireland went to it 
 from every side. Now they were nine 
 nones partaking of the feast. Intoxi- 
 cating, exquisite liquors were given them 
 at the final none. Ireland's free clans were 
 killed at that feast through their intoxi- 
 cation, so that they all were destroyed 
 save the three boys who were in their 
 mothers' wombs. . . 
 
 MS. fleagh. 
 
 MS. flegh. 
 
 MS. deighinrt/^ 
 
 MS. fleig. 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 Ni thabhradh in talumh a thor^z^ dona hai- The earth would not yield its fruit to the 
 theach(2z^ iarsin ndighaiP áoxat's.a^. for vassals after the vengeance which they 
 soerclannuibh YArenn, 7 bai gorta mór had taken on the free clans of Ireland, 
 fi^r feraibh 'Eircnn, iter mnherdi 7 fedha^ and the men of Ireland suffered a great 
 7 ith 7 blicht. Rafes tra na tri comarbu famine, both as to river-mouths and trees, 
 sin Eir^;^;^ do beith ind Mbain .i. Yerdi- corn and milk Then it was known 
 d^ch Find fechtnach 7 Corp Aulom 7 that in Scotland were those three heirs 
 Tipraite T'lrech. Tiaghur mrum aracenn of Ireland, even Feradach Find fechtnach 
 dia freasdul 7 dia righadh, 7 dob^rur and Corp Bare-ear and Tipraite Tirech. 
 ratha nimhe 7 talman, greine 7 escae 7 na So messengers are sent to them to wait 
 n-uili dhul fHu ona haitheach^/í^ i mbith- on them and to crown them. And 
 iognum dhoibh dia reir fein cein bes guarantees of heaven and earth, sun and 
 muir im Eirinn. moon, and all the elements are given to 
 
 them by the vassals to serve them 
 always according to their desire, so long 
 as sea surrounds Ireland *. 
 Gabhuis ia.mm each dibh ina rainn ferainn. . . Then each of them set up on his share of 
 
 land. . . 
 
 The story seems abridged from the tale entitled Bruiden maic Da-reó 
 
 preserved in the Book of Fermoy, ff. 32^-33% and elsewhere. It ends 
 
 with a poem in twelve quatrains, of which the first is : 
 
 ^'3iXQ\ann2L YXxenn uili All the free clans of Ireland 
 
 marbhtha cusan aen nduine Were slain to the last man, 
 
 [of. 142 b, I.] acht na tri m^/c, monar nglé, Save the three boys, illustrious deed, 
 
 itruUatar o Chairpr^. Who escaped from Cairpre. 
 
 fo. 142 b, I. Poem by Feidlimid mac Crimhthainn, in twenty-three quatrains, 
 of which the first is : 
 
 Abair dhamh ra Muimnechz/ 
 mor mac diamba hairisa 
 ar an righ fil uas a gcind 
 tecat lind antirassa. 
 fo. 14:^ b, 2. Poem in thirteen quatrains, beginning thus ; 
 
 Maithi Mi/man, ba fir soin 
 im FheidhlzV/i/d vaao. Cr'ixnhthamn 
 ceck domníí^h teigdis re hedh 
 CO hAireadh do cheil^i^r(2d. 
 
 1 MS. didhail. 2 
 
 MS. fegha. 
 
 ^ i. e. there was no fish in the rivermouths, mast on the oaks, grain in the corn, or milk in the 
 udders of the kine. 
 
 * Cf. the legal formulae in Grimm's Deutsche Rechtsalterthiimer, 2*^ ausg. s. 38, also lang als diu 
 
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 fo. 143 a, I. Poem in eighteen quatrains beginning : 
 
 Erigh fnsin iarmézrghi 
 na bi it coWud^ a Shelbizz^h, 
 conarat cod^ud meabia 
 nogz^r'deagla re demhnaibh. 
 
 fo. 143 a, 2. Poem in eight quatrains, entitled Lomaidhi ceciiiit. lo filed bui 
 for a theng^^'í^. The first stanza is : 
 
 Cormizc cofecht roba sái 
 ba cert ^ach nert ronasái 
 ba hiia Breasail co «-uaisli 
 ba hua comesair Móisi. 
 
 fo. 143 a, 2. Poem in thirteen quatrains, by Flaithbrrtach hua h-Inmhoinen, 
 on the battle-stone of Cormac hua Cuirc. The first quatrain is : 
 
 IN cloichen bee fuil im laimh, The little pebble which is in my hand, . 
 
 a Ardruire in betha báin ! O Overlord of the fair world ! 
 
 rola mor do dhainibh dhe, , Many men have fallen by it, 
 ocus líEÍdhfidh araile. And another will fall. 
 
 fo. 143 b, I. Poem in three quatrains, of which the first is : 
 Tri ceimmenn cindti do chách 
 is ferr cingfes nech gu brath : 
 ceim torroma lobair lis, 
 ceim dh' ailitri, ceim dh' eaclais. 
 
 Another copy is in Laud 610, fo. 112 b, 3, where it is attributed to 
 Adamnán. 
 
 fo. 143 b, I. Story about a bishop Cainchomrac (ob. A. D. 901), who knew 
 when everyone would die, and whether he would be rewarded or punished 
 in the other world. Begins : 
 
 Easpac uasal rabhai i C\{\am mac Nois, A noble bishop abode in Clonmacnois, Cain- 
 Caoncomrac a ainm, 7 Mochta a ainm comrac was his name, and Mochta was 
 artás. Mac oighi hé 7 comarba Dé, 7 his name at first. A son of virginity 
 da oilitri dochoidh co QXuain. was he, and an heir of God, and on his 
 
 pilgrimage he had gone to Clon(macnois). 
 
 Sonne schtnt : and so lange der wind welit, der hahn kriiht und der niond scheint. So in India 
 generally achandrdrkam, ' while sun [arkd) and moon {chaiuÍ7'd) endure ; ' and in southern India : * so 
 long as the waters of the Kaveri flow, vegetation lasts, or till the end of time.' See the Madras High 
 Court Reports, vol. i. p. 407 ; vol. ii. p. i8 note. 
 
xi PREFA CE. 
 
 It is a copy of the story called Scél saltrach na muice {' The tale of 
 the Pig's Psalter') preserved in the Book of Fermoy, fo. 42 b. 
 fo. 144 a, 1-151 b, I. A story belonging to the Conchobar-cycle, called 
 
 Imthecht na Tromdaime, 'the going of the great (bardic) company.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Bai ri uasiil oirdnidhe ^ ior Airghialb/<^ feet There was once a king, noble, dignified, 
 n-aill .1. Aed m^zc Duach Dhuib. En- over Oriel, even Aed son of Dua the 
 aims^r do sein 7 d'Aed Fhinn mac Black. He vi^as a contemporary of Aed 
 Fergna meic Fearghz^j-a meic M.\\vcediaig the Fair, son of Fergna, son of Fergus, 
 Mhail, ri Brefne. Et dobhatar in diass son of Muiredach the Bald, king of 
 sin cohimresn^i;^. Gach ni maith do- Brefne. And those two lived in emula- 
 ghnidh fear dhibh rob ail don fhir aile tion. Every good thing that one of them 
 a vamxcra do dhenumh do fein. would do the other desired to surpass it. 
 
 This story has been edited with a translation by Owen Connellan in 
 the Transactions of the Ossianic Society^ vol. v. Dublin, i860. 
 
 fo. 151 b, I J 1. A much faded copy of the tract on the conditions required 
 from the Fiann. See O'Mahony's Keating, pp. 349-350, and O'Curry's 
 Lectures, p. 301. Other copies of this tract are in the British Museum 
 Harl. 5280, fo. 49 a, and Egerton 1782, fo. 25 a, 2. The Lismore copy 
 begins thus : 
 
 Fiche ar tri .L, tegluch Find hui Bhaiscne. A score and three fifties (were) the house- 
 Naenbí^r/ ocht fichit do righfeiné-^ízzí^ CO hold of Find ua Baiscne. Eight score 
 tn nonb^^raib la cech fer dib. and nine royal champions, and each man 
 
 of them had nine men. 
 
 The conditions above referred to were nine in number: — i. The relatives and 
 tribe of a member of the Fiann were to give pledges [sland) not to sue his slayer. 
 2. He must be a poet {fili), and have made the twelve books of poesy. 3. He must 
 be placed in a hole in the ground {toll talinan), with his shield and a staif of 
 hazel the length of his arm. Nine warriors, with their nine javelins and with 
 nine ridges between them and him, were then to cast at him at the same time, and 
 if they wounded him he was not received into the Fiann (Naonb^/ir laech 7 nai slega 
 7 nai n-imaire etarrsi, cu ndibraictis a n-oenfecht he, 7 dia ngondais ni gabtha isin 
 Fein he). 4. His hair must be woven, and he must be sent running through one of 
 the chief woods of Ireland, and if his pursuers, with only one tree between them 
 and him, overtook him and wounded him, he was not received. So if during this 
 run, (5) a tree took a hair from the weft, or (6) his weapons trembled in his hands, 
 
 ^ MS. oirdnighe. 
 
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 or (7) a withered stick broke under his foot, or (8) he failed to stoop under a branch 
 as low as his knee, or to leap over one as high as his ear, or (9) he failed to pluck a 
 thorn out of his heel with his nail without interrupting his course. 
 
 fo. 151 b, 2. Here follows this curious bit of folklore : 
 Bliadhuin don chuailli. 
 .iii. \Aiadna don gz^rt. 
 tri saeguil in guirt don coin, 
 .iii. saeguil na con don eoch. 
 .iii. saeguil an eich don duine. 
 .iii. saeguil an duine don dam TiWaid. 
 .iii. saeg?/z7 in daim don Ion. 
 .iii. saeguil in luin don ilar. 
 .iii. saeguil in ilair don bradan. 
 .iii. saeguil in bradain don iubhur. 
 
 .iii. saeguil in iubuir don bith (6 a thosach) co a di-readh, ut dixit poeta: 
 
 Deach 
 
 A year for the stake. 
 Three years for the field. 
 Three lifetimes of the field for the hound. 
 Three lifetimes of the hound for the horse. 
 Three lifetimes of the horse for the human being. 
 Three lifetimes of the human being for the stag. 
 Three lifetimes of the stag for the ousel. 
 Three lifetimes of the ousel for the'eagle. 
 Three lifetimes of the eagle for the salmon. 
 Three lifetimes of the salmon for the yew. 
 
 Three lifetimes of the yew for the world from its beginning to its end, ut 
 dixit poeta : 
 
 Ten 
 
 There is a poem, in ten stanzas^ on the relative length of life of a stake, 
 and a field, of man and other animals, in the Book of Fermoy, fo. 98 b; and 
 Mr. S. H. O'Grady has pointed out to me two short notes dealing 
 with the same matter, one in Egcrton, 118, fo. 51 a, the other in Egerton 
 133, fo. 229 a. The note in Egcrton 118 resembles one in the Book of 
 Ballymote, p. 14 a. Furthermore, from the tale of the transmigrations of 
 Tuan (L. U. pp. 15, 16), it may be inferred that the Irish of the eleventh 
 century held four of the oldest animals to be the stag, the wild boar, the 
 hawk, and the salmon. 
 
 The Welsh had similar traditions. See the Mahinogion^ ed. Guest, ii. 
 
 f 
 
xlii 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 ^97, Rhy-s, Hibhert Lectures, 555, and a paper by Professor Cowell in Y 
 Cymmrodor for October, 1882, entitled ' The Legend of the oldest Animals.' 
 But in Wales the order of the animals was as follows: ousel, stag, owl, 
 eagle, salmon. Or thus : eagle, stag, salmon, ousel, toad, owl. Or, lastly, 
 according to Ap Gwilym in his poem Yr Oed : eagle, stag, owl — the life- 
 time of the eagle being, apparently, thrice as long as that of a man. The 
 parallel Greek tradition is given in a fragment of Hesiod (ed. Lehrs, Fragm. 
 ciii-) : , , w > N . > , 
 
 ' Evpea TOL ^coei yei^eay KaKepvQa Kopcoprj 
 
 avhpoiv jrjpávTCúv. eXa0os de re TerpaKopayvos' 
 rpels S' éXácfiovs 6 Kopa^ yrjpaa-Kerai. Avrap 6 (^iolvi^ 
 ivvéa TOVS KopaKas' deKa S' rjfxels tovs (poivLKas 
 v{)p.(pai evTrXoKafJLOi, Kovpai Aios alyioxoio. 
 
 Compare also Aristoph. Aves, 6io, and Auson. Idj/ll. xviii. Professor 
 Cowell {iidi supra) quotes two Buddhistic legends, in one of which the 
 animals whose ages are compared are a partridge, a monkey, and an 
 elephant, and in the other, a vulture and an owl. See also Mr. Rhys 
 Davids' Buddhist Birth-stories, 1880, vol. i. p. 31^^; the Demaundes Joyous^ 
 imprinted ... by Wynkyn de Worde, 151 1, and reprinted by Wright and 
 Halliwell, Reliquiae Antiquae, vol. ii. p. 75, 11. 3-15 ; seven letters in The 
 Academy for Oct. 27, Nov. 3, and Dec. i, 1888, pp. 274, 291, 356: 
 Pamphilits Gengenbach, ed. Godeke, s. 562-564 ; and W. Wackernagel's 
 Kleinere Schriften, iii. 186. 
 
 After this comes a note in five lines, of which only a few words are 
 legible. It begins : Ben rola muir i;m Albain, and seems to refer to the 
 marine monster cast ashore in Scotland, and mentioned in the Chronicon 
 Scotorum, ed. Hennessy, A. D. 900, the Annals of Ulster, A. D. 89c, the 
 Annals of the Four Masters, A. D. 887, and thus in the Annals of Inisfallen 
 (Rawl. B. 503, fo. 16 a, i), at A. D. 892 : 
 
 Banscal daralahitracht n-Alban isinbliadain- There came a woman upon the shore of 
 so ; da thraig déc ar .ix. fichtib a fot, Scotland in this year. Twelve feet and 
 a .xui. fot a trilse, .iiii. traigid fot mér a nine score was her length: sixteen the 
 láme, a .ui. fot a sróne, gilidir géis no length of her tress : seven feet the length 
 huan tuinne a corp. of her fingers : six the length of her nose. 
 
 Whiter than a swan or the foam of a 
 wave was her body. 
 
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 A similar monster is mentioned in the Life of Brenainn, son of 
 Finnlug, infra pp. 109, 255. 
 
 fo. 152 a, I. A prose tract about Oisin and Cailte, beginning like the 
 fragment in fo. 92 b, i, supra, p. xxv. This tract is called by Mr. 
 Hennessy (7?^27?/^ Celtiqiie, i. 54), the Acallam Bee, ' Little Dialogue' ; and 
 he there cites the greater part of the following passage from fo. 154 a, 2. 
 
 uair ba hiat fein dorinde both doibh ind 
 oidhchi sin, 7 áox'\x\áed\\. indeonadh léo. 
 Ocics téit Cáilte 7 Findchrtr/// do indladh 
 a lámh cum in tsrotha. ' Inadh ivXachtdi 
 so,' ar Findch(2<:j^, ' 7 is clan o dorindí'^h.' 
 * Is fir,' ar Cáilte, * ocus iv\acht na Mor- 
 righna so, 7 ni déntá gan uisci, 7 cuic 
 mic Eachach Abradruaidh dorinde .i. 
 Fat 7 Fet, Flann 7 Én 7 Enach.' 
 
 fo. 158 b, 2. The following note, in 
 
 Coicc bhruighne \iY\xenn. i. bruighen Mheic 
 da Reo i m-Breifne. Bruigi-w da Dher- 
 cai. Bruigr;? da Thó. ^rwigen da 
 Choca i n-iarthar Midhi. Brui^^?^ Fhor- 
 caill Manaich. Atberat araile Brmgen 
 Blai Brug«í/. Seacht ndorais iot^m 
 mbruig/w. Secht slighidha trena lar. 
 Seacht te^Waige indte. Seacht gcaire, 
 7 damh cu dtinne in cech chaire dhibh. 
 
 For it was they themselves that built a hut 
 for them that night, and an mdeo7iad^ 
 (' gridiron '?) was made by them. And 
 Cailte and Findchad go to the stream 
 to wash their hands. ' This is a place 
 of cooking,' saith Findchad, 'and 'tis 
 long since it was made.' *'Tis true,' 
 saith Cailte ; 'and this is the Mórrígain's 
 cooking-place ; and it was not made with- 
 out water (near at hand); and five 
 sons of Eochaid of the Red Eyebrows 
 made (it^, even Fat and Fet, Flann and 
 Én and Enach.' 
 
 seven lines : 
 
 The five Hostels of Ireland, to wit, the 
 Hostel of Mac Da Reo, in Brefny: the 
 Hostel of Da Derga : the Hostel of Da 
 Thó: the Hostel of Da Choca, in the 
 west of ]\Ieath ; the Hostel of Forgal 
 Manach. Others say the Hostel of Blai 
 Bruga. Seven doors to the Hostel. 
 Seven ways through the midst of it. 
 Seven hearths in it. Seven cauldrons, 
 and an ox with a flitch in each cauldron 
 of them. 
 
 The rest of the codex (fo. 1 59 a, 1-197 b 2) is a copy (ending imperfectly) 
 of the Aeallain na Senóraeh (' The Dialogue of the Ancient Men,' Oisin 
 and Cailte). Begins : 
 
 Ar tabhuirt chatha Comuir 7 chatha Gab^-a After delivering the battle of Comuir and 
 7 chatha Ollarbha, 7 ar ndhithugz^<'/ na the battle of Gabra, and the battle of 
 
 ^ P. O'Connell's inneSjtadh, * a striking on iin anvil,' (JimeSin) seems a different word. 
 
 f 2 
 
xliv 
 
 PREFACE, 
 
 Feindi, roscailset iarsin ina ndrongaibh 
 7 ina mbuidhnibh fó Eirmn, co nár' 
 mhair re hamm na huaire sin dibh acht 
 madh da óclach mhaithe do d^readh na 
 Feinde .i. Oisin m^^c Find 7 Cailti mac 
 Crundchon mhic Ronain. 
 
 Ends (fo. 197 b. 2): 
 
 * Caidhi th'aicné'í/h ^ uime sut, a Cais 
 Coraig-}* ar CdiUe. 'As é mh'aicned,' 
 ar Cas, ' nacA faca do mhnaibh in domm'n 
 riam ben bhudh ferr learn inas an m£-£n 
 ut.' 'Cre(t do)beir oraib gan comaentu- 
 gudk ? ' ar Qdilte, Do 
 
 Ollarbha, and after the destruction of 
 the Fiann, they then separated in their 
 troops and in their bands throughout 
 Ireland : so that there remained of them, 
 at the time of that hour, only two valiant 
 warriors of the rear of the Fiann, even 
 Oisin son of Find and Cailte son of 
 Crundchu son of Ronan. 
 
 ' What is thy mind about her yonder, O Cas 
 Corach ? ' saith Cailte. ' This is my mind,' 
 saith Cas, ' that of the world's women I 
 have never seen a woman who was better 
 in mine eyes than yon girl.' *What 
 prevents you from agreeing? ' saith Cailte. 
 
 Other vellum copies of this composition, which well deserves to 
 be edited, are in the Bodleian (Rawl. B. 487, fo. 12 b et seq., and Laud 610, 
 fo. 123 a, I — fo. 147 b, 2), and in the Franciscan monastery. Merchants' 
 Quay, Dublin. All are more or less imperfect. Its contents are analysed 
 by O'Curry, Lectures^ pp. 307-312, and extracts from the Lismore version, 
 foil. 166 a, 166 b, are given ibid, pp. 594-597. 
 
 fo. 198 is a leaf of discoloured vellum added by the bookbinder, with 
 a small fragment of the codex (about 3Í by 2 inches) inlaid on the recto. 
 This fragment, which is much faded, seems to contain the beginnings of six 
 quatrains. The words Na tab . . . Deich . . . gidh mor . . . Suid(iu)g2^d . . . 
 senchas. Airmeim . . . Ein^ucha i crich Connacht . , . Coic tnucha dec, are 
 legible. 
 
 Four pieces mentioned by O'Curry [Lectures^ p. 200) as contained in 
 the Book of Lismore I did not find. They are : i. The story of Petronilla, 
 St. Peter's daughter ; 2. ' The discovery of the Sibylline oracle in a stone 
 coffin at Rome ;' 3. An account *of some modifications of the minor cere- 
 monies of the Mass ; ' and 4. An account ' of the correspondence between 
 Archbishop Lanfranc and the clergy of Rome.' Nor does the MS. contain 
 a Life of S. Finnbarr, as stated in the Introduction to O'Curry's Manners 
 a7id Customs^ i. cccxxii. 
 
 * aigncy the mind, the intent, the imagination, the will, gen. aigneadh, P. O'C. 
 
THE LANGUAGE OF THE LIVES. 
 
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 II. The Language of the Lives. 
 
 The scribes of these Lives, in copying from older MSS., followed the 
 usual course — modernising, as a rule, the spelling and grammatical forms 
 which they found before them, but sometimes leaving intact the ancient 
 orthography and the ancient endings of the noun and verb. The result 
 is a mixed language, in which Old-Irish forms appear side by side with 
 those belonging to the late Middle, and even Modern, periods of the 
 language. The following remarks, though far from complete, will justify 
 this statement. For convenience of reference they generally follow the 
 order of the Grammatica Celtica. 
 
 Vowels. 
 
 a for post-tonic c. deprizccoit 2609, depr^coitibh 4495. 
 
 a for atonic i'. a ndorchaibh 26, a n-aimsir 70, an topur 64, an tighi 72, 
 aniu 391. 
 
 a for tonic o\ anoir, manach ; for post-tonic o'. espac 370, cét-arc 3270, fodhard 
 4338. 
 
 a for post-tonic «: rogha 3058, togha 3755, salma 371, fira 1978, pectha 164, gulk 
 202 (where the umlaut points to Old-Irish gullu), dorchata 23, bulk, runna. 
 
 a for atonic la : ax n-ic 598 = O. Ir. iar n-ic. 
 
 ai for tonic oi: azfrenn 517, fa/renn 629, ga/bhnecht 3784, 3785. 
 
 e for post-tonic z': soills^ (acc. sg.) 4, dair^ (dat. sg.) 168 ; for post-tonic m : coimdh^ 
 4164. 
 
 ei ior tonic ai: mei'c 3094. 
 
 ea for e, whether tonic or post-tonic : \eabm 43, (can 82, foiri?ann 4, aisnésmn 21. 
 /for atonic a: z'tconnaic 159, ztfet 153, z'spert 184. 
 z for atonic 0: zca 181. 
 
 z and 2u for post-tonic e : daerz'(gen. sg.) 23, Etailh'2i i, tipraitz'2 637, airlégz^nn 62, 
 eisbz'í^dh 118, toimnzz^dh 143, iriszzzch 150, aingz'zzl 3356, taeidhlzzzch 4632. 
 
 z'ud, iurn for eh, em, are particularly frequent : ceilz'z^brais 842, creidz'z/m 282, breithzz^m 
 614, risz'zzm 650, tuirzz/m 1085, taitnzz/m 1203. 
 
 0 for post-tonic u\ bochti? 14 13. 
 
 <?z'for tonic ai\ i?z'lithreacha 3847. 
 
 u for post-tonic a : ro-bennzzch 356, clochz/ 393, fedhbhz^ 4889, fiack 473, fuarz/tar 5, 
 itberzzr 25, mzz-na 186. So ui for the umlaut of post-tonic a : rechtz^zre 400. 
 u for atonic z': zzm 291, zzmar'leicis 105 where the u may be due to the m. 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 In the case of long vowels we have : 
 eo, eu, for e: áeoxmh 4651, heohx 4652, seui 2930. 
 
 to for i: iios scél 1064; fori*: iton 4505 (but f^n 4506), im 4384, Mon 4493 
 riogh. 4473. 
 
 Atonic / is lost: 'na haicnidh 51, 'na comuidecht 69, 'na ucht 258, *na triur 835. 
 
 Diphthongs. 
 
 The diphthongs at {ae) and oi {oe) are confounded. Thus we have aen 1995, and 
 aenar 2006, for Old-Irish Sin or den and oenar. So naidhiu 1 18 = O. Ir. nóidiu ; ízz'í//^^ 
 1 250 =0. Ir. óigi^ aidígechí 26^ = O. Ir. óigidecht ; Gaedelu 404 = O. Ir. Goidelu ; soeth 
 870 = O. Ir. sdeth ; soethar 3699 = O. Ir. sdethar ; loechdacht 3058 = O. Ir. Idechdacht. 
 In sai-eascop 212, and i/r^z/ 287, is for O. Ir. ^/2*. The modern ao for íz^ appears in 
 aos '^']2'^,aosa ^^g^comaosu i226,saoth 22^8, naom 20'j 4. We even find aoe {aoes 214). 
 So aoidhigecht 255 = O. Ir. oigidecht, aiaoibhi 1124, «ízm' 4298, «ú:í?zw 2075. In five 
 lines we have Coimhgen 4465, Caomhgen 4467, Coeimhgen 4468, and Caeimhgen 4469. 
 
 «í/, í?f/, the umlaut of ae, oe, is frequent: noeimhe 12, daeiri 23, coemthecht 266, 
 caeirib 91, caeirig loi, í?í'/<5/^ 77. 
 
 For tí:^, í?^, we sometimes have long 2/ : cura 43, 1473, 2321, 2920 = O. Ir. cdera. 
 So cúnnach 2402, for coennach. The umlaut of this ^ is ui\ fuidhius 479, nuidhin 59, 
 buidiog6 = <5«/(í/í^ 2743. In e'n-bhaile 2918, e'n-shnáithe 2930, the diphthong i?/ (i?^) 
 has been reduced to long 
 
 The diphthongs eu and i?/^ are confounded: luach 572. 
 
 , Consonants. 
 The nasals n^r, I: 
 
 Infected m for infected b : noemh 33, ;?m>^- 3858, 4617. 
 n assimilated to a preceding /: colla 11 39, coUaidi 1152. 
 
 « doubled between vowels : innis 115, 1967 ; before s : ba;z;zscail 1229, sennser 2940, 
 2950, ba;/;2scaile 113, baitói 172 ; before /: S2iinnt 1690, innti 97, te«;ztidhi 1188 ; or 
 becomes nd: ind 36, 66. 
 
 is sometimes singled : z>z/ 139, 862 ; or becomes nd : firinde 3055. For 
 
 nd we have n in z>i/z^ 918, ané 1375. 
 The liquids / : 
 
 r\ doubled before s\ ro-errslaic 60, doirrsi 1562, ioirrsech 1698; before dh\ 
 airrdhi 90, 177; before th\ airrter 1638, airrt[h]er-deiscirt 211; before n\ Vúrrn- 
 gidh 1641, sathairrn 612, errnaigthi 1187; before c\ hirrce 1487, 2226; before /: 
 urrlamh 1900. 
 
 / is doubled : Etai//i 211 ; before /: a//t 4834. 
 
 // becomes Id : bachai/í/ 1043. 
 
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 The labials p, b : 
 
 p in loanwords for / : peiarlaice (veteris legis) 7, and for b : pisi 84, poc,puic, 1634, 
 /mí/ (bestia) 1840; iz/j/izwa// (abstinentia) 4900; and for 3>^: lop 2744. So in the 
 native word leanp 'child' 1452 — leanbh 1451, leanamh 902. 
 
 ph for M : do phisihh 81. 
 
 3 (in loanwords) for p : pohul (populus) '^, pubull (papilio) 326, esbul (apostolus) 33. 
 bh for /'. buthuaidh 4722, bhar 332 ; for mh : mebaidh 59, coibnesom 656. 
 ^ doubled to denote the absence of infection : a bbas 100. 
 
 The dentals /, d : 
 
 t inserted after 7i : aein-t-ibh 630, tdin-t-i 2897, ^/f;^;/- /-a 3662, moin-t-i -^^dd^ ; after 
 /: ilmhil-t-ib 4477 ; after bh : sk'b-t-i 3656 ; after s : tanais-t-i 683 ; assimilated to s : 
 apsalaib (apostolis) 27. 
 
 Infected / omitted : coilcib 4575, for coilct}iib,fhoires 3171, for fhoirithes'. inserted to 
 prevent hiatus: foi-ih-i ^o, foi-th-ib 16 10, ire-ih-e 862 ; substituted for ch\ iieith 480, 
 aigihi 166, Trethimh 275. 
 
 for /: in inlaut : aidi 105, airidin 216, cédna 249, níbdar 246, madam 260, 
 {niaduin ig^^), /odaib 4413; in desinence: 22g, docreid 249, rocansad 239, 
 
 geibid 1 9 13. 1984. 
 
 Infected inserted to prevent hiatus : rosoi-dh-eih 840, rosou-d-adh 4323, impoi-dh- 
 it 3806, rotathbheo-d-aig 4435, sdaa^/oirib ; added: drúi-dh 22"]^, facai-dh 4893; 
 prefixed to //^ : bu-dh-tuaid 757 ; omitted: «í? i??ipa\jdh^ 4099, conderna\dK\ 4218. 
 
 </í/ for eclipsed /: zar ddaidhcchi, 4377. 
 
 Assimilation of to preceding « is frequent : clai?in 62 ; oiffrmn 841, Boinne 272, 
 2«« 1422, 2164, 1379, 1376, etc. 
 
 The gutturals c{k\ g, q : 
 ch ÍOV gh: iich 4415; ch added: lia-ch 4485. 
 chs and x interchange : Sachsain 2564 = Saxain 2561. 
 
 r<rfor^: focraicc 699, io8o,/i'/<mo82, eaccnai'de loSS, iáinicc 1089, toccbhais 3604. 
 ^ for in anlaut before pretonic vowels: gu-juór 257, gia-r-bhó 1429, ^ízr^ 1441, 
 
 1465 ; in inlaut : agam 1995 ; in desinence : og, 1029, gég 2585, táinig 5. 
 ^ for í-íT : beg 1904. 
 
 Infected^ written for dh : Al-cluaige 47, connaigh %o, giiigh 124, thuistighibh 147, 
 aigtht 166, figh 2^2,fleigh 408; inserted before //k hadiii-gh-ihea 270, airmhi- 
 gh-ter 671, méidi-gh-tir 3797, dirmi-gh-ihi 4642, 4643, gigni-gh-ther 759, didbhui-g- 
 iher 333, rofinnfai-g-ter 4254; added to -ízz': imrulai-gh 517. 
 for : Frangaib 48. 
 
 for eclipsed r: na gcUirech 4462, a gcUirig 4463. 
 
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 PREFACE, 
 
 The velar guttural q occurs in the noun Quiaran ( = Corn. Pii'an) 4438, 4440, 4470, 
 4477, 4485. So in the Naemogam, ' saint- ogam/ Book of Ballymote, p. 311^: 
 .1. ainm in naim i tinnscanfa gabar ar in fid. i. Brenaind, Laisreann, Finden, Sin- 
 chell, Nesan, Hadamnan, Donnan, Tig^rnach, Cronan, Qz/iaran, Manchan, Giurgu, 
 Ngeman, Zannan, Ruadan, Aed, Oena, Ultan, Ernen, Ite ; where the initials of the 
 twenty saints' names correspond with the twenty letters of the Ogam alphabet. Other 
 instances of q occur in the tract just quoted : qulenn, queri, Quorann, querc, quiar, 
 Quell dara, qual, qm'slenacht But here, except in the case of qmar, the q is written 
 for c. 
 
 F and V. Irish f regularly comes from a pretonic v, as in fer. In loanwords 
 Latin nf,ff is sometimes represented by thf, as in ithfern 295, 430, 438 = infernum, 
 ithfernach 2242 ; so aithfrenn = oiferendum. 
 
 Prothetic f occurs in f-oirb 4^,/'-aca 6^, /-dime 2618, ro^-za/raigsel ^66g, don-f-air 
 \\é^^,f'ósaic 1622. 
 
 V when following d, r, or / is regularly represented by bh (Meadhbh, banbh, 
 tarbhf dealbh). When it arises from nasal infection of / it is represented by 
 bhf. Thus bhfaidh 18, bhforbthiugud 14, bhfoscud 5, bhfognaim 183, bhfesair 185. 
 But sometimes also by fh, as in i fhaighthi 397, in fhiacuil (dentem) 475, 
 trianar fhoirceial-ne 151 2, in /Ms (visionem) 4293, an-fhoitech 1395, an-fhoirbhthi 
 II43- 
 
 V before an unaccented vowel is often represented by b ox bh\ thus buthuaidh 4722, 
 bhur, 'your/ 1604, bar, 'says.' 
 
 Z, and H, There is nothing noteworthy about s, save that the h arising from 
 its infection is regularly expressed by ths or is. Thus : 0 thirfhéghadh 4868, a tSenáin 
 2081, dá cloich tsalainn 2408, ocus tsacart 2475, cinn tslebhe 2796, Crimthain Isreib 
 3216, amail tsnechta 3338, ^ri<2« isolusia 4631, clann tsoineamhail 1544, ingin tsoch- 
 raid 1722, gein tSendin 1790, oc scribhiunn tsoscelai 2050. 
 z is represented by st in the loanword Stabulon 19. 
 
 h is constantly inserted to prevent hiatus after the verbal prefixes no and ro : no-h- 
 adhnachta 632, ro-h-adhnacht 645, ro-h-ort,ro-h-oria 136, ro-h-ktha il2>,ra-h-oslaiced 
 4359. It is regularly inserted in the following seven cases : 
 
 {d) after the na of the article (gen. sg. f. and nom., dat. and acc. pi.) na h-ais- 
 nesean 21, na h-Éirenn 324, na h-úain 87, na h-uili 673, dona h-uilib 671, dona 
 h-irisechaibh 675 ; 
 
 {b) after the possessive pronouns of the third sg., whether masc. {umm-a h-eochu 
 563), or fem. (a h-athair 3412, a h-óighi 4176, a h-ainm 4695); 
 {c) after the interrogative pron. cia {cia h-airm, 546); 
 {d) after the gen. oi gach : {gacha h-ollaman 4776) ; 
 
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 {e) after the numerals Iri ijri h-ernaih co iri h-emiihh 4346), and cethra {ce/ra 
 h-airdib 29) ; 
 
 (/) after prepositions ending in vowels: a h-Eigipt 4674, co h-indhir 325, co h- 
 Ele ^21, fria h-Eochaig 376, fria h-anhhforus 4894, re h-impodh 708, re h- Abraham 
 709, re h-úir 4492, re h-íssa 4518, la h-Asardaihh 23; 
 
 (^) after the negative particle ni : ni h-ingnad 402. 
 
 h is also inserted after the gen. sg. of an /-stem : cluaiia h-Iraird 4014. 
 
 Irrational Vowels. 
 
 Examples are domiiin •i'^6^,tia??itm 1529, leastar 2467, iarainn 2725, 2g'^2,/ortann 
 1336, and the loanwords _>^;«i';z« dY'^, ymmonn 1525 = immaim 2675, colu??ian, solla- 
 man 1355, sacarhak, senister, sige?i, rithivim 2673, Herwwn 227, Petar 3324, ieampiil. 
 
 Metathesis. 
 
 of r: ^/r/a 2536 = Old-Ir. 3//r^, ri? ficifraig 432 (from ro-tar-faig), /edraissi (Jor 
 /eíair-si),/unnraidhi 1945= f-Mrnaidhi 2064, sathrann (dies Saturni) 4374, coisercad 
 (consecratio) 1819, viartralaic (martyrologium) 3754. 
 
 of /: comalltur 392 (from com-lan-lar), ecalsai'bh (ecclesiis) i^^G, alhigud 1174, 
 altughadh 2415 = atlugudh 4316, ro-altuigh 4744 = ro-atluig. 
 
 QÍS'. baisdim (from baiisim, baptizo), ro-baisd 398, robaisdeih 450, /í7J"<:r 4663 
 (laxus), í-j-^^í^í- 837 (episcopus), espocoidi ^22 (episcopatus). 
 
 Infection of Initial Consonants. 
 
 This is of two kinds ; vocalic, called by Irish grammarians * aspiration/ and nasal, 
 called by Irish grammarians * eclipsis.' 
 
 Vocalic infection is either organic, i. e. justified by the phonetic laws of the language, 
 or inorganic. Organic vocalic infection is found {a) in construction, {b) in com- 
 position. 
 
 {a) In construction : 
 
 1. After the article in the gen. sg. masc, in the dat. sg., in nom. sg. and dat. sg. 
 fem., in nom. pi. masc. : biadh ind fh\x 1462, in f//atha 1553, don i-Z^oire 196, in 
 Wi^uinnter 197, in fhyxA 1389, oc fégad in <ry^arbait 1321. 
 
 2. Where an adjective follows and agrees with a noun which ends, or once ended, 
 in a vowel: thus, in meic bliic 915, in ailithre y7^oirbhthi 677, on mudh //^anusti 683, 
 cruithnecht <:^aein 4165, a tigh fhir 7;//zaith 255, a ben w>^aith 796, eclas mhóx 866, 
 Ó ghuth mhóx 979, fo sheol j/^oinmech 1007, 0 galar //zromm 1028, cot láim í/Z^eis 
 1287, do ghabail r^aille 1341, manuigh dh\\ú 3196. 
 
 3. Where a noun follows and is governed by a noun which ends, or once ended, in 
 
 g 
 
1 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 a vowel. Examples are : mheicc Dhi 4522, a dhuine Dhi 3359, aidchi /Me 268, a 
 n-aimsir ^y^eimrid 70, oc cuingidh bhi^ 73, do chuingidh <r>^isa 127, do glanad 
 //^eallaigh 122, a tigh fKix mhaith 255, ac foghnam í/Mine ele 296, do thorruma 
 dhmxvQ 825, a glaic Z)/^iabuil 4602, uas teinid ^tótha 3329, i miss medhónaigh 
 /■y^oghmhuir 4441, d' foillsiugud shoóx^Xx 743, iar fothugud <r>^eall 600, in óentuidh 
 tí^éachta 648, dá cloich /íalainn (i.e. í/^alainn) 2408, meic </Mine 2464. 
 
 So after the nom. sg. of /-stems : dorchata mhox 27, tene <r>^ascda 327, tene //^aeid- 
 lech 591, tene Dhé 1044, betha i/^uthain 725, betha i//^ubach 3637. 
 
 4. After the numerals {dd, which originally ended in a vowel : da dhi}\ 1373, 
 dá Mopar 2522, coic ^^ochta 1251. 
 
 5. After the possessive pronouns mo^ do, and a, 'his ' or 'its: ' mu //^innscrai 11 59, 
 mu í^étig 1 169, do ;;í/^ná-sa 1170, a í-^enél 46, a i^enathair 41, a i^iair 140, a 
 »z>^athar 48. 
 
 After cech in the gen. sg. masc. : anma cech ^y^uine 2471. 
 
 6. After certain forms of the verb substantive : robad _//^earr 82, co m[b]ad j^ásad 
 4165, bhadh mho 4488, rop /Mlus 4604. 
 
 7. After active verbs governing the accusative : tuiceabh Maile 4688, dolbhais 
 c^^iaigh 2301. 
 
 8. After prepositions which end, or once ended, in a vowel : amal <r/^aeirig loi, 
 amal Phó\ 589, amail ghx€vi\ 1188, amal cho\Mm 3877, amail //^acbaither 4448, ar 
 i/Msmirecht 1758, do //^abairt 82, im <r/^rabud 158, cen fbSA 435, gan /%is 1598 = 
 cen_/^is 1600, 0 ;;zy^enmain 714, tria dh€^m 945, seoch //^egduis 1161. 
 
 9. Where active or neuter verbs are preceded by the verbal particles ro, do, no, or 
 con = co-no: ro-Mecuisc 6, ro-i">^oillsigh 31, ro-^>^abh 53, To-g/iénúv 57, ro/y^oghlaim 
 61, cur' dko 67, do-f/^ruthaig 500, do-//ioet 70, do/z^uair 275, no-<r^aifedh 259, no- 
 d/ieiús 443. But this does not occur in the passive : e.g. ro-fothaiged 63, Conasta 
 2514 and curosfhasta 2515 are certainly scribal errors. Each should be co ro sdsta, 
 
 10. After the negative particles ni and nad: ni y>^arcab-sa 184, mtina [for ma-nf] 
 //^ardad 186, mina Misadh 1086, ni //^abrai-si 109, ni //^arraid 193, ni /h\\ 2451, 
 ni r^aitheadh 2518. 
 
 11. After the conjunctions cia, ocus, is, no, and 6'. cia ?«y^iscniged 4878, ocus 
 /"y^aitsine 7, ocus w>^irbuilib 36, is w^nai 4770, no /"y^ailinn 3877, ó dhoioixvt 1657. 
 
 12. After the interjection a\ a r/^aillech 1561, a *S'>^enáin 2486, a ú%uine 3358, a 
 //^igerna 3750. 
 
 {h) In composition (examples are given in the nom. sg.) : 
 Substantive with substantive: eachlasc (= ^&i-fhXt^o) 288, lubh-^/^ort 590, 1885, 
 fér-^/^ort 2846, rígh-í/^uidhe 623, 626, 1697, bruinne-<//^alta 1120, nuall-^/^uba 
 
THE LANGUAGE OF THE LIVES. 
 
 li 
 
 3897, nó-f/^ombathad 4298, bain-rMe 2791, 2794, 2093, 2917, 2990, daescar-j/^luag 
 4328, \ong-phoTt 3147, bunad-r/5inél 3171, 3173, feth//^airrge 3184, tonn-^cr^^ar 3605, 
 m\iT-ch2X 3793, bleidh-wy^il 3802, cat-//^iast 3802, cath-<5/^uadhaighi 1548, anm-r^ara 
 2803, 2350, arm-^>^aisced 1612, mmr-mhW 2223, bith^/'^ognum 4177. 
 
 Substantives with adjectives: toebh3/"y^ota 777, bith-<5/^uadhach 2462, bith-j/^alach 
 3641, bith-^/^arbh 3641, scoith-«f/^emrach 977, moing/Zzinn 3080, 3114, mong-(5/^uidhe 
 3407, nuall/y^ailtech 3858, cenn-^/^athach 3085, goib-^>^ér 3651, boladh-;;z/^ar 3857, 
 ávorm-mhoT 3652, aighedh-Mán 3791. Perhaps also mac-//^airrngertaigh 2831. 
 
 Adjective with substantive : ógh-j-/zlan 1242, 137 1, 2670, 4190, 4197, 4718, dubh- 
 ^y^las 1625, dubh-<r>^omar 3279, crom-^//lais 3258, noebh-^>^enan 1789, lán-j-y^ídh 
 3869, 3934, lán3/'>^olartnaigthech 4496, degh-<//^uine . . . dech-^^ním 3870, droch- 
 dhwme 320, 3852, 3934, mór-<r/^umachtach 199, móir-;/2/^írbuil 2597, mór-W/^éile 3392, 
 mór-^>^lóir mo, mór-w>^aith 2782, móir-j/^éiser 3213, 3437, min-fy^aisc 1362, finn- 
 f^aelach 1572, uasal-j^acart 736, firy/^inemain 2464, derbh-j/^iur 3400, soeb-f>^oire 
 3624, 3618, troim-//^res 3639, sír-^/^aire 3384, sír-//^eine 3638, 3643, sír3/"/^éghadh 
 4868, nuÍ3/"/^iadnisse 3315, nu^-^iadhnuisi 1145, 'ú-ph\z.n 4243, Iar-/?///umhu 509, 
 Ú2ix-dhts 937. 
 
 Adjective with adjective: g\é-ght2\ 3356, 3877, 4360, sír-Meogolach 3647, síw-^ilti 
 3666, uiH-r/^umachtach 3164, 3190, sain-j-^ercach 1842, lán-j^aethrach 3847, all- 
 w^arach 3164, 3190. 
 
 Numerals with substantives and adjectives: otn-chwrd. 2920, aen-j^luasat 3163, 
 aein^/^er 3836, aen-^-^rat 4307, én-Maile 2918, én-j/znáithe 2930, cét-w>^arb 2348, 
 ceityy^irt 52, primhyMith 3344, 3904, prímh^/^áthacdae 3319, prím-c/;athair 4295, 
 tre-í//^enus 2353. 
 
 Prepositional prefixes: air-;;/^itiu 2499, air-7;^^itnech 11 14, com\\-/h?iá 3420, 
 comh-tí?-^ub 3376, coimh-//^inol 1261, ro-com-j>^oi 689, átr-mh^xr 3146, 3680, ái-mhdií 
 1483, er-mhoT 3318 = urz7/^or 4720, di-tr^enntar 3253, di-r-^uirter 2800, etar-<^/^uasach 
 3078, etar-^^uidhe 4231, fo-i/Z/ard 4338, fo-tí7/oimhne 3661, for-íT^oimet 4184, frith- 
 shei 4459, im-^/^abhail 11 34, im-i/^lan 1141, 3447, ro-im-er/^uirset 2582, inn[/^]ithem 
 2534, indy^ethmech 2455, reimh-i//^echaid 1 197, ro-7;z-^ór 2534, tre-/^oll 2962, ro- 
 t-ath-3/^eodaig 4436, tairm-i//^echatar iiii, to-ir/ioisceim 11 23. 
 
 Inseparable particles: so-r/^enc'l 3334, so-<r/^enélach 1332, so-c^enélaige 852, soi- 
 w^illse 919, so-w^easctha 3162, so-r-^arthanach 3856, so-ghmmh. 3943, nemh (O. Ir. 
 neb) nemh-r^umhscaigthe 3769, neimh-ú%énum 1135, nemh-//^oirrsech 3858. 
 
 Instances of inorganic vocalic infection are — 
 I. In substantives and adjectives: — in the gen. sg. fern.: daenachta ;;i^eicc Dhé 
 4522 ; in the gen. sg. of a consonantal stem : mogh righ W/^órchumachtaig 199 ; after 
 
 g2 
 
Hi 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 nouns in the accusative sg. : muic n-uir /toaithi 206, aimsir j/^amraidh 4845, 
 drolmuigh /^ína 316, ar fhailti /^éghtha 524, i tir /^airngaire 668 ; in the gen. dual : 
 inad da ech i-y^arpuit 4476. After the numeral tri\ tri ^Me 3086. 
 
 To these perhaps may be added the instances of vocalic infection after certain 
 consonantal nouns in the nom. sg. which in Old-Celtic seem to have ended in s. 
 Thus: lasair Meined 160, 2511, dair ^z/^ór 940, cura mh2,ú 2321, 2325, oenchura 
 /h\Ym 2920. 
 
 In fact, in the language of these Lives there is a tendency to infect the initials of all 
 nouns in the genitive or accusative, whether singular or plural, without regard to the 
 termination of the preceding word. Thus in the gen. sg. iar caithium immorro chnii'^ 
 Crist 3689, a chinel bunaidsium P/^atraic 42, do chuingidh fair c/^umaili 4267, 'ni ro 
 dhech gnuis //^erscail 1693 ; gen. pi. : sinnser j^/^acart 752, secht n-ollumain ^>^abunn 
 2931; acc. sg. : cu rue in cu allaid r/^aeirig 91, crenaidh didiu <r>^umhail 170, forfa- 
 caibh Issu ^/^acaill 223, co-n-acca óglach ind étach //^aitnemach 794, dorat in ben 
 sheirc ndimoir 1482, doroine . . . ernaighthi i//^icra 1103, rorec ... in chMmml 1190, 
 coCill Mho\x 2031. So after the voc. sg. : a athair //^ogaidhi 2041. Here the infection 
 change is syntactical rather than phonetic. 
 
 2. In certain prepositions and their compounds with pronouns. Thus, </>^'agallaimh 
 2337, dhxivsx 74, i//^oibh 200, 205, ormnsa 723 (= y^orumsa), oruinn (= y^oruinn) 73, 
 orainn 3195, chmú 157, riut (= fhr'wii) 728, risa- (= fhrisa) 928, //^airis 2688. So 
 a-cétair 2421 (= O.-h. /ocetóir), atuaidh 2888 [=/othuaid), Mair 3015. 
 
 3. Where verbs, whether in the present, past, or future, express the relative. Active : 
 j^ire, 3731, thé\g\ 4363, y^^oillsigfes 789, //^oirises 4622,yy^ásas 4619, 4620, ;;2/^arus 
 4422, _/y^uil 4245, Mairismit 4370, Máncabar 4815, //^icfatis 4405, íMmid-ne 1513, 
 f^uingid 1569, 7nho\á\á 1628, (/^ech 2711, //^iaghuit 2435. Passive: /y^ucad 2370. 
 
 4. Other instances, which it is not possible to bring under one head, are : ^>^eith 
 4650, dhM\ 4797, iTy^oidchi 3386, Meous 4790, dona tri mhÚQ 2643. 
 
 Nasal Infection. 
 
 This occurs after nouns in the acc. sg. or gen. pi, and after the numerals, pronouns 
 (including the article), prepositions, and conjunctions, which end, or once ended, in n. 
 The tenues {c, /, p) sink to the corresponding medials ; the medials {g, d^ b) become 
 respectively ng, n, and m ; and _/ becomes written in these Lives as bhf. For n + n, 
 n + m, n + r, ^ + /, we have nn, mm, rr, II. Examples will be found in almost every 
 line. For n-\-c sometimes is written (3960, 4463). Yoxn^t sometimes dd is 
 written (4377)- For n-n, from n-\-d, is written n-d\ but sometimes, as in co n-essidh 
 (= con -\r dessidh) 2512, the dh omitted. So for 7?i-m is written m-b. 
 
 Here too we find inorganic infection. Thus the initial of genitives plural is nasally 
 
THE LANGUAGE OF THE LIVES. 
 
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 infected, though the prehistoric ending of the preceding word was j or a vowel. For 
 instance, athair bathais 7 creitmhe bh/tv n-Érend 34, ó rígh bh/Qi Tefa 2836, i cluain 
 mór hhFer n-Ardai 952 : sennser noemh bh/tv mBreg, 2940. An early example of 
 this is uptha mban, 'spells of women/ in the Klosterneuburg incantation. The infection 
 0Í b'm i coitchinne wbethadh 2683, seems a scribe's error. 
 
 The Article. 
 
 Sing. Dual. Plural. 
 Nom. masc. int, in, ant-, an \ masc. ind^ na. 
 
 fem. Í7id, inn, an, int \ in, na fem. na. 
 
 neut. a-n ) neut. na. 
 
 Gen. masc. neut. ind, i?in, ann 875, int. 
 
 } } 
 
 r I I na-n. 
 
 iem. na 
 
 Dat. -(s)inn -(s)in -{s)na. 
 
 Acc. masc. and fem. {s)Í7in, (s)i?id, (s)in/ ) . ) 
 
 , .V > in, na } na. 
 
 neut. {s)a-n J j 
 
 Only examples of the rarer forms need be quoted : 
 
 J - . , {in t-iian 1140, Í7i t-saill 1255, in i-uisci 1481, 2676, 
 
 Smg. masc. and fem. acc. z;// : \ . . , ^ , 
 
 ( = an i-tasqui iii, in t-ord-n 2025, an t-inad 1007. 
 
 „ neut. acc: al-ld {iiom an-la) 2076. 
 Dual nom. : in dá phopul 1476, in dd clamh 1591. 
 
 ,, acc. : eter ifi dd fhorba 1897, eter in dd espoc dhec 41 1 1. 
 Plur. masc. nom.: ind eolaig 516, 829, 2642, ind irisigh 3948. 
 
 The articulated form of the prep, ind (36) twice occurs, a7insa chailiuch,^'m the chalice/ 
 1 63 1, ann-san inis 1080. This is the practice of the spoken language, O'Don. Gr. 281. 
 Compare ind-sin eclais LB. 55 a 44. pi. ann-sna laihib LB. 243 b 10. 
 
 Declension of Substantives. 
 (iz) Vowel- steins. 
 
 In the vocalic declension of vowel-stems there is little calling for notice. The 
 transported n still appears after the nom. sg. neuter. Thus : aithiusc m-bre'ithri 404, 
 gradh 7t-esbuic, n-espuic, 1346, 1347, Dal in-BuaÍ7i 4657, Ros 71-Dairbhrech 1474. 
 So with stems in -io\ lugha n-eithig 50, righi n-ÉÍ7'enn 749, orba n-aill 1896. But 
 most of the old neuters have become masc. or fem., e. g. in mhuir 3623, though the 
 gen. sg. Í7i mhara occurs in 3684. 
 
 The transported n also occurs regularly after the acc. sing. Thus : mac 7i-dall 57, 
 77iac n-Daibid 3320, biadh 71-gnáthach 94, ca7ioÍ7i n-eclusdai 212, 77iuic 71-úir 205, 17i7iber 
 n-Dotnnann, 7i-De\ m-Bóin7ie 272, 273, aidheadh n-gona 465, Pol n-apstal 589, cenn 
 m-bliadne 638, claÍ7i7i n-Adhaimh 622, sc7-iptiiir 7i-diadhai 684, 7'ith vi-buadhai ^ 
 
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 cailech n-oifrinn 841, hréit\}i\ir n-escaine 845, bréit\Ji\ir n-Dé 1033, 2720, arradh 
 n-glainidhi 954, bannscail n-irisigh 1229, leastar m-hrisde 1398, torathar n-gránna 
 1420, espoc m-Bron 1453, «^^^^^ n-dimhoir 1482, clamh n-umhal 1585, é'ízr;^ m-huadha 
 2090, drolmaig n-englaisi 2701, P^/izr n-ardespul 3324, manach n-dilius 3359. So 
 with stems in -zb and -ííz: athardha n-dilis 657, /í^íí 471, /z^.^?' m-BoiH 955, 
 
 /íZ(2 «-6>^« 2721, «-éz/// 1940, «-í?/r 2621. So after the gen. pi. iar coscrad . . . 
 ealadhan n-druidechta 601, zar ndeismirecht . , .na n-uili manach n-irisech 682, i crich 
 Ua bhFailgi 1238. 
 
 But it sometimes oversteps its bounds and appears after the nom. sg. masc. and the 
 dat. sing. Thus espoc m-Bron 1453, mac n-uasal 787, isin cinn n-aile 1592, i coit- 
 chinne m-hethad 2683, i comartha n-dilgudha 4347. In arai n-anoire 7 n-airmiien 
 4335, it appears after the conjunction ocus. 
 
 In the dat. sg. of i?-stems the w-umlaut is still found. Thus, doll 62, curp 383, 
 caisiul 4^"], mudh 683, Surd 9791, tuaisciurt 106^, for ceiul 1065, r^m'z// 1375, /^/r/ 
 2572, 2512, meor 4422. So in the acc. pi., even when the old final post-tonic -u 
 has become -a \ bulla 48^2, gulla 202, runna 3277, mulla 1674, 2315, 2851. 
 
 The u of the acc. pi. of masc. í7-stems is still found in ruscu 6o,yeru (= Lat. mros) 
 313, eoc/iu (=Lat. eguos) 318, Gaedelu 404, manchu (=Lat. monachos) 893, cuaranu 
 943, clamhu 7 1099, marbhu iioo, damhu 1494. But this 2^ has become -iz in 
 mancha 3338, ^ríz 1978, damha 1947, JdiZ/^za 1956, etc.; and -i? in 1413. 
 
 The nom. pi. is used for the acc. pi. in meic 161, slóigh looi, loiscinn 107 1, ruisc 
 1671, /í^z^^ 1961, 1964. Conversely the acc. pi. is used for the nom. pi. in rusca (for 
 ruscu) 62, and arathru 1509. 
 
 In the plural of the zb-stems we often find a passage to the ^/-declension. Thus : 
 nom. aighairedha 2899, gilladha 2979, mergedha 3078, daltada 31 17, comaltuda 
 '^\^{^ — comhaltadha 4676, saebchoireda 3618, uiscedha 3665, cairedha 4101, cridhedha 
 4^75? g^"' techtairedh n-uasal 2952, «(2 n-uiscedh 3713; dat. <2 tri h-uidedaib 2572, 
 ramhaduibh 3574; acc. celiuda 1584. 
 
 Feminine stems in / are ' island,' sg. gen. indse 3697, 370 (but also inis 
 3700), dat. mnsz ^'j04; acc. innsi-n 3570, and 'wife,' 381, 54; sg. gen. 
 
 sétche, dat. séiHg 576 ; acc. j/2'/z'<r^ ii57. 
 
 Fem. w-stems are deog, 'drink,' sg. gen. dighi 95, 1239, 1927, acc. digh 54, and 
 muc^ ' pig/ 1248, pi. dat. mucaib 1245, nom. acc. muca 1246, 1247. 
 
 (<5) Diphthongal stems. 
 16, 'cow/ sg. gen. bo 4358, acc. 97, 409, pi. nom. bai 1660, 4357, gen. b6 95, 
 1660, acc. bu ; dual nom. dá Maz' déc 1267. 
 
 'ship/ 4302, 4303, noi^ «í^z 2332, 2391, 2392, acc.«í?/2i74, «^2^/2331, naoi 42^8, 
 
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 (c) Consonantal Stems. 
 
 Here we have (i) stems in c, g, and nc. (2) stems in r: (3) stems in /, nt, and 
 nd : (4) stems in n : (5) stems in s. 
 
 r-stems. Examples are : caera (spelt ciira 93), * sheep/ sg. acc. caéirig loi, pi. gen. 
 caerach 86, dat. caerchuibh 1554, caerib 4643, acc. caercha 1232. 
 
 cathair, 'city/ 3969, sg. gen. cathrach 1570, 4281, dat. cathraigh 4214, pi. acc. 
 cathracha 2549, 2645, dat. cathrachuibh 3962 and cathairibh 3639, gen. cathrach 
 4256: rfí», 'mist/ 3329, sg. dkccciaigh 2301. 
 
 </azr, 'oak/ 940: eochair, 'key/ 1446: Eochu, gen. Echach 1153, 2096: Fiacha^ 
 gtn. Fi'achach 301 1 : Fiachra, gen. Fiachrach 3076. 
 
 /ííjíí/r, 'flame/ 31, 1410, 2510, gen. (derg-)/ajríZír^ 3181, (trom-)/íZjraí-y^ 3639, acc. 
 lasair 3970. 
 
 naithir, ' snake/ 1033, pi. acc. naihracha 107 1. 
 
 rz/zW (=ru-aire), 'lord/ sg. voc. r«/r^ 1284, pi. dat. ruirechaibh 3346. 
 jc/, 'thorn/ sg. acc. jr/íV^ 2485; and Tevihair sg. gen. Temhrach 2970, but Temra 
 2779. 
 
 To this declension belong the loanwords altoir, 'altare/ dat. í2//(?/r 1103, pi. gen. 
 alt6rach-n 1760: carcuir, 'career/ sg. gen. carcrach 4771, dat. carcair 4754; eipistil, 
 ' epistola/ pi. gen. eipistlech 154; matghistir, ' magister/ 2672, sg. gen. maigistreach 
 3927; ' monasterium/ pi. gen. mainistreach 2474, mainisdrech 609, 873; 
 
 senóir, 'senior/ 1077, 3850, sg. gen. senórach 3846, 4310. 
 
 The native word ailither, ' pilgrim/ an i?-stem in Old-Irish, is also declined like a 
 i--stem, pi. voc. a oilithrecha 3847. 
 
 ^-stem: rf, 'king/ 378, 1290, 2580, sg. gen. righ 2573, dat. righ 3054, pi. n. righ 
 2576, but also righa 378, which in Old-Irish is the acc. pi.; gen. righ 3050, dat. 
 righaibh 3345. 
 
 «f-stem : //iz, ' stone/ 1842, gen. liac. 
 
 r-stems : athatr, 'father/ sg. gen. athar 1940, dat. athair 1954, voc. a athai'r 20^2), 
 a athuir 2041, pi. dat. -aithribh 3309. 
 
 brathair, ' brother/ sg. gen. bráthar 3170, voc. a bráthair 2036, pi. n. bráithre 1074, 
 1338, 2608, dat. bráithribh 1334, acc. bráithriu 4460, voc. a bráithre 2689. 
 
 máthair, 'mother/ sg. gen. máthar 52, 66, pi. gen. mdithrech (with passage to the 
 íT-declension), dat. mdithribh 108. 
 
 jz'z^r, ' sister/ 66, sg. gen. sethar 2698, 2699, 2939, dat. siair 86, dual nom. ddshiair 
 2661, pi. nom. (with passage to the r-decl.) ^txh-shethracha 4639. Compound : 
 derbh-shiur 3400. 
 
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 /-stems: abb, 'abbot/ 4353, sg. gen. abadh \z^o\ aenta, 'unity/ 4281, sg. acc. 
 aeiitaidh 4282 : ara, aru, ' charioteer/ 425, 427, sg. acc. araid 437, pi. n. araid 2858. 
 bethu, 'life/ sg. gen. na bethad 3749, dat. bethaid 947, acc. beihaid 41 18. 
 breniu, 'stench/ dat. bre'ntaidh 3634. 
 
 rííz7/, ' wood/ sg. acc. caillid 826, 2584, corruptly cailli 3355, dat. coill 4044, pi. acc. 
 caillH 3663, where it is used for the nom. 
 
 coimdhiu, 'lord/ coimmdhe 722, sg. gen. coimdheth, coimdedh 3688, 3694, coimdheadh 
 1 147, dat. coinidhidh 3547, 4245, coimdhi 719, acc. coimdhe 4861, voc. a choimdhi 
 2637, <7 choimdhe 4164. 
 
 i-iZi/r, r/^r, ' champion/ pi. n. curaidh, 2998 : conihla^ gen. comhla[dh'], 1975. 
 
 dorchata, 'darkness/ sg. dat. dorchata 23. 
 
 durchraidhttu, ' hardheartedness/ sg. acc. dúrchraidhitaidh 228. 
 file, fill, 'poet/ 1182, 1183, iigo,gen.filedh 1189, pi. ádl. filedhuibh 3026. 
 fraigh 'wall/ 4749, sg. ádX./raighidh ig^,/roighidh 198. 
 2/^, 'thirst/ 3707, 3714, sg. gen. ?7ííí/-^ 4408, dat. f/az'i//^ 4402, 4404. 
 Z?')?^, ' shirt/ 1040, sg. gen. lened. 
 mil, 'soldier/ pi. n. caih-milidh 2998. 
 
 éentu, aenta 'union/ 790, sg. gen. áentadh 4468, dat. oentuidh 647, 648. 
 
 dighi, aighe 1250, aighi 12^^, ' guest/ sg. dat. áighidh 1254, pi. dat. aoighedaib 3830, 
 acc. ceighedha 1649, where it is used for the nom. 
 
 óitiu, 'youth/ acc. oitiudh 286. 
 
 rig, ' fore-arm/ pi. acc. rigthe 2974. 
 
 seche, 'hide/ 41 17, sg. dat. seichidh 411 8, 4261. 
 
 slighe, ' road/ pi. acc. slighthi 3664, where it is used for the nom. 
 
 sui, 'sage/ sg. dat. sui 2749, pi. dat. suidhib 2750, acc. i^^z'//^^ 2529. 
 
 tene, 'fire/ 71, 78, 267, 1044, sg. gen. teineth 1918, teinedh 77, «a ieinedh 2902, 
 dat. teinidh 84, acc. 332. 
 
 /^;z^<2, 'tongue/ sg. gen. tengad, acc. /^tíí^ít: 1456. 
 
 traigh, ' foot/ sg. acc. traighidh 462, pi. acc. traighthe 3681 (where it is used for the 
 nom.), traighthi 4131, gen. iraiged 3682. 
 
 í/íz/w, 'cave/ sg. dat. uamaidh 3416, acc. uamaidh 3415. 
 
 i/-stem: </rz/z*, 'wizard/ 2656, 4008, but drai 287, 1162, sg. gen. druadh 1162, 1166, 
 dat. druidh 4007, ifr<3:/ 1192, acc. drai 1223, 231 1, pi. gen. druadh 2307, acc. druidhi 
 300, where it is used for the nom. Perhaps dé, 'smoke/ 1409, 3329, belongs to 
 this declension. 
 
 «/-stems: bráge, 'gullet/ sg. dat. brdgait '^^^, 2312. 
 
 cara, 'friend/ 1194, 2Lnm-chara, 4792, sg. dat. anm-fizr^zV 4793, pi. n. carail 
 car aid 1492, dat. cairdib 3201, acc. cairde 4878. 
 
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 fiadha, 'God/ sg. gen. fiadhat 1289. 
 
 ndmha, ' enemy,' 3447> sg. gen. ndmhat 3444, pi. nom. ndmhait 3436, gen. ndmhut 
 3045, acc. ndimdiu 4877. 
 
 /z^^^, 'mouse/ 4217, pi. nom. lochait 3744, 3746. W. llygoden. 
 
 iipra, 'well/ 397, sg. gen. //>ríz/ 2385, 2634, 2635 (but tipraiti 2637 !), dat. tiprait 
 2162, 2383, acc. ttprait ^6"], 2386, 271 1. 
 
 «</-stems: <5r^, 'belly/ sg. dat. hroinn 52, 382, 1882, 2812, 2821, 2830, 2iCc.broind 
 2579: ^'//^/iz, 'granary/ sg. dat. ithlain?! 1429. V^.ydlan. 
 
 «-stems: airem, 'ploughman/ pi. gen. airemhon 1064, dat. airemhnaihh 1505, 1508. 
 
 aisnéis, 'declaration/ 13, 155, sg. gen. aisnesean 21, dat. aisnéis 1086, acc. aisneis, 
 18, 1124, 4597. 
 
 almsa, 'alms/ 3272, sg. gen. ahnsan 2034, but also al??isai?ie, (with passage to the 
 vocalic decl.), 1428, 1579, dat. almsai7i 2401, 4102, pi. acc. almsana 181 1, 3395, dat. 
 almsanuibh 1857. 
 
 bendachi, 'blessing/ 4701, beannachi '^^g, 3351, sg. acc. bennachtain 836, 2985, ben- 
 nachtuin 250, 368, 2366, beannachtain 358, 368, bennacht 4699 : breithiu??i, 'judge/ 614. 
 bró, 'quern/ 4098, sg.gen. brón 1313, 4099, 4126, acc. bróin 850, 4127, 4269. 
 Cruachu, sg. acc. Cruachain 3140. 
 
 CÚ, 'hound/ 90, 278, 1253, 4036, sg. gen. con 93, acc. coin 276, 4034, 4035, pi. 
 nom. coin 3655, 4428, dat. {niil-)cho7iuibh 4054, acc. co7ia 1658, conu 4081. 
 Dichu 279, sg. dat. Dichoin 607, 611, acc. Dichoin 285. 
 ealadha, 'science/ pi. gen. ealadhan-n 601. 
 ^/^z/, ' Scotland/ 1176, sg. dat. ^^ain 1004, acc. Albain 1025. 
 garma, 'weaver's beam/ 1667, s^.^cq. gar??iain 1666. W. car/an gweydd. 
 z'i/«, 'pang/ pi. n. idhain 2830, 3004. 
 viallacht, ' curse/ sg. acc. mallachiain 368. 
 
 menma, ' mind/ 708, 2649, sg. gen. menman 4896, dat. menmain 714. 
 
 Mumhu, ' Munster/ gen. Mumhan 3066, dat. Miimhain 1206, acc. Mumhain 3069. 
 
 onchu, ' leopard/ sg. gen. onchon 3799. 
 
 í?rí/íz, 'thumb/ 4419, gen. sg. 6»;'^/«;/ 4420. 
 
 ' doctor/ gen. ollaman 4^'j6: taUwih^ ' earth/ sg. gen. talmhan 799, 21 15, dat. 
 talmhain 1012, acc. talamh 657. 
 
 ndidiu, 'babe/ 3349, naeidhi 1458, sg. gen. ndidhen 1220, ndidhiiin 1457, ^uidhin 
 59, dat. ndidin 68 = naoidhin 3392, voc. ndidhiu 118, pi. dat. nóidÍ7iuibh 73. 
 
 The following are stems in -//óVz : 
 
 airitiuy * reception/ sg. dat. aÍ7'idÍ7t 216: airmitiu, ' reverence/ sg. dat. airmitin 619: 
 cluinsiu, ' hearing/ dat. cluinsin 4225 : dechsu, ' seeing/ sg. dat. dechsoin 4849 : /aicsiu, 
 'seeing/ sg. á2X./aicsin 2963, 4894, zzQ.faicsin 3179, 3873, 3875: taidhbhsi 'vision/ 
 
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 853, ^%A2XJaidhbhsin*]^2^ iaircsm, ' offering/ dat. /íz/ríTj/;/ 4281 : ieipersiu, 'dropping, 
 sg. dat. teipersin 3709. 
 
 The double n in the following forms has not yet been explained : Clothru^ gen, 
 Clothrann 2144 : '^abh^ 'river/ gen. ahhunn 3028 : 
 
 derna, 'palm/ sg. acc. dernainn 1339, 4189 : diliu, ' flood/ sg. gen. dilenn 3327. 
 
 gabha, 'smith/ 3782, pi. n.gobicinn 4101, hwi gaibhne 2936, gen. gabhunn 2931, acc. 
 gaibhne 2934 : ^í^íz/íz, ' shoulder/ sg. dat. gualainn 31 18, acc. gualuinn 2860 : 
 
 Rechru, sg. dat. Rechrainn 959 : rétla, 'star/ 4631, gen. rétlann. 
 
 According to this declension also are declined Aru, sg. gen. Airne 3741, dat. 
 Araind 3743, Aruinn 4305, acc. Aruinn 4289 : ^ni?^, * Ireland/ gen. Erenn, 3366, dat. 
 Éirinn 1197, and in the plural íí/ííz;;?, 'soul/ 4645, 3597? ^z>22Íw 438, 1086, 
 
 1143, sg. gen. anma 618, dat. anmain 709, 3371, anmuin 703, acc. anmain 4228, 
 pi. n. anmanna 2530, anmunna 4371, dat. anmannaib 653, anmannuibh 4877. 
 Neuter stems in -i^^^;/ : 
 
 iZ2>2w, 'name/ 78, sg. dat. iZi>z^ 3267, 4853, pi. n. amnannua 147, 1867, 2530. 
 
 b/imm, 'blow/ sg. dat. Miw 3195, acc. b/im 3195, pi. n. {bx2i\th-)betmenna 3120. 
 'bit/ 'mouthful/ 2734. 
 
 ceimm, ' step/ pi. gen. céimenn 161 2 = ceimend 3424, céimeann 3419. Compounds: 
 sg. acc. coisceim 4894, t ok him 3 181. 
 
 cuirm, 'ale/sg. gen. <ri?r;;2a 1242, dat. cormaint 2736, coirmm 1239, ^í/zir/;? i359> 
 acc. <ri?zW;z 1381, chuirm (!) 1360. 
 
 </(?27;;í, ' noise/ sg. acc. í/«?í7;;2 942. íZ/r?';^, 'multitude/ 'crowd/ sg. dat. 2881. 
 
 druim, 'back/ 'ridge/ sg. gen. droma 3004, dat. druim 3609, 3613, acc. druim 
 995, 3616. 
 
 gairm, ' call/ 4392, sg. acc. gairm 4349. 
 
 'butter/ 1291, 1302, sg. gen. imme 128, 1268, 1296, dat. 2mi2^S, 1281, 
 acc. 129, kim 3408. 
 
 lomm, 'milk/ 1661, 41 10, sg. gen. lomma 87, 1473, acc. loim 4490. 
 
 maidm, 'a breaking/ 3253, sg. acc. maidm 3112, 4395. 
 
 sruaim, ' stream/ pi. dat. sruamuibh 3637. 
 
 teidhm, 'disease/ 799, sg. gen. tedhma iioo, teadhma 1856, dat. 1441, acc. 
 
 teidhm 112, 1490, pi. acc. tedhmanna 1704. 
 
 toghairm, 'invocation/ sg. acc. toghairm 119, dat. toghairm 3765. 
 
 Neuter stem in -Z;^ : ú:r<5í2:, sg. gen. arba 1091, ízrí^^í? i357- 
 -S'-stems: agh, 'a bovine animal/ sg. 2,0,^. agh n-allaid 4715, pi. dat. aigib 3219. 
 (2//, 'cliff/ sg. gen. aille 2164, 2324, acc. all 4831. 
 
 ' fortress/ 928, 3039, sg. gen. duine 929, 2543, dat. dún 405, acc. dun 396, 397, 
 883, 891, 3034. 
 
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 glenn, ' valley,' sg. dat. glinn, 560, 2583, pi. nom. gleanna 3656, glenn-t-a 3662. 
 
 glún^ 'knee/ ^^X.^sX. gluinibh 2860, 2876, 31 11. 
 
 gné^ 'form/ 'countenance/ 3895. 
 
 gruadh, ' cheek/ sg. á.2X. gruaidh 1337, 4186. 
 
 leth, 'side/ 'half/ 17, 1124, sg. gen. lethi 2177, acc. sg. leth 1324, 1326, 3566, dat. 
 leith 829, 1282. 
 
 %>^/ reward/ sg. dí2X.logh 1 1 22, pi. acc. 3847 (with passage to the masc. (?-decl.). 
 
 magh, 'plain/ sg. gen. mm'ghi ^^j^, 355i, acc. magh 2598, magh ;;z-Breg 396, im- 
 mach, dat. maigh 3552, pi. acc. muighi 3856. Compounds : Der-mach 918, acc. Z)^r- 
 WíZíT^ 925, dat. Dervihiiigh 918. 
 
 «m^, 'heaven/ sg. gen. nivihe 613, 2487, 2578, dat. nimh 2659, acc. «i'/?2/^ 1209, 
 3768, pi. dat. nimhibh 4602, 4896, but nemhaibh 2486, with passage to the o-de- 
 clension. 
 
 ruithen, ' ray/ 4632, sg. acc. ruthen 3402, pi. gen. ruiihne 3248. 
 .Tíf/, 'sea/ sg. gen. jaz'/^ 377 1« 
 
 sliabh, 'mountain/ sg. gen. sUibhi 2562, slébi 2583, dat. j-ZZ/M 383, 1528, 3573, 
 acc. sliabh 1527, 2565, 2582, pi. nom. sUb-i-i 3656, gen. sliabh 3643, dat. sUibhibh 
 543- 
 
 /^í-^ (= reyos) ' house/ Sg. gen. tighi'12, 122, dat. //^/z 70, 81, 255, 409, 2838, 2840, 
 iat'gh 2670, /oíg 1092, acc. /^r-^ 1187, 1252, /eg/i 1308, pi. n. /ig/i/ 2927. 
 
 //r, 'land/ sg. gen. m tire 441, 710, in tin' ^^^S (but />^/r^ dtlsi L 705), dat. //r, 
 acc. //r-« 442, pi. dat. iiribh 716. 
 
 A solitary stem in ns is mí^ * month/ sg. gen. viis 2996, 4441, in mis 3784, dat. 
 w/i 1064, 1066, pi. nom. mis 4367. 
 
 Nouns ending in -ach often decline in the sg. like i>-stems ; in the plural like i-stems. 
 Thus: 
 
 domhnach, 'Sunday/ sg. gen. dovihnuigh 1077, domhnaigh 1102, pi. dat. do7}ih- 
 naighibh 2735, domhnuighibh 4534. 
 
 //ííf^, ' garment/ 2673, sg. gen. éduigh 1602, acc. éiach 2723, pi. nom. eduighi 
 1504, dat. étuighibh 12 15, étaighibh 1496, acc. éduighi 1495, 1508. 
 /ásach, 'desert/ pi. ádX. /ásaighibh 3218. 
 
 marclach, 'horseload/ pi. gen. marclach, 1572, dat. mardaighibh 1574. 
 oirach, ' excrement/ pi. nom. otraighi 4869. 
 
 Adjectives. 
 
 There is nothing remarkable about the declension of adjectives, save that, in the 
 plural, the nom. masc. ends in -a {meic beca 108, sUigh mora 143 1), and that the labial 
 ending of the dat. pi. is frequently omitted. This ending, however, is still found in the 
 
 h % 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 following instances: hmnaibh diadhaibh proiceptoirihh noemaihh 683, maithihh 
 aimserdaibh 688, cetielaib echirannaib 690, éhdghibh taitnemachaib 12 15, dáinibh 
 fannaibh inlobraibh 1437, maithib imdhaib 4513, sruithibh Breatnachaibh 2551, cosaibh 
 tirmaibh 1818, 2424, aimseraib fodaib 4413. 
 
 Comparison. 
 
 As to comparison, the superlative ending has disappeared except in comnesomh, 
 cotbnesom, 'neighbour/ 104, 3924, which is used as a substantive. Of the compara- 
 tive in -itr—-T€po- there are two or three instances: giliihir 3679, 4075, and méidithih 
 (MS. meidightir) 3697, sithiter 2217. Other comparatives end in -/(for -iii), as in 
 uaíslí 6, 1329, mill 1661, ndraighi 1691 ; but also in -e and -a : eaccnatde, soiceineilce, 
 tnisle, beccda, humla, 1088-1090. Irregular comparatives are: 
 
 Positive. Comparative. 
 
 y^;;^ ( — supernus.) ) 'better/ ^2,/earr 2861, 3040. 
 
 maith, 'good, 1339 ) 
 
 ' many ' = Goth. ^/í^. lia 1084, 2450, 2730, liu 4260. 
 
 lugh, i-Xaxvs lugha 2432, 2435. 
 
 mor, 'great/ 2543 ^;?^ 1271, 1477, 2320, 2419. 
 
 olc, 'bad' messa 2432. 
 
 trén^ 'mighty ' treisi 2289. 
 
 f-ocus, 'near' ) 2572, 2583, 3344 
 
 com/hocus 2goi ) coimhnesa 2898, 2922. 
 
 sir, ' long' sia 2272. 
 
 The comparative of equality is exemplified by meidightir, airdigtir fria seal 
 primhluinge 3183. 
 
 For the superlative, except in the case of deck 98, 416, 418 (the irregular superl.of 
 maith), the comparative is used: congbhail budh airdi ^-^6, nesa ^"j , coimhnesa 2898, 
 2922. 
 
 With di, 'eo/ we have ferlrydi 1142, 2319, moi-di 2727. 
 
 Numerals. 
 a. Cardinals. 
 
 Of the cardinals from i to 3000 the following instances are here found : 
 
 1. a oen 3315, aen 699. In composition: en-bhaili 2^1^, en-snaithi, 2390. 
 
 2. Absolute: a dhó 699, 4594, 4642. 
 
 Nom. and acc. dd with all genders: da ocdam 633, da ésca 853, da chois 2220, 
 da shiair 2661, da oidhchi 3607. With fem. nouns also di : di bannscail 1389, di oigh 
 3996, acc. a dhilaimh 262. 
 
THE LANGUAGE OF THE LIVES. 
 
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 Gen. oc pianadh da naemh-ogh 373, ré da oidhchi dhec. 
 
 Dat. dibh 625, 4255. A corrupt do7i dhd n-iascaib occurs in 3599. 
 
 3. Nom. and acc. iri with all genders, tri h-ecalsa, 2525, iri cathracha 2549, tri 
 mile 2641, iri ionna 4134, iri h-ifigena 4000. With fern, nouns also ieora: ieora 
 cairacha 1044, ieora mili 1045, ieora i7igena 3996, ieora hliadni 299. Also ieora 
 tight ^-^^, gen. iri-n 3168, dat. here the labial ending is lost: 0 ihri viodaib 679, co 
 iri henuil) 4346, cona iri macaib 31 15. 
 
 4. Nom., dat. and acc. ceihra, ceaihra for all genders : for ceaira hairdib 29, na 
 ceihra meic 3995, ceaira bliadni 947, na ceihra mei'c 3995, ceihra haraihra 1502, 
 ceira bradana 4829, gen. ceihra m-bliadan 949. 
 
 A solitary example of the Old-Irish fem. occurs in ceihcora viuinieruib 144. 
 In composition: ceihur-raen 634, ceihar-dhúil 4622, ceiihir-liubur 4621. 
 
 5. cóic, cuic, cuicc 4607, 4616 : aspirates: coic bhochia 1251, and after the gen. 
 has the transported n : docum na .v. mho 99, na coic n-aimser 4624. 
 
 6. se (leg. sé) 2606. 
 
 7. sechi-n : .y^c/^/ ;7/bliadna 2959, dat. sechiuibh, seciaibh 3192, 3196, 
 
 8. ochi-n, ochin ámmn 1278. 
 
 9. nái-n\ a nai i^^i, nai m-ha.\\ib 2921, 2927, «í7í?/ wgradh iiii. 
 
 10. deich-n, a deich 4619, m-bliadni 3404. 
 
 11. . . . déc'. aeinfher dec 3836. 
 
 12. dd . . , déc\ in da espol déc 624, da fear dec 3833. 
 17. sechi . . . dec: sechi w-ecalsaibh dec 1360. 
 
 20. fiche, sg. gen.ficheij ásii.fichii, pi. n.fichii 1023. 
 
 21. bliadan ar fichii 4745. 
 30. iricha 638. 
 
 40. cethracha 2106, 4695. 
 
 50. coeca (from "^coecacha) 859, caeca 4 11 3, pi. acc. coáia 1097. 
 60. M ^(f^// 1023. 
 
 100. ce'i 4398, pi. gen. iricha ce'i 638. 
 
 150. caeca for c/i 411^. 
 1000. 3599- 
 3000. iri mile 2641. 
 
 Ordinals. 
 
 1. céina 4596, ceiifhiri, ^2, prim : primh-fdiih i)go, primh-getn 3994. 
 
 2. ianaisii i,g<)4, indara 617. 
 
 3. /m, /r^í7j 3994, 3997, 4769. 
 
 4. ceihramad 3994, ceihrumad 3926. 
 
Ixii PREFACE. 
 
 5. cóiced 1253. 
 
 6. sésed. 
 
 7. sechtmad 169, 384. 
 
 8. ochtmadh uathaid 1351, 4452. 
 
 9. naemhadh. 
 10. dechmadh. 
 
 13. /r^ai" . . . 1 271. 
 18. ochtmadh dec 1351, 4452. 
 88. ochtmad Axxx. {ochtmogat) \^^2. 
 132. indara bliadan xxx. izr ^-//617. 
 
 Numerical substantives. 
 
 1. 144. 2. fi?2*(íZJ 1379, gen. deist 3990, loc. (?) dis 4842. 3. /nV/r 150, 1376, 
 iriar '^^'j. 4. i:^/>^r^r 142, 475, 1439. 5. coicer. 6. j"/i^r. 7. moirseser, motrsheser 
 612, 3213, 3437. 8. ochtur 2148, 4375, ochtar 4378. 9. nonbur 219, nonbhar 
 3000, noenbur 3014. 10. dechnebar 2071. 
 
 if. Multiplicative expressions. 
 
 2. /a dho 3. /í? /n' 3104. 5./íz í-MzV 4815. 
 
 Fractions. 
 
 J. /^//^ 816. J. 3060, 4217, 4491. -J. í-í^/í-^í/ 4721, gen. coicidh 4799. 
 
 Pronouns. 
 Absolute personal pronouns. 
 Sg, I. »2/ 178, mi-si 178, acc. 3492, mhi-si 3438. 
 
 2- 3453. 3495. 33^6, acc. tú 3439, //^« 2893. 
 3. masc. sé 3406, 4315, / 3498, 4316, ba h-é 3457, acc. /^/3551. 43i5> 4658. 
 fern, si 2445, 3456, ba hi 3065, 2445, acc. hi 3384. 
 neut. i-i/ 2080. 
 PI. I. inne 3196, acc. sinne 31 71. 
 
 2. acc. sibh-si 3937. 
 
 3. / 582, 1741, siat 2697, 2842, 3387, 3691, 4402, 4423, 4681, 4792, 
 
 1374» 2943, 2945, 3670, 4789, eat 2348, acc. iat 1301, 1361, 2557, 
 3180, 3329, 4196. 
 
 b. Infixed personal pronouns. 
 Sg. 1. no-m-muirbfitis 310, no-m-lenaidh-si 3048, no-m-leic-sea 426, no-m-bia-sa 
 2187, do-m-berur 3751, ro-m-leicid 262, dian-om-sáruighet 453, nacha- 
 
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 m-gebhudh 2865, no-m-lenaidh-si 3048, no-t-carfa 1534, ro-m-covihair- 
 meadh-sa 1583. 
 
 2. do-t-berur 1312, ra-t-fia 350, 464, ri?-/-zV 178, 1390, do-t-gni 2726, nacha-i- 
 
 geibhedh 2864, no-t-caruim 4205, do-t-ria 4206. 
 
 3. Masc. : ro-d-rir 195. For this / seems written in no-t-gessiut, no-t-aiteat 
 
 692. 
 
 « : ro-n-fia 775, ro-n-alt 67, 2842, ro-n-haisd 2843, ro-n-hennach 513, 
 ro-n-gabh 66, ron-gaibh 1464, ro-n-edbair 834, do-n-athuiged 
 156, ro-n-greis 4345 ; changed into w before <^ : ro-m-beir 513, 
 ro-m-baisi 2521. 
 
 j: no-s-beir 448, do-s-fdnic 564, no-s-inntsamhlaighet 673, conu-s- 
 facaib 905, ro-s-ic 1366, ro-s-bennach 1370, ro-s-anacht 1923, 
 no-s-mel/a 2268, ro-s-toifnetar 4054, no-s-gormfadh, 4080, ri^-i- 
 marbh 4230, ro-s-tairbhir 4873. 
 /íz : ro-ta-cursaigh 2559. 
 Fern. ;z : í:í?« ;z fhacamar 1320, ro-m-bera (leg. ro-m-bena) 4185. 
 
 Í : no-s-marbhann 97, do-s-bert 171, conu-s-ibh 54, conu-s-/arraid 
 2791, cona-s-iall 1337, ro-s-gab 142 1, ro-s-lai 1468, ro-s-bennach 
 4078, cu-ro-s-fegainn 1827, co-ro-s-bennachainn 1827, r«-i- 
 fuirim 2596, nis-chuingim 1546. 
 Perhaps also niisn-etfaitis 2227, niis-faicim 1546. 
 PI. I. ro-n-bennach 221, no-n-sasfaiter 1474, ro-n-elhad 3802, do-n-fair 4083. In 
 curo-s-foire sinne 31 71, the j seems a scribal error for «. 
 
 2. nach-for-tair 348, ni-bar-ricfa-si \^2\. 
 
 3. « : do-n-icfadh 875, ro-n-gaibh 4333. 
 
 j-: ro-s-ic 1434, do-s-fidsigh 100, no-s-forchanadh 157, ro-s-fastat 716, í/z^-í- 
 fobair 202, do-s-fuc 1025, conu-s-iuc 490, ro-s-biaih, ro-s-ic 1577, r<?-i- 
 bennach 1678, ro-s-idbrait 2152, ro-s-feg 2213, ro-s-fiafraig i^i'^^ro-S' 
 marbh 1 7 2 1 , no-s-folartnaiged 4 1 1 1 . 
 : do-sn-dinic 315, 317. 
 /íZJ : no-ias-sloicc 491, ro-tas-gabh 3800. 
 
 Suffixed personal pronouns. 
 
 Sg. I. cucam-sa 3453, dam-sa 109, 3673, <//z;z 13 18, eram-sa, erum-sa 657, 666 = 
 orumsa 1521, oramsa 1400, /orm-sa 4661 — orumsa 12^, frium 1562 =/rim 3386, 
 leam-sa 754, ^íTz^w 869, 4669, ít^-?^/;? 4366, 3491? í'^^^ 2674, romam-sa 3288 
 
 «íz/w 307, uatm-si 'j2^, 1167, 3453, umam-sa 4077. 
 
 2. íz/ 3415, cucatt 117, '^'^6=cuguí 3416, hSPj 1525, 6^«^/} 611, 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 657, 3385, 3457, 3570, duid, 229, duit-si 222=dott-si 225, eadrat 3345, eruisa 1523, 
 orat 2i33,/í)r/ 609, ^661,/ori-sa ioi6,frii,friul 118, 545, 2198, 2894, 3496, 3570 
 z=riut 728, innat 3489, let 2404=/^^?/, /íz/ 114, 2406, 3453, 3494, 3571, ocut, ocut-sa 
 1281, 3459, 4642, ogut-sa 3492, romat-sa 2201, z/^z"/ 351, 1159, 2130, á^o'^d^uaid 
 3622, uait-sa 2241. 
 
 3. Masc. íZzV^ 744, í2;>r 4682, rz^zW 3407, <rteh-sium i^'j=chutce 3408, ^z^z^z' 4344, 
 í-wctí: 159, í/^ 1476, de 1687, </f-sin 55, 3385» ^'^^ 128, ^í?í^ 564 = í/-^í? 3400,/^/ 
 i6()6,/air ig^=at'r 40,/n'ss 11, /rt's 3454=^/^ 3409, kzs g^=/azs 81, 3401, 3565, 
 oca 565, 922, ocm 170=^72^574, ^:?^? 257, rm^ 579, 4465, roíme 2546, 4342, secM 
 879, /n'/ 4491, 573, 3566, uaid/i 3556, ?^í2:í/>^íí 575, 3552, /luasa 3383, «zw^ 943, 
 948, uimme 2 171. 
 
 Fem. di, eisdi 53, 902, íz/>í/z' 1071, i^i^j, /ot-th-i ^o, /oiihe 2220, /utrre 2221, 
 340i=í//rr^ 1418, /r/íz 1263=^(3: 796, /r/(2-«' 1324 =r/(£2>$'í' 1334, 1337, impe 1356, 
 z>z«// 3417, 4676, le 3398, /^-j/ 1254, í?z'<f<:^ i73i=<2/a* 128, roimpe \()'i^ = roimpi 
 2421, 4079, sece 1555, í^í-í"^ 1514? 1614, /airrst 1817, 4190 (but /<2z'm 880), tre-th-e 
 862, ««///^^ i486, 1674. 
 
 Pl. I. cucainn /^62)i=cugamd 1415, cucaindne 2341, din-ne^^j^^ dhun 4234, 4673 = 
 82, 4221, é//^í<íz>í 74, dhuin-ne 4030, eadrainn \^\^=edrann 42^1, /orainn 
 2166, ^4Sg,/brm'nn i^^6 = ormnn 73 orainn 2-^4^, /rind 2555, 2356 = 
 
 2339, linne 4406= lindi 2 2'^, ocuinn 448i=agumn 4370, remhainn 4673, sechainne 
 1737. 420, 4333. 
 
 2. cucaibh 2482, </íz/<5 231 1, dhaibh 2165, daib-si 4453, ioi'^=duibh 2337, 
 dhuibh 3917, eatraibh 46%^,/oruib, /oruibh 2345, 2483, 4464,_/r/M 2338, /zM 1815, 
 3917, 3574, 4314, í?írí:í^z"<5>^ ^44'j = ocm'b/i 1472, 3853, íí<r///^/^ 1068, umaibh 3853, í^azM 
 1013. 
 
 3. 4061, 3597, í/í?zM 3670, dhoibh 445, 2347, 3595, 4829, dhaibh 5321, 
 etarru i^22=eatarra 550, 484"], /orru 444, 3596 = í>rr^ 4806, but /braz'bA 46gg, 
 friu 2609, 3573, 4463, ivipuibh 1063, impaibh 2645, inntibh 952, 3619, /^í? 43, 3549, 
 
 2079, í?í:« 2102, íZí-í/ 268, 3627, reompa 319, rompa 1553, 1877, 1878, 2965, 
 rempaibh 1899, í^r^í^ 4^33, tarrsa 2222, trompa 4609, uadaib 2078, uathaibh 3499 = 
 1926 
 
 í/. Possessive pronouns absolute. 
 
 Sg. I. adnacul 608, eiseirghe 3493, »z« 3629, 4310, /^zfl: 4447, mathair 263. 
 2. 814 ; before a vowel : tJíordan 7 th'airechus 605, iHaine 7 tKurnaigti 
 4295 ; before infected fforcetul 606. For M we have ^ : Kesseirghi 
 '^4g6—h'eiseirghi 605, Kinaidh 3196, Kignach 3456, Kathardha 3686, 
 4661, Jifaicsin 3701, Kimar choir thidh 105. 
 
THE LANGUAGE OF THE LIVES. 
 
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 3. Masc. a chenel 46, a shenalhair 47, a mhdthar 48. 
 
 Fern, a h-adharc 97, a h-athair 3412, a h-Sighi 4176, a h-ainm 4695. 
 PI. I. ar-n \ ar n-aentaidh 4282. 
 
 2. bur 3447, ^í^r n-abadh 4350. 
 
 3. : a n-aentad 4468, al-ldmha 200, al-lóm 204. 
 
 Possessive pronouns suffixed. 
 
 Sg. I. <77;z (for im) 871, lo^S, com 162^, coam 162^, gum ^^6"^ '^/om[/'\or\m'\no 
 4458, /m 3282, 3765 = íZírí?w 1083, acum 3387, zrww 4449, but 
 
 tarmo 177, /rzíz/?? 1628, umam 2865. 
 
 2. r<?/ 1287, 39I2, god 2037, ^í// 2041, gud 2043, ^<^^ i544 = </í?</ 1817, 3410, 
 
 y2?r/ 391, 1615, i6i7,yí?/ 2024, 2180,/rm/ 3360, z'// 1987, // 3492=í2/ 
 1335) «í^-diaidh 2266, ocu/ 3701, 4446=z'(f<?/ 1392, 3749; but ar-do 190, 
 1408, os do 379, yí?r í/6> i345=yí'r d/ia 1525, /ízr tKagaid 7 /ízr </í? /i«z7z<5 
 1420, umat 2865. 
 
 3. Masc. ízr^ 11, asa 77, 160, 1410, cena 184, fí?^ 746, 1307, ^S^JS^/oa 1094, 
 
 2025, 4651, /í^ra 72, 3396, /ría 44g^ = n'a 787, 820, rea loii, ?ar«íz 
 492, 635, 4650, zca 181, z'/w/wa 3969 = t'ma 106, umma 563, ina 55, /^íz 
 102, í?a 1629, 3362 ; but 6na 914, 4230, occá 1478, r/awa 751, iara 3087, 
 triana 4^g2=trena 916. 
 Fem. <7íí2 a>/« 1337, asa carpui asa h-inad 4329, cona h-arbhur 4301, 
 4304, cí'WíZ h-óghuibh 1404, í/a h-indsaigid 2830, </ízríZ cosaibh 1403, 
 h-athair 4173, <//íz n«« i343,y(?ríz 341 1, /«a (5^í?/í^ 4692, rm 1462, trena 
 formna 3680. 
 
 Pl. I. conar 221, diar n-gorad 82, diar n-ailithri 3833, iarnar n-esreideadh 179, í?í-- 
 ízr n-imcoimet 2482, tríanar 151 2. 
 
 2. 3928, iar-bhur 1067, inbhar 3852, anbhar tir 1835, anbhar n-dainibh 
 3928. 
 
 3. tí-Jíz n-duthaigh 2072, rí';/^ n-oidchibh ^1*J9,/ora n-eochu /ora n-daltuibh 
 
 46gg,/'ora n-ítaidh 4404, 492, 982, /r^wíz n-aitrighi 200. 
 
 'Own' or 'self is expressed by 43, 51, 153, 716, 896, 980, 3125, 3130, hi 
 fein 66,/estn 383, 389, 502, 2519, 27-95, 2914, 2920, 3106, 3134, 3139, 3275, or 
 bodhein 294, 4697, budhein ^"j^j, 378, 3193, bhadein 2^']1,fadhesin 956, 966, budhesin 
 1038. 
 
 f. Demonstrative pronouns. 
 
 There is nothing noticeable in the demonstrative pronouns, which fall into three 
 classes, according to the place occupied by the object indicated. 
 
 i 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 ' This.' ' That/ ' Yon.' 
 
 -so loS^j, i^gi, dke so "J 22, sin 1265, 1430, 1495, 1028, 1158, 1300, 
 
 -se, -SI 598, -sa, -sea 506, 1543, -sem 401, 2816, 1586, 1844, 2051, 
 
 -seo 1146, si'd/ie 197, -i<2« in 4437. 2161, 2202, 2267, 
 
 232, 481, 1989, same ^'«186,849,1139,1254, 2278, 2857, 3705, 
 207, 2149, 2341. 1550, 4193. 4294, 4300. 
 
 -somk, -samh, -siumh 927, sodhain 1963, 2065, 2207, sut 767, 3096, 3097, 
 945, -seomh 227, 912. sodhuin 2230, 3837. 3^42, 4672, sud 331, 
 
 3438, ac-sud 1305. 
 ucut 100, 336. 
 
 adcy s6n and sucut do not occur in these Lives. Demonstrative adverbs are : 
 ann^ 'therein,' 'then,' 43, 64, 220, 273, 471, 561, 700, ann-so 132, 582, 2901, ann- 
 
 sen 172, and-sin 3087, ann-sidhe 2606, ann-sin 243, 247, 267, 272, 522, 807, 862, 
 
 2go^, /eacht ann \o'^g,feactus ann ^'^g=fechtus ann 866. Cf. Sloven, ondi, ' dort,' 
 
 Lith. ándai, 'jenesmal' (Bezzenberger). 
 
 sunn, 'here,' 25, 545, 788, 2297, ria sunn 577, 0 sunn im-mach 709, sund 1417. 
 
 i-sunna 3587. 
 
 tall, thall, 'then,' 'there,' 682, 725, 1831, 1833, 1839, 1882, ihhus 7 lall 2372. 
 inann, 'the same/ 710, 980, 1139, 1710, 231 1, 2342. inunn 1816. 
 To these may be added the enclitic -i, which Zimmer has lately compared with the 
 Gothic relative -ei : 
 Sg. nom. int-i 32. 
 
 gen. int-i 35, 1786, ant-i 17 : fem. na Mi 1148, 1151, na hi 131 1. 
 dat. {do)nt-i 63, 2012 {/or)sint-i 2372. 
 acc. inn-i 107, 896, 1219, 2685, inM 216, 240, inhii 1201. 
 PI. nom. //(2 hit 151 1. 
 
 dat. (iar)6-;z(2 >^íVí^>^ 4103. 
 The noun ni, ' thing,' ' somewhat' (36, 128, in ni-sin 93, each ni 1689, cen ni 2674, 
 neph-ni, nef-ni, 'nothing '), which Zimmer (K. Z. 30, 456) supposes to have been de- 
 duced from the neuter an-i, is rather, perhaps, a phonetic spelling of gnithe, ' factum.' 
 Compare sg. dat. cia-er-niu (gl. quamobrem) Ml. 47 b, \, — cia e[r]neo, Ml. loi a, 4, 
 pi. gen. a gni (gl. rerum suarum) Ml. 2 7 d, 11. 
 
 g. Relative Pronoun. 
 
 The old form san (identical with the nom. acc. sg. of the neut. article) is best 
 preserved in for-sam-hi 3306, where n has become m before b. Traces of it only appear 
 in a/i-as i326 = a;2-is 3967, a;í-doróine 155, a bhfil 125, a raibhi 1300, for-í-ro-génair 
 49, for-ízw-bíadh 2932, as-a//-aicter 495, as-ízw-dingned 58, as-d;;2-errachtais 2660, as-í7- 
 
THE LANGUAGE OF THE LIVES. 
 
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 comlaifed 163, á\-a táinig 5, 6\-a bhfoghnadh 144, ri-ja-raitter 928, fm-rofreasgabh 954, 
 ri-iz-comruicedh 1231, fo-iz-raibhi 941, ociZ«-dernadh 1240, \c-a tu 1539, ica-r'heimdhed 
 1243, tria-ííz táinic 1781, in^-sa bhfégann 4614, tria-^íz tuiceabh 4668, tar-(2 ragha 
 2638, MTCi-am-hidi. 2868, um-iz-r-leicis 105. The form in, ' in whom, in which ' (perhaps 
 for *{sn, *en-san)'. ?«-dingne 6-22, im-h\i 688, im-he 2067. The forms dianad, 'cui 
 est/ 878 = danad 917, 967, 1007, dian 253, dan 577, Old-Irish dian-id, come from a 
 primaeval *io-san-iii. So ^/(izr 72i = 0.-Ir. dia-ro, comes from a primaeval to-san-ro. 
 
 The form ^(2;^ occurs: inan-dernuis 4242. This is = z';z«í2« in the Rolls Tripartite 
 Life, p. 258, 1. 28 : innan-dernai, where also it is followed by the enclitic form of the verb. 
 
 The genitive is expressed by isa 38, 2010, 4422. In 727 isa seems to mean 'in 
 whose/ 
 
 In participial phrases the relative is placed between the prep, oc [ic) and the verbal 
 noun. Thus : in liaigh ic-2L rabhatar iarraidh, ' the leech w hom they were a-seeking/ 
 1390, in talam ic-2, tai iarraidh, 'the land which thou art a-seeking/ 3728, in talmain 
 iccz. rahutar iar[r]aid 3838, 3843, 'the land which they were a-seeking/ na fleidhi 
 oc-2i rahhadhuis denumh, 'of the feast which thou wast a-making/ 2357. 
 
 In cach-a hhfaghhhaitis, 'whatsoever they would find/ 1308, the relative appears to 
 be suffixed to the indefinite pronoun each. So in cacha n-de'nat, ' whatsoever they do/ 
 Saltair na Rann, 4167. 
 
 h. Interrogative Pronouns. 
 
 cd (what?) 2919. 
 
 caid-e (what is?) 1989^ caidhi 3224. 
 can (whence?) 1923, can as 17 15. 
 
 edit (whsit place? dit) 433, 1446, 2664, 3493, 3631, 4152. 
 
 cr/t (what thing ? r/t) 37 1 1 . 
 
 cuich (who.?) 2841, 3669 (whose?), 11 65, 2077. 
 
 cuin {when?) 755, 813, 1194. 
 
 cidh (what is it?) 2638, 4362, 4363, ced 17 16: cidh ara-n 758, 13 18, 1325, 
 1326, 1421, 1543, 1631, 1716, 1719, = cidh ar 767, 1499, 2263, 2340, 
 cidh dia-n 2152, cidh uma-n 104, 3628. 
 
 cinnus (= ce indas, what manner? how?) 1731, 2003. 
 
 ci-p-e (whatever is) 11 19, ci-p-innus (howbeit, anyhow) 23, 37, 1276. 
 
 cia (who?) 1457, 2903, 4253 : cia 0 1454, cia . . . asa 2903, cia . . . i 4086. 
 
 i. Indefinite Pronouns. 
 
 ala-n, ara, 'one of two,* ind-ala n-ai, ' one of the two of them,' 1433, ind-ala n-ae 
 1976, 4264, ind-ara, 'one of the two/ 388, 1199, 1359, 1581, 1596-7, 1621, 2413. 
 ^ This is the corrupt caighe of O'Donovan's Grammar, p. 134. 
 i 2 
 
Ixviii 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 aile, ' other,' 121, 150, = ^/(? 145, 296, 1254, neut. ai7/ 108, orda n-aill 1896, il-leih 
 n-aill 1^62, fecht n-aill 2788. In 1994 it is used with a fern. noun. 
 alaile, ' a certain/ 113. 
 
 arat'le 166, 483, 557, 828, 894, 922, 1260, 1435, 1442, where it precedes a noun: 
 'another/ 146, 911, pi. araz'li (some) 1920, 1921, 2190, 4247, 4253. Neuter sg.nom. 
 arai'll 1580. 
 
 each (=W. pawp), ' each, every one,' 690, 1808, gen. cdick 1971, 2856, dat. each 641, 
 2752, 2.0,0,. cdch-n 852, 861, 1102, 1348. 
 
 each, gach—cech infra 521, 850, g^Yi.cacha ^i^,U2, gacka 611, 1690, 1856, 2177, 
 2473, 2946, 2947, but gack 1856, dat. gack 2032, acc. gach-n 1999. With a numeral : 
 gach oen i()oi = gach aenói^. 
 
 cech, ' each, every one,' 6, gen. cecka 169, 519, 3920, but ceck 3798, dat. ceck 69, 2733, 
 acc. cech-n 533, 1661, 1973, 2845. With ae, 'eorum' : ceck ae 143. 
 
 cechtary ' each/ 4109, cechtar dhe, 'each of the two,' 2259, 3041. The expression 
 cechtar cech rm'sc dhou 3798, 'each of his eyes,' lit. 'each of each eye of him/ is a 
 curious idiom. 
 
 ceachtardhai, ' both/ 7. 
 
 cétna, ' same/ 19, 2004, when it follows the subst. 
 nach, 'any/ 1248, neut. nach n-éX\xo\í 4066. 
 
 nech, 'some one, something,' 12, 700, 921, 1933, neach 720, sg. gen. neich 480, 
 1573, 1972, dat. neoch 704, 711, 1167, 2235, do neoch 517, 4066, 4151, 0 neoch 2354, 
 4144, acc. nech 2219. Like many nouns ending in -ach, -ech, in the plural this pronoun 
 passes, in Middle-Irish, over to the i-declension, and we find, accordingly, in the nom. 
 necht (for neche), LU. 32 a, 46, LB. 224 a, 9, acc. necht LB. 162 b, 65, dat. nechib 
 LU. 97 b, 40. 
 
 nechtar, 'either/ nechtar dhe 1965, nechtar dibh 3804. 
 
 uiky 'all, every, whole/ in «z'/^-shlógh 1264, sg. gen. ind dhomhain 2342, 3921, 
 dat. fem. foEirinn uili 3963, pi. nom. na huili 103, 673, 1938, gen. na n-uili 682, dat. 
 uilih 671, 1 134, 3945, 3959, 3962, acc. inna huili-^Qdi 1285. 
 
 Verbal Prefixes. 
 
 The verbal prefixes used in these Lives are ro, do, /or and no. 
 
 Ro { = pro) is often infixed after the first element of a compound verb. Thus: 
 do-ro-chair 1387, 1515, 2607, do-rui-rmeadh 4484, do-ro-thluigh 1260; and with its 
 vowel elided : do-x-infid 6, do-x-ecviaing 135, timma-x-nai (by metathesis for timm-x-anai) 
 222, 225, do-x-aitne 473, do-x-airngert 763 = do-x-arngerl 95, do-x-arrngair 992, co 
 
THE LANGUAGE OF THE LIVES. 
 
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 fa-r-cahsat 1493, do-x-airngair 1798, do-x-inolat 2066, do-x-imartus 3619, ni tho-x-chair 
 1 51 7. In ro-iecmaing 175, however, it is prefixed to the first element. 
 
 Do for ro occurs in do-gabhadh 43, do-fuair 275, do-ghab 277, do-cruthaig 
 500, do-fregair 1457, do-innis 3670, do-shlanaigh 3723, do-bhui 4754, í/í7-3-^2 
 3075, 32 1 1. Conversely, r(? for í/í) in ro-ghnith 1900, 1965. 
 
 i^(9r occurs with verbs beginning with y^?-. Th\xs/or-/acaibh 223, ^\\,for-fácaibh 
 ^i^j/or-/acoibh 445, \>\./or-/hacoibset 1010^ for-fhacaibset 1^0^, /or-/oíhaig ^^2, 
 
 No (= Gr. i/u) occurs with the secondary present: no-chaithinn 1050, no-berthea 
 115, no-creittea 354, no-oircedh 1528, no-ceilebraiiis 327. Do iox no occurs in Dochei- 
 leabraitis 3609. 
 
 The Verb. 
 
 In Irish, as in Greek and Latin, verbs are non-thematic or thematic. The former 
 add the endings directly to the root. The latter add the endings to the stem. 
 
 Only two thematic verbs can be quoted, i and es, both used as verbs substantive. 
 Perhaps also jil. 
 
 Non-thematic verbs fall into three classes : 
 i)-verbs, such as -biur^ berim. 
 
 verbs, such as car aim. 
 J-verbs, such as at-ciu, and also perhaps ^-verbs, of which the only ex- 
 ample is do-gniu, conj. do-gnéo. 
 They correspond respectively with the Latin third, first and fourth conjugations. 
 If do-gniu be an ^"-verb, it may be classed with Latin verbs of the second conju- 
 gation. 
 
 Traces of the four original stem-systems — the present, aorist, perfect, and future — 
 are visible in Old-Irish, and even in these Lives. In the present-system the person- 
 endings fall into two classes, primary and secondar)\ The primary endings, 
 commonly called absolute forms, occur in simple verbs standing by themselves. 
 The secondary endings, commonly called the conjunct forms, occur in compound 
 verbs and also in simple verbs when preceded by certain particles. In Latin the 
 secondary endings supersede the primary; but in Irish the primary endings super- 
 sede the secondary. This supersession had begun in Old-Irish, where we find in 
 the first sg. (e. g.) for-con-grimm (praecipio) and for-chanim (doceo) side by side with 
 for-con-gur and for-chun. 
 
 Most compound verbs have two forms — the non-enclitic, or ' orthotonic,' in which 
 the accent falls on the second element, and the enclitic, in which the accent shifts 
 back to the first element. This shifting takes place after the compound relative pro- 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 noun and the negative and interrogative 
 as imperatives, verbal nouns and verbal adj 
 Examples ^ in these Lives are : 
 
 Non-enclitic. 
 do-rat 1764, doráisat 18 11, dorádadh 1836 
 do-r-áir-n-gair 1798 
 dohéra 1859 
 
 adrácht 1877, adressei 1882 
 aib^rt 1881, an-atbere 2018 
 dogníu-sa 1881, doghni 2046, 2484, ^ 
 doghníai iggi, a ndoróine 2450, </(í?r^- V 
 «ííí/, dorónuis 2312, dorónsat 2518 ^ 
 1671, 2051 
 forácaib 
 atbélim 
 
 particles. Imperatives, conjunctives used 
 ectives are accented like the enclitic forms. 
 
 Enclitic. 
 CO tárt 2632, ni tdrd 1763. 
 tdirngire. 
 
 in tibhirter, ni tibirter 2273. 
 éirigh 2167, éirg 2040. 
 dbair 2336. 
 
 « ndenaim 1604, i//;/<3: 1905, ^z' dérnad 
 2199, ndernuis 4242, ndérnsat 
 
 2325- 
 con-áccatar 1907. 
 
 fárcuibh 1954. 
 rí? n-éipiU 2327. 
 
 The enclitic form has supplanted the non-enclitic in the Modern Irish, and has 
 nearly done so in the language of these Lives. 
 
 The Irish tenses are in number thirteen, and fall into three groups, expressing re- 
 spectively the present, the past, and the future. 
 
 I. The present (indicative and conjunctive) ; imperative ; secondary present ; 
 
 consuetudinal present. 
 
 II. The perfect. The simple aorist. The /-preterite. The sigmatic aorist. 
 
 The preterite in ai and i, 
 
 III. The reduplicated future. The sigmatic future and conjunctive. The 
 future in b. 
 
 In addition to these, we have the verbal noun (i.e. the infinitive) and the verbal 
 adjectives (i. e. the participles passive). 
 
 The Present Indicative. 
 
 It is not easy here to distinguish the three Old-Irish classes : í7-verbs, a-verbs and 
 J-verbs. Berim 728, at-berim 2232, eadpruim 1303, cumngaim 1412, teigem 1538, 
 belong to the first: caraim 908, leghaim 4149, to the second; and to the third dilim 
 1772, at-ciu \á^o() — atcim 1671, 2051, atcím . . . ni fhaicim 2659, niis-faicim 1546, 
 and do-ghniu 1881, unless indeed this last verb belongs to the ^"-class. 
 
 In the 3rd sg. pres. indie, act. the following agree with the Old-Irish paradigm of 
 
 ^ In these examples the apex (') marks stress, not, as usual, length. 
 
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 <?-verbs : no-s-heir 448, at-beir 10, 125, 727, do-s-beir 1034, con-apair 672, t-ic 436, 
 1 126, 1998, 2176, r-ic 884, /-/// 434, 698, at-fet 43, 320, 436 = //3/"^/ 153, ni lean 880, 
 do-fussim ^o, /acaibh ^oo=facuibh 698, cumhaing 1756, tecmhaing 1640, do-eiprinn 
 2182. 
 
 fízríz 3935 and do/orne 798, 4613 are examples of the same person and tense 
 of an (2-verb. 
 
 Examples of the same person and tense of z-verbs are ataoibhi \\2\=.atoibe 18, 
 doaiine 4016, and adci 3145. 
 
 But we often find the absolute ending added to compound verbs. Thus : 
 
 i?-verbs: im-comaircid 1178, to-chmaircidh 2797, tair-beridh 1316, tu-itid 1593, 
 tairisidh 51, 1884, aitchidh i'^i6,/acbhaidh 2883, timaircidh 2908. 
 verbs : air-leguidh 550, ioirnidh 935. 
 J-verbs : iuislidh 826, aitchidh 131 6, cotlaidh 1914, erailidh 2g^i = urailidh 
 2797. 
 
 So in many others whose class is not certain: aisnéidhidh 390, tairrngidh 1640, 
 osluicid 1985, timnuid 2047. 
 
 So in the plural : we have in the first person at-damam 2 166, but also r-ecmait 1806, 
 and ni cumhgamait 1805 ; in the second person do-ghúaid 1972, í//<2 n-adhraidh 2017, 
 but also r-icthe 1835 ; in the third person do-berat 1349, 4028, ai-berat 637, at-fiadat 
 39, /-i-i-i?/ 2829, but also do-bearait 110, t-ecait 681. 
 
 Deponential forms are sg. i, adágur 1562 ; pi. 3, f« n-aitchetar 2608. 
 
 Present Conjunctive. 
 
 Here there is nothing noteworthy. As usual in Middle-Irish, the ist sg. has a 
 deponential ending. 
 
 Sg. I. CO ro faiUsigiur 21^^, cunnfacar 3674, iiairishir 4^6^, /orruca (kg. cor- 
 ruca) 1564. 
 
 2. wa;2<2 bera 4669, <5i?r^ 4250, co iiica 4382, co n-ebre 308, nirochuingea-sa 
 
 1391, CO ndighi-'&z. 182, bh/aghbhu-S2L 2578, renu-sa 1158, ;;zz«iz thabra 
 2133- 
 
 3. í/ítí: Xi-edbra 4174, bhfoghna 4175, í/z'iíz /ízr/í? 4618, ro-m-bera gu ro 
 
 ghabha 2712, ro-bhennacha 1070, cu xoghabha 3453, í^w^, doghne 1137, 
 da n-derna 946, 3715, gu-n í/í?r;Z(2 1083, xo-chuingea 1391, cu ro 
 w/j^f 2020, cu ro freagra 2893, na /z'Mr^ 3021. 
 PI. I. CO Vi-accamar 2'^'j^ — con-nfhaca7Jiar 1320, ro-airiltiiigem 2785. 
 
 2. ra ghnethe 3918. 
 
 3. cu XQ-Iasat 84, doghne'at 2102, co /^ítíz// 681. 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 The Imperative. 
 
 Here, as in Old-Irish, the stress is always on the first element of compound verbs : 
 Sg. I. nacha-t-áictm-sea, Met me not see thee/ 2297. 
 
 2. ábuir 3493, dirim 1248, ataigh 1535, dena 1560, 1622, 3455, 3459, ^irg-si 
 
 42'^^, /óghuin 1303, indis 1415, imthigh 3410, 3456, tdhair 1408, 1410, 
 1419. 
 
 3. éirgedh 2922, 3020, nachat-geihhedh 2864, /í?r<r^</ 2078, lahradh 2536, ^/^r- 
 
 certad 2537. 
 
 PI. I. tecam-ne 3178, iiagham 1384, 4681, scaram 2517, érnuighium 4672. 
 
 2. tdrduidh 314, Unaidh 1297, dhraidh-%\ 4223, denaidh '>^\\(i=.dénuidh 3101, 
 
 fdchhuidh 3852, 4447, /zr^/í/ ^{^i'^ eircidh 444'j,yomm'd 347, técaidh 
 3853, túcaidh 4314, ro-m-léicid 2(^2, fúirghidh 2344. 
 
 3. fí/zW/ 2543, í//;^<2/ 2543, á'rghiti^Qg. etrghei) 2975, tíaghat 2314. 
 
 A 2nd sg. in -/íz is finnta 332 = jindtae, Corm. s. v. Or<r /r/z'M. The form pritchai 
 1530 is obscure. The 3rd sg. 1547, which is probably a mistake for gniath, 
 
 seems an instance of the ^-conjunctive used for the imperative. 
 
 Secondary Present. 
 
 Here, as elsewhere in Irish, we have middle forms with active meanings. Thus : 
 Sg. I. do-bherainn 1328, ni thibhrinn 1522, nochaithinn 10^^, co-ro-s-/egainn 1827, 
 co-ro-s-bennachainn 1827. 
 
 2. dia\nd\m-gabiha-sa 1015, dianom-soertha 1539, condernta-sa 2675, noberthea 
 
 115, nocreittea 354. 
 
 3. «/<r^/y^ 2'j'^'j=.itceth 3382, 3384, do-n-athuiged 156, no-fhorchanad 156, 
 
 no-oircedh 1528, /^«r/^t'ú? 4833, ioimniudh i4'^,foghnad 144 =/oighnelh 144, 
 hapladh 921, habradh 1455, tartad 1731, do-r-uirmeadh 4484. 
 PI. 2. raghnéihe 3918. 
 
 3. dobertis 108, 4833, no-dec htafais 168, no-ceileabraitis 327, dognitis 4833 
 (but doghnétis 3901), r// comraicdis 549, <r(?;i<2 r(? aitreabdaiss 2200, 
 derndais 3923. 
 
 This termination is also used to express the passive: ro-phiandais 375, í-í? «-íwr- 
 2722. 
 
 Here the ending of the 2nd sg. is explained by the Skr. middle secondary ending 
 -/to; the ending of the 3rd sg. by the Skr. middle secondary ending -/ix (Gr. 
 -ro); and the ending of the 3rd pi. by the Skr. middle primary ending -ante (Gr. -oi^Tai) 
 with a suffixed í which is still obscure. The Skr. middle primary ending -te (Gr. -toi) 
 explains the absolute forms of the 3rd sg. secondary present active, such as foaid 
 
THE LANGUAGE OF THE LIVES. 
 
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 (dormiebat), canaid and cachnaith (canebat), iccaid (sanabat) ^ — and passive — of which 
 only one instance is quotable, viz. vielaid (molebatur) Fél. Jul. 12. In the ist sg. the 
 -ainn seems = the Zend middle conj. ending -dne-. 
 
 Consuetudinal Present. 
 
 Of this tense not a single instance has been found in an Old-Irish codex ; and in 
 these Lives it occurs only in the 3rd sg. act. after infixed pronouns and negative 
 particles. Thus : 
 
 nos-benann lO'^'^, cu na gabann 3192. 
 
 nos-marbhann 97 { = nos-marbhunn 1033), ni etarscarajin 700, 7ii fJidsa7m 702, mina 
 faemhann 2923, ni teciann 3934, nos-aitreabhann 4343, triasa-bhfe'ghann 4614. 
 
 It seems to have been originally a middle participle comparable with Latin forms 
 like secunnus (usually seaindiis), from *secoTJmos = i-nó^^vo9, /ert{7id us póy,ivos, and 
 Oscan upsannam = \^2X. operandum'^. 
 
 The Perfect. 
 
 The forms of the perfect which occur in these Lives will here be arranged in the 
 alphabetical order of the roots : 
 
 ank, * go ' : sg. 3. i-dinic 20, tdinig 5, t-air-?iic 1475 ; pi. \.t-áncamur 1 280, t-diiciimar 
 2345, r-dncamar 2340; pi. 2. t-dncabar 4815 ; pi. 3. t-dncatar 618, r-dncatar 134. 
 
 ba, bu, ' be,' sg. i. ro-bhd-sa 175; sg. 3. bdi 257, bd 39, bui 27, pi. 3. bdtar 71, ro- 
 bdtar 41, and (without the deponential ending) bat 4676. 
 
 ed, 'eat,' sg. 3. duaid 4087 ; pi. 3. co n duatar 3752. 
 
 har, ' decay,' do-ro-chair 1387, gu to-r-chair 826. 
 
 kes, 'see,' sg. 3. con-ac-i-^z 794, con-f-acai 1636 ; pi. i. con-f-acamar 1623 ; pi. 3. 
 con-ac-catar 1907, con-ac-catur 893, co bhf-acatar 33, at-connaic pi. at-co7incaiar 964, 
 is due to a confusion with the forms from >/ derk^ infra. 
 
 kens, ' suffer,' ro-césair 153. 
 
 1. kud, 'go': sg. 3. do-chúaidh 97; pi. i. do-de-chamar 3833; pi. 3. do-chtiatar 
 403, na tairm-dhechadar 4521. 
 
 2. -^í/í/, 'utter,' sg. 3. con ecidh 276, at-cúaidh 582, 2516. 
 
 ^7z/, 'hear'; sg. 3. ro-cúala 166, at-ciiala 181 ; pi. 3. cualatur 828, ^« cualatar 
 2027, ro-chúalatar 1068, at-cúalatar 3206. 
 i/i-rX', ' see,' sg. 3. at-con-nairc 4, 34, 962. 
 ^íZí/, ' ask,' pi. 3. ro-gddatar 2692, r^? n-gdidetar 2682. 
 ^ííw, 'to be born,' sg. 3. ro-génair 49, 57, 1892. 
 ^z/í, 'choose,' sg. 3. do-roe-ga 1354. 
 
 ' Windisch, Kuhn's Zeitschrift xxvii. 157. 
 
 2 Breal, Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique vi. 412. 
 
 k 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 lang, 'endure/ sg. "^. for-er-langair 4215. 
 
 lam, * dare/ sg. 3. ro-lamhair 1276, ni lamhair 2024. 
 
 U, 'adhere/ sg. 3. ro-lil 141, 3188. 
 
 lud, 'go/ sg. 3. luidh 471, do-lluidh 207 479; pi. i. lodamur-ne 3817; pi. 3. 
 /i^/izr 138. 
 
 man, 'think/ sg. i. do-ru-menar-sa 3225. 
 
 mat, 'break/ sg. 3. ro-mhehhaidh 3001, 3288, cur'mhelhaid 4134; pk 3- ro- 
 mhebhatar'^ 2972. For -memhaidh, -memhaadatar . 
 
 med, ' think/ sg. i. do-midar-sa 2039 ; sg. 3. ro-midir 322 ; pk 3. ro-midhatar 394. 
 
 nank, sg. 3. caem-nacai'r, 'potuit/ 1456, 2']'^2,for'Caemh-nacair, 'factum est/ 4041. 
 
 rat, sg. 3. ro-ivi-raith 1227. Goth./ri?//^. 
 
 rz' (from /)r/), 'grant' : sg. 3. ro-d-rir 195. Cf. Trepi/á?, €7rpiáfi.r]u. 
 
 skvag, sg. ^.ro-scdich 2006, 4191. AS. 
 
 j^í/, 'sit/ dessidh 4, 17, deissidh 22, conessidh 2512. 
 
 svand, pk 3. ro-s-toi-fnetar 4054. 
 
 *beg/ (/iZ/^ according to Windisch, Kuhn's Zeitschrift xxiii. 216), pk 3, 
 ai-tchetar 2608. Cf. AS. thicgan, O. Sax. thiggjan? 
 
 tark^ 'desire/ sg. 3. du-thracair 1355. 
 
 Fuair, 'found/ pk i, fuaramur 3821; pk '^. fuaratar 2\\^ fuarutar 5, is also, 
 probably, a perfect, but its root has not been ascertained. The same may be said of 
 dorala 4692, 4741, tarla, pk 3 doralatar 4662, conus-tarlatar 4096. 
 
 The Simple Aorist. 
 
 To this tense the following forms appear to belong : 
 Sg. 3. tall 317, 1673, ni char 1710, hha 3368. 
 
 Old- Irish examples of this tense seem combach (gl. fregit), congab, conggab (consedit), 
 facab,fáccab (reliquit), cu-t-secar (consecravit eum) — all from the Book of Armagh. 
 Perhaps also ches (passus est), Ml. 44^ 2. 
 
 The following examples of the ist and 3rd pk are doubtful, as they may possibly 
 be praeterito-presents, i. e. presents made preterites by prefixing or infixing ro- or do-. 
 Pk I. adubhramar 3671. 
 
 3. do-thiagat 2610, ro-tairrngit 2259, ro-tocbait 2488, ro-adhnaicit 2498, ro 
 fuirmit 2207. 
 
 With deponential endings: ro-edbradair 373, ro-thocait{h)etar 173, ro-sMnetar 
 1 213, ro-imretar 12 16, ro-fhuacratar 1223, r'^indisetar 4791. 
 
 ^ From such forms the mediaeval Irish inferred a root niebh, whence mebhais ^0^1, = mebhuis 
 4401, ro-mebsat 3497, curo-mhebhatar 2972, euro mhebadh, 1553, nomhebdais, Corm. s. v. prúll. 
 
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 The 7"- preterite. 
 
 The origin of this tense has been discussed by Siegfried \ Windisch "^, Strachan ^ 
 and Zimmer*. Some of the forms, at-hath (periit), do-hreth (dedit), dith (suxit), 
 ru-laid, ro-cet (cecinit), LU. 40 b, 8, from *ro-canio, ízr-rí?-// (accepit) from '^are-ro-emto, 
 do-r-ét (velavit) from *ío-ro-yemío, ro-dét (passus est) from *ro-damio, may be compared 
 with Greek non-sigmatic aorists middle like c-nTa-To, án-óurj-To, yeWo, k€vto, and perhaps 
 aXro, SipTo. Others may be sigmatic aorists middle, like 8(kto, Xckto, efxiKTo, nrjKTo (from 
 d€K-o--TO, \fK-(T-TOf efJLiK-(T'To, 7rrjK-(T-To), TTokro (from 'iTaK-(r-To), — the sound-groups ksff 
 gst, rst, hi regularly becoming, in Irish, cht, rl, li^. It is supposed that from the 
 3rd sg. the / passed to the other persons. 
 
 The following examples of the 3rd sg. of this tense occur in these Lives : 
 
 >v/ ak, ' attain ' : roc/i/ 793, do-rocht 48, 822, ni tho-r-act 2553. 
 * protect' : ros-anac ht ig2'^. 
 
 V al, ' nurture ' : ro-n-alt 2842. 
 
 ^ba, 'die': at-bath 113, 2761, 2762. 
 
 ^bal, 'perish': er-bailt 103, 233, 826, con-eipilt 2327. 
 
 's/ber, 'bear' : at-bert, 106, 114, 188, adubairt 104, 443, as-bert 185, 571 = is-bert 
 117, 184. But also do breath 116, 315, 2906, do-breth 316, 2614, 2841, 2856. 
 Vem,^ take' : ro-ei 230, aro-et 253, ar-ro-ét 643. 
 Vgar, ' call' : do-r-air-n-geri 763. 
 
 Vrag: adracht 1204, at-racht 1343, 1485, con-er-racht 1035. 
 
 seq^ ro-siacht (*se-sakt ?) 214, 3161, ra-si'act, do-riacht 187, 603, cu riacht 3089. 
 'J veq , 'say' : ro-fiar-facht 570, ro-fiar-focht 1043, ro-fhiar-facht 2657. 
 Examples of the 3rd pi. are : 
 dorochtatar 2968, cu rochtaiar 3001, 3022. 
 asbertadar^ 'they said,' 3159. 
 
 atrachtaiar 2338, adrachtatar 2386, 3046, adrachtatur 2379, ni erractatur 1575. 
 riachiatar 3226, riachtadar 3073, doriachtatar 2954, doriachtadar 2352. 
 Examples of the other persons are rare in these Lives. 
 Sg. 2. errachtair 2660, perhaps an error for errachtais. 
 PI. I. dorochtamar 2429. 
 2. dorochtabair 3102. 
 
 The Sigmatic Aorist. 
 Three varieties of this aorist appear to have existed in Irish. In one (long since 
 obsolete) the tense-sign s is added directly to the root. In the second, a vowel {e ?) 
 
 * Kuhn's Beitraege vi. 15, 16. ^ Ibid. viii. 442-470. 
 ^ Bezzenberger's Beitraege xiii. 128. 
 
 * Kuhn's Zeitschrift xxx. 198-217, 456-459. ^ Siegfried, ubi supra. 
 
 * k 2 
 
Ixxvi 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 appears to have been placed between the í and the root. In the third (still living) 
 the tense-sign seems to be ss^ and is, perhaps, the reflex of the Lat. ss in forms like 
 aviasso, and even of the Skr. sish-. 
 
 The following (most of which were collected by Zimmer^) are instances of the 
 first variety: 
 
 ar-e-cm-aingim : ar-r-ecaijn, ' it came to pass,' LL. 53 b, 3. 
 
 co?7i-hongim : do comhai (.1. dobris) iarom Aifi a arm ar Coinculainn (then Aifi 
 broke his weapons for Cuchulainn), Tochm. Emere, Stowe MS. 
 
 con-icim, ' I can' : Lingis in demun i /etc in rigthige sxxas 7 ni r choem in tene ni d6 
 (the Devil leapt up on the rooftree of the palace and the fire could do nothing to him) 
 LB. 219 c. 5. 
 
 dligim, '■ I owe' : amal die, LU. 36 a, 43. 
 do-e-cm-aingim : do-r-ecaim, ' it happened,' LL. 54 b, 36. 
 for-é-cm-aingim\ bar-r-e'caim, LL. 174 b, 26, 176 a, 24. 
 fo-rithim, 'I succour': ra-/óir, LL. 80b, 43. 
 
 for-maidim, ' I break ' : farruma, LL. 125b; /orrumai, LU. 59 a, 44 ; /arrumai, 
 LU. 97 b, 18 ; /orrubai, LL. 245 b, 18 ; ni/orroim LU. 69 a. 
 
 imm-e-cm-aingim : '^imm-r-écaim = imreaccuibh .1. teagmhail, O'Cl. 
 suidim, 'I sit' : seiss, ' he sat,' LL. 108 a, 22, etc. 
 
 Possibly also maidim, 'I break': mebais (for '^memais) LU. 48b, 26; but this 
 may be a formation from an imaginary root meb. 
 
 Deponential forms are -arlasair, 'he called' (^ad-ro-glad-s-air), siasair ('he sat'), 
 and the compound tarrasair, tarasair 1075, 1891, from *to-air-ro-siassair. 
 
 The forms coem (ex "^cum-i-ang-s-t), siasair from "^si-sed-s-ar-i, and possibly mebais 
 (ex '^ini-mad-s-i) should perhaps be regarded as the simple aorists of old desideratives ^ 
 
 The above forms all belong to the ^-class. 
 
 Of the second variety the only quotable instance is fetar, ' I know/ which Thurney- 
 sen^ explains as from "^vidsar, *vid-e-sa-r. The following occur in these Lives: 
 Sg. I. rofhetar-sa 1447, 2299, nifhetar 2906, nifetur-sa 4455. 
 
 2. ni fheiraissi ijox ni /hetair-si) 2299. 
 
 3. rofhitir 3451, 4039, ni fhitir 827 [/hidir) 329, dofhitir 1735, rofhidir 
 
 2425, ro-dus-fidir 2733. 
 PI. I. rafhetamar 333, 4244, dofhetamur 2320. 
 
 2. ro/hetidh) 
 
 3. rofhetatar 187 1, rofhedatar 1600. 
 ^ Kuhn's Zeiischrift xyix. 129-134, 149. 
 
 2 See as to siasair Zimmer in Kuhn's Zeitschrift xxx. 127, 128. Whitney, § 1033, quotes two 
 aorists, trtsTs and acikitsis, as being desiderative forms. 
 See Kuhn's Zeitschrift xxvii. 174, xxviii. 151. 
 
THE LANGUAGE OF THE LIVES. 
 
 Ixxvii 
 
 The third, or ^j-preterite, is found only with the á-, e-, and J- verbs. 
 
 The double s is here found written in doronaiss (fecisti) 2271 and feraiss 3725. 
 The tense-sign is absent from the conjoined form of the third person singular (which 
 may perhaps be a relic of the simple aorist active), but is found in the absolute 
 form of the same person. Thus anais 1342, henais 1246, hendachais 285 {bennachais 
 100, 503, 935, 1886, hennuighis 568), ceileahhrais 445, 520, creitis 253, 449, cuiris 
 261, dermatais 1039, faeidhis 1865, feraiss 3275 {/erm's 448), fergaighis 1903, 
 foihaighis 429, 560, 891, fuldhis 479, gabhais 891, 1395, [gabhuis 258, 822), 
 glanais 124, scarais 207, seacais 279, sUchtais 3736, senais iii. The tense-sign is 
 also present in conjoined deponential forms, such as ro-fhoihai'geslar ^1%, ro-oirdnesdar 
 518, ro-faitbeastar 1296 {rofaitheasdar 938), ro-shénastar 947, ro-shílastar 1000, 
 ro-r aides far 1141, acobhrastar 131 1, ro-opastar 1333, ro-fherastar 1361, ra-coim- 
 prestar 1454. 
 
 In the 2nd pi. we have -bhuir added to the tense-sign : ro-treicseabhiiir 723. 
 
 In the 3rd pi. we sometimes have a deponential ending: tallsatar 387. 
 
 The jj-preterite replaces the /-preterite in ro-edbairset 576, ro-frcacairset 238, 
 ro-anaicset 1926, ro-aircset 1952. 
 
 The ij-ending is added to the /-ending in at-bertsat 1879, ro-ortsal 1952, do-rochtus 
 2426, 2429. 
 
 The jj-ending is sometimes added to forms of the perfect : Thus : sg. i, aduadhus 
 1635, sg. 2, dechadais 2554, iudhcadais 604, tdnacais 2904 {iangais 1415), ráfiacais 
 4145 ; pi. 3, do-n-ucsat 521, rucsat 2499. 
 
 The Preterite in -íz/, -z'. 
 Of this ending, which has been equated with the Welsh -and, now -odd^ ex -ízVíí/ = 
 Lith. -6j6, only five instances are found in these Lives : 
 
 ro-pritchai 172, 685 = raproitche 2720, iimarnai 222, 225. 
 
 5. The Reduplicated Future. 
 Sg. I. Conjoined forms: no-rag 2041, 2064, i ngébh 2042, dogén-sa i^'^g,/oighen 
 4364, dobhe'r 4222, «/<5/r 4383. 
 Absolute forms: ragat 1,12, ragat-sa 2420, bérai-sa 801, and ioicébhiit-sa 
 1 1 59, where an absolute is wrongly used for a conjoined form. 
 
 2. Conjoined: /ízri-« raghai 2034, ci? mbéra-sa 796, at-béra 1305, at-béra-sa 
 
 1387, <z/(^//íZ 605, nge'bha 2043. 
 Absolute: ^^MíZ-jí2 2067. 
 
 3. Conjoined : rt?ízra rí7^>^íz 2242, dorega 756, iharga 297,«/ thargha 4794, 
 
 dobhe'ra 1855, do-s-he'ra 974, /^^^/ríz 771, í/í? aircebha 1905, 1906, 
 no-s-faicébha^ io54j dingne 622. 
 
Ixxviii PREFACE. 
 
 Absolute: raghaidh 1979, béraid 1171, gignidh 1847, foigenaidh 1180, 
 
 where an absolute is used for a conjoined form. 
 Relative: gignes 533, ghébhus 613, foighénus 1837, where an absolute is 
 used for a conjoined form. 
 PI. I. Conjoined: no-ragam 2556, doberam ^2'^'^, /oiberam 1978, doghenam 1387, 
 1471, doghenum-ne ^2-^2, 4445. 
 Absolute: raghmait ig']2, 1980, 4447, bermait ig^o^ igd>i, gebmatine 4254. 
 
 2. Conjoined: doghenaidh ^^6,/oghebaidh ^'^i'^. 
 
 Absolute (used for conjoined) : /oghébhihai 160^, 00, /oig Mniat i^'^'j , 4697. 
 
 3. Conjoined: doragat ■^'^6,/oghébut doghenat 1^^^,/oighenai i^^"^. 
 Absolute : raghail 621, lilit 3477. 
 
 Secondary forms of this tense are : 
 
 Sg. I. no raguinn 226, nofreicéruind 226, nofhoighénaind 1540. 
 
 2. na gébhtha-sa 2346, dogénta 2263. 
 
 3. ragad 1487, «í? ghétad 2097, noghébhudh 2621, no-m-gebhudh-sa 2574, 
 doghénadh 3725, bhfoighénadh 4269. 
 
 Pl. I. «í? raghmais 2555. 
 
 3. doghendais 2935, 3924. 
 In aidheorus 3346 and rocennechtha this tense has overstepped its limits. 
 
 The Sigmatic Future and Conjunctive. 
 
 These futures and conjunctives are found only in verbs belonging to the 
 o-conjugation. 
 
 In the following instances they are futures, comparable, apparently, with Greek 
 forms like fiei^w, o-rc/^o). 
 Sg. I. intan t-ios 2297. 
 
 2. ocus ro-seis 2067, ad-reis 2660. 
 
 3. ocus r(?-ízíz 801, do-rua 2591, ad-rae 1768, í/^f^ 2^11. 
 PI. 3. ad-reset 620, ad-resset 1882. 
 
 The following are conjunctive forms : 
 
 Sg. I. fi^m ndeochus-sa 308, co r/í-í^: 321, co torus-?>2i 3416. Deponential : cu itsar 
 2315, CO Xidighser 3738. 
 
 2. <r2^ ;2iz rzj 2136, /a/r 1344, 3415, tar 3453, tair-si 226 (where the conjunc- 
 
 tive is used for an imperative). Deponential: co bfesair 185, m/heisir 
 2299. 
 
 3. cu roa 1374, gu tora 3773, «f^í^ /2 2449, 27 11, ci? ro-s-foire 31 71. 
 
 PI. I. co-risium 650, ítí? rosium 11 15, í-í? 2501, ro-issem 11 16, ra-issam 
 
THE LANGUAGE OF THE LIVES. 
 
 Ixxix 
 
 1773, and (with the preservation of the final consonant of the root, never 
 found in Old-Irish) co ndighsium 106. Deponential : dia fesamur 2290. 
 
 PI. 3. CO iisat 355, no-t-gessiut 692, co ndichset 621. 
 
 Secondary forms of this tense are : 
 
 Sg. I. clohinn 226, darmo-ihiasainn 4455. 
 
 2. tisia 2263. 
 
 3. CO fesadh 2909 = co bhfesadh 1729, ro-fesadh 329, mina thised 1487, atfessed 
 
 2228, roissed 2367, rotsed 2075, iorsedh 4461 — tairseadh 4050, comhair- 
 sedh 2738. 
 
 PI. 3. tistais 2072, ioirsitis 2073, ri? dechsatais 1873, ndighsitis 122. 
 The /-future, of which a few examples occur (but not in these Lives), originated, 
 perhaps, in the sg. 3 of a middle form of this tense. 
 
 The B-future. 
 
 This tense, the Celtic reflex of the Latin futures in -b, occurs only in the á and l 
 verbs. The following examples will suffice : 
 
 Sg. I. Absolute form: reacfat 11^^, /aillsigh/eí-sa ^^*]. 
 
 3. Conjoined form: tic/a 4696, dotheper/ea 2 181, doaiinehha 4017, todiiiscfe 
 4023, no-cJiJiaife 2184, na hrisfe 2187. 
 Absolute: suidhfidh 626, midhfidh 627, gcmfidh 768, tarmnaighfidh 1181, 
 airchisfidh 4309. 
 
 Relative: siddhfes 62'^^ /hoíllsígh/es 789, gheinfcs 939, thaitnighfes 1171, 
 ^w/fj 3778, i/dJzr^^j 3778. 
 PI. I. Absolute form : anfamit, 4372, 4446. 
 
 2. t-icfaidhi 3699, where the absolute is used for the conjoined form. 
 
 3. rofhinnfat 3935. 
 Secondary forms of this tense are : 
 
 Sg. 3. no-fhastfadh 170, no loiscfedh 164, coviarleicfeadh 185, no chaifedh 259, asa 
 comlai/edhi6'^,escomlm/edh lo'j'j , com'c/edh \ o%^,noforuaislighfeadh 1196. 
 PI. 3. do-t-icfatis 1354, Hnnscainfitis 2936, creitfilis 164. 
 
 The Passive. 
 
 In the present indicative we find the following : 
 Sg. I. do-m-herur 3751. 
 
 2. do-t-berur 131 2. 
 
 3. ^^rizr 2831, 3009, beruir 782, /^rr«r 2391, doberar 2408, 2832, 2837, 4251, 
 
 doberur 2447, asberar 3007, atberar 4600, 4607 = atberur 2556, 2827, 
 
Ixxx 
 
 PREFACE, 
 
 ^^ol — aderar 4508, itberur 2^, /risin-apar '^o'j^ =/risin-abar 3142, 
 atfiadar 2504, 2915, atfiadar 2505, itfiadhar 1^, fogabhur 2^^6, 4617, 
 facabar 3404, tecar 862 = teacar 2836, tiaghar 2855, tiaghur 1243, 
 dleghar 2874, dogarar 2093. 
 
 With the /<2r- suffix : comuillter 126 = comalltur 392, adaiter 267, asa n-aicter 495, 
 fergaigther 563, 2917, erdraicighter 667, airmighter (i. e. áirmither) 671, 
 innister 691, raitter 928, marbhtar 950, loiscter 2873, «z* tibirter 1016, 
 slánaigter \'^\o, foilhigter 1632, 2878, 2880, baitter 2092, 2306, cuirier 
 2409, /n'íz^íz nighier 2458, dogniter 2799, dognithir 4067, dognither 4076, 
 dichuirter 2800, 2887, idlaicter 2813, 2814, izz7/^r 2837, lonnaighter 2854, 
 imdergthar 2862, /r/a^-íz bhfursanntar 2459, ^ cumhduighter 2467, /n'í^ííx 
 ndailter 2468, cosmailighter 2*] 3034. 
 
 PI. 3. tochuirter 679, 683, 686, buailter 2899. In ainicer 31 21, ^^r^zr '^^6'^,/acbaither 
 4448, the sg, is used for the pi. 
 
 Conjunctive, sg. 3: í-ííí tiaghar 4825 : with the /ízr- suffix: ítí? rí? sentar 1345, 
 
 faghthar 1585, ítí? tumthar 1996, curo-biattar 2121, co nderntar 2428, 
 i"?^ «(2<r>^ derntar 3456, irz/ri? fuirmidter 2592. 
 Examples of the imperative are : 
 
 Sg. I. no-m-berur \\^2. 
 
 3. doberur 263, tabhur 572, 2952, leagar 2848, 3177, tiaghar 3082 : with the 
 suffix: baistter 263, tucthar 633, 1320, suidigter 634, biattar 2090, 
 adnaicter 2274, robentar 4660, dentar 2587, '^^()4,/uillter 2953. 
 Examples of the secondary present are : 
 
 Sg. 3. doronta 1490, <ri? ;í dernta iii, ni berths 499, berthea 115, 1522 = nobertha 
 3706, doberthe 1689, í/í> bertha 2341, ízj-íz tabartha 21^^, fora iabartha 
 4219, atberthea 1762, 2555, 3257, marbhtha 3095, noioiscthea 125, 
 rohictha 178, ri? gnithea 269, ni lamhtha 270, xo-haduighthea (i. e. aduithed) 
 270, cu nach gabhtha 369, 958, rz/Jíí mbertha 1490, «ízí"^ ebertha 
 
 1338, dobertha 1365, 2919, tuctha 1609, út/m haiceasda 2302, 
 
 CO tardta 2480, í-í? mblighthe 3398, cluinti 830, í/í? cluinti 3419, but 
 atcluintea 3425, ri?:///?' 2 112, rí^rí? soeirtea 3441, nohairtéghtha 3706, 
 f «rí> gairdighthe 4473. 
 
 Perfect. 
 
 Sg. I. ro-m-comhdirmeadh 1583, rocaithed 1677, fi^r baithedh 1594, rocuiredh 1643, 
 41, 261, dobreth, dobreath 206, 235, 900, doronad 635, 866, ndernad 
 333> ^ r-hithed 390, adubhradh 401, /rz"//^ 403, rí? 2688, 1381, 
 
THE LANGUAGE OF THE LIVES. 
 
 Ixxxi 
 
 1652 — dosoiid 2686, rocrechinaigedh 1388, rosldtiaigcdh 1393, dogahadh 
 1396, rofuasloiced 1400, euro saerad 1459, roforhhudh 1377, rosoerud 1330, 
 r(7 hesreideih 42, dogahhadh 43, ro/othaiged 6^, rosuidhighed 84, rosinedh 
 2591, robaistedh 64. 
 
 Sg. 3. romórad 119, r^? hadnacht 645, 2348, rí?/^í?r/ 136, doraiad 1348, 1403, 
 rofodhlad 1360. 
 
 Where the root ends in a dental or í : do-mas 565, 1936, izAr^j 1931, ai-cuas 
 2969, 3215, dtcuas 2650, íz/-<ríj 1918, 2307, conn-áces 2092, í7zV^j 3355, 
 nifacus 3804, /ízr/?7>9 640, 792, 853, 1630, 2417, ro r^j 1220, 2249, ^^^^^-^ 
 954, í7/-r/í7j 34i8,/í'j- 2559. 
 By analogy to these forms we have iancas (ventum est) 4 1 48 = /^//r?^? 1677, 
 2087, robas 237, //í7j- 375, 1397, tarcas 750. 
 
 PI. 3. ro-horia 136, ri? tinoiltea 171, rohailhtea 394, //^r///í2 561, 2333, rohícta 1389, 
 roherthea 2626, ro-hedpartha 2547, doronta 1616, ro sdsta 1476. 
 doratait 835, //^í-í?// 1660, rucaid (for rucait) 3993, robennaid 1574 = 
 robemdt 4092, robdidhit 2333, rosoiidhait 2853, rofrithailii 2954, rojnóraid 
 3192, na-r-leicii 3697. 
 Here it will be observed that neither in the singular nor the plural does the 
 particle ri?- cause aspiration of the following consonant. 
 
 Reduplicated Future. 
 
 Sg. 3. gignither 759, 1838, 1843, bérthnr i860, 3907, dobérthar 2482, 2569 = 
 dobérthur 1523, 1544, 2440, dobériar 4251, dogéntar 1474, wz' condingéntar 
 1953, ni gébthar 2129, 2130. 
 Secondary forms : gébhtha 2096, dobértha 2568 = dobérihi 4080. 
 
 .S-FUTURE AND CON'JUNCTIVE. 
 
 Sg. 3. nifestar 2593, /zj/izr 4223, ni tadhbhaister 3504. 
 
 Secondary forms : no-hadnasfa 632, no-d-adhnasta 632, 635. 
 
 ^-Future. 
 
 Sg. I. no-m-muirbfiter 310. 
 
 3. baithfiter 334 = baithfidir 2241, baithfider 2448, baidhfider 4299, 
 loiscfider 4299, 4300, coinuillfider 1221, ticaslaicfiier 1524, docnirjither 
 2201, leicfiter 231 1, «í?(r//í7 pianfaider 4262, sásfuider 4295. 
 Pl. I. non-sásfaUer 1474. 
 
 Secondary forms : gonfaithi 948, no-baistfithe 4019, leicfiihe 3332. 
 
 1 
 
Ixxxii 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 These linguistic notes may fitly conclude with the following list of the words in the 
 Lives borrowed from Latin and other languages. 
 
 Loan- Words 
 
 A. 
 
 abb 4353 ; ab 4355 ; gen. abadh 4350. From Lat. 
 abbas, abbatis. Hence abdhaine, 'abbacy' 4250 ; 
 = apdhaine 2049, 2531, 2884; aipdine 2048. 
 
 Abraham, W. ^7i^ra/^a;;z (i.e. Afrahafn), Efream, 
 Yfraham. From Abraam. 
 
 acarbh, n. pi. acgarba 3618. From Lat. acerbus, 
 as pronounced by a Briton, the b being, ac- 
 cording to Giiterbock [Lateinische Lehmvorter 
 im Irischejt), infected by the r. Cf. Lat. curuis 
 = corbis, Sg. 67 a. Hence agairbhe 4538. 
 
 acbtail 1018. From Lat. actuális. 
 
 Adam, gen. Adaim 4495, Adhuim 4578 ; W. 
 Adam, Adda. From Adam. 
 
 adrad 375, verbal noun of adraim—'h2X. adoro. 
 
 aeine, gen. dat. sg. 2 3 7 2, 2 3 74. See óine. Yx.jeune. 
 
 áer, sg. acc. 795, gen. aeir 799. From Lat. der. 
 
 Aibel 4494. W. Abel, Afel. From Abel. 
 
 aibgbiter 814, 823, acc. -ir 814. W. egrvyddor. 
 From Lat. abecedariiim. 
 
 aicen 3566, 3594. From Lat. oceanus. 
 
 aiciupt, gen. -a 828, 843, gen. aicipta 4152 =aic- 
 ciupta43i9. Cf. accepturium .i. lectionem. 
 
 aifrenn 517. ^qq oifrenn. 
 
 ailen 505, From O. Norse eyland. 
 
 aingeal 123, 156, aingiul 3356, gen. aingil 158, 
 181. W. angel, pi. engyl, Com. ail, Br. el. 
 From Lat. angelus. Hence ainglecdha 1104, 
 4615. 
 
 allt 4834. From Lat. alius. 
 
 almsa 3272, gen. almsan 2034, but almsaine 
 
 1428, 1579; pl- dat. almsanuibh 630; acc. 
 
 almsana 181 1, 3395. Cf. ced-almsa 3351. 
 
 From Lat. elimosyna, with the change of e to 
 
 a found also in sabaltair (sepultura), Sapaist 
 
 (Sebastianus), saraphin (seraphim), 
 altóir 64, acc. altóir 2 no, pi. n. altóire 305. 
 
 W. allor. Com. altor. From Lat. altdre. Cf. 
 
 imaltoir 1633. 
 
 IN THE Lives. 
 
 angcaire 3782, 3785. From Lat. anchora (W. 
 angor), but with the addition of the -ia suffix, 
 which we find also in the loan-words cainnelbra, 
 eamra, cista, coca (boat, W. cwch, Lat. concha), 
 fersa, lunga, taiberne, sita. 
 
 anóir, F. 645, 647, 851, gen. anoire 11 34 4335. 
 See onoir. Hence anSraighim : ro-anoraigh 
 4694, ro-anoraighset 4658, anorugud 1137. 
 
 Anton, gen. Antóin 682. 
 
 April 37, gen. Aipril 1066, From Aprilis. The 
 
 // in W. Ebrell, Br. Ebrell is curious, 
 apstal, abstul 4605, apsal 27, espul 33, esbal 
 
 627, sg. gen. apstail 2144, pi. gen. abstul 4605, 
 
 dat. apsalaib 27. ^.abostol. From apostolus. 
 
 Compounds: ard-espul 33, prim-apstal 1798. 
 apstanait 2455, 4900. From Lat. abstinentia. 
 
 A later form apstainent occurs in the Alartyr- 
 
 ology of Donegal, p. 164. 
 arc, sg. acc. aire 3327. W. arch. From Lat. 
 
 area. 
 
 archaingel, gen. pi. 1767. From Lat. arch- 
 angelus. 
 
 Asardhai 23. From Lat. Assyrii. 
 
 B. 
 
 Babtaist 206, bauptaist 3967. From Lat. bap' 
 
 tista. 
 
 bachall 580, sg. gen. bachla 462, 2177, 4849, 
 dat. bachaild 1034, acc. bachaill 223, 224,996, 
 1039. W. bagl F. From Lat. bacilla. Com- 
 pounded : naemh-bachall 4811. Hence bach- 
 lach, 2278, 2284 = in form Br. baelek,^ presbyter.' 
 
 baistim, ro baistedh 64, baister 256, baistter. 
 Yox baitsim. From Lat. *^íz//0ízr(?, whence, also 
 apparently, W. bedyddio, z, i.e. sd, becoming dd. 
 
 balbh 1444, 1446. From *balvus, the British 
 pronunciation of Lat. balbus. See acarbh. 
 
 bare 2462. From Lat. barca. 
 
 bathais, baithis, gen. sg. 34, dat. baithius 57, 
 
THE LANGUAGE 
 
 OF THE LIVES. 
 
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 seems, like W. bedydd, abstracted from the 
 
 verb batizare. 
 béist 1729, péisd 1840, pi. n. besstiWb. 3id 21. 
 
 W. bwyst-Jil. From Lat. bestia. Hence also 
 biast, gen. piasda 22 11, piasta 2225, pi. dat. 
 
 biastuibh 1737. Compound: biast-cat 3797. 
 Benén 265, Benian 4478. From Low-Lat. Be- 
 
 negnus, the classical Benigmis. 
 bennachaim, ron-bennach 221, robennuch 356. 
 
 O. Ir, bendachaim, like W. bendigo, from Lat. 
 
 benedico. 
 
 bennacht, acc. sg. bennachtain 312, O. Ir. bcn- 
 
 dacht =W. bendith, pi. bendithiojt. Yxom 
 
 Lat. benedictio. 
 biaid 1353, sg. gen. biaide 4846, gen. pi. biaidi 
 
 1353. From Lat. Beati. 
 bledhe, sg. gen. bledhi 4419. From A.S. bledii. 
 braich, gen. bracha 1337, 1361, acc. braich 
 
 1339. ^ ' ^"^^ Com. brag. Lat. brace grani 
 
 species ex quo cerevisia conficitur, Ducange. 
 Bretain 2562, gen. Breatan 2541. From 
 
 Br Hones. Hence Bretnach 2561, bretnas 25^,8. 
 buaball, gen. buabaill 3128. W. bual. From 
 
 Lat. bubalus. 
 
 C. 
 
 caibdel, pi. gen. caibdcl 1095. O. Ir. caiptcl. 
 
 From Lat. capittihim. 
 cailech, coileach 288, dat. cailiuch 1631, acc. 
 
 cailech 840, pi. dat. coilcibh 4575. From Lat. 
 
 calicetn. 
 
 caille 400, 1343, gen. s. 1341. . pall. From 
 Lat. pallhim. Hence caillech, nom. pi. -a 
 828, 830. 
 
 caindeal 505, gen. pi. 1994, 1999, pi. n. acc? 
 
 coinnle 1995, cainnli 1996. From Lat. can- 
 
 dela. \V. camvyll points to a *candella. 
 cainnelbra 2001, 2004. From Lat. candelabrum, 
 
 * weitergebildet by an ia- suffix' (Guterbock). 
 
 Cf. ancoire. 
 
 cairt sg. dat. cairt, Ml. 119 n 6, compound 
 droch-chairt 4527. From Lat. charta, as 
 Cam, carachtar,Crist, coir, from Cham, charac- 
 ter, Christus, chorus. So scol from schola, 
 and Enocc from Enoch. 
 
 caisel, dat. caisiul 447, pi. dat. caislibh 3789. 
 W. castcll. From Lat. castellum. 
 
 kallainn 1787. From Lat. kalendae, the / 
 being doubled as in talland. W. cala7i M. 
 
 Calpurn, gen. Calpuirn 3968. From Lat. Cal- 
 pU7-nius. 
 
 canoin, acc. 212, sg. gen. canone 3449. W. 
 canon. From Lat. canoii. The gen. sg. cane 
 in Ml. 35b 17 is a mere scribe's error for canone, 
 Ml. 60 c 5. 
 
 caplait 1362. From l^zX.capillatio. \V. (dydd 
 
 lou) cablyd =Covr\. (deyow) hablys, (duyou) 
 
 hamlos, Bret. (lou) gamblid. 
 carcair 4754, gen. na carcrach 4771, dat. carcair 
 
 2343» acc. carcair 3633, pi. dat. carcraibh 3637. 
 
 O. Ir. carcar, sg. gen. carcre, dat. carcair, Wb. 
 
 32 c 13, 28 d 30, 23 b 21. W. carchar. From 
 
 Lat. career. 
 
 carghais, gen. sg. 4696. O. Ir. corgais. From 
 
 Lat. quadragesima. 
 casal 317. From Lat. casula. O.W. astilhetic 
 
 :gl. penulata^. 
 case 322. W. and Corn. /ajr. From Lat./>íZíí://a. 
 
 Compounds: mór-casc 3863, min-chaisc 1362. 
 
 Hence cascda 327. 
 cat, pi. cait 3654. Compounds : mur-chata 
 
 3752, cat-phiast 3802. From Lat. cattus, as W. 
 
 cath F. from catta. 
 cathair, like W. caer is perhaps borrowed from 
 
 Lat. castra. 
 
 céir, F. dat. ceir 4050. W. cwyr, M.Com. coir, 
 Bret. coar. From Lat. cera. Hence ciartha 
 3698, 3705. 
 
 ceist 546, 1453, 3766, cex 2487. From Lat. 
 
 quacstio. Hence cestaigthe, gen. 4540. 
 celebraim 35, ro celeabair 267, ceiliubrais 842. 
 
 From Lat. celebro. The verbal noun is ceilea- 
 
 bhrad 1374, gen. -aidh 1607. 
 cell, sg. gen. cille 473, dat. cill 421, pi. dat. 
 
 ceallaib 346, acc. cella 443, cealla 419. W. 
 
 cell. From Lat. cella. Hence cillecán 778. 
 cenn-lá 1437 lit. 'supper-day,' a hybrid, in 
 
 which the cenn is from Lat. *cenna = coejta. 
 cercall, pi, cercalla (ciorcla B) 2824. W. cyr- 
 
 chell F. from circclla, pi. of Med. Lat. circellum. 
 cilice 1753 in chilic, Ml. 49 c. 12. From Lat. 
 
 cilicium. 
 
 cincdighis, better cinciges 4604, gen. cingcdise, 
 1008, cincdhighisi 1102, acc. quingcidis (^leg. 
 quingcigis) 1068. From Lat. quinquagesirna. 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 cingt-idh 740. See quingt-idh. 
 
 cippe, pi. acc. 3101, seems a deriv. of cepp, 
 which comes from Lat. cippiis, as ennac, f el- 
 sub, secc, senod from innocuus, philosophus , 
 siccus, synodus. W. cyff. The pi. cyffion 
 means ' stocks.' 
 
 Cirine '>f'>)2i =Hieronymus. 
 
 CIS 131, 2919, gen. cisa 127, 3195, dat. 2088, 
 ciss 4002, acc. pi. *cissu (rhyming with íssu) 
 1748. From Lat. census. 
 
 clann, pi. dat. clannaib 590. W. plant. From 
 Lat. planta. Cf. W. planu, ' to plant.' 
 
 class 239, sq. gen. claisse, Ml. 107 b 3, pi. nom. 
 classai 238, pi. acc. classe (gl. choros) Ml. 
 116 do. Compound: class-cetul 209. From 
 Lat. classis. 
 
 cléirecli 317, sg. gen. cleirigh 4463, pi. gen, 
 cléirech 4462. Compounds: fir-clérech 4552, 
 mac-clérech 1670. From Lat. clcricus. Hence 
 cleirchecht 3059. 
 
 cliar 479, dat. cléir 783. From clerus. 
 
 clocc, * bell,' sg. dat. cloc 4844, acc. clog 4470. 
 W. clock, is perhaps not borrowed from Low- 
 Lat. clocca, cloccum. 
 
 clúmh for clúimh 2738, pi. dat. clúmuibh 3877. 
 O.W. * plum in plumauc, Mod. W. pluf, Corn. 
 plufoc. From Lat. pltima. 
 
 clusal, pi. dat. clusaluibh 3629, 3789. From 
 Med. Lat. clausula, clausola, ' cella in qua in- 
 clusi, seu eremitae, morabantur.' For u from 
 Lat. ati cf. clusenair, Muric, ugdar. 
 
 cochuU, sg. acc. 827, pi. n. cocaill 303. W. 
 cwcwll. From Lat. cucullus. 
 
 coibse, pi. acc. coibhsina 1731, coibhsena 1732. 
 W. cyffes, Br. coffes. From Lat. confessio, the 
 f becoming b (i. e. v) owing to the preceding 
 nasal. 
 
 coic, coicc 756, sg. gen. coca 1997, dat. coic 1682. 
 O.W. coc now cog or cogydd. From the gen. 
 sg. of Lat. coquus. Cf. Uis. 
 
 ooisecraim, ro coisecrad 1353. W. cysegru. 
 From Lat. consecro. Hence coisecartha 327, 
 663, cossecartha 4192 and coisecrad 2475. 
 
 colcaidh 2738, pi. dat. coilc[th]ib 4575. O.W. 
 cilchet, now cylched. From Lat. culcita. 
 
 coloma 1 1 88, colbha 1751. W. colofen. From 
 Lat. cohimna. Hence columnat (gl. colum- 
 ella). 
 
 colum, M. 593. W. civhvni M. colomen F. 
 
 From Lat. columbus, columba. 
 comman 1567, 4469, 4697, comunn 643. W. 
 
 cymun. From Lat. commilnio, whence also 
 
 comna, comnai 1868, 2489, 4529, 4532, gen. 
 
 comnae 4471. 
 Consantin 3884. W. Cystenyn. From Lat. 
 
 Constantinus. 
 copán, gen. copain 2736, dimin. of "^cop. W. 
 
 cwpan. From Lat. cupa. 
 corn, pi. gen. 3128 W. corti. From Lat. cornu, 
 corónaigim 2631. From coróin = Lat. corona. 
 corp, sg. gen. cuirp 712, dat. curp 383. W. 
 
 coj'ph, pi. cyrph, and in Mid. Welsh also cor- 
 
 phoroed. From'La.t. corpus. Hence corpdai 1386. 
 cosait, cassait 1276, cossóit, Wb. 5 a, 23. From 
 
 Lat. causatio. 
 credhal 552. From Lat. credulus. 
 Crist 12. W. Crist. From Chrisius. Hence 
 
 cristaide 158. 
 croch., sg. gen. crochi 59. W. crog. From Lat. 
 
 crucem. 
 
 cros, sg. acc. crois 1034, 1408, but cros 1419, pi. 
 
 n. crosa 968, gen. cros 969. From Lat. nom. 
 
 sg. crux as Ir. tiis from Lat. thus. Hence also 
 crosan 3736 = W. croesan. 
 cuach4346; ^.cawg, 'a jug.' Yxoxí\.'\jsX. caucus . 
 cuicenUjSg. dat. cuicind 2361 ; W. cegin. From 
 
 Lat. coquina. 
 
 D. 
 
 Daibhith 4456. W. Dewi, Dafydd. From 
 David, AaHid, AapeiS. 
 
 damnad 373, verbal noun of danmaim, bor- 
 rowed from Lat. damno. 
 
 Decimber 806. From Lat. december. 
 
 deismirecht 2452, desemmrecht Wb. 12 c 35. 
 *de-sembrecht : perhaps an imitation of a Low- 
 Latin *ad-sembratio = assimilatio : cf. Ital. 
 sembrare,assembrare, rassembrare. Gliterbock, 
 31, however, regards desmrecht, Vorbild, eigtl. 
 wohl, 'the rightest law,' as from "^dessini, a 
 superlative formation from the stem of dess, 
 and recht. But the duplication of the m is fatal 
 to this etymology. 
 
 demon 96, acc. pi. demhna 2304. From Lat. 
 daemon. Hence demhnach 4855, demnacda 
 3650. 
 
 deochain 47. From gen. sq. of Lat. diaconus. 
 
THE LANGUAGE 
 
 OF THE LIVES. 
 
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 depraccóit 2699, pi. dat. depracoitibh 4495 : 
 better deprecóit, Corn. s. v. Edil. From Lat. 
 deprecdtio. Hence diprocoitech 2740. 
 
 descipul 647, pi. nom. descipuil Ml. 122 c 2, 
 gen. deiscibul, 1112, acc. deiscipln 4627, W. 
 discyhl. From Lat. discipuhis, the first i be- 
 coming e owing to the following double 
 consonance. 
 
 diabol 3625, diabhul 2274: gen. diabuil 4588. 
 W. diafol, the chief of the devils. From Lat. 
 diabohis. 
 
 dfliu, gen. dilenn 3327. W. diluxu. From Lat. 
 diluvhim. 
 
 disert 2417. W.d/se7-//i. From \.a.t. deser/um. 
 
 The di- is due to the analogy of native words 
 
 compounded with di-. 
 domnach, 'Sunday,' gen. domhnaigh 1102, dom- 
 
 nuigh 1077, pi. dat. domhnaighibh 2735, dom- 
 
 nuighib 4534, with passage to the x-declension. 
 
 From Lat. dominica. 
 drac, pi. dracuin 3650. W. drat^- F. From Lat. 
 
 draco. 
 
 E. 
 
 Ebrae, pi. dat. Ebhraib 3926. M.W. Ehryw, 
 Mod. W. pi. Efrei. From Lat. Ilebraciis. 
 Hence also 
 
 Ebraide 151, Ebhraidhi 4596. 
 
 echtrann, pi, nom. echtráinn (gl. extemi) Ml. 
 1 19 a, 141 dat. -aib 690. \V. estron,^ a stranger.' 
 From Lat. extroncus . 
 
 eclais 63, gen. ecailsi 12, 35, pi. dat. ccalsaib 36, 
 ecludai 212. \V. eglwys. From Lat. celesta 
 (not ecclcsia). Hence eclusdai 968. 
 
 Eigipt 4674; O. Ir. Egipt', W. Aiphi. From 
 Lat. Aegypiiis, the ae being treated as in e7'cs, 
 eretic, ethiar, ecenocJit, prelait respectively 
 from haeresis, hacretici, aether, aequinoclinni, 
 praelatus. The Welsh Aipht points to an 
 *Aigiphhis. Compare O. Ir. sephticin Ml. 
 103 d 26. 
 
 eipistil, sg. gen. eipistle Wb. 14 d, 2, acc. 550, 
 pi. gen. eipistlech 154. W. epistol. From 
 \jsiX.peistula, with passage to the f-declension. 
 
 ennac 1 142, annac 1694. From Lat. "^vmoquus, 
 hinocuus. 
 
 Eoin 1 1 20, 1 1 24, 1 1 30, interchanges with lohain, 
 lohen, loin. All from Lat. Johannes. 
 
 Eoraip, gen. Eorpa 212. From Lat. Europa. 
 
 esbal 624, 626. See apstal. 
 
 espoc, espuc 231, esboc 820, espac 370, gen. 
 
 espoic 217=- esbuic 230, espuic 235, 237, pi. 
 
 dat. espocaib 850 : compound : aird-espoc 
 
 2642. \V. escob, pi. eseyb. From Lat. episcopus. 
 estadh 4501, estudh 588, pi. n. istoda, Mesca 
 
 Ulad. 
 
 Etail, sg. gen. Etailli 211, dat. 1044, acc. Eatail 
 182. W. Eidal, Eidial. From Italia, with 
 the same fraction of long i that we have in 
 Ir. trcdan, from Lat. tridtiana. 
 
 etrain, dat. sg. 3094. \V. ethrywyn ' to con- 
 ciliate.' From Lat. intervenire. 
 
 P. 
 
 Pebra, gen. 4374. W. Chivefraxijr. From Lat. 
 
 Eebr[u)drius. 
 féil 1148. W.givyl. From Lat. vigil. 
 fersa, 'verse,' 2656. W. givers = Lat. versus. 
 
 The Irish word has the -ia suffix. See angcaire. 
 fin, fion 4505, 4506, sg. gen. fina 316, acc. fin 840. 
 
 W. gzvin. From Lat. vimini. 
 firmamint 4615. \V. ffurfafen F. From Lat. 
 
 finnanicntuni. 
 Art 611, 880, gen. ferta 501, acc. pi. ferta 582, 
 
 fearta 1235, dat. fertuibh 68. W. gwyrth, 
 
 ' miracle.' Br. berzut, Corn, barthus, viarthus. 
 
 From Lat. virtus ('ideo uirtutcs operantur in 
 
 eo,' Malth. xiv. 2). Compounds : céit-fhirt 
 
 52, mac-fertuibh 132. 
 fis, sg. dat. 167, pi. dat. fisibh 792, 803, From 
 
 Lat. visio. 
 
 flugraim, rofiugradh 791. From La.t Jiguro. 
 fósaic 1622, for osaic. From Lat. obsequium. 
 Franc, gen. pi. 4408, dat. Frangaib 48. M. W. 
 
 pi. Ffreinc. From Francus. 
 fromhudh 2658 = O. Ir. promad, the verbal 
 
 noun of *fromaim, O. Ir. promairn, from Lat. 
 
 probo. So Mod. Ir. faircha, O. Ir. pairchCy 
 
 from Lat. paf'ochia. 
 
 G. 
 
 genelach 152, 749, dat. 1152. From Lat. 
 
 genealogia. 
 
 gennte 169, gen. pi. 28. From Lat. gentes. 
 glóir, mór-glóir 11 10, dat. 3909. From Lat. 
 gloria : whence also 
 
Ixxxvi 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 gloire 20, 4392. 
 
 gradh (O. Ir. grád), gen. graidh 216, acc. 
 pi, gradha 1466. W. gradd. From Lat. 
 gradus. 
 
 gras, pi. acc. grasa 1346. From Fr. grace (?). 
 gribh, pi. gripha 3651. From Lat. gryphus. 
 Grigoir 3325. From Lat. Gregorius. 
 
 H. 
 
 Henocc 4495. From Henoch. 
 
 Herimon 227, From Hermon. 
 
 hyruphin 1769, O. Ir. hiruphin, hirubin, pi. 
 dat. hiriibinaib. From the Hebr. cherubim — 
 the / becoming i {y) owing to the following u. 
 So in native words, mid from '^tnedu, etc. For 
 the change of m to n, cf. Abisolon, Partholott, 
 saraphin, Trophin, from Abishalom, Bartho- 
 lomaeus, seraphim, Trophimus. 
 
 I. 
 
 lacop, gen. lacoip 4039. From Lat. Jacobus. 
 larusalem 4512. From the Hierusalem or 
 
 Jerusalem of the Vulgate, 
 idhal 26, 375, gen. idhail 423. From Lat. 
 
 iddlum. Hence idlacht 324. 
 ymonn 613, 1738, ymmonn 1525, immann 2675, 
 
 pi. n. imainn 984, dat. imnaibh 3841, acc, 
 
 immna 3417. From Lat. hymnus, 
 lohain 206. From Lat. Johannes. 
 lóp 2744. From Job, 'Iwd. 
 issu 28. W.yr Jesu = 6 'Irjffovs. 
 ithfern 295, ifern 297, O. Ir. ij^eru. Corn. 
 
 yffarn. W. uffern. From Lat. infernum, pi. 
 
 inferna. Hence ithfernaidi 3631, ithfemach 
 
 2242, ithfirnach 2758. 
 ludaide 39. W. Jziddezv. From Lat. Judaeus. 
 luin, gen. sing. 740, 4006. From Lat. (mensis) 
 
 Junii. 
 
 L. 
 
 laech 2970, 2978, pi. n. laich 394. W. Ueyg. 
 
 From Lat. laicus. Compounds : ath-laech 
 
 1056, fir-laech 4552. Hence laechdacht 3058. 
 Laidin 988. From Lat. (lingua) Jatina. 
 Laimhiach 4378, 4497. From Lamech '■> 
 
 but why the ia = e'i 
 lascc 4663. O. Ir. lax. W. llaes. From Lat. 
 
 laxus. 
 
 latrainn (n. dual) 1971, ladrainn (n. pi.) 1984, 
 1987. W. lleidr, pi. lladron. From Lat. latro. 
 
 lebhar 2, gen. liubhair 4051, sing. dat. liubar 
 1 54, pi. dat. leabhruibh 869. From Lat. liber. 
 
 léghaim 4149, légfas i, ro-er-légh 61, légad, 
 *to read,' 1958, légenn, gen, léiginn 812, lei- 
 ghind 1006, airléghiunn 62, eirléghiunn 1346, 
 urléghiunn 828. W . llezi,*iore2iá,^ leen. From 
 Lat. lego, legendum. The lengthening of the 
 e may be due to the length of the i in scribo. 
 
 léighnidh, 'reader,' 3322. A deriv. oiUgenn. 
 
 leo 348, 592, pi. gen. inna leon Ml. 75 b 2. 
 W. llew. From Lat. leo. 
 
 leoman (gen. sing.) 3799, leomain 3649. pi. n. 
 inna leomain, Ml. 80 a 10. From Lat. leonem. 
 
 liter 4140, acc. litir 61. W. llyther-en. From 
 Lat. littera. 
 
 loc 75, 3715, locc 3631, sq, gen. luic. Ml. 
 1 36 d 9. From Lat. locus. 
 
 M. 
 
 madan, dat. maduin 172, 974, re maduin 333. 
 — O. Ir. maien, infra s.v. teirt. From Lat. 
 matutina. 
 
 maighister 2672, pi. n. magistir Wb. 14 b 17. 
 
 W. fneistr. From Lat. magister. 
 mainister (nom. ?), sing. dat. 953, 3295, acc. 
 
 4435, gen. mainistreach 3300 ; pi. gen. mainis- 
 
 drech 600, 2474. From Lat. monasterium, 
 
 with passage to the ^--declension, 
 mainn 4194, as in maiim (gl. mannae, dat. sq.) 
 
 Ml. 124 d I. From Lat. manna. 
 mairtire, acc. pi. 1002 ; but martra 445. From 
 
 Lat. martyria martyrum ossa, reliquiae, Du- 
 
 cange. 
 
 mairtzr 3754« W. merthyr. From Lat. martyr. 
 
 mallacht, acc. -ain 368. O. Ir, 7naldacht. W. 
 melldith. From Lat. maledictio. 
 
 manach, gen. manaigh 2213, 2481, gen. pi. 682, 
 dat. manchuibh 1080. From monachus with 
 an unexplained change of 0 to a. Perhaps it 
 comes immediately from W. manach. Hence 
 mainchine 4233, 4246, maincine 4801, 4842. 
 
 margreit 38. W. mererid, 7nyrerid. From 
 Lat. margarita. 
 
 Marta, gen. 1787. W. J^Jawrth. From Lat. 
 Mars, Martis. 
 
 Martan 49, 2049. From Lat. Martinus. 
 
THE LANGUAGE 
 
 OF THE LIVES. 
 
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 martralaic 3754 = inartarlaic Fel. Ep. 140. 
 
 From Lat. martyrologuim. 
 Matha 3324. From Matthaeus, as Tat ha from 
 
 Thaddaeus. 
 
 mebhraghadh. 828, the verbal noun of vte- 
 
 braigim, a denominative from mebuir — Lat. 
 
 memoria. So W. niyfyr is from memor. 
 mias, sg. gen. méise 4659, méisi 1409, pi. n. 
 
 miasa 305. From Lat. ?nensa. 
 minister, pi. gen. mainisdrech 873, a mistake 
 
 for minisdrech. Old-Ir. mensiir. From Low- 
 
 Lat. ministerium, ' credence-table.' 
 mirbhuil, sg. acc. 824, mirbhoill 4199, pi. n. 
 
 mirlniili 1236, dat. mirbhuilib 68. From Lat. 
 
 mirdbile. Hence mirbhulla 3733. 
 mod 680, sg. dat. mudh 4516, pi. dat. moduibh 
 
 679, modhaibh 2746, il-moduibh 4505. W. 
 
 viodd. From Lat. modus. 
 molt 484, sg. gen. muilt 491, pi. n. muilt 3374, 
 
 acc. multa 1674. Hence moltán 488. W. 
 
 viollt. From M. Lat. i?ml(o, 'vervex.' 
 mortlaid 4060 = morílaiíh, Corm. From Lat. 
 
 mortalitas. 
 
 Moysi 3321, Moyse 4499. W. Moysen. From 
 
 muilend, dat. 1092. W. mclin, Com. hcliii. 
 
 From Lat. molina. 
 muiUeóir 1999, gen. muilleora 1981. From 
 
 Lat. ?nolinariiis. 
 muinnter 197, acc. -tir 192. An early loan 
 
 ixSm Lat. vionastcriuTji. 
 Muire 1264, 1265. \\ . Mair. From Lat. J/ar/a. 
 
 N. 
 
 Naei, Noei 3327, 3326. From Noii, Hue. 
 nón. From Lat. nana (hora). The acc. sg. 
 
 nonai, 161 1, comes from an ia-stem. 
 Notál, from *notbhál = notábilis^ as foctil from 
 
 *focbhul = vocabiilum. 
 notlaic. W. nodolyc. From Lat. natdlicia. 
 
 O. 
 
 obari24,ocopairMl. T2id, 16. W.g-ober. Either 
 from Lat. o/>era, or from Lat. opzis, opcris. 
 
 ocht-kalainn 4374 (ante diem) octavum calendas. 
 
 oician 1830. From Lat. oceanus. 
 
 oifrend, aifrenn 517, gen. oifrind 303, oifrinn 
 841, dat. oifriunn 839. From Lat. offereitda. 
 
 oilén 1848 ; sec ailén. 
 
 óine,sg.dat. 204, pl.aeintibh 630, from '^iúnhim, 
 a Low-Lat. form of Jejuniunt, from which 
 comes the Sp. a-ymiar. Dardáin, ' Thursday,' 
 1437, \% = etar-dá-6in, ' between two fasts,' i.e. 
 dia cétáine, 'Wednesday,' Ml. 113d 3, and 
 dia oine didine, ' Friday,' Ml. 113 c i. 
 
 ola, sg. acc. 1216. W. okw. From Lat. oleum. 
 
 ongad 2475, verbal noun oiongaim = Lat. unguo. 
 
 cnóir, F. sg. gen. onóiri moire 3953. From Lat. 
 honor. See anoir. 
 
 193, sg. gen. óir 189. W. a^ar. From Lat. 
 auriim. Hence órdhuidhe, 'golden,' 854. 
 
 ord, sg. gen. uird 62, acc ord 156. W. urdd. 
 From Lat. ordo. 
 
 ordan 357. P>om Lat. ordinan. Hence the 
 verb ordnim, ro oirdnestar 421, oirdnidi 443. 
 
 P. 
 
 pairt 501. From Lat. pars, partis. 
 
 parthus, gen. parrthais 3855, 3861, 3872, 
 
 parrduis 247. W. paraduys. From Lat. 
 
 paradis^is. 
 
 pater 1566, 2712. W. pader. From the Lat. 
 
 voc. sg. /a/^r(noster). 
 Pátraic i. From Lat. patricius. The first a of 
 
 Pdtraic is long by position, 
 páx 1053, ' instrumentum, quod inter Missarum 
 
 solemnia populo osculandum praebelur,' Du- 
 
 cange, and see Cleasby-Vigfusson, s. v. pax- 
 
 spjald. 
 
 peccad, pecad, sg. acc. 3864, pi. acc. pectha 164, 
 dat. pecthaibh 701. W. pechod. From Lat. 
 peccdtum. Hence pecthach 3852, pi. n. pec- 
 thaigh 3905, dat. pecthtachuibh 3905. 
 
 péisd. See beist. 
 
 pendaim, rophcnd 1635, napendedh 2738. 
 
 From 'Lvíi. pocniieo. 
 pennait 2166. From *pentit, Lat. poenitentia. 
 persa, sg. dat. persainn 727,persoin 1273. From 
 
 'Lxú.. persona, changing to the ^-declension, 
 peta 1654, 4186 (where it is misprinted postea). 
 
 This must be a loan-word cognate with Eng. 
 
 pet and Fr. peton, petit. But its source is not 
 
 clear. 
 
 Petar 3324, gen. Petuir 4478. \V. Pedr. From 
 Lat. Petrus. 
 
Ixxxviii 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 petarlaic 7, 730, gen. petarlaice 71, petarlaici 
 461 8. O. Ir. fetarlaic from \jsX.veter{is) leglis). 
 
 pian, dat. péin 612, pi. piana 3667, dat. pia- 
 naibh 2762, pianuibh 3671, il-phianuib 4243. 
 W.poen. Yrom.l.dX. poena. Hence the verbal 
 noun pianad 373, 3657, gen. sg. pianta 3629, 
 and the verb pianaim, rophiandais 375, pian- 
 faider 4262. 
 
 Pilip 3885. From Philippus, but ph usually 
 
 becomes /in Irish, 
 pinginn, pi. n. pinginne 2%i2 — penning, YiL. 
 
 54b, 2. YxomO.^. penningr. 
 poc, gen. puic 1630, 1632, 1634. From Teut. 
 
 boc. 
 
 poc, 'kiss.' poc. G. C. 1068. From Lat. acc. 
 
 pdcem. Hence pócaim, pócais 3854. 
 poind 3720. y<J . pwn=pondus. 
 PÓ1, gen. Póil 681, 4478. From Pauhis, as or 
 
 from aurutn. 
 pólaire, pi. n. 968, gen. 969. O. W . poullorattr, 
 
 from Lat. pugillares. 
 popa 426. From Lat. papa, * an inferior priest.' 
 popul, pobul 3, 17, sg. gen. popiul, Ml. 123 a, 
 
 II, dat. pi. popluibh 2468. Compound : mor- 
 
 popul 2063. W.pobl. From 'L2i\.. populus. 
 port, gen. puirt 685, dat. purt 2359, acc. port 
 
 2362. W. and Corn, porih. From Lat. portus. 
 prespiter 217. Yxora.'Lz.i. presbyter. An earlier 
 
 loan from a Low-Lat. form of the same word 
 
 — prebiter — is cruimthir 2705, 2710. 
 prim, 8, 427, 4198. ^.prif. From l^^i.prlmtis. 
 primit(ib) 1857. Yroríil.?LÍ. primitiae. 
 pritchaim, O.Ir. pridchim, predchim, ro pritchai 
 
 172, 685. From 'L2X. praedico, the diphthong 
 
 being shortened as in ceist, demon, Egipt^ 
 
 pendaim, pennait. 
 proicept 215, 222, gen. procepta 994, proicepta 
 
 1024, dat. procept 1003. W. pregeth. Corn. 
 
 pregoth . From Lat . praeceptum . 
 proiceptóir 2745. O.Ir. preceptoir. Ml. 38 c, 
 
 pi. dat. -ibh 683. 
 proind, proinn 1894, 2734, 2953, gen. proinne 
 
 296, 1405, acc. proinn 4437, oen-proind 146. 
 
 W. prain. ' feast.' Mid. W. cyd-breiniawg, 
 
 'feeding together.' From Lat. prandiuvi. 
 
 Hence the verbal noun proindechad 2081. 
 
 Compound : proinn-tech, * refectory,' gen. 
 
 proinntighi 2091. 
 
 pudhur 1336, 1716. \\.pwdr{'>). From Lat. 
 
 pudor ? or from Lat. puiris ? 
 pupall, pubull 326, gen. pupla 397, pi. n. publa 
 
 3078. ^ . pabell,^\. pebyll,'itxi\.^: From Lat. 
 
 papilio, * pavilion.' 
 putrall 45 68. 
 
 Q. 
 
 quingt-idh 3948, quinc-id 4451 ; cingt-idh 740 
 (ante diem) quinctum idns. 
 
 K. 
 
 relec 790> reileac, 'graveyard,' 3502, sg. gen. 
 reilgi 3499, pi. n. relce, 'relics,' 2775, 4514, 
 reilce 2482, relge 3998, dat. relcib 2476, reilcibh 
 2484. From Lat. reliquiae. W. relyzv is from 
 Lat. reliquium. 
 
 riaghail 4528, riagul 3336, pi. n. riagla 3962, 
 3963, gen. pi. riagla 3451, acc. pi. riagla 
 3487. W. rheol. From Lat. regula. Hence 
 riaghaldai 3395. 
 
 Rom, gen. Romha 2759, dat. Roim 2049, acc. 
 Roim 234. From Roma. 
 
 Romhan, gen. pi. 3887. From Lat. Romatius. 
 W. Rhufain, ' Rome,' Rhufebtiaid, ' Romans.' 
 Hence romanach, pi. dat. Romanchaib 3888. 
 
 ruam, ' cemetery,' dat. ruaim 211 1. Also from 
 Roma, as the burial-place óf S. Peter : cf. the 
 Divina Commedia, Par. ix. 140, xxvii. 25. 
 
 S. 
 
 saboit, gen. saboidi 1073, pi, n. sapati. From 
 
 Lat. sabbatum, or rather from its gen. sabhati. 
 
 Cf. coic, Uis from Lat. coqui, lusti. 
 sabull 275, 1 914, 1 916. W. ystafell. From 
 
 Lat. stabulutn. 
 sacarbhaic 643, 1567, sacarbhuic 2347, g^'^* 
 
 sacarbaice 2403. From Lat. sacrificitim. 
 sacart, gen. sacairt 821, pi. gen. sacart 752. 
 
 From Lat. sacerdos. Cf. uasal-sacart 736. 
 saegul, soegul 725, gen, saeguil 4438, soeghuil 
 
 1548. Yxox^\uz!i. saeculum. Hence saeghlach 
 
 946, saeghulla (O. Ir. saegulda) 676, 724. 
 salm 822, pi. dat. salmaibh 3841, acc. salma 
 
 371. Compoimd : sailm-cetlaid 587. W. and 
 
 Br. sahn. From l.'sX. psalmus. 
 saruphyn 1769. From Hebr. seraphim. 
 satharn, gen. sathairrn 612, dat. sathrann 4374. 
 
 W. Sadivrn. From Lat. (dies) Saturni. 
 
THE LANGUAGE OF THE LIVES. 
 
 Ixxxix 
 
 Saxain 2561 = Sachsain 2564. W. Seison or 
 
 Saeson, pi. of Sais=-Saxo, pi. Saxones. ^ence 
 
 Saxanach, pi, dat. Saxanchaib 2563. 
 scairbighi 3258. See infra in the Index of 
 
 Irish words, 
 scoirp, pi, n. scoirpi 3651. From Lat. scorpio. 
 scol, gen. scoile 2647, dat. scoil 1959, i960, 
 
 4136, 4142, 4161. W. ysgol. From Lat. 
 
 schola. Hence : scolaidhecht 4103, scolaighi 
 
 [leg. scolaidhe] 1555. 
 screpul 4470, 4779, screaball 2832, O.W, 
 
 scribl. From Lat. scripuluni. 
 scribadh 3450. From A,S. scrcpan, scrcopan, 
 
 Eng. scrape. 
 
 scribaim, scribh 3543, ro-scribad 2, From Lat, 
 
 scribo. W, ysgrif, * manuscript.' 
 scribenn 2052, pi. n, scribenna 2643, scribhinn, 
 
 3740. O. \x. scribend. \N. ysgri/en. From 
 
 Lat. scribendum. 
 scriptur 671, gen. screptra 182, scriptuire 3701, 
 
 pi. gen. screptra 4606, nom. scripturi, Ml. 3a, 
 
 6. W. yscrythtir. From Lat. scriptura. 
 scrutain, sg. acc. 3313. From Lat. scrutinium. 
 
 The sg. dat. o scrutunt (gl, scrutinio), Palat, 
 
 68, fo. 7b, comes from a different stem, 
 sdair 22. From Low-Lat. storia. 
 eecaim, seacuis 279. W. sychti. From Lat. 
 
 sicco. 
 
 sechtmain, gen. scchtmuine 805, from septi- 
 viana, the christian week of seven days as 
 distinguished from the heathen week of ten 
 days, dechmad. 
 
 secnap 2553, 2557, acc. secnapaid 4539, pi. dat. 
 secndapthib (gl. actoribus) Wb. 19 d, 2. From 
 Lat. secundiis abbas. 
 
 sén 2280, 2284, 2289, acc. pi. sena 2285. From 
 *segn = 'L^i. sigfiufH, the i becoming e owing 
 to the following double consonance. Cf. 
 W. swyn, incantatio, incantamentum, swyn- 
 ogl ( = Lat. signaculum), * an amulet, a 
 charm.' 
 
 senadh 3510, gen. senaid 1261, senuidh 3612. 
 
 W. sencdd. From Lat. synodus. 
 sénaim, sénais in, 400, ro shenastar 947. A 
 
 denominative from sén. 
 senister 288, pi. n. senistri (gl. catarectas), Ml. 
 
 62b, 18. W. ffeftester. From Lat. /encsíra. 
 senóir 217, gen. senórach 3846, 4310, pi. dat. 
 
 senóiribh 1437. From Lat. acc. seniorem as 
 
 preceptóir from praeceptorem, etc. 
 seol 3626. W. hwyl. From Teut, *segla. 
 septimper 3948. From Lat, septeinber. 
 sept-it 805 (ante diem) septimum idus. 
 sex-kalainn 4006 'ante diem) sextum kalendas. 
 sians 25, siens 4607. From Lat. sensus, whence 
 
 also O.Ir. st'S. 
 sida 4574, O. Ir. síía, W. sidan. An ia-sXtm 
 
 formed from Lat. seta, whence also Fr. soie. 
 sigen, acc. sg. sigin 59, 901. From Lat. 
 
 signum. 
 
 siric 4574. W. sirig, ' silk,' From Lat. scrica, 
 
 as síía from seta. 
 sitheal 3129. From Lat. situla, whence also 
 
 Germ, seidel. 
 slechtaim, slechtait 2914, slechtais 381, ro- 
 
 shlecht 3361, 4720, do shlecht 4348, roslecht- 
 
 sat 4693. See Ml. 115a, 3 and 10. From 
 
 La\..fecto. 
 
 slechtain, sg. dat. 2929 = slechtun, Ml. 115c, 3, 
 acc. 1 103, pi. gen. 145. From Lat. 
 tioneni. 
 
 socc 914, soc 915. W. STuch, 'ploughshare, 
 
 snout.' From Lat. soccus. 
 sollumun 323, pi. dat. sollumnaibh 2735. From 
 
 Lat. sollcmne. 
 sorn 2629, sg. gen. in tsuirnn (gl. foci) Ml. 
 
 121C, 14. W.^7í77/. Yxoxii'La'i.fiiriius. 
 spírtálda 3697. From Lat. sph'ihialis. 
 spirut 5, gen. spirta 99. W. yspryd. From Lat. 
 
 spJ7-itiis. 
 
 sponge, ' tinder,' 2973. This word is probably 
 identical with sponge, ' sponge,' W. yspivng, 
 from Lat. spongia. For the connexion of 
 ideas, cf. the German Fetierschwavim. 
 
 sraeighledh 3411. O. Ir. ím^/í?í/, verbal noun 
 of sroiglim a denominative of srogcll (gl, 
 flagrum) Sg. 48b, 3 = \^ .ffrewyll. From Low- 
 Lat. fragillum [d.. (ppayeWiov, N. T.). The 
 diphthong in the modern form seems due to 
 the quiescence of the g/i. 
 
 srian, pi. dat. srianuibh 318. From 'L2X. frcnum. 
 The \\.ff7-7vy)i F. is from the ^X.freiia. 
 
 srol 4574, sroll 3079. From *frol, Corn. Jloiir= 
 Fr, velours. 
 
 Stabulon 19. From Zabulon^ Za^ovXduv. 
 
 suist, V\\ffust F. From hTii. fiisits. 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 T. 
 
 tabhuill, acc. sing, 3704. W. tafelL From 
 Lat. tabella. 
 
 tallann 186, dat. pi. taillnibh 737, acc. pi. tallne 
 4594, taillne 4629. W. talent. From Lat. 
 talenttwi. 
 
 teampul 1696. W. teml. From Lat. templum. 
 
 teirt 3878. From Lat. teriia (hora). This is 
 tert in an Old-Irish gloss in a Vatican MS. 
 (Palat. 68, fo, 37 b) : ' Septies in die laudem 
 dixi tibi .1. antert, tert, sesi, noon, fescer^ mid- 
 noct, maten, quod conuenit, quia septies in die 
 cadit iustus.' 
 
 teirt-kallaind 4633 (ante diem) iertium Ka- 
 kndas. 
 
 teistemain 4150, acc. 4147. W.testun. From 
 
 Lat. testimonuim. 
 teóir 1018. From Lat. theoria. 
 termann 4688. From Lat. termo, termonis (?), 
 
 as W. terfyn, from Lat. terminus. 
 test 4284. W. tyst. From Lat. testis. Hence 
 
 testugud 217. 
 tiach, tiagh, sg. dat. teigh 2771, pi. n. tiagha 968, 
 
 gen. tiagh 970. From Lat. theca {6T]Kr)), 
 
 whence also W. twy^ amictus. 
 tigri 3650, pi. oi^tigir. W. tiger. From Lat. 
 
 tigris. 
 
 Tit 41. From Lat. Titus. 
 
 Toirinis 2488. From Turonensis. 
 
 tracht 1896, 1946, 2334, 3745, pi. acc. trachtu, 
 
 Ml. 12 la, 17. W.traeth. From Lat. /raí/wj-. 
 trachtaire 3325, a deriv. of trachtaim, borrowed 
 
 from Lat. tracto, whence also W. traethu. 
 
 treblait, pi. dat. treabhlaitibh 687, 690, acc. 
 
 treablaide 692. From Lat. tribulatio. 
 trinoit, gen. 3910 (naem)-trinaidi 649. O. Ir. 
 
 tríndóit. O.W. trintaut, now trindod. From 
 
 Lat. trinitdtem. 
 trosdan 2446, dimin. of trost = W. trawst(r), 
 
 from Lat. transtrum. 
 
 U. 
 
 uinge, acc. uingi 2621. W. 7vns. From Lat. 
 ujtcia. 
 
 TJis 4032 4042, 4046, like the adj. uis .1. coir, 
 Leb. Lec. Voc. is from the Latin gen. sg. of 
 Justus 4019. So in the Togail Troi the names 
 Alaxandir, Cdic, Neptúin, Oirc, Patrocail and 
 Satuirn are respectively from the genitives sg. 
 of Alexander, Cacus, Neptunus, Orcus, Patro- 
 clus, and Satwnus. 
 
 umhal 1695, gen. sg. umhail 2481, go-humul 
 4049 ; compar. umla 1089. W. ufyll or tifell. 
 From Lat. humilis. Hence umhla ' humility,' 
 2453, 4487- 
 
 umhalóit 1342, umhulóit 11 77, umaldóit, in 
 anumaldoit 404, sg. gen. umaloite 4244, dat. 
 umhaloit 1436, acc. 1531, 2564, 4045; an-u. 
 1386, 4401, gen. anumaloidi 4244. W. ufelltod, 
 ufylltod. Corn, huueldot. From Lat. acc. 
 humilitdtem. 
 
 V. 
 
 Vespesan 41. From Lat. Vespasianus. In 
 Uespiain infra, p. 293, from the gen. sg. Ves- 
 pasiani (v. supra, s. v. Uis), the vowel-flanked 
 s disappears. 
 
THE CONTENTS OF THE LIVES. 
 
 XCl 
 
 III. The Contents of the Lives. 
 
 We have, lastly, to consider the contents of these Lives, so far as they 
 throw light on the history and social condition of ancient Ireland. As to 
 the value of Lives of Saints for political and social history, all that has ever 
 been said — one may almost say, all that can be said — has been summed 
 up by the late M. Fustel de Coulanges^, in words of rare precision and 
 beauty. He refers, of course, primarily to the biographies of the Saints of 
 France and Britanny ; but many of his remarks are equally applicable to 
 the Lives now published. 
 
 Les Vies des Saints sent aussi de rhistoire. II s'est produit un grand nombre de 
 saints en Gaule pendant les deux siécles qui nous occupent. A cette epoque, les 
 régles de la canonisation n'étaient pas bien déterminées ; le diocese canonisait 
 volontiers son évéque, le couvent son abbé. On avait grand soin d'écrire la biogra- 
 phic de chaque saint. II est bien certain que ces biographies n'étaient pas rédigées ^ 
 en vue de faire ceuvre historique. Dire qu'elles l'étaient pour Tddiiication des íidéles cO>„jÍ^ ' 
 
 n'est pas tout h. fait exact. Elles I'ctaient plutot en vue de ddmontrer la sainteté . / / 
 
 du personnage et de faire ressortir sa valcur comme saint, dans l'intérét de 
 l'église ou du couvent qui le prenait pour patron. La biographie était comme 
 la légende explicative des reliques que le couvent possédait et qui faisaient sa , J 
 fortune^. Aussi cette biographie s'allongeait-elle de tous les miracles que le saint 
 avait faits pendant sa vie, et de tous ceux qu'il produisait aprbs sa mort. Ces Vies 
 de Saints que chaque église conservait comme des titres de propriété, nous sont 
 parvenues en grand nombre. II est regrettable qu'elles n'aient pas encore été, sauf 
 de rares exceptions, étudiées au point de vue de la critique du texte et de I'authenti- 
 cité. On pent dire d'une maniere générale que la Vie de chaque saint a été écrite par 
 un de ses disciples ou un homme qui I'a connu, ou tout au moins sur les témoignages 
 d'hommes qui avaient été ses familiers, mais que ce n'est presque jamais cette rédaction - . 
 
 primitive qui nous est parvenue. Comme la biographie du personnage était lue de ^ ^ Cw 
 
 siecle en siecle, chaque si^cle aussi la recopiait en y faisant des remaniements et des 
 additions. Les redactions faites avant les invasions des Normans et I'incendie des 
 monast^res ont toujours quelque valeur, parce que le rédacteur a eu sous les yeux le 
 texte primidf. Mais encore est-il fort difficile de discerner dans une Vie de saint ce »jy^^Li-^Js>M 
 qui appartient a ce premier texte de ce qui y a été ajouté cent ou deux cents ans Ct^^ 
 plus tard. \jSjX^ j^, 
 
 ^ Histoire des Institutions Politiques de I'ancienne France, La Monarquie Franque. Paris, 1888, ^ " \\f^**^ 
 
 pp. 9-12. . \ .V 
 
 2 See infra, in the Life of Ciarán, 11. 4477-4481. ^ rv*-^^ 
 
xcii 
 
 PREFACE, 
 
 C'est ce qui fait que I'emploi de cette catégorie de documents demande une certaine 
 prudence. Mais, a cela pies, ils ont une tres grande valeur. Quoique I'hagiographe 
 n'ait songé qu'á faire un panégyrique, il n'en est pas moins vrai qu'il a décrit toute la 
 vie d'un homme, et par la réunion de ces biographies nous voyons avec une grande 
 súreté ce qu'était la vie des hommes. Soyons certains que I'auteur n'a pas pu tout 
 inventer ; s'il a ajouté quelques vertus a son personnage, il n'a pas imaginé les petits 
 details de sa vie ; il a dépeint des habitudes et des moeurs qui étaint vraies. Dans 
 chaque miracle qu'il raconte, ce qui nous interesse n'est pas le miracle, ce sont les 
 détails qui Tentourent, c'est I'homme pour qui le miracle a été fait, c'est la physio- 
 nomie de cet homme, son état civil, sa condition sociale, sa conduite. 
 jj Ce qu'il y a surtout de remarquable chez les saints du sixiéme et du septieme siecle, 
 jp'est qu'ils n'étaient pas des solitaires. lis n'ont pas vécu en reclus et loin du monde. 
 lis furent, au contraire, sauf quelques exceptions, fort mélés a la vie du monde On 
 peut compter que plus de la moitié de ces saints sortaient des plus grandes families ^ 
 ont été élevés á la cour des rois, et ont exercés des fonctions civiles. Beaucoup ont 
 été comtes avant d'etre évéques. II en est meme plusieurs qui, en devenant évéques, 
 n'ont pas cessé d'etre assidus au palais des rois. Plusieurs se signalerent comme 
 administrateurs et hommes d'État. Ainsi une vie de saint n'est pas du tout la vie 
 d'un moine ; c'est presque toujours la vie d'un homme qui s'est occupé des affaires 
 publiques et a été en relations incessantes avec les rois et les grands de la terre. 
 
 On voit par la combien la biographic de tels personnages fournit des lumieres sur 
 les institutions du pays. Qu'il s'y trouve souvent des erreurs de date, des transposi- 
 tions des noms propres, que nombre de faits y soient altérés par les idees precon9ues 
 de I'hagiographe, cela importe assez peu. Ce qu'il y faut chercher, ce sont les 
 habitudes, les faits généraux et permanents, et I'hagiographe n'avait aucun intérét 
 a les altérer. II peut inventer un miracle, il n'en invente pas les circonstances. Je 
 puis douter, par exemple, que Saint Amand eut opéré un miracle pour sauver du 
 supplice un condamné á mort ; mais je suis assuré par ce récit qu'une condamnation 
 a mort a été prononcée, et je crois a la procédure qui y est décrite. L'auteur était 
 tenu d'etre exact sur ces points la ; autrement ses contemporains n'auraient pas cru 
 a son miracle. C'est ainsi que les Vies des saints nous instruisent sur les moeurs des 
 hommes, sur le courant de le vie du temps, sur les pratiques judiciaires, sur I'adminis- 
 tration meme et le gouvernement. 
 
 As to the political history of Ireland, nothing, I think, can be found in 
 these Lives which is not already known from older and better sources. A 
 
 ^ See especially the Lives of Colombcille and Finnchua. 
 ^ See the Life of Colombcille, 11. 748-750. 
 
THE CONTENTS OF THE LIVES. 
 
 xciii 
 
 similar remark may be made as to the personal history of the nine Saints 
 commemorated in this book. Their pedigrees and the credible incidents 
 of their careers are given elsewhere, and in more trustworthy manuscripts, 
 such as the Book of Leinster and the Lebar Brecc. But the Book of 
 Lismore relates many miracles which, so far as I know, are not to be found 
 elsewhere ; and les details qui cntottrcnt ccs miracles (to use, with slight 
 change, an expression of M. Fustel de Coulanges) are doubtless authentic, 
 and therefore of value for the student of the social condition of the ancient 
 Irish, and of their religious tenets and practices. 
 
 In mentioning the instances in which the Lismore Lives, and the Irish 
 quotations in the Preface and Notes, throw light on these matters, I shall 
 follow the arrangement adopted in Part V of the Introduction to the Rolls 
 edition of the Tripartite Life of S. Patrick, namely : — 
 
 A. External 
 Nature. 
 
 i. Animals. 
 
 ii. Plants and trees. 
 
 iii. Minerals. 
 
 iv. Other things in external nature. 
 
 B. Man. 
 
 i. The Individual. 
 
 His bodily needs and the 
 means of supplying ^ 
 them. 
 
 a. Food and drink. 
 
 Fuel, clothing, shelter and 
 
 furniture. 
 c. Carriage by land and by 
 
 water. 
 (/. Healing. 
 e. Burial. 
 
 ii. The Family. 
 
 iii. The State. 
 
 ^2. His spiritual needs. 
 
 1. Sexual relations. 
 
 2. Parent and child. 
 
 3. Fosterer and fosterling. 
 
 4. Master and servant. 
 
 5. Host and guest. 
 
 1. Civil. 
 
 2. Legal. 
 
 1 3. Military, 
 4. Ecclesiastical. 
 
 i a. Amusement. 
 ^ b. Literature. 
 c. Science. 
 Art. 
 
 Religion and superstition. 
 
 ÍÍ 
 
 A. External Nature. 
 i. Animals. 
 
 Mammals. — First in importance and frequency of mention is the cow {bó, acc. 
 boinX. 2701), of which a precious kind was 'white, red-eared' {fi7id, au-derg, p. 314). 
 
xciv 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 Its male, the bull, is tarbh — Gaulish tarvos, and probably also Lat. iaurus, and Gr. 
 ravpoi. When a cow has calved it is called loilgech 3350, and its calf is lóig, laegh 
 1276, 2700, 3270, or hobán. A milch-cow is bó-hlicht 3394. An ox is dam 1495, 
 1941; a beef, mart 1055, 1058; 'cattle' is cethre (properly, 'quadrupeds') 633; a 
 'herd ' is búar 2897 or indile A ' drove' is táin, pi. táinte. 
 
 The sheep is caera 1554, corruptly, cúra 1473, 2321, cauru p. 328, or 6i, corruptly 
 ae (in ae-ghaire 2899) = ovis, ois ; the wether, moU 484, 1674, 2916, and its diminutive 
 moltán : the lamb, uan 871, 1123, 3270. A flock is trét 1674. 
 
 The pig, mucc 153, 205, 3219, is = W. moch ; ore (corruptly, arc 3270) is = the 
 Lat. porcus ; orcán, 'pigling,' 412 ; tore, 'boar,' 189, 412, 3204. A herd of swine is 
 tre't 1246. 
 
 The he-goat is boe, pi. n. bme 388, 391, spelt poe 1634. 
 
 'Horse' is ech 560, cognate with equus and Ittttos. The ech allmarda, 'foreign 
 horse,' 3128, seems to have been better than the native breed. Gearrdn (properly, 
 'gelding.?') is used for a work-horse or hack, 1080. 
 
 The general name for dog is eú, gen. con, acc. coin 276. Special breeds are 
 gadhur, ' mastiff,' 3655, and milchu, 'greyhound,' 2822, 4054. 
 
 The cat is cat 3654, 4081, whence the diminutive caitin viii. The 'sea-cat,' 
 murchat, 3745, 3793, seems = the French chat de mer, un des noms vulgaires de la 
 chimere monstrueuse, poisson chondroptérygien, qui est la chimere arctique de certains 
 auteurs, Littré, s. v. 
 
 Wild animals are the stag {ag allaid 4138, 4715, dam allaid 4136, or oss allaid 
 4341, where the adj. allaid, 'wild,' is added to the name of a bovine animal {oss, gen. 
 oiss 4448, cogn. with Skr. ukshan-, Goth, auhsa), in t-agh 4342, óe~dam 633. For 
 ' deer' the word is fiad 4710, 4713- 
 
 The name of 'wolf {cu allaid, 93, 4082, lit. wild hound, pi. coin allta 4428) is, 
 like those of stag, formed with the aid of the adj. allaid. Older Irish names for this 
 animal are breeh = Skr. vrka, and fael = Arm. gail. 
 
 The fox, sinnach 1655, 1657, 4044; the mouse, lueh, pi. lochait 3744; the otter, 
 dobar-cM xvii; the seal, rón 1640, 4829 ; the onehu, 'leopard'? 3749. The whale, 
 mil mor 3609, or bleidmil 3595. Loanwords are ^z^ízí^íí// = bubalus 3128, draeuin 
 3650, leo 348, 592, or leoman 3649, and tigir, pi. tigri 3650. 
 
 Birds {ethaite 799, eoin 1699, enluilhe 2515, and perhaps ethra 2227) are the eagle, 
 ilar xli; hawk, sebae 2595, 3651 ; swan, geis ; crane, corr 4183; dove, colum 593, 
 1699, 3877 ; gull, /ailenn 3877 ; Ion, 'ousel,' xli. The gribk 3651 (borrowed from 
 gryphus ?) is some kind of bird with talons. 
 
 The only fish {iasc^ here mentioned is the salmon, braddn viii, xli, 4829. 
 
 Other animals are loiseinn, 'toads,' 1071; dael, ' stagbeetle,' 2962, 3652, crebar 
 
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 ' leech/ 3652, cuil, ' fly,' 3652 ; cruim, ' worm/ 2727 ; nathair or nai'thir, ' water-snake/ 
 = natrix, 593, 1033, 107 1 ; and the loanwords beist 1729, 1737, and scoirp. 
 
 Names for parts of animals (some of which are common to human beings) are 
 cenn, 'head/ 1630, adarc, 'horn/ 97, 1495, congna, 'antler/ 4137, seiche, 'hide/ 41 18, 
 olann, 'wool/ 1092, eiiie, 'wing/ 3898, chhn, 'feathers/ 3877, airrter, 'mane/ 2217, 
 eithre, 'tail/ 2223, midbolg, 'belly/ 2223, craes, 'gullet/ 2229, 2230 (for which drant 
 is found in B.), inathar, 'entrails/ 2229, guaire, 'hair/ 2212, 3798, garb-driiich, 
 'bristles/ 2212, cos, 'foot/ 2220, 4358, fiaadl, 'teeth/ 93, ingne, 'nails/ 2224, aisli, 
 'joints/ p. 313, cnáma, 'bones/ 1061, /eoil, 'flesh/ 1063, laarg, gen. lairge, 'fork/ 
 2080, cara, 'haunch/ 20^2, fornma, 'shoulder/ 3604, druim, 'back/ 3609, gob, 
 ' snout/ 3652. 
 
 ii. Plants and Trees. 
 
 For 'herb' we have hdb, pi. Im'bi 3734, the collective losail 416, and the loanword 
 ciann=p\2Lnta,, pi. dat. clannaib 590, grass, /"/r, gQr\. /eoir 562. A herb-garden is 
 lubgor i 590, 1885. Grain is grán 897, 4323, a single gmin, gramde xxix, wheat, 
 cruiihnechi viii, 4165, gen. cruithncchta 2735, 4183, oats, corca, coirci 1506, 4163, 
 4168, barley, eorna, 897, 2734, corn, arbha 1091, 1974, 4161, arbhur 415, 1974, 
 3167, 3169, tih i860. The fruits here mentioned are apples, ubla 919, 1224, and 
 sloes, ai-fii p. 326, the nut, cnS 754, and the blackberry, S7)ie'r 1891. Other plants 
 are cress, btlar, gen. bilai'r 4788, dulse, dii^esc 2331, brogaire 4585, acorns, mes xxvi, 
 nettles, nenaid, gen. ncnta, p. 302, 1. ^,/achon 4583, luachair, 'rush,' gen. luachra, 
 P- 330, glaisin, 'woad,' 4066, p. 356, Un, 'flax,' 1092, 4493, seminar, 'clover/ 
 whence the adj. semrach 977, dris, ' bramble,' gen. sg. drcsa 2607, and cúnnach, ' moss.' 
 Parts of plants are stl, 'seed,' pi. sila 3734, yVm, 'root,' acc. \>\. /r/mha 1012 
 ruaissne, ' pod of flax/ xxix, and bláíh, ' flower,' xxvi. 
 
 As to trees, the generic name is crann 1889, pi. acc. crojina 1428 ; a sacred tree is 
 bile 2387; a wood is caill 826, 2552, or fid xxvi, a brake, viuiiie 1892, 2609. 
 The kinds of trees mentioned are the oak, dair 940, whence doire, 'oakwood,' 
 p. 305; apple, aball 2585, mountain-ash, caerthann 1887, elm, km 2678, hazel, coll, 
 gen. ciiill 2381, 2387, yew, iuhar xli, 3531, willow, sail, soilech, gen. pi. 577, thorn, see', 
 acc. sceich 2485, zxiá^\x\^, finemain 591, 1699, gen./i77e??ina 2469. Parts of trees are 
 branch, geg=W. cainc 2585, or ge'sca 590, 2469, or craeb 1748, bark, r/^jr 943, leaf, 
 duille 1888, leafage, duillebar 4809, blossom, 1748, 1888, fruit, torad 2586, top, 
 
 3í2rr crainn 2515. Collectives Tuxefidach, 'copse,' 895, and coelach,' \\2ííÚq^,' 893. 
 The words for rod, flesc 2401, and pole, cuaille 2385 may here be noted. 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 iii. Minerals. 
 
 The metals mentioned in this book are the loanword or, 'gold/ xxxiv, with the 
 standing epithet derg, 'red/ 2982, hruth 6ir 189, tallann Sir 186: argat, arcat, 
 * silver/ 872, xxxiv, iarann, * iron/ 2932, umha, ' copper/ 195, and findruine 317, which 
 seems to have been a white bronze. Other minerals are salt, salann 161 4, 2410, and 
 coa], gual S']'j6, stone, c/ock 51, flagstone, lecc 49. A precious stone is h'a (or kcc) 
 Ibgmar 31, 38. 
 
 iv. Other things in External Nature. 
 
 Such objects are the world, hith 12, or domun 33, the elements duH 6^"], land, tir 
 1834, the ground, talam 2097, gen. talman 2 11 5, water, uisce 2183 : the sea, muir, 
 gen. mara i486, 1704, 1761, or fairge, fairrce 2226, the ocean, bochna. Here the 
 loanwords oician (oceanus) 1830, and diliu 3329 (diluvium) may also be mentioned. 
 Connected with the sea are the words for estuary, inbher 247, wave, tonn 1948, brink, 
 hru 97I5 strand, traigh 2406, or tracht 1945, 1946, 2334, sand, gainem 1761, and 
 inlet, gabul mara i486. Heaven is nem 2097, air, aer 2081, sun, ^n'ízw 1700, ésca 
 'moon,' 854, star, rétla 4631, or rinn 1700, pi. renna 1761, light, soillse 4, splendour, 
 ruthen 28, shadow, scáth 1468, foscad 5, darkness, dorcha 22, dorchatu 27, thunder, 
 torann p. 305, toirnech 2294, lightning, /^/z^ gelain p. 305, or saignen 2295, mist, f^i> 
 2301, 3329, ci'abor, 3367, and i// 33 29, snow, snechta 3338, wind,^iz^/^ 2079, cloud, 
 2459, mountain, «t/ííz^ 1831, 2562, hill, 1828, or í-;zí?í: 3108, summit, mullach 1829, 
 
 peak, <5í;z« 536, plain, mag 977, valley, ^/^;/;^ 2583, slope,/^?;^ 542, ridge, druimm 539, 
 cliif, iz//, gen. a?'//^ 2164, or alt 4834, rock, carrac 2169, stone, í-Zipír^ 2261, well, 
 topar 2183, or /z/^riz, gen. iiprat 2385, lake, /(9ir^, river, abann 861, 1494, or sruth 
 1816, flood, or lia 861, cataract, m 895, island, inis, or zWí/ 2256, 2257 or ailen 
 505, fire, tene 162, flame, /ízj^azr 31, or breo 413, spark, 6/(5^// 413. 
 
 B. Man. 
 
 Here we shall first collect the words relating to the Individual, his bodily and 
 spiritual needs : secondly, those relating to the Family ; and, thirdly, those relating to 
 the State in its civil, legal, military, and ecclesiastical aspects. 
 
 i. The Individual. 
 
 The human being is called duine 825, 1458, pi. doini, man fer or ferscal, woman, 
 ben, gen. pi. ban 1804, or banscal 2160, boy, mac or macán 340, girl, ingen, infant, nóidiu^ 
 gen. nuidin 59, child, leanbh i^^i=leanamh 1814, lad, gilla 67, an elder, sent)ir 283, 
 
THE CONTENTS OF THE LIVES. 
 
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 1437, 3018, or sinnser 752, sennser 2950. The human foetus is geÍ7i 2520, 2820 or 
 coimpert 2517. 
 
 The components of the human body {corp 1696) mentioned in this book are bone, 
 cnám 3148, 3792, flesh, y^^//, and blood,/z/z7, gen./ola 1389. The breath is anal 1398, 
 the voice, guth 1808, the skin, cnes 1092, croiccenn 1628, or lethar 3792 : a Hmb or 
 member is ball—<^(iiCk6^, pi. acc. luUa 4852. Special parts of the body are the head, 
 cenn 2980, crown, mullach (from '^muId=K.^. ?)iulde, Skr. imu'dhaii)^ 1629, 3152, or 
 baithis 944, hair, 3407, or pudrall 4568, the eye, ri?jr 1072, 2627, pi. ruisc 
 
 1671, or súil 1335, 3044, the ear, clúas, p. 304, cheek, grúaid 4186, face, agatd 
 or ízz^^í/ 757,^«^^>5- 3408, i/r^-iT/^ 174 or 60, the nose, jtí?// 1410, mouth, bel 4891, 
 
 pi. n. beóil 2805, or ^zVz 8, tooth, fiacal 2607, 3188, or déí 2973, the tongue, tenga 
 4891, throat, <^r^^^ 2312, gullet, cráes 1410, shoulder, 3680, or giiala 2860, 
 
 back, wz/zw 1467, 2572, or ai'ss, p. 307, side, íóeb 1763, rib, asna 2723, 2727, f^;?^^' 
 2723, breast, iichi 2907, 2910, gen. ochia 3337, or brtn'inie 1035, pap, rff/z 3012, 
 3680, pi. cicJie 3337, armpit, ochsal, dat. ochsail 4308, heart, rnVA' 1697, 4897, belly, /(7rr, 
 p. 329, womb, Z'rí/, dat. brouin 1168, 2805, bowels, inathar 800, hand, /íz'/;/ 1763, 
 or doit 2974, or «rrcM 1049, palm, bas 2172, 4651, or dcnia, dat. acc. dernainn 
 1339, 4151, the hollow of the hand, ^/c?r 59, p. 344, fist, darn 4269, pi. didrji 1278, 
 finger, viér, i337> 4421, gen. vieoir 4421, middle finger, mér mcdón 3682, thumb, 
 í?rí/tí: 4419, forearm, rig^ pi. righthe 2974, knee, ^/«;/, pi. dat. glúinib 2860, foot, 
 826, 1279, or traig 462, heel, sal 1948, and sole, Z'í?;/» 944, 1629, 2186. 
 
 The soul is anam 720, 1109, or ainivi 1766, the mind inenma 714, 1697, the 
 understanding ciall=^\W . pwyll. 
 
 I. Bodily Needs. 
 
 Man's bodily needs are food and drink; fuel, clothing, shelter and furniture; 
 carriage ; healing ; and, lastly, burial, or some other mode of disposing of his dead 
 fellow-creatures. Of these in their order. 
 
 a. Food and Drixk. 
 Generic words for 'food' are biad=^inTos, 314, fuara 4193, lÓ7i 3598, at'rer 2519, 
 and esat'r 1061. As flesh-foods we find beef, ??iarl 1055, veal, laeg/i 2700, da??i co 
 iinne xliii, 'an ox with a flitch,' mucc úr^ 'fresh pork,' 205, saill, 'bacon,' 4179, gen. 
 saille 1255, 1253, aisli sen-sailli, 'a joint of old bacon,' p. 313, violi, 'a wether,' 
 491, chtira, 'a sheep,' 1473, 'a hegoat,' 390, 1635. Salt meat (biad saillte 314^ 
 or goirt-biad) is often mentioned. The seal, rdn, 1640, appears to have been 
 eaten in Ireland, as it was till lately in Harris \ So was fish {lasc 273), and 
 especially salmon {bratan viii, 2736, 4829). Products of the milk of kine and 
 
 ^ See Reeves' Columba, p. 78, note g. 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 sheep were butter, imni, gen. ime 1268, curd, gruth 129, 4075 faiscre grotha, 'curd- 
 cheese,' 393, 484, and tanag 484, a hii,rd cheese made in a mould as distinguished 
 from mulchán, cheese-curds pressed, but not in a mould. Honey {mil) was also 
 eaten, see 206, 4029. Of vegetable foods we find arán, bread, loaf, 3599, wheaten 
 bread, arán cruiihnechta 2735, barley-bread, arán eorna 2734, hair gen, a cake, viii, 
 viin, meal, 4183, nuts 754, cnoi, apples, uhla 918, 1424, sloes, airni, cress, hilar, 
 dulse, duilesc, blackberries, smera, acorns, mes, and nettles, nenaid, and the pottage 
 called hraissech, gen. hraisce, p. 302, 1. 18. A 'relish' was inmar, Mart. Don. 164, 
 whence the adjective inmarra (for in7Jiardai), 2519. 
 
 The generic word for drink is deog 2734, gen. dige 1935. The drinks mentioned 
 are water, uisce 2734, milk, as 1687, milk-and-water, englas 2701, the milk of kine 
 and ewes, hlicht xxxviii, i860, p. 328, 1. '^ijejnlacht 117, 1199, 1201, i'^6g = lemnachl 
 1370 and p. 332, loimm 87, 1661 and p. 332. Intoxicating liquors were ale, coirmm 
 239, 1239, 1241, 2736, and linn 1378, 1718, 1932, mead, mid 1676, 2736, 4196, and 
 wine, yX;?, gQX\./ina 316. The malt used in making ale was called hraich, gen. 
 hracha 1357, 2921, the old form of which was mraich, cognate probably with the 
 Gaulish hrace, a kind of white grain, Pliny, H. N. xviii. 7, ' unde fit cervisia,' gloss cited 
 by Ducange, s.v. 
 
 The following words and expressions relate to the procuring and production of 
 these foods and drinks: huachail, ^ cov^htxá' ^O'^^^muccaid, 'swineherd,' 275, oegaire, 
 'shepherd,' ingaire, 'herding,' 86, 1673, i960, 4038, hlegon, 'milking,' 114, togartach, 
 'dairyman,' p. 321, iascach, 'fishing,' and iascaire, 'fisherman,' 247, who used a lin, 
 'net,' 685, mur-gai, ' harpoon,' 1643, ron-gai, ' seal-spear,' 1641. Agricultural terms 
 are — trehad, 'cultivation,' 3167, achad, 'field,' 2557, 2^'j2, gorl=xópTos, 4^2 ^./ergor/, 
 ' meadow,' 2846, luhgort, 'garden,' 590, airhe^ 'fence,' 4109, /íí/, ' hedge,' 4847, airem, 
 'ploughman,' 1064, 1505, ifnmaire, 'ridge,' 517, 1733, etrige, 'furrow,' 1504, arathar, 
 * plough,' 1502, socc, 'ploughshare,' 334, 914, ag cur sil, 'sowing,' 4322, rosilad an 
 gort, 'the field was sown,' 4325, siltoir, 'sower,' 1505, huain, 'reaping,' 4221, methel, 
 methel huana, ' a party of reapers,' 1063, 4220, corrán, ' sickle,' 2932, suisl, ' flail,' 3653, 
 sorn na átha 2629, 'the oven of the kiln' (in which the grain was dried), ac ttrad 
 isin áiíh, 'drying in the kiln,' 4297, hró, 'quern,' 850, do hleith hron, i^i^, = hr6 
 do hleith, 'to grind,' 4098, oc hleith arha 1974, hleithech 1980, 1982, inuilenn, 'mill,' 
 linn in muilinji, ' millpool,' 913, meilt, ' grinding,' 4191, muilleoir, 'miller,' 1981, 1999, 
 maistred, 'churning,' 1269, 1282. With the exceptions of socc, suist, sorn, muilenn 
 and muilleoir, all these words are native. Words connected with the preparation of 
 food and drink are — coic, 'cook,' 752, ag hrtiith, 'cooking,' 10^^, fonaithe, 'cooked,' 
 2736, cucnecht, ' kitchening,' p. 320, herhad, 'boiling,' 12^1, /ulacht^' di cooking-place,' 
 coirm do denam, 'to brew ale,' 1356. 
 
THE CONTENTS OF THE LIVES, 
 
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 b. Fuel, Clothing, Shelter, and Furniture. 
 Fuel. 
 
 The term for this is C07i72iith viii, gen. sg. brosna connaidh 80, brosna coniiaidh 
 crin 82, where brosna (cognate with frtis/twi) is=the O. Irish brosne in the 
 gloss brosne crin (gl. gremium, i.e. cremium), Palat. 68, fo. 28b. Coal is not here 
 mentioned as a fuel. See 3776. 
 
 Clothing. 
 
 Generic words are elach 862, 991, llachl 1752, erradh 3152, and bert 16 10. The 
 mantle is brat 793, 4273, sometimes 'purple and five-folded,' corcra cdicdiabhail 
 xxxiv. The hair on it was brothairne 991, 2911, or finna 291 1. The shirt is léne 
 xxix, 1040. It was generally made either of flax ijin) or of wool {olann). Hence one 
 of a saint's austerities is to put neither flax (hnen) nor wool against his skin, 1092, 
 4493. Cilice 1753, borrowed from ciliciuni, 'cloth made of goat's hair,' was his 
 only wear. Sida, 'silk,' (from seta, the Fr. sole), siric = ^ serge' (from sericum\ and 
 sról, * satin ' (from "^fról, '^flór, velours) will be worn by the wicked elders at the end 
 of the world, 4574. A linen casal=casula vestis cucullata, is mentioned in 4306, 
 4308. The brooch was delg or casair^. The girdle was criss 885. 'Shoe' was 
 asa, p. 313, 1. 5 (cognate with the Hesychian 7rá| and the Latin loanword baxea)^ 
 or cuaran 943. 'Sandal' was iall-acrafin 1090, lit. 'thong-shoe/ where acrann is = 
 W. archen. Obscure words which seem to mean kinds of head-gear, are cannadas 
 1 2 13, and clupait^ p. 310. The bréid ciartha, a waxed cloth worn by Columba over 
 his eyes, p. 310, may here be mentioned. 
 
 The only word directly connected with the production of clothing is garmain, 
 'weaver's beam,' p. 33o=W. car/an gweydd. But we may here refer to the allusions 
 to sheepwashing in 2921, to tanning in 940, and to dyeing cloth in 4063-4081. 
 
 Shelter. 
 
 Generic words for house, dwelling, residence, &c. are tech—TÍyo% 219, tegduis 221, 
 adba 3134, áras 1815, or árus 2985, and viennat 3156, 3275. Les, 'a court' ( = 
 W. Ilys) 318. Special kinds of houses are both^ 'booth,' xHii, acc. boith 847, pi. n. 
 botha 860, and its diminutive boi thine xi, bruiden, ' hostel,' xliii, cro^ 'hut,' pp. 310, 313, 
 cuile, 'storehouse,' 1282, 1446, and p. 321, cuchtair, ' kitchen,' 4425, ithla, 'granary,' 
 1429, muccdl, ' pigsty,' p. 224, note. Loanwords are pupall, ' tent,' ' pavilion,' 1326, and 
 saball, ' barn,' 1916,1918, 1919. Caves are mentioned only as places of penance, p. 2 50. 
 
 Parts of the house are the door, dorus, pi. dorais xliii, which had sometimes an iron 
 lock, glais iarftaide p. 315, the ^\2i\\,/raig^ á-dX.froigid 198, the hearth, /^//(ízc/í, p. 314, 
 
 ^ In 3972 I have assumed that casair is from Old Fr. casure, 'chasuble.' 
 
 n 2 
 
c PREFACE, 
 
 pi. tellaige xliii, the threshold, tairrsech xi. There is no native word for ' window/ 
 senistir 288 being borrowed from \u2X. fenestra, and fuindeog from A.S. windeáge. 
 
 Lias^ a hut for calves or lambs 1907, occurs in connexion with macha (acc. p. 
 machadha 1907, but machanna, Laud 610, fo. i a), which I have rendered 'farm-yard' 
 on the authority of O'Donovan. 
 
 Furniture. 
 
 A generic term is fotntreb, ' small gear/ 72. ' Bed' is kbatd 4230, or to/g, p. 307. 
 Pillow, adart xii or frithadart 2739. Feathers iclúm from plumd) were sometimes 
 used, but ít/^/;?, like <:í?/<r^Zí/=culcita 2738, 4575 is a loanword. The word for 'chair' 
 (catháir, p. 302, W. cadai'r = CiLthedra) was also borrowed. 'Caldron' is cot're or 
 í-íízV^ XXXV, xliii, and it was sometimes made of copper {cat're umai 195, coire uma 
 569, coire zimaide 3797). Another cooking-vessel was aigen 4275, p. 302. The spit 
 was bir, p. 404, col. 2 : the quern, bro, acc. broin 850. A generic term for 'vessel' is 
 lesiar 1358, 1686 = W. llestr. Vessels used for holding liquids are the dabach 16 15, 
 P- 313? which had hoops, cercalla 2824 : the dromlach, dronglach 1514, 1515, lothar 
 1359, telchoma 4408, ian 2952, corn 2982, 3128, and crannoc p. 307. The sithal, 
 sometimes made of silver, 3129, seems a loanword. For holding solids we have the 
 bag or sack, bolg, pi. builc 4191; the basket, cliab 2401, 4833, ruse 1277, 1424, 
 rinde 2402 ; and the sieve, criaihar 1357, cognate with Lat. cribrum. 
 
 The word for 'candle,' caindeal 505, is borrowed; but le'spaire 342 (gen. le'sboiri^ 
 Wb. 25 a 3) and lochrann 1768 are native. 
 
 Miscellaneous articles are the ladder, arad xii, 954, m2t\\Qi, /archa 3653, chain, 
 slabrad xii, cord, ///, dual dd théit 4833 ; collar, muince xii, and tie, nasc 1908. The 
 exact meaning oi comnacal 1899, i905) 1908 has not been ascertained. 
 
 c. Carriage by Land and by Water. 
 
 The most primaeval mode of carriage by land, namely, on a human being's back, 
 is exempHfied in 107, where S. Patrick's foster-father carries him home, in 1467, 
 where a man carries his consumptive mother to S. Brigit to be healed, in 2570, where 
 Muredach carries S. Findian over three fields, and in 4367, where S. Cíarán's bearer 
 {^fer imchuir) is mentioned. S. Patrick employed his champion MacCairthenn for a 
 similar purpose, Trip. Life, 174. But the usual mode of travelling was in the wheeled 
 vehicle called carpat 261, 1807, drawn by a pair of horses, 4476. The carpat had 
 a chief seat, primsuide 427, and two hind-shafts, /ít/íz/j- 3495. The chariot-builder 
 is mentioned, 1. 3947. I have rendered the plural ialla, 341 1, by ' reins,' but perhaps 
 it here means 'traces/ or perhaps 'scourge'; cf. Lat. lor a, i. reins, 2. whip, lash, 
 scourge. The driver was called cairpthech 2281, or aru, ara 425, 427, pi. araid 2858 ; 
 and his function araidecht 426. 
 
THE CONTENTS OF THE LIVES. 
 
 CÍ 
 
 Names for various kinds of roads and paths are sét 261 =W. hynt^ slige 397, conair 
 1 1 19, and raen in the compound cethur-raen 634. 
 
 Riding is less often referred to. 'Horseman' is marcach, p. 315, 1. 3, whence 
 marcachus 3154, 'horsemanship/ The bridle was srian, a loan from frenum. From 
 the phrase lengait for a n-eochu, ' they leap on their horses/ 319, we may infer the 
 absence of stirrups. 
 
 A land-journey is /urus 1559, or m'de 1079, 2572. Its distance was measured by 
 paces, mtk ce'menn 3419. 
 
 For carriage by water the following kinds of vessels were used: bare 2462, 3169, 
 curach 243, ethar 4795, lo7ig, a generic term for vessel, 282, 274, 2070, and noi 
 2174, 2332, 2391. A fleet was coblach 1806 or murchoblach 1802. Irish vessels 
 seem generally to have been built of wickerwork and covered with one or more layers 
 of hide {codul, n6i cen choduil 2391). But we read of wooden vessels, longa crannda 
 3730. They were propelled by oars, raimh viii, raviada 3574, paddles {curach 
 aensluaisie 3163), or sails, seola 3575, brait: liiid /0 seol, 'went under sail,' 1007 : an 
 gaeth . . . m'n b/iru/, 'the wind in the sail,' brai 2083, and in S. Brendan's first 
 expedition he had three vessels, each with three rows of oars and a sail of hide. The 
 mast was called seol-chrann or fern si'uil : the anchor ancaire 3777, an obvious 
 loanword. The crew {lucht luinge 2070) in the case of each of Brendan's vessels 
 consisted of thirty men. The pilot or steersman was luamaire 2741, 4496. 
 
 Carriage through the air by angels 2582, or on clouds 2771, was a privilege 
 confined to saints, and need not be further noticed. 
 
 d. Healing. 
 
 The verbs used for healing are iccaim 519, 2470, and sUnaigim 1393, the former 
 cognate with W. iachau and Gr. uKio^ai, the latter with Lat. sal-vu-s. The word for 
 physician is liaigh 1386, gen. lega 1385, cognate with Goth, leikeis, Eng. leech ; and 
 'healing' is le'ighius 1392. 
 
 Generic words for disease are sácth or sóeth 870, p. 304, galar 825, 870, p. 304, 
 ainces p. 304, ieidm 876, and the loanword mortlaid 4060. Sick persons are 
 called dóini galair 825, or aes iednia 519. Special ailments or the persons suffering 
 from them are as follows :—ííí7/j-/, 'gangrene,' 4843, ambrite, 'barrenness,' 335, 
 amrit, 'a barren person/ 4787, amlabar, 'dumb/ 1389, 2473, P- 326, an/abrachia, 
 'consumptive/ 1440, all, 'a swelling/ 1456, bacach, 'lame,' 598, 2473, p. 326, 
 baclám, ' mancus/ p. 328, balbh, 'dumb/ 1444, 4860, bodur, 'deaf,' 2473, horrfad, 'a 
 swelling/ 1456, buide connaill, 'the Yellow Plague/ 876, 4798, cáech, 'blind of an 
 eye/ p. 326, cláir-einech, ' table-face,' 57, clam, ' leper,' 242, 598, 1442, claivie, ' leprosy/ 
 944 (see the vivid description of a bad case, 1625), crecht, 'wound, sore,' 1391, dall. 
 
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 'blind/ 57, 598, 1440, 2473, daille^ 'blindness/ 4092, dásachtach, 'mad/ 1440, dem- 
 nach^ demnachda, ' demoniac/ 4855, galar sula, some disease of the eye, ' ophthalmia ?' 
 1383, p. 320, scairbidhe, 'scabrous/ 3255, serg, 'consumption/ 2794, slaetan, 'lung- 
 disease,' xxvi, iámh, ' plague,' 564, iregat, ' colic,' 564 (if this be the right reading), 
 tromdachf anála, 'heaviness of breath/ 2668. 
 
 The mediaeval Irish had a copious and not unscientific materia medica : see Revue 
 Celtiquey ix. 224-244. But there is nothing in the present book to illustrate it — the 
 only cures mentioned being effected by holy water, 568, 1242, 1519, 4024 ; the water 
 of holy wells, 59, 27 11, p. 330; the water in which a saint's feet had been washed, 
 p. 325; honey miraculously made out of water, 112; wheat made out of oats, 
 4218; hallowed water-cress, 4788; the sign of the cross, 90, 4190; a saint's word, 
 prayer, or blessing, 107, 119, 833, 1030, 1267, 2026; a saint's breath, 1204, touch, 
 4853, blood, 1389, tears, 4652, shadow, 1469, and girdle, 1490. 
 
 e. Burial. 
 
 The corpse was wrapt in a shroud, recholl or racholl 1041 and p. 405, carried by 
 a man, 2729, or on a bier, fuat 3546, with lamentations, and buried, as a rule, with 
 chanting of psalms and hymns, 3841, in a consecrated graveyard, relec 790. Burial 
 in a bog, x, or in the sea, 3768, or wherever two unbroken oxen stopped, 634, was 
 exceptional. So was the burial of the invaders slain in battle, 3 114. 'I bury' is 
 adnaicim^ corruptly adlaicim, ' burial ' is adnacul. The grave is called lighe, ' bed,' 
 ov/erta, 335, 3 115. 
 
 A requiem, écnairc (lit. ' intercession '), gen. e'cnarca, p. 307, seems to have been sung 
 for the repose of the soul of the dead. 
 
 2. Spiritual Needs. 
 These are amusement, literature, science, art, religion and superstition. 
 
 a. Amusement. 
 
 The chief amusements referred to in this book are feasting {fled, ' feast ' = W. 
 gwledd, 1928, 2817), intoxication {ian measctha L. do lind 2952), buffoonery {druth 
 p. 358, druiihy 'buffoons/ 481, crosan 3736), horse-racing {ech buada, 'race-horse/ 
 2090), and some kind of draughts {fidchell xxx, 'draught-board,' 4573). Half the 
 set of men i^foirenn) of Crimthann Nia Nar's draught-board are said to have been of 
 yellow gold, the other half of white bronze. 
 
 Hunting a fox is mentioned in 4054, and hunting wild swine and deer is mentioned 
 in 3218, 3219. But here the object of the hunter was probably not amusement, 
 but rather to obtain food or to destroy a noxious animal. 
 
THE CONTENTS OF THE LIVES. 
 
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 b. Literature. 
 
 The words in this book for the professional creators of literature are fili, 'poet/ xl, 
 pi. filid 3022, éces^ *a learned man/ 3021, ollam^ the first rank of poet, p. 309, anrud, 
 the second, and cainte, *a satirist/ 490. Aes dána is a collective name for poets 
 in 3021, but in 479 it is applied, like dám in 1. 27 11, to a body of buffoons and 
 satirists. The only words for poetical products are dúan xxxv, and laid 3499, the 
 latter being divided into rainn 3500, or quatrains. A specimen of the ancient 
 rhymeless poetry appears to be in 11. 2806-281 1. A eulogy {molad) in rhythm {tre 
 rithimni) is brought to a saint, 2672, and see p. 305, where this word is used for the 
 Amra Coluimm chille. Rithoirg^ borrowed from rheion'ca, occurs in p. 312. The 
 usual reward {duas) for this was gold, silver, or precious raiment, 2673. 'Proverb' 
 is arose hréithre 4083. These are native words; and so are the terms for 'ink/ dub 
 1051, and 'ink-horn,' adaircifi 1050, 1053. But all the other words relating to 
 literature are either borrowed from, or framed (like coihge = con-fige, coji-iexlus) in 
 imitation of, Latin words. Thus aibgiier, aícípí, caibdcl, cai'ri, eipistil, fersa, /ocul, 
 rem-/ocul, lebar, légaim^ air-legai?n, mac leghin, léignid^ liter, 7)iarlralaie, polaire, petar- 
 laie, salm, seol 41 19, seolaideeht, seolaigi, seribc7in, serip/ur, gen. sg. 182, sdair, laball 
 eiartha, tiaeh Unbar, traehlaire, yj?i??io?w. For the places in which these words may 
 be found, see above, pp. Ixxii-xc. The book with leathern ledba, ' straps/ round its 
 cover, 4052, is noteworthy. Compare the description of the case of the Book of 
 Armagh, in Reeves' Columba, p. 115, note c. 
 
 c. Science. 
 
 Here we may collect the words expressing divisions of time, viz. the year, bliadan 
 1787, the quarter, raithe 2995, the month, mi 1787, the fortnight, cóiediges xxxiii, the 
 week, seehlmain 1788 (borrowed from sepiimanei), and the day, laithe 1787, or lá 
 3691, and dia 3706, and the night, adaig, oidche. 
 
 The distinction between solar and lunar months was known, as we see from the 
 expressions mi gréine 1787, and in dechmad e'sca 4374. 
 
 The four seasons were called respectively errach, samrad 898, fogamar (gen. 
 fogmair 4441) and gam or gaitured. There were names for the beginning of each 
 quarter: belline, ' mayday,' liignasad 899, ' lammas/ samain, 'all-saints-day' and 
 imbole ' candlemass.' The autumnal equinox seems to have been known, the term 
 for this being, apparently, desebar na greine 1885, where des is cognate with the 
 dakshina of the Skr. synonym dakshindyana, ' the going (of the sun) to the south.' 
 All these Irish words, with the exception of seehlmain, are native, and point to some 
 knowledge of astronomy, though the term for this science, astrolaiee xv, is borrowed. 
 The practice of some kind of astrology seems evidenced by the story in 812-817. 
 
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 The divisions of the day — antert (or prim 4118), teri^ sest, non, fescer (or espartain), 
 midnocht (or iarmeirge 861, 2377, 4118), and malen are for the most part taken from 
 the Latin names of the canonical hours. 
 
 There is some evidence, too, of the existence of a system of weights and measures. 
 The story in the Life of Findian, 11. 2613-2623 {infra, p. 225) shows that there must 
 have been a standard ounce, though the Irish word for this weight, uinge^ is, like the 
 Welsh wns, borrowed from uncia. Measures of length are, as usual, fixed with 
 reference to parts or actions of the human body. Thus traig, 'foot,' 3681, mile 
 cemmenn, ' a thousand paces.' 
 
 d. Art. 
 
 On the permanent arts — sculpture, carving, jewel-work, embroidery, architecture, 
 and painting — little light is thrown by the documents printed in this work. A 
 diadem, minn, made by a famous goldsmith, is mentioned in p. xxxi, and a purple 
 helmet, topped by a golden ball, and adorned by strings of carbuncle, twists of gold, 
 and chains of white bronze, is described in p. xxx. In the Life of Brigit (11. 1596, 
 1597) we read of a silver chain with a human form at one end and a ball of silver at 
 the other. Kings' drinking-horns, too, were often elaborately ornamented. See 
 1. 2982, where the horn is said to have a covering of red gold, and 1. 4346, where 
 we read of a ' royal quaigh with three golden birds.' The costly cup, airidech Ugmar, 
 mentioned in p. 324, was doubtless also a work of art. 
 
 The notices of architecture are still more scanty. We once (1. 3790) read of 
 a church built of stone. In Tírechán's Memoirs of S. Patrick mention is twice made 
 of an cEclessia terrena, which probably means a church built of mud. But the 
 ancient Irish ecclesiastical, like their civil, buildings, were as a rule made of wattles or 
 timber, thatched with reeds ^ Hence w^e read (11. 893, 2583) of Columba and Findian 
 sending their monks into the forest to cut wattles or trees for building churches ; of 
 Brigit sending her nuns to beg some of the peeled rods of which Ailill, son of 
 Dunlaing, had a hundred horseloads (11. 1571-1577). Hence, too, we read (1. 4379) 
 of Cíarán planting the first stake {cletJi) in Clonmacnois ; for the wattles were 
 woven between upright stakes. Of the form of Irish buildings we here learn 
 nothing, save that the oratory {daurthech) had a conical top {bennchopur), p. 335. 
 
 Of the transitory arts — music, acting, dancing — only the first is referred to in this 
 book. The word for 'music' or 'melody' is ceSl xv, pi. dat. ceolaib 3972, for 
 a 'strain' or 'tune,' adbonn, pi. adbuinn xiv, cor, dat. pi. coraib 3972. 'Melodious' 
 is binn xv. ' To make music ' is airfitiud xv, or seinm xiii. Unless the bell, doc 861, 
 2892, clog 4367, can be deemed a musical instrument, the only one mentioned is the 
 cruit, or small harp, which could be carried in the hand, xiii, and which had a neck, 
 ' The earliest mention of a leaden roof is in the Annals of Ulster, A. D. 1008. 
 
THE CONTENTS OF THE LIVES. 
 
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 bráge, acc. brdgait xiv, and a sioil, ' cover ? ' and which, when necessary, was tuned, 
 glesta xiii. Of concerted music there is no mention, save in the Life of Brenainn, 
 3749, — the quire-singing {clascetul) of the angels calling a soul to heaven. 
 
 e. Religion and Superstition. 
 
 The documents in this book throw little new light on the form of Christianity which 
 existed in Ireland in the early Middle Ages. The following points may be mentioned : — 
 
 For the Supreme Being we have the two words í/Zíz and fiadu, gQr\. fiadai 1289, both 
 survivals from heathenism, the former being cognate with Skr. deva, the latter with 
 Gr. fiSws, Goth, veitvods. From Christian missionaries comes the knowledge of the Tri- 
 nity {Triiioil) and the three Persons {persai'nn). In these Lives island-monsters and 
 devils are expelled in the name of the Trinity, 2231, 4856 : Brigit divides her butter 
 into three parts 'according to the number of the Trinity,' p. 321 ; and in the story 
 told in p. xi, a disappointed worshipper reproaches the Trinity as if it were an oriental 
 idol that had failed in its duties. The first Person, the ' Heavenly Father,' 4602, is 
 often mentioned. He is called the Lord of the Elements, 1330, 4629. The second 
 is called ' Mary's Son,' p. 321 ; 'the Virgin's Son,' 1329; 'the Son of the Living God,' 
 4601; 'the Prince of the world,' p. 321; 'Lord of seven heavens,' Fél. prol. 2; 
 ' the true Light,' 27 ; * the Sun of Righteousness,' 28, 4631 ; ' King of the white sun,' 
 p. 361 ; ' Head of all things,' 4505. He was born through the crown of the Blessed 
 Virgin^ and she had been impregnated by the breath of the third Person "^. The Holy 
 Spirit is mentioned in 1. 100 as inspiring Patrick to resuscitate some dead cows. 
 The 'fire of the Divine grace,' mentioned in 1. 162, probably means the Holy Ghost. 
 
 The Blessed Virgin Mary, ' mother of the airdri ' xxi, is mentioned only once in 
 the Lives, namely in the story (i 260-1 265) of Brigit entering an assembly, and being 
 hailed by the host as the Mary of the Gael. The absence of any reference to the cultus 
 of the Virgin is a strong argument in favour of the antiquity of the substance of 
 these Lives. 
 
 Angels. — The mtmter mme, 'household of heaven,' is often mentioned; see 238, 
 4514. The hierarchy of the pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite seems to have been 
 well known to the Irish, and allusions to the nine orders of celestial beings, ' the 
 nine ranks of heaven' (648, iiii, 2783, 4521), are frequent in these Lives and 
 elsewhere in Irish literature. Angels, and even archangels, are industrious in 
 their ofifice towards our saintly heroes. One cleanses a hearth for Patrick, 124. 
 Another acts as midwife towards Senán's mother, 1885. They grind at a saint's 
 
 ^ Saltair na Rann, 7529, 7530. 
 
 2 Is e dorinne Mac do geinemain isin Oigh gan adbur daena acht o anail coiserctha in Spirtu lHoeimh, 
 Book of Lismore, 60 i. See Mélusine for 5 Oct. 1888, col. 222. 
 
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 quern, 4100, change his oats into wheat, 4165, bring him letters, 550, teach 
 him to pray, 156, dictate his Rule, 3544, hover over his dwelling, 4641, 4752, 
 carry him and his household through the air, 2582, and, finally, escort his soul to 
 heaven, 2493. Michael the Archangel, at whose command the general resurrection 
 will take place, 620, comes in the shape of a radiant bird and sings to Brenainn from 
 one canonical hour to another. Eaphael heartens Senán, quoting a psalm from the 
 Vulgate, 2061, and shows him the place of his resurrection, 2194. 
 
 Devils {demain). — The Irish, like other early Christians, not only believed in evil 
 spirits, but held that they could take possession of the bodies and the souls of human 
 beings. Hence S. Patrick is stated, in the Book of Armagh, fo. 9 a, 2, to have brought 
 exorcists to Ireland. Two are mentioned in connexion with the monk Olcan, ibid, 
 fo. 9 b, 2 ; and Mochua's exorcism of a devil is commemorated, infra^ 1, 4855. 
 In the story cited supra, p. xix, devils pass through the air to carry off a sinner's soul. 
 Satan himself, the Devil {in DiahuV) par excellence, converses with Brigit, 1402-1423, 
 * his head down, his feet up, his smoke and his flame out of his gullet and out of his 
 nose.' He smites with a deadly disease the son of one of Columba's converts. So 
 he appears to Brenainn while at sea, and shows him the gate of hell, 3625-3633, or 
 squirts forth waters which, though fair to see, are deadly to drink, 3707-3716. 
 
 Antichrist, xix, and Doomsday, xviii, heaven and hell, are also mentioned in this 
 book. But nothing is said of purgatory, and in two instances (3749, 3766) the 
 soul of a dead man goes straight to heaven, in another case straight to hell, 4242. 
 
 Study of the Scriptures.' — -This is evidenced by the statements, 3449, 4647, that Bre- 
 nainn and Mochua learnt or read ' the canon of the Old Law and the New Testament.' 
 Colomb Cille, we are told, 1099, preached the Gospel. MacNisse reads his psalms 
 with Patrick, 1. 371. Senan does the same with Cassidan, 1. 1957, and Brenainn 
 with bishop Eire, 3393. Ciarán reads S. Matthew's Gospel, 4142-4154. In the 
 Book of Armagh, fo. 8 b, 2, S. Patrick is said to have carried across the Shannon the 
 Old Testament {lihros legis) and the Gospels {aevanguelii lihros) ; and in the same 
 codex, fo. 14 b, 2, he is said to have given a Heptateuch {libros legis septem) to 
 S. Mucne. 
 
 The Christian Sacraments. 
 I. Baptism {ord in baithis 63, baitsi 12 16). — This was performed with water, 1. 58, 
 and generally in a well, 398, 2523, or a river, 18 10. Triple immersion was practised, 
 1. 4134 and p. 357. The head of the baptized seems to have been anointed^ 1. 12 16, 
 and blessed, 1. 461. Belief in God and in S. Patrick, or belief in the Lord, is the 
 only preliminary mentioned in the cases of Sescnech, 256, of Oengus, 450, and of 
 Cairthenn, 497. But in that of Dichu, 280, we have congain cride, 'grief of heart,' 
 
 ^ See Warren, Liturgy and Ritual of the Celtic Church, p. 66, note 2. 
 
THE CONTENTS OF THE LIVES, 
 
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 and there is little doubt that in Ireland, as in Carthage, repentance and confession 
 preceded baptism. The aes foirfe (i. e. foi'rbthe), ' perfect folk,' mentioned in the 
 Life of Senán, like the ois foirhthe of the Wurzburg Codex Paulinus, 9 a, n, seems 
 to mean ' baptized Christians/ and to be an imitation of the Greek term reXeiot. See 
 the glossary to Dr. Littledale's Offices of tlie Eastern Churchy s.vv. TeXeioTroieii/, TcXftoy, 
 TfXciWis. So after his baptism Findchua is called ' the perfect child,' in viacamh og, 
 2840. A fee was paid to the person performing the ceremony: see 2832, where it 
 amounted to seven golden pence, and 3376, where it was three purple wethers. 
 
 2. Confirmation (Ir. cosmaí/ =consumrmLÚó) is not mentioned in these Lives. 
 
 3. The Eucharist. — Though only the Body is mentioned in 1. 617, we have abundant 
 proof that the Sacrament was administered in both kinds ^ Thus Columb Cille offers 
 Christ's Body and His Blood, 961, 1098, the monstrous maiden found by Brenainn 
 partakes of the Body of Christ and of His Blood, 3689. So do the crosán, 3751, 
 the smith, 3765, and the hermit, 3839. That water was mixed with the sacramental 
 wine appears from 11. 840, 2162, and see p. 303, infra. In one case, 2348, the 
 communion is administered to children. The altar was in the east. For the altar- 
 service we have the terms comman 4469, sacarbaic x, oifrenn viii, or aifrcnn 517, and 
 the verb aifrinntar xiii. To these may be added the phrase did do chiirp Crist, lit. ' to 
 go to Christ's Body,' xiv, or techt do láimh ind espuic, 1630. The fnias (altar-slab), the 
 paten {cailech)^ 288, 1631, and the credence-table (/?ienistir),the portable altar {ima/tóir), 
 i633,and the sosce'la 4356, 'gospelar,' the portions of the Gospels used in the Mass 
 may also be mentioned in this connexion. That for the Paschal mass a consecrated 
 fire was kindled appears from 268, 327. 
 
 Penance, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, are referred to in these Lives ; but not as 
 Sacraments. Connected with Penance, or repentance (aithrige 1434, 2912, 3299, 
 3414, 3448, aithrech 3276), are confession (coibse, gen. coibsen 1634) and the soul- 
 friend (anam-chara)^ spiritual director, or confessor mentioned in 2350, 2803, 4792, 
 and many other places: his function, anmcardius, in 2480. IMatrimony is referred 
 to in 3335 {coiblige dligthcch), Holy Orders passim. 
 
 Whether the anointing (ongad), 2475, means Extreme Unction, or some other rite 
 in which oil was used, I do not know. The earliest mention in Irish documents of 
 extreme unction appears to be at the year 11 05, in the case of Domnall, bishop of 
 Armagh. 
 
 Genuflexions and Prayer. 
 Genuflexions are mentioned in 145, Patrick performing a hundred in the morning 
 and the same number in the evening. Senán prostrates himself by a cross, 1950. 
 
 * See Warren, i/nd. ch. ii. § 23. 
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 Prayer. — The ' order of prayer' is mentioned in 156, as being taught to Patrick by 
 an angel. Prayer, as well as fasting and alms, is mentioned, 630, as part of the saint's 
 own teaching. For the miraculous effects of prayer, see 280, 1674, 2028, 3550, 4862. 
 
 Austerities. 
 
 By the austerities which they are said to have practised, Irish saints remind one of 
 Hindu yogis, and, like the yogis, they seem to have believed that it was possible to 
 wrest from God some portion of the Divine power Finnchua, for instance, spent 
 seven years suspended by iron sickles under his armpits, 'so that he might get 
 a place in heaven' in heu of one which he had given away, 2930, 2932. Like Ite, 
 he caused his body to be eaten into by chafers or stagbeetles [daelaih). Findian wore 
 a girdle of iron that cut to the bone, 2725. Ciarán mixed his bread with sand. 
 Columba and Ciarán slept on the ground with a stone for a bolster. Finnchua 
 improved on this by choosing as his bedfellows corpses brought for burial. Mochua 
 lived in a 'prison of stone,' i carcair cloichi, 4751. He seems to have been an inclusus, 
 walled up, with only a little aperture left for letting food down to him. See the 
 Chronicle of Marianus Scotus, ad annos 1080, ic8i, 1091. 
 
 Pilgrimage. 
 
 Pilgrimage, ailithre viii, was one of the three boons begged by Colombcille, 835. 
 As to the three kinds of pilgrimage, see 698-720, where the subject is handled 
 with singular good sense. Ireland, Hke the Holy Land and Rome, seems to have 
 been a resort of foreign pilgrims. Thus pilgrims to Ireland from the lands of Letha; 
 are mentioned in 2070, and in a litany in the Book of Leinster, p. 373, cols. 3, 4, and 
 the Lebar Brecc, p. 23 b Roman, Saxon and British pilgrims are commemorated. 
 Seven monks from Egypt are also mentioned in the same document. 
 
 Relics and Reliquaries. 
 The worship of human relics and the belief in their tutelary power, which have pre- 
 vailed in Europe from the fourth century, is often evidenced by these Lives. Thus 
 Patrick leaves venerable relics, martra sruithi, with the people of Ossory 445. 
 Columba chooses gold to cover reliquaries and shrines {minn 7 mainistrecH) withal, 873. 
 He leaves many reliquaries {fninna) in Bregia, 952 ; and in compliance with a 
 request for some tokens and tmnna, Ciarán leaves his gospel and his bell. Virgins 
 entreat Senán that a dead monk's body may be given to them ' to be buried by us, so 
 that his relics may be protecting us,' 2481. Senán himself goes to pray at Cassidan's 
 
 ^ See the citation from Sir A. Lyall in Maine's Village Communities, p. 401. As Padmávatí 
 says in the Kathd-sarit-sdgara, tr. by Tawney, ii. 538 : * There is nothing that austerities cannot 
 accomplish.' 
 
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 relics, 2484. Findian's relics and remains [relce 7 thaisi) work miracles every day, 
 2776. Only once do we find something like a protest against relic- worship, namely, 
 where Ciarán of Clonmacnois says to his monks, 4447 : ' Go, and leave my remains 
 as the bones of a deer are left in the sun, because it is better for you to dwell along 
 with me in heaven than to stay here by my relics/ 
 
 Superstitions. 
 
 Idolatry {adrad idal) is referred to in 1. 374, and the destruction of idols and 
 images {idal 7 arracht) in 600. But only one mention is made of a heathen god, 
 namely in the story of Failge, 422-439, where Patrick's destruction of the idol Cenn 
 Cruaich (apparently cognate with Pennocrucium), ' Failge's god,' is given as the 
 reason for Failge's attempt to murder the saint. 
 
 The superstitions surviving the introduction of Christianity, and mentioned or 
 referred to in this book, are as follows : 
 
 T. The belief in elves, aes (or dóini) side, descendants, according to Irish tradition, 
 of the vanquished Tuatha dé Danann. A female fairy, ben side, is mentioned supra, 
 
 p. XXX. 
 
 2. The belief in magic. The heathen magician or wizard, drúi, drai, gen. druad 
 1878, is often mentioned in the Lives. He prophesies, 300, 11 70, 2660, 4007 : and 
 in 1 194, ii95yizV<//^=vates and drúi 2íYq used for the same person. He uses charms 
 {sena) 2280, sings spells {brechia, better, brichtu) 2283, and can cause darkness, 2292, 
 thunder and lightning, 2294, mist, 2301 and storm. He can make a fence over which 
 whoever passes dies, p. xxxvii. He can summon demons to help him, 2304; though 
 how he compelled them to obedience does not appear He deals in deadly poisons. 
 He and his art {dáii) are consequently much honoured, the whole assembly on one 
 occasion rising before him, J 878 . There seem to have been official magicians. We 
 read, 4008, of the wizard of a king, and king Brude's fosterfather was a wizard. 
 There were magical sciences, eladain druidechta, which Patrick is said to have de- 
 stroyed, 601, but which seem to have flourished long after his time. And we read, 
 p. 315, of a i/r^z" holding argument [fri/htagra) with Columba. 
 
 3. The belief in luchrapain, 3376, where devils are described as appearing in the 
 forms of dwarves and luchrapain^ with their faces as black as coal. As to the origin 
 of the luchrapain, see Revue Celtiqiie, i. 256, 257 : LU. 2^ : Rawl. B. 502, fo. 45 b. i. 
 
 4. The sacrifice of a human being to secure the safety of a building, etc. See 
 the story of Odrán, 1007-J023, and the note in p. 309. 
 
 5. Revelation of the future by visions {/isi) and dreams {aishnge). See pp. 153, 
 171, 174, 222, 248, etc. Of these the most striking is in p. 192, where the apostacy 
 of the Irish after Patrick's death is prefigured. 
 
 ^ Indian magicians confine them in flame. 
 
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 6. Prophets fix lucky days by scanning the sky, 813. Astrology, of which the 
 selection of days is a subordinate branch, is mentioned, supra, p. xv. 
 
 7. The charmed sword in whose presence no one could die, 921. 
 
 8. Battles may be won by taking to the field the body of a dead hero, 1 1 53, and 
 compare the story of Dathi in LU. 38 a, and O'Dono van's Hy-Fiachrach, p. 22. 
 A saint's reliquary has the same effect, 3268. 
 
 9. A saint's cowl worn in battle saves the wearer from death, p. 306. 
 
 10. Saints' manuscripts and books resist water, 4360, 4141, 4321, and p. 358. 
 
 11. Light or fire is emitted by relics of saints, 473, 261 1, and see p. 343. 
 
 12. Unborn saints can speak from their mothers' wombs, 2820, 3298, and see p. 347. 
 
 13. Diseases may be transferred from human beings to inanimate objects, such as 
 a bell or a crozier, 4880, 4884, and see p. 361. 
 
 14. Souls assume the form of birds, 3892, and p. 354. 
 
 15. Reciting the 119th Psalm {Beati Immaculati) gets a soul out of hell at the end 
 of a year, p. 406, and immunity from hell-pains is secured by dying on the hide of 
 S. Ciarán's dun cow, 4262. Hence in the Annals of Inisfallen (Rawl. B. 503), ad a. 
 886, we find: Quies Táidg meicc Conchobizzr ri Connacht, iarna imnochtai, ior 
 seche na huidre Ciarain ^ ' The rest of Tadg, son of Conchobar, king of Connaught, 
 completely stript (of his earthly goods) on the hide of Ciarán's dun (cow)/ 
 
 16. Seawaves can speak to human beings. Thus, in the story told in 11. 971-975 
 a wave informs Colomb cille of the danger and future arrival of Cairnech's com- 
 munity. So in the introduction to the Dialogue of the Two Sages, LL. 186 a, Néde 
 hears a wave lamenting, and having cast a spell {brtcht) upon it, learns from it the 
 death of his father Adna. 
 
 17. Philtres. The belief in the efficacy of philtres is shown by the story in 
 11. 1478-1487. 
 
 18. Lake-monsters hurtful to man : see 1031-1035, 4709-4721. 
 
 19. Holding a piece of rowan-tree during parturition, 1888. 
 
 20. The art of invisibility (a branch of Eastern magic) seems to have existed in 
 Ireland, for mention is made of a cloak of darkness, celtchair (leg. celtair) dichlethi, 
 2828. 
 
 21. The inhabitants of the sea who pray for and expect resurrection, 3683. For 
 more about submarine people, see the story of Inber nAilbine, BB. 355. 
 
 22. On Doomsday the Irish will be judged by Patrick, 627 ; but Ciaran of Clon- 
 macnois, according to the Life of that saint, 4518, will be judge, along with Christ, 
 * over the fruit of his teaching.' 
 
 ' Dr. O'Conor translates the last seven words thus : * Postquam aegrotasset quodam tempore, in 
 Ciarani ! ' As to imnochtae cf. the Rule of Colomb cille : IMnochta do sechim degress ar Crist ocui 
 ar na soiscela, Rawl. B. 512, fo. 40 b 2, and Reeves' Cohcmba, p. 343. 
 
THE CONTENTS OF THE LIVES. 
 
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 II. The Family. 
 The word for 'family' is fine 2947, a fern, ia-stem cognate with the Old Saxon 
 vini, 'friend,' O.N. 7^z«r, and the subject falls under the following heads: i. Marriage 
 and other sexual relations ; 2. Parent and child; 3. Fosterer and foster-son; 4. Master 
 and servant ; and 5. Host and guest. 
 
 1. Sexual Relations. 
 
 Marriage of some kind existed : — the words for ' wife ' being ben 565, bainchele 
 2990, and se'Hch 54, 381, 1289, cognate with se't, 'way,' just as A. S. ge-si'd, 'com- 
 rade,' is cognate with sid. The married couple was called Idnamain 220, 1876, 
 3335) matrimony, lánamnus. A wedding was called banai's, gen. bamdse 172, the bride- 
 price, ///^«Jfríz XXXV, 1159 : sexual intercourse, coiblige 3335 : birth-pangs, idain 2830. 
 The kings at least were sometimes polygamists ; see 2990, where we read of the two 
 wives of a king of Leinster. But monogamy prevailed, and in one case we hear of a 
 married couple living together for thirty years, 2791. That down to the end of the 
 eleventh century the secular clergy sometimes had wives appears from the fact that 
 Patrick's grandfather was a deacon, 47, and may be inferred from the lines 4562-4565, 
 in which the poet, contrasting the good old times with the present, says, ' Folk of severe 
 discipline, who served the King of the white sun, neither children nor wives used to 
 be a hindrance {ihairmes\c\dais) to them : their natures were pure ^' That a wife 
 might enjoy property we know from the Brehon laws ; from the joint offering made 
 by Dáire and his wife, 1. 577 ; and from the story in 1. 2919, where a king asks what 
 rent {cis) should be given to his queen and to himself out of certain land. That 
 female chastity was prized appears from 3054. A widow is called fedb 3997, 4889, 
 or benlrebthach, p. 330. 
 
 2. Parent and Child. 
 
 The general word for 'parents' is tuisiidi 2334, 3992. 'Father* is athair 47, 
 'mother,' mathair 48, 'grandfather,' senaihair 47, 3990. The general word for 
 'children' is clann F. cognate, though apparently not identical, with W. plant. 
 A child is lenab^ an infant, nóidiu. The ' son ' is 7nac=n. pi. mei'c 157 = W. map : the 
 ' daughter ' is tngen, in primeval Irish inigina cognate with the Gaulish man's-name 
 Enigenus ^ or Enignus the Latin ingeniius. ' Grandson ' is haue, hua, cognate 
 
 ' Compare also the story in Rawl. B. 502, fo. 57 a 2, of the student in Armagh, temp. Columbae, 
 who used to visit the wife of another cleric during mass : the mention made in the Annals of Ulster, 
 A.D. 1077, of Dub easa, daughter of Amalgaid, Patrick's successor; and the mention in the same 
 Annals, a.d. 1095, of Aed, son of Mael ísu, i.e. Patrick's successor. 
 
 It occurs in the bilingual of Eglwys Cymmun church, Carmarthenshire: Avitoria Filia 
 CuNiGNi — Inigina Ctinigni Avitoriges. 
 
 ^ C. I. L. xii. 23: eni=Wi. 
 
 * C. I. L. iii. 3784, 3793. 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 with Traiy. 'Brother' and 'sister' are respectively bráthair 375, and siur 49, 86, 
 uterine relationship being expressed by prefixing the adj. derh^ as in derbsiur 3400, 
 pi. derbsethracha 4639. That girls sometimes received instruction in literature 
 appears from 1. 4128. 
 
 An Irish, like an Anglo-Saxon, father (Kemble, Saxons in England, i. 198), 
 might reduce his children to slavery. See the story in 11. 1308-1331, where, 
 however, the child was illegitimate. As to sales of children in time of famine, see 
 1. 1862, and pp. 337, 405. To giving a girl in marriage, the consent not only of her 
 parents, but also of some other relations, carait, seems to have been necessary. See 
 3992. 
 
 3. Fosterer and Fosterson. 
 
 The fosterfather was aite 102, 103, 836, cognate with Goth. afta. The fostermother, 
 muimme 70, 95, 102, 3725, apparently cognate with Germ, muhme, as to which, see 
 Kluge, s.v. : the fosterchild dalte 2>'j^=^de-aUio, cognate with Lat. alo. ' Fosterbrother ' 
 was comalte 2793, pi. comhaltadha 4676 = W. cyfaillt, and 'fosterage,' aliram'^ 66. 
 The fosterage-fee was called iarrad^ gen. iarraith, Laws i. 216, and sometimes con- 
 sisted of land 
 
 4. Master and Servant. 
 
 The master was called coimmdiu. For the servant there were the terms mogh 150, 
 mogad 1^1^, fog aniaid 293, doer 4884, timthirid 1036, 4^0^, gtlla 1163, 1164, 4429, 
 and scoloc 4234, 4424. Of these, timthirid, gilla, and scoloc bore the same relation to 
 mogh and doer that Oepanav bore to BovXos. Cumal is a she-slave, and in Irish currency 
 was equivalent to three cows. Innailt, p. 311, is a handmaid. 
 
 The status of slaves was called dáire, better doire. Their labours, at least of 
 she- slaves, were grinding at the quern, p. 269, and foot- washing, p. 318. They had 
 rations, acnabad 158, pi. agnabtha Rawl. B. 512, fol. 122 a 2 : they were baptized, p. 
 202 ; they were married, and it is once said that they were emancipated every seven 
 years, pp. 154, 168. But they could be sold, 141, 150, 195, a mother separately from 
 the child of which she was pregnant, and it was an act of mercy to redeem them, 4267, 
 4884. 
 
 When Brigit's great-house was being built in Kildare, a local nobleman fed the 
 Wrights and paid them their wages {dulghena), 1577. This proves the existence of 
 free servants capable of contracting. 
 
 ^ A cognate word, meaning apparently 'wet-nurse,' is banaltrann, gen. pi. 3014. 
 ^ See the Tripartite Life of S. Patrick, Rolls ed. p. 80, 1. 15. 
 
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 5. Host and Guest. 
 
 The words for guest are oigi and gres^ P- 319- ' Hospitality/ is degedacht. For 
 * host' we have only fer in tige, literally * the man of the house/ p. 333. The regular 
 period of guesting seems to have been three nights {Revue Celltque, ix. 495), and 
 every monastery had a guest-house or lech óiged. 
 
 III. The State. 
 
 This subject falls under four heads, i, civil ; 2, legal ; 3, military; and 4, ecclesiastical. 
 
 I. Civil. 
 
 The ai'rdri, ri Éirenn, 'king of Ireland/ 928, 4004, 4267, 4385, or ri Temrach, 
 ' king of Tara/ 2799, was the highest person in the State, if one may use such a word 
 with reference to Ireland. Next to him was the airdrt cuicid, 'overking of a fifth' 
 or province, xxxv. Of these there were the ri Laigen, 'king of Leinster,' 13 14, 
 1536, 1596, 2990, the ri Muman, 'king of IMunster,' 448, 2815, 2890, 3331, the 
 ri Connacht, 'king of Connaught,' 2814, 4692, 4791, the ri Ulad, 'king of the 
 Ulaid,' xxxiii, and, lastly, the ri Midi, 'king of IMeath/ 2941. Seventeen smaller 
 kings are mentioned in the Lives, those, namely, of Ciarraige 3157, Coirpre 2715, 
 Corco-Baiscinn 1520, the Déisi 2929, Eoganacht of Loch Léin 2918, Fir Maige 
 2817, 2825, Fir Roiss 1394, 2836, Fotharta 2620, Húi Cennselaig 3054, Húi 
 Dunlainge 2605, Húi Cairbri 3212, Hui Failgi 440, Hui Fidgente 477, 2152, Hui 
 Néill 4001, Muscraige 2149, Raithliu 1801, and Tethba 1314, 1536, 1596, 2990. 
 
 The royal dignity seems to have been hereditary (see 350, 369), though no 
 custom of primogeniture existed. The king's heir apparent was called rig-damna 296, 
 3214, i.e. 'king-material.' His queen was riga7i 1595 or ba7irigafi, p. 330. His 
 sway was ardrige 515, rige, flathius and forlamus xxxii, xxxiv. Under the king 
 were various nobles (sóerclann, ács grada 3017) and officers called flaith'^, codnach 
 308, 1883, 3207, i^zrrz, 'governor,' gen. pi. oirrig 3209, rz^/r^, dat. pi. ruirechaib 3346, 
 tigerne, 'lord,' xxxvii, tuisech na tuaithe 2015, rechiaire, 'steward,' 400, 2252, maer 
 (=maior) 2466, and ronriaire 2466. 
 
 The tenant or peasant was aithech xxxvii, 1880, a word derived, apparently, from 
 aithe, ' fenus,' and quite different from aithech in the expression aithech tige, which is 
 the Irish equivalent of the Breton ozech, the Gr. tvotikos in beanoTiK0s. 
 
 The king had royal raiment (etach rigda 4270)5 a palace {rigthech 122), from 
 which his retainers were supplied with food, 408; a throne {righiide 625, 626), and a 
 
 ' In 4751 flaith seems used as synonymous with ri: flaith clann bhFiachrach. 
 
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cxiv 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 drinking-horn covered with red gold, 2982. He was entitled to tribute (m, arra 
 2088), payable apparently in kind, e.g. curd and butter: see 127, where the king 
 was Cymric. When the tribute was too heavy (rotrom), the subject went to some 
 other territory, 4002. Seven charges {dolaidt) on land are also referred to, 2982. 
 The king's dues were collected for him by a máer, a rechtaire and a ronnaire 2466. 
 
 The king maintained his authority by taking hostages {géill, etire). Thus king 
 Loegaire had at Tara nine hostages from Dichu. So universal was this practice that 
 during the reign of the blameless king Conaire, even the Irish wolves gave him seven 
 wolf-hostages for the observance of the rule that not more than one bull-calf should 
 be carried off in each year from each byre : so at least says the veracious author of 
 the Bruden Da Derga, LU. 86 b. Hostages were sent either voluntarily or under 
 compulsion of war, 1. 355. They were not allowed to bear arms, LU. 90 a, and the 
 cruelty with which they were som.etimes treated is exemplified by the stories of Dichu, 
 307-321, and Scannlan, in/ra, p. 310. ' Hostageship ' was called giallnae or eiiirechi, 
 p. 310, 1. 5. 
 
 The population of Ireland, 'Góedel's many clans,' 2466, was divided into tribes 
 and kindreds, — tuatha (sg, tuaih, gen. iuaithe 2015) and cenela 4002, — with nothing 
 to bind the island into a State, save the existence of the overking, coupled with the 
 biennial Feis Temra, ' Feast of Tara,' xxxiii, and the annual fair of Telltown {Oinach 
 Tatllien), where there was a gathering of the men of Eriu {coimthinol hhfer n-Eirenn 
 1449). These institutions had some analogy to the Althing in Iceland, the fair of 
 Ohud in Arabia, and the Isthmian games in Greece. 
 
 The tribe had its public meetings, airecht 1876 (=Mid.W. izm'/>^, ' speech ') : 
 airectus 1877, airechtas 1451, gen. airechtais 1458, dál 102 ( = 0.W. datt)^ comhdhál 
 2309, or mór-dhál 1875. They were sometimes convened by the king, 2309. 
 (• Women attended them, 1450; but do not appear to have spoken or voted. 
 
 The relations between Ireland and the Fir Alban or eastern Dál-Riata [rig/ota), 
 the colony which, under stress of famine, was sent from Munster to Scotland \ are 
 touched on in p. 314. The meaning appears to be that the colonists were indepen- 
 dent as regards tribute and maritime warfare; but in land-expeditions they must 
 obey the mother country. 
 
 Social Observances. — Of these we find : rising up (ureirge, coiméirge) as a mark 
 of respect, 1880, 3132 : prostration or genuflexion {slechtain) 381, 2929, 4348, 4693, 
 and carrying on the back over three fields, 2572. Honorific titles are coimmdiu and 
 
 * Dál Riata ozus Fir Alban. Do sil Choirprz Rigfota meic Conaire mete Moga, a M^/main doib 
 imalle. Gorta mor tanic isin Mumain, co tancutar sil Choirpr? Rigfota esti, co náechaid ind ala rend 
 dib i nAlbain 7 cororis in rend aile a nEri««, a quo Dal Riata indiu, L B. 238 b. col. 2, 1. 16, and 
 see H. 2, 16, col. 684. 
 
THE CONTENTS OF THE LIVES. 
 
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 popa 426: the latter, though borrowed from a Latin word meaning an inferior kind 
 of priest, is applied to laymen as well as to clerics. 
 
 2. Legal. 
 
 The only terms for Maw' and its related notions used in these Lives are recht 663, 
 2749, and bes aiharda, 'patriarchal usage,' xxvii. 
 
 In the department of criminal law, the following crimes and criminals are men- 
 tioned : manslaughter {dun-orcain 2165), and manslayer {dun-oirgnid 844), parricide 
 (fingal 946), and a parricide (fingalach 946): poisoning, 54, 394, 17 18: perjury 
 {luighe eiihich 388) : treachery ^fell, fill 2799, 2801, the verb rofeall 195): thief 
 {meirlech 1245, P^- ^^i^Hg i493? or gataide 1673, the verb iallaini 387, 990), robbery 
 {slat 197 1), robber (dibergach, pi. dibergaig 2972, 3174), or latrainn (=latrones) 
 1 97 1. Peculiar to Ireland was the coll gese 231, breach of one of the gesa ocus 
 urgarta, ' prohibitions and tabus ' (xxxi), so often mentioned in Irish romances and in 
 the Book of Rights. 
 
 The punishments here mentioned or referred to are only drowning, 2312, and 
 imprisonment in chains or fetters {slabrad 1525, cuibrech 1724, glas 3906). The 
 captive was called cunbid 1520, 152 1, 1526. Compensation for crime was called 
 éraic, p. 319, where Dubthach is said to have 'bound a good eraic' on the robbers 
 who took his boars. 
 
 For some kind of contract we have the word cotach, spelt codach 2882, cadach 
 3266, for bargaining, cunnrad 1329. ' I buy ' is cennaigim [cennechtha 1389), * to sell ' 
 is reic 131 1, 1313, 'price' is log 895, where the price of some wood is a quantity of 
 barley-grain ; ' guarantee ' seems rath^ pi. raiha, xxxviii, where heaven and earth, 
 sun and moon, and all the elements are made guarantees for the loyalty of the Irish 
 • * so long as sea surrounds Erin ^' The cognate abstract noun is rathaiges, ' surety- 
 ship,' p. 310, 1. 6. For ' indemnity,' slan, pi. sld/ia, p. xl, where it is not very accurately 
 rendered. 
 
 On the law of succession we find nothing save the statement in 2047, where 
 Maedoc bequeathes (limmiid) his place after him and his crozier to Senán. The 
 word for bequest is udhacht 2885. 
 
 A 'judge' was brethem, breithium 614, 628, gen. brethemofi, whence the Anglo- 
 Irish ' brehon :' an ' arbitrator,' brelhem coitchenn 2532. The judgment was vies 622, 
 623, a derivative of the root mid, whence -also the verb midfid, ' he will pass judgment,' 
 627. Also fuigell brátha 629. The brehon's fee was called fola, Laws i. 232 ; and 
 seems to have been sometimes a twelfth of the property in dispute. 
 
 1 Another legal formula seems inn-ed maras gaeth is grian, ' so long as wind and sun remain,' 
 Rawl. B. 502, fo. 54 b, 2. 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 3. Military. 
 
 The words here used for warrior are 6c, gen. 349, 1805 (properly 'young,' used 
 like juvenis in Vergil), mil— miles, pi. miled xxiv; cath-mil, ' battle-soldier,' pi. cathmilid 
 2998, cur, pi. cur aid 2998, cathaige, 'battler,' 3082, 3221, cuingid caiha 32 11, 
 and, lastly, laech (which is borrowed from the Lat. laicus), whence ath-laech xxvii. 
 Female warriors {ban-gaiscedaig) are mentioned in 4832. A fighter's wargear was 
 called trelam 32 11. The weapons {arma irgaile 3107) here mentioned are the 
 ^yNO\^,claideb = '$>\x,khadiga, the spear or pike,^<2z* 3654 = Gaulish ^tí'^j?^;^, the javelin, 
 sleg 2974, carried in pairs, and sometimes barbed, xxxiv, and the shield, sciath. To 
 these may be added the battle-stone, called clochene in the poem cited above, p. xxxix, 
 but usually Ha láime'^, as in the Book of Lismore, 135 b, 2. Flags (samlachd), banners 
 (mergedha), and tents of satin are mentioned in 11. 3077-78. 
 
 Nothing is said expressly of the war-chariot, which plays such a part in the 
 romances; but the horses mentioned in 1. 2851 in connexion with charioteers {araid 
 2858), appear to point to something of the kind. 
 
 The words for collecdons of warriors are sluag (=W. llti)^ 'host,' caih, 'battalion,' 
 3042, airbre, pi. dat. airhrib 2493 (where it is applied to hosts of angels), lore, gen. 
 luirc 359; crech, dat. creich 2629, drong xliv=Low-Lat. drungus] buiden (=W. 
 byddifi), and its compound caibden 1951, ceithern 2074, 4053, whence the Eng. kern, 
 and sochraite 3020, 3228. The van was tús 3042, or tossach 349; the rear, dered. 
 
 For warlike operations the words are cath d' /uacra, to proclaim battle, 3027, cath, 
 'battle,' 3110, cocad 2942, 2989, 3031, conghal 3297, maidm, 'rout,' 3112, immairecc 
 xxiii, and the loanword coinblicht xxxn. A foray was sluagad 1911, the Anglo-Irish 
 'hosting,' inured, 'incursion,' 1913, 19 15, crechad, 'raiding/ 2947; the raiders were 
 called lucht na creche 1934. The camp was called longphort 2562, 3074, and in one 
 case we read of its being protected by iron palisades, suinn iarnaidi 3147. 
 
 Of the mode of fighting we naturally learn little from these Lives. The troops on 
 each side were arrayed {coraighter in cath 3040), and then, after harangues by 
 the leaders^, the onset was delivered {ro cuired iarsin in cath 3048), with much 
 shoudng, 3107. The nature of the formation called cippe catha 3101 is not clear. 
 O'Donovan rendered it by ' phalanx.' The Ulaid are described as stooping when 
 charging, 3109, and a leibenn da sciathaib, literally, 'a deck of their shields,' is men- 
 
 ^ M. Loth has lately equated this with the Welsh llechwaew, Rev. Celt. x. 354. 
 
 ^ Compare the Brtit y Tywysogion ad a. 1020: Ac yna y due Rein Yscot lu yn dilesc, a herwyd 
 defaót yr Yscoteit yn valch syber6, annoc awnaeth y wyr y ymlad, ac yn ymdiredus ada6 a wnaeth 
 iidunt mae ef aorvydei, thus rendered by Ab Ithel : ' And then Rein the Scot boldly led on his host, 
 and after the manner of the Scots, proudly and ostentatiously exhorted his men to fight, confidently 
 promising them that he should conquer.' 
 
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 tioned 3250. The victors sometimes beheaded their captured foes, 3253, and either 
 carried off the heads as trophies, or made a cairn of them, 2980. Selling war- 
 captives as slaves is not here mentioned ; but see the Annals of Ulster, ad ann. 
 985. A truce is osad 2563. 
 
 For military buildings we have the words : rdiih 579, 2816, an earthen fort, cognate 
 with Gothic airpa, and Greek €/)-a^e\ the dún 396, 928 = W. din, Gaulish dunum, 
 A.S. íún, and the caisel 447, 3789, borrowed from Lat. casiellu?n, and always meaning 
 a fortification of stone. 
 
 4. Ecclesiastical. 
 
 There is little to be gathered from these Lives as to the organisation of the Irish 
 church. The kinds of ecclesiastics (fir graid 1632, clen'g, p. 306) hereinafter 
 mentioned are as follows : 
 
 1. The bishop, espoc (Old-Irish epscop-). 
 
 2. The archpresbyter, uasaVsacart 736, 811, i_865, 3995, 4345- ^ 
 
 3. The priest, sacart 752, prespiter 217, and crum/her xv. The sacart me'ise 4659, 
 may have been a domestic chaplain. 
 
 4. The deacon, deochan 480, 1006, i5Í5> 2406, 3995. 
 
 In 951 sruithi seems the Irish equivalent of presbyters. The auinchara, ' soulfriend,' 
 ' a spiritual director,' 2350, was always a bishop or a priest. 
 
 Officers connected with monasteries {cathraig 849, 1570, in Irish latinity, ciuitates) 
 are the abbot, abh 4353, the prior, secnabb, 2553, 2557, the hctOT,/er legind, p. 323, 
 whose pupil was called mac legind 1006, and the warden, coimelidde, 925. 
 
 A nun is caillech xxvii, pi. caillccha 828, a derivative of i-^///t'= pallium, or mainches 
 XV = W. mynaches. A young nun is mac -caillech, just as a young monk is f?iac-clerech, 
 supra, viii. A prioress is called ban-airchifinech 1436; see Reeves' Colu??iba, 
 p. 404 n. f. 
 
 The Celi De, anglicised Culdees, are once mentioned, namely in 1584. 
 
 Ordination. — The ordination of bishops is referred to in 216, 230, 235, and 1346. 
 Fiacc is ordained, 421, as bishop of the province. Ordination of 'folk of every 
 grade,' 518. Priest's orders (gradha sacairi) are mentioned in 1466. 
 
 The duties of a bishop appear to have been preaching, 1498, 3403» administering the 
 sacrament, 1630, conferring holy orders, and consecrating churches. He also taught. 
 Thus bishop Fortchern (= Vertigernos ?) reads the psalms and the ecclesiastical 
 order with Findian, 2525, and see 4128, 4142, and Brenainn reads his psalms 
 
 ^ There can be little doubt that the first word of the inscription on the menhir of Poitiers — Ratin 
 brivatiom Frontu Tarbeisonios ieuru — is the acc. sing, of the Gaulish cognate of ráith. 
 
 In the Annals of Ulster a bishop is also called pontifex, or in Irish drochtech : see at the years 731, 
 
 751. 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 with bishop Eire, 3393. In one case, 1464, we read of a bishop baptizing. When 
 a bishop was attached to a monastery his functions were pecuHar. Thus Mochua 
 of Balla appoints three bishops ' to consecrate his graveyards and his great-churches, 
 and to allot the land to his monks/ or tenants of church-lands, 4785, 4786. 
 
 The duties of a priest are referred to in 821 {prd sacairi), Columba (who 
 was never more than a priest) founds churches, 951, and goes on preaching-rounds, 
 995, 1024. Preaching and celebration on Easter-day are specially mentioned, 1607. 
 
 Tonsure. — For this we have the expressions berr^d^manaig 213, the 'monk's chp- 
 ping,' which S. Patrick is said to have received from Martin of Tours, 213. So 
 Ciarán dipt {roherr) his successor Enna, 4354. That the tonsure was coronal 
 might be argued from the verb rocoronaiged used in 1. 2631. But there can be no 
 doubt that the ancient Irish form of tonsure was that stigmatised as the tonsure of 
 Simon Magus, in which all the hair in front of a line drawn over the crown from ear 
 to ear was shaved off or dipt. Hence the old nickname for a Christian cleric, idilchenn 
 313, literally 'adze-head/ 
 
 Vestments. — The cowl (<rí)<rtó/=cucullus) is mentioned in 827, 2394. Mass-cowls 
 {cocaill oifrinn) are mentioned, 303 ; a chasuble {casat) 2400, a linen chasuble {casal 
 lin) 317. In 2381 casal and cochull seem synonymous. From 4308 it seems that 
 Ciarán wore nothing but a brat^ ' mantle,' or a chasuble. A monk's girdle, crz's, is 
 mentioned, p. 315. 
 
 The crozier. — The bishop had a pastoral staff, bachall F. from a Low-Lat. *badlla, 
 which was furnished with a ?,^\\iQ,/ogram 461. 
 
 In consideration of the 'communion, baptism, food and teaching,' 4059, which 
 they provided for the community, ecclesiastics were supported — 
 
 1. By offerings, 496 {tmat inmuts) 1596, (gift of a silver chain), first-fruits, 1857, 
 alms (almsana) 181 1, 1857, 2033, dúthrachta (benevolences?), 2033, a chasuble {casat) 
 2400, an annual gift of seven milch-cows, 2869, a hundred of every kind of cattle 
 every seventh year, 2052, a cow from every enclosure from one place to another, 
 3133; see also 3151-52, 3197^ 3204, 3270-3272, 4102, 4273-4276. 
 
 2. By fees for celebrating baptism, 2%'^2,fiach baisH 3377, 4033, and administer- 
 ing the eucharist, 4471. Also, no doubt, for solemnising marriages and for burials. 
 
 3. By fixed payments called cdna^ cisa, and cuarta. Instances may be found 
 in 11. 2987, 3151, 3197, 3270, and 4773-4780. To these may perhaps be 
 added tithes (dechmada), which are mentioned in 1. 1857, along with firstfruits and j 
 alms, but which according to the Annals 0/ Loch Ce, i. 268, were not [regularly.?] 1 
 paid until the reign of Cathal Crobderg, who died a.d. 1224. 
 
 4. By agriculture and keeping cattle. Thus we read of Columba's barley-seed, 
 897, of Ciarán sowing seed, 4322, collecting a band of reapers, 4220, and drying 
 
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 corn in the kiln, 4297. Tlie 'calves of the church' are mentioned, i960. We also 
 read of Finnchua's kine {buar), droves (íáiníe), and cattle (hidile), 2897, 2899. 
 
 The nature and consequences of the ' union ' (oeniu, gen. óeníad), so often made 
 between Celtic ecclesiastics, have not been ascertained. In these Lives it is mentioned / 
 in 11. 2035, 2057 (S. David and Senán) 2528, 2882 (Ailbe, Comgall, and Finnchua), 
 4281 (Findian and Ciarán), 4438 (Ciarán of Clonmacnois, and Ciaran of Saiger), 
 4468 (Ciaran and Coemgen), 4687 (Feichin and Mochua). 
 
 Ecclesiastical Buildings and Fittings. 
 The terms for these are as follows : 
 
 'Church/ cell 2474, the Latin cella, ^<:/aj'=ecclesia, and recks (=ro-ecles) which 
 seems to mean ' great church,' 558, 866, 2346, 2474, 2691, 2694, the eclas mor of 866, 
 the leek mór of 1576, as distinguished from the eclas becc, ' little church,' 4459, 4465 : 
 or nemed, p. 307. The derthach, 'oratory,' p. 319 had a he7mchopiir or conical top. 
 A 'monastery' was called calhair 4215, 4278, congbail 419, 4254, or mainislir 600, 
 2474. The kitchen was cuicenn 2361, or ciichlair 4426. The Yt^tciory, proimilech 
 2091, 41 16; and there was a Imn proimilige in which the monks' hands and dishes 
 seem to have been washed. That mentioned in 1. 2091 was large enough for a 
 horse to be drowned in it. As in other Irish habitations, there was an upper room 
 or grtanan 4 11 6, which word seems derived from grtan, *sun,' as Lat. solarium 
 from sol. 
 
 All these buildings appear to have been made of wood ^ (cf. 2553, 2583); upright 
 stakes being set in the ground, 4379, 4399, and wattles {coelach, findchoelach) woven 
 between 'them, 893, 1570-1578. But a surrounding stone-wall (ítj/jí'/ = castellum) 
 is mentioned, xxviii. i, and an earthen fort {ráith) in 579. 
 
 The altar was alióir, the altarslab 77iias = mensa (was lecc, ' flagstone,' 357, 2710, 
 another name for the mias ?). They seem to have been, as a rule, at the eastern end 
 of the church. A part of the altar called coss, 'foot,' is mentioned in p. 323. Crosa, 
 'crosses,' and aldme eclasda, 'ecclesiastical implements,' are stated, 968, to have been 
 made by Columba. 
 
 The consecration of the site of a monastery is mentioned in 2238. 
 
 Having thus described the manuscript from which the following Lives 
 are taken, mentioned the leading features of the language in which they 
 are written^, and pointed out the instances in which they throw some 
 
 ' Only in one instance, 3789, and that not in Ireland, do we read of a church of stone. 
 ^ In p. Ixxvi cancel line 12, and in p. Ixxix. 11. i, 2, dele the words in parenthesis. 
 
cxx 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 scattered lights on the social condition, the religion, and the superstitions 
 of the early Irish, I have now to acknowledge, with gratitude, the kindness 
 of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, who deposited the Book of Lismore 
 for my use in the British Museum, and allowed it to remain there for 
 about three years. My best thanks are due also to the officials of the 
 Museum for the facilities which they afforded me while transcribing the 
 text and comparing the proofs with the manuscript : to the librarians of 
 the Royal Library in Brussels, where I collated six of the Lives with 
 the copies in Michael O'Clery's handwriting: to Professor d'Arbois de 
 Jubainville for procuring me a photograph of the Irish Life of Brenainn, 
 preserved in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Celt, et B i : to Professor 
 Windisch and Dr. Kuno Meyer for useful criticism and welcome encourage- 
 ment ; and to Mr. S. H. O'Grady for help in deciphering some almost 
 illegible passages in the Book of Lismore. I fear that the result of my 
 long labour on that codex is far from being an adequate return for the 
 kindnesses thus acknowledged. But I can truly say that I have done my 
 best to give accurate texts ^ and translations^; and I hope and believe that 
 the description of the Book of Lismore will be of some use to future stu- 
 dents of that manuscript, and that, so far as it goes, the glossary ^ will be 
 found a trustworthy contribution to Irish lexicography. 
 
 W. S. 
 
 ^ In 1. 534 for cen nach read cennach. In 1. 565 riaruidh (sic MS.) should be riaraigh. 
 Ill 3399 fo^ h\ea.gonn read bleagf^, 
 
 ^ In p. 189, 11. 16, l'^,for hast not waited to read delayedst not, and yet thou dost not. P. 195 
 1. '3,for should read will. 1. 9 for because of (our) read our. 1. 10 for ' thou gavest to' read ' got 
 it for.' P. 235, 1. ^i,for evils read violences. 
 
 ^ dele the articles cathreim, p. 386, and tardot, p. 400 : in p. 394, col. 2, for indalitn read indlaim ; 
 and in p. 401, col. 2, s,v. toichim,^^??- tu + read to + . 
 
[fo. I. a. I.] 
 
 Be{tha) Patraic inso, 7 tabrad g(ach a)on legfas \^ennacht (or 
 a(n)mannaibh na lanamhna dar'sc(ribad in lebhar so). 
 
 POPULUS qui sedebat in tenibris uidit lucem magnam .1. in pohzd 
 dessidh i ndorchaibh atconnairc soillse (móir), et in foireann robui i 
 bhfoscudh (bái)s fuarutar soillsi dia tainig a (inshor)cug;/<T^. IN Spin// 'Na.c7n/i ? 
 immorro^, an Spin// (as) uaisli cech spir?//, in Spin// dorinfidh ^ (7 ro) tlwuisc 
 in edats ceachtardhai, petar(l)aice 7 nufhiadhnaisi,o rath hi'^rnai 7 fhaitsine, IS 
 he in spin// sin roraidh na briatra-so [tria gin in primfatha Ysaias mic Amois, 
 de cuius laude loquitur Hicronymus] diccns : Potius diccndus est pró'pheta 
 quam euangeHsta. IS dia molad sidhe aibcir Cirine faidh co^iadh. cora 'o 
 suiscel^/^///i' do radha friss ina faidh, ara foillsi 7 ara imchuibhdhc frisin nua- 
 iiadnaise ro innis scela Qxist 7 na hr<:ailsi nocimhe, cuna budh doig la nech 
 cu mbadh taircetul rofhet [todochaide] et/zr doneth acht aisneis ret rem- 
 thei:///ach cena iar bhf(?rbhthiug;/<^ in gnima. 
 
 Oen di\dhi dia taircetluib foillsigthib inni itfiadhar sunn tria aisneis 15 
 sechman;/da * Popul?/^ qui sedebat in tcnebris uidit lucem magnam V IN 
 pob?// dxditi dessidh i ndorchaibh atconnairc soillsi moir. IS e (^xdm leth 
 atoibe in n-aisneis-sea lasin bhfaidh cu du i n-debi?/;'t remhe in ^\x\s>Q.t\aigtJie 
 cetnai : ' primo tempore eleuata est terra. Stabulon et terra, Neptalim.' 
 Tainic d'ldm la hathnuadhug?/í7f na haimsire gloiri mhor 7 indocbail do treib 20 
 Zabulon 7 do treibh Neptalim. Conudh (or slicht na haisnesean-sin sXheir: 
 ' Populz/j- qui ' et cetera. IN (popul) deiss/^^// i ndorchazY-'h. Madh iar sdair [fo. 
 I. a. iz] cipinn^/j pop?// \?>rae\ sin roboi i ndorchata na daeiri la hAsardhaibh. 
 atconnairc soillsi na taithchreca don daeiri-sin. i. Estras 7 Nemias 7 losue 7 
 Zorbobel. Madh iar sians immorro^ is e pop?// itb^rur sunn, pi?p?// na 25 
 ngennte robui a ndorchaib aineol?/?V ic adhrad/i idhal 7 axracht, cu ro artraigh 
 in fhirshoillsi dhoibh .1. Íjju"^ Qrist cona. apsal/???;, air bui dorchata mhor ior 
 cHdhib na ngennte cein co roscail grian na firinne .1. \ss\x" Crist a ruithne fo 
 ceatra hairdib in áovaaiji dia inshorchug?///. 
 
 Oen lartmi dona ruithnibh ro eisreid gnan na firinne isin ndom?/;?-sa, in 30 
 ruithen 7 in lasair 7 in lia loghmhar 7 in locrand laind^rdha roshoillsigh 
 ^ MS. u, i.e. uero, et sic passim. ^ MS. rorinfidh. ^ MS. pocius dicendum. 
 
 * MS. doneoch. ^ leg. sechmadachte (?) ^ MS. magnum. MS. \h.Vi, et sic passim. 
 
 B 
 
2 
 
 BETH A PATRAIC. 
 
 iarthar in bhetha, inti uasal dia ta lith 7 fi?raithmet a n-ecmhong na ree-sea 
 7 na haimsire .1. noemh-Patraic mac Calprainn, airdesbul iarthair áovsxuin^ 
 a,ihazr bathais 7 creitmhe hhier nErenn. 
 
 35 IS ann iarum cheleabrait lucht na h^<:ailsi lith 7 foraithmhet inti noem- 
 Patr^^V, 7 innist^r ni dia fertuibh 7 mhirbhuil/^^ ind h^^ralsaib na Cnstaidi, 
 isin sessed la dec kl. April arai laithe mis grene isin hWdiáain i tarn cipinn^/^, in 
 margreit 7 in leg loghmhar isa lithlaithe so .1. saitctus Patricius episcop^^i". 
 Adfiadhat ind tolaig ba do Iwáaidib dho iar mhunadus, air is foll^^i 
 
 4oasna mirbhuih'^ dorinne Dia airsium conaá do clainn Israel do, air is 
 dibh Yohditar luáaidi arcena ; air intan tucaá in áigal la Tit 7 Vespesan^ 
 rohesreid^/h luáaidi fon mbith 7 tainic a chin// bunaidh-sium Vhatrazc cu 
 Bretnu^ 7 dogabhadh foirb leo ann, uair atfet Tatrazc fein sin i n-aroili leahur 
 dia ep/^//ibh : ' Nos disp^rsi sumns per multas regiones terra.Yum propter 
 
 45 peccata, nosfra. eo quod 'Domini praecepta. et mandata €ms non c^/j-todiuim^j".' 
 Cun<3!d don eisreid^/h sin doro<:-^/ a chenel bunaidh-sium cu ^xetmi. 
 
 VaXxaic áidiu do ^retnaib Alcluaide^ a a,\h.air, Poduig deocham a shena- 
 thair, Conches ainm a mh(^///í2r, i;^^m Ochmais do Fra.ngaib [fo. i . b. 1] 7 
 siur do Mhartan hi, 7 i Nemhtor roghenair, 7 in leac fi?rs-rogenair intan 
 
 50 dob^rar lugha n-eith^^ foithi dofussim uisq//i a.mal bhidh oc caineadh in 
 gufhoircill. Madh fir immorro in lugha tairisidh in cloch 'na haXcmdh fein. 
 
 Ceitfhirt Va.\.raic inso 7 a mbroinn a mhii/^<3:r doroine .1. mí3:c righ 
 Breatan tainic co hairm i mbui in ben, coro innail si dho 7 roghabh greim eisdi : 
 CO \.uz a shetich-siumh dig neme do Chochmais tria ét, coní/j--ibh, cu-roghab 
 
 55 YaXraic in neim ina ghlaic, 7 dorighne (Aoich di ina laimh, co7Údh. Simhiazd sin 
 rucadh-sum. Romor^d ainm De 7 Yatraic desin. 
 
 O roghenair d\dm Yatraic rucadh dia bhaithi/^j- c?/sin m^c ndall clair- 
 ein^c-^, Gornias a ainm, et ni bui wsce oca asa wdSxigned in bathi^s, cu tard 
 sigin na croichi do laim na nuidhin tarsin tal^^m cur' mthaidh topttr as ; 
 
 60 7 nighidh Gornias a ein^c>^ assin topur, 7 roerrslaic a ruscu dho ; 7 ro 
 erlegh in mbaithi^/j, inti na roihoghlazm \\iir riam. Dorine Dia tra firt 
 treda annsin .1. topar asin ialmain 7 a n^sca don doll 7 airleghiunn uird in 
 bhaithis donti nazh iaca \\tir riamh. Rofothaig^^ immorro ^zXais iorsm 
 topar sin in robaistedh Yatraic^ oztis is ann ita an top^^r ocunn altoir, 7 
 
 65 tec/^/aidh fuath na croichi, a.mal itfiadhat ind ^oXaig. 
 
 Ron-gabh dano siur a vc^áthax ind altramh, áir ba haimnt hi fein. 
 ^ The initial u is interlined, ^ MS. alcluaige. 
 
BETH A PATRAIC. 
 
 3 
 
 Ronalt \2xuni Va.tratc i Nemptor cur'bhó gilla, et is lia a tuirium 7 a aisneis a 
 ndorindi Dia do f(?rtuibh 7 mhirbhuih'<^ aire ina naidin 7 ina gillaigher/// ; 
 ár bui rath Dé 'na comu\dec/it in cec/i aeis. 
 
 Feet di<^//^ do VhdXraic a tigh a muime a n-aimsir ghúmrid dothoet tola 7° 
 mor 7 lin^zd us^:^ f(i?rsin n-dr^/j" i rabut<3:r, cur'bhaidh in tene, cu mhdXar na 
 leastra 7 fointreabh an tighi ior snamh. Rochai-sium ddiUo ior a mhuime, 
 GO cuinghidh bhidh amal is bes do noidinuibh. ' Ni he sin snim fil oruinn,' ol 
 in muime. ' Dotísíuil didm ni is tois<:'c/m dhiiin inas biadh do denumh 
 duitsi, áir ni beo cidh in tene.' O rachuala Vdtraic sin, rociiinn?"^loc isin tigh 75 
 in bhail nach rainic in t-uisq/n, 7 rothum a laimh isin n-uisq?/i. Na coic 
 banna 'mmm dobruinndis asa mrruib bat<?r coic oeible tein^^^ foc/toir [fo. i. 
 b. 2]. Rolas dldiu in tene, 7 ni roartraigh iarsin. Rom(órad) ainm De 7 
 Vátraic don moirmirb?//7-sin. 
 
 Y^cht a n-aimsir geimr/<^ coii2i\\.tcht a muime brosn(a) connaidh ^ cur' 80 
 tinoil Ian a urtWg do phisibh oighridh, 7 t7/c lais dia thig (c)o a muime. 
 ' Rob^d fhearr dhun,' ol a muime, ' brosna connaid chrin do thabai'rt diar 
 ngor^í^ inas a t?/cuis.' Asbrrt-si^m fria muime : ' Creitsi conaá sochma do 
 Dhia euro lasat na pisi am^-/ cringe//.' Amal rosuidhighi'd fi^rsin telmd 
 rolassat foc/toir. ... 85 
 
 Feacht do Vh^itraic 7 da shiair Lup(ait ocingaire) caer<^c//. Atnaigs^t 
 na huain cuh(opunn, amal) ba bes doibh, docum a (ma)ithri?c/^ d(o ol lomma.) 
 O'tconnuic Vdtraic 7 a shiur inni-sin, roreithset codi(an) dia t^rpadh. Adro- 
 chair an 'mgcn^ 7 roben a cenn fria cloich cur'bo comhfhoc?/^ bas di. Luidh 
 Vátraic dia saig/í/ cu tard airrdhi na croichi tarsin credit, 7 ba slan focr/air. 90 
 
 Feacht aili do Vdtraic ocna creirz^ co rue in cu ?d\aid cha^ir^"^ uadh, euro 
 chair^*^ a muime gumor. Luid didiu in cu arabháruch c?/^in maigin c//na, 
 7 in chúra imlan leis ; et fa hingn^^^T in ni-sin .1. slIscc a fiacl^/^ in con a\latd 
 immon mbiadh ngnaithach. Morthar ainm Dé 7 Vdtraic desin. 
 
 Feacht ann luid a mhuime-sium do bleag?^;^ a bo. Luidsi?/m do ol dighi 95 
 \ea,mhnac/iia, lé. Da.sac/ita.lghtcr immorro im boin isin mbuaib* .1. Demi?;^ 
 dochuaidh innti, 7 dohcir a hadharc isin mboin ba nesa dhi 7 nos-marbhann. 
 Romarbh dono .v. bu ba dech isinn indis, 7 luidh iarsin isin ndithreibh. 
 Teid iaru;;^ an noem .1. Sucait, tre comairle in Sp/rta '^oeim docum na .v. 
 mbo, 7 dos-fuisigh iat a bbas. Bennachais in mboin ndas^i;^/aig ucut, 7 ba too 
 cennuis iarsin am^^/ chaeir/^. 
 
 ^ MS. connaigh. 
 B 2 
 
4 
 
 BET HA PATRAIC. 
 
 Bui dal mhor la Breatnu. Luidh-sium don dail-sin la aidi 7 laa muime. 
 Tecmaing tra co /^-erbailt a aite isin dail-sin. Roshochtsat na huili dhesin, 
 7 rochiset a comnesomh, 7 rochi a commam, 7 adub^/r/: 'A gill(i), cidh 
 losumar leicis h'imarchoirthidh ^ do ec?' Luid iarsin Vatraic docum a aidi 7 
 dor^d a lama ima brag(ait)^ [fo. 3. a. i] 7 atb^rt fris : ' Eirigh co /^dighsium 
 asso.' Atraigh foc/toir la breit/r Pat;Wr 7 rue ior a muin dia thig inni Vditraic. 
 
 Feacht n-aill dob^rtis meic b^ca in phuirt mil dia maitribh asna mil^ 
 tenaibh. Co náobairt a muime frissium : ' Ni thabraisi mil damsa, a meic, 
 iioama/ dob^^ruit meic in baili dia maitnbh.' Teit-sium iarumh docum in 
 uisq^/i, 7 leastar lais, 7 senais an t-uisqui cur'bo mil, 7 co n-dernta cretre 
 don mhil-sin, 7 noic(ad c)e<;/^ teidm. 
 
 Feacht ann atbat(h lena)m alaile bannscaile nocungnadh la muime 
 Yatraic ic bleag?/;? a bo. Asb^rt iam;;^ muime Vairaic : ' Tuc lat do mac 
 iisinniu isin n-innis feib nob^rthea cec/i dia.' Doghni samW^. A mbat^r 
 ia.rum na mna ocon bleag?/;/, 7 in m<^c marbh (or lar na buail^, dobreath 
 a mhuime \Q3.m\ac/ii do Vatraic 7 isb^rt fns : ' Gairm cucatt in mac aile 
 CO /^-eisbliiudh comaidh fnut.' 'Táre, a naidhiu,' oul se/ ille! ' A/ra^^/focedair 
 in m^c a bas la togairm Yatraic co /^-eisbetar commaid \2sum, Romomd 
 i2oainm De 7 Vátraic desin. 
 
 Feacht aili dochuaidh rcchtdiírc in righ da fhuacra for Patr^^V 7 ior a 
 muime ;/dighsitis do glanad t]i{Q)di\\aig in righthigi i n-AlcluaÍde. Teit 
 isLTUM Ydtraic 7 a muime, co tainic in t-aingeal co Ydtraic^ co ndeb<3;/rt fris : 
 ' Guidh ^ in Coimdhi, 7 ni ba heicin duit ind ohar-ún cubrath.' Glanais in 
 i25t-aing^/ in teallach iarsin, 7 atbeir ce noloiscthea a bhfil do chonnudh i 
 mBr^/n<3;/^ isin tealluch ni bheth luaithne arnabharach ann, 7 comuillt^r fos sin. 
 
 Feacht aile ^xdiii doluidh xccJi'ímXxx in righ do chuinghidh chisa grotha 
 7 imme co muime Yatraic^ 7 ni raibhi aici ni dober^d ind isin gaimredh. 
 IS and sin dorighne Vdtraic gruth 7 imm don t-sne<:/í/a co rug<3;d don righ, 
 1307 o rotaisilbhadh don righ (r)osoadh a n-aicned snechta doridisi. Ro(m)ai- 
 thedh iarsin do Fhatraic on righ in cis-sin. 
 
 Becc tra de mhor annso do m<3:cf^rtuibh inni noem Ydtraic. 
 IS he tra tuirthiudh toidhe^^-^/a * Vdtraic docum nEir^;^;^. Bsitar .1 1 1 1. 
 meic rig Br^tan ior longi^^. Rancatar [fo. 3. a. 2] cu nd^rnsat orcuin inn 
 135 Urmarc Leathu, 7 dorecmaing lucht do Bretnail? Alcluaidhi for turns a 
 
 ^ MS. himarchoirthigh. 
 3 MS. guigh. 
 
 ^ Here comes a misplaced leaf. 
 * MS. tuirthiugh toighei:>^/a. 
 
BET HA PATRAIC. 
 
 5 
 
 nUrmarc Lethu intansin, 7 rohorta isin orcuin sin. Rohort ann cetam^j 
 Calpurn^/j vi\ac Potaidhe ath^/r Vatraic 7 a mdthaix .1. Cí7;2ces. Roghabh- 
 sat Ydtraic 7 a dhi siair .1. Lupait 7 Tigris. IS did/?/ leth lot^^r meic rig 
 Bretan, timcill Eirenn atuaidh, cu rorensat ini Vditraic fri Miliuc m^c hui 
 Bhuain coitdi tnur brathar. Ba hesidhe ri Dalnaruidhi, et rorensat a shiair 14° 
 l<?/hn-ailÍ7 ni mafit/r daibh. Ba de tra rolil-sium in t-ainm as Cothruighi^ 
 ar foghnum do cethrar muinnt/re. 
 
 Bai tra do dhichr^<:/// in fhoghnuma i mbai Vatraic co toimniudh cechae 
 dona cetheora muint^ruib dia bhfoghn^^d CMvnaá do a oenar foighneth, et 
 bai gidh in anmcairdine ele fairsium .t. cct slectain matan 7 cct fescor 7 145 
 oenproind on trath co araili. 
 
 BsLtar d'ldm .11 11. hanmanna fair .1. Sucait a ainm o thuistidhibh^ : 
 Cothraighi'^ dia mbui ic foghnum do chcathrar: Ma.gon'ws oc Gcrma.n: 
 Tatrlcms .1. athair na caith^rdha, a ainm la Selistin/zj- .1. comarba Vetuir. 
 
 O'tconnuic Miliuc gur'bo mogh irisiuch, rocennuigh on triur aili cu 15° 
 fognadh do a oenar, 7 roflioghain [f]o bes n[a ;/-]Ebraidhi"* fria re .hit. 
 mhMadjie, uair ba deithbi^r dho iar n-aili genea/<??^; et iss ed roherb^^ do, 
 ingaire muc ; 7 rocesair mor n-imni*^ i nditribh S\cbi Mis, am^z7 itfet fein 
 i liub^r a eip?>/lech. 
 
 IS lia tra t?/z>iumh 7 aisneis a ndoroine Dia airsium isin ditribh. 155 
 IS ann sin don-athuig<^d som Victor 3.'vigcl 7 nof horchanrt-i^ im ord n-ernrt:z^thi. 
 Tictis dono chuicisium meic 7 ingena Milcon coua. cnamat do^ 7 nos-fi?r- 
 chanadh im chrah/id crtstai'di doreir fi?rcetuil in aingil. 
 
 ISinn inb^;/^h-sin itconnaic Miliuc fis.i. Cothraighi^ do thuidhecht cuca, 
 7 lasair thein^^^T as a ghion, cu rolái-seom uadh in ttlm'd na roloiscedh, 7 160 
 roloiscc a meic 7 a ingina comdar luaithr^<^, 7 rohesreidíi'í/ a luaith fo E'mmi. 
 Rue iariim Cotraigi breith [fo. 3. b. i] f^rsin n-aisling, 7 athert ba he tene in 
 raith diadha asacomlaifed uadsum iardain co Miliuc, 7 ni creitfedh do. 
 Noloiscfed imnion'o p^ctha a m^c 7 a mgcn, 7 nocreitfitis, 7 bidh irdraicc 
 a n-ainm fo 'Eirinn. 165 
 
 I N-araili aidchi ^ á\dm isin du sin rocual^ guth in a'mgzl, 7 dXhert fns 
 i fis : ' Bejie, serue, Dn, ieiunas et oras, et cito exitur?/j eris ad patriam tuam.' 
 Rocomhfhaicsigh tra aimsir iuaslaicthi Vatraic a daire, air noclcir/^/atais na 
 gennte soerad a moga cecha scc/itmad hXiadne. Roimraidh vdiXtim W\\iuc 
 ommis no fhastfadh a m\iOgad ocai .1. YdXraic. Crenaidh d\.dm chumhail 170 
 
 ^ MS.cothruidhi. 
 
 2 MS. thuistighibh. 
 
 ^ MS.cothraidhi. 
 ^ MS.aigthi. 
 
 * MS. nebraighi. 
 
6 
 
 BETH A PATRAIC. 
 
 .1. Lupait siur Vatraic. Dos-b^rt MMuc dia vcskiogad. Rotinoiltea i teach 
 fok/h aidhche^ a mbaindsi. IS annsen ropritchai Vdtraic ^on cumail cu 
 rothocaitetar in aidhchi^ oc emai^hL ISin m^duin iarnamharach atconnuic 
 Vdtraic in gelchrecht i ndreich na cumaile, cu rof h/afraigh ^ fochunn in crechta. 
 
 175 Asb^rt in cumal: ' Intan robhasa i Nemptor i mQretviaib rotecmaing gur hen 
 mu cheann re chick gur'hho comf hoc^j- bas damh. O atconnaic mu bra- 
 thair Sucait in crecht dorat airrdhe na cro[iche] cona, laimh tarmo cenn, 
 7 rohictha foc/^oir.' Roraidh Vátraic : ' Misi do hrdXhair, 7 is me rot-ic, 7 
 is trocaire De fod^ra ar n-accomal doridhisi iarnar n-esreideadh.' Roghniset 
 
 180 iarsin atlaigi buidhi do Dhia, 7 docuat<3;r isin ndxihrub iarsin. 
 
 O robui Vdtraic isin dithrub atcwdXa guth in aingil ica radh : * IS iuiridho 
 didm in long co ;zdighisa innti c^^i-in nEatail do f hogluim na screptra noime.' 
 IS ed roraidh Vdtraic frisin aingel : * In duine dia bhfoghnaimsi fria re .uii. 
 mhXiadne ni f harcabhsa he cen a airle dam.' ISp^-rt áidiu in t-alngel : ' Eircsi 
 
 185 CO bhfesair.' Doroine Vdtraic SLvnlaid sin. Asb^rt Milmc na comarleicfeadh 
 muna thardad tallann oir dia chinn. ' IS twalang Dia cidheadh on,' ol 
 Vdtraic. Doriacht Vdtraic isin ditreibh 7 atcuaidh don sÁngel hriatra 
 Milcon. Atbert in t-ai;^g^/ fris du i tat foillichta in abigtl: ' Coimhetsa 
 d.ma,rack araili tore ic claidhi in talman, 7 docuirfea bruth oir dhuit ass, 7 
 
 iQotabhuir ar do shseire.' RocomailW amW^ 7 roleicedh [fo. 3. b. 2] Sucait 
 do imtheíT^/ soer iarsin. Aithr^C/^ immorro la Milcom deonugtid dia 
 mhog^^ im theckf, 7 fuidhius a muinntiV 'na dhegazd dia thshairt fi'rculai ; 
 sech ni tharra-sum Tsitraic 7 ni tharraid in t-or ar n-impod. 
 
 Luid didm Patraic i crich hua Neill for aighidhecht* co Sei[n]chianan. 
 
 195 Ishe rofheall fair. Rod-rir ar chaire n-umai. Suidhighidh a coiri ior fraighidh 
 a theghduisi co rolensí2:t a lamha don choire iarsin. Luidh a ben dia chabair. 
 Roleansat a lamha-sidhe don coire. Luidh in mhuinnt^r uili c^^-in coiri, 7 
 roleansí3:t a lamha uili don coiri, 7 rolean in coiri don iroigid. IS annsin 
 roraidhset : ' Is mogh righ mhorchumhacht^^;/^ rorensam. Gairmt^r duin 
 
 200 doridisi.' Dolluidh Vdtraic iarsin cuca, 7 dolleic al-lamha dhoibh trena 
 n-aitrighi, 7 rolaiset in coire fi?rculai. 
 
 Luid Ydtraic iarsin la gulla iox muir 7 dus-iohair ainbhthine moir. 
 Roghuidh ^ Ydtraic a Dhia leo 7 ba raeithin<2c^ in muir. lAr ngab^// tiri 
 dóib dobha/^r Xx^dcnus ind oine iar scithlim al-loin. Guidhs^t ^ Vdtraic \arum 
 
 205 im cuinghidh bidh doibh co Dia. lArsin dorat Dia dhoibh muic n-uir 
 
 ^MS.aighthe* ^ MS. aighthi. ^ MS, atconnuic p. fochunn in crechta curof hiafraigh. 
 * MS. aidhighecht. « MS. Roghuigh. ^ MS. Guighset. 
 
BET HA PATRAIC. 
 
 7 
 
 íhonaií/ti, et dobreath mil choilk'^i do Vátraic a.mal Idhain Bdhtaist. 
 Scarais friusaidhe 7 dolluidh co Nemptor. O rainic idirum a ath^rdha 
 roghuidhset^ he im an<3:d acu, octis ni frith uadh, uair cech tan atcodl^<^ 
 indar-lais ba hi inis na nGaeid^?/^ atceth co cluin^/h claiscetul na m<7:craidi 
 o Chain Fochlad. 210 
 
 Doluidh á\dm tar muir n-Icht i n-airrt^rdeiscirt na hEtailli docum Ger- 
 main .1. saieascop na hEorpa uili intansin, cu rolegh in canoin n-ecb/jdai lais. 
 
 Doluidh co Martan iarsin cuTorinis, cu tart herrad mdiiiaig fair. 
 
 .XXX. hltadne dldm a aoes intan rosiacht gu German, xxx. hliadne oc 
 foghlaim oca isLUun, 7 xl. hliadne ic proicept a n-Eir/;/;^ 215 
 
 Rofhaidh German iarsin inhi Vditraic do Roimh do airidin g/'aidh 
 Q^'^oic fair, 7 senoir smith lais .1. Egedi?^i' p/'^spit^r, dia theastug//^ fiadh 
 Romanch?/. 
 
 Luidh isLVum for muir, nonb?/r a lin, co-rala an innsi cu n-fhaca in tech nua 
 [fo.4.a. i] 7 lanamain ann; 7 atb^rt fr/sin oclach bui isin tigh, cia fot robat^r^ 220 
 annsin. ' O aimsir íssu,' ar se, 7 is e ron-bennach conar tegduis, 7 bemait 
 amlazd cobrath, et timarnai Dia d?«'tsi,' ol in t-ocW//, ' dul do proicept i tir 
 nGaeid^/^5 et forfacaibh íssu bhacaill lindi dia tabhairt d?^/tsi.' Dobreat 
 ia.rum Tatraic bachaill íssu leis, 7 doluidh co German fi^rcula. (As)p^rt 
 Victor fris. 'Timarnai Dia doitsi du(l do) ^roizept i tir Ghoid^/*.' 'Dia 225 
 cloisinn dam,' ol Vdtraic, . . ad dó nofreiceruind (1. noraguinn).' ' Tairsi,' ol 
 Victor, ' dia acalliz/w-seom i sliab Herimon.' 
 
 LuiD Vdtraic iarsin, 7 ronecain fri Dia dúrcraidhitaid na nGaoid^/^. 
 Asp(er)t Dia : ' Biatsa,' ol se, ' oc iurtacht duid.' 
 
 LuiD ian/m Vdtraic do Roim co roet gradh esbuic ocomarba Pet^;/r .1. 230 
 Selestin//j .xl.u. oVheinr. IS e rofaidh Palladiam espuc doc?/;;/ \\E\veitn, 
 acht ni rogabhsat Gseid^V® a proicept side, ár ni dó rocinn Dia a comhshódh, 
 acht is do Vatraic. Luidh iar//;;/ Palladi?/i' f(?rcula co n-erbailt a m-Bretnaid, 
 Luidhset a caeimthe<:///aidhi co Roim. 
 
 INtan luidh Vdtraic fo gradh n-esp;//c is ann áohreth in t-ainm is Patri- 235 
 cius fair. Doradad grad (or Vdtraic iarsin o Gi:;'man 7 o Shelistin;/^ 7 
 Ó Mhatha o righ Romhan. INtan tra. robas occ tabuirt graid espnic fair 
 rofr^acairset na teora classai .1. class muintrri nime 7 class na Romanic// 7 
 class m<a:craidhi cailli Fochlaid. Et is ed rocans^zd uile : ' Ib^rnienses om?ies 
 
 ^ MS. roghuighset. ^ -^/[^ nobatar. ^ MS. gaeigel. MS. ghoig^/. 
 
 ° MS. durcraiditaig nangaoig^/. ^ MS. Gaeig/V. 
 
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 BETH A PATRAIC, 
 
 240 clamant ad te puer.' Rofaidh di<3^íV/ com^rba Y^tair inhi Ydtraic do proicepi 
 do Ghseide/md'^. 
 
 A mbai Vátraic for muir ic ascnamh áocum nExrenn co?mcai an clamh 
 iors'm carraic oc cuinchidh inaidh ar Dia isin cumc^ IS ann sin rola Vdtraic 
 a leic isin muir resin clam, acht intan áovochtdXar 'Eirinn {ua.rsLtar in lec 
 245 aracind isin purt. 
 
 Luidh mrum Vdtraic co /^geibh Innb^r De i Crich Cualunn, 7 nibdar 
 failtigh na hiascaire fns. IS ann sin dor^;d-s^m breithir ior^m n-innbhir 
 cu x\adi biadh tor<3;d ann cubrath. Et is e th^inic anag<3:/<^ Yairaic .1. Sinell 
 vs\az Finnchada . is he cedna ier dochreid [fo. 4. a. iz] do Dhia 7 do Ydtraic. 
 250 Et facbhuidh bennachtuin fair 7 ior a shil. 
 
 .XL. hliadne on lo tainic Ydtraic a n-Eir^V^;? co la a etseachtai. 
 Foc^rd a luing iarsin sech 'Eirinn soir co hinis Ydtraic. Luid i tir. 
 Aroet araili fer ior éÁghiátcht'^ i suide 7 creitis do. Luidh Ydtraic cum 
 a luingi d'acsllam Laeghairi co Temhr^^^. Roimir assidhe co hlnnb^r na 
 255 mBarc, 7 dogni aoighidhe<:^/^ a tigh fhir mhaith annsin. Sescnech a ainm. 
 Yritchaid Ydtraic breith/r nDe dhó, 7 creidid do Dia 7 do Ydtraic. Baister 
 he iamm. Bai m^c b^c aigi. Rotoltnaigh-sidhe do YsLtraic 7 rochar gumor 
 inti Ydtraic. Gabhuis in m^c cos Ydtraic 'na ucht, 7 ni r'aemh codlud le 
 a mdt/iair na a athair in aidhchi ^ sin, ^;^-^/ ba toirrs^c-^ 7 nochaifedh muna 
 260 leicthi i fochair Ydtraic he. Ar m^^dain zmmorro, intan dochuaidh Ydtraic do 
 imthci:/// f<9ra set, tucixd a csLrpat cuice. Cuiris Ydtraic a chois isin carb^/. 
 ladhaidh in m^c b^c a dhi laimh im chois Ydtraic, 7 is cd roraid : ' Rom-leicid 
 aroen fria Ydtraic, ár is e Ydtraic m'athair dileas/ Doraidh Yatraic : ' Baistt^;' 
 in mac 7 dob^/'ur isin carbut.' Co n-ébert Ydtraic iardain : ' Bidh comarba 
 265 damsa in m<a:c-sin.' Et dobr^i'-^ Ydtraic ainm fair, Benign^/j .1. Benén. 
 
 Teit iarsin a cocimXhecht Ydtraic co F^rta bhFer bhFeic i Muig Breg 
 diáaig^ chase. IS annsin roceleab^i^^V Ydtraic ord na case, 7 adait^r tene 
 cos^^rartha acu do oifreann. Ba hi sin aidhchi* fhele Laeghuiri meic Neill, 
 ár rognithea la Laeg^/ri feil a gene dogres gachs, hliadne i Temraig Y>reg, 7 
 2 7oni lamhtha la Ea^guiri tene d'fatudh in Erinn resiu nohaduighthea tene 
 laissium i Temr^?^. 
 
 IS annsin romhalki:>^ Ydtraic Innb^r nDomnann 7 Innb^r nDe, 7 
 robennach Innb^r mBoi[n]ne ar fuair iasc ann. 
 
 Luidh iarsin co hlnnb^r Slainghe cu rofholuigh a lunga isin du-sin. 
 1 MS. ghxigetaz^, 2 MS. aidigecht. ^ MS. aoidhigher/^/. * aighthi. » MS. ^gaU. 
 
BET HA PATRAIC. 
 
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 Conidh ann dofuair mucaid Dichon meic T/^echimh^ bhail ita Sabull^275 
 Vatratc inniu, conecidh. dia ihigerna.. Luidh Dichu co ngreis a choin fona 
 clerchzV/. IS ann sin doghab Vdiraic in iers3. : ' Ne tradas bestis animam 
 í^;/íitenti[u]m tibi ' et ceUra,» lArsin soi:///ais in cu 7 ni ro urchoidz^ doibh. 
 O'tconnaic Dichu inhi Vátraic rofhuasluicc a claidhiub^ dia orcain. Seacais 
 a laim osa cinn [fo. 4. b. i]acedoir, cu nd^rna atach Patr^zV 7 ron-gabh coiigd^n 280 
 cridi, 7 rocreit, 7 ron-baist Vatraic iarsin, cojíiá he \.o\scch roghab baisd^ 7 
 creidium la hUWtti o Vátraic. IS annsin roidbair Dichu do Ydtraic in 
 SabuU. Senoir inimorro Dichu intansin. Dorat Vá.traic a rogha do, a 
 athnuaid^g^d * i n-aeis trichtaigx 710 a dhul i '^aith nime foc//oir. ' IS ferr learn/ 
 else, ' mo d^^miaigeáed ind aes trichiaigV Bendachais Vdiraic Dichoin 285 
 gu r\áQ.di(zh.aid i n-oitiud asahaithli. 
 
 Feacht do Vdiraic isin tSabull oc oif;rann. Luidh araili drai sech in 
 tdiOXais. Focerd a eachlaisc dar senist/r na h^r^railsi isin coileach. Sluicid 
 in talam in drai foc/^oir. 
 
 LuiD Vdí7'aic do ^roiccpi do Miliuc m^c hui Bhuáin, 7 or lais ar gabail 290 
 in chreidmc uadh, áir rofhidzr cur'bhó sanntízc// um crudh^ 7 um or he 
 dosunnraid. 0'tcual<2 M'úiuc Vdtraic do iQcht cuigi nir'bo idiiMd dhe, ar ba 
 meabhul lais creidium dia mogh 7 dia fhogantaidh IS i d\dÍ7i comairli 
 ro-aslag Demi?;/ fair .1. tene do tab^zVt fair ina thigh bodein, cu roloisc^rd ann 
 7 CO ndechazd dochum n-ithfirn. Rofoillsig^^ do Vdí7'aic inní-sin, 7 is ed 
 roraidh: *Ni bia ri na righdamhna uadh, 7 is ac foghnum dhaine ele bias 
 a shil 7 a seim^f/h dogres, 7 ni tharga a ainim a hifir;/ cu bráth na iar mbrath.* 
 
 IS i sin aims^r dorala ri feochair ior 'Em7i7i .1. Laeghaire m<3:c Neill. 
 IS ann d\dm bai a shosad 7 a g^'eim rigda i Ttmvaig. Teora hlid.d7n re 
 tuidhe<:///'^ do Vdi7'aic inn Eir/;/;/ rotrrchans^t na druidhi a taidhe^-y^^^ 300 
 .1. Luccatmhael 7 Luccra. Et is ed roraidhset : 
 
 Ticcfat tailcinn tar muir meirceann, 
 
 a mbruit (.1. a cocaill oifrind) toillceann, 
 
 a crainn (.1. a mbachla) croimcenn, 
 
 a miasa (.1. a n-altoire) a n-airrt^r a tigi^ 305 
 friscerat uile amen. 
 
 lArsin is^ert Vdtraic ria Dichoin : ' Eirg uaim,' ar se, ' co Laeg^zVi m^c 
 Neill co n-ebre mo dÁÚdusc fns, cu rabh flaith 7 eck/s isin tin' 'Dia ndeoch//jsa 
 
 > MS. Trethimh. 2 ms. Sadull. » mS. claidhium. * MS. athnuaig^d^d. 
 ^ MS. crugh. « fogantaigh. t\úg\íQcht. « MS. tdXgechi. 
 
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 BET HA PATRAIC. 
 
 cu Laeg//m,' ol Dichu, ' itat .ix. ngeill damsa occa i T^mxaig. Muirbhiit^r 
 
 310 mo geill 7 nom-muirbíité'r fein in lin raghat. ' Ternaifesa fein 7 ternaifeat 
 do geill [fo. 4. b. i^] . . . . sum .... mdid . . ge . . . . gingu t^rno,' ol Dichu, 
 ' rag^t ar do h^xmacht^m.! Luidh \-d.xiim Dichu co Temhra?^. ' IS e tra in 
 fer,' ol Laeg^^/ri, ' ceta rocreit don tailcenn ria ierw YXxenn. B^ridh,' ol se, 
 ' in f^r-so a n-sentech re gia(llu), 7 tarduidh biadh saillti doibh 7 na ta.xdazd 
 
 315 di(usciu).' Doroní3;d saxnlazd. Dosn-ainic .... macdhacAt 7 dobreath 
 drolmhuigh fhina dhóib . . . . se Vdtraic 7 . . . . dáil doib 7 dobreth soillsi 
 . . . doibh . . . Dosn-ainic cleir^c-^ cu casal lin . . e 7 tall (na) glasa 7 na slabh- 
 xada dib, 7 itic a n-eochu . . ba ior\?iX in lis ina srianuibh, 7 xoosXaic doirrs(ea) 
 {n3.)TG:xxixach reompa. Leangait iarsin íor2i n-eochu 7 ti . . . co Vdtraic i tir 
 
 Z2oxi\J\ad. Atfet idixum Dichu a seel do Ydtraic. ' IS doigh,' ol Ydtraic^ *ni icfut 
 faithe na ithfesa in ier sin co rissa fein.' 
 
 O rocomfi?csig so(llumun) na case romidir Ydtraicxiadi raibhi baili in bu(d) 
 cora dhoib ardshollum?/;^ na hlla.d7ie do cheileabri^:^/ ina i Muig Bregh baile i mbui 
 cenn ármácchtdij íd\ac/ifa,xia,h.'Eíxe7inj in, arddi;^gna xiah'Eixenn .1. iT^m(raig). 
 
 325 Rocheleab<3;/r doDhichoin, 7 domd a luing (or xxiuix, 7 luidh co hlndb^r 
 Colptha 7 CO F^rta hFer bFeic ior tlx, 7 saidhidh a phubull ann, 7 robean(ad) 
 in tene chascda cois^^arta lais. Ba hi(sin) aims^r noceileabraitis na gennte 
 in tsol(lomun) sin, 7 ba geis do righ Temhra tene d'fatud re teixiid na T^mr^c>^ 
 in Sidazg'^ sin. Ni f hid/r dií^^V^ Vdtraic (in) geis-sin,7 cia rofesadh ni tairmiscfed. 
 
 330 A(mb)atar ann lucht na Temhra co bhfacat<3!r in ten(id) roatta Vdtraic, air 
 rosoillsigh Mag xxiBxeg . . Roraidh in ri didtu : ' IS coll cana 7 gesi dham, sud, 
 7 finnta dhun cia dorine in tene u(t).' ' Atciam in tene,' bhar na druidhe, '7 
 raf hetam(ar) in aidhche ^ a nd^-rn^^^ hi acAt mina didbhuig(ther re) m<3;duin ni 
 baithfité'r cobra th.' Rogab f(erg) in ri iarsin, 7 rohinnk<^a carp<3:t do, 7 dodech- 
 
 335 (aid) CO Ferta bFer bhFeic. Doraids^t na d(ruid) fHa Lseghaire : ' Na heircsi 
 cusna fira uci air doragat-som cucat.' Dodeochaid . . cu hairm i mbui. Atb^rt . . 
 
 (Here are lost two leaves.) 
 [fo. 5. a. 1] Luidh iarum Vdtraic co Sith n^da (et ro)benn^c/^ Conall 
 7 Fergus a m<^c. IS annsin do ... ar a lamha fi'r cenn an meic. Ingn^d 
 la Conoll innisin. Asb^^'t Ydtraic : 
 
 340 Gignidh m^ican dia fine, 
 
 bidh sai, bidh faidh, bidh file, 
 inmhain lespaire glan glé, 
 nat ebera imarbhe. 
 1 MS. ag«z^. I MS. aighthi. 
 
BETH A PATRAIC. 
 
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 Colomb cille mac Y€\\imthe insin. 
 
 Robennuch Ydtraic didm ConuW mac Neill 7 a cenel, 7 forfácuibh 345 
 hennacki iora, ndáinibh 7 (ora. n-innb^ruibh 7 (or a ceall^/<5. 
 
 LuiDH Vdtraic i tir nKogam 7 asb^rt fria miiniir ' Fomnid ^ nach 
 ior-tair in leo uathmhar .1. Eog<^;2 m^c Neill.' IMatarraidh doib frisin set .i. 
 Muir^dach mac 'Eogaiii robui i tos^irh luirc na n-occ, Sechnall immorro dobhui 
 i nd^r^/h luirc na c\.érech. IS ann asb^rrt Sechnall fria Muir^^fach. ' Rat-fia 35° 
 a logh learn da creidi h'sLihair do Dhia.' ' Cia logh ?' ol se. ' Righi uait,' ol 
 Secnall. ' Doghena amh,' ol Muir^^ach. A bhFidh - Mhor is ann í:^;írainicc 
 Muir^í^ach 7 Koga?i fria Vdtraic, Rocreit áidiu Eoghan do Dia 7 do 
 Vdtraic. ' Damadh a tigh nocreittea,' ol Vdtraic, ' doticfatis geill ^'wcmi 
 dod tigh. Uair nach edh, ni ticfat co tisat tria n^rt airm.' 355 
 
 LuiD Vdtraic cu hOiliuch na Righ euro bennuch (in dun,) 7 fi^rfacuibh 
 a lice ann, 7 rotarrngair righi 7 ordan re hedh ior Y.u'iun a hAilrdi, 7 dorat 
 heannac/itsiin gaiscidh ior Kogan, 7 atbert Vdtraic: 
 Mil bhcannac/ii forna tuatha 
 
 LuiDH Vdtraic iarsin a nDail Araidhi cu da mrt-cuibh dec Caelbaidh 
 7 dorat beann<i'r///ain f^raib acht Sarán a oenar, 7 dor<?t malW/f/ain fair sein 
 cu nach gabhtha righi uadh cubrath. 
 
 Luidh Vdtraic i nDail Araidhi cu robaist espac Olchon fil in Airrtrr37o 
 Maigi Cobhai, 7 cu rolegh Mac Nisse ConsxYQ a shalma lais. 
 
 Luidh Vdtraic co \iEoc\\aig mac Muirr^^aigh, co righ \]\ad, dia mbui oc 
 damned [fo. 5. a. 2] 7 oc pian^<^ da naemhogh roedbradair a n-oighi do Dhia, 
 ica . . . urg2/d il-lanamhn?/j i n-adhrad idhal. Roghuidh* Vdtraic itghi leo arna 
 rophiandaij, occiis ni etas. Dorat d'ldiu Cairill mac Muir^<^aigh .1. brath^2>375 
 in rig, impidi la Vdtraic, 7 ni rosemh in ri fair. Atbert Vdtraic fria hEochai^- : 
 ' Ni bhiat righ nait rigdamna uait cobrath ocus a n-oidhidh ^ fort bhudhein. 
 Do brathair iminorro .1. Cairill bhidh ri é budhein 7 beit righa uaidh 7 
 
 dobiur o BeakiTh Ratha, 
 ocus for Cinel Eogatn 
 deoraidh co laithi mbratha. 
 
 Cein bes macha fo toruibh 
 
 beit a catha for f^rmibh, 
 
 cenn sluag hhicr bhFail dia maigin, 
 
 saigidh daibh for cech tcalaigh. 
 
 360 
 
 365 
 
 ^ MS. fomnig. 2 ms. abhfigh. MS. Cxlbaigh. * MS. Roghuigh. ^ MS. anoighidh. 
 
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 BET HA PATRAIC. 
 
 flaithi OS do clai;^dsi 7 os UWtaib uili cobrath/ <:^;iud iat sin sil na righi .1. sil 
 
 3S0 Demmain meic Cairill tre breit/r Ydtraic. 
 
 Luidh di(^//^ seitig in righ 7 slechtais fo Q}i\osaib Vdtraic. Dor^t Ydtraic 
 hennacht df, 7 rohemiSLig in gein bui ina broinn, <;í';íud he Domhanghart mac 
 "Eochack insin. IS e fi^rfacaibh Ydtraic ina churp fesin i Sleibh Slanga 7 
 biaid ann cobrath. Uair is he sin in sechtmadi fer f(?rfacuibh Ydtraic 
 
 385 ana hhethaid oc coimet \\E\renn. 
 
 Luidh V dtraic mrsm a Dail Araidhi tar Fertais Tuama co hUaibh Tuirtre. 
 'Doá&ohaid iarsin a n-Uaibh Meith Tire. IS ann tallsatar tHar do Uaibh 
 Meith ind-ara boc nobidh oc tabhairt wsci do Vdtraic, 7 dodechat^^r do luighi 
 eithich do Vdtraic cu romheichleastar in bocc fesin a bragait in tres fear dos- 
 
 39- tall. ' Mo de broth,' ol Vdtraic, ' aisneidhidh in boc fes(in) a bhaile ar'hith^<3^. 
 Et o aniu cubrath,' ol Fdtraic, ' leanat buic fort claind 7 chenel,' 7 is ed on 
 comalltur fos. 
 
 LuiD Vatraic co Firu Roís iarsin. IS ann sin rosoe i clochu na faiscre 
 grotha cosin nemh. Et robaithtea isin ath uile laich romhidhatar orcain 
 395 ^dXraic. 
 
 Luidh Yatraic 'mrum tar Magh mEreg i crich Laigh(en) co dun Nais. 
 Ata Idiihrach pupla Vdtraic i fhaighthi fria slig?^ anair, et ita tipra fria dun 
 atuaidh du in-robaisd Vatraic da mac Dunlaing .1. Ailill 7 lUann 7 di ingin 
 AiMl ^ .1. Mugain 7 Fedhelm ro i(d)b^r(tatar) [fo. 5. b. i] a n-oighi do Dhia, 7 
 
 400 senais Vdtraic caille ior a cenn. IS ann sin docuas o ThsLtrazc ior cenn YQcktmre. 
 Náis, Faillén a ainm. Rodoilbh-sein cotk/<^fair, 7 adubhradh bai in re^/^/aire 
 'na chodl^^^. ' Modhebrath,' ol Vatraic, ' ni hingn^*^ cidh tiu[g]chotl^^<^/ 
 Dochuat<3:r a muinnt^r iarsin do áusaiá in rtcktdiiri. Et frith marb he ar 
 an anumaldolt dorine do Vdtraic, comá desin is athi^^c mbreithri la Gaedelu : 
 
 405 coálud Faillein i ndun Nais. 
 
 Dricriu áldiu is e ba ri O nGarrcon iorcinn Ydtraic intansin, et inghen 
 Lsegaire mdc Neill do mnai oca. Et dodiultsat fre Vdtraic immon 
 bhfleidh^ oc Raith Innbhir. Et dorat Cilline foilti dho, 7 romarbh a 
 senboin do, 7 dorat do i n-airmitin fogheb^^h dia fhulung i tigh in righ. IS 
 
 410 ann sin atb^rt Vatraic fria mnai fhuine, 7 si oc derchainedh a meic : 
 
 A hen, taisigh do mi^can ! 
 totaet tore mor do orcan: 
 
 * A recent hand has made Aitt into Ailbi. 
 
 2 MS. bhfleigh. 
 
BETH A PATRAIC. 
 
 is do aibhell dotaet breo, 
 bid beo, bidh slan do macan. 
 
 IN t-arbi^^ 415 
 is ^ dech dolosail ta.\man : 
 is se M^rcan mac Cillin 
 duini bus dech d'ibh Garrcon. 
 
 Fothaighis Ydtraic y^xtim cealla 7 congbala imdha i Laign^'^^, oms (or- 
 facuib bennackisLin íorru 7 íor Huibh Cennsel^^^ sainriudh, 7 f(?rfacuibh 420 
 Huasailli i cill Huasailli 7 M<^c Tail i cill Cuilinn, et ro oirdnestar Fiachu 
 Finn i Sleibtib in espi'<;oidi in cuicid. Romhaidh d3.no Failge Berraidhi 
 CO muirbhfedh Vdiraic du i comhraicfed fris a ndighuil an idhail Cinn 
 Croich, ar is eisidhe roba dia do Fhailgi. Roceilset tra a muinnt^r ar 
 Vdtraic inni roraidh Failghe. Laa n-ann asbrrt Odhran a aru fre Vdiraic : 425 
 ' 01 atusa f?'i re cian eg a.ruidec/ti duitsi, a popa, a Vdtraic, nom-leic- 
 sea isin pnmsuidi inniu, 7 ba tusu hiis ara.' Dorine Vdtraic s?ivn\aid. 
 Luid Vdtraic i cnch Ua Failghi iarsin. Teit Failghi cu tard fuasmadh 
 tna Odran i rict Vdtraic. Nir'cian ian/;;/ co n-erbail Failghi co nde.chaid 
 a ainim a n-ithfern. Teit iarsin 'DQmim i curp Failghe co mbui eterM^ 
 dainibh [fo. 5. b. 2] am<2/ b. . . . Teit Vdtraic iar céin mair iarsin co 
 Failghe, 7 rothoiris an dor?/j in dunaidh i muigh, euro fhiafraig do sen do 
 mhoghuibh Failghi cait i m-bui Failghi. ' Rofhacbassa ina thigh,' ol in 
 mogh. ' Raidh fris,' ol Vdtraic, * tuide^:/// dom acall^/;;/.' Teit in mogh 
 arcenn Failghi, 7 ni fuair dhe isin tigh acht a cnamha lomai cen fhuil, cen 435 
 ieoil. Tic in mogh co Vatraic cu mbron 7 toirrsi 7 atfet do am^/ doconnuic 
 Failghi. Asb^rt Vdtraic : ' On lo roghon Yailge mo araid am fhiadhnuisi 
 dochuaidh a ainim a i\-\thicrn isin gnim dorinne, 7 dochoid/^ á^mun ina 
 cor^.' Conld hi oiáed^ Fhailghi insin. 
 
 Failghe Rois \mmorro issi a clann fil isin tir inniu, 7 robennuch44o 
 Vdtraic, 7 is uadh flaithiz^j in tire cobrath. 
 
 LuiDH Vdtraic iarsin fir Bealuch nGabrain i tir nOsr^z^i, 7 f(í7rfoth^/^ 
 cella 7 ri?;/gbhala ann, 7 adub<^/;'t nobhi?/is; oirdnz<^i laech 7 cl/r^c/2 dibh 
 cobrath, 7 ni biadh furail nar// coic/d fi?rru cein nobeitis doreir Patraic. 
 
 Ceileabhr^2j Vdtraic dhoibh iarsin, 7 f^rfacoibh martra sruithe ocu 7 445 
 ioircnn dia muntir du ita Martrach^ inniu i Muigh Raighne. 
 
 LuiDH Vdtraic iarsin i crich Mhum^;^ do Chaisiul na Righ. Co tarla do 
 
 ^ MS. repeats. * MS. oig^d. ' leg. Martarthech. 
 
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 BETH A PATRAIC 
 
 ^nghus m^c Natfr<3;ich ri Mumi?;/, 7 f^niis failti fris, 7 nos-beir lais dia 
 thigh don dun cusin maigin i ta Leac Ydtraic inniu, 7 creitis ^ng/^i* do Dia 
 450 7 do Vátraic annsin, 7 robaisd^/h he 7 moran df^raibh Mnman maille fris. 
 IS ann sin tra tinnscnamh baithis bhf^;' yiwman, co7i3idh ann asbert 
 Tsitraic : 
 
 Muimhnigh dianom-sáruighet 
 
 um Chaisil cenn a mbaithis 
 455 imghuin leo ar lar a tire 
 
 belt a righi fo aithis. 
 
 A Caisil robennachus 
 
 YAvinn conic a hura : 
 
 comdhí^ laimh robennach?^^ 
 460 ci?;znabia cen maith Mumha. 
 
 INtan tra robai Vdtraic oc bennach^?^ cinn JEnghus2i luidh foghrain 
 na bacla trena traighidh. lar bhfoirchinn immorro in bennachi^/^ ^í^/^accai 
 in crecht i cois iEngh^^-a. Asbert Vdtraic : ' Cidh rombai nad ebris 
 frium ? ' ' Atar-lem,' ol JEn£-t/s, ' rop he corus in creitmhe.' ' Rat-iia a logh,' 
 465 ol Vdtraic. ' Ni ragha do chomharba [fo. 6. a. i] aidheadh ngona onniu 
 cubrath acht oenier nama.' Asheir Vdtraic co mbiad arath iCaisil, ut dixit : 
 
 Eisseirgi Vatraic a nDun, 
 a ordan a n-Ard Macha, 
 i telchan Chaisil cheolaig 
 rodheonízz^ trian a ratha. 
 
 Luidh Vatraic a Musc^'aihi ^ Breoghain. Laa n-ann d^diu boi oc innlat 
 a lamh i n-áth ann cu torchair fiacail asa chinn isin n-áth. Luidh iarsin isin 
 telcha frisin ath anair, 7 dotiaghar uadh do cuinghidh na fiaclu, et doraitne 
 foc//oir in fiacail isin ath am^/ grein. Et Ath Fiacla ainm inn atha et Ceall 
 475 Fiacla ainm na cille i farcaibh in fhiacuil. Et rofhacuibh cethrar dia mtmtir 
 ann .i. Cuirche 7 Loscan, Caileach 7 Beoan. 
 
 Luidh mmm i tir Ua Figinti co ndcrna Lonan mac Erca ri O Figeinti 
 fledh^ do Vdtraic, 7 deochain Mantain do muniir Vdtraic leis ica fur. 
 Dolluidh cliar aesa dana co PatraV do cuinghidh bidh. Ymdhius Vdtraic 
 480 t^chtdi uadh co Lonan 7 co Deochain Mantain do chuinghidh neich * don 
 oes dana. Asb^rtatar side napdis druith no hemiad a bhfleidh^ artus. 
 
 1 MS. comadha. 2 miiscraidhi. » fl^gij^ 
 
 * MS. neith. ^ MS. bhfleigh. 
 
BETH A PATRAIC, 
 
 15 
 
 Asb^/'t Vdtraic na biadh ri na qs'^oc o Lonan 7 na biad ard congbhail ^ 
 deoch^/;? Mantain i tdihnam. IS ann sin do dechaid araili moethock<:/2, 
 Nesan a ainm, 7 molt 7 tanag ^ 7 tri faiscre grotha for a mhuin do Vdiraic. 
 
 Asb^rt Ydtraic : 4S5 
 
 IN m(2can dotoet atuaidh 
 is do doberbadh in bhuaidh, 
 cona moltan f<?ra muin 
 docum Cotraighi dofuil. 
 
 Coni/i--tuc Vátraic dona caintibh. Amal batar iar?/;;/ na cainti oc ithe in 49^ 
 muilt notas-sloicc in talam focedair cu lotar i fudomí^;^ ithfrinn, 7 marait fos 
 na faiscre iarna sodh i clocha. Dohcrt la.rin/i Vdtraic benn<7<;/^/uin do Nesan, 
 7 dob^rt g^'adh dtoohaiu fair, 7 is e fil i Mungharait. 
 
 Luidh Ydtraic iarsin i Findine fri Domn<^c/j Mor aniart//<22///, telach 
 asa n-aict^r in tuath fri Luimn^c/^ atuaidh, co tart benn^i-Z^/ain ior Thuad- 495 
 m^/main ar a dhuthr^i:///aighi dodi'chat^r co ;/-imat innmhuis leo arcinn Ydt- 
 raic. Cairthenn mace Blait, [fo. 6. a. 2] sen clainne Tairrdealbhuigh, roc^eit 
 don Choimdh/^, 7 robaist Vdtraic i Saingil .1. sain aingil dodechrt'/</ dia 
 ^CTAXaim annsin, 7 ni he Victor. Ni b^rthe dd.no clann do Cairthenn co sin. 
 IS ann sin rucadh Eoch?^ Bailldrrg do Chairthenn. Patr^T-zV dochruthi?/^5oo 
 don phairt croa, et co rabha in ball sin in a churp do comhartha ind fherta. 
 Ni dkv^ohaid Vdtraic fesin isin tir acht atceth o l^mmncdi siar 7 budh 
 thuaid, 7 bennachais ind airet adí:í?7/naic. Et p;'<?phetauit de safict'is qui in 
 eis lierent ^ no77im\hus et tempore quo pi'ruenissent. 
 
 ' IN t-ailen glas tiar,' ol Vdtraic, ' i mbelaibh in mhara ticfa caindeal do ?c5 
 mujttir Dhe ind bus cenn athchomhairc dona tuathíT'/í^-sea ' .1. Senan innsi 
 Cath^^^ . diagh .Ix. z>cl vi. xx h\iad/ie \dixuni Scnan mac Gerrgirui meio, 
 T)h\\hh.th.aig. 
 
 Ni dhecha/<^ ddiiio Vdtraic dar Luachair ind larmhumhain. Pr^^phetauit 
 de B/'enainn m^c hua Alte, qtn nascetur .cxx. anno. Quo[d] impletum est. ^10 
 
 LuiD Vdtraic iMuscraighi'^ Thiri baptisare et fundare fidem. Ibi inuenit 
 tres {ratvQS .1. Fuirc 7 Muinech 7 Mechar, tri meic Fi?rait mcic Connla. 
 Creitidh Muinech protinus, et rom-beir as Vdtraic 7 ron-bennach 7 ior- 
 fhacuibh oirdn^^i laech 7 clerech uadh cubrath 7 airdrighi a thiri uadh 
 dogr^s. 515 
 
 Robhui tra.ui I. mbh'^^;// i M^^wain, 7 iss ed dorimet ind Qolaigco nderna. 
 aifrenn ca<:ha scc/ztmad imaire doneoch imrulai ^ i Mumaiu. I Arsanni tra, 
 ^ MS. congmhail. 2 ms. tanad. ^ MS. fierant. * MS. muscraidhi. ^ MS. imrulaigh. 
 
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 BETH A PATRAIC. 
 
 rofhothí2;2^estar Vdtraic cealla 7 congbhala la Mumdln, 7 rooir</nesdar 
 aes CQckdi graidh, 7 roicc ses cecha tedhma, 7 rothodhuisigh marbhu. 
 
 520 Ceileabhm/j- doibh iardain, 7 facbh^/i- b^;m^i:-^/ain fi^rru. 
 
 LuiDH iarsin co hEle. Lot^r fir Mum<3;;/ inadhiaidh^ feib donucsat each 
 dibh dialaile indegaid Tatrazc. IS ann sin do airtetar fir Mumhan, f^ruibh, 
 m<2cuibh, mnaib, inhi Vátraic j. oc Brosnachaibh^ cu rolasat morghair 7 
 morbroscar ar fhailti fheghtha ior Vdtraic. Et is de sin rohainmn^^^d 
 
 525 Brosnachu Ele. 
 
 IS ann sin roceileabuir d'f^ruibh yiwman, 7 dob^rt hennackt iorvw : ut 
 dixit : 
 
 [fo. 6. b. I.] BesLTinack^ De for Mumazn, 
 
 f^ruibh, in<3:cuibh, mnaibh, 
 530 hennacht forsm talumh 
 
 dobeir taradh dhaibh. 
 
 BQnr\acht ior cech n-innmhas 
 
 gignes ior a mbrughaibh, 
 
 cen nach foiri cdbair 
 fi;35 h^rmacht De ior Mh.\imain. 
 
 Benn acki iora, mbennu, 
 
 iora. leacu loma, 
 
 hennacht iora. nglenna, 
 
 hennackt iora. ndroma. 
 g^o Gainiumh lir foa longuibh 
 
 roppat lir a tealluig, 
 
 i fanuibh, i reidhibh, 
 
 i sleibhibh, i mbennuib. Ben. 
 
 Luidh Vátraic ior cul co Firu Rois euro thriall congbail in Druim Mor. 
 545 IS ann sin tainic in t-aingel 7 athert iris : ' Ni sunn doraid Dia fnut airisiumh.' 
 ' Cets^, cia hairm?' ol Vátraic. ' ISi;? Mhacha thuaidh,' ol in t-2i\ngeL 
 Dolluid Vátraic iarsin do Ard Vátraic fna Lughbhadh^ anair, 7 rotnall 
 congbail ann. Ticedh Vatraic etch dia o Ard Vátraic, 7 ticedh Mochta 
 o Lughbadh aniar cu comraicdis imacaMaim ceck dia oc Lie Mhoc/iia.. Laa 
 550 n-oen ann tuc in t-3.ingel eip/j-/il eat^rra. Airleghuidh Vátraic hi, 7 iss ed 
 bui innti : 
 
 Mochta craibhdech credhal 
 bidh airm in rogahad, 
 Patraicc la breithir in righ 
 hi Macha nonanadh. 
 ^ MS. inadhiaigh. MS. lughmhagh. 
 
BETH A PATRAIC. 
 
 17 
 
 Teit Vátraic iarsin don Macha la hrtiúiir in aingil co du ita Ráith Daire 
 inniu. Bui araili ier soimm airmhitn^c>^ ind inb^/<^-sin a nAirt^raibh, Daire 
 a ainm. Roghuidh Ydtraic inti Daire arco tartadh inadh a reclesa do i n- 
 Druim Saile<:h, du ita Ard Macha i[n]niu. AsWrt na tibhr^/h in \.^2Xaig dho. 
 'Dohxeth immorro \nad áo isin glinn, du ita ind Fherta inniu. Y o^aig'ms c^(io 
 didiu Ydtraic iria. re cian ann. Laa n-ann tuctha da ech Daire do ithe 
 feoir in du sin. Rof^frgaig^d Vdtraic desin cur'bo marb na heo^r/m foc//oir. 
 ¥ergaigt]\er^ Daire umma h.QOchu do mharb^^,7 atb^rt in cXérech. do mharb<3:^. 
 Dos-fanic tamh 7 treaghd^^^ opunn cu Daire, cur'bo focraibh bas dou. ' To- 
 c;'adh in cXtixig iodcra. sin,' ol in ben bui oca, ' 7 riaruidh fris,^ or si. Docuassós 
 iarsin do chuingidh uisq^/i ern^i-i^thi ior Vdtraic do Daire. *Ni s^^//m<2d,' ol 
 Ydtraic [fo. 6. b. 2] . . ' minbadh in ben d\dÍ2i ni biad eseirgi do Daire cobrath.' 
 Bennuighis Tdtraic in t-uisq?/i, 7 raidhis a t^bairt do Dairi 7 tarna heochu. 
 Dognit^r 3.m\aid, 7 atrac/it Daire íTí^na eochu focedair. Ruc^d dldi?( coiri umha 
 a n-edhairt do Ta-traic o Dhaire. ' Deo gracia,' ol Tdtraic. Roihiadac/zt 570 
 Daire dia muintir cid ashert an cleir^c//. ' Gratiam,' or in mzdjiter. ' Ni 
 maith in luach deghcoiri,' ol Daire. ' Tabhur uadh doridhisi,' ol Ddire. 
 Tucsat in coiri uadh doridhisi. ' Deo gracias,' ol Tdtraic. Indisit a mzmter 
 do Daire a n-asb^rt Tdtraic. 'IS e c/^briathar aicisiumh in graciam,' or 
 Daire, '.i. gratiam ica tahairt do 7 gratiam ica breith uadha.' Luidh Ddire 575 
 cona, sheitig iardain do oighnVr Tdtraic, 7 roedb<7/;-sct in coiri do 7 in tealarh 
 í"í7;/naiteach fair ria sunn dan ainm Ard Mac/ia inniu, et Ard Soilcc/i a ainm 
 cosin. 
 
 IS amXaid immorro rothoraind Tdtraic in raith, 7 in t-a'wgel reme 7 
 esiumh 'nadhiaidh^ cona muntir 7 cona. shruithibh, 7 in Bhachall Issu il-laimhs^o 
 Tdtraic. 
 
 At é annso na sruithe atcuaidh ferta Patr^/c .1. Colum cille 7 Ultan 7 
 Adhomhnan m^c Tinde, 7 Airenan ind ecna, et Ciaran Bealaig Duin, et 
 espoc Airmedach o Cloi:har, et Colman Uamach, 7 Crimthan ^ Collait 
 o Druim Relgech. 585 
 
 Fear fir tra in ier sin o glaine alcnid amal uasalath<7:/r. Firailithi'r 
 a.mal Abraham. Cennais dilgr<3^ach o cridhi amal Moysi. Sailmcetkz^ 
 molbt^rA a.mal Dabid. Estudh h^'^na 7 eoluis amal Sholmoin. Lestar 
 toghai fri fogra firinni amal Phol n-apstal. Fer Ian do rath 7 deolaidher/^/* 
 in Spir^/a "Nairn, amal Eoin. Lubhghort cain co c\a7inaib sualach. Gesca 590 
 - MS. fergaidther. ^ MS. nadhiaigh. ' leg. Cruimther. * MS. deolaigher/^/. 
 
 D 
 
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 BETH A PATRAIC. 
 
 finemna co tairthigi. Tene thseidhk^h co ngns ngairthe 7 tesaige<:>^/a na 
 mac mbethí^ií/ um fhatudh 7 t-soillsuighadh dhesherce. Leo ar mharnirt 7 
 Q}i\Mmacht2i. Colum ar chennsa 7 diuite. Naithir ar thuaichli 7 treabaire. 
 Fer maeth, cennais, MmaU ailg^;^ ria mí3:cuibh hethad : ainmin, ecennuis fria 
 595 m<3:caib bais. Mogh saithair 7 foghnama do Christ. Ri ar ordan 7 cum- 
 acAta, ir'i cuibriuch [fo. 7.a. i] 7 tuaslua/d, fria sotr ad -j dhoer^^, fria beth- 
 7iguá 7 marb^d. 
 
 lArna moirmhirb^//ib-si,tra^7 iar todhusc//d marbh,ar n-ic dhall 7 clamh 
 7 bacach 7 aosa cacha tedhma olcena, iar hhiorctivX hhier nEirenn 7 iar 
 
 600 mbaithÍ2í!.s-, iar fothug^i^f cheall 7 mainisdr^c>^, iar coscrad idhal 7 axxacht 7 
 ealadhan ndruidhei:///a, rocomfhoicsigh laithi a eitsichta inhi noebh Pa- 
 X.raic 7 a dhula dochum nime. Et iss ed rotriall, dul do Ard Macha ar 
 Q.\xmaá ann nobeth a eiseirghe. Doriacht Victor ai;^g^/ chuige, 7 is ^^roraidh 
 fns : 'Eire fi?rtculai don bhaili asa tudhci^iduis .1. don tSabhall, ár is ann 
 
 605 atbela 7 ni a nArd Macha dor<3:t Dia d^^t h'eiseirghi. Th'ordan 7 th'oirech^/i-, 
 do chrab^^í^ 7 t'fí'rcetul am<^/ dobhethea beo a nArd Macha. Dogealluis do 
 Dichoin zomaá aigi nobeth h'eiseirghi,' ol in t-ai/^g^/. Doraidh YdXraic : ' as 
 in daeiri co crich damsa intan nach cu;;ingaim mo adhnacul isinn mad 
 is tol dam.' Roraidh in t-ai;^g^/ : ' Ná bidh bron fi'rt, a Vdtraic, ár biaidh 
 
 610 h'ordan 7 h'oirechus a n-Ard Macha, gid a n-Dun bias h'eserghe ; 7 dorat Dia 
 maithÍ2/i-a imdha áuii. Or dorat áuit nemh do Dhichoin com. clainn. Dor^t 
 áuit mo'wseser gachdi. sathairrn d'feraibh 'Eirenn do hreitk o phein docum 
 nimhe. Dor^t átíit gach aen ghebhus do ymonn il-laithi a eitseachta con^c^ 
 bé ind Ithfern. Dor^t áuit cumba tu hus breithium hrditha ar f(?ruibh Eir^;^;^.' 
 
 615 Doroine Vatraic comairle in aXngil, 7 rothoiris i crich nUlad. 
 
 INtan tra tainic uair a eitscc/iifa, Vátraic dorat espí»^ Tassach Ci?rp Crist 
 do, 7 rofhaidh a spir/// docum nimhe isind-ara hWd^dain .xxx. ar cet a aoisi. 
 Tancat^r immorro aingil nime arceand anma Vdtraic 7 rucsat leo he doc^^m 
 nime gu n-anoir 7 airmitin moir. Et gidh mor a anoir coleic bidh mo a 
 
 620 ndail bratha intan adreset fir áhomain la f<i>rcongrai Mich// archaing//. Et 
 raghait fir Eir^;^;^ a comhdail Ydtraic co Dun L^/hglaisi /^d/c/^s^t maroen 
 fnss CO SMah Sion, baili i ndingne [fo. 7. a. i\ Crist mes fi?r clixmn nAdhaimh 
 isin laiti-sein : intan, áidiu, suidfes Crist ior righsuidhi a mhiadamla ac meas 
 na ir\ muinnt^r .1. mninter nimi 7 ta\man 7 ithiirn. Et suidhiit in da esb<a;/ 
 
 625 déc imaille fris ior dibh righsuidhibh dec oc mes ior dibh tr^tóbh dec 
 dainni Israkel. Suidhfidh di<^/^ Fatraic intan sin (or righsuidhi a hret/iem/i- 
 
BET HA PATRAIC. 
 
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 nachta 7 midhfidh ior i?;'uibh YXxenn, ár is e Vdtraic is esbal for 'FArinn, 
 7 is athuir iorcetml 7 irsi doibh, 7 is e htis br^Z/^eamh fd?rru il-lo bra/>^<3:. Et 
 is maille fris ragait iar bhfuighiull bratha in fhaireann rocomhaillset a timna 
 7 a fhoircetal an aeintibh, a n-errn«z^hi, a n-almsanuibh, a tr^cuire, a cennsa^ 630 
 a ndilghitaidh^ 7 isna timnaibh diadhaibh olcena isin bhflaith nemhdhai. 
 
 Rofhacuibh in t-dAitgel comhairle la V^itraic amal nohadhn<7<:///a, 7 is cd 
 asb^rt fris : ' Tucthar,' ar se, ' da ocdam dliiscz'n do cethrib Cona.\\l a Finna- 
 hair .1.0 Clorhar, 7 suidz^t^r do corp a cethiirrsen, 7 cibe leth. dhighs^t 7 
 i tairis^t a n-aen?/r bidh insin nodadhní7r///sa.' Et doronrt'd amlaid iama635 
 eitseckt. Et fri re da oidhchi^ dhéc .1. airet robat//r sruithi Eirr;^;^ ica aire, 
 ni raibhi [a]daig i Maiginis ac/ii soillsi SiÍHgelacdadinn. Atb^rat araili is co 
 cenn mhUadne robui in t-soillsi ann. Comd de ita Tricha c// na Soillsi. 
 
 Bui tra triall cuiblingi moiri 7 cata it/r Ull/?^ 7 Hua Neill ica cosn<^m 
 do Ard Macha 7 JJ laid ica. fhast?^d acu fein. IS cd d'ldm tarfas doibh UÍIÍ640 
 breith in cuirp do cá<:h dibh doc?^m a thiri, cu ro et<7;'scar Dia fonn inn?is sin 
 tHa rath Vdtraic. 
 
 Arroét áidm comtmn 7 sacarb^zc o espac Tass^c//, 7 rofhaidh a sptmt 
 doc/^m nime isin tSabhall. 
 
 Koha.dhnac/if immorro Vatraic a nDun da Lethgl^i- co n-anoir 7 C0645 
 n-airmhitin, co bhfi-rtaibh 7 mirbhuilz^^ cechlaithidhi. Cidh mor, dÁdiii, a 
 anoir colleic, bidh mo a ndail bratha ind oentuidh ^ aps/<?/ 7 descipul \ss\x, ind 
 oentuidh ^ .ix. ngradh nimhe, i n-.xntuidh dhe<2<:/z/a 7 d-^nachtd. Meic De, 
 a W'TSXitaid vidi naemtrinoidi .1. Ath^zzV 7 M<7:c 7 Spir/^/ ^ccin. 
 
 Ailim trocuirQ De uli«/mhí?:í://taigh co risium ind senfaids'm IN saecu\a6 so 
 saeculomm, amen. 
 
 1 MS. andilghitaigh. 2 jyjs. oighthi. ' MS. oentuigh. 
 
 D 2 
 
[fo. 7. b. 1.] 
 
 Beth (a) CoXuim Cille annso 
 7 tdihrad gach legfas a bheanna^^/ fi?r anmannaib na lanumhan 
 docuir da scrihenn hi. 
 
 655 ' XZT de t^rra tua et de domo patris tua, et uade in terram quam iibl 
 monstrau^ro' .1. Facoibh do thir 7 do thalamh 7 do coibnesom 
 collaidi 7 t'athardha ndilis eramsa, 7 eirc isin tir faillsigfetsa duit. 
 
 IN Coimdhi fein dorat an comairle cairdenii^// sea do chenn na hirsi 
 foirphthe 7 na creitme comlaine .1. do Abraham mac Thara, euro fhacb<3;d a 
 
 660 thir fesin .1. tir Caldea7 cu tlsed dia, ailithri ^ isin tir nofhaillsighfed Dia dho 
 I. tir tarrngaire. Moysi, immorro, mac Amhrai tdiiseck tuaithi De, in fear 
 rolin<2d o rath 7 o deolaidh^r^/' in Spir/a ^óimh^ is e roscribh in coibdhe 
 coisecartha tall i nGenisis in 'Kcchtd, cu ro maradh dogr^s ocon ecW^ in 
 chainchomhairle cairdem<3i//-sea in Coimd^<^ fadesin, do Abraham, do erail 
 
 665 ailitre fair, co n-e^^ert iris : ' Exi de t^rra tua.' Facoib do thir 7 do túmam 
 erumsa. 
 
 IS ed seel erdraicight^r on Coimd/<3?fein da irail fi'r Abraham facbi/Ztire 
 Caldea rop athardha dhiles do 7 toidhe^-^/' da ailithre i tir tharrngaire 
 ardaigh in mhaithi^j-a nobhiath do fein de 7 dia cXainn 7 dia cineadh da eisi. 
 
 670 IN fer xmmorro dia tard Dia in comhairle-sea .1. Abraham, IS esidhe 
 airmhight^r ^ isin scnptur mar athi^/r dona huih'^ iriseachaib, amí3:/deimnighes 
 in t-aps/^/ CO ;i-apair : ' AS iat meic Abraham iar bhfir,' ar in t-a.pslal, ' na 
 huili nos-inntsamhlaighet o iris fi'rbhthi.' 
 
 IN mhaith didiu roerail Dia sunn for athazr na n-iris^c>^ .1. for 
 
 675 Abraham, dleghar da m^cuibh na áhiaid^ .1. dona hirisechaibh uile a 
 comhall .1. a tir 7 a talam, a n-innmh^/j 7 a n-airfit^d sseghulla d'facb<3:// ar 
 in Coimd/ij? na ndula, 7 nul [fo. j^h. 2] i n-ailithre fhoirbhthi iarna innt- 
 sam^^l-som. 
 
 Ó thri moduibh immorro tochuirt^r na daine co haithnius 7 co muinn- 
 68oterí/í in Coimd^<^. IS e in c//na modh, gresacht 7 adhannadh na ndaine on 
 rath diadha co tecait do f hoghnam don Qoimdid iar ndeismire^:^/ Phoil 7 
 
 ^ MS. ailithir. 
 
 ^ leg. airmither. 
 
 ' MS. dhiaig. 
 
BETH A COLUIM CHILLE, 
 
 21 
 
 Antoin manai^ 7 na n-uili man^c// n-iris^c^ olc^na nofhogn^d do Dia thall 
 isin Eghipt. Tochuirt^r na daine on mudh than?/^ti tria proiceptoiribh 
 noemaibh pritchait in scHptur ndiadhai dona dainib iar nóésmirec/it Foil 
 apstail ropritchai do genntibh comis-\.iiz ire lin in t-sosc//a docum puirt 685 
 beth^í^. Tochuirt^r da.7io na daine on treas tre ecentaidh ^ .1. intan coimei- 
 cniger f?áa foghnum De tria treabhlaiteibh 7 tre guass<2i:/^taibh hetho, no tre 
 deiliug?/<^ frisna maithibh aims^rdaibh i mbit, iar ndeismire<:/z/ sin popml 
 Isr^d rocomshoi ciisln Coimdhe o adhvad idhal 7 arra^^^ iarna coimeicni^i^d 
 ona treablaitibh 7 ona documhl^^z^^ fuair cac/i a cmclaib Qchtr2t.nnaib, am^/690 
 innist^r isin scrlptuir. Could da (orceW sin atbr/r in faid Damd : O foghebut 
 popul Israel treablaide 7 guas<2i-^ta mora not-gessiut 7 not-aitcet in Coimdhe 
 cu soerrt'í^ in Coimde iarsin iat ona documlrt-Zi^ sin. 
 
 Abraham, didiu, cenn na hirsi foirbhthi 7 na creidmhe comlaine, o 
 ragreis^í^ on rath diadha rocomaill an timna roforcong;'adh fair on 695 
 Coimd/<^.i. dochuaid i tir Caldea co rainic airm a n-derbailt a athair, 7 
 tainic asside i tir tarnngaire. 
 
 Atait \mmorro tri hernaili o bhfacuibh duine a ath^rdha intan teit ind 
 ailithr/, et ita sen dibhside arna fag/zr foc?'aicc o Dhia, 7 ata a dho ara Í3.gíír. 
 Uair tan ann facaibh nech a athardha o curp namá, 7 ni etarscarann a 700 
 menma, ria pi?cthaibh 7 duailchib, 7 ni sanntaigh sual<?<:// na soghnimh do 
 denamh. IN aiUtri, ia.uiin dognit^rr amlaid sin ni fhasann tor^d na tarba 
 don anmuin, ac/ii saethar 7 imluadh cuirp codimhain, ár is suaill a tharba 
 do neoch deirghi a atharda mina dcrna, maith 'na hecmais. Uair cid 
 Abraham fein [fo. 8. a. 1] is iar bhfacbhail do a thire dilsi 7 iar n-et<2r- 705 
 s[c]ar<2d fris iar curp dor^t in Coimdi in comairli so co ndobairt : ' Exi de 
 t^rra tua : ' Ben do cheill budhesta dot tir 7 dot ta.h;iain, 7 na bidh do 
 menma, re himpódh fris doridhisi. Amal bidh edh atb^readh Dia fein cu 
 íolhís re hAbraham : Imgaibh o churp 7 o anmain o sunn immach it ailitn. 
 p^ctha 7 duailche in tire in ro aitreabuis anallana iar curp, uair is inann7io 
 do neoch 7 noaitreahad/t ana atharda dia n-indtsamhk^^i bes a athardha ina 
 ailithre, uair nochon ó shet nach o coimimluadh cuirp comfhoicsighes nech 
 do Dia, ae/il is tna denum suak<rh 7 soghnimh. Feai->^t aili immorro 
 {a.chazdh nech a athardha o duthrWzt cridhi 7 o mhenmain cencu 
 facaibh o airp, amal docuirethar dona hoirdnz<^ibh tochaithiumh a m-715 
 hethad ina tiribh fein cu bas ar ros-fastat tuatha 7 h^^alsa isna ferann^/3 
 
 ^ MS. ecentaigh. 
 
22 
 
 BETH A COLUIM CHILLE. 
 
 i m-bit, ar mhét a tarbha dhoibh, uair nach ar cholk/^echt tairismhighit 
 'na n-athí^rdha, gebidh a caein nduthm^^/ greim n-ailitr^ dhoibh icon 
 Coimdhi. 
 
 720 Fear/it aili facoibh nearh a athí3;rdhai cucoml<i;^ o c^/rp 7 o anmam, 
 feibh rofhacs<3:t in da aps/^/ dec 7 lucht na hailitre foirbhthi dar tarrngair in 
 Coimmde mormaith dia n-ehazrt isin t-sosc//: Dénuid áiri/>^^ dhe so, ár ó 
 uRthad CO sochi^M retreicseabhuir orumsa bar tir 7 bar coibhnesa coWaidi, 
 bur sealbh 7 bar n-aibhnis saeg^^/la co bhfuighbhidh a c// coibheis do 
 
 725 mhaith uaimsi ibhus isin t-soegul 7 in b^/ha shuthíí:/;^ tall iar bfuighiull 
 
 IS iat so lucht na hailitre comlaine iar bhfir isa p^rsainn atheir in faidh : 
 ' Bmm a buidi rmt, a Dhe, is ailitre 7 is deoratdeckt dam in soegul iar 
 n-intsam<3;27 na sruithe remthe^-^/ach.' 
 
 730 Soch^i^e, tra, do mhoghaibh dilsi in Coimdh^í^, it^V p^/arl^;iV 7 nufhiad- 
 mssl, ro comuUs^t cof(i?rbhthi in comairli caendutrai:^/<2C-^sa 7 fi^fhacuibhs^t 
 a tir 7 a tal;/^<3;/;^ 7 a n-athí3:rdha 7 a coihnes coWaidi ar in Coimd/^ na ndula, 
 7 dochuat<3;r ind ailitre i tiribh ciana comuighthi. Feibh rocomuili 7 
 rofhacoibh a á\úhc\\us talmanna, ar gradh 7 uamun in Choimdhedh^ 
 
 735 [fo. 8. a. iz] an t-ardnoebh 7 in t-airdecniudh 7 in mac togatdi do Dia 
 diata lith 7 fi?raithmet i n-ecmong na ree-sea 7 na haimsire .1. uasalshacart 
 innsi GóiáeP, in choer comr^/c roh^^rradh o thaillnibh 7 o danuibh ecsamla 
 in Spir/a N<?m .1. inti noemCol^;;^ cille mac Feidhlhmd. 
 
 IS ann ceileabrait na Cristaidi lith 7 soWomun eitsechta CoXuim chilli, 
 
 740 hi cingtidh luin arai laithi mis grene ca^r^a hliadne isin laithi-sea inniu 
 yrl. 
 
 INdisit h^<;naidi na nGoidel ^ ind inbaidh-sin cacha hMadne b^can cumair 
 d'foillsiug^<3f shochair 7 shoerclannd^:<:^/a Coluim cille^ 7 dona f^rtuibh 7 
 dona mirbhuilibh diairmh/</i doroine in Coimdhi aire ibhus isin tsoeg^^/, 
 745 7 don Vixoxhad^sx 7 don f hoircenn shainem^// dor^t fadeoidh ^ fi?;' a rith 
 mbuadhai .1. ro^rhtain coa fhirathardhai 7 coa dhuthch^^i fein .1. cu haitreibh 
 ip2irrdms i frecnarc//^ De tre bithu sir. 
 
 Uasal immorro a ceneol Chol^^m c///^ il-leth risin soeg^/, uair do cenel 
 CondiiW maze Neill atacomnaic. Toich do righi nEivenn iar ngenel^i^h, 7 
 750 tarcas do mina leig^d uad ar Dhia. Follus cumba m^^c togha do Dia hé, ár 
 robhat^r suithi "Eirenn ica thairchetal riana gheinemhuin. 
 
 * MS. repeats an choimdhe^. ^ MS. goigel. ' MS. fadeoigh. 
 
BETH A COLUIM CHILLE, 
 
 23 
 
 Dorairn^^r/ z^\.us sinns^r shacart YAxenn senMo<:/^ta Lugba[id] inti 
 Qo\um ciile hliadain riana gheineam^z;?. Uair icchtus dolluid a choic, 
 M^crith a ainm, 7 coadh cno ina laimh, co n-chatrt Mo<;/^ta fns : ' Ni leamsa,' 
 ar sé, ' an ferann asa tucad na cno so : taisigh iat co ti inti asa f^rann.' ' Cuin 755 
 dorega se ? * or in coicc. ' I cinn cct hltadne, or Mo^-^/a. '^ogna.that^-ed 
 dano Mochta a aigheadh hudhttiaid oc ern<^i>thi. No fhiaf/'aighs^t a 
 muinier dhe cidh ara n-den^Zi/ sin. Roraidh Mo^//ta : 
 
 Macan gignither^ atuaidh 
 
 ic twrc[a]b«z7 na mbithó 760 
 toirithnigh ^ Ere in breo 
 ocus Alba dhainech dhó. 
 
 Dorairng^^ immorro ath^/r baitsi 7 f(?rcetuil na nGoeid^/^ .1. noem- 
 VhsLtrazc, dia mbui occ bennach^^ Conuill a sidh ^í^dha intan rofhuirim a 
 dhi laim (or Conull 7 fi'r a m^c, f<^r F^rrgh/^s .1. a lamh dhes for cenn Ferghz/xa 765 
 7 a lam chlé íor cenn Co9ia.i\\. Komhac/Uad CondtW sin, 7 rofhiafraig de 
 cidh ar roshamhuigh a lamha a.mhlatd sut. Rogabh PatriZzV in rann-sa : 
 
 [fo. 8. b. i]. Geinfidh maca.n dia fhine 
 
 bidh sal, bhidh faidh, bidh file, 
 inmhain lespaire glan gle, 
 na heb^ra imarbhe. 
 
 Bidh sui ocus bhidh craibd^c^, 
 bidh dalbh la righ na righrath, 
 bidh buan ocus bidh bithmhaith, 
 
 ron-fia in bithfhlaith dia dhidhna^/*. 775 
 
 Rathirchan dano Bee mac De dia ndcdairt : 
 
 M<3:can Eithne toebhfhota 
 sech is bail is bláthugí^í/, 
 Co\urn ct'/leCcLU cen on 
 
 nir'bo romh in ráthughadh. 780 
 
 Dorairi^^r/ da.no eshoc Eogau Arda Sreath co n-ehazrt : 
 
 Mac b^ruir do ° Fhelim/d 
 bidh mi[n]n for cec/i cleir, 
 Felimz^ mac Fergusa, 
 
 maze Conuill, maze Neill. 7^5 
 
 ' MS. gignighther. ^ MS. toirichnigh. ' MS. ngoeigel. 
 
 * MS. dighnad. " MS. di. 
 
2,4 
 
 BETH A COLUIM CHILLE. 
 
 Dorairng^rt Baide maz Bronaigh a n-uair a eitsichta Ínti Colum Cille, 
 CO n-eibirt ria muintir : ' Rogenair isinn aidhchi ^-sea innocht mac n-uasal 
 n-airmheitn^c/^ fiadh Dia 7 daine, 7 doragha sunn i cinn .xxx. hXiadne 
 [onnocht.] dá f her dhec a lin, 7 is e f hoillsighfes mu lighi-sea 7 toirrnebh^^i 
 
 790 mil relec, 7 biaidh ar n-senta in nimh 7 i tdXmain.^ 
 
 Kmail rotirchan^d o sruith^^ 'Kirenn gein Cohiim cille^ is 2im\aid rofiu- 
 gradh i bhfisibh 7 i n-aislingibh feibh rofiugrad isin taidhbhsin tarfas dia 
 m^V/^^i'r .T.dar-lebrat mordo tabazrt di curochtoindsi Modh^co Caeir n A<5rocc, 
 7 ni bhui dath nat bui ann : co n-acca, oglack ind étac/í thaitn^;;íach cu rue 
 
 795 uaithi in brat isin n-aer, 7 ba tolrseck Eithne dhe sin. Et atar-le tainic in 
 t-oclack c//na adochum dor/disi, co n-ehairt ria : 'A ben mhaith, ni rice a leas 
 bron na toirr^^ do denam, acht is cora áuiX. subhai 7 fí'rbhfailti : uair in 
 brat-sa iss ed áoíomo, co ^berasa m^c, 7 bid Ian Ere 7 Alba dia (orcetuV 
 Atconnuic da.no a ben imthasi aisUn^-'i eathaite in aeir 7 na talman atar- 
 
 800 le do breith inathair Eithne fo crichaid Kirenn 7 Albi^;;^. Rue Ethne hreith 
 na h.a\úing\ sin : ' Beratsa m<3;c,' ol si, ' 7 rosia a ioro.^X.'dX fo crich YXxenn 7 
 
 Kmal rotirchan^d laxum o sruith/<^ Eir^;^;^ 7 amail itces i bhfisibh, 
 rogenair Colum Cille amlatd sin. Gortan dano ainm an inaidh in rogenair. 
 805 Hi septit Declmhzr dano arai laithi mis grene, 7 dardain ara[i] laithi sec/it- 
 mhuine. 
 
 Amra tra in m<3:c rogenair ann sin, m<3;c do Righ nimhe 7 talman .1. 
 Colum cille mac FeiUmzd meic Fergusa, meic Conuill [fo. 8. b. 2\ Gulban 
 meic Neill Naighiall^?^. Do Corpraighi^ L.aigen a mdl/iair .1. Ethne 
 
 810 Ollmhar ing'en Dimai mczc Nsei. Baisdt^r \avum in mac la Cruithnechan 
 m^:c Ccallazg in t-uasalsha^r^r/, 7 ro[s]ail iardain arna radh d'aingh'^ De fris. 
 
 O tainic tra aims^r leiginn do, luid in clerech co araili faid bui isin tir 
 da ^avfazgi dhe cuin bud choir tinnscetal don mhac. O rofhegh in faidh 
 in nemh is ed roraidh : ' Scribh innosa dho aibghitir.' ^oscrlhad in aibghit^r 
 
 815 i mbairgin 7 [is amlaid doromailt Colum cille in bairgen .1. a leth fri huisce 
 anair 7] a leth fria huisci aniar. Asb^rt in faidh tria rath faitsine: 'IS 
 am bias ierann in mezc-sl, a leth in muir anair 7 a l^^h fri muir aniar' .i, 
 ind Firinn. 
 
 Nir' chian iarum, luid 7 a aidi ar notluic gu Brogach m^c Degazd cusan 
 820 esbi?c do Rathaibh Enuigh a tir Enna. Roherb^i/h ria aidi-sium risin clérech 
 ^ MS. aighthi. 2 jyis. mogh. ' MS. corpraidhi. 
 
BETH A COLUIM CHILLE. 25 
 
 ord sacairt do dhenamh isinn inad-sin arin sollam//;/. Rog<3;bh imnaire eside 
 cor'éimidh^ in salm do xochtáo do g^bail Mismcordias. Gabhuis immorro 
 ier in raith .1. QoXtmi cille in salm dia raith acht cena ni rolegh-som acht 
 aibghiti-;^ nama cosin. Romor<^^ ainm De 7 Qohiim cille tresan mirbhuil sin. 
 
 Feacht aili luid-sium 7 a aidi do thoruma dhuine galair. Ic dul doib 825 
 tria chailh'^tuislidh cos in clein^don carraic,gutorchair co ;^-erbailt cuhobunn. 
 Dorí3:t-somh a cochuU fo cinn in clcin^ ár ni fhitzr nach ina ohodhid robui. 
 Et roghabh ior mebhraghadh a aicepta cu cualatur araile cailWha a urlegh- 
 iunn corice a recles. IS ^<^dorimhet ind colaig, mile co Icith do heth. ct^Trra, et 
 cluinti comi?;/ic iogtir a ghotha in airet-sin. Tancat^?;- na cailWha iarsin, 7 83& 
 fuaratar in oíérech marbh aracinn, 7 roraidsd: risseomh áúscaá in cleirz*^ 
 doibh. Docuaidh-sium act'tor docum in clmgh da dh?/j-c//d. Atracht ddiUO 
 in cXerech a bas la breitir Coluiin cillc amat'l bidh 'na chodl?/<^ nobif/h. 
 
 IS AND sin ron-edbair Colum cille don Coimdz<7^ na ndula7í:í?natiiigh teora 
 itghi uadh .1. oighi 7 hccna, 7 ailithri^. Doratait do na triur cucomlan. ^35 
 
 Ceilibrais iarsin dia aidi, 7 dor^t in t-aidi dconuchW 7 benní7í:/^/ain do 
 codicra. Luidh iarsin dToghlaim ccna c//jan uasalshacart .1. c/^^an esbi'C, 
 co Finnen Mhaighi Bile. 
 
 Feactus ann teasta fin 7 halrgcn ar Fhinncn oconn oifriunn. Benna- 
 chais Qohnn cillc [fo. 9. a. i] in t-uisqui cu rosoidheth i bhfin cu tart isin caik^rh 840 
 n-oiffrinn. Ramorí^r^ ainm De 7 Cohiiin cillc tresin bhfirt-sin. 
 
 Ceiliubrais iarsin do Fhinncn i Maigh Bile oc?is luidh cu German 
 Maighist^r. FectuS oc denamh aicepta ac German r^^/zaccatur ingiu 'nan- 
 dochum oc teich^^ re araili dunoirgnid, cu torchuir 'na bhfiadhnz/j-e gur'bhó 
 marbh. Rofhuirim Cohcvi breit/r n-escaine fair co n-erbhailt focedoir. 845 
 
 Ceilibraidh iarsin do German 7 luid co Finnen Chiajtdi hedhairt {sic). 
 Rofiafrí3;z^sium á'¥\nncn cia airm i n-dingn^^d a bhoith. ^Dcnaiá a ndortis na 
 cille,' ar ¥mneji. Doghni-sium a bhoith, 7 nir'bó áovus na cilli inuairsin. 
 Atb^rt-sum cena robud he áoms na cathr<?c/z iardain. Et iss cdon rocomhailli?<^. 
 
 Feachtus domheiW broin gach (cr dona hespí?í:aib arnuair. Aingealss© 
 do nim immorro nomheile^ doraith Cohtiin cillc. Ba hi sin anoir dob^readh 
 in Coimdi dos//m ara shochenelrt'^'^i scoch each. 
 
 Taidbsi tarfas i^chtus do Finden .1. da esca do turcbhail o Cluain 
 traird .1. esca órdhuidhi^ 7 csca aircdiV/i. Luid in t-es<;<^ ordiiidi i tuaiscert 
 na hindsi .1. cu rolas Ere 7 Alba de. Luidh an t-esca aircd/^i gu roghabh 855 
 ^ MS. éimigh. 2 ailithir. ^ ^5. ordhuighi. 
 
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26 
 
 BETH A COLUIM CHILLE, 
 
 0 Shinainn, g^/r'rolas Ere ar medhon. CoXum Qilh sin coiidi rath soceineoil 7 
 ^^na et Ciar<i;2 co taitnemh a shualach 7 a shognim. 
 
 Ceileabrais iarsin Cok/;;^ c///e do Finden 7 luidh co Glais Naiden, ár 
 robui coeca oc foghlaim isinn inadh-sin ac Mobhi im Chainn^c/^ 7 im 
 
 860 Comgall, 7 im Ciaran. A mbotha fria huisq^^i aniar. Adhaig ^ ann robearii^d 
 in cloc im iarm<?rghi. Luid Qolttm zille don ^(Aais. Lia mor isinn abuinn. 
 Luidh araidhi Cohcm zille condi étach trethe. ' IS calma UcdiV annsin inocht, 
 a Huai Neill!' ar Mobhi. *IS tndlajtg Dia,' ol Colum cille, 'in soetar do 
 ámghdil dinne.' Ice tiachtuin doib didiu isin eúais coíiacaíar na botha fria 
 
 865 huisqíÁ anair re comhfhocraibh na hecclazsi. 
 
 Fechtus ann doron<3:d eclas mhor ac Mobi. Batar na cleir?^ ica imradh 
 cia Ian bud maith la each dibh do b^^h acu isinn eclazs. ' Robo m^^^th leamsa/ 
 
 01 Ciaran, ' a Ian do m^fcuib ec^^lsa [fo. 9. a. 2] do tathaighid na trath.' 
 ' Robo maith leamsa/ ar Cainnech, ' a Ian do leabhruibh ocum do foghn^^m 
 
 870 do mi^cuibh hethad.' ' Robo maith leamsa,' ar Comg<3://, ' a Ian do shoeth 7 
 do gha)ar do b^^h am curp fadesin dom traethad 7 dom timargain.' 
 Dora[e]ga da,7io Cohim Czl/e a Ian do or 7 arg^t do churnhd^^c^ minn 7 
 mainisdr^c-^. Adrubhairt Mobhi na bhudh shamlazd, acht robhudh saidbre 
 sámhud Cohdm cille inas cech sám?/d et/r 'E'lrinn 7 Alham. 
 
 875 Adubhuirt Mobhi re dhaltuibh derge ann maid ir-rabhut<3:r, ár donicfí^d 
 teidm anaithn/^ ann .1. in Buidhe Cona.ilL Adub<3;2>t dazzo ra Colum czlle 
 na roghabi^^ i^rann cu ro deonuig^d-som. 
 
 Luidh Qohim cille a cenel CozzaiW . Dochuaid tar an abhuinn dianad ainm 
 Biur. Annsin adub<^/rt-sium : ' Bir irl fochaide ; ' 7 ni luid in teidhm s^cha 
 
 880 sin, et is firt bithbeo beo^j* sin, ar ce^:-^ teidhm ac^l co t'mgzir tairis ni lean 
 s^c^a sin tre breith/r Coluzm cille. 
 
 Luid iarsin do Daire re dun Aeda meic Ammirec/z : as eside ba ri for 
 'EÁ.nnn intansin. Roidhb<^2> in ri in dun-sin do Colum cille, Roob-side fobith 
 timna Mobhi. Ac ioideeht immorz'o do asin dun ama^rh conxic fria dis 
 
 885 do mzmtir Mobhi, 7 criss Mobhi acu dhosom, 7 dconwgzid i^rainn do ghahdil 
 iar n-ec Mobhi. IS ann adubhuirt Colum : 
 
 Cris Mobhi 
 nipdar simne imm lo: 
 nir' hosglad um shaith, 
 890 nir' hiadhadh im ghó. 
 
 1 MS. aghaidh. 
 
BETH A COLUIM CHILLE, 
 
 %1 
 
 Gabais Colum cille iarsin dun JPAdi 7 fothaighis ccXais ann co bhf^rtuibh 
 imdha do den?im innti. 
 
 Feachtus ann rofhaidh-sium a manchu isin chaill/<^ do bein c^Xaig do 
 cwmháach ecksi acu i n-Daire. IS ann roboingedh, a bhferunn araili oglaich 
 ba comhf hocraibh don QcXais. Ba tocradh do sidhe in fidhach ^ do bein ina 895 
 fherann cin deonug?/<^ do fein. O rachuala Cohcm cille inni-sin doraidh re 
 mhuinnt/r: ' Bmdh lógh a fhidhaich do do gran eorna, 7 cuir^V^isin tal;;/^/;^.' 
 Dochuaidh immorro tar medhon samhr^/^ intansin. Rucrt:d iarsin in gran 
 don oclach. Rolai-side isin tdiXinaÍJi. Rofhas cur'bó abuidh am lugnasadh. 
 
 FEACHTdosum an Dairc áohrcth leanamh bee euigi da bhaisdi:<^[fo.9.b.i]. qoo 
 Ni raibhi uisce i comhfhoc^/i- do, co tard-som sigin na croiche tarsin carraic 
 bai na fhiadhnaisi, cu romhuid ^ tohar uisee eisdi 7 gur' baisdr<^ in leanamh as. 
 
 Feciitus dosum a nDaire, noimraidi:/h dula do Roimh 7 do Iar;/j-ak;;/. 
 Luidh-sium fe<:///us iarsin a Daire cu Toirinis Martain, co t?ic in soisc// bai (or 
 Martain c/l hliadiie i tddmam, cou?íS'ía.ca.ih i nDairi. 905 
 
 MOR, tra, do f^rrtuibh 7 do mhirbhuih"<^ doroine Dia ar Chohijn i nDairi. 
 Rocharsom cumor in csLÍhraig sin, co ii-obaii't : 
 
 ISaire caraim Dairi, 
 ara reidhi, ara ghlaini, 
 ár is lomlan aingeal bhfinn 
 on chinn coric araile. 
 
 Fothaigidh iarsin Raith mBotha. Annsin rothodhuisc-seomh in soer 
 iarna bhadhadh a linn in mnWinn. 
 
 Feacht ann i Raith Bhoth, teasta socc ona mhuinntzV, cu robennach-som 
 lama in meic bhic boi 'na iXxdiVrad, Ferghna a ainm, co 7idcrna. sidhe in soc ; 7 915 
 ba heoluch ngaibne<:///a he osin amach trena bennac/iad som. 
 
 LuiD iarsin (or cuairt co righ Tefa, co tard sein do an t-'mad dan^d ainm 
 Dermach iniu, et doroine recles ann. A nDermhuigh da.7io tuctha ubla Si?rbha 
 dhosom, cu robhenn^c// iat comdar soimhillsi. 
 
 IS e Dcrmh.a.lg ructha uadhasom claidhiub ^ senta do Cholman Mor92o 
 mac Diarm^da. IS e rath robui fair na hapladh nech ina freacnarc^/j, con- 
 atuich idrum araili duine bui a n-galar in claid^:^. Tucííd do cu mboi oca. 
 Bliad^iV/; ^ tra don claideb oca sech nír'bó beo, nir'bo bó marbh in airet-sin. 
 Co n/cadh in claideb uadh iarsin co ^-erbailt foc//oir. I Arsinni tra robhean- 
 
 1 MS. fighach. 2 fhigbaich. » MS. romhuigh. 
 
 * MS. claidium. ^ MS. Bliagizz;?. 
 
28 
 
 BETH A COLUIM CHILLE. 
 
 925 nach-som D^^mach, et fi?rfacuib coimeduidhi ^ da mtnntir aim Corm^c 
 uLiathain. 
 
 LUID-SIUMH iarsinco h^d Slaine mac nDiarmada. Taraillc?mn maighin 
 risa raitter Cenann^^ inniu. Dún rig 'Eirenit eisein intansin .1. dun Diarm<i!da 
 meic Cerbhuill. O rafhuirig áidm Co\wn Cille 'máovus in duine doghabh 
 gioior tairch^/ul in nech. ^ dobiad don baili iardain, [fo. 9. b. 2] co n-ehairt iarsin 
 fna Bee mac nDe .1. faidh Diarmada meic Cerhazll: 
 
 A Bhicc an, innisi dhamh, 7 rl. 
 
 Roraidh Bee : 
 
 Cleirigh fileat forar lar, 7 rl. 
 
 935 Toirnidh ^ 'mrum in C3Xh.raig, 7 bennachais hi doleir, et adubairt robad hi 
 íT^ngbhail budh airdi nobhiadh aea isna talm^/^daibh gengub innte nobeth 
 a eiseirghi. Oe denam na faitsine sin dosom dorat a 2igaid siardhes, 7 
 rofhaitbeasdar eumor. Rohairazg Baithin fath na foilti. ' L. mac hethad,^ 
 ar Cohmi cz/le, ' gheinfes i n-sen oidhchi * don Coimdhi isinn imarach so thiar.' 
 
 940 Grafann Cille Scire rothircan annsin feib roeomuilk<^ iardain. Dair mhor 
 immorro foa raibhi Cohiin cille eein robai isin maigin sin romhair c^/sna 
 haimsera déidhincha ^ cu torehair tna dheilm ngaeithe moire, co rue araile 
 duine ni dia ruse do coirtedh chuaran. O raghabh immorro na euaranu uime 
 robenadh o claime o bhonn eoa bhaithis. 
 
 945 LuiD-SlUMH CO hOedh Slaine co nderna, faitsine do, co 7i-ehairt iris 
 
 robad slan saeghlaeh ackl munbhat finghal<3;i:h. Da nderna finghal ni bhia 
 ackl ceatra hliadni i mhethaid. Roshenastar dano eochall do, 7 doraidh 
 nat gonfaithi eein nobeth in eochall uime. Doroine immorro iEd ^\an\ 
 fLngha,lta.rbreitir ColuÍ7n cilleíor Suibne m^cColmain i cinncethrambliadíí/í^. 
 
 950 Luid-sium for fecht : áermatíís a chochuU : marbhtar isin lo-sin. 
 
 FOTHUIGIUS Qolum Cille cealla imda i mBreaghaibh, 7 facbh^/j- sruithi 7 
 minna imda inntibh. ¥achns Ossene mac Cc2i\\aig i Cluain Mor bhF^r 
 nArdai. Luidh iarsin do Mainistir. IS ann sin roben a hachdlX-som risinn 
 arradh nglainidhi fns rofreasghabh Bóiti docum nime, cu clos a foghar 
 
 955 fon eill uili, et rofhoillsigh lighi mBoiti 7 dorinne am^i/ dorarng^rt Báide 
 fadhesin il-Io a eitseachta. Ba mor, tra, do chcdlXaib dothorainn-sium 7 do 
 leabraibh roscribh .1. cec. eeall 7 .cec. leb//r. IN leab^/r roscribhadh a 
 lamh, cidh foda nobeth fo uisee ni báitte cid 2£n\iter ann. 
 
 * MS. coimeduighi. 2 ^s. neih. ^ MS. Toirnigh. ^ MS. oighthi. 
 
 ^ MS. deighincha. ° MS. mbliag^«. 
 
BETH A COLUIM CHILLE, 
 
 29 
 
 Fothaighis ^zXais i Recrainn airthir Breagh, 7 facbais Colman deoch^;? 
 innti. Fechtus [fo. 10. a. i] bat^r isin ecl^/j sin Colum cille 7 Comghall 7960 
 Cainnech . Asb^rt Comgall co náernaá Col?/;;/ cille idhpairt cuirp Crist 7 a 
 fola 'na fiadn;/ji. Doroine Col?/;;/ umuloid doibh ime sin. IS ann atcon- 
 naic Caind^c// coli'wna teinntidhi ^ os cinn Col///;;/ cille cein robai oconn 
 edhpairt. Roindis CdAnneeh do Comgall sin, 7 atconncat^r diblinaibh in 
 CQ\omna. Fothaighis ccXais isin in^<^ ita Sord inniu, 7 facb?/j fear s;aiith965 
 dia miiintir ann .1. Finan lob//r, 7 facb//^ an soisc// roso'ibh a lamh fadesin. 
 Toirneas da;/í7 an tiprait dan<7d ainm Sord .1. glan, 7 senais c;'ois. Uair ba 
 bes dosom c;'Osa 7 polairc 7 tiagha leab//r 7 aidhme ecl?/j-dai arcena [do 
 dcnum.] Senais immoi'ro ccc. cros 7 .ccc. tip;'at 7 .c. polaire 7 .c. bachall 7 
 .c. tiagh. 970 
 
 Laa n-oen bui Qolum cille 7 Cainnech {or bru mara. Bui anfadh mor 
 fi'rsin fairrcc. Asbr;4 Cainnech ir\ Col//;;/ : 'cid chan/zj- in tonn?' Asbr;'t 
 Colum : ' Do m//;/t^;"-sa bai i n-gabhudh anallana (orsm bhfairge co ;/-erbhailt 
 aen dibh, 7 dos-bera in Coimdi cucainnc isin maduin im^vac/i isin p//;'tsa 
 i tarn.' 975 
 
 Feaciit do Bhrighid oc imihec/if Churr/> Life. O'tconnaic in noemhogh 
 in magh aluinn scoithshemr^c// 'na fmdhn?/se, is ed roraid aice 'na menmai/i, 
 da mad le com//j- in muighi comdh-herad don Coimdid na ndula. Rafoill- 
 sig^^ do Choli?;;/ cille 7 so 'na reclrs i Surd, co n-ebi?/;'t o ghuth mhor : 
 *As inann di ocon Coimdid 7 corned le fein do dWu/s an ferann do 980 
 idbair dhó.' 
 
 LuiD Cohim iarsin cu Laighnib co farcaibh cealla imda iarna bhfothug//^ 
 leo im Druim Monach 7 im Main 7 cealla imda aile. 
 
 LuiD iarsin cu Cluain mac Nois cusinn imainn do Chiaran lais, uair 
 dorini molta imda do m//;/t/> Dhé, ^mail roraid an file : 
 
 Soer tri coecca uaisli ina gach aps/i^/, 
 
 at lin ferta fcr, 
 
 aill Xn Laidin do[ba]soebail, 
 
 ailP tri Gaeideilg, cain^ in seel. 
 
 IS a Cluain irmnorro doluidh m^c hec 'na dhocum-somh cur' thall99o 
 brotairne beg da et^c// ecu airiug/Zí^ do. Rafoillsigr<^ [fo. 10. a. 2] o Dhia 
 do Choi//;;/ innisin, 7 dorarrngair don m^^c cu mba sui 7 com^^d craibhd^c//. 
 Et iss e Eirnin Cluana Deoc;'a insin. 
 
 1 MS. teinntighi. 2 ms. dosoeb ailill. MS. bacain. 
 
30 
 
 BETH A COLUIM CHILLE. 
 
 LuiD Colum iarsin i crich Connackt for cuairt procepts, gurihothaig 
 995 cealla ile 7 congbala isin coiced sin im Es meic Eire 7 im Druim Cliabh, 
 7 facbhais acu in bachaill dorine fesin. 
 
 LuiD Colum dar Es Kuazd, 7 io\haigis cealla ilarda la Conall 7 la 
 hEogan, 7 iothaigzs [eclais] a Toraigh 7 ísicbazs íer sruth dia muintir innti 
 .1. Ernine. 
 
 1000 O ROLA Colum cuairt Eir^;^;^ uili, 7 roshilasdar iris creidmhe, 7 robaisd 
 sloigh imda, 7 rofhoth<3;^^ cealla 7 congb<3;/a, 7 rofhacaibh sruithi 7 minda 7 
 mairtire inntibh, tainic iarsin ior a m^;2mi?m an cinnedh rocinn o \hosack a 
 heihad, techd a n-ailithr^'. Roimraith iar^/M dul tar muir do pr^^cept hréthr^ 
 De do Albanchi^/<^. Luidh vaxum ior feet .xlu. hliadne do inn Alpi?;/;^ .Ixxuii. 
 
 1005 m}oliadne a aeis eomhlan. IS e immorro lin doehuaidh.T. xx. espi?^, .xl. sacart, 
 .XXX. deoehi^;;^, .1. m^c leighind. 
 
 LuiDH ian/;;^ fo sheol shoinm^c^ cu xocht an t-inad dan<3;d ainm Hi 
 C\i(Auim zille aniu. Agaid cmgcáise is i immorro rosiacht. Tangadar da 
 esp^i- hdXar isin tir do ghabhail a lamha ass. Acht rofhaillsigh Dia do 
 
 1010 Colum cille napdar esbaic iar bhfir, condiá aire sin fí7rfhaeoibhset an indsi 
 o ro indis a tinnrum ndili^/i- 7 a imrÚ\Q.ckt. Adubh<a;2>t Colum cille rea 
 muiniir: *IS maith dhun ar fremha do dul fon talmain sunn/ 7 doraidh : 
 'As cead duib nech eicin uaibh do dul fon Xdlinain sunn, no fo huir na 
 hinnsi-sea, dia coisecvad' Adrdicht suas Odran erlathad, 7 is ed aduhairt : 
 
 1015 ' Diam-gabthasa,' ol se. ' As errlam learn sin, a Odhrain,' ar Colum cille. 
 ' Rat-fia a logh. Ni tibirt^r idge do neoch icom lighi-se minab (ortsa, mriazgter 
 ar tos.' Luid ia,Yzim Odran doczim nime. Fothazgzs Colum ^^ais aice iarsin. 
 Tri .1. ri teoir a máinehine aieisium in Hi, 7 .xl. ri aehtail, amail a,duhazrt 
 in file : 
 
 1020 Amhra ocbhudh bai in Hi, 
 
 tri coicait a mainchini, 
 ima {sic) curchaibh iarsin ler, 
 oc imram tri fichzt ier. 
 
 O rofothi^:?^ Colum Cille [fo. 10. b. i] Híí, luidh ior cuairt proieipta fo 
 1025 Alb<3;m 7 Bretnu 7 Saxanu, 7 dos-fuc docum n-irsi 7 ereidme iar bhfertuibh 
 ile 7 iar toduszud marb a bás. Bai immorro araili duine isin tir dia 
 ropritcha Colzim cille cora creit condL muintir uili don Coimd/^. Ba iormwt 
 la Demi?;2 inni-sin,cu rob^;^-se m^e in duine út o galar thromm,í:í? /^-erbhailt de. 
 
 1 MS. toraidh. 
 
BETH A COLUIM CHILLE. 
 
 31 
 
 Robadar na gennti og o^znadi Crist 7 Chohtim cille. Liiid Cohnn iarsin 
 a n-ernaighthi dicra co Dia, co rodhuisich in mac a bas. 1030 
 
 DiA MBAI Cohim i n-araili laithi ic ^rocept dona sloghuibh, luid arali 
 duine taran abhuinn bui i comihoais doibh, ria mbeith oc oisdecht re 
 mbreit/r nDe. Nos-b^;2ann in naith/r he isin n//jq?n 7 noj-marbhunn foc//oir. 
 Dob^ruir in m^^c i bbfiadnz/j-i Chohtim. Dos-hciv-soxn crois dia bhachaild dara 
 bruinne co n-macht fochedair. 1035 
 
 Galar trom tainic dia thimtin<3^-seom .1. Diarm<7/t a ainm, co n-erbailt, 
 CO nd^rna-som ern<i'i^hthi leis cu rothodhuisc a bas. Et ni nama acht ro- 
 chuinigh soegul .ui i. mhhadfie do dara eis budhesin. 
 
 Feacht ann tainic Cainn^c^ uadha somh a Hi. D^rmatais a bhachailltair. 
 Intan tainic ille fuair a bachaill arachinn abhus, 7 Icne Cohnm cille maille 1C40 
 ria .1. cuid Cainnigh sin dia rachallsom i, et is airi dorighne sium sin ár 
 rofhit2> cur'bho comfhocraibh dia eitser///. 
 
 LoiSE mor tainic dosum iccht an Hi. Rofiarfocht desiiim fath na loisi. 
 ' Tene Dhe do nim,' ar eisium, ' tainic ior teora catr<7c/'[a] isin Etail, cu 
 romarbh teora mili df<?ruibh cenmotat mna 7 macw 7 inghcna.' ,0^^ 
 
 Gairm rochuala sum iccJiUis a p7/rt Hi. Ann sin atbi'rt-s?/m : 
 
 Bachlach^ 'san ^iirX. 
 cojiTi bachaill 'na chrub, 
 
 doaidhlebha mh' adhaircin, 1050 
 
 do dhoirtfe mo dhubh. 
 
 Tairnfidh-som sis 
 
 d'innsaigí7<^/ mu pháx, 
 
 is benuidh friamh' adhaircin, 
 
 nos-faicebha fass. 
 
 Feacht n-aill do Cohnn fi?rfacbhudh he ag bruith mairt do mheithil. 1055 
 Bui athlaech d'f(?ruibh 'E'wcjin .1. Mail umha mac Baedain. 'R.o^diiraig 
 Coliim cille cia meit a loingthi [intan ba ocLxch ?] ' Intan baam oglach,' ol 
 Mael umha, * nochaithinn mart meth am shaith.' Rof(í7rcongair Cohnn cille 
 fair cu rothoimki^ a shaith [fo. 10. b. 2]. Doroine Mael umha airesium sin. 
 Rochaith in mart uile. Tainic Báithin iardain 7 xo^^Sraig in ba herrlamh 1060 
 in esair. Rofhorcongair Colu;;/ for Mael umha cnamha in mairt uile do 
 timarcan ind oenbhaile. Doron^^d a.m\aid. Bcnnac/iais Colum na cnamha, 
 7 robai a n-uiH fheoil impuibh co ruc^d don mheithil. 
 
 1 MS. Bathluch. 
 
3^ 
 
 BETH A COLUIM CHILLE. 
 
 Feacht do Q\io\um dlle i mis Mái luidh d^iios seel na n-airemhon 
 
 1065 i tuaisciurt na hindsi. Robhui ica comdhidn^d 7 ica iorcQtnl. ' Maith,' ol se, 
 ' fon caisc dochuaidh i mis Aipril, is ann sin dob ail damsa iho^cht docum nime. 
 Acht nir'ail dam bron na toirrse duibhsi iar bhur soethar, cona,dh. aire sin 
 roanass acuibh o caisc gu qtnngczdis.^ O rochualati^r na manuigh na bnatra- 
 sin, roptar toirrsigh comor. 
 
 1070 ROSSOI tra iarsin a agaid siar, 7 atb^rt, ' Robhennacha in Coimdhe 
 an innsi co7m haitreabhth^^/^^,' 7 roinnarbu loiscinn 7 natracha aisdi. O ra- 
 hennack immorro an innsi, tainic da recles. Nir' bo cian \2sum tancat<a;r 
 cricha na saboidi 7 \.Q?,azh in domn^^^, et o rothocuibh a rose a n-airdi táinic 
 loisi mor dia ghnúis 7 2jgaid^ 7 atconncat^r na braithre sin. Aingel De 
 
 1075 immorro tarasair ann sin osacinn. 
 
 LuiD-SiUMH iarsin do bennach<a;<^ in t-sabhaill et Sithert fna Diarmuid co 
 n-escomluifedh ^ adhaig^ domnuigh doc^/m nime. Roshuidh iarsin an senoir 
 airmitn^c/^ .1. Colum c///e for or na i:^;^aire ; air tainic scis do, g^r'bho gairit 
 a uidhe, áir .Ixxuii. mhliadne a aes in inhhaid sin. 
 
 1080 LuiD adhochum in gerran dobui occ na manchuibh annsa n-inis, 7 ciidh 
 a n-ucht in cleir^^ cor'bo fliuch a etach. Rotnall in fos .1. Diarmuid 
 innarbí^; in gerram uadh. ' Leicc dho,' a Diarmait,' ol Colum cille, ' gu 
 n-d^rna a dhsethain der 7 toirrse acom cháinedhsa.' 
 
 Is LIA tra tuirium 7 aisneis a ndoroine Dia do fhertuibh 7 do vciixbuilibh 
 
 1085 isna talmannaibh ar Qolimi cille ^ uair ni fil nech <:i?;/icfedh a thuirium coleir 
 acht mina thisadh a ainim fein, no ai;^g^/ do nimh dia n-aisneis. Ci^^^adh lor, 
 didiu, duin so do thabairt ar dheism^re<:-^/. 
 
 [fo. 1 1 . a. i] NÍ rogeinir tra do Goldolaid gein bud uaislea, na bud eaccnaide, 
 na bud soiceineilce inás. Ni tainicc dib araile b^/d beccda, na bu umla, na hu 
 
 io9oinisle. Mor eim an inisle do Colom cilk conad é fein dobenad a n-iallacranna 
 da manchuib, 7 conad e doindm<3:<2^ doib. Dobeiread a cuid arba gomenic ara 
 muin don muilend 7 nomeiW, 7 dobeired lais dia toig é. Ni geibed lin na 
 olonn ria cnes. Nocomruicced a taeb ria húir nocht. Coirthe cloiche 
 ' nobid foa cind do frithadart, 7 ni denad cid do codlad eitir acht airet no bidh 
 
 1095 Diarm<^// a dalta ag rádh tri caibdel don Biaid. Atraiged ^ focedoir iarsin, 
 7 dognith gol 7 basgaire amail mdthair buid ag cained a hseinniic. Nogeib^<^ 
 natri coecta, an gainem na traga riasiu noturcchad grian. I Sin lo immorro 
 noathaig^d na tratha. No idhbrudh Cd?rp Qxist 7 a fhuil. Nopritchadh 
 ^ MS. escomluighfedh. 2 ms. aghaid. ^ At^-aided. 
 
BETH A COLUIMCHILLE. 
 
 33 
 
 soiscelu. NobhaisW, nochoisecmd. No icc^d clamhu 7 duUu 7 bachacha 
 7 oes cacha tedma arcena, 7 nodhuiscM marbhu. iioo 
 
 O THAINICC g/zj-na déidhenchuibh^ do Qohim aille, et o rob^^zadh clocc 
 iarm^rghi adhaigh^ domnaigh cingcdhighisi, luid-siumh ria each docum 
 na hecailsi, 7 doroine sler/^/ain 7 ern^?^/^thi dhicra iconn altóir. Rolín 
 intansin soillsi aingkirdha in eacl^zV uime da ^azh leith, 7 rofhaidh ann sin 
 in sruith airmhitn^c// a spin^/ dochum nime i subhai 7 i bhfailte mhuintm 1105 
 nimhe. Ata \mmorro a chorp i talmam abhus cu n-anoir 7 cu n-airmhitin 
 o Dia 7 o dhainibh, co bhfertuibh 7 co mirbhuilzM cech laithi. Et gidh mor 
 a anoir coleic bidh mo a ndail bratha intan taitnebhus ^ a.mail ghrein 
 nemhthruailnzi^i a chorp 7 a anum. 
 
 IS ann, immorro, bias in morghloir sin 7 in morinnocbhail dosomh, iiio 
 a n-aontuidh ^ naoi ngradh nimhe na tairmdhechatar, i n-aontuidh ^ aps/^/ 7 
 deiscibz// imi Crisd, i n-aontuidh^ dceachid. 7 áTznachia Mheic Dé, [fo. 11. 
 a. 2] isinn-acntuidh^ is uaisH cech Ts^ntaidh, i n-zantaid na nsemh-Tnnoidi uaisli 
 airmhitnighi .1. Kthair 7 M^c 7 Spin/^ ^ocbh, 
 
 Ailim trocuire Dhe uilechum^^r/^/uigh tre impidhe noemh-Choluim, coro- 1115 
 slum uile in ^ntaid sin. Roissem, roaitreabhum, in s<3:ecz/la s^^c^dorum ! Amen. 
 
 ^ MS. deighenchuibh. MS. aghuidh. ' MS. taitnemhus. 
 
 * MS. aontuigh. ° MS. inaontuigh. ^ MS. ISinnaentuigh. 
 
 P 
 
[fo. II. a., 
 Betha Bhrighdi \ 
 
 HII SUNT QUI SECUNTUR AGNUM QUOCUMQUE lERIT. IT iat SO lucht 
 leanuit in t-Uan neimeln/<^i cipe comiir dech. 
 1 120 Eoin mac Zebedei, bruinnedhalta íssu, comarba na hOighi, is é roscnbh 
 na bnatra-sa 7 rofhacuibh a cuimne lasin n-Eclais don fhochraic 7 don 
 logh rothidnaic Dia don tres grad na hEcalsa [.i.] do lucht na hoighe .1. 
 tochoisceim inn uain neimhelnidhe. 
 
 IS e immorro leth ataoibhi in n-aisneis-sea la hEoin cu dú a ndebairt : 
 ii25[Nemo potest dicere canticum nisi ilia .c.xl. iiii milia qui redempti sunt de 
 terra.] Ni thic do neoch moXad na claiscetul [do denum] don Coimdh/i^r 
 acht [nech écin] do comhlan^/^ na h^calsa rocongbhad^ a n-gen^j 7 a 
 n-oighe 7 docenngí3;d do logh fola Qxist. 
 
 Air is iat sin na hogha codeimhin. Gonad ior slicht na mbnathar-sin 
 1 1 30 roraidh Eoin : ' Híí mnt qui secuntur agnum ' .1. is iat lucht leanait in t-Uan 
 [cipe] condJir theit. 
 
 IS e leanmhain in Uain, Qxist do intsam^^// 7 do thocoisceim tria 
 comalki^rechta 7 t-sosc//a gan sainnt na ta\ma7zá2ií, gan grad na n-erchraidhe, 
 imghabhail na hanoire, dinsium in domhain, tarmnug^/d dona huilibh, 
 1135 neimhdhenum indlighidh na aincridhi do neoch, fulang cufoidhid^c/^ ^ na 
 n-amm^/j- dianechtair, dilghudh do tabairt do lucht na hingreama. Gach 
 maith done nech gtiruh ar metughud De doghne 7 narup ara anorugud 
 budein [fo. 11, b. i]. ^INtsamW^, áidm' ar an t-Q,cnaid, ^ amazl bis an t- 
 uan neimheilnidhe ind oigi colla, as inann on 7 corp neimhthruailn/^i Meic 
 ii4oin Athar NoeM. INisdimlatd, da.no, in t-uan rundai .1. Crzst, a n-oighi 7 a 
 naeibhe * menman a,mazl roraidestar fein : ' Bidh cunoeb ^ 7 cugenmnaidh' ar 
 in Coimdi, ' ár am noebh-sa fein 7 am ennac' Ar ni fií'rdi gem^s an cuirp 
 madh anfhoirbhthe 7 m^d eiln/<^i ind ainim. 
 
 Sochaidhe tra do noebuibh ^ 7 do fhirenuibh rocomuillset in timna-sa na 
 ii45hoighi a nufhiadhnuisi feibh rocomuill in noebhogh'^ dia tá lith 7 fí7raithmet 
 i n-ecmhong na ree-seo 7 na haims/re .1. Sancta Bngida uirgo Dei .1. 
 noebhBrighit ^ ogh in Coimdheadh na ndula. 
 
 ^ In lower margin : Tabmd gach nech legfus in b^/hasa Brigdz hQnnacht ior ^Lnman- 
 »aibh na lanomijin da(r'scribad in lebar-so). 
 
 ^ MS. rocongmhad. ^ jyjg^ cufoighid^C/^. * MS. nseimhe. ^ MS. cunoem. 
 ^ MS. noemhuibh. ' MS. noemhogh. « MS. noemhbrighit. 
 
BETHA BHRIGHDl. 
 
 35 
 
 IS and x'd.xum ceileabhrait na cr^Vtaidhi ^ feil 7 lithlaithi na híí noebh- ^ 
 Brighdi, i VaXainn Febrai arai laithe mis grene iss iniú arai laithi secht- 
 mhuini isin hliaáahi^ i tarn. n^o 
 
 INnistifr sunn mrtmi ni do fhertaibh 7 do mhirbhuih'M na hii noeb- 
 Brighdi, 7 dia geinealach coWaidi .1. Brig^'/ m^-cu Duhthai^; meic Dhemre, 
 meic Bresail, do slicht Echach Finn Fuath nairt. 
 
 IN Dubhthach-sin immorro o rogenair naíb-Br/fzV^ rocennaig-sein 
 chumail, Broicsech a hainm, inghen sein Dallbronaig do Dail Con-wic^ 
 cuhatr in deisc^rt Breag. Ros-aentaigh Dubht^'c/^ do il-lánamhn?/j in 
 cum<?//-sin cur'bo alac/iisi uadh. Rogab ct seitich Dubhth<?z> imon cumhuil 
 CO ;2-ebuirt fria Duhf/iac/i : ' Mine renusa in cumhail út i tiribh ciana 
 toicebhutsa mu thinnscrai dhit, 7 rag<?t uait.' Arai sin nir'bo ail do 
 Duh^/iach reic na cumhaili. 1160 
 
 Feacht ann doluid Duhf/iac/i 7 in cumal immaille fris i carp^/t seoch 
 thegduis araili druadh. O rochual^ in drai foghar in carp<?// is ed roraidh : 
 ' A ghilla,' ar se, ' fegh cia fil isin carp?//, ar is fog?/r carp^?// fo rig inso.' 
 Roraidh in gilla : ' Dubth<^<:/^,' ar se, ' fil ann.' Luidh in drai aracinn 7 
 rofhiafei!^ [fo. 11. b. 2] cuich in ben bui isin carp?//. ' Lcamsa,' ariiós 
 Dub f//ac/i. Maithgen, da7?í7, ainm in d;'uadh, is uad Ros Maithgin. Im- 
 comaircidh in drai in rob alac/i/a. o neoch ? ' Is alac/ita uaimsi,' ol Duhf/iac/i. 
 Asbert in drai : ' Bidh amhra in gein fil ina broinn, ni bhia a cosmuil isna 
 talm<7??daib.' * Ni leig dhamhsa mu shetig,' ar Duh//iac/i, ' gan a reic na 
 cumaili-si.' Adub/r?rt an d?^ai t;'ia rath faitsine : ' Foighen/z sil do mhna-sanyo 
 do sil na cumuili, áir heraid in cumal mgin reil taitnem/izc/i; thaitnighfes 
 amatl grein itir renna nimhe.' Ba huldcc/i DuhthacJi don aithi?/^c-sein, ár ni 
 rug/id \iigen do cosin. 
 
 Tiagrt-Zt iarsin chum a tighi, 7 dogniset altug?/<^ buidi diblinaibh. 
 
 Ba suaichnidh^ tra g/^adh na h?;?^?;?e ag Dia, ár dodhcchat/zr da espi?^: 11 75 
 do Bretn/i?^ otha Elpu dia taircctul 7 dia bcnnachadh, Mel 7 Melchu ^ a n- 
 anmanna. Dorat T>uhthach failti dhoibh, 7 doroinc in chum/z/ umhuloit 7 
 timt^re^:/?/ doib. Ba bronuch 7 ba toirrsé'ch seitig Duidthaig, IMcomaircid 
 espi?r Mel di fath a toirrsi. Doraidh in ben : ' ár doroisc V)u}othach a 
 chum^?7 dim.' Roraidh cspi?^: Mel : 'Dethber^ ge no dherrscaighed, ár foige- 1180 
 naidh do sil-sa do sil na cumhaile, acJit tarmnaighfidh a sil-si dot shil-sa.' Ba 
 
 1 MS. cr/itaighi. ^ noemh. ^ MS. bliagiz/;^. * MS. naembn;^//. 
 
 * MS. suaichnigh. ^ A letter is erased before e. MS. .xb^r. 
 
3^ 
 
 BETH A BHRIGHDL 
 
 iergdich. si de sin. IS and sin dorala file de hUaib meic Cuais o thochur 
 maine do thig Dhwhthaig, O rofhit/r in fill fochunn feirgi na mna 
 aduhazrt : ' In recai in cumail? ' Reacfat,' ol Duht/tac/t, ' ár is eicen damh/ 
 
 1185 Roraidhset na hespinc : 'Ren in cumail 7 na renin coimp^rt.' Doroine 
 samhlazd. Teit as an file cons, chnmail. I N-adaig ^ larum rainic in fili a 
 thech, is ann dorala fer noeb ^ isin tigh og 3.tac/i in Coimdh^</ 7 oc errn^^^i. 
 Rofoillsig^ii dosomh lasair 7 colí7;;ía tenntidhi ^ don inad a mbai in cumal. 
 Dodhechazd araile drai a crich Co7ia.'ú\ do thigh an (hiled remhraitte. 
 
 ii9oRoluaidh moghud* na cumai/Q. Rorec in file ris in chumps:// 7 ni roreac in 
 coimp^rt bai ina broinn. Teit in drai coua, chumail leis dia thig. 
 
 [fo. i2.a. i] IS ann dorala don drai fleadh^ mhor do dhenum a Conaille, cu 
 rogart an ri cuice docum na fleidi "^. IS ann rop aimser tuism^da do mnai in 
 righ. Boi faidh i comaider/^/' in righ, cu rof hiafr^^^^^cara don righ dhe, 'cuin bud 
 
 1 195 maith sen don righain Uzsmhedh. ? ' Atrubhuirt in drái : ' Gein notuisimhthea 
 imaruch la turcbail grene na bud imuich na itigh noberta nof horuaislighfead 
 cech ngein ind Eimin.^ Reimhdheachí3;/<^ tra t^^i-mhed na rigna inuairsin, co 
 rue mac marbh. INtan immorro dochoidh in zumal aramharuch la 
 turcbail ghrene, 7 leastar Ian do le3imh.lac/il 'na laimh, intan tuc indara 
 
 isoocoisceim tara tairrsiuch an tighi 7 a cos aili imuich, is ann rue inn ingin .1. 
 noebBrig^V"^. Ronigset na bantairsi inhíí noebBrigíV don XcvcAacht bui il- 
 laimh a math^^r. Ba cvi^oaid immorro sin re hairilliudh mErigte .1. re 
 desillrad 7 re taitnium a hoighi. Rucadh an ingen ac//air iarna breith cu mac 
 marbh na rigna, 7 o rasiact anal na hingine in mac adracht a bas. 
 
 1205 LuiDH iarsin in drai cona chumail 7 cona. mgin i crich Conwackt, ár do 
 Coitnac htuihh. a mhatkair^ a athair immorro don Mumain. 
 
 I N-araili laithi doluid in cumal do bleagun a bo, 7 forfacuib an ingin 
 'na hoenar 'na cotl^<^ ina tigh. Atconncat<3:r araili comfhoicsig in tegduis i 
 raibhe an ingen ior lasí3:d, co ndcrna, aenbreo dhi o th.a\main co nem. INtan 
 
 i2iotancat<3;r do cahair an tighi ni ro artraig in tene, ackl roraids^t ba Ian do 
 rath in Spir/a Noeid/i an inghean. 
 
 Laithi n-ann deisidh in drái cona, chumail i n-araile inadh, cona.ca.tar in 
 cannadas bui fi?rcenn na hingine ior lasadh. O roshinetar a lama cuige, 
 néro artraigh an tene. 
 
 1 2 15 Feacht ann rocotail in drai co n-a.ca, triar cleir^c^ ind etuighibh taitne- 
 
 1 MS. 2izaid. 2 noemh. » MS. tenntighi, ^ Read Roluaigh modhud (?) 
 " MS. fleagh. « MS. fleighi. ^ MS. .i. .i. noembrigí/. 
 
BETHA BHRIGHDI, 
 
 mac/iaLib, cu ro imretar ola for cenn na hin^-me, cu rofhoirbhthighset ord in 
 baitsi on beus gnathach. Tri hai;zgz7 insin. Aduhairt an tres ai;^g^/ risin 
 drai ba he ainm na hmgine [fo. 12. a. 2]. Sanc/a. Brigida .1. noebBri^/t 
 Kdrdicht an drai 7 roinnis inni atconnaic. 
 
 I N-araili lo roclos guth na naidhen oc diucaire, 7 iss ed roraidh : ' Meum 1220 
 erit hoc ' .1. bidh learn so. O rochuala an drai sin iss ed roraidh : ' Comaill- 
 ^áer inni athezr an mgeji .1. bidh learn an ierann iardain,' et iss^<7on rocomh- 
 ailled. O rachualut<^r aitreabhthaigh an frruinn sin rofhuacratar in drai 
 asin tir, gu ndech^z^Z-siumh dochum a ath^rdha fein. 
 
 Roalt tra in noeibv/gen^ -so .1. BrigzV, o chomairbhirt bid ecsami?// fria 1225 
 a comaosu, áir bithe ina cech náidhi. Ni thoimhl^/h biadh n-eisidan. 
 Nofrithbhruidheadh biadh in druadh 7 nosceidhi:'^^. Ro imraith in drai cidh 
 rombui an \ngen. Doigh lais ba hinglaine 7 corp^d a bhidh. Roerbh iarsin 
 bhoin n-odheirg do bleag?/;^ foleith do BrigzV, 7 rolcic bhannscail n-irisigh 
 dia bleagz^;^. Toimk/h an \wgen noebh sin, 7 ni sceidhf<^. 1230 
 
 Roalt iariwi an Í7ige?i noeb-sa gur'bó timthiridh, et cech ni risi comhrui- 
 cedh al-lamh nofhoirbreadh. Nolesaigheadh na caercha : noshasadh na helta: 
 nobhiath^<3^ na bochta. O tháinic calmat/zj- 7 nert 7 meit do BrigzV accobh- 
 rastar tec/it do torruma ahath<^rdha. Rof haidh in drai tec/i/a, co Dubt/iac/i arco 
 tlssed arcenn a inghine. Tiaghait na tec/iia, co Duht/iac/z, 7 innisit fearta 7 1235 
 mirbz/z7i na ingine. Teit Duhf/iac/i 7 ba fail/<7 leis. Doroine in drai failti 
 fris, 7 doratt a 'vigin soer dho. Tiagait iarsin Duht/iac/i 7 Bri^zV dia tir i crich 
 Ua bhFailghi, 7 a muime malle fria BrigzV, cu roghab galar a muime ar toidh- 
 Gc/if, cor' faidhi"<^ Bri^zV 7 i;z^^;z aile do chuinghidh dighi do coirmm dhi co 
 araile fer oca nd<frnadh fled mhor. Baethchu a ainm-sidhe. Dorat era fi?r Bri^zV. 1240 
 Taraill Br'igit iarsin co araili topzzr giir'lin leastar as, 7 robeannach cu rosoudh 
 i mblas corma, 7 dob^rt dia muime, 7 ba oghshlan focedair. IN fhleadh^ 
 immorro icár' heimdhed isi, tiagz/r dia hoi 7 ni frith banna dhi. 
 
 [fo. 12. b. i] Feacht da ndechaid Dub/Zz^zr/z ar turzzj- cu farcuibh 
 a ingin ica mhucaib, co tanc(^tar da meirlrr/z cuice, co rucsat da thorcc don 1245 
 tred. O dhochuati^r treall iarsin <:í7;zdric Dub//zí^<:/z friu. Benais na muca 
 dhibh. Dothaet iarzz;;z co BrigzV, ' In marut na muca, a xngenV ar T>whthach. 
 * Airim lat,' ar Bri^zV. Roairimh T>\\}othach na muca, 7 ni teasta na^/z muc 
 dibh. 
 
 Nir'bho cian iarsin tainicáighe* uasal do tigh Dub/Z/^z^, co nd^rnadi25o 
 
 ^ MS. noembrigz't. 
 
 ^ MS. noe'immge». 
 
 5 MS. fleagh. 
 
 ♦ MS. aidhe. 
 
38 
 
 BETHA BHRIGHDI. 
 
 fóidhi ^ do, CO tart<3;d coic thocta sailk do ^r'lgit da mberb<3J(^. Dochoidh 
 "Dvi^thach am<3:ch. Dothoet cu goirt ellscothach isin tech co Brig/t. Dorat 
 Bri^/^do in coic^d tocht saille ar trocaire. Nir'bo saithech in cu dhe. Dorat 
 "Brigit tocht aili dhi. Doigh lesi ba coáXud don aighidh 7 niV eadh on. 
 255 Tainic Dub//^^<;/^ 7 roraidh re Bri^^V: ' In robhearbhais in t-saill 7 in marat 
 na huronna ? ' ' Airimhsi iat,' or si. Roáirimh Tiwhtkack. Ni testa ni dhibh. 
 Atcuaid in t-áighi ^ do Dhub///<a:i:^ a n-doroine Bri^^V. Ni rochaithset na 
 haighidh in biadh-sin, ár roha,tar eisinnraic, ackt rofodhladh ^ do bho^rhtaib 
 7 aidhilcnechíí!/^. 
 
 260 Feacht ann dorothluigh araili bannscal irisech co tis^d Br'igzf le i Magh- 
 Life, ár robui coimhthinol senaid Laig^;? ann. Rofoillsighedh d'esp<?^ 
 Ibhair bai isin dail Muire Ingen do Xhtcht isin dail. Teit ii;i bannscal 
 arnamharach, 7 Brlgit maiWe fria, docum na dala. IS ann roraidh espi?^ 
 Ibhair : ' As i so in Mhuire ad<:<?;inacsa.' Robennizc-^sat in uile shlógh inhi 
 
 265 noemh-Bn^^V, conad hi Bri^^V Muire na nGseid^/* o sin ille. 
 
 lArsin dochúaid B;^i^/^ do torruma a máthax bui i ndoeire. IS 2sc\aid 
 robhui in mdthan a n-indlobrai aracindsi, 7 bui ior airghi, 7 da bai dhec 
 aice, 7 si oc tinol ime. Rofhoghuin hmnorro an \ngen ac^Vimail tar eis a 
 mdthar, 7 rogabh ior leasug?/^/ na hairghi. In mdJísáred doghnith norannadh a 
 
 270 ndibh cuibhrennaibh dec i n-anoir in da esbí3:/dec in Colmáhed^ 7 roshuidhig^d 
 in treas cuibrinn dec [fo. ici. b. o^l cu mba mo inás cech cuibhrenn i n-anoir 
 Crist, 7 do b^readh do bochtuibh 7 do aigheadhuib Ar atb^readh-si 
 bidh Crist i p^rsoin cech aighedh ^ irisigh. Ba hingn<3:d lesin mbúachail sin 
 CO náechaidldi do acalk^V/^ in druadh. Rofhiafri^:^^ in drai 7 a ben : ' In maith 
 
 275 leasaighiz^j an mgenV Tainic ann na bu. ' IS maith,' ar an buach^^'/. ' Am 
 buidhech-sa cipinn^/i* 7 at reamra na laeigh,' ar ni rolamhair cassait "Brigte 
 'na hecmais. Dochuaidh in drai 7 a sheitig don airghi, 7 xilsz mor leo a 
 rabhutar ocht nduirnn dec dia lin^d do im. Dorine Br\git foilti friu, 7 
 roinnail a cosa, 7 dorat biadh dhoibh. IS ann aduhairt séitigh in 
 
 280 druadh re Bri^^V: 'IS do thancam?/r dia fhis in rogab greim inni 
 roherb^^ friut. Cid iil ocut do im ? ' Ni raibhi immorro aicisi ind erkiime 
 ackt tovad culeith maist^rtha. Dochuaidh iarsin Brig^V isin cuilinn, 7 
 iss ed roraidh : 
 
 A MO ruire-sea 
 285 conic inna huili-sea 
 
 ^ Read foighdhi (?) 2 áighidh. ^ ms. rofoghladh. * MS. gaeigel. 
 
 ^ MS.aidheadhuib. " MS. aidhedh. 
 
BETHA BHRIGHDL 
 
 39 
 
 bennuch, a Dhe, nuall gan gheis, 
 
 cot laim dheis mo cuili-sel 
 
 Mo chuili-sea! 
 
 cuile Fiadhat finn, 
 
 cuiii robenn(2c/i mo Ri, 
 
 ' 1290 
 
 cuile ica m-bi imm. 
 Tic M<2C Muire mo chara 
 do bennach^^ mo chuile, 
 flaithe in domiz/« co himeal 
 ron-be immct la suidhe. 
 
 1290 
 
 Et Uiz leathtor^d maistirtha aniar. Rofhaitbheastar ben in druadh, 7 iss cd 
 roraidh : ' IS maith do linadh ruisc mhoir in cobhcs ime-sea.' ' Linaidh 
 bhur rúsc,' ar Vtrxgit, ' 7 dobera Dia ni inn.' Notheigheadh si h^otis ina 
 cu'úmn 7 dobífread leathtor<7<^ gac//a. fechtais le aisdi, 7 dogheibedh rann dona 
 rannuibh út ag dul siar. Dia tucdais da^io a raibhi do ruscuibh oc fi^ruibh 1300 
 Muman di nolinf^^d iat uile. Roadhamhm/g an drai 7 a ben an fhirt adconn- 
 C3.tar. IS ann atbi:'rt in drai re Br'igit: ' In t-imm-sea 7 na bu roblighis 
 eadpruim-si duit, et ni bhia og foghnam damsa, acht foghuin don Choimáhidh! 
 Roraidh ^r\git: ' B^r-si na bu, 7 tuc damsa soer(i) mu mhdt/iav' Doraidh 
 in drai : ' Acsud do mdthaix soer dhuit 7 na ba, 7 cibedh atb^ra dog((5nsa).' 1305 
 
 [fo. 13. a. i] RofhodhuiP Brighit iarsin na bu do bhochtaibh 7 aidhilcne- 
 <^aib^ 7 dobaistedh in drai, 7 ba hirisech 7 ba i comhuite^:/// Brighdi coa bhas. 
 
 Tainic ^r\git iarsin 7 a mat hair le co tegh a hathar. Cacha bhfaghbhaitis 
 Immorro a lamha-si do chrudh^ 7 bhiadh 7 airilliudh ahath^^r dobi^readh do 
 bhochtaibh 7 aidilcnech^2<^ in Coimdlví^, cur'bhó dimdhuch a hath^/r dhi 1310 
 aire sin, euro acobhrastar a reic na hi noebhBrighdi Luidh i carbat 7 a 
 mgeit malle fris, 7 didwhairt : ' Ni ar anoir ná ar chataidh * duit dot-b^rur isin 
 carp?^/, acht is dod breith dot reic 7 do bleth bron do DhunXaing mac Enna, 
 do righ Laig^72.' O rd.nca.tar co dun in righ, luid 'Duhhtac/i isin ndun ciis'm 
 righ 7 fácbhais a claidhiub^ i bhfail Brlgte isin carp?//. Dothoet clamh co 1315 
 Brighit, 7 aitchidh ainm nDe re Br'igzt um ni do tabairt do. Tairbmdh 
 Brzgit claidiub ^ a ha.thar dho. Raidhidh Dub///<^<:/^ risin righ iar toidhec/it 
 anunn : ' In cennechtha mh'ingen dim?' ' Cidh ara reccai h'ing/;^ fein?' ar 
 Dunlahzg. ' Ni a?zse' ar Uudt/iac/i, ' ar bheith ac reic mh'indmhais 7 ica 
 thabairt do drochdhainibh truagha.' ' Tucthar cucainn con nf hacamar,' ar 1320 
 
 * MS. Rofhoghuil. 2 MS. chrugh. ^ MS. noemhbrighdi. 
 
 * MS. chataigh. ^ MS. claidium. 
 
40 
 
 BETHA BHRIGHDI. 
 
 Dunlang. Teit T>^^^thach araceann. O rainic dobhai oc feg^d in charbait oqms 
 ni fhacai^ a clatdiuh^. Rofhiafm^^ do "Brigit cid doroine don claidib. 
 
 * T)oraius' ar 'Brigit, ' do bhocht tainic dom ghuidhi Rofhergaigh Dub- 
 thach gu mor friasi ar an cXaideb do tsibazrt il-leth n-aili. O thainic Brigit 
 
 1325 i iiadhn^m in rig raidhis in ri : ' Cidh ara ngatai crodh * 7 airilliud h'ath^r, 
 7 anas mesa ann, cidh ara t//cuis in cXaideb il-k/h n-aile?' IS ann roraidh 
 "Brigif : ' Rofhit/r Mac na hl/^^^V^e, diamadh leamsa do commus-sa. cot uile 
 innmh^/j- 7 cot Laighnibh uile dobherainn don Coimd/<af na ndulai.' Doraidh 
 an ri re Duht/iac/z : ' Ni comadhais dun cunnradh na hinghine-sea, ár is uaisli 
 
 1330 a hairilliudh iiadh Dia innámne.' Co7iud amluidh sin rosoerudh Brzgii dia. 
 dáire. 
 
 [fo. 13. a. 2,] Nir'bo cian iarsin cu táinic araile fer sochenelach go Duhi/iac/i 
 do chuingidh a ingine. Ba tol do Duht/tack 7 dia m^icuibh in ni sin. Ro opas- 
 tar Brigit immorro. Doraidh brathuir dia braithribh riasi : 'IS esbach in 
 
 1335 t-suil glan fil at cind-sa gana beith ior adhart i bhfail fhir eicin.' ' Rofhit/r 
 Mac na hinghine/ ar Brigit, ' ni beodha dhun massi dob^^V pudhur f<?ruinn I * 
 Dorat iarum a mer fon suil conas-tall asa cinn, cu mbui iora. gruaidh^. 
 O'tconnaic Duh t/zack 7 a braithre sin rogheallsat nach ebertha riasi dul co íer^ 
 acht an ier budh mhaith le fein. Tuc Bxvgit annsin a d^rnainn fna a rose 7 
 
 i34oslanaighter fochétair. 
 
 LuiD Brigit 7 araili ogha maille fria do ghshail chaille o esp^^: Mel i 
 Telcha Mhidhe. Ba faeih'<^ sein friu. Anais Brigit (or umhaloit co mbad hi 
 déidhintíic^^ for a tartta caille. Atracht cohima teintidhi"^ dia cinn cu 
 clethe na hecalsa. IS ann roraidh espd?^: Mel: 'Tair, a noeb-^ Brigit, co 
 
 i345 rosentar caille ior do chenn riasna hoghuibh aili.' IS edh dorala ann tna 
 grasa in Spirto 'Nóib/t gradh n-esbuic do eirleghiunn (or Brigit. Asb^rt 
 Mtí;c-caille nar'bho ord gradh n-espuic for bannscail. Adubhairt espoc Mel : 
 
 * Ni learn a commus. O Dhia dorat<a:d in anoir-sin do Brigit seoch. each 
 mbannscail,' comdh anoir espuic dob^rat fir 'Eke^zn do comarba Brigte osin 
 
 1350 ille. 
 
 I n-ochtmadh ua,thaid rogenair Brigit, i cedain sainriudh : i n-ochtm^d 
 dec rogabh caille : i n-ochtmí2:d .Ixxx. dochoidh doc^^m nime : i n-ochtm^id 
 rocoisecradh Brigit fo lin ocht mbiaidi in t-soiscela rocomallastar, 7 biaid 
 in t/'ocaire doroega Brigit dibsaidhe. 
 
 ^ MS. fhacaidh. ^ claidium. ^ MS. ghuighi. * MS. crogh. 
 
 * MS. gniaigh. « MS. deiginiZC/&. ^ MS. teinntighi. * MS. noem. 
 
BETHA BHRIGHDL 
 
 41 
 
 Feacht o rochomfhoicsigh ^oWd^man na case duthracair tria dhesheirc 1355 
 coirm do denamh dona h^ifalsaibh imdhaibh xohdXar impe, et robhui t^rca 
 arbhain inbhuidh-sin hi Midhe, 7 ni rothecht Brigitacht oencriathar bracha. 
 Ni rabhutar da;?^ [fo. 13. b. i] leastair ac muinnt/r Bxigte, acht da lothar. 
 Doratsat a mbraich isindara lothar. Rolinsat araile don chuirm. Ro- 
 fodhlad ^ iarsin o Brigit in chuirm do .uii. n-ecalsaibh dec bhFer Tulach, cu 1360 
 ro fherastar toradh in oenmheich bracha iat tre shobharthan ^ Bf-'igte o 
 chaplait co minchaisc. 
 
 Fecht ann doluidh araile clamh co Brigit do chuinghidh bhó. Doraidh 
 Brigit ris: ' Cia dhibh is ferr lat, bo do breith leat, no h'ic don claimhe?' 
 Doraidh in clamh ba ferr leis a ice on oXaiini ina dob^rtha righi in áonvnnizd^ 
 do. Doroine Brigit Qxnaigh\h\ co Dia, curos-ic in clamh, 7 rofhoghuin 
 do Brigit iarsin. 
 
 Araile cdáWech do muinnt/r Bvigte dorala a ngalar trom cu romhianaigh 
 \Q.2im\\\acht. Ni tharla bo isin recleis ind inbhaidh-sin, cu rolinadh leastar Ian 
 d'uisce do Brigit, cu ros-bennach, euro soudh \\-\cdim\\x\acht. Dorat don 1370 
 cailh^ 7 ba hoghshlan hi focedair. 
 
 O dhocuaid immorro clu 7 oirrdherc/zj" Brigte fo Eivmn, tanc<i;dar da 
 dhall do Br^/naibh 7 clam ica remthus dia n-ic co Brigit. Doraidh Brigit: 
 ' Bidh imuigh coUeic cu roa in ceileabhr<?<^,' ár deinmnedhaigh iatsein. 
 ' Ro-icais daine dot chcniul fein ane, 7 ni rofuirighis cenco n-ieai sinne 1375 
 inniu/ Dorighne Brigit ern^^^hi, 7 rohictha a triur foccVair. 
 
 O rof<?rbhudh soWaman na case áoíhÁdiíraig Bi'igit dona hmginaib in 
 roibhi fuidheall ^ acu o linn na cascc. Doraidhsct na hingena : ' Dob^-ra Dia,' 
 ol siat. IS annsin tainic dias vigen istech, 7 drongWh Ian d'uisci leo. 
 ' Rof hitir Mao, na hlngine, ata maith ann,' ol Brigit. Doigh lesi com<7:d 13S0 
 coirm. Amal adub<^2>t si sin rosoud a coirm toghuidi focedair. Doratad 
 iarsin d'espi?^: Mel 7 dona hoghuibh areena. 
 
 ISANn aimsir c//na tainic galar sula do Brigit, 7 ba tiachair le a cenn 
 cumor. Ó rochuala esp^i: Mel sin, iss ed roraidh : ' Tiagham aroen do 
 cuingidh legha [fo. 13. b. 2] cu rot-léict^r fí?rt cenn.' Doraidh Brigit: i^S^ 
 ' Min bi^dh anumhaloit duits'i, ni bhudh ail damsa liaigh Ci??'pdai etir, acht 
 araidhe doghenam anni atb^ra-sa.' O rohatar oc imthec/it dorochair Brigit 
 asa carp?// co tarla a cenn fria cloieh cu rocrechtnaigi^'d cumor 7 euro theip^ 
 in fhuil. Rohicta da;/<:; don fuil-sin di bannse^// amhlabrai robat<^r fi^r-in 
 
 1 MS. RofoghW. 2 shoshorrtan. ^ MS. fuigheall 
 
 G 
 
42 
 
 BETHA BHRIGHDI. 
 
 i39oconaír. Dorala dhoibh iarsin ior a set in liaigh ica rabhatar iarraidh. 
 O rofhegh-sidhe in credit atbert : ' Ni rochuingea-sa liaigh aili o so amach 
 acht in liaigh rot-ic don cur-sa ; ár cia nobheitis leagha 'EXxenn icot leighi^/j 
 ni dingnidis ni bhudh fherr,' conaá. a.mhlaid sin roslanaighedh Brlgz^. 
 
 Fecht ann dorala ri Teafa i comf hocraibh doibh ar fleidh Bai leastar 
 
 1395 cumdac/itta. il-laim in righ. Gabhais araile fer anfhaitech asa laimh cu 
 torchair co nderna, blogha dhe. Dogabhadh an fer la righ Tefa. Do- 
 choidh espoc Mel dia cuinghidh 7 ni betas on righ ack^ a bhas, co n-atuigh 
 esp^i; Mel in leastar mbrisde 7 t?/c leis co 'Brigit. Dorat Brigit a hanal 
 uime 7 rohathnuaighed ^ a cruth ba ferr. Rucadh iarsin don righ, 7 
 
 i4oorofuaslaic^d in cimbid. Et aduhairt espoc Mel : ' Ni horamsa doroine Dia 
 an iirt-sa, acAl ar Brigtt.' 
 
 Feacht ann dodhechaid Brigii do thigh araile oighi .1. Brighit \ngen 
 Co7tdi\\\c insin. In t-uisq?/i dor^^itadh dara cosaibh do Brigit iar taidhe^:^^ 
 roic araili ogh robai istigh a nga\ar. O dhochuad^r immorro Brighit co7idi 
 
 1405 hoghiiibh do chaithium a proinne roghab Brigit ior fegadh na méisi cofada. 
 Rofhiafr<3:i;^ an Brig/t aile : ' Cid rathaigi-sea ? Doraidh Br^^^V : 'Atciu 
 Deman ior in meis/ ' Robadh maith leamsa a f haicsin,' ar an ogh aile. 
 ' Tdihair crois Crist ar \i?igaid 7 ar do shuil/^,' ol Brigit. Dorat in ogh, 7 
 doconnaic-si in Satan re toeb na meisi, a chenn sis 7 a cosa sttas, a dhe 7 a 
 
 Hiolasair asa craes 7 asa shroin. Roraidh Brigit: ^Tahair freacra duin, a 
 Blahuill' 
 
 'Ni chumngaim, a chailW/^!' ar an Deman, [fo. 14. a. 1] 'gan fregra 
 duit, a coimeduidhe timnai De, 7 a[t] trocaireach ir'i bochto 7 fri muindtir 
 an Choimdhedh.' 
 
 1415 ' INdis duinn iar^^m,' ar Br^^^V, 'cid dia tangais cugaind ''nar cail- 
 lechail? } ' 
 
 ' Araile og craibdech fil sund,' ar 'Desman, ' is 'na coimiteacht atussa 
 ag f;?/rail leisce 7 mai/^deachtni^^^e uirre.' 
 
 Adubi^2>t Brigit frisin oig hisin: 'Tabair cros Crist tar ÚiSLgaid 7 
 i42otardot suilib.' Doratt focetoir. Atcondairc an og an torathar ngranna. 
 Ros-gab ecla mor an og o atcondairc an Demon. Aduhairt Brigit: ' Cidh 
 ara n-imghaibhe in dalta icá tai lesLSugtid fria re cian?' Dorighne inn 
 ogh aitrighi iarsin, 7 rohicadh on Dem^;^. 
 
 Araile bannscal t//c rúsc Ian d'ubhluibh co Brigit. IS ann sin doralad^r 
 1 MS. fleigh. 2 rohathnuaidh^í/. 
 
BETHA BHRIGHDI. 
 
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 claimh ic faighdhe ubhall co Brigit. Doraidh Brigit : ' Tdihair dhoibh na 1425 
 hubla.' O'tcuak in bannscal sin rue a ruse uball chuice, 7 ised roraidh : 
 ' Duitsi fein t^/cas-sa na hubla 7 ni do chlamhaibh.' Ba tocradh do V>rigit 
 tairmeasc na halmsaine uimpe, 7 romalW// na cronna dia tuc^^d. O rainic 
 in bannscrt;/ da tigh ni fhuair oenubhuU ina hithlainn giar'bhó Ian intan 
 rofhacuibh 7 hdXar etairthigh osin immach. 1430 
 
 Feacht ann doluidh Brigit co Tefa, 7 sloigh mora 'na comhaideacht, 
 7 dá clamh 'na diaidh ^ cu tarla d^sbhaid et^rra. Intan rob ail do clamh 
 dibh araile do hhudAad roshec a lamh uasa 7 rocrap lamh indalanai. 
 DoronSi^t aitrighi \3.mm 7 ros-ic Brigit dia claimhc. 
 
 Dochuaidh Brigit co araili ccXais a tir Thcfa do chcilcabhr^<^ na case. 1435 
 Doraid banairchinnech na hecalsa fria hinghenaibh ncach dhibh do umhaloit 
 dia dhardáin cennla dona scnoiribh 7 dona dainib fannaibh inlobhraibh 
 hdiiar isin redes. Ni frith ncch dhibh don umhaloit. Doraidh Brigit: 
 * Dogensa aniu in umaloit.' Cethrar do dhainibh galair bat^r isin rccli:'^- 
 .1. anbhfabrachta 7 dasachtach 7 dall 7 clamh, 7 dorighne Brigit 3. fos a 1440 
 cethrar, 7 rohictha o gach teidm bui iorru. 
 
 Feacht ann dochuaidh Brigit in araile tech [fo. 14. a. 2] for áighid- 
 htcht'^. Dorala co ndcchaid in muinnt^r uili immach acht aenghilla b^'c 
 anbhfhabracta, 7 se balbh, 7 ni ihitir Brigit a bhcith d,m\aid. IS ann 
 tancati^r áighid"^ co Brigit isin tech do chuingidh bhidh. Dofhiafr<7z> 1445 
 Brigit don gilla bhalbh út, cáit i raibhi eochair na cvnhic. Doraidh in gilla : 
 ' rofhetar-sa baile i ta.' Doraidh Brigit : ' Eirg 7 tahair damh.' Roeirigh 
 fochedair 7 rotimthirigh do na hciigcdhaibh 
 
 Is AND dorala coimthinol bhfer n YArcnn i Tailltin, airm i raibhe Patraic 
 7 senadh YArenn uime. Docuatrzr docum na dala Brxgit 7 esp<96" Mel, 1450 
 7 fuarati^r caingin doil^"" aracinn 'san o\r ccJitus .1. araile ben rue leanbh ann, 
 7 is ed roraidh, cor'bhó la hespi?<: mBron do rmiinúr Patr^-zr, an leanp. 
 Rodiult espí?í: mBron nar'bo lais. Tucadh in ceist-sin co Brigit dia 
 tuasluez/d. Rofhiafr<^z^ Brigit don mhnai, cia o racoimprestar a gein, 
 7 doraidh ria ná habradh breic. Doraidh in ben : ' is ó espí7<: Bron.' Rolín 1455 
 att 7 borrfí^d a tenga ina cinn cu na caemnacair labhra. Dorat Br\git airdhi 
 na croichi dar ghin na náidhiun 7 ro'rvdS.raig \ ' Cia h'athair?' Dofregair in 
 naeidhi : ' Duine duthair deroil fil a n-imeal ind air^fr/z/ais, is e sin m'ath^'/r- 
 si.' Cu rosíerí^d espí?<: Bron aml<^/(^ sin tre rath Br\gte. 
 
 ' MS. diaigh. 2 aidhighcr///. ' MS. áidhig. * MS. haideghaibh. 
 
 G 2 
 
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 BETHA BHRIGHDI. 
 
 1460 Is AND sin dochuaidh fer arcenn 'Erigte co ;/dighsedh do zoxs^zxad tighi 
 nua dorighnird aige. O ro erlamhaigh biadh do 'Brigit is ed roraidh V>rigit 
 re a \\mgena : ' Ni hadha dhúin biadh ind fhir gennthWi sea do tomailt, ár 
 rofhaillsigh Dia damsa na robaist^d et^'r he.' O rochuala in ier maith sin 
 ron-gaibh congain cridhi, 7 robaist espi?^; Bron. larsin rof<?rcongair Y^.\.raic 
 
 láfi^íor Brigit 7 (or a comharba co nach beth dogra gan ier graidh 'na 
 comhuide<;/^/'. IS aire roghabh Nat Fraich gradha sacairt. 
 
 ISinn aimsir cé/na tuc fer do dheiscert Breagh a mhdt/iair for a mhuin 
 CO Brlgit dia hie, ár ba hanfhabrachta, co ros-lai dia mhuin ior (oscad 
 mBrigdi, 7 o tharaill in foscudh rob óghshlíi;^ ac//air. 
 
 1470 I N-ARAILE aims/r ann adconncatf/r Yd^traic chuca. [fo. I4.b. i] Senadh 
 mor maiile fris. Doraidh Lassair re Br\git : ^ Cidh doghenam frisin soch<3:/<^e 
 tang^tar chucaind? ' ' Cidh do biudh fil ocuibh? ' ol Brigit. ' Ni fhil,' ar 
 Lasair, ' acht aen chúra 7 da bhairghin dec 7 becan loma.' Doraidh Brigit : 
 ' Ata maith ann. Dogentar proicept bhreitre De dhun, 7 non-sasfait^r ^ 
 
 1475 uadh.' O thairnic do B\v2Xraic in proicept tucad an biadh co Bxigit dia 
 roinn, 7 robenn<^c/i, 7 rosasta in da phop/// De .1. sam<3:d Br\gte 7 sam^d 
 Bdtraic, 7 roba mho cumor a bhfuidheall ^ ina in t-adb<^?^ robhai ann ^x\.iis. 
 
 Araili ier robhai i cill Lassaire, 7 robui a hen occá fhacbhail, 7 
 nis-geibheadh cuit na Qo6S.ad imailli fris, cu tainic co Brigit do chuinghidh 
 
 1480 eptha cu rocharadh a bhen he. Robenn^^C/^ Brigit usq?/i dho 7 is ed athert : 
 ' Tahair in t-uisci-sin tar in tech 7 tar bhiadh ^ 7 tar digh dhuibh fein 7 tar 
 an leapuid a n-écmais na mna.' O dorine amhlaid dorat in ben sheirc 
 ndimhoir dosom co7má. faghbhadh bheith 'na ecmais cidh il-leth in tigi f?^is, 
 ackt iorsi leathlaim eiccin. Laa n-ann dochuaidh-sium for tur7is 7 rof hacuibh 
 
 1485 in mnai 'na codladh. O radhuisigh in ben at/^acht cohanbhf hail 7 dochuaidh 
 a ndegaid an fhir cu bhf^cuidh uaithe hé 7 gabhal mhara et^rra. Roghairm 
 si a fer, 7 iss ed roraidh, norag^i^d isin fairrce mina this^d som cuice. 
 
 Araile bannscí^/ d'Uib Maic Uais tainic do fhaighdhe co B7^lgit, 7 bui 
 i tercu dog?''^s roime sin. Co tard Brigit a criss di, 7 adub<^2>t Brigit^ gibe 
 
 1490 teidm no galar uisa, mb^rtha noicfad ; 7 doronta samlaid, co7ia.dh. amlaid sin 
 doneth a hethamhrnis osin imach. 
 
 Feacht ann tancat^/r caraid co Brigit araile sollum^/i 7 edhpairt leo, co 
 
 ^ Here a word is erased. ^ MS. bhfuigheall. 
 
 ^ The words 7 tar bhiadh are repeated. 
 
BET HA BHRIGHDI. 
 
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 farcabhsi^t a teach dianeis ztn choimhetuidhi Tancat^r m^rligh iar sin, 7 
 tallsati^r na damhu robhat<2r isin tigh. Adrdickt abhunn Life friu, cu tardsat 
 a n-eduighi for adharcuibh na ndam, cu ra impaset na daim otha sin c^/jan 1495 
 in^d a mbui Brigii c?/sna hetaighibh leo. 
 
 Feacht aili luidh Brigit : Magh Lemna do acalkm Vatrak. Blii :c 
 procept shoscela and [fo. 14. b. 2]. IS ann sin rochotuil 'BiHgit risin 
 proicept. Aihert Vátraic : ' Cidh ar roci?dlais ? ' Roslccht Br'igit fotri 7 
 roraidh : ' Fis atconnac,' ol si. 1500 
 
 ' Innis in fhis,' ol Vdtraic. 
 
 ' Atconnac/ ol Bi^igit, ' cethra harathra anairdcas ^ roairsctar an indsi 
 iiile ; 7 resiu thairsedh a sWad^ roaipthighedh in bhuain, 7 tancat<7r topuir 
 gheala 7 srotha taitneamacha asna hetrighibh. Eduighi geala um na 
 siltoiribh 7 um na haireamn<?zM. Atconnac cethra harathru aili atuaidh, 1505 
 roairset an indsi tarrsna, 7 rosoeiset an bhuain doridhisi, 7 rofhas in corcai 
 roshils<?t fochedair gur'bo hsbaidh, 7 tancati?:r srotha duba as na heitnghibh, 
 7 eduighi dubha um na siltóir/<^// 7 um na hairemhn(7/<5//.' 
 
 ' Ni doiligh sin,' ol Vdtraic. ' Na .iiii. harathru toisecha adconnacuis, 
 misi 7 UiSdi sin, silmaid cethirleab?/r in t-soisc//a co ú\ad irsi 7 creidmhe 7 1510 
 crabhuidh. An bhuain atconnacais, na híí thecat docum n-irsi 7 creidmhe 
 sin t?'ianar fhoircetal-ne. Na ceatra harathra adconnacais atuaidh, na 
 saebhfhoircetlíí/rt^i 7 na bregaire sin, laifid darcenn in f^rcetul shilm/d-ne.' 
 
 Feacht do Ih-igit a n-Ard Macha dolluidh dias secce 7 dromlach 
 uisce f<9?^ro. Tancat^ir do bcnnachadh do Brigit. Dorochair in dronglach 1515 
 dianeis, 7 dochuaidh druim tarais otha áovus ratha co Loch Lapháin. 
 Acht ni robrisedh 7 ni thorchair banna aisdi. Ba iolhis do chach bennach<i'i^ 
 'Brigte iorro. larsin adub^^/rt Vdtraic : ' Fodhail ind uisq?/i for Ard Macha 
 7 for Airthera,' 7 roicadh gac/i ngalar 7 gac/i n-ainces bui isin tir. 
 
 LuiD Brigit i crich bhFer Rois d'fuascaW chimedh[a] bui isin crich. 1520 
 Doraidh Brigit : ' In lece orumsa in cimid út amach ? ' Asb^rt in ri : 
 ' Gia nob^rthea damsa righi bhFer mBreagh uili, ni thibhrinn d?/zt in clmid 
 acht na dighis-sea fo era dob^rthur anmchoimhet oenoidhche* erutsa dhó.' 
 Roart?'aigh Brigif deodh ^ lai don cimidh 7 doraidh fris : ' Intan tuaslaicfit^r 
 in slabradh dhit geibh in n-ymmonn so, 7 ela (or dha laimh dheis.' Do- 1525 
 gniter amlazd. Elaid in cimidh la breithir mBngdi. 
 
 1 MS. choimhetuighi. 2 ]\/js. anairneas. ^ MS. foghail. 
 
 * MS. oenoighthe. ^ MS. deogh. 
 
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 BETHA BHRIGHDL 
 
 [fo. 15. a. i] Feacht doluidh '^rlgit tar Sliabh Fuait. Bui dd.sac/itta.ch. 
 issin t-sleib nooircedh na cuitechtna- O'tconncati^r na csLÍllec/ia, he ros-gabh 
 ecla 7 uamtm mor iat. Aduhairt 'Brigit risin ndsisacktsLch : ' O dhat-rala 
 530 ann pritchai hreiUr nDé dhun.' 
 
 ' Ni cumngaim,' [or se,] ' gan umhaloit duit, ár it trocar fria muinnt/r in 
 Coimd^í^ ^t/r truagha 7 bhochta.' 
 
 IS ann sin doraidh in dasac/itsich. : 'Car in Coimdi, a chailleí:>^, 7 
 not-carfa each. Airmhitnigh in Coimdhe 7 not-airmhitnighfea each. 
 535 Ataigh in Coimdtd 7 not-atuighfea each.' 
 
 Feacht doghuidh ^ a h3.th.azr n2ebh-BrigU ^ ^ri* ndighs^<3^ eo righ hsLigm 
 .1. CO hAihll m<^c nDunlaing do ehuinghidh dilsighthe in chlaidhib^ dorat 
 do ÍGc/ií aile. Dothoet Brigit ar forcongra, a hathair. Tainic mogh don 
 righ do acall<^/w Brigte 7 adubairt : ' Dianom-soertha don fhognamh ica tu 
 540 don righ robudh am cr^j/aidhi, 7 nof hoighenaind duitsi 7 don Coimdh^'i^^.' 
 Luidh Brigit isin dun 7 i:d?natuigh di ascaidh eusin righ .1. dilsiug^^ in 
 claidih * do 'Duhhtac/i 7 sóire don mhogaid. 
 
 ' Cidh ara tib^r-sa sin d^/ztsi ? ' ar an righ. 
 
 ' Dobá^-thar clann t-soineamhail duit,' ar Brigit, ' 7 righi dot macaib 
 545 7 nemh duit fein.' 
 
 Adubairt in ri : ' Flaith nimhe, ár ni is-faieim, nis-ehuingim. Righi 
 ddiuo dom macaib ni chuinghim ar am beo fein araird ann, ár gniat each a 
 aims/r. Tahazr dhamh eena fot soeghuil a righi, 7 eathbhuadhaighi fi?r 
 Leth Cuinn, ár is memc cocadh eadrainn.' 
 550 ' Doberthar,' ar Bri^//, 7 isedh on rocomailW, ár .xxx. eath romheb^*^ 
 roime ind 'Eivmn 7 a nai a n-Alb^i;^ tria hennac/ila.m Brzgte. Tancatur 
 Hui Neill i Laighnibh iarna ecaibh-sium. T//csat Laighin a corp doeum 
 in chatha, euro mheb^<^h rompa focedair. 
 
 Feact do Brigit ica caerchuibh isin Currach <:i?n-acai^ mac leighinn 
 555 ana rith sece .1. Nindedh scolaighi esein. 
 
 ' Cidh dot-gni anbhfhor/^^ta, a meic leiginn ! ' or Brigit, ' 7 cidh innsaighi 
 amlaid sin ? ' 
 
 ' A chailW/^,' ol in scol<^2^hi, ' teighim ^ doeum nime.' 
 ' Rofhit/r Mae na hlnghine,' ar Brigit, ' is moghenar theit in tur//<r, 7 
 560 ar Dhia dena ernuighthi leamsa curab reidh dham dhuL' 
 
 ^ MS. doghuigh. MS. nxmhhrigte. ^ MS. chlaidhim. 
 
 * MS. claidim. ^ MS. conacaidh. ^ MS. teidhim. 
 
BETH A BHRIGHDL 
 
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 * A chailkir/^,' or an scoli^^^i, 'nochan-uain dam, ár atat [fo. 15. a. 2] 
 doirrsi nimhe osluicthc innosa 7 adágur a ndunadh frium. No mas acorn 
 thairmesc dhuit, guidh ^ in Coimdhe leam g?^rub soraidh dhamh dul docum 
 nime, 7 guidhfet-sa^ Dia fi^rtsu curob reidh dhuit, 7 forruca^ ilmhile lat 
 docum nime.' 1565 
 
 Roghabh 'Erigit paUr leis, 7 ba craibhdhcch osin imach, 7 is he dorad 
 comman 7 sacarbhaic dhi iardain. Com'd asscin dorala cumthan?/^- m^c 
 leighinn in áomiiiji re Bri^//, co tab^/r in Coimdhi doibh tria atach Br'igU 
 gac/i maith fhoirbhthi chuinghid. 
 
 LuiDH Brlgit CO hespí7í: Mel co tis^d do thorainn a cathri^c/; dhi. O 1570 
 dochuat^r iarsin co dú i ta Ceall Dara inniu, ba hi sin inbhuidh dorala Ailill 
 m^c Dunlamg 7 céí marclach do fhinncha^luch leis dar lar Cillc Dara, 
 Tancatar da,7io inghena o Bvigit do chuinghidh neich don caelach, et dorat<?d 
 era fi^rro. Robeanaid na heich foa marclaighibh fria lar. Rogabhtha 
 idirzim suinn 7 slipredha dhoibh, 7 ni crvachídii?ír nogur' cadbair Ailill in cct\e,^^ 
 marclach do Brigit. Con/d de doron^id tech mor sancta Bxigic i Cill Dara, 
 7 is e Ailill ros-biath na soeir 7 ros-ic a ndulghena Facbhais Brigit cu 
 mbadh o Ailill m^^c Y)\\v\aing nobhr/h righi Laigen cobrath. 
 
 Feacht ann tancatar da clamh co Brigii do chuinghidh almsaine. Ni 
 rabha araill isin coitccnn ac/ii senbho. Dorat Brigit dona clamhaib in 1580 
 mboin sin. Dorinne indara ckw atlug?/<^ buide don Coimáhidh. Dimd<?c// 
 immorro in clam aile, ár ba á'wxmsadi. ' Dochoidh,' ar sé, ' cid mh'airi-si 
 m'oenar ria boin. Cunice aniu, da;^<?, nirom-comhairmeadh-sa riam etz> 
 celiuda Dé 7 bhotrhta 7 lobhrai. Ni bhiu da;/i? i commaidh imon mboin-sea.' 
 Doraidh Brlgit risin clamh n-umhal : 'Ansa ibhus co bhfaghthar ni dhuit, 1585 
 7 teit as in clamh dims^c/^ út guna bhoin.' IS ann sin tainic fer co Brigit 
 gu mboin leis di, co tard don clam umal. O dhochuaidh immorro (or set in 
 clajn dlumsac/i fc^rfheimidh ^ imdin a bhó a oenar, co tainic (orcula. co 
 Bj'igit 7 CO a fher cumtha, co raibhi ic glamhudh 7 ic imd^rgad Brigte, 
 * Ni ar Dhia,' ar se, ' doratuis t'eadhpairt, [fo. 15. b. i] acht is ar X\?>dacht 7 1590 
 tromdiííacht rot-gaibh friumsa.' Tiaghuit iarsin in da clamh cum na 
 B^rbha. Adracht inn abunn friu. Elaidh in clamh wmal cona, bhoin tria 
 hennac/Ua'm Bi^igte. Tuitid in cXam diums<i:c// cona bhoin ior a tharr risin 
 n-abhuinn cor'baithedh. 
 
 1 MS. guigh. 
 * MS. neith. 
 
 2 MS. guighfetsa. 
 ^ leg. dulchinne (?). 
 
 ^ leg. cor-ruca (?). 
 ^ MS. fí7rfheimigh. 
 
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 ÉETHA BHRIGHDL 
 
 595 Feacht ann tainic righan Cnmhthain mheic Enna Cennseal<^í!^ rí 
 haigen, 7 slabmd aircit le i n-edhpairt do ^rigit. Fuath deilbhe duine isin- 
 dara cenn de 7 ubhall aircit isin cinn n-aile. Dorat 'Brigit dona hoghuibh. 
 Rothaiscs^t na hogha gan f his do 'Brigit, ár ba mor noghatadh a crodh ^ 7 
 dobeiredh do bochtuibh. 'Doúdicht clamh co 'Brigit, cu tafd 'Brigit in 
 
 6oo$labhmd dhó ce;2 fhis dona cailleach<^/^. O rofhedatí^r na hoghu is ed 
 roraidhset co bhf heirg 7 lonmis : ' Bec a mhaith duinne/ ar siat, ' do 
 trocaire-si do chach, 7 sind fein i riachtan^/i" a leas bhidh 7 eduigh ! ' 
 
 ' Ataidh for antacadh ol Brigit. ' Eirgidh isin edais i[n] baile a 
 ndenaim-si ernaigthi, 7 foghebhthai ann bhur slabhr^^i^.' Dochuatí3;r la 
 
 605 Brigif. Gia dorat<^d do bo^ht fuarutur na caillec/id, in slabhm^^. 
 
 Feacht ann tainic ri haigen d eiste<://^' re proicept 7 ^ ceileabhradh dia 
 case cu Brigit. lar bhfhorbhudh an cheileabhraidh dochuaidh in ri (or sed. 
 Intan dochuaidh Brigit do chaithimh a proinne aduhairt Loman clamh 
 Brigte nach caithfedh jii nogu t?/ctha dhó armghaiscedh * righ haigen, etir 
 
 6ioghai 7 sciath 7 claidé'^, co7ia bheirt foithibh. Dochuaidh tei://^aire o Brigit 
 andiaidh ^ in righ. O mhedhon immorro cu nonai ^ don righ ior m^xwgtid^ 7 
 ni rancatar oenmhile ceimenn co tuc in t-armghaisc^<^ uadha 7 co t^/cadh don 
 clamh. 
 
 Feacht ann atconnaic Br\git araili duine secce 7 salann ior a mhuin. 
 615'Cidh ill ior\. mhuin?' ol Brigit, ' Clocha,' ol an duine. ' Bidhat cW/^a 
 áano! ol Brigit. Doronta fochedoir cl^i:-^a don \.-^2Xann. Tainic doridh/j-i 
 an {er cetna sech Brigit. ' Cidh fil fori mhuin ? ' ol Brigit. ' Sa\a7i7iy ol se. 
 ' Bidh salann dano,' ol Brigit. Dorine fochedoir salann dona cloch<3;/^ tre 
 bfeit^r mBrigte. 
 
 620 Feacht ann tancatar dá clamh co Brigit dá n-íc [fo. 15. b. 2] don 
 claimhe. Aáuhairt Brigit risindara clam nighi araile. Doroine avcúúaid. 
 ' Dena-sa,' ar Brigit risin clamh aili, ' fosaic 7 nighe h^fir cumtha amal 
 doroine-seom umhaloit duitsi.' ' Acht airet i-<?;^facamar,' ol se, ' ni coniaic- 
 fium. Cidh on, in coir latsa, a chailWh, mhisi slan coam haWaib nuidhibh 
 
 625 7 com etach nua do nighi in claim granna út, 7 a bhaill dubhghlasa ic 
 toitim de ? Ni fiu leamsa in nos a leitheit sin.' Ronigh immorro BxXgit 
 fein in clam umul truag. Adubi^/rt in c\am dimsí^c^ roglaní^d artus on 
 
 ^ MS. crogh. 2 leg. andachad (?), andagud(?). ^ MS. repeats 7. 
 
 * The in in recent hand. ^ MS. andiaigh. ^ MS. nonaidh. 
 
BETHA BHRIGHDI. 
 
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 claime : ' Atar leamsa,' ol se, ' is oeible telned mhoidhid ^ triam c^oicenn.' 
 Rolinadh he do claime oa mhullach coa bhonn ara anum^/oit. 
 
 Feacht arm do B7Hgit oc iQchi do laimh in esp?//<; cu tarfas di conn puic 1630 
 do beith annsa chailiuch oifrinn. Roopastar Brigit in c?i\\cch.. ' Cidh ara 
 n-opai ? ' ar an ier graidh. ' Conn puic foillsighti'r dam ann,' ar Brigit. 
 Roghairm in t-esp^^ in gilla t?/c ind imaltoir, 7 adub^/rt ris tabhairt a 
 choibhsen. ' Dochuadh//j/ ar in gilla, ' i tech a n-gabhar puic, cu talh/j poc 
 méth as 7 aduadh^/i- mo sáith de.' Rophend in gilla 7 doroine aithr^^e. 1635 
 Dochuaidh iarsin Brigit do laim 7 ni confacai in fuath. 
 
 Feacht ann tancat^^r áighidh^ co Brigit: at iat uaisli rraibdrc/za .1. na 
 secht n-Gspznc fileat a tilaigh ind airrt^r l^a.\gcn. IS ann sin fi^rcongair 
 Brigit for araili icr dia muinnt/r tec/U dochum in mhara co //drrnad Í3.sgac/i 
 dona haighedhuibh. Teit in fcr 7 a mhurgha lais 7 tecmhavig ron do. 1640 
 SMhtdh inn in ronghai 7 cengl^/<^ a theit dia laim. Tairmgidh in ron 
 leis in ier tar in bhfairrce co traigh mara Breatan, cu bhfarcuibh annsin he 
 for carraic iar mbrisiudh na teta. Rocuir^<a? da.?w in ron fi?rculai, 7 a ghai 
 ann, cu rolaa in mhuir he {ors'm traigh ba comfhocraibh do Brigit. Dor^tsat 
 imrnorro iascaire Bretan curach do iascaire Brigic o roindis a scela dhoibh. 1645 
 Tainic iarsin tar muir co bhfhuair a ron i traigh mhara ha'igeu ibhus, co rue 
 leis CO hiigeda'-^ Bvigtc. [fo. 16. a. i]. ISin mrt:duin dochuaidh tar muir 7 
 doro<:/^/dar muir mBreatan doridisi dochum Brigte medhon lai. Romhors^t 
 na haeighedha* 7 in shiag arcena ainm De 7 Br\gU triasin bhiirt-sin 7 
 tnasan n-adhamhra. 1^50 
 
 Feacht ann doghabh mian araile caillrr/^ do miiiiAir Brigfe im shalann. 
 Doroine Brigii ernuighthi cu rosoudh na clocha i salann, 7 rohic^d in ca.i\\cc/i. 
 
 Feact ann robui bachlach ^ do minntir Brlgte oc bein chonnaz'd. 
 Dorala dho gu romharbh peta sinnuigh la righ l^aigen. Rohirghabhudh in 
 bach/<2ch^ lasin righ. Rofhorcongair Brigii ior an sinn<^c// taidher///"^ asin 1655 
 csMlid. Tainic da;^í7 cu raibhi oc cleasaibh 7 oc cluiche dhoibh 7 don righ 
 la f(?rcongra B7^\gte. O dhoroine in sinn<^c// a ghnimha dochuaidh fon coill 
 slan, 7 slogh 'Ls.igeu etz> chois 7 eocu 7 chona 'na deghuid. 
 
 Feact ann tancat^^r espnzc co Brigii, 7 ni raibhe aice ni áohtrad doibh 
 'ar mbleag?/;^ na mbo fádhó. Tucait na bai in treas fecht don baili 7 rop 1660 
 uilli leo in loimm annsin inas cedi mhXtguji. 
 
 1 MS.mhoighid. 2 MS. áidhidh. ^ uS.hMeda. * MS. haeidhedha. 
 
 ^ MS. bathlach. ^ MS. bathl«i->^. ' MS. taighe^;///. 
 
 H 
 
50 
 
 BETHA BHRIGHDI. 
 
 Feacht ann robui meithiul ag "^rxgit ic buain. Feraid fleoch^^ mor 
 
 i Muigh Life uile 7 nir' tuit banna ina gort-si. 
 
 Ba dia fertathh. tmmorro, robennach in dall claireneeh co tuc a sutlt do. 
 1665 Feacht ann dorala Bri^// aisin mhsintredihthaigh., cu romarb laegh a bo 
 
 do 'hrigit 7 roloisc a garmain fai. Dorine Dia ar ^rigit ba hoghsld:;^ in 
 
 garma arnamhamc-^ 7 bui a mdthah og lighi in \ceig. 
 
 Feacht do 'Brigit 7 d'esp^/^; Eire i Laignibh. Doraidh Brigit re 
 
 hespí7í: Eire : ' Ata eathug//^ \tir do thuaith-si, 7 innosa eomraicid.' Adub^2>t 
 -^'jomac-clerech do mtwitir espiiic Eire: ' Ni doigh linn,' ar se, ^ co7íiá fir sin.' 
 
 Senais Brigzta. ruise in m<3:eeleir^^. Doraidh iarsin in m<a;eekr^e^ : 'Ateím-si/ 
 
 ar se, ' mo bhraitre ieca marhad innosa,' 7 dorine aitrighi moir insin. 
 
 Feacht do Brlgit oc inghaire chaer^c/^. Tainie gataidhi ehuice 7 tali 
 
 .uii. multa uaithe. Aroi rohairmh^<^-^ in tret, 7 frith na multa a n-oighe tre 
 675ern^2^thi 'Brigte. 
 
 Feacht dorine araile ier [fo. 16. a. 2] do mhuinnt/r Brigte midh do 
 
 righ halgen. Intan tanc^j- dia ol ni frith bainne ann, ar rocaith^<3^ re Br'igit. 
 
 Adracht Brigit do thesarcudh an truaigh, 7 ros-benn<3:c^ na leastra, 7 frith 
 
 an midh a comhlan^^i-, et ba firt amhra eissein. 
 680 Feacht ann tancat<^r na .uii. n-csptnc a hUaibh Briuin Cualunn o 
 
 Theali^:?^ na n-Espac, co bhfuarat^r Bri^^V il-luc re toebh Cilli Dara atuaidh. 
 
 Dofhiafr<3:2^ Brlgtt da coic .1. do Blathnait, in raibhe biadh aice. Adubhairt 
 
 nach raibhe. Bá nár la Bri^^V gan biadh aice dona noemhuibh, 7 roghuidh ^ 
 
 in Coimdhe codicra co ndehatrt in t-ahige\ ria na bai do bleaghan in tres 
 685 fecht. Dobligh ^ Brigit fein na bu, gttr linsat na dabhcha donn ass, 7 
 
 rolinfatis cidh leastra hsiigm uili, co n-dechaid in loim tar na leastraibh 
 
 imach, co nderna, loch dé, un<^^ Loch in Ais .1. Loch hGSLmhnackta, inniu. 
 
 Romori?d ainm De 7 Brigte dhesin. 
 
 Ár each ni ^i?;^naighedh ^ Brigit (ors'in Coimdhi dob^rthe di foc//oir, ár 
 690 ba he a sainnt : sa.sad hoc/it, dichur gac/ia. documla, airchisecht gac^a, truaigh. 
 
 Ni raibhi immorro bhudh naraighi, na bhudh f hele, na bhudh cennsa^ na bhudh 
 
 umla, na bhud cunnla, na^ bud ^ cuibdi* ina Brigit. Ni ronigh riamh a lamha 
 
 na a cosa na a cenn et/r fhiru. Ni rodhech gnuis fherscail. Ni labhradh 
 
 cen loisi. Ba haint^c/?, ba hannac, ba hernuight^c>^. Ba foidhid^c^ Ba 
 695 foilidh i timnuibh De. Ba cobhsaidh. Ba humhal. Ba dilghedhac/^. Ba 
 
 d^rcach. Ba comra choisecartha coimeta chuirp Crist 7 a f hola. Ba teampul 
 
 1 MS. roghuigh. 2 ms. doblidh. » MS. connaidhedh. * interiined. ^ MS. foighidech. 
 
BETHA BHRIGHDI, 
 
 De. Ba righshuidi tairismhe don Spír?íí Noebh a cridhe 7 a m^nma,. Ba 
 diuid 7 ba toirrs^c/^ do truaghaibh. Ba hedrocht i bhf^nuibh 7 mvibiiilibh. 
 IS airi sin is é a hainm \X.ir duilibh, colum etir enuibh, finemam itir fhed- 
 haibh \ grian etir rennuibh. IS é 3.thair na noeboighi-sin in t-Athair nemh- 1 7 
 dhai. IS é a m^^c, ísu Crist. IS é aoidi, in Spin/t Noeb^ [fo. 16. b. i], conzd 
 aire sin doghni in noebhógh-sa ^ na mirbuile mora 7 na ferta diairme. 
 
 IS 1 furtí^íT-^/'^z^^i' da gac/i sen bis a cuimgi 7 a nguas<2i:/^/. IS hi traeth?^^ 
 na tedhmanna. IS í tairnes (eirg 7 anfadh an mhara. IS 1 bantaircetli^/^ 
 Crist. IS i righan in deiscirt. IS si Muire na nGacidhel 
 
 IS e Colum cille dorighne an imann-sa do Bri^zV, 7 is a n-aimsz> ^dha 
 mic Ainm^rech doroine hi. Et ba he fath a denmha. Anfud mor tainic 
 do Chohiin cille intan dochoid tar miiir, co tarla i Caire Breacan, cu roatuigh 
 Brigit CO \\sed feth dó, 7 co Ji-^hairt ' Brigit be bhithmhaith.' AV is e 
 Brocan Cloen doroine, 7 as inann aimser a nd^rn^d 7 ' Ni char Brigitii 
 buadíích bith.' No as triur do mtiir\\.ir Brigte doroine hi intan dochuat^r 
 do Roim cu ro^///atar Blasantiam. Co tarla (er do minntir na cathnzc^^ 
 dhoibh imuig, cu ros-fiafr^z^ dibh in rancati?r a leas aighidhecht Adu- 
 bratar-som cu ranciztar. Ro//j-fuc leis iar sin dia thigh, co tarla doibh 
 scokz^i ar toidhecht"^ o Roimh, cu rofhiafri??^ dibh can as tangatar, 717 
 ced ara tancat^r? Adubr^tar-somh co7ia.dh. ar áighidecht^. 'IS pudhar 
 sin,' ar se, ' ar is hé bés in fir-sea marhad a aeighedh 7 rofhiafraighset som 
 sin tria thinchosc in scolaigi. T//cadh tra neimh doib i linn, cu romhols^t 
 Brigit dia soer<^i/h 7 cu rochansat ' Bi^igit be bhithmaith ' 7 rl. Atibhset an 
 linn cusdin neim, 7 ni derm, pudhur-^^ doibh. Tainic iar?/;;^ ier in tighii; 
 dia feg^;d átis in ros-marbh in neim, 7 atconnaic iat 'na mbeth<^/^, 7 adcon- 
 naic mgin \.-soc\\raid etarru. Tainic iarsin isin tech, 7 robui ior iarair na 
 hingine, 7 ni fhuair, 7 rofhiafr^i!^ dibh cidh dochoidh an higen^ 7 adubrati^;'- 
 som ni teadur etzV hi. Doratad tra Qwihrech iorrosom co marbhdais 
 iarnamhar^aiCy^ mina foilsighdis an 'vigiji. Tainic da;^i? in scok^^i cZ/na 17: 
 chuca arnamharach dia bhfis, et inuenit eos in uinculis, et int^rrogauit eos 
 c^uomodo euaserunt et cur ligati sunt. 
 
 No cum^:d he Brenainn [fo. 16. b. 2] dorighne in n-imunn-sa. Tainic 
 á3.7to Brenainn co Brig/t co bhfesadh cidh ara tuc in bheist isin mhuir anoir 
 
 ^ MS. fheghaibh. ^ MS. noemoighisin. ^ MS. noem. * MS. noemhoghsa. 
 ^ MS. ngaeighil. « MS. aidhighe^/t/. ' MS. toighe^/^A « MS. áidhigeí-/^/. 
 9 MS. seidheoTh. 1° MS. pughur. " MS. arnabharach. 
 
 IÍ 2 
 
5^ 
 
 BETHA BHRIGHDI. 
 
 1730 do V>ngit sech na noebhu ^ arcena. O rosiacht tra Brenainn co 'QAgit 
 rochuinnigh ^ co tart<3:d a coibhsina cwmus robhai gradh Dé oicce. Adub^/rt 
 "Brigit : ' Tahair, a cléirigh, do coibhsena prius 7 dob^r-sa iarsin.' Ad^/bhuirt 
 'Bre7zai7m: 'on lo roghabh?/j--sa crabhudh nocha dechadh^^j- tar .uii. n-im- 
 mairibh c^n mo menmam i nDia.' ' As maith in coibhsen,' ol Brigii. ' Tabair- 
 
 1735 si á2i7to, a chailW/2,' ol 'BrQ7tainn, 'do choibj-^;^.' ' Dofhit^V yiac na hingine,' 
 ar Bn^/^, ' on uair doratus-sdi mu meitmam Í nDia ni thuc^i ass.' ' Dar-linn, a 
 chailW/^,' ol BrQiiainn, ' as coir do bhiastuibh gia nob^rut anoir áuit s^c/^ainne.' 
 
 No is é Ulltan Arda Breacain doroine an ymonn-sa ar molad do Brigit. 
 Ár ba do Dail ConcMhair dosom, 7 rop edh d^iuo do máthaiv Brigte .1. 
 
 i74oBroicsech ingen Dallbronaigh. I n-aims/r immorro da m<2c ^dha Slaine 
 doronííd fesin, ár it e romarbhsat Suibhne vsxaz Colmain Moir, iox k/hlaim 
 
 IJlham, doron^d : 
 
 Brigit be bhithmhaith, bruth ordhai oibhlech, 
 
 don-fé don bhithfhlaith an ghrian tind toidl^c^. 
 1745 Ron-saera Brighit sech dhrunga demhna, 
 
 rorsena remhainn catha gach tedma. 
 
 Dorodhbha indonn ar colla cissao 
 
 an chraebh co mblath^/<5, an mdthair íssu. 
 
 An fhirógh 'mmain go n-ordan adhbhuil, 
 1750 bum saer gach n-mbazd lam naemh do Laighnibh. 
 
 Lethcolbha flatha la Vdiraic primhdhai, 
 
 an tlacht uas lighaib, an righan righdha. 
 
 Robet iar sinet ar cuirp a cilice 
 
 dia rath ron-braeno, ron-saera Brighit^. B. 
 
 1755 [fo. 17. a. i]. Mor tra do f^rtuibh 7 do mhkhmlib fon n-mnus sin 
 dorighne in Coimde ar Bhrig/t. IS sé a mhet cunná cumhaing nech a fhais- 
 neis acht mina this^d aspt^;/ fein no ai;^g^/ De dia f haisneis ; acht cena is lor 
 so ar áh.t\smirQcht dibh. 
 
 O thainic tra c^^na deidhinchaibh * do Brig/t, iar fothug^^^^ 7 iar 
 
 i76obhfurt<a:<;/2/ cheall 7 ecl^^ 7 aXtorac/i^ n-imdha i bhf^rtuibh 7 i mkhznlihh 
 imdha at lir gainemh mara no renna nimhe, iar ndesheirc 7 trocuire, doruacht 
 iarsin Nindedh Laimhidhan o Roim Letha. IS aire dsaio atb^'rthea Nindidh 
 Laimhidan fnssein, ár ni tard a laim fria thaebh o roghabh Brigit paier leis. 
 Cunííd he dorat comman 7 sacarbaic do Brigit 7 rofhaidh a s'pirut dochum 
 
 1765 nimhe. Atait a taisi isna talm<3;;2daibh gu cataidh^ 7 gu n-ordan 7 gu 
 
 ^ MS. noemhu. ^ MS. rochuinnidh. ^ In the MS. this poem is written in round 
 majuscules. * MS. deighinchaibh. ° * 7 altori?*;/^ ' interlined. ^ MS. gucataigh. 
 
BETHA BHRIGHDI. 
 
 53 
 
 n-airech?/j, gu bhf^rtuibh 7 mirbhuihM. Ata a hainim ami?/ g^ein isin 
 bhflaith nemhdha €tir claiscetal 2\n^el 7 archai;?g^/. Et gidh mor a hanoir 
 abhus coleic bidh mo gumor intan adrae ina lochrann lainnerdha i comlan^^j- 
 cuirp 7 anma i mordail lai hvTitJia, ind oentuidh ^ hyruphin 7 saruphyn, in 
 ^xítuidh M/c Mhuire Óighe, ISann 7£.VLtuid\v is uaisli cech n-Ts^Vitnidh, ind 1770 
 ^vítiddh na noeib "^-Tr'moite, Athair 7 Mac 7 Spir/^/ Nd7^<5. 
 
 Ailim trocuire De uasail ui\ecumac/ifa.{g tre imp/<^i noeibh^-Bri^/^ : 
 roairiltnigim uile in s-VitaidJi sin, ra-issam, ra-aitrebam, in ^acziiXd. ! 
 
 * MS. indoentuigh. 2 MS. noeim. ^ MS. noeimh. 
 
[fo. 17. a. 1]. 
 Betha Shenain meic Geirrginn^. 
 
 775 1\ /r IRABILIS Deus in s^ivcns suis et caetera. IN Spir^/ naob^ 
 IVX [do roisce z^ch sp/rat, in Spin//] rolesí^2^h in eclais cechtardhai 
 .1. pet<3:rlaic 7 nufhiadhnaisi o rath ecna 7 fhaitsine, is he roraidh na briáthra- 
 sa a gin in righfatha Tiabiá meic lese don molad 7 don adhamhrughadh fil 
 do Dhia triana noebhu ^ 7 tnana f hirenu, ami?/ dXheir ' Mirabilis Dé-^s in 
 
 780 s<a;;2C/'is.' 
 
 [fo. 17. a. '2,\ Oen dii//^ dona naebhuibh^ 7 dona íirénuibh tHasa tainic 
 molad 7 adhamhragi/<^ in Choimd^i/h fiadh dainibh triasna iertmh 7 tHí3:sna 
 mixbuilib doroine Dia aire i idXmain, IN noebh ^ uasal [oirdnigi] dármitnech 
 dia ta lith 7 fi?raithmet i n-ecmong na ree-so 7 na haimsire .i.sanciws Senan^/i- 
 785 espocus 
 
 IS ann di<^/2/ erdharcaigit in cr^>/aidi Hth 7 soUum^m [a eitsea^/^/a] inti 
 noeimhShenan in ochtai Yi,a\ainn Marta arai laithe mis grene, isindiu arai 
 laithe sechtm^/?2e isin h\\2idain frecnairc i tarn. Atiiadhat na hcolaig [ni] do 
 bun^^d 7 do ghtrntmain anti noebh '^-Shenan, o ghuidhi ^70 fíTcetal do rath 
 
 790 in primfatha 7 in airdesp?//i: innsi h.'Eirenn .1. noemh ^-Tsitratc, gein t-Senain 
 7 [dona ieridiih 7] dona mirbhailibh dorine Dia aire .1. 
 
 Seanan mac Gerrginn^ meic Cobhthaig meic Builc meic Dece meic 
 Imchada meic Cuirp^^ meic Roduind meic 'Lmgdeck meic Aililla m^^c 
 Echadha meic -^ngh^^^a meic Fiachra Find meic Coirpr/ Bhaschain meic 
 
 795 Con2i\Yc meic Mogha Lamha meic huigdeck AWaid meic Cairpr^' Croimcinn 
 meic Daire Dornmair meic Cairpr^* Finnmhair meic Conddxc meic Et^rsceoil 
 meic 'Eogain. Coimgheall áidiu ingen Ernaig meic Golbine mdthaiv Shenain, 
 do Alltraighiu. Dorairngair ijnmorro in pnmhfhaidh 7 in primapstal ro- 
 f haidh Dia do pmcept d'feraib Eir^;^;^ .1. noebh ^-Patríí;/<;, gein tScnain. Air 
 
 800 intan bái Vdtraic ic proic^// de huaib Figeinti 7 ic a mbaithius i n-Domhn<3;c^ 
 Mor [Cheiniuil Diue] tancat<a;r Corcobhaiscind gona righ .1. Bole m^c 
 Decce, murchoblach mor tar Luimn^c/^ atuaidh cu Vdiiraic^ 7 roguidhseat 
 Vdtraic fa ^roxcept doibh in la-sin 7 a mbaist^í/ focedair. Doraidh Ydtraic 
 fnusom airisiumh co m^duin ár ba scith in la-sin. Roraidset Corcabaiscinn 
 
 ^ In this Life the words and letters in brackets have been taken from the Life of Senan, 
 in the Paris MS. Gelt, and B. i, formerly Ancien Fonds. ^ MS.naom. ^ MS.noemhu. 
 * MS. naemhuibh. ^ y^<^ noemh. ^ MS. espi/rj. MS. noem. » ^5. ghuighi. 
 » MS. errginn. leg. Guirpri(?). " MS. rohuighseat. 
 
BETH A S HEN A IN. 
 
 55 
 
 re Vatraic : ' Ni cumhgamait, ar is fas ar crich darneis cen ocu ica him- 1805 
 choimhet, 7 ita ar coblach ce?^ nedi oca [coimét 7] recmait a leas 
 tinden?/j- [arcula] docum ar criche.' Doluidh Vdtraic iarsin ina carpz/^ 
 CO i^xced each he 7 cu rocluindis a guth 7 proicr// bretri De uadha, [fo. 
 17. b. i] et rocreitset annsin do Dhia 7 do Vdtraic. Canuid di<^/?^ Vdtraic 
 in baithi//j- doib iorúw abhuinn bui a comhfhoc?/^" doibh, 7 baistt^-r innte na 1810 
 shiaigh uile. Et doratsat almsana mora do Ydtraic. Bendach^'/^ Vdtraic 
 iatsomh, 7 doraidh cu mbiadh im^d ana 7 innmh?/ja i cn'ch Baiscinn cobrath. 
 Roáilset Corcabhaiscinn ior Vdtraic ioidhtcht leo do bendachadh a criche 
 7 do baisti"^ a mban 7 a leanamh 7 a mog< 7d fi?rfhacsat dianeis. Roraidh 
 Vdtraic friu : ' Nidam uain-siu do thuidhe^:/// libh 7 imluadh mu mhuinnt^ri 1815 
 tarin sruth-sa inunn.' Roraidsi"! Covcohaisci^in : ' Ata,' ar slat, 'coblach mor 
 linne dod timochar tar in muir, 7 not-brrum tairrsi cot uile mhuinntrraib 
 cosaibh tirmaibh, 7 dot-b^rum aris fi?rculai. Roop Vdtraic aris dul leo, 7 ro 
 raidh : ' Ni fetaimsi,' ar se, ' facbhail na criche i tu nogu tair a coisi-rcadh 7 
 a mbennachí7<^ uile.' Et dorat Vatraic hennac/itRÍn for Corcabaiscinn, 7 1820 
 i^rfhacaib buaidh cabluigh fi?rro. [6i?;/id de sin rochan Vdtraic in rann so : 
 
 Ni ró 
 
 do Ghorccobaiscind, ni gó; 
 gen b^th cloidim fora. cliu 
 
 ni gebtar riu ni beas mó.] 1825 
 
 Doraidh Vdtraic re CovQ.o-haiscÍ7iu ; ' In fil i foc//i" duin airm as budh reill 
 damhsa bar crich corosfeg-ainn fein om shuidhi 7 coro?/i"-bennachainn asin 
 maigin-sin?' 'Ata eicin,' ar siat, 'in tealach thall ' .1. Findine. Luid 
 Vdtraic leo \s.nim ior mullach Findine 7 roraidh [friu :] ' An hi so bar crich 
 fria Luimn^c/2 i tuaidh corice in n-oician siar?' ' As si/ ar iatsom. 'Injgso 
 roich/ ar Vdtraic, ' in sliabh tall tuaidh .i.sMab Ellbe, i crich Corcamruadh 
 in Nindois ? ' ' Ni roich,' ar siat. ' Rosia re mbrath,' ol Vdtraic. ' In roich 
 da?20 bur crich in sliabh thall tair .1. Echtgi i crich ua n[D]esa ? ' ' Ni roich,' 
 ar siat. ' Rosia iar cein,' ar Vdtraic. Beannachais Vdtraic vAxiim Corca 
 V>aisciiin 7 doraidh riu : ' Ni ricthe a leas t^cht damsa libh anbhar tir, ár ita 1835 
 gein ocuibh i mbroinn mhna, 7 is do dor^idadh o Dia b?/r tir-si : is iarna- 
 chul bheithi, is dó f hoighentai 7 foighen?/j" in cenel-sa ua Figennte. IS e bus 
 VdXraip duibh. Et bidh mor a cata in gein gignith^r ^ lib. Mogenar bias 'na 
 
 ^ MS. gignight^r. 
 
56 
 
 BETHA SHENAIN. 
 
 aircill. Et ann inis tall tiar ambeluibh in mara, in fil [fo. 17. b. 2] aitreabh 
 84oinnte?' ar Vdtraic, .1. inis Cathaigh. ' Ni fil,' ar siat, ' ar itá peisd adh- 
 uathm^r innte nach leicc a ha.itre3.had .1. Cathach a hainm.' ' IS am/^a,' ar 
 Ydtraic, ' an mind ordain 7 in lia loghm^^r 7 in mogh 2Xxvs\itVieQ.h sainshercach 
 oc Dia 7 oc dainibh[.i.] in m<^can gignith^r^ ocaibh, áris arachinn coim//tar 
 tdXam na hinnsi ut i n-óighe, ár is ann bias a eiseirghi 7 eis^rghi sloigh moir 
 845 do noebuibh ^ maille fris.' IS ann sin roraidh Yatraic oc taircetal gene 
 Senain : 
 
 Gignidh m<3:can 'san tir thiar 
 isin oilen os aician, 
 biaidh Q.oxQ2Í!Qaiscinn fo láimhj 
 850 f^mibh, mizcaibh ocus mnaibh. 
 
 Bid án, uasal, ordnz'^i^ 
 ac Dia ocus ag dainibh: 
 moghenar tuath ocus ceall 
 bias arcul in meic-sin. 
 
 Bidh urdraic airmhitn^C/^ in mao. sin ar Vdtraic, ' uair dobhera dhoibh sidh 
 CO n-imat g<a;c>^a maithi^i-a 7 dichur gach teadhma indlighthigh dia nd^rnat 
 reir in meic sin .1. noibh ^-Shenii;^ gu náechmhadaib 7 pnmit[ib] 7 almsa- 
 nuibh do Dia 7 do Shen(^';^. Mairg dia msLUchaid immorro doghenat 
 aimhreir in m^^c-sin, ár dob^ra Dia dighla troma fi^rro intansin, cu mbia 
 
 '^°dith f<9r.a ndainibh 7 fi?ra n-indilibh, 7 bérthar ith 7 blicht 7 g<3:c>^ tor/2:d 
 uathuibh iarsin, co mbeit fo gorta 7 dith, chu recfa each a maz 7 a i;2^m a 
 cneh^/<^ ciana ar a mbethug^/<^, mina rabhut áoxéir Sendm. Bidh urgna, 
 oirdn^i/i a clanna isin bith freacnairc dia rabhut da reir.' 
 
 O roraidh Vdtraic na briatra-sa, oc tairchetal gene Sendm, 7 o raben- 
 
 ^5 nach crich Corca.hsLÍscmn, faeidhis uasalsacart 7 deoch<3;;^ do Romanchía:í<5 
 hdXar maille fris, MacnXdXus 7 Lati^^j- a n-anmanna, immaille re Corca- 
 'Baiscinn da mbaithi^j*. Et i n-adaig ^ doro^>^/atar co Ydtraic^ it é sin aims^r 
 dopntchais^t iris 7 creidium Qxist 7 doronsat baithi^/j- 7 comna i crich 
 QoxQ.o-'Baiscinn. IS ann da;^^? rothoghsat na noeibh^-sin recles doibh 7 port 
 a n-eis^i>ghi do thaeibh puirt Innsi Cath^^^^don Xeth tuaidh i n-ercomair Reilgi 
 Aingil Dé, ár rof hetatar ba hi RehV in Aingil i n-Inis QaÚvaig nobiath esseirghi 
 ShenííV;?, 7 ba maith leosom a n-eiseirghi do beith i comhfhoc^/j d'eiseirghi 
 
 1 IMS. gignight^r. 2 noemuibh. ^ MS. ordni^i uasal. 
 
 * This and the preceding five words come in the MS. next after the first of these quatrains, 
 ^ MS. noimh. ^ ag^íV. ^ dopntchaids^t. ^ MS. noeinih. 
 
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 Sendin [ind^^s] cumadh [fo. 18. a. i] aroen re Sendn rodechsatais do 
 mhordail hrat/ta. 
 
 Nir'bho cian iarsin intan boi mordhal Corca-baiscinn ind oenbhaile. 1875 
 Tainic ásLno \a.numam docum in a.\rec/zia.. Ama/ áorochiditur in t-airecht 
 adracht in drai boi isind airect?/i- rompa. 0'tconnc<idar each sin adra^:/// 
 in t-oirer>^/ uile rompa, ár ba mor anoir in druad acusom isin aimsir-sin. 
 Faitbis [iarum] in t-^irtcht imon drai, 7 atb^rtsat iris. ' Ba linn,' ar siat, 
 ' áoátdichaid dhuit Gerrginn aithech 7 a seitig doghni do ureirghi.' 1880 
 Atb^rt in drui : ' Ni do aithech doghniu-sa ureirghi, acht [is in] mac fil 
 a mbroinn na mna thall, ár adresset Corcu-baiscinn uili roime. IS do 
 fhoighenat. IS e htis flaith doibh cobra///.' 
 
 INtan tra thainic aims^r ghene in meic-sin .1. Sen^';/, tairisidh a 
 mhathaiv [i]na hoenar ina lubhghort iris, deiseabhair na grene, 7 tainic SAfigel 1885 
 De dia imtackt cona raibhi docair di a tuism^^ a meic, 7 bennachais in 
 t-aingel in m^c rwcaá ann. IN t-uaitne caerthuinn bai [i]na laimh oc twisraed 
 a meic gdhais \.dAa7n, cu mbai fo blath 7 duille focedair, 7 maraidh htous 
 in crann-sin. 
 
 Nir'bho cian [doib] iar ngein in melc-si luidh a mdtJiaix do uisq^^i 7 a 1890 
 m^c le 'na hucht. Tarasair \2iXtini in m^dtJiaix ior lomr^^d a smer don 
 mhuine bui i comfbc?^^' in top^2>, ár ba i tus fhoghamhair rogenair Sen^'w. 
 * Doraidh [do;/^] in maz x^vcCsxxaidte [f?áa m<^7//^zr] asa hucht : ' An de sin, 
 a mh^7//^/r, ár is proinn riana trath coir insin.' 
 
 Oc Muig [Lacha] ásiio robhai artus aras 7 orba do th^j-tidhibh ^ 1895 
 Senáifi [riasíu rogenair Sc7idix{\. Bai ^ da;/o orba n-aill doibh oc Tracht 
 T^rmainn. Ata á\dm ré cian et^:';' in da fhorba sin. INtan ddiiio ba háiP 
 do th^^jtidhibh ^ SenáÍ7t imeirghi do dhenam nothicedh Seitdn la no da la 
 rempaibh do denamh thighi 7 lias 7 mhach^z^/ 7 gach comhnacal cena ricdis 
 a leas da bheith urrlamh aracinn. Stx\dn immorro is ed rognith-saidhe ar 1900 
 dhesheirc cabhair da gaah oen ricedh a les, 7 nobith uxla77i ar cinn a xntimteri 
 tech nua aigisium. 
 
 Feacht ann fergaighis a xxidthaix frissium imon ni-sin, 7 is ed roraidh 
 [fns] : ' A meic claindi 7 ceniuil/ ar si, ' as beg do tharbha dhuin.' ' A 
 xxihdthaix^' ar se, ' dena [fo. 18. a. 2] airisiumh 7 rat-fia comnacal.' ' Doair- 1905 
 cebha dhuinne inni-sin,' ol in mh^7-^^/r. ' Doaircebha cofir,' ol Senán. 
 Intan tra h?i\.ar (orna. bnatraibh-sin c07ma.ca.tar cuca isind aer na liasa 7 na 
 ^ MS. thi^jtighibh. 2 -phe / in modern ink. ^ MS. hal. 
 
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 machadha 7 na nascu 7 ind uile comnacal rancat^r a leas fi?rfacaibset isin 
 baili asa tancat^r. Cu rofuirmeadh na bhfiadn^/j-i isin maighin robo des leo a 
 
 ipiosuidhiug^í^. Romoradh ádifio ainm De 7 Senáin triasin firt-sin. 
 
 Feacht ádino \otar Corcdi-haiscinn ior ÚMdigad a Corcamruadh i Ninduis. 
 Bmdh ddiiio nert ioixoicnech na flatha Sendn isin crich sin. O rosiactadur na 
 siuaig crich Corcamruadh geibid ior mnred na criche. Stnaji immorro is ed 
 doroine : teit i sabull n-arbha bai i comf hoc//.y do, 7 QoÚaidh. ann cein ba,tar na 
 
 ^9^5shmzg oc mnred an tire. IMpoit na úuaig docum a tire fein [i]ar n-indredh 
 Corcamruadh doibh. Facuibt^r Sendn isin t-sabhull ana chodlW ait a raibhe. 
 O thainic tra each isin cnch deis in \.~s\uaig [dia ndwihaig fein,] is amhlaid 
 ' atces in sabhull i mbui Send^i, ina thor tein^th for las^d. O atces inni-sin 
 tainic socraiti mhor dia thesarcain. O thancat^r i hhiocus don t-sabhall i mbui 
 
 i92oSendn co7ina,ca.tar ba slan don telmd. Lot^r araile dibh isin t-sabull conn- 
 iacdXar ind oclach [i]na choúud. Rotriallsat araili dhibh a ghuin [foc//oir]. 
 ' Anaidh fris,' ol in ier maith [issin t-saball,] 'bes is cara no is coibhdealach 
 [duinn] iil ann, 7 is he ros-anacht in sabhall.' Rofiafe^^set can do. 
 Doraidh Sendn ba don t-shiag roinnr^</set in tir do, 7 ni bui cara na 
 
 1925 coibhdealach dhó isin tir. O ro airigset mniin cur'bo duine cu rath De he ro 
 anaicset 7 ro idhnaicset uatha asin crich. co h\m\a7t [é]. Luidh-sium co 
 tech araili fir mhaith i crich na n-aicme do chuinghidh dhighi, ar ba scith 7 
 ba hití3;dach oc imdeacht andiaidh ^ in t-sloig. Bui da;?<? fleadh ^ urlamh isin 
 tigh sin [do ri] na tuaithi. Roheradh ddiUO Senan 7 luidh cen hiad cen dig 
 
 1930 asin tigh. Tainic \áo7to foc/Zoir] in ri [doc^^m an baile] do chaithimh na 
 ^edh.\ [fo. 18. b. 1] 'ar n-imthec^t ^ do Seni;^. INtan do;/i? atcos do taispen^d 
 an bhidh 7 in leanna [is amlaid] frith, na uisq^n bren 7 na biadh bren. Roin- 
 gantaighs^t na shiaig in gnim-sin. Doraid in ri : ' Inn dechaid nech uaibh fo 
 era bhidh no leanna ? ' ' Ni dhech<3;/<^,' ar siat, ' ackt oen gilla do lucht {7zo aes) 
 
 Í935 na creach tainic sunn do chuinghidh dighi^ 7 ni tard<3:d dho.' Doraidh in ri : 
 ' Tiaghar andiaidh ^ in duine sin, ár is duine co rath De he.' Docuas andiaidh ^ 
 Sendm, 7 t//cadh dochum an tighi, 7 robenn^ich in biadh 7 in linn, 7 do- 
 dhechaid a mblas coir dhoibh, 7 roingantaighsé't na huili dori?;muic in 
 mirb//27-sin. 
 
 1940 Laa n-aill doluidh Sendn co ndamhaib a athar leis a hXJrrus aniar da 
 mbreith sair do Mhaigh Locha co nfaca in muir Ian arachinn. Ba ioais da.no 
 
 ^ MS. andiaigh. 
 
 2 MS. fleadh. 
 
 3 MS. inithecht. 
 
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 adhaigh^ intan sin. Luidh do chuinghidh thighi aeigh^^^ co Dun Mechairbai i 
 comf hoci/i- do. Ni raibhe ádiuo Mechar ina dhún in diáaig ^ sin, 7 rodhiultsat 
 a muntir [ina ecmais] fria Sendn. Luid [doz/i?] Sejián íorcwXdi docum in mara, 
 do ihunmaidi tragha, 7 ni raibhi i comfhocus do tech ele dia rach<7<^ annsin. 1945 
 Amhail lotur a dhaimh reme [a tracht in mara] con f haca in murtraig arachinn. 
 Imdinaid a dhamha iarum tár in traigh. Amal rue [iarsin] Sendji a chosa 
 tarsin adhart suas ior tir co f<?rcluin in tonn oc bein ria saluibh [dia eis]. 
 Soaidh a mciimdi iris intansin, 7 iss cd roraidh : ' IS lor dam [a fat] i tú \oc\con 
 loechdh^í:///-so.' Brisidh iarsin in gai bai 'na \diin, 7 dorighne crois de, 7 1950 
 saighidh ^ i talmain, 7 slcc/ifaid fo tri aice do Dia. Luidh dcL/ia caibhdhen 
 7 roaircset in aidchi ^-sin dun Mechair, 7 roortsat a mac, 7 xuzad a ben a 
 mbraid ; 7 ni ro haitreabhad osin ille in dun, 7 ni[con]dingcntar cobrath. 
 
 Luidh [da;/i?] Sciidn co farcuibh a dhamha oca athair^ 7 teit iarsin, 7 
 geibhidh bachaill o Cassidan carad ^ rogabh recles i crich Urrais. Do 1955 
 Chiarr^/^i Chuirchi á^iio, do Cassidan. Lcghaidh ddiuo Scndn a shalma 7 
 a ord ecalsa la Cassidan. 
 
 Luidh ddiuo Seitdn do leg<?d cu Notail cu Cill Manach Droichit i Crich 
 Osraigi. Ba he, hnnwrro ord bai ocun scoil .1. notheighedh cech fer don 
 scoil in la rosoigs^d do [fo. 18. b. 2] inghaire laegh na cille. IN lá da;/í? i960 
 dorala do Seiidn t^cht do inghaire na laegh intan no imaini'/h a laeigh roime 
 il-leth-sea ticdis na bai [i]nandiaidh "^. Intan noiman^d na bai ii-leth n-aill 
 ticdis na laiigh 'nandiaidh "^. IS hi comhairle doroine Sejidn frissodhain. 
 Dorad tóruinn dia bachaill etarra 7 na laeigh 7 tar in mb/'ugh a mbatar, 7 ni 
 lam<i:d ne<://tar dhe tccht do shaig^<^ araili tar in torainn-sin, 7 roghnith 1965 
 Sendn divalaid sin ^ach la YOSo\c\\cd do ingairc na lajgh. Teighedh*^ ddiuo Sendjt 
 do dtmmi a leighinn iarsin co ticedh trath tabarta. na mbo dia n-innis. 
 
 O rochualrt: Sejtdii a radh do Crist fria aps[t]al//, Si quis mtei' uos uult 
 maior fieri, sit uester minister [et seruus,] roghabh do laim don scoil 
 athaighidh [in muilind]. B\'ia.daiu daito nuna [7 gorta] moiri in hliadain sin. 1970 
 Batar [áano dá] latrainn isin crich oc slait chaich. Roraidhset i n-araile 
 aidchi ^ : ' Cidh doghniaid innocht do iaraidh neich dun? ' ' Raghm<^2t,' 
 ar fer dhibh, ' do mhuileann Cille Man^c//, ár bidh aeinf?r ann etch n-aidchi 
 oc bleith arbha, 7 oircfimit an f<?r-sin, 7 doberam cucainn in t-arb//r.' Lotar 
 [iarum] cu mbat^^r a ndorus in mu'úmn. Fegait tria thoU na comla con fha- 1975 
 
 * aghaidh, 2 ggidh^^. ^ ^gaid. * MS. saidhidh. ^ MS.aighthi. « leg. ancharad (?) 
 ' MS. nandiaigh. « MS. teidhed. » MS. aigthi. MS. neith. MS. naighthi. 
 
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 C2Xar in dias isin mmUnn, indalanae oc leighiunn, araile oc trathaire^y^/ an 
 mhuil/;^;/. Atb^rut iarsin eturra : ' Cidh doghenum ^ ? In bhfoiberam na 
 fira ? ' ' Ni f hoiberam,' ol siat, ' ár in fer iil oc bleith is leis fesin in t-arhur 
 mheilius, 7 ni hinann mmnter dhoibh, 7 raghaidh dia thigh ackf cu roisc dho 
 
 1980 a hldthec/i, 7 raghmí3:/t 'na dhiaidh 7 oircfimít he, 7 hermait Hnn a arbhur 
 7 a f hodhbh, 7 doragham iarsin [do]cum in muilleora 7 oircfimit hé, 7 bermait 
 a arb^^r uadh.' Roansat iarsin gu tairnic in bleithech. Scoiris [da/^d?] in 
 t-oc\ack bui og bleith in arbha [issjin mmXmn. Ididhais dsino Se7idn a 
 leabhur 7 contuil. Bui da.no a chele cen codk/<^. Anuid na ladrainn 
 
 1985 a ndor^j" in muiUnn co madiiin. O thainicc [da;^o] in madan oskiicid Sendn 
 in mmXenn. T^^uid na ladrainn chuige [foc/^oir] isin mmXenn 7 doraidhset 
 fns: [fo. 19. a. i] ' Cia robui itt farr^^d cein ron-boi ic leiginn 7 ic codW?' 
 * Nir'bo ma^>^t[n]adh,' or Sendn, ' cid he noheth ann, inti dia n-ebhradh 'Non 
 dormitabit ^ n^qtie dormiet ^ qui c^/^todit Israhel.' ' Caide-sidhe ? ' ar [s]iat 
 
 1990 sum. 'Atá i hhiogus,^ ar Sendn, 'ut dicitur Praesto ^ est [Dommus] om- 
 nihns inuocantib^/j- se.' Doghniat immorro aitnghi na latrainn, 7 rolaiset 
 in aentaidh ^ re Notail, 7 rof heidhlighset iarsin [i]na chomhaidci:^^ cein hd^tar 
 beo, 7 it iat fein ro innis in sc//-sin. 
 
 Aidche^ n-aill doluidh Sendn do cuinghidh cainnel zusin coic do bleith 
 
 1995 in arbha. ' Ni fhileat coinnle tumtha agam/ or an coic, ^ acht aenchainneal, 
 7 b^r-si lat coleic, 7 \ierÚi'aiX cainnli áuiX. acht co tumthar.' Luid as Sendn 
 dia mmUn7i 7 a senchainnel lais. Foc^rd da.no menma. in coca thairis cur'bhá 
 slan a sechtmia;^;^. IS ann doraidh in coic: *IS mar-^/nad linn na tic in 
 muilleoir do chuinghidh cainneal 7 se ic bleith gack n-aidhchi Luid didm 
 
 2000 i tosí2:c/^ aidche ^ dia fhis c'mmis nomeileadh cec/i n-aidhchi 7 fegaidh tria 
 tholl na comlad co n-accd, in cainnealbra occa 7 in muilenn for bleith a oenar, 
 7 sesium oc denam a leighinn. Luidh as in coic iarsin d[i]a thigh. Dothoet 
 da.no aris arabaruch im iarmheirghi dia fhis c'mmis dom-both isin mhuihVz;^. 
 6í7n-aca in cainneal cetna fora, cainnelbra feibh robhui tos<3;c/^ aidhchi^. 
 
 2005 Luidh da.7io in coic dia thigh in fecht-sin, 7 dotoet doridisi co n-acai samlatd. 
 Roscaich la sodhain in bleith, 7 scoires in mmXenn a aenar 7 dobmir in 
 cainnel don coic. Ba derbh \mmorro lasin coic [ann side] ba si in cainnel 
 ti^cadh uad robhui oc Sendn ar caithimh ce^-y^ n-oidhchi co cenn sechtmaino. 
 7 ni ro didhbhadh. Teit in coic ddJto 7 atf<?/ do Notail inni sin. ' As mac 
 
 Meg. do dénum(?) 2 ]v/[s ^diaigh. ^ MS. dormitauit. * MS. dorm iat. ^ MS. ipsi. 
 « MS. sentaigh. MS. Aigthe. « MS. naighthi. ^ MS. aighthi. MS. noighthi. 
 
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 raith do Dia,' ar Notail, ' in ier isa scela sm. Timaircfidh muinnt/r do Dhia. 2010 
 Dogena Dia mor do f<?rtuibh 7 do mh'ixhu'úib aire. As coir bheith 'na fhait- 
 chitis^ áir bidh mairg donti dogena a aimreir. Mogenar donti hits riarach dhó.' 
 
 Luid Senán laithe lá aidi, la Notail, {or tmis [fo. 19. a. 2] co Cill Mhóir 
 Arad Tire. Amal rancatar dor?^i- na cille con f hacat^^r in sochraite ndirmhair 
 oc cáine 7 oc toirrsi .1. d^nmac tuisigh na tuaithe robo marb acu 7 se icazois 
 breith dia adhnacul. O'tconncatar na cleirz^ andocum ansat aracinn, 7 
 roraid in ben friu : ' Ar an Coimdhi dia n-adhraidh, a clerchu, todhúiscidh 
 [damsa] mo mac marbh ! ' ' Monuar dhuit, a ben,' ar Notail, ' a n-atbere : is 
 la Dia a chom?/^- in gnima sin 7 ni la duine.' ' Ar bháide 7 ar trocaire/ 
 ar in ben, 'áilidh-se lemsa an Coifndi-sin cu ro thodhuisce damsa mh'aenmizc;' 2020 
 7 do b^r[ad] in m^^c a blifhiadhnz/j-i Ni?tail [iarsin]. ' Na tuc ille in m^c,' 
 ar Ní7tail, ' ac/ií tdhair do Shcnan.' 'A mo shruith,' ar Sejtd7i^ ' ni coir a 
 n-atb^ri.' ' As coir eicin,' ar Notai/, ' ar is duit roceduigh Dia todz/j-cadh in 
 mheic, et geibh in mac fot coim, ar as ced d/nt.^ Ni lamhair da;/<? Sendn 
 friththairisium [fri Notáil] friá aidi. Gaibhidh [da;/^] in mac foa coim, 7 ro- 2025 
 dhluth^2*^fna cndhe,7 doghni cxx\aighih.\ ndicra [air] mailk drruibh. Nir'bhó 
 cian tra gu cualat<i:r in mac oc labhra fa coim Sending 7 dorat [S^;/án] in 
 mac beo do Ni'tail. Dorat Ni^tail il-láimh a m\\dt/tav. Romor<?d ainm 
 Dé 7 Ní7tail 7 tSejidm triasin bhfirt-sin. Lotar iarum na cleirz> dia cill 
 fein o rogleset in les frisa tancat<^r. 2030 
 
 Roleth tra clú ^endin fona crich^ da gach. \ct\v ara m\vet d'f^/^tuibh 7 
 do mwbiiilibh doghnith Dia aire. Ticdis na tuatha 7 na cenela as gach aird 
 ina dhócum : foirenn dibh co n--d\ms>2.x\aibh 7 co ;/duthrai://taibh, foirenn aile do 
 chuinghidh almsan, ioxxcnn do cuinghid a n-ictha o %-dX\xaib, ioixcnn do 
 ghabhail a anmcairdi/z^a, {o\xcnn da cur a n-aentad ^ fris 7 do ail cu roghab^í/ 2035 
 in^d reampaibh. O roairigh Ní7tail innisin roraidh fna ^endit : 'A brathair 
 iximaiu, as mithz^ duit dul do ghabail inaidh riasin pop?// full 'god togha.' 
 Doráidh Sendji [d3.iio fria Notáil] : ' A athair, a Notail, ni coir inni itb^ri[d,] ár 
 ni hedh sin domidar-sa acht bheith i mainchine acutsa dogr^fs.' Doraidh 
 Not^?7: ' Ni hamhW^ bias, ac/U cirg 7 geibh baile [fo. 19. b. 1] risin pop?//204o 
 ill 'gut furnaidhi.' * A athuir thogaidhi,' ar Sc?id/i, ' cidh norag 7 cia hairm 
 i n-gebh inadh ? ' Doraidh Ni?tail : ' A meic inmai/i, faillsighfidh d?nt inti fil 
 'gud togha [.1. Dia] in maigin a n-gebha.' 
 
 LuiDH Sendn [iarsin] do comhairli a aidi (.1. Notail) i cenn shr?a 7 
 
 ^ MS. anaenta. 
 
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 2045dob^i> Niitail a hennackfsi'm do, 7 geibhidh Send/t a n-Inis Coirthe^ do 
 thseibh na Slaine i crich Ua Cennsil^^^. Doghni 62.710 gentaidh ^ 7 Moedh- 
 oc Ferns, Moire. Timnuid Maedoc a baili dia eis do Senán 7 a bach^///, 7 
 geibhidh aipdine Ferna déis Moedoc. 
 
 Teit asa apdhaine do Roim. Teit [do;/i?] o Roim d'acalduim Martan cu 
 
 2050 Torinis. IS ann robhui Martiz;^ oc scribhiunn t-soscelai arachinnsom. IS 
 ann roraidh Sendn : ' Ropadh amra Hum comtais iat na lamha ut atcim 
 ocon scribenn doberad sacarbaic dam i laithe mo éitsechta.' 'Bidh iat 
 ecin/ or MsiYtan. Et doghniat a n-^ntaid ann sin, .1. ^endn 7 Mart^;^, 7 
 doheir Marfan do Sendn i comartha a n-c^niad in soiscáfa rosmbh aracinn. 
 
 2055 IS essidhe sosc// Sendin inniu. 
 
 Luidh Sendn iarsin do salged Eirenn [co toracht] cu Cill Muine co 
 "Dadid. Doronsat a n-^ntaid annsin Dadid 7 Sendn yj dorat Dadid a bachaill 
 do Sendn a comartha a x\-^ntad. 
 
 Luidh iarsin Sendn for muir do shaiged Eb^ewi, 7 gshazs indailen Arda 
 
 2060 Neimid/i ^ i crich Ua Liathain^ 7 anaidh annsin fria re .xl. la 7 aidhchi gur' 
 f haillsigh Dia do in^^d a eis^rghi. Tainic da,no Raphel archaing^/ d'sigaWaim 
 SendÍ7i, 7 doraid fris : ' Virilit^r age ^ et coniortcUir cor tuum, quia ad te 
 Domintis tantam familiam congregshit. Eirg da/zi*, 7 geib in^d risin morp^^p?// 
 fil [a]gut fi?rnuidi.' ' Ceist, [do/^í»,'] ol Senan, ' cia \eth. norag, 7 cia baili 
 
 2065 i m-bia mo eis^rghi ? ' ' Ni tainic duit cu sodhain,' arin t-a.ingel, ' ar ita do lin in 
 poptnl dorinolat chucat cu nac/i tallat ocut ind oenbhaili. Co^mdh. aire sin 
 gebha-sa congbhala imdha artús, 7 roseis iarsin cu maighin i m-be h'eiserghi.' 
 
 Facb?/^ Sendn drecht dia mimtir ann sin, 7 luid ior forcongra in aingil 
 cu rainic Inis Cara i toibh Luae, 7 io\haigis cc\ais do Dia ann. IS ann 
 
 2070 tanci^dar lucht luinge a tiribh Letha dia n-oilitre ind Eirinn, coicca fer ^ a lin 
 uili [fo. 19. b. 2] do aes foirfe. Rotog didiu gadt dec/mtba.Y dib a menmarc 
 do naebuib^ 'Ere/m, 7 rolaiset fora muinter^/j- riasiu tistais asa n-duth^z^ fein, 7 
 rolaiset forro Rinecms a n-indtige 7 a n-imtechta co toirsitis Erinn .1. la co 
 n-oidce do gach ceitir;^ g^i"a naob ^ asa mui[n]dter?/.s- notogad do luamaire^:^^ 
 
 2075 a n-imramo co roised each g?/sa noeb^ doraega^^. It e do;^^ naoib doraegat^r 
 .1. Findia 7 Senan 7 Brenainn 7 Ciaran 7 Bairrei. Al-lá dono doralo do 
 mui[n]dtir t-Shenain enechr^i- an imrama^ roraid an luamaire : 'Cuich^^ an la- 
 
 ^ Inis-conirthe, Colg. 532, col. 2. ^ MS. aentaigh. ^ Ardmenedh, Colg. 532, col. i. 
 * aighthi. 5 agite. ^ MS. .x.i^r. MS. nasmuib. « MS. naom. 
 
 ^ MS. noem. ^5. doraga. " MS. naoim doragatar. mS. cuith. 
 
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 SO aniu ? ' ' Lá muindt^re Senain,' ar siat. ' Torced cobair coluath uadaib 
 mata ocaib nech nos-toire, ar dorala an gaeth [cohamn?/j-] anarnagaid.' At- 
 rachtespi?^; umaP dibfoc/toir,7 ased doralo ana laim cnaim na lairge air,áir as 2080 
 Í uair robat?/r ag proindech<^^; 7 bendachuis in aer 7 atbert: 'A t-Senain,tiged 
 cobair goluath, 7 taet an gsth ina coir.' O roraidh espd?^- Mula na briat/^ra-so 
 tarla in gaeth [ijnandiaidh^ isin bhrut, í:í7;/us-tarla 'na fcth choir, cu roghabhsat 
 ic CorCí2/^. Anuit a mhuindti'r la Barrae. Lot^r olccna cu Sen^;/, co hinis 
 Cara, 7 ba {<yAid friu, 7 ans^zt aice a mtdnUr fein .1. esp<?<: (loh)áin 7 espí?<:2o85 
 Mula a ndeichenb?/r, 7 tiag?ir uadh la miiintir co Finnia 7 Ciaran 7 Brenainn. 
 
 IS AND sin tanc?/^ o righ Raithlind .1.0 Lug<?/<^ Cichech, do cuingidh 
 arr^^ co Sendn. Doraidh Sendji frisna ttchta nach biath fo chis do righ 
 Í3.\maná2i, Ba lon;^ la l.ugaid ind aithesc-sin, 7 doraidh re miiinU'r : 
 ' Beiridh mo each mbuadha ais'm c\crcc/i, 7 biattar ar arb?/r aice hi.' 2090 
 T?^cadh iarsin in t-ech co ^cndn, 7 t/^cadh a lind in p?'oinntighi dia fothrac<?d, 
 7 baitti'r a c//oir in t-each isin linn, con náces di acht a cara uasin lind ; 
 cojíSiáh. de dogarar [an baile .1.] Inis Cara, ar ba Tuaim n-Aba a hainm cosin. 
 
 O rohindisedh do l^ugaid a ech do bhadh?/<^ doluidh co bhftv'rg 7 
 lonn^/i" CO Sendu, 7 baghaidh fris cumór. Fergaighi/zj- Sena/i fria hugazd, 2095 
 7 doraidh na gebhtha righi cubrath uadh (or Uaib Echach, et doraidh [fris] 
 beo?/j noghet^d nem 7 \,alinam aire mina thug^d a reir dho. Debater \ininorro 
 da dhalta ag Lug^i/i-/ .1. /Edh 7 Laeghaire, 7 doraidhset[-side] ris : ' Tabhuir a 
 oighreir don ^éredi! Dorat iarsin \^\^%aid a oighreir doibhsen 7 do Sc?id}i, 
 7 facbhuidh Sendu ordan [fo. 20. a. i] dog;rs ior cloinn 'Lmgdcch. Dorat da;/i? 2100 
 iEdh 7 Laeguiri a oighreir do Sendu, et fi^rfacuibh Scndn doibsium rigi Hua 
 n-'Echach ocu dogr^^ss cen tiactain eatarra cein doghneat reir Sh^ndin. Qunad 
 de sin rochan an file co rath nDe .1. Colman mac Lenin, an laidh: 
 Aeinis Senan tes ind alien Arda Neimidh, 
 
 fria cr?Lhudh ceart, cidh nach commaith ba feacht feidhil. 2105 
 
 Feidhligizzi ann cethnzc//a la la fir-Fladhait 
 
 nogu tainic Raphel TÚn'gel cruth adfiadhait. 
 
 Asrubart rls Raphel aingeal ro ataire 
 
 ára tesseadh, taghraim sonae, do Tuaim Aibhe. 
 
 Fothaighiz^j altoir iar suidhiu isin tuaim-sin 2 no 
 
 la breithir nDe feidhlz^zV<;i' ré^ isin ruaim-sin. 
 Raitti rissium o 'Lyigaid lonn lith co maithgreim 
 farath* co mbrigh cen r\^.ch drochrainn do righ KdAihlenn. 
 Asb^-rt Sena« frisna techtúhh tograim n-allmhar 
 ^ leg. Mula (?) 2 diaigh. ^ 4 j^g^ ^^radh (?) 
 
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 21 15 nach beth fo chis, na fa foghnam do righ talmhan. 
 
 Lotar a tecMa. co Lughuidh cosin n-aithesc: 
 
 soiT/^/ais fi>rro cen mck n-aithiz<;sc coir a cleithescc. 
 
 [Búi ech amra lassin Lugaid, fer co ndéine, 
 
 aille da each ni fnth arambeth and-Éire.] 
 2120 'Beiridh mh'ech-sa cz/sin cXkrech^ lith nolabhrad, 
 
 tré breithir mbrais cu xo\Á■^\^.ar lais ar arhiir.' 
 
 Cosin anall ba hedh^ a hainm, Tuaim na hAbha, 
 
 conudh de ata iar suidhiu, Inis Cara. 
 
 Doluid anes riu ri Raithl^^;^, ruathar nualla^-h, 
 2125 arbeluibh caich'^ g^^r-rabáidh fria Sendn sluaghach, 
 
 IS edh isb^K risin cleirech Lugaz'd Cícheach^ 
 
 tre labhra lonn a bhreith a n-uisci trom thirech. 
 
 Fobith a n-asb^K fria* Senan, sasadh nallmhar: 
 
 *ni seol sidhe, ni gebhthar uait righi talm^;'?. 
 2130 Ni gebhthar uait righi rathach, ruathar creachach, 
 
 tre breithir naeib^ ni bat suthach ar ib Eachach^ 
 
 Acht mina thabra mo rez'r-sea, gnim gun glanbhail, 
 
 radh asrobhart gétad^ orat nemh is ta]main.* 
 
 *Nocha maith doghni-si, a Lugazd, gnim gu ngartghail, 
 2135 Sendn soer sreidh tahaz'r do a rez'r,' ar a daltaibh. 
 
 Tabaz'r a oighr^zr don clereck, cruth rotechta, 
 
 cen labra len, curap seel co deireadh mbeatha.' 
 
 Dorad Lug<3:/^ vez'r do Sheanan ara bhfuighW, 
 [fo. 2o.a. 2.] dobreth fir orda;^ fon;2 foghlii^-h do daznn Luigdech, 
 2140 [O dorónsat ógreír Senain, sássad sainriíT/^/, 
 
 in dís máraen iEd ocz^s Laegaire laindreach.] 
 
 O doronsíít oighvez'r Shenáz'n rointe ^ aifFnnn 
 
 áobert doibh la sidhe ^ is sochlainn righe Raithlinn, 
 
 Asrubhairt briathar ind apstail shxvus ssetha 
 2145 righi nat baeth d'-íEdh is do l^xguz're Isechdha. 
 
 O roclai-sium cath for áeman ni len claoine 
 
 mór do ghradhaibh doratad dhó daltaibh aine. Aimus. 
 
 FORfacuibh ^enmi iarsin oóxtur dia muintir a n-Inis Caro im Cillín 
 7 im Fheichin, mac saidhe righ M?/i-craighi 7 dalta do S>enán hé. LuiD 
 2150 So^nán iarsin la íorcongra. nDe cu roghabh a n-Inis Luinge, 7 (oihatg'is eclats 
 innti. IS ann sin t^ncsitar na noebhógha adhochum .1. ingena Brenainn 
 righ o bhFigeinte, 7 ros-idbrait do Dia 7 do Shcndn. Ba hi sin primit 
 EogSinacAtB, Gabra do Send/i. FsLchaidh Sendn ia,YU7n in recki-[-sin] leosom. 
 
 ^MS.sedh. 2 MS. caigh. ^ MS. cigheach. Meg.fris(?) ^MS.nseim. Meg.arinbeathach(?) 
 leg. gétar. ^ leg. sloindti (?). ^ leg. sidh. MS. múscra,iáhi, MS. noemhógha. 
 
BETH A S HEN A IN. 
 
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 LuiD Sendft asside co hinis Moir ind Jrms Deisc/rt. 'Notis-hetr in gseth 2155 
 seice cu rogabsat a n-Inis Tuaisceirt. Anais dsiuo Sendn i suidhiu 7 iothaz£-zs 
 eclats do Dhia innte 7 ia.chazs drecht dia mzimtir innti. 
 
 LuiD Sendn iarsin cu roghaibh a n-Inis Moir 7 iothat£-is Gclazs innti. 
 Tipra asa tab^rtha usee doibh, doluidh ben do lucht na hindsi do nighe ^ 
 eduigh a meic [i]na docum. Atconnaic [do;/^?] espoe Sétna innísin, 7 roraidh : 2160 
 
 * IS olc in gnimh út' ' Cía gnímh sin ? ' ar Liber;^ mac Daill. ' Bannscál 
 ag nighi eduigh a meic asin tiprait asa tabarr usee oiffrind dun.' ' Dochoidh 
 a m^c [uaithi] dar or n-Éir^;^;/,' ar Liber;/. IS ann [da;/^] bai in m^c intansin 
 oc cluichi (or bru inn aille i bhfiadhn//je a mdihar. Dofhuit in m^c isind all. 
 GoWis in bannscal andiaidh" a meic. 'IS olc dhaibh in dunorcuin do 2165 
 denumh/ ar Sejzdn. ' Atdamam pennait forainn,' ar siat. Doraidh Sendn : 
 
 * Eirigh-si, a escuip Setnai, ar ita fochunn dznt a mbasug?^^ in mheic, 7 hezr 
 lat Libhenm, 7 facaib é (or an carraic gu r?/ca Dia hxeith fair, 7 t?/c lat 
 a mac don mhnái.' Luidh cspoe Setna cu farcoibh Librrn in a carraic, 
 
 7 luidh ior iarair in meic, cu bhfuair isinn orcel i raibhi, [fo. 20. b. 1] 7 se2i7o 
 oc cluichi frisna tonna .1. doroicdis na tonna adochum cu tibhtis uimme. 
 Nothibhedh som frisna tonnuibh, 7 dob^readh a bhais fria huan na tonn, 
 7 rolighedh 2.mal uan lemhn<7^///a, et bui in mac annsin on trath co araile. 
 Geibhidh cs,poc Setna in mae chuigi isin noi, 7 áoheir do Se?idn, 7 áohezr 
 Se7zd7z dia mdthaix. Doraidh ^endiz f?'ia hespac Setna: ' Eirg 7 \.zic Lib^rn 2175 
 asin carraic, ar atciu is coindircleach a breithium fris. Ni tic in muir chuice 
 fot a bhachla g^c^a \etV\ uad.' Luidh iarsin espoe Setna, 7 dohezr Lib^m 
 lais asin carraic co hairm i m-bui Sendn. 
 
 Doraidh Lib^rn : ' Ni má dhun cianobeimis inn aice neich im us^:^ sunn^.' 
 
 * IS arafiad duitsi,' ar Sendn, ' ár ita tipra fot cosaibh isin bhaile i tái. Saidh 2180 
 do bhachaill ra taebh do coisi isin tal;;/<^/;/ 7 dothep^rfea usee dzat' Saidhz'c^ 
 'Lihern a bhachaill la taebh a choisi isin talw<7zV/, 7 doeiprinn foc//oir topzir 
 firuisce asin maighin-sin, 7 is he a hainm, Tipra Libern;/. 
 
 Doraidh Gspoe Dalann : ' As criata brisc in tal^w[-so] : nochnaife in muir 
 7 ber^/<^ leis ar reilgi-ne : ni maith in baili eiseirghi dun.' ' Nib a.m\azd sin 2185 
 bias,' ar Lib^rn, ' ae^t tabhair mu da bhonn-sa frisin muir intan doghenaidh 
 mo adn^cal, 7 nom-bia-sa o Dhia na brisfe in muir in tsdmam sin osin amach ;' 
 et rocomailW amlazd. 
 
 Facbaidh Send7z espoe Dalann 7 espi?^; Setnai 7 cspoe Eire 7 Librrn 
 
 ^ MS, nidhe. ^ MS. ndiaigh. ^ This is corrupt : see the various readings. 
 
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66 
 
 BET HA SHENAIN. 
 
 2190 m^c in Daill 7 araili fir noebu^ maille friu a n-Inis Moir, et doluidh Sendji 
 cor'ghabh a n-Inis C^lrech [Céoil,] 7 facbuidh drecht dia mtnitiir indti. Do- 
 luidh Seitdn assin cu roghaibh a n-Inis Connla i crich Ua Setna, 7 iothaigis 
 ^cXais ann, et iachaidh. dis dia mtrnUr ann .1. espi?<: Fiannai 7 esp<?í Findein. 
 IS AND sin tainic Raphel archsimgel d'acallaim ^enáin, 7 roraid : ' Tair 
 
 ^^95 learn co rofaillsig^V/r d?«*t bhaile i mbia h'eseirg/^i, ár is mith^^la Dia a ro^r^/ain 
 duid.' hotar ian/?// ^enán 7 in t-ai/^g^?/ cu mbatar fir mullach Feis IS 
 annsin doraidh in t-aingel fns : ' Feg lat in n-indsi tall : is innti bias 
 h'eis^/rghi [fo. 20. b. 2] 7 eis^/rghi shlóigh mhoir do naebhuib ^ maille frit. Ni 
 fhil a n-iarthar betha ail^;^ is noeibe 1 Ni áervíaá tocradh Dé ann. Rof haidh 
 
 2200 Y)[2^ péisd adhuathmhur da imchoimhet <:ona ro aitreabdaiss coraidh náit meic 
 mdXXachtdSi innti, achtgw mbeth a ngeibe^ ardochindsa. Docuirfither romatsa 
 in bhéisd út asinn aik;/ na rocraide do mniniir [a] comaitriubh frie, ar is 
 vnxthig la Dia do dhul-sa do chwrnhdach ecalsa isin n-oilen sin. Bidh uasal 
 airmheitn^c/i an ccXais-sin. Bidh cenn crabhuidh 7 bidh top?/r ^írna iarthair 
 
 ^2^5 betha. [Bid din attaig do GdAXaib 7 do Gaedealaib].' Roraid Stndn frisin 
 n-ai;/g^/: 'As mith^^leamsa inni is mith?^"la Dia, ár is ^</í:í7;maigim-si^ dogr^s, 
 inni is tol do Dia.' La sodhain tocbhait na haingil leo he cus'm lice cloichi 
 ior a mbidh [i]na shuidhi do Mhullach Fessi, cu rofhuirmit ior iwXaig aird a 
 medon na hindsi, conwáh de sin itá Ard na nAingel 7 Lec na nAmgel a 
 
 2210 n-Inis Cdithaig. Canait moXad do Dhia isin maighin-sin .1. Sendn 7 na 
 hsLVigil, 7 Xotar iarsin do shaig/í/ na piasda cnsan inad a raibhe an péisd. 
 
 O'tchuakanpeisd iat,rocraith [a cend],j3iár3.ckía,gudLÍn fuirre7 agairbh- 
 dnuch, 7 ros-feg co hains^rg ainniardhai. Nir'bho ciuin, cairdem^//, cennais 
 in feg<a;d dor^t fi^rro, ar ba hingn<i;d le nech aile da hindsaig/^ ina hindsi [g?/j-in 
 
 '-^2^5 dallá sin.] Doching do7io a n-andochum cotren 7 cotairpté'c^, cu rocnthnuigh 
 in tdiXam foa cosaibh. Ba heitigh, anaithn/<^, angbhuidh, adhuathmhar an 
 mil doeir^^ ann. [Ba sithiter a corp ailén na urclaide.] Airrt^r eich le : rose 
 loindr^c/^ Xasamail 'na cinn os si feigh feochuir fichda fergack faebhrach 
 f<?rdherc fuilidhe firamhm/i fi^Huaimhnech. Ba doigh la nech is trit 
 
 2220 notheig^d a rose intan rosilW fair. Da chois urgrana imremra foithe 
 [i]ar n-airrt^r. Ingne mmaidi fuirre doboingdis frasa tein^^h asna hail[ch]ibh 
 cXok/ie airm i cingdis tarrsa. Anal tenntidhi'^ le, noloiscedh amal gns. 
 Midhbolg aice cosmhuil re bolg-sidhe. Eithre muirmhil fuirre iar n-iartar. 
 Ingne frithrosca iarnaidhi [fo. 21. a. i] forra-saidhe. Nolomraitis fí?rrúsc in 
 ^ MS. noemu. 2 -pese, Colgan. ^ MS. naemhuib. * MS. noeime. 
 
 ^ MS. nseime, ^ MS. conMims'i. ^ MS. teinntighi. 
 
BET HA SHE N A IN. 
 
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 talmhan leo in conmr notheighdis andeghaidh na piasta. IS cuma noimthi- 2225 
 ghedh muir 7 tir intan ba hal di. 'Koih.mchad á\dÍ7i in fairrce ar mhr/a brotha 
 7 ara n[d]eimhnz^i intan nocingedh innte. Ni is n-etfaitis ethra, ni t^rnai 
 uaithi ósin inall nech atfess^^ a scéla. O áorocht isiním an péisd cufeochair 
 cus'm maigin i mbui Se?idn, osl^T-^Vidh a craes cu mbó reill a hinath<?r [d'fhaic- 
 sin] tar in croes docum in cleirí^. Dothocuib Sendn a laimh la sodhuin, 7 2230 
 dob^rt sig^';? croichi Cm/ [i]na hagh<2/^^. Sochtais in pheisd iarsin, et isedh 
 so raráid Seitdn fria : ' Atbrrim friut,' ar sé, ' ind ainm an Aihar 7 an yiaic 
 7 in Sp/rto Noib, facuibh an n-indsi-sea, 7 ni dcrna. urchoit isin crich tarsa 
 raghai na isin crich cosa ricfa.' Liiidh acedair vi pcist la breithir Scudm 
 asind ailén gu riacht Dubloch Sl/<^i Collain, 7 ni di^rna urcJ/d do neoch 2235 
 CO rainic sin na iar rochtain, ár ni lamhair tec/it tar breithir Scndtn. 
 
 LOTUR áa.fio iarsin Sc7idji 7 na haingil {or deisil timcheall na hindsi cu 
 XdiWCdiiar aris Ard na nAingel. Iar coisecr^d doibh na hindsi, doraidh 
 Sendn frisind dÁngcl'. 'Is amhn?/'^' in muir fil imon indsi, ar doigh popid 
 imncdadi indti.' ' Gidh amhn?/i-,' ol in t-ai;/gi?/, ' gebe manach co n-umla 2240 
 craidhe xdighus fri herlathar uaitsi ni baithfidir co tora cucat doridhisi.' 
 ' Roir Dia duit,' or in t-a,wgcl, ' ni ba hithfernizc/^ iar mbrath anti dara ragha 
 úir na hinnsi-si.' 
 
 [Is ann athert in t-aingil in rann-so : 
 
 O ROclos fona tuath<^ an scel-sin .1. Sendn do a.itreid a n-Inis Cdithaig 7 
 d'innarba na pásfc aisdi, o Rocuala iminoi'7'0 yiaz Tail, ri Hua Figeinti, an 2250 
 scel-sin, rofherguigh [gumor,] 7 is cd roraidh : ' Cia rolamhair,' ar se, 
 ' 2\\.xeb mo thire-sea cen deoin damh ? ' Faidh^V a rechtaire uadh cu roghaibh 
 ar braitribh Sciidhi .1. ar Chael 7 ar Liath, co ;/dingbhaitis a mbrath<?z> donn ^ 
 innsi. Lotíír-saidhe don indsi co Scndjt^ 7 doraidhset fns : ' IS dot 
 breith-si asin innsi-si thancam?/r-ne, [fo. 21. a. 2] ar rothubh ri Hua-Figennte 2255 
 frind. Atbeir is leis an indsi-sea 7 innse Luimnigh olcena.' ' IS deimhin,' 
 ol Sendji, ' ni ba leis an indsi-sea, 7 ni ba mo a chuit dona hinnsibh olcena 
 oldas mo chuid-si.' ' IS deimhin, tra,' ar a braitri frissium, ' is ciccji duinne 
 do bhreit-si asin indsi.' Geibidh iarsin ce^r/^/ar dhe a lámha 7 rotairrngit leo 
 
 Muir n-ard n-áinbtheaí-li seoch a tseb 
 
 debrad nocha rigda dúil 
 
 ni blais[fe] pendaid achi ecc 
 
 inti tara Ut a húir.] 
 
 "45 
 
 1 MS. hadh«/^. 
 
 ^ leg. asinn (?) 
 
 K 2 
 
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 BETH A SHENAIN. 
 
 3260 ar eicin taran carraic sis. Ba iergach didm boi frissium, Csel oca sreing 
 Ms frisna clocha cur'brisedh uile. ' Cidh tai/ ar Csel fria Liath, ' na tairrnge 
 in fer-so maille frium ? ' ' Ni dhigen,' ol Liath, * as aithr^c/^ learn a nd^rnas 
 fris.' Da mad do dhenam gnima ele thista is a.m]atd [sin] dogenta. Cidh 
 armadh ferr lat do thir diles do breith uait inas breith an gilla-so asin tir 
 
 2265 ^^^^ leis ? As usa lium[sa],' ar Liath, ' cidh facbhail na hEiremi inás sirugud 
 ind fir-si.' ' Ni ba heic^;^,' ol Sendn, ' áir aitreabhfuidh do clann addiaidh ^ 
 an tir. In ier út char^/j- an tir ni aitrebha fein na a c\a7in dia eis, 7 bidh 
 t^^j-a nos-melfa.' "Lotar ia.rum as, 7 facbhait Se^idn ina innsi. Amal roslac/it 
 Gael dor^/j- a lis ind Ochtar Maigi Fochailleach luidh do dhianbhas. O't- 
 
 227oconnaic Liath inni-sin luidh co Sendn aris 7 doghni aithr^^i. Doraidh 
 Send7i [fri Liath] : ' Ni sechbhaidh d^^'t [indi doronaiss] cen aentaidh fria Gael, 
 ár ni bhadh shia do shaeg^// [ina Goel], 7 roba[d] didhb<3;^ do clann' Doraidh 
 'L.iath re ^endn : ' In tibhirt^r corp in truaigh út cucat ? ' ' Ni tibirt^r,' ar 
 Sendn, ' ár ni cuhatdh a ainim ag DÍabhul 7 a Ci^rp liumsa : ackt adnaict^;' 
 
 2275 isin iulaig i torchair.' Rohadhn<3;<;/// \2iXum Gael isin maigin-sin, 7 rodidhb^t 
 a cl^;^;^ dia eis, 7 ata a thir la Sendn. 
 
 Luidh da;/^? a rechtaire co M^c Tail, 7 atfet a scéla dho. Ba bron^c^ 
 Mac Tail dona scelaib-sin, 7 roraid : ' IS saoth Hum,' ar se, ' in bachlach ^ ut 
 do ghabi?// iorm ar éicin' Adubí^^Vt a dhrúidh frisin righ : ' Ni rice a leas a 
 
 228oshnimh f<7rt, ar dober-sa sén chuigi, 7 atbela no fuicfidh do thir latsa.' Ba 
 ise'iUd in ri don aithiusc sin, 7 luidh in drai isLmm, 7 dobeir dá chairpthech in 
 righ i n-eccor for Sendn, 7 scorais isin maighin ba togha lais isinn innsi. 
 Luid iarsin co hairm [fo. 21. b. 1] i mbai Sendn, 7 rochan brechta [i]na SLgaid^ 
 7 doraidh ; ' Facuib an tir lasin sén-sa.' Doraidh Sendn [frisseom] : 
 
 2285 *Doro at cenn do shena. 
 
 is fortsa. bus mela. 
 
 ba at tru cen deilm ndina. 
 
 is tusa. not-béla. 
 
 ' IS treisi an sen tuais-s^L lim,' ar Sendn, * 7 is ferr mo dhan.' * BÍaldh 
 2290 ni dia fesam^r,' ol in drai, ' ár doghen-sa inno^j-a ni v\2.ch dingne-siu.' 
 'Ni dingne-sa ni do maith et^V,' ar Sendn, ^v\2ick dingen-sa. Ceck olc 
 doghena cuirfidh Dia leamsa fíPrcúlai.' Dorat in drai doirche darsin 
 ngrein conach f<^/cedh nech aighedh a chéli isind innsi. Senais Sendn 
 na dorcha co ;2d^c/^atar as foc//oir cumba sohis, Dorat an drai toirn^V-^ 
 2295 7 saignenu imdha 7 cumasc mor isind aer. Senais Sendn sin uili, 7 
 1 MS. addiaigh. 2 mS. inbathlach. 
 
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 herÚiQ rí?rculai. O nar'chumhaing in drai tra ni do Sendji, luidh asind inis 
 7 doraidh re Seitdii : ' Nachat-aicim-sea armochinn sunn intan tios an'ss.' 
 ' Cidh theighi-siu ? ' or Sendn. ' Il-leth téighim \' ol in drai, ' ni fhe- 
 draissi 7 ni fheisir cun ticabh, [7 can dorrag do dóami arís]. ' Má rofheter- 
 sa/ or Sendn, 'ni ticfa toa aris 'san tir asa téighi^, 7 ni ba soinmhech d?/2t23oo 
 isin tir i ricfa.' LuiDH as iarsin an drai la feirg, 7 doXhhais chiaigli uime 
 ar na haiceasda cu mbai i nDairinis .i. inis bui arbelrt/<^ Innsi C^.t\\aig 
 anairdhes. IS airi dochuaidh innti, [ardáig] co ndighsedh. i f(?rmnai a dhana 
 innti, 7 cu rothochuirí'íT'/^ demhna dia fhoiridhin, ár nir'lamhs^^t demhnai 
 tQchtdi dia fhoiridin indagaid Sendin. O rosiact tra. an drai cu mboi isind 2305 
 inis tic in muir tairrsi 7 baitt^r in drai cona. mniniir innti, conaá hi sin 
 Carrac na n-Druadh aniu. Atces do M^jc Tail an drai do bhádhadh, 7 
 rof herg<2í!^ do cohadhbhal. 
 
 Boi da;^<? intansin comhdhal íors'm righ i Corcamruadh. Taraill lais co 
 hinis Ca.i\).aig, 7 raidhis fria Sendn : ' IN tusa gheibhes mo thir frimsa 2310 
 ar eicin, 7 romharbh mu drai ? IS deimin bidh inann adnacul daib, áir leicfit^r 
 cXoch. fot braghait i fudhomhuin na fairrgi do dighuil ^ ioj't in gnima doronuis.' 
 'Ni leat a chom?^^,' ol Sendn. Doraidh do;/<? an ri [fo. 21. b. 2] fria Sendn-. 
 'Na tiaghat mu eich i mudha* ocut.' ' Ni ba misi \>7is echaire d?/2t,' ol 
 Sendn. ' IS chug?/tsa t?/c//j--sa mo eo^rha cu tisar dom thur^^j-.' ' IS tu3i\atn£- 2^15 
 Dia,' or Sendn, ' connach ticfa-sa aris is-tir-sea, 7 cun ná rís cenn do sheta.' 
 Sluicz<^da;^<? in ta,\ain na heoirhu isin maighin a mbat^iT [intan sin], i bhFán na 
 n-Ea<:h, a n-iart?/r Innsi Cathaigh. Dohindis^-^/ don righ innisin, 7 ni ba 
 f^rdi lais a menma.. 'Nir'choir d?^zt/ ar a mii:c frisin righ, 'a ndene fnsin 
 cleirech, 7 dofhetam?^r doghebha digail (ort ind.' ' Ni mo lem a brigh,' ol 2320 
 in ri, ' inas cura mhael lachtnai.' ' Gin ghub nertm?/r sin,' or Sendn, ' as 
 tudXaing Dia co ticfa IVaid^d-sa""' dhi/ 
 
 Luid iarsin in ri i cenn t-seda la feirg 7 dium?/i-. INtan da;/<? rosiacht 
 cu mbai oc imte<:/^/ ra taebh n-aille i tuaisczrt chriche Baiscind, iozeirá in 
 cura mhál \achtx\a. bedhg fo chosaibh na n-ech haXar fon carp^/t, co ndemsaX. 2325 
 na heich ZM<:\aig\ moir fon carp/^/ roim in caeirz^, cu;^ rala in ri asin carp?//, 
 cur'ben a cenn fria cloich, co ;?-eipilt de, 7 co n-dechazd la miscaidh Sendin 
 fo dhimbuaidh martra docum ithfnnn isin maigin-sin, la dilsi a thire do 
 Sendn ó sin imach. 
 
 1 MS. teidhim. 
 
 * MS. imugha. 
 
 2 MS. teidhi. 
 
 s MS. didhuil. 
 ° MS. haig^dsa. 
 
70 
 
 BETH A SHENAIN. 
 
 2330 LuiDH á2,no Dondan mao, Leith, dalta do Sendn, 7 da mac hec\x hsitar ic 
 leighiunn [ijmaille fris do bhuain duilisc leis ar tir. Bmdh in mhuir a naei 
 uadha, cu na búi oca naei arcenn na m^c, 7 ni raibhe noi ele isin innsi do 
 cahair na m^c. Robaidhit da.7io na meic isin carm/c. Tuctha da;/i? a cuirp 
 arnamhamc/^ cu mbatar i t?"acht na hindsi. Tancater [do;2i?] a tuistidhi co 
 
 2335 mbátar isin tracht 7 dochuindighs^t a macu do idhairt doibh a mbethi?2<^. 
 Doraidh S^ndii fria Dondan : ' Abair frisna m<i;cuib eirghi dom acall^^'M.' 
 Roraidh Donnan frisna m<3;cuibh: 'As ced duibh eirghi á\\2ig2i\\aiinh bar 
 t^/j-tidhi ár itheir Senán fHbh.' Atrd^ckt2iiar fochedoir la iorcongra. Senáin 
 [fí?rru], 7 doraidset fna tuistidibh^ : 'IS olc doronsaidh rind, [oc]ar tahairt asin 
 
 2340 tír rancamar.' 'Cid armad fherr libsi,' ol a mdthair friusom, 'anadh isin 
 tir-sin anas tmátcht cucaindne ? ' ' A mhdt/iair,' ar iatsí?m, ' gia áoheriha. 
 cwmachídi ind uile áhomuin duinne, 7 a aibhnes 7 airphiteadh, robudh inann 
 linne 7 nobhemis i carcair [fo. ^2. a, 1] ic feghain bheith isin hethazd j isin 
 tír rsincsi7nur. Na fuirghidh sinn, áir is mith^^ linn roí:htuin arís an tíri asa 
 
 2345 tancumar, 7 doghena Dia f^rnne Cí?;^a bia ar cuma fí?ruibh d[í]arneis/ Dob^rud 
 da;^í' a t^/i-tidhi ^ deonaghadh doib, 7 \otar aroen ra Sendn docum a reclesa, 7 
 dobí?rur sacarbhuic dhoibh, 7 tia.gait docum nimhe, 7 adnaict^r a cuirp 
 a ndor//j in reckj'a a mbai Sendn. Et it eat sin c//mhairb rohadhní^í;//^ a 
 n-Inis CdXhaig. 
 
 2350 Tancat^í? da;2í? Brenaind 7 Ciaran cu roghabs^t Sendn do anmcharuid 
 doibh, ár ba sine inait fein, 7 ba huaisli a gradh .i. espi?<: Senan, 7 sacairt in 
 dias aile. Ni raibhi áano biadh indairithi isin coitcenn intan doriacht^dar. 
 Robhátí^r áano tredhen^/j" cin bhiadh id/r aeig^^^a ^ 7 mhuinnt/r, 7 ni thoract 
 biadh o neoch. Rohindis^^ do;/<? do Neir/^/ain Cennfhada, do righ Ua- 
 
 2355 Fighennti, Brenainn 7 Ciaran a n-Inis CdXhaig oc acalW;^ Senain^ 7 ba Ian 
 a t?^eidhin^/^ cen biadh. Roraidh Netr/^/ain fna re<;/^/aire : ' IN tairnic ocut 
 fur na fleidhi * oca rabhadhuis denumh damsa ? ' ' Tairnic,' ol in r&chtaXrQ. 
 ' Beir lat culeir do Sendn cona ^igtáaib ^ fileat cin biadh a n-Inis CdXhaig' 
 Doron^d a.mh.\azd sin, 7 tainic in ri fein cu mbai i purt na hindsi, ár ni 
 
 236olamhair in ri tec/tfon piirt cen deonug//<i SeníieV^. Rotaispení^d in íhled don 
 choic, 7 rofuc leis cu m-bui isin cuicind. Rothochuir^d na ckrigh da.no 
 d'agaXlaim an righ cu port na hindsi, 7 iss ed roraidh friu : ' IS eadh is ail 
 damh más airichthe mo dhuthrí2<:/^/ c?/rub airichthe mo manche la Send7i.^ 
 SlechtuidNei:/2/ain doS^;^íÍ7/ intan sin,7roudhpair[éfein]í:^;^ashil [i]nadhiaidh® 
 
 1 MS. ti^stighi. 2 MS. tuistighibh. ^ MS.seideda. *MS.fleighi. ^ MS.aeidedi?/*^. ^ MS.dhiaigh. 
 
BETH A SHENATN. 
 
 71 
 
 i mbithdilsi cu brath do Dia 7 do ^end7i i bhfiadhnaisi Brenainn 7 Ciarain. 2365 
 Doratsat na clein> iarsin \>Qxmacht\im ior Ner/nain 7 ior a shil cein nocom- 
 alldais reir ^enáin, 7 doraidhset [na z\(txig .1. Brénaind 7 Senán^] ná roiss^fi 
 righi naairech^í nafeibhthoch^^j-a inte do shil Nechtain nádingn^^reirSen^V;^. 
 LuiD iarsin in ri dia crich, 7 bmd bennachtain [fo. 22. a. 2] ona noebhuibh^. 
 Tancator da;^(? na cléirigh [dojchum a recWa, 7 robennachsat in {\\\eid thuc^d 2370 
 dhoibh. IS annsin doraidh Bvaiainn : ' As deimhin,' ol se, ' biaidh áigal 
 Dé ibhus 7 tall fi?rsinti tomela tomd seine 7 urnrt'?>hthi Scjidi?i codeolaidh 
 intan is damhsa a caithium 7 Ciaran na rocomarleici:'d co //-drrnsam a luagh 
 do aeine 7 wmaigúú. artus.' 
 
 BliaDí47ív tarta móir tháinic ann iarsin. Acainit a minnter re Sendii 2375 
 b^//h cen \xsce occu. Tainic iarsin aingel De do a.C3.\lai?n Scndin iar n-er- 
 naigthi do ina iarmheirghi, 7 is cd atb^rt : ' IS mor acainit do mtcintii^ friut 
 bheith cen uisq?/i [arw.] Eirigh co ;i-accam//r in bhaile i ta uisq?/i i hhiocus 
 doibh.' Adrachtatwrfoct'Voir Sejidn 7 in t-ai;/g<:'/,7 dochiiat<^r c?{s\n maighin i tá 
 in t-uisci inniu. Doraidh in t-ai;/g^/ fria Seiidn: ' Tochuil sunn,' ol se. 2380 
 Geibhidh cuaille cuill bui i comhfhoc?/i- do, 7 tochXaid an tak;;/ ami?/ roraidh 
 in t-SLWgel iris. Amal roclaidheadh ^cndn doglani?d an t-ai;^gr/. Doraidh 
 an t-a.bigel: 'As lor a dhoimnc thochlai, ni bhia urcra ar uisci isin tip/^ait-si 
 cein bias dÁireib isin cill-so, 7 icfaidh cech ngalar dob^rrthar cuici.' Sdiidxdk 
 03.110 Senan an cuailli bui [i]na láimh ior bru na tiprat cu raghaibh tal^w 2385 
 foc//oir. Amhuil adrachtat<2r na braitri ar mi^duin írí?nfhacatí7r an tiprait 
 lán d'uisq^n 7 in bili cuill ior a bru. 
 
 Feacht ann luidh Ciaran d'agalli?/;;/ ^cndin cu tarla clamha dho in 
 Ocht;/r Sceith. Gabhsat dWgms de cu tart a chasal doibh. Luidh iarumh 
 ina enshnaithi cu mbui ior bru na hindsi athuaidh. Rofaillsig^^ do Sendn 2390 
 Ciaran do beith isin phurt. Brrur da?^^? naei cen chodhuil arcenn Cia.rdm, 
 ár ni raibhi noi eli isin innsi [nobertha fí7rací?nd]. Luidh Sendii cu mbui 
 isin p2irt, 7 a chasal leis foa coim da thab<7/;'t do Ciar<7;^, ar na budh im- 
 óergaá do b^^Vh cen cochull. Amail áorocht Ciar<7;/ in port doraidh 
 Seitdn la faitbedh : ' Ciarán cen cochull,' or se. ' Bidh gairit mu nochta,' 2395 
 or Ciaran, ' ita casal damh fot coim-si.' Gabuidh Ciar<?7/ [fo. 22. b. i] 
 in casal uime, 7 is diVcAaid sin tancatizr cusan recW, et is e sin casal Cidirdin 
 iniu. 
 
 Brighit 'mgen Í7í?;í-cathrach de Húaibh maic Tail, nd^hh'^-vigeu ógh, 
 * MS. noemhuibh. 2 nxmh. 
 
72 
 
 BET HA S HEN A IN, 
 
 24oogabhais reicl^^ í Cluain Iniide ior bru Shinna. Robui aiciside casal i 
 n-almsain do Sendn, 7 ni bhui aice te^/2/aire leis, co nderna, cliab bee do fhleas- 
 caib cuill 7 CO tart cúnhach friss, 7 co Uic an casal inn, 7 cu tard a r'mde 
 do chuinghidh shacarbaice, 7 iocezrd iarsin in cliabh for Sinainn, 7 atb^rt : 
 ' As ced d^//t sin do breith let co hinis CdiihaigJ IN la \2irum rainic in casal 
 
 2405 CO hInis Ca.th.azg raraid Sendn fria deocham : * Is cead duit má fogheibhe 
 ni isin traigh a tabhuirt lat.' Luidh in deocham co bhfuair in cliab isin 
 traigh, 7 doheir leis co Sendn. Benaidh as in casal 7 mis-gtihh Sendn uime. 
 Dob^rar iarsin dá cloich t-sdXainn isin cliabh cétna, 7 dob^rar in rinde co 
 sacarbaic, 7 cuirt^r ior an iiisq^/i cetna, 7 doraidh Sendn iris : ' As ced d^^'t 
 
 2410 so do breith cu rothaispenu an rinde 7 an sddajin cu Brighit, cu Cluain 
 Iniidhe, 7 [co tarda] in salann aili do Diarmait, co hInis Clothrann.' O ra- 
 siacht in cliabh co Cluain Infidhe, luidh Brigid chuigi 7 geibhidh chuice as 
 an rinde 7 indara salann. Doheir sruth Sinna beim uaithe (orsin cliabh 
 co[nid] farcuibh oc Diamazl a n-Inis Clothrann. Doghni da;^^? Brighit 7 
 
 2415 Diarm^// altughadh buidhe do Dia 7 do Sheanan iarsin. 
 
 Canir craibhd^cA, naebhógh^ do Benntraighe deisceirt Eir^;^;^, gabhuis 
 dis^rt ina crich fein. Bai Sidazg ^ ann iar n-iarm^/rghi oc ern^^^thi co tarfas 
 di cealla Eirenn uili^ 7 tor tQÍned dá cech cill dibh docum nime. In tene 
 thurgaibh a hInis CdXhazg as í ba mo dibh, 7 ba hedro^>^/a, 7 ba dirgha 
 
 2420 docum nime. ' IS cain in recles ut,' ar si : * iss ed rag<3:t-sa czirwh aice bias mo 
 eis^/rgi.' Tainic roimpi ac/Zair cen eol^^ acht in tor twined atconnaic oc 
 \2isad cen cumsan^id et/r la 7 aidhchi ^ [inafiadnaisi] co iorackt cuice. O 
 dh.orockt \mmorro cu m-bai ior bru Luimnigh andes luid \axum [tar muir] 
 cosaibh tirmaibh am<^/ bid ar talamh [fo. ni. b. 2] réidh, cu mbai i p^/rt 
 
 2425 Innsi Cath^í^. Rofhid/r da;^^ Sendn inni sin, 7 luidh cu mbui isin p^^rt 
 aracind, 7 f^ruidh failti fria. ' ISs ed dorochti/j-sa,' ol si. 
 
 ' A Chanir, eirigh,' ol Sendn, ' docum mo mdthar do shethar fil isin indsi 
 ut tair, CO nderntar h'áighidher>^/^ ann.' 
 
 * Ni hedh dorochtamar,' ol Canir, ' acht is aire doxochtus^ ^^;2am-raibh 
 
 243oaighidhei:/^/^ latsa isin indsi-seo.' 
 
 ' Ni thiagat mna a n-indsi-sea,' ol Sendn, 
 
 ' Cid dia ta latsa sin ? ' ol Canir. ' Ni messa Crist, ar ni lugha thainic 
 do thathcreic ban inás do thathcreic fher. Ni lugha roces ardaigh ban inás 
 
 1 MS. naemhógh. 
 
 * MS. haidhigheíT/^/. 
 
 2 MS. aga/í/. 
 
 3 MS. aighthi. 
 ^ MS. aidhigheíT/^/. 
 
BETH A SHENAIN, 
 
 73 
 
 ardaigh fher. Robhat<?r mná oc um<3'/oid 7 oc \!\m\.ertcht do Qxist 7 dia 
 aps[t]ak/i^. NÍ lugha, da;^i?, thiaghuit mna isin bhflaith nemhdha inait fir. 2435 
 Cidh, da7?o, arna gebhtha-sa mná cucat at indsi?' 
 ' IS talchar atai,' ar ^enán. 
 
 * Cidh on,' or Canir, ' in roa inniV^/maigim"^, inat mo thseibh isin indsi-sea 
 7 sacarbhaic uaitsi damh?' 
 
 ' Dobi'Hhar,' or Sen^';/, ' inat eiscirghi áiiiX. sunn ior brii thuindi, 7 is cc-A 2440 
 lim in mhuir do breith do taiss^ as.' 
 
 ' Rom-bia-sa la Dia,' ol Canir, ' ni ba hedh toisr^rc/^ biras an mhuir as 
 don inis in maighin a mbiu-sa.' 
 
 ' IS cet d?/ztsi, tra,' ol Scnd?i, ' techt a tir.' 
 
 Ar is 2im\\\aid robui sisi ccin robat<?r oc imacallí7/;;^, 7 si 'na sesamh 2445 
 fi'rsin tuind, 7 a trosdan fo a bruinne am^/ bidh ior tir nobheth. Tic iar//;;/ 
 Caneir íoi^ tir, 7 dob^rur sacarbhaic di, 7 teit docum nimhe [foct'Vóir]. Roir ^ 
 Dia Canir cibe thaidhki a recles ria ndul ior in muir ni baithfidrr nogu 
 ti aris. 
 
 IS lia, tra, tuirium 7 aisneis a ndoroine Dia do fhertuibh 7 do mhirbuih'^ «45° 
 ar Shenan, ár ni fhil nech dia i'lssed a fhaisneis uile, ac/it mina tissr<^ dángcl 
 Dé dia fhaisneis. IS lor tra in bec-so dhibh ar deismirer/// .1. a betha 
 inmhedhon<^c/^, a airbhirt bhithbhuan cech laithe, a umhia, a chennsa, a caein- 
 fh[u]arraighi, a ainmne, a ailgine, a dhcsheirc, a trocuire, a dhilghidhche, a 
 seine, a apstanait, a erni^^^thi, a frithaire g;rsach, a menma indih^r/hmrc/; in 2455 
 Dia dogr^s. Ni fil ne^rh dofhr/M a innisi acht n^c-^ o Dia. 
 
 [fo. 23. a. i] Bat[ar] ile tra buadha Scndin. Ba hé in io^tir glainide triasa 
 nightifr ind uile pop?^// roerb Dia fris do glaine a fhoircetail. Ba he, da;^^, 
 in nell nemhdhai triasa bhfursanntar i^\am na hr^ralsa 7 anmunna na firen o 
 braen a f«i?rcetuil co n-astudh sualach. IS hé, da;/í7, in locrann ordha rohadn<2d 2460 
 on Sp/rzit Noed/i triasa teichet dorcha ci^^udh 7 targabhal a tegdais Eculsa 
 Dé. IS é in bare bithbhuadhach b^'rius sloghu na firian tar ainbhthine in 
 domtn/i cu tracht na h^^alsa nemhdha. IS é so in fetal [.i. mincuis] coisec- 
 artha in Righ nemhdha dogni sidh 7 set 7 corse et?/rro 7 meic dhaine. IS e 
 so mser 7 rer///aire 7 ronnaire rof haidh an t-Airdri nemdhai do thabhuch 2465 
 cisa sualach 7 sognimh do ilclannuibh Gseidhil IS é in lia loghmhar o 
 cumhduight^r an richedh nemhda do sloghuibh na t2L\ma?i. IS é in leastar 
 glan triasa ndailt^r fin breithre De dona popluibh. IS é in morbriug/zaidh 
 
 * MS. conhldim, ^ MS. Rofliir, with apunctum delens under f/i, ^ MS. Gaeighil, 
 
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74 
 
 BETH A SHENAIN. 
 
 sona sofhoircetuil noshasadh bochta 7 nochta. IS e gesca na fír-fhínemna 
 
 2470 tuaraidh blieath<^/^7 sas<^d don áomon, IS e in fir-liaigh icas galira 7 teadma 
 anma cech dhuine irisigh isin ^o^ais cm/aidhe. 
 
 O ROchomhfhoicsigh tra laithi a eitseacta in noib ^-sin .1. Senan, 'ar 
 n-ic dall 7 bodhur 7 bacach 7 amhlabhar 7 gacha haimhreidhi arcena, lAr 
 io\\\ugttd cheall 7 recl^^i- 7 mainistreach do Dhia, 7 iar n-oirdnedh indtibh-sein 
 
 2475 esp(7^ 7 t-sacart 7 ses 'gach?, graidh arcena fo ong<^d 7 coisecmd 7 benni?:c//adh 
 tuath, tainic ina mhenmij;/;^ do Sendn i^cht do dhenam ern^^jz^hthi oc relcibh 
 Cassidain a aidi 7 sethar a athar .1. Scath craibhdheach mgen Dubhthaigh. 
 Luidh idirum i leth-sin 7 aidhleadh leis co Cill [EJochaille d' diCdWahn mgen 
 Neir robatar ann .1. naebhogha^ C7^2ilhhdcc/ia, roghabhsat caille fo láimh 
 
 2480 Sendin 7 rohatar for a anmcairdi/^i*. Ailit-sidhe dsL7io do Sendn co tardta 
 Ci?rp manaigh umhail dá mhuinnt/r cucasomh 'da adhnacal ocainn co rabdais 
 a reilce oc ar n-imcoimet.' ' Dob^rthar cucaibh [eiccin],' ar Sendit^ ' nech dia 
 targha bar n-imcoim// na bidh a shnim fi?ruibh.' [fo. 23. a. 2] Ceileabhraidh 
 iarsin dona noebhoghuibh [7 t/^] 7 doghni ern<3!^^thi oc reilcibh Cassidain, 7 
 
 2485 tic aris cu torocht in sceich fil isin fiadh re cill Eochaille aniar. Cu cual<2; 
 annsidhe in guth fris dona nemhaibh, 7 is ed roraidh : ' A Shen^7;? noeibh* ! 
 tair docum nimhe.' Dofhrecair Sendn, 7 is ed roraidh : ' Cex/ ar sé. Deisidh 
 foc//oir isin maigin-sin. IS annsin rotocbait aingil De Martan o Toirinis 
 i neoll nemhdha, 7 fuirmidhset isin maigin a mbui Sendn, 7 dorat comna 7 
 
 249° sacarbaic dhó. Amar thairnic do sin rodheonuigh Dia rotocbaiset na 
 haingil Martan manach isin neoll cetna cu rofhacuibset i Toirinis isin ló 
 cetna. Roraidh da;/i> Sendn fria mhuinntir : ' Bidh mu Cirp-sa sunn cu 
 mochtrath.' Et ídááidh Senan a spir/// docum nime et/r airbhribh dángel 
 (or cuiredh na Trinoidi i medhon lai i kl. marta. Bái da.no corp Sendin innsin 
 
 2495 CO aramharach ^ 7 gia theasta soillsi na grene in aidhchi ^-sin uatha som ni 
 theasta freacnarcus aingeal na soillsi nemhdha uathaibh. Tancat<^r tra ar 
 m^dain a muinter assan indsi arcenn cuirp Sendin .1. Odhran 7 M<^c Inill 7 
 espi?^ n-Iuil 7 esp^^ Mula Segda m^c Baith 7 na noeibh * arcena, 7 roadh- 
 naicit corp Sendin gu n-anoir 7 airmhitin móir, 7 r^^cs<^t aingil a ainim cussn 
 
 2500 cumsan<3;d suthain a n-aentaidh na naeib'^-Trinoidi 7 muinntm nime. Ailim 
 trocaire Dhé tre imp/</i Sendin co roisem in aentuidh-sin In s^^c^l<a: saecu- 
 lorum. Amen. 
 
 ^ MS. noim. 2 naemhogha. ^ MS. noemhoghuibh. * MS. noeimh. 
 ^ MS. arabharach. ^ MS. aighthi. ' MS. naeim. ^ aentuighsin. 
 
[fo. 23. a. 2.] 
 
 Betha Fhindein Chians, hEraird. 
 
 ATFIADAR DID7Í/ A CUMAIR VERT A 7 mRDUiLi in craibhdhigh-seo 7 in 
 forbhadh dorat ior a rith mbuadha ibhos isin bith frccnairc: atfiadhar 2505 
 sin ar airfited anma na n-irisech .1. Findian m^c Findtain, mac Concrsi'id, 
 meic Dairchealla, mcic Scnaigh, mcic Diarm<ida, [fo. 23. b. i] meic ^dha, 
 meic Fherghusa, mcic Aililla Taulduibh, mcic Ccaltchair, mcic Uithech^/z>. 
 In Findtan-sin, didm, doráidhsem, tuc-side setig soccncl^^z/^, Teluch a 
 hainm-side. Dorala cu mba alac/iia. isidhe ^ uadhasom. A n-aimsir a 2510 
 himtruma co tarfas di araili lasair thdncd do dul ina beola 7 a tiachtain 
 a ndeilb coin edrochta íorcula, for in co/mlr cetna, dula don eon co ;/-essidh 
 for barr crainn, coin 7 enluithi Leithi Mogha do thiachtain cuigi isin 
 crainn-sin co n-asta uile acasom, a tiachtain in coin il-Leith Cuinn co 
 n-cisscd annsidhe ior barr chroinn ele. Eoin 7 enluithe l^'xrcjin do 2515 
 thiachtain cuice cu ros-fhasta ocai. Atcuaidh áidiií in aisl/;/^i-sin dia 
 célí. ' Coimp^Tt craibhdhech eicin fil ocut,' ar se. ' Scaram coimlcapuid 
 coin bhia-sa fon n-ind//i--sin.' Doronsat dimhXaid. Ni chaitheadh diditc 
 Teluch fésin biadha inmarra achi luibhe ailghena 7 airera etroma, cu 
 rogenair in ghcin buadha sin. 2520 
 
 'R.ugaá idiniifi inti noeib ^-Finden cu hAbban m^c Hiii Chorm<i/c cu rom- 
 baist. Ba.tar didm dá thopar isin mag in ro baisti^d-somh, Bal 7 Dimbal a 
 n-anmanna. Asan top?/r dia n-ainm Bal robaist^'d-som a.matl ba cub^z<^h dia 
 airilliudh. O roforbair inti noeibh "^-Fhinden ruc<i;d co hesp^d: cu Fí7rtchcrnn, 
 cu rolegh salma 7 in t-ord n-ecclasda occa. Rof hoth<7i^-siumh wimorro tri 2525 
 hecalsa asa ghiWac/it .1. Ros Cuire 7 Druim Fiaid 7 Magh nGlas. 
 
 O rasiact 'wimorro co haes trichtaighi ^ luidh tar muir. Taraill co Tairinis. 
 Fuair senoir aracind innti, Caemhan a ainm. B3Ltar seal immalle 7 doronsat 
 sentaid. Luid Finden iarsin cu Cill Muine. Fuair t?á suithe aracind annsin 
 .1. 'Dadid 7 Gillas 7 Cathmael a n-anmanna. Robe fath a comthinoil 2530 
 annsin, cosnum cennachta 7 apdaine innsi Brr/an et^V dis dibh .1. et/> 
 Dabiá 7 Gillas. Do br^'/z^eamh choitcenn rosentuighseatt eatarra Cathmhael. 
 
 ^ The first z seems in a later hand. MS. noeim. ^ MS. noeimh. 
 
 * cohesp<?<; in marg. 1. ^ MS. trictaidhi. 
 
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 BETH A FHINDFIN, 
 
 O'tconnaic hnmorro Cathmhael noebh ^-Finden rof hegh cohinnf heith^c/^ : [fo. 
 23. b. %\ ' Cia hinnithemh romhor,' ar Daibhith fria Catmael, ' dobm fi'rsan 
 
 2BZ5oc\ack n-anaithn/í/ dodechí^/í/ isin tech?' 'Rath mor,' ar Cathmhael, ' airi- 
 ghim air.' ' Ma ata,' ar Daibhith, ' rath fair, labradh inno^/j-a asin bérla 
 br^/nach et et^rcert<^d in caingin ima taim-ne.' Dorat Finden airrdhe na 
 croiche tara ghin, 7 rolahatr asin mbr^/nais amail bhud hé a berla bunaid, 
 et dorat an indse do Daibiá ar stnsQvecht. 
 
 2540 Luidh iarsin Finden 7 Cathmhael 7 T>aibiá 7 Gillas d'agalduim figh 
 Breatan do chuinghidh inaidh reclesa fair. Atbert saidhe ná raibe oga. 
 Atb^rt cohessomain hnmorro araili duine istigh : ' Madh ail,' ar se, ' dona 
 clerch/^, cuiret ass in loch mor-sa imuich a toebh in dúine 7 denat r&cles 
 doibh 'na inat.' ' Dia nd^rn^^t-somh sin,' ol in ri, ' rot-biat cidh an dun^^d-sa 
 
 2545 la toebh inaidh in locha.' Luidh Finden hnmorro 7 aithinne 'na láimh co 
 rathum isin loch, cu rotheich roime isin muir : cu romor<^d ainm De 7 
 Yiunein triasin moirmirb^///-sin. Rohedpartha tra na feranna-sin do Dia 7 
 d'Fhinn/<3:;2. Dorat-sidhe iat dona sruithibh Bretn^c//aib bat^r malle fris. 
 'Koioth.aiged trl cathr^c/^a ocuside inntib. As dibsidhe Lann Gharban (710 
 
 255oGabran) aniu. Bui hnmorro Finden .xxx. bMadn^ oc foglaim immalle fris- 
 na sruithibh Bretnachuibh bat^r malle fris. 
 
 Laa n-aen ann lot^:r manuigh isin csLilUd do bhuain chrann 'chum 
 ecalsa. Ni roleicset Finden leo ar chadh^/i- do. Tainic in secnap taraneis 
 CO Finden, co n-ébert friss : ' Cidh rombai,' or se, ' ná dechadais isin caill/<^? * 
 
 2555 'Cidh o chianaibh,' ar Finn/;^, ' atb^rthea frind noraghmais: intan dano 
 atb^rur frind noragam ac/it fogabhur a comadhbhur dhún.' ' Atat,' or in 
 secnap, ' dá ógdhamh amuigh isind Sichad ; timairc-si lat iat 7 eirg isin ca.i\Ud.* 
 Luidh F'mnen leo isan ca.il\id, 7 ba he feidhm toisech doriacht an eclais a 
 fheidhm. Ni fes hnmorro dil in t-secnap rota-cursaigh-seom. Romor^<^ 
 
 2560 ^inm D/ 7 Findéin tresin moirmirhnl sin. 
 
 Feachtí/»s tancat^r Saxain d'innarba (no d'innr^^) Br^/nach. [fo.24.a. i] 
 Rogabhsat longphort i taebh shleibhi aird. Dochuatar Br^^ain i muinighin 
 Findein im chuinghidh osaidh doibh o Shaxanch<a'/<^. Luidh Finden iorsin 
 n-umuloit. Doratsat Sachsain era fair. Dorat Finen buille dia hdiChaill 
 
 2565 isin sliabh, cu torchuir in sliabh ior Saxanchis;/^, cuna t^Vno fer indisdi seel 
 dibh. 
 
 Tainic iarsin tocra do Fhinnen dula do Róimh iar forbhadh a ihoglamd,. 
 
 ^ MS. noemh. 
 
BETHA FHINDEIN. 
 
 77 
 
 Tainic aingel Dé chuigi co u-ehert fris : ' A ndob^rtha dhuit ice Roim,' ol 
 sé, ' doberthar ibhos. Eirg 7 athnuidhig iris 7 creidium a n-Eirmn tareis 
 Patraic' Dodhechaidh ian/w Yinnen do thoil De dochum xiYAxmn. 2570 
 Luidh Muir^dach mac ^Engh^/j-a ri \.2Agcn dochum puirt ana frithshet co n 
 dof hue fi?ramhuin a tri huidedaib tarna tri háthu ^ roptar nesa don phurt. 
 Annside athert for do mhuinnt/r in righ : ' Is tromdai atai, a clein^, fi?rsin 
 righ.' ' Easpach sin,' ar Yinncn, ' ár in h'ri fccht//j nom-gebhudh-sa ior a 
 mhuin nobhiath in h'n righ sin ior an cuic/d dia shil. Uair as fotri da;/i?,' ar 2575 
 se, ' nom-gabhj gebuit tri rig dia shil coici^d Laigen.' Robennach Yinm'n 
 iarsin Muir<?dach bhadein, 7 atb^rt : ' Amail fuair,' ar se, ' mogh De faeilti 
 ocut, cu bhfaghbhu-sa faeilti ac muinnt/r nimhe i Tir na mBeo.' Robennach 
 ddiiio broind a sheitche co ruc-side m^^c sainem(7z7, Eoch/^ a ainm .1. athair 
 Branduibh^ iarsin. Atb^rt in ri x&Yindcn \ ' Gebe maá', ar sc, 'i Laighnib 258o 
 hits maith lat dobrrthar dhuit do dhenam do reclcssa.' Tainic aingcl Dé 
 ria bhFinncn c?/j-an sliabh daní2d ainm Con^-aX. Roimchuirsr/ a.i/igil Dé hé 
 C07isi mhuindtíV i n-adhaigh^-sin do mhullach in t-slri^i isin glinn ba nesa dhó. 
 Atbí?rt-somh isin m(^duin ria mumtir techt isin cailh'<^ do bhuáin crand do 
 cumhdi^c/^ reclesa. DodheclW^ aen dibh cuicisi/nn arcula, 7 gcg do abhuill 2585 
 cona. tor^d 'na láimh. Luidh-siumh amalle frisside cusan inadh i m-bai in 
 abhall. ' Dentar,' ar essium, ' in reclcs isunna.' Dia mbat^r fc^rsna bnathr^z^lD- 
 sin CO n-fhaccati^r chuca Bresal m^^c Muir^daig 7 Cremhthann cspoc a 
 hhrsithazr. Luid Breasal co raghaibh [fo. 24. a. 2] coslatra laimh in 
 cléirí!^ do deoin in esp?//c. Feargaighti^r mrtcin in cXcrcch, co náchah'X. : ' In 2590 
 lámh,' ar se, ' rosinedh do dlom<^d damsa, resiu * dorua in trath so imar<ic/2 
 ind ingnibh seab^zc, euro fuirmidt^r am fhiadhnaisi. In t-espi?^ da;/i> dia 
 ndifrnadh deoin, ni ba hard a congbhail isna talmíí:;^daibh, 7 ni festar eidh 
 inadh a eiseirghi.' Tang^ztar hninorro Osraighi ^ ior creich isin tir 'arna- 
 mharach. Luidh Bresal dia fuapairt, cu xomdshad and, cu tuc^d lasin seabac 2595 
 a lamh, co ri/j--fuirim i bhfiadhn^je Vindéin^ cu romórííd ainm De 7 Finnein 
 don mhóirmhirb?///-sin. 
 
 Tainic iarsin Muir^^/ach athair Bresail, gu tard do Yinncn in magh as 
 radlomh Bresal do. Roleasaig^^d laissi?/m, conaá. he Achadh Abhall aniu. 
 Bai-sium .ui. hXiadni dec isin inad-sin oc foghnum don CoimdzV/ na n-dula, 2600 
 CO ndeb^rt an^ t-ai;/gi'/^ fns : 'Ni hé so inadh h'eiseirghi,' ar se. ' Bid he 
 
 ^ MS. hachu. ^ í athair' and the i of 'Branduibh ' are inserted in a later hand. 
 ^ MS. aghaidh. * Interlined in later ink. ^ MS. osraidhi. ^ in margin. 
 
78 
 
 BETH A FHINDEIN. 
 
 cena inadh do comdhala riat mhanchuibh il-lo \>r2itha \ couudh. desin ita Sliabh 
 Condala, .i. slM comdhala Finnein ria ma.nch.aid il-lo hra,t/ia. 
 
 Ceileabhraidh Yinnén iarsin dia mhanch<^/^ 7 tainic i crich Hua- 
 
 2605 nDunlainge. IS annsidhe roedhbair in ri Coirpri Mugna Salcain dosum. 
 Bui-si^^m se hXiadni annsidhe. Tainic iarsin co h Achad Fhiacla : annside do- 
 rochair fiacaP asa cind-som, cu rofhol^^ri;^ i muine dresa. Ic tiachtain 
 doibhsium iarsin as cunaitchetar na braithre uadh com^^rtha^ d'facbhail 
 acu, cu n-deb<^/rt-seomh friu : ' Eirgidh,' ar se, ' citsm muine ndreasa út 
 
 26ioatciche, 7 tucaidh as in fhiacuil fiprfacbhassa ann.' Dothiaghat \-dSum 7 
 fuaratur in muine ar lasi^d, 7 tucsíít in fidiCtnl leo, 7 is uaithi rohainmnig^d 
 in baile .1. Achadh Fiacla. 
 
 Tainic iarsin Finnen cu Cill Dara co Brighit, cu mbui ic tiachtuin leiginn 
 7 proicepta fri re. Ceik<5rais iarsin do Brz^it, 7 áohreth Brighit fainne oir 
 
 2615 dho. Nir'bho santach-som imon s^gul. Ni roghabh in fainne. ' Ce no 
 optha,' ar Br^^it, ' roricfea a leas.' Tainic Finnen iarsin cu Fotharta 
 Airbrech. Dorala uisce do. Roinnail a lamha asin tisqiA : [fo. 2^4. b. i] tuc 
 lais (ora. bhais asan uisq^/i in fáinne targaidh Brighit do. Táinic iarsin 
 Caisin mac Nemain co faeilti moir fn Finden, 7 ron-eadhb^/r fein 
 
 2620 do, et roacain fris ri Fotharta ic cuinghidh oir fair ara shaeire. ' Cia 
 mét,' ar Fmdeu, ' <:<?;maigheas ' Noghebhudh uingi n-oir,' ar Caisin. 
 Rothomhuis sé iarsin in fainne, 7 frith uingi oir * ann. Dorat Caisin hi ar 
 a shaeiri. 
 
 Tainic Fin<^/;^ iarsin tar Boinn co hEiscir mBranain, ait ita Ard Relec 
 2625 íníu. Rofoth^í^ eclais isin maigin-sin. Tainic duine etrocar chuigisium, 
 Baeth a ainm. Atb^rt frisin c\éirec/t na biat isin maighin-sin. Rob^rthea 
 a rose uadha achedoir. Doroine aithr^>i iarsin 7 tuc^^d do aris a shúili. 
 
 Crech dodhechaid an inhhaid-s'm a F^ruibh Tulach sech recles an 
 cleir^^j CO tarla d'áraile gilla don creich cu n-dechaid i sorn na hatha bui i 
 2630 focus in reclesa. Rofaillsig^<^ do Y'mnen innisin. Luid-side 7 aidhme in 
 berrtha leis^ cu rocoronaighedh aca in duine-sin fon n-ecosc n-eclasda, cu 
 rolégh ac Finn/;^, co tart gradha fair iarumh, coii2id he esp^^: Senaigh .1. 
 cetna comharba roghabh iar Yinnen. 
 
 Fe ACTUS d' Finnen oc glan^^d thiprat oice. Tainic aingeal cuigi co n-chairi : 
 2635 * Ni he so in^d na tiprat.' ' (Do)b^ruinn/ ar Fmne/z, ' gtisan mad a ndle^-urJ 
 
 * Interlined. ^ interlined in place of afhiacinl, which is cancelled. ^ MS. conaidheas. 
 * The words 7 frith uingi oir are interlined in a recent hand. 
 
BETHA FHINDEIN. 
 
 79 
 
 Luidh in t-dXngel roim Vinncn seal soir on ^z\ais gu rofoillsigh dho inadh 
 na tipraiti ^ ' A mo coimdhi,' ar Yindcn, ' in saethar-sa doronsam-ne o 
 chianuibh cidh bias de? ' ' Cibe tara ragha in uir roclaidhis,' ar an t-aingel, 
 * dogeba trocaire on CoimdhzV/.' 
 
 Tancatar iarsin noéibh^ ^Áxenn cucasom as gadi aird d'foghlaim eccna 2640 
 oca, cu mha.tar trl mile do na^buib^ imalle fris, coni?d dibhsidhe rothogh-sum 
 na da airdcsp^c dec na \\Enenn, a.mail dofhi;/dat ind eolaigh. Oc?^^ 
 atfiadhat ind eolai^ 7 na sc/^ibenna co^ma. áczJiaid nech dona t?'i mhile- 
 sin uadhasom cen bhachail no soisCí7 no comartha suaichnidh eiccin, 
 cunadh impaibhsin rogabsat a reclesa 7 a cathracha iardain. 2645 
 
 FeachtuS rofaidh-sium a dhalta .1. espi?r Senaigh, do taiscel^^ ior lucht 
 a scoile áus cidh doghnitis. Ba sain, tra, an ni ica bhfaghbhaithe each 
 dibh, acht battis maithe uile. Frith, tra, Colum m^^c Crimhthain 7 a lama 
 a sinedh [fo. 24. b. 2] iiadh, 7 a menma indithmheach a nDia, 7 eoin oc 
 tairisium ior a lamhu 7 ior a cenn. O'tcuas do Fhinnen innisin atbí:';'t : 2650 
 ' Lámha ind fhir-sin,' ar se, ' dobera zomunn 7 sarcarbhaic (sic) damsa frisna 
 déidhenchu 
 
 Tainic SiWgel De co Yinncii co n-cbairt fris : ' Ni he so inad th'eis- 
 eirghe, ár biaidh duine maith dot muindtir i sund Tainic ai;/gr/ co Yindcn^ 
 cu Ros Findchuill, is eisidhe Les in Memra inniu. Ann sein gabh?/j Yinnéíi 2655 
 in fersa fathachda, Hec requies mea Annsin tainic Fraechan drui adocum- 
 som. Rofhiarfocht-sum : ' In ó Dia,' ar se, ' ata dhaitsi in fis fil ocut ? ' ' A 
 f hromhudh d?//tsi,' or Fraechan. * Abair cetam;/^",' ar Yindcn^ ' inadh mo 
 eiseirghi-sea. Atcim a nimh 7 ni fhaicim i talw^/;/.' Atracht Vimién. ' In 
 t-in^d asa n-erri^r/z/air innósa,' or Fraechan, ' is as adreis do mordhail hrditJia! 2660 
 
 Tancatar iarsin a dha shiair co Vinncn .1. Righnach 7 Richenn, 7 a 
 mathair .1. math^/r Ciarain, cu ragaibhset i Cill Righn^z^i. Luid Yinncii 7 
 Ciaran dia torruma. Bat^'r na caillrr/^a oc acaine hcit\\ cen usít^. ' A choimdhe/ 
 ar Finnen fria Ciaran, ' cait i bhfhuighbhium uisq;/i doibh sut?' 'IN budh 
 lease latsa,' or Ciaran, ' eirghi asan \x\a^ i tai ?' Atract Yinncn. ' An t-inadh 2665 
 asa r'eirghis,' ar Yinncn^ ' as é inadh na tiprat.' Rof hiarfo<:/// Yinncn do Righ- 
 naigh cind^/j- bai in chailW// a mátJiaix. ' Ni cumang ar nd(ul)'^ i naicsighudh ^ 
 di ar tromdhai:/// a hanala.' Roimd<rrg cumor imon cleircc/i 7 atbi:'rt-somh : 
 
 ^ From * (Do)bé'ruinn ' to 'tipraiti' (inclusive) is in the lower margin. ^ MS. noéimh. 
 ' MS. naemuib. * MS. deighenchu. ^ From Tainic to simd (inclusive) is in the upper margin. 
 ^ MS. requies cam me. In lower marg. ^ Between 71 and a a dotted /interlined 
 
 in a recent hand. 
 
8o 
 
 BETHA FHINDEIN. 
 
 ' In Coímdhe/ ar se, ^aírchesas ceir/zaen don chinedh dsena dia hairchisectl' 
 2670 Luidh Righnach iarsin dia taigh. Fuair a mdthaix n-oghshlain ^ la breitzV 
 in noeib 
 
 Molad thuc Geman^ maighist^r fechtus donti noibh ^-Fhinden, iarna 
 dhenum tria rithimm. ' Ni hor tra, ná airget, ná étach loghmar,' ar Q^man ^ 
 ' chuingim-si iort ar an mo\ad-s2i^ acht oen ni, i^rann bee iil ocam, is he 
 
 2675 étairthech, co ;2d^rnta-sa ernuighthe curub toirthech.' ' IN t-immann do- 
 righnis,' ol Yinnen, ' geibh ind uisq^/i, 7 sreith in t-uisci-sin tarsin bhferann, 
 7 bidh toirthech.' Dorighnedh samhk/^ 7 ba toirtech in ferann. 
 
 Grand leimh bai ic Rúadhan Lothra, crann o sileadh linn shomblasta 
 iordi faghbhudh each in bias ba maith lais, eon^d de nolesaighdis na man^^^ 
 
 2680 na háighidh, conadh do sin [fo. 25. a. i] batur manuigh 'E\reii7i ac togra 
 gu Rúadhan. Tang<3:dar a dhaltse eo ¥innen cu mbatí3:r iea aeaine fris a 
 dhalt^da ieá fhaebhail. Ron-gáidetar im dula leo co Ruadhan eu mbeth 
 ^úadaii i eoitehinne mbethadh a.mail each. Luid Finnen immaille friu gu 
 Lothra. Ba hedh toissech dochuat^^r aissLn erann eu tard Yinnén erois dia 
 
 2685 baehaill tarsin erann, cormk rosil banna ass. O roehuala Rúadhan innísin 
 doraidh uisq^Á a thopair do thahairt do. Dorigne ernuighthe. Dosoud uisq^/i 
 na tiprat a mblas lenna. In lind r//eadh do Finnen com. noebhuibh ^ dorat- 
 sidhe airrdhe na eroiehe thairis. Rosoud foeedoir a n-aien^<^ uisq^/i. ' Gia 
 tarba sin?' ar na eleirz^fria Finnén^ 'mina ehoiseir in tiprait?' 'A braithre 
 
 269oinmuine!' ar Yinnén^ ' eidh táithe do Rúadhan, ár eidh a bhfhuil d'uisee isin 
 mon^/<ih-sea i tseibh in recl^i-a bhus ail leis do shoudh i lind shomblasta, 
 dogena Dia aire.' Rogádatar \2sum diblinaibh Finn/;^ 7 na noeib inhi 
 Ruadhan eo mbeth a b^-Zha ^ am<^/ ehaeh. Atb^rt 'K.tiadan doghenadh sein 
 ara aidi, ar Fhinnen. Roeesnuigh cena ferann beag bui imon reeless 
 
 2695 do bheith etoirtheeh. Robendaeh<22 da;^^ an (erann sin, condiáh toirthech. 
 
 Luid Yinnén iarsin i ench Qonnacht eo Druim eit/r da Loch i n-Huaibh 
 Oililla. Fuair Muisi 7 Ainmire ann arachind 7 siat toirrsech do ecaib a 
 sethar an lá sin. O roairigh Yinnen innisin luidh isin tech i mbai corp na 
 sethar. Dorighne depraecoit ndiera ndedhghair ir\ Dia, eu rothodhuise in 
 
 27ooeailk^ a báss, eu mbui iea [fjerdhaighis, et eu romharbh in laegh bui foa 
 haenbhoin, 7 eu tue drolmaig n-englaisi dhó, eu robennaeh Yinnen an anglais 
 curra soudh a mblas fina. Fnth di<^/^ in laegh beo 'arnamharaeh foa 
 
 * Altered in recent hand into inóghshlaini. MS. noeim. ^ Altered in same hand 
 
 into G^man. * MS. noimh. " MS. noemhuibh. * abetha interlined in later hand. 
 
BET HA FHINDEIN, 
 
 8i 
 
 mhathalr. Romor<3;d ainm De 7 ¥imiéin tnasin moírmhirbí///-sIn. Roedbaír 
 iarsin Múisi ^ 7 Ainmire a rtoXcs do Dia 7 d'Finnen. 
 
 LuiD ¥Í7tnén iarsin isin Corunn i Crich Luighne. Tainic Crumtir 2705 
 Dathi CO mbai amalle friss. Tainic aingel Dé co n-ehatrt fris : ' In bhaile,' 
 ar sé, ' in-debera fer dot muindt/r frit ' is csein in t-achí2:<^-so :' [fo. 25. a. 2] 
 fothíZí^ ecl^zV ann.' Nir'bho cian co iiáthairl ícr dia mhuinntir-seom : ' As 
 cain/ ar se, ' in t-ach^<^-so.' Rofhoth^^z^-siumh iarsin G.c\ais isin inadh-sin. 
 Forfhacaibh cruimthir Dathi isin du-sin. Ita innsin tipra Fhindein 7 a lecc. 2710 
 Geb e duine othair dhech isin tiprait ticfa slan eisdi. Geb e dámh á\\mlcch thí 
 cusin n-airchindech ni berthar a einech acht gu roghabha a ^haicv ocon leic- 
 sin. Sic Tipra Fhinnein 7 Leac in Pupail ic KoSxad Abla. 
 
 Tainic iarsin Yinnén i Coirpr^' Mhoir. M.x\gus ba ri an inbhaidh-sin i 
 Coirpr/. Tainic a m<?c-saidhe .1. Ne^/^/ain, do dlom^d don cleir^c//. Ro- 2715 
 leans<2:t cosa a mhuinnt/n don talum 7 atbath fein. Táinic ^ngh?/i" iarsin 
 cu tard a reir don ó.crezh, co r^/j'-diiisigh a m^-c do a bas, ct co tard in^d 
 reclesa dhó. Forfhacaibh-siumh Grellan m^^c Nat-fraeich annsin. 
 
 O rafhoth^í^ tra Yinnén cealla 7 congbhala fon n-inn;/j--sin, et o ra- 
 proitche breit/r nDe do fifruibh YXxenn^ dodech<?/<^ docum a reclr^a gu 2720 
 Cluain Iraird. Laa n-oen annside do ^s^oc Senaigh, dia dhalta-somh, ica 
 fhég^^, 3.m\aid atconnaic a cseiie 7 a troighi mhoir he, in meit co n-airmitis 
 a esnae triana étach inmhedhon<7c// amach. Atconnaic da;/i? in cruimh do 
 ÚiQchtdi asa thaebh, et ba he in fath, on uarchris iarainn biii uime ardaigh 
 pennaiti don c//rp cu rothesc gu cnaimh. Caiis iarsin esp^^: Senaigh. 2725 
 * Cidh dot-gni toirsrc//?' ar Finncn. 'Do chaeili-siu/ ar cs^oc Senaigh. 
 Ferfaidh cruimh ior h'asnaibh-si in chaile-sin,' ar Yinnen. Moidi on rochái 
 espí'í Sen<72^. ' Cuma da;/^ duit,' ar Yinncn^ 'toirrsi dhosin. Beruidh 
 senduine do c^^rp docum n-adhnacail.' 
 
 IS lia, tra, tuiremh 7 aisneis a nd^rna in Coimdhe do fi^rtuibh 7 mhirbh- 2730 
 aih*^ ar noebh ^-Fhinden : áir mina thisadh a spir/// fein no ai;/g^/ de nim 
 dia n-indisi, ni caemhnacair nech aile a mhiadhamhia, a bhé'/ha inmhedon<2c/^, 
 a comhairbirt bithbhuan in cech lithlaithe, acJit is Dia nama rod?/i--fidz>. 
 Ba si immorro a proinn lai .t. boim do aran eorna 7 deogh do uisce : i 
 n-domhnaighibh immorro 7 i soUumnaibh boim do aran cruithne^/2/a, 7 orda 2735 
 do bradan fhon^i^Vhi, [fo. 25. b. i] 7 lán copain do mhidh ^ ghlan no do chor- 
 maim. Nochairighedh na daine atceth ac craesach^z^^ 7 nociedh 7 na'* 
 
 Mn marg. 1. moxsi. ^MS. noemh. ^ MS. mhigh. * * ciedh 7 na ' in a recent hand. 
 
 M 
 
82 
 
 BETHA FHINDEIN, 
 
 pendedh a pccad. Ni cliodk<^ for cluimh na for colcaidh^, co comhairsedh 
 a thoebh re huir noicht, 7 cloch do fhrithadhart fo chind. 
 
 740 Glanedhbart^c/^ do Dhia amal Aibel mac Adhaimh. Diprocoitech Simal 
 Enoc mac lareth. Luamhaire ]antoltnaight^c>^ do airec no do fhollam- 
 nac/zt na h^^ralsa e'ltzr tonnaibh in tsseginl a,mal Noe mac Laimhiach. 
 Firailit/r amal Abraham. Búidh bláith a,mal Moysi mac Amrsi. Feidil 
 {oáhaútec/t d.mal lop. 'Ed.cnaid eoluch a.mal Sholíí';;^ m^^c nDaibhith. Primh- 
 
 745 proiceptoir Ci?/tcenn 7 leastar togaide amal Pol aps/<^/. Et cosmatlighter o 
 mhodhaibh imdhaibh fria Pol, áir a,mal rogenair Fol tes a tir Cannan, a cenel 
 7 a bhun^das tuaidh a tir Caldea, as a.mh\aid sin rogenair Finnen ibhus, i 
 Laighn/^, a cenel 7 a bhunad//j tuaidh a n-Ull fazó. Et am<2/ rolegh PJ/ ic 
 Gamaliel, ic sui in reachta, fri re .xxx. hMadne cur'bho sui, as d^mlaid rolegh 
 
 750 Yinnén ag na suidhib Bretnachaibh adubramar fria re .xxx. hliadne cor'bó 
 sui. Et am^/ ratairmesc an t-aingel Vol na dighs^<^ do Damaisc, ackt cu 
 tis^d do shiladh irsi 7 creitmhe do chách, is ?im\aid sin rotairmisc in t-aingel 
 Finden na dighs^<^ do Roimh, ackt co tis^d do shilad irsi 7 crctme do f^ruibh 
 ^irenn. Et dimal ronertugh[ad] o Dhia Vol, iar íoúvngud ceall 7 ecl^^^i* 7 
 
 755 cdithrach isin athardha in roghenair, co tisedh do f<9rceatal irsi 7 creidmhe 
 do Roimh, as amlald rogr^ssedh o Dhia noeibhFhinnen, iar iothtigtid ceall 
 7 cdXhrach 'na athardha, co tis^d do mhxxnud 7 d'foircetal noebh ^ Eir^;^;^ gu 
 Cluain Iraird. Et dimal rotharrngair aingel do Vol na bhadh ithíirn^c^ 
 cubráth^ nach aen norag(a;d a n-uir Romha, as amhl^^'^rotharngair in t-aingel 
 
 760 do Yinnén na bhadh ithfirnach iar mbrath each sen tara rag^d uir Arda 
 'Relec. Et a.mal atbath Vol i Roimh darcenn in pop?/// Qxistaidx, arna 
 herbailtis uili a pianaibh 7 i todhernaibh ithfrinn, as dcmlaid atbath Yinnin 
 i Cluain Iraird darcenn popuil na nGseidhel arna heplitis uili don Buidhi 
 Chonnaill. 
 
 765 [fo. 25. b. 2]. Et is annsin rotharrngair in t-aingel dosomh co n-indarb- 
 iad gach teidm 7 gach galar ci?/tcenn a Cluain Iraird tre irnaighthi intsam- 
 \\ail 7 CO n-indarbfadh a hKirmn uili tre troscudh shámhaid Vinnéin isin 
 pup//// ic Ard Relic 7 ic Ko^xad Abhull 7 i Condail. 
 
 O dodcóxaid immorro cusna. deidhinchaibh ^ donti noeibh^-Fhinnen, 
 
 770 rofhaidhestar a aingel comuide^-^^a co hinis M,ac^ nindeirc fri Luimn^c^, 
 CO t^/c-side QoXum mac CHmhthain com, theigh liubhar fo dhuibhnelk/5 
 
 * MS. colcaigh. 2 jy^g^ noemh. ^ MS. cubrach. * MS. nangaeighel. 
 
 ^ MS. deighinchaibh. ® MS, noeimh. ^ In a recent hand. 
 
BETHA FHINDEIN. 83 
 
 cu QXuain Iraird, cun roghaibh Finnen coman 7 sacarbhaicc dia láimh, cu 
 rofhaidh a s'^irzit dochum nimhe i cinn .xl. ar cct hMadne. 
 
 Ata immorro mil noo.ihh.'^-Y hinnén i n-aibnes 7 in-airfitedh et/r mtiniir 
 nimhe i bhfhiadhnaisi Dhe dia rofhoghain. ITat a relce 7 a thaisi gu 2775 
 n-anoir 7 gu n-airmhidin i talm^/;^, co fertuibh 7 co mirbhuih'^ gach laithe, co 
 traeth gach aen tic friu 7 coimhed<?/^ gach sen cungn?^^" leo. 
 
 Gidh mor immorro inti noeib^-F/z/z^/^rn i n-eti^rscamd a chuirp 7 a anma 
 on mhudh-sin colleic, bidh mo a anoir iar n-eiseirghi ind ocntuidh noebh ^ 
 nemtruailln/^i, i mordhail bra///a, intan b;^^ bir/Z'eamh fir fhcraibh YAxenn 7 2780 
 ior a mnaibh imalle fna Patraic [7] \ssw Crist. Taitnighfidh insin am^z/ grein. 
 Biaid isin mhormhaith-sin, ind aentuidh"^ noebh 7 noebogh in áomtiiji., i n-aen- 
 taidh naei ngradh nimhe na dernsat imarbh^/j-, isan ^ntaid is uaisli ce<;/^ 
 n-3dnfaid, i n-^ntaid na na^ibh '^-Trinoidi, Ath<7/r 7 ^lac 7 Spin// Ni?^*^. 
 
 AiHm trocaire Dhe, roairiltnigem in ze.niaid sm \ In s^í;c//1<2 s^í:'c//lorum. 2785 
 Am^;^. 
 
 ^ MS. noeimh. ^ jyjg noeim. ^ MS. noemh. * MS. centuigh. 
 
 ^ MS. nocmh 7 nocmogh, ^ MS. nacimh. 
 
 M 1 
 
[fos. 25. b. 2 — 26. a. I.] 
 Be^/ia Finnchua Bri Gobunn inso. 
 
 BOI BRUGAIDH AURA A iSiUhhTAiB FECHT N-AILL do Mhughdhornaibh 
 doshunnm/í/ .1. Findlogh ^ mac Setna mete Abruinn meic Branain 
 2790 meic Dubhda meic JEnghusa, meic Erca Deirg meic BHain meic 'Echack 
 Muighmedhain. Bai baincheli oca fria ré .xxx. hltadne, conus-tatraid bás 
 intansin .1. Caemeall Í7Z£^m ^dha Fogarta do F^ruib Breg- [fo. 26. a. 1]. 
 Rofhurail a chara 7 a chomhalta féin fair .1. Fiacha Súidhe mac righ 
 'Eiremi, tcckt do thocmarcc bainchele eili conni beth i serg galair am^/ 
 2795 robhai do chx^mhaid a mhná fesin. Et ba hi sin Idhnait mghen Fhlainn 
 Leithd^/rg do Q\i\axmachta. Glinde Geimhin o Chomar Cinn tSlebhe. 
 Tochmaircidh-sium \axum in n-ingin-sin cumbo \.orxach uadh. Urailidh 
 immorro Finnlogh cont'd, mhuindt/r ior a comhalta 7 ior Y\2xh2, Suidhe 
 feall ior righ Temra .1. ior Blathmi^c mac ^dha Slaine. Dognit^r in feall, 
 2800 et geibhidh Diarmait m^^^dha Slaini righi Temra déis a brathar. Dichuirt^/' 
 atuaidh lucht an fhill .1. Fiacha mac righ Temra 7 Findlogh a chomhalta 
 7 mile tein;^tech laissein. 
 
 IS ann sin dorala Mail tuile m^c Cuilchi, anmchara Findlogha, 7 
 faillsight^r dho an ingen do bheith torr<3;c/^, 7 cum^d gein amra diam^d lán 
 2805 beoil bhfer nE'wenn in gein bai 'na broinn ; 7 atb^rt Mael tuile : 
 
 INdsaighfidh gala, 
 traethfaidh bidhbhaid, 
 saighfidh mindrigha, 
 bidh crann cuisc Temra, 
 2810 lesaighfes Life, 
 
 fhoirfes Laighne. 
 
 lAraidh immorro an clelreck an gein bai i mbroinn na hinghine do idpairt 
 do Dhia 7 a thahairt docum leiginn, 7 geallait-sium dosom sin. IDlaict^r 
 idirtim iat cu righ Counackt, cu hEoch<3;2^ Tirmcarna, 7 láXaicter o 'Eoch.aig 
 
 1 MS. findlodh. 
 
BETH A FINNCHUA. 
 
 85 
 
 cu righ M.\xvs\an .i.gu h^ngh?^^ mac Nat Fraeich, gu Caisiul, et orduighidh- 2815 
 sein f^rann doibh i crich Mhogha Ruith, 7 toirrnid-siumh ráith amra ann .1. 
 Raith Ua-Cuile. Dogniat óxdiii a mhuindtrr fleadh ^ mhor do righ Fer 
 Muighi .i.do Mhelli;?d rrii^c Tuirc, isin ard fria raith Ua-Cuile aniar. Luidh 
 rndthaix Fhindchua, 7 si torr<^c//, cu rochuinnigh^ digh don Hnn ior na 
 sdaadoiribh, ár ros-gabh mian don linn, et roherad hi. Rolab^zV in gein 2820 
 bai 'na broinn, 7 itb^rt so ann : ' Gerthit g;/;'thit erailsium sala mor 
 muincille melscdar Ulaidh uir am^/ mclis milchu ior mhil cu rossam/ 
 Gertit. 
 
 LuiDH iar?/;;^ an \ngen dia tigh, et scailit a crrcalla dona dabhcliaibh 
 [fo. 26. a. 2] acedair diahcis, 7 teit in ihXaiih dimhain fo Idr. Doroich ri 2825 
 ¥er Muighi .1. Meleand, aism tech i ni-bui in ÍXúaith, et o rochuala an seel 
 gabhuidh con^i bhuidhin lais ior lurg na hingine dia marb^rt'. Dobrrur 
 celtchair dhichk/hi imon 'vigiji o rath na gene bai 'na broinn, co vocht 
 imshlan Raith Hua-Cuile. Tainicc iarsin inbhaidh na hingine, 7 tecat 
 idhain da hindsaigz<7^, cu roth?/j-imh in mac idhan robhui 'na broinn. 2830 
 
 BErar iarsin in mí7<:thairrngrrtaigh co hAilbhe ImXcch Ibhair dia 
 baistedh, 7 dob^rrar screaball do ara bhaisdr<^ .1. sect pinginne oir. Ben- 
 nachais Ailbe iarsin in ghein, 7 dobi^rar ainm fair .1. Finnchua, 7 atrubairt 
 Ailbhe a thab^/>t fria leighenn i cind a scc/it mhXiadnc. hOtar iar?/;;/ lucht 
 in bhaistte 7 in mac leo cu Raith Ua-Cuile. 2835 
 
 Teacar iarsin o Chum^^jcach mac Cuind, o righ bhfer Tefa, mac sethar 
 d'Finnchua e fein, do cuinghidh in meic dia altram ; 7 dob^rar do, 7 alXter 
 an m^c i tigli Cumascaigh a n-Ard na Rigraidhi os brú Locha Ri, gu cenn 
 secki mhliadne, cu tovacht Comhghall ior cuairt cXamni Neill; co tarla do 
 thigh Chumuscaig , co facaid in m^icamh óg isin tigh arachind 7 spir?/'/2840 
 aingil 'na comaidecht. Dobreth Comg<^// gradh do, 7 imchomaircidh cuich he? 
 ' Findchua sin,' ar siat, ' mac Findlogha.' ' Ocus misi ron-alt,' ar Cum?/j-cach, 
 ' 7 Ailbhe ron-baisd.' Cuinghidh Comhghall in mac ior a aidi, 7 dobrrur do 
 he. Dorad in m^c scire do Ch.omX\gall, 7 teit leiss co dr/zj-, co Bennchar 
 UXad, 7 doghni leiginn oca am^/ cech ndalta ele. 2845 
 
 Bui áidiu ferghort cluana intansin ac Comhg^?//, 7 mogaid nobhidis ica 
 coimet cu torackt Findchua. Or'ptar toirrsigh iar//;;2 na mogaid atX^ert 
 Findcua : ' Leagar duinne 'mar ndaltuibh in ferghort do choimhet gach lai 
 timchealL' AtX^ert Comgall : ' Coimhet-sa aniu ^ he ria each.' Teit iar//;;/ 
 
 1 MS. fleagh. 2 jyjs. rochuinnidh. ^ j^js. aniugh. 
 
86 
 
 BETH A FINNCHUA, 
 
 2850 Findchua do coimet in fheoir. Tic ri \J\ad .1. Scannlan mac Dunadhaigh, 
 com. shiag do Bennchar, [fo. 26. b. i] 7 cuirit a n-eocha isin hhicrgtirt co 
 Findchua. Dichuiris Findchua fotri uada iat. Feargaigh///^r ^ friu fadeoidh^, 
 7 escain/<^ iat, cu rosoudhait na heich i clochf^;, conad Gort na Liag atb^rur 
 fris osin ille. Férgort na Mogad hé cosin. Lonnaight^r in ri de sin, 7 
 
 2855 tiaghar uadh arcenn Comghaill dia fhis uadh cia dogen<3:d in gnim út. Tic 
 Comgall guna dhaltai^h cíísin righ, 7 Findchua i cuma chaich. Dobreth in 
 ri aithne fairsiumh, coimá hé doroine in gnim út triasin tuarascbíií*/ t^^csat 
 na hdivaid do fair, 7 ruamnais rose in righ 'na cinn comtar derga, teinntidhi 
 Ka-thai^'ms Finnchua inni sin 7 iergsiigh'ms frisin righ, cu roeir?^ in ta\am uimi, 
 
 2860 cu riact coa ghluinibh. Adchi Comhghall inni sin, 7 silW^ tara ghua- 
 luinn, 7 atbert fria Finnchua : ' As fearr latsa do beith fein mor innúsa/ ar 
 Comgall. Imd^rgthar im Findchua dhe sin; 7 cuiris a cheann fa chochall 
 Comgaill, cu roloisc in cochull. ' Ar Dia rit, a meic bic ! ' ar Comhg<5'//, 
 * nachat-geibhedh ferg, 7 rat-fia do hrelk fein o righ JJlad 7 uaimsi.' ' Cidh 
 
 2865 ar nacham-gebhudh ferg,' ar Finnchua, ' umat shArugud-sa, 7 umam 
 sh3.rugtid fein don ^ngurt gabala bui ocuinn? Beir-si do hxeith^ ar 
 Findchua fria Qomgall. ' Berat,' ar Comhgi^//, ' acht gur'bhat buid^c/^-sa.' 
 Sillis Comgall íorúví righ, 7 atbert an ri : ' Gazh ni uma m-bia biat-sa fair/ 
 'IS si mu hxeth'^ ar Com^gall^ 'na secht fichit bo blichta dob^rur damsa 
 
 287ouaitsi gazha, hliadne a tahatrt do Fhindchua cu cenn .xxx. hUadne tar- 
 mheissi, 7 abdhaine Bennchair, 7 darabh a dnmuddo dhula il-leith n-aili leath 
 na cuarta-sin dosom 7 a leth n-aili ibus.' Ba bhuid^c/^ Y'mnen de sin, 7 
 cuirid in idXam on righ tarais ana áit, 7 loisct^r uili cochall Comgatll, co/md 
 aire sin nac/i dleghar cochall um* comharba Comhgaill. CuUi^d iat tri ferta 
 
 2875 Finnch^/í^ iar rochtain co Bennchar .1. liaga cloch do dhenamh d'echaibh 
 righ Uludh, [fo. 26. b. 2] 7 an tsdam dh'eirghi imon righ coa gluinibh, 7 
 cochall a aidi do losc^/d tria bruth a f heirge. 
 
 Bai Comghall iarsin a mBennchar co cenn .ix. mhUadne. Et foillsight^r 
 dó bás do beith 'na ghoiri, 7 tiagait teachta uadha arceann Ailbhe co 
 
 2880 Imlmck Ibhair, com^^d dia láimh nodhighs^<^ dochum nime. Foillsight^r 
 do Ailbhe inni sin, 7 teit-sein cona, dhirim cX^ixezh cu xocht Bennchar. Et 
 doghniat a n-aenta 7 a zodadi ann sin a tnur .1. Ailbhe 7 Comg<^// 7 
 Finnchua. Teit Comhgall docum nimhe innsin do laimh Ailbhe, 7 fac- 
 bhaidh Finnchua i n-apdhaine Benncair taraeisi co cenn secht mbUad/ie, 7 
 * MS. feargaidh^r. ^ fadeoigh. ^ MS. teinntighi. * Interlined. 
 
BETH A FINNCHUA. 
 
 87 
 
 erbaidh do Ailbe co mbeth Finnchua ria \xá\íacht ceb é tan no ghebhudh dia 2885 
 lámh fair. 
 
 lAr caithimh na secht mhliadne dichuirtiT Finncua o Bennchar 7 a 
 hUWiaid uili tria cuimhgi fherainn. Tic iarsin YÍ7inchiia a \i\3\\taib atuaidh 
 cu toracht la gr^disacht aingil cu iira Mwmaii 7 coa righ .1. co Cathal mac 
 yEdha, gu Caiseal, et f<:'ruidh in ri failte fris, 7 ordaighidh a rogha f^rainn a 2890 
 Mumain do. ASbrrt Finncua : ' Ni ceimghtcr dhamh frrunn acht in bliaile 
 a irdcera, mu cloc mhe a n-oenar gan cungnum duini aigi.' Atb<rrt Cath^/ : 
 ' Sir-si Mumatn cu rofreagra do clocc thu, 7 in bhaile a n-gebha rat-fia gan 
 imrisan friut.' Tic Finnchua roime o Chaiseal co crich Fer Muighi .1. hi 
 cenn iarthuria;c^ Maigi Maist^rtha, et siridh cai;/ in maighi úíís in freicer^d 2895 
 a clocc he, et dofreagair isin maduin arnamharí7c// i bhFán Muilt. Scoirit 
 a n-eochu annsin, 7 leicit a f<:^;'oire dhibh, 7 scailit a mbuar 7 a tainte fona 
 f^rannuibh ba coimnesa dhoib. Dognit^r iarum comhaighthes friu 7 diult<2d, 
 7 gerrtiir a n-indile 7 buailt^r a n-seghair^'^ha ^ Acainit a mhuinntrr fna 
 Vinnchiia. Asb^rt ViniicJnia íj^ia, coic .1. Dronan mac Dronbic : ' Eirg 2900 
 C^jan mbaili as comfhoc^/j duinn annso, 7 tahair tene lat ass.' Luid 'mrnm 
 an coic arcenn na teined cu tech rechtairi righ M?/man .1. Baeth Brughai 
 7 Som vi^cn Mhothla a bhainchcli. IMcomhaircis in rectaire : ' Cia hairm 
 asa tanacais arcenn tein^r*^?' Asbeart an coic: [fo. 27. a. 1] 'O Fhinnchu, 
 o dhalta ComhghailL' ' In annsin bia fuirech fair?' ar an rec/z/aire. ' Ni 2905 
 fhetar amh,' ar an coic, et cuinghidh an tene. Dobreath an re^r/z/aire tria 
 thoghd<7i:/^/ urchar d'aithinne dho. Gabhuidh in coic ana ucht, 7 iss ed bui 
 uime, cochall Finnc/ma. Timaircidh-sium in cochall imon teimd, 7 beir/^/h 
 lais hi. Cuiridh in re<:///aire nech dia miiiiAir cen fhis don coic co fesadh in 
 loiscfedh an cochull. Cuiridh in coic asa ucht an tene a fiadhn//i-e Y'mxvcJitia^ 2910 
 7 ni roloisc finna na brothairne don cochall. Indisidh an ter/^/aire anni sin 
 don xccht2\x\ gur' thseidhligh a mhenm^ ind aithr^'ij ;/-eb^/rt cu tibhr<?<i 
 failti dho gengu t^/cadh nech aili. Lot<^r iarsin in xcchtaXxc 7 a baincele 
 d'dLgaWatm an cleir?^ fesin, 7 riaraighit he, 7 slechtait do, 7 bhiathait an 
 cleir^C/^ in ad^z^-sin^ da gach bhiudh ac/U linn nama. Atfiadar do righ Mum- 2915 
 a7i co7ndh. ann roghabh YinncJma^ i Fan Mhuilt, etir a portaibh-sium 7 a 
 airg^da. Fergaighther baincheli in righ desin .1. Mughain mgen Fhiachrach 
 Finn ri Eoghan<^<r/^/a Locha Lein. Atbifrt si na toillfitis a n-enbhaili .i. 
 muindt^r Finnchua 7 a míiin\.cr-ú. Fiafraighis in ri cá cís dobertha don 
 
 ^ MS. anaedhair^rtha. ^ MS. inaga;zi/sin. 
 
88 
 
 BETH A FINNCHUA. 
 
 2920 righain 7 do fesin asin f<^rann-sin. ' Ni ansel or an ri : ' oenchúra f hínn 7 a 
 furrthain d'f holcadh ^ 7 dunadh, 7 airmhed bracha as g<3:c>^ baili do nái mbailib 
 at coimhnesa dhamh. Eirgedh techtaire uainn,' ar in ri, ' cu Yinnchua^ dia 
 f his in bhfaemhann an cis-sin, 7 mina fsemhann eirgead \et\\ n-naili.' Fsemh- 
 uidh Yinnchua in cis-sin 7 gesdlaid a thdhairi iiadh, áir is ann sud rofaill- 
 
 2925 sig^^ do a 3.ms do beith 7 a thaisi 7 a eiseirghi il-laithi bratha. Toraindter 
 i^xum in baili la Yinnchua .1. Cuil Muilt, 7 orduight^r a airles, 7 cumh- 
 duight^r a thighi, 7 fodhailté'r^ a muindt^ra do na nai mbaih'<^ ele \>2Xar ind 
 ar^i- ag righ Myxman. Feidlig/<^ X^xum Yinnchua gu cian isin baili-sin. 
 Cu tainic Conaing vsxac Marcain, ri na nDeisi, do [fo. 27. a. 2\ slechtain do, 7 
 
 2930 CO tart Ymnchua a sheut anmcharut a in<^d fein ar nimh dhosomh. 
 
 TMgaá tra cuigisiuni annsin secht n-ollum<^2V^ ghabhunn bat^r 1 comh- 
 fhaicsi do co ndernssit secht corrana iarainn do íor^, m-biadh co secht 
 mhUad7u co faghb^d inadh a nimh, ár dorat a in^d bunaidh do righ na 
 nDeisi. Bennachia;/<^-siumh gaibhne in bhaile-sin, 7 facbhais buaid lamdai 
 
 2935 (. I. ngr^sa) dhoibh doghres acht cunii^d isin baili-sin doghendais no do- 
 tinnscainfitis he, 7 buaidh n-ollum^;^ dibh. Cuinghit na gaibhne fairsium a 
 n-ainm f<i?rsin mbaile a logh a n-gr^sa .1. Bri Gobhunn. Tochaithidh 
 Yinnchua secht mhUadni iora, corranuibh acht ^wdiáaig ^ nama. Et iss ed íoáera. 
 eisein .1. Ronan Finn Maighe Lainde, mac sethar vadthav do Yinnchua^ 
 
 2940 senns^r noebh * bhfer mBr^^ do \.o\átcht dia atach-somh co tis^d do 
 chabair Q\.ainn\ Neill Naighiallt^;^^ 7 righ Midhi .1. Sechn^/j-ach mao. 
 iEdha Slaine, áir robhui cog^d allmhar<2:c/^ don mhuir íorxo^ 7 ba do 
 Fhinnchua roboi in dán a bhfhoiridhin. Et ba hiat doroine in cogíí:d-sin, 
 Breasal Bernbhel Buaidealt<i;c/^ 7 Tuire Tortbhuilleach 7 Tinde Trenmhor : 
 
 2945 do Breatnaib iar mbiin<3:d//i- iatsein. Et ba hiat eicne doghnitis an Xom.'gms- 
 sin 'gadtd, \Aiadne i c^-ich Ua Neill in deiscirt, port gacha luingi do losc?/<af, 7 
 Qxcóxad gacha, tuaithi, 7 giall gacha. fine do breith leo. Dob^rut \a.r\.\m 
 clanna. Neill hcnnachta, donti dothicf^d arcenn Yhmnchtia co f^ruibh 
 Muighi dia cabair. Roghabh Ronan Find Maigi Lai;ide do laim an 
 
 2950 um<3;/oit sin. Faillsight^r d'Finnchua, 7 se ior a chorranuibh, senns^r noeb^ 
 cl^;2;/i Neill do beith ior sWgid chuigi, et erailidh ior a dhaltuibh freastal 7 
 frithailimh na te<:/^/airedh n-uasal-sin do dhenum. ' Tabhur,' ar se, ' ian 
 measctha .L. do lind doibh, 7 proinn céit do biudh, 7 mad bee leo sin fuillt^r 
 
 1 In marg. In the text dfolcadh is rewritten in recent hand. ^ MS. foghailter. 
 
 ^ MS. senagij/V. * MS. noemh. 'MS. noem. 
 
BETHA FINNCHUA. 
 
 89 
 
 fris.' Doriachtatar na cleir^^ iarsin, 7 rofrithailit am<a:/ asb^^t Yinnchua. 
 Et ni thormailt Ronán ní don biudh-sain nogu tisi?d Yinnchiia dia chorranuibh 2955 
 chuice, dia a.ca,\\aim. O rosiacht a fhis co YinncJma Ronan do beith i 
 troscadh, ailidh Yiiinchtia in Coimdhi [fo. 27. b. i] zww^acht-d.oSx euro 
 fhaillsig^^ do an ni bhudh coir do denamh, uair nir'bo áil do dhula dia 
 corranuibh comtais comhlana a shecht mh\i2idiia iorro. Tic iarsin spir/^/ 
 aingil do nert<2d Fhinnchua co ;i-dechad d'agalkzw an cleirz^ aili do ced 2960 
 Issn Crist, Luidh iar?^;;^ YinncJma am trath proinne d'acall<7;/;;i Ronain, gér* 
 imnár lais a cor^ tretholl iarna trea.gh.dad 7 iarna tholl<?<^ do dhaeluibh 7 
 do phiasd/^í^ d'fatcs'm do neoch ett'r; et f^ruid each dhibh failti fri araili, et 
 atf// Ronan d'Finnchua in toisc imma tainic. ' Bidh am umhal-sa frisin 
 toisc-sin,' ar YinncJma. Lot^r iarsin rompa eu rancat^r tuatha Teamra. 2965 
 O ateonncatur elanna Néill na cleirz^ ehuca dobhi do mhett a n-eicne eu 
 r'eirighset uile ar f hailti fria Findeh^^^:. IN adaig ^ wimorro áorocht 
 Yindchua co Temr^?^ ba si 2idaig^ doror/^/atar na dibrrgaigh, 7 t//csat 2igaid 
 a longgu clannaibh Neill an deisc^/rt co Dubhcomar. Atcuas innisin do righ 
 Tcmhrack 7 d'Y'mnchtia. Eirghid iar?/w idir laech 7 cleir^c//, 7 impoit ar 2970 
 deisil tria thecasc Ymnchtia, 7 teeait rompa ina fi?;'amrith co 7i-d.C3itar na 
 dib^rgaigh uatha. Eirghidh ia.mm aicn^d an cleirz^ friu eu romhemhatrt'r ^ 
 spongcaibhle teined t?'ichemhruaidhi asa dhetaibh sechtair, eu roloisc in 
 tene-sin cronna na sleg 7 doite 7 righthe na ndib^rcach, gur'bo toi tuaith- 
 gerrtha. iat. ' Eirghit,' ar Finnchua, ' fesa uaibh dia saigz<^ da fhis in tibritis 2975 
 slan dia bhfoghail.' hotur na te<:>^/a cuca. Asb^^Ksat na tibntis slán 
 doibh tria bhithu. Lonnuightrr Yinnchiia don aitheasc-sin na n-allm?/rach. 
 Eirghit xd.xum a n-aeinf he^:/// chuca, etz> laech 7 oXcrczJi, co7ia.d he olc déidh- 
 eanack dorónsat friu a n-gilladha do mharb^^^f 7 a longa do losaid 7 earn 
 dia ceannaibh 7 dumha dia n-eduighibh ; co7ia.dh. 2ss\\aidh sin rodhiehuir 2980 
 Yinnchua na dib^rcaigh. Dobi?rur a hxcth fein d'Finnch//(2.T. Dun Dubchomair 
 Qusxid, secht ndolaidhib bat^r fris, 7 corn lámha righ con2, thimthacht do or 
 d^rg, 7 a thabairt sin dó g^c-^a sech\,mad hMadne o righ Mide. Gealltar sin 
 uili d'Finnch//<i:, 7 ceileabraidh do clannaibh. Neill iarsin, 7 facbhaidh 
 hennackta.m acu, 7 tic [fo. 27. b. 2] dia árus féin iardain. Con^d hisin 2985 
 fóiridhin Fhinnch?^^ ar clann^^'M Neill 7 ar fheruibh Midhe, 7 cain uatha 
 som d'fhir a inaidh da eis cu brath. 
 
 Yossiigid YinncJma 'na in^^d fein fria ré cian. 
 
 ^ MS. ?iZaid, 2 jyjs. curomhebhatar. 
 
 N 
 
90 BETH A FINNCHUA. 
 
 IS ann sin doéin^ cogi^d ior Laighnibh fn'a linn Finnch^/^. Sen-Nuada 
 
 2990 Eici^i* fa ri Laig^;^ intansin. Ba,tar da bainchele ocon righ-sin .1. Aife 
 in^'en Rosa Failge 7 Anmet inghen Colmain meic Cnmhthain do Huibh 
 Cennsclai^; et a;2;/sa lasin righ issi inas in bhanFhailg^c^, 7 ba torr^c// sein 
 uadh. Cuinghidh in ben Chennselach in toirrchius bai ocon mhnai Failghigh 
 do tshairt ar comus di. Gia rogheall in ri disi sin ni rocomuill. Cuiridh 
 
 2995 in ri iis focleith a/j-an mban-Fhailgí!^/^, 7 atb^rt irisi dhul isin Mumain siar 
 ar comairce Fhinnch?/í2 Shlebhe Cua, uair comairce mis 7 raithi 7 hliadne 
 aicesein sech gack noebh ^ aili da gac/i duine dar sa,rugt^d hhier viEirenn^ 
 áir ni lamhdais sloigh náit sochaide, curaidh nait cathmih'í/ ni do Finnch^<3: 
 ar mhét a aicnidh, 7 ar sseire a cheiniuil, 7 ar mét a bhrotha 7 a bhrighe. 
 
 3000 Luidh ia.mm an inghin (or set i crich Muman, triar ier 7 nonhha.v ban cona 
 cairpthib leo, cu roi:>^/atar iSLttur Maighi Maistertha, cu romhem^i^h ^ f^rtais 
 ca.Ypatt na hinghine, cona.dh. Áth in Carpai^ ainm inn atha osin ille. Ur- 
 dhaingnight^r in ca.rpat re hedh, 7 scail/<^ doridisi 7 leathnaig/</, cona.dh. ass 
 rohainmnig^d Druim Leathan 7 Ceall Droma aniu. Gabsí3:/t iarsin idhain 
 
 3005 diana an in^-m, et faillsigt^r esein do Finnc/iua 7 sé ica fhothracadh a 
 n-dab^?^h uaruisci .1. ben righ 'Ldiigen do i\\Q.cht chuige ar chomairci. Et 
 asb^rar uadha fria gan iecktdi asan inadh a raibhe co r^/cadh a toirrches, áir 
 ni ghnáthaighdis mna nait bandala iQcht ar QcXais Yinnchtia intansin. 
 Bmdh \ngew maz mochtrath aramár^c-^ 7 her^x uaithi he dia bhaisd/<a^ co 
 
 lo\oYÍ7inchua. Baisdt^;' iarsin an maz 7 doherd^x 'Findtan' fair .1. Finntan 
 mac Sen-Nuadha Eices meic Breasail Bnc, meic Fiachach Foibric. Oilt^r 
 in maz oc Yinnchzca, 7 doheir a chich des do, cu rofhas bainne innti, 7 
 fogarthar damhr^<^ im theacht 'na tir fein. Dobhi bisech [fo. 28. a. 1] ar an 
 mac sin ndc/i biadh oca mh^V^i^^r fesin dia mbeitis noenb^^r banaltrann fai. 
 
 3015 Fortamhlaighidh iarsin in coc^d thair for Laighnibh o Chennsealach mac 
 Dunlaing meic Dunadhaigh, o raitt^r Húi Cennsealaig, Tecait iarsin a ses 
 gradha co Sen-Nuadha Eiceas da fhis cidh dogendais risin coc<2d-sin, ár ba 
 senóir in drai ann. Asb^rt in ri : * Ata cathaighi conghdihich. i cinn Shlebhi 
 Cua .1. Findchua o Bri Ghobhann, 7 itá mac damhsa aigi, 7 ticfaidh am 
 
 3020 shocraiti ire bháidh doigh am inmhain leis alios mo meic, 7 eirgedh dilrechus 
 CO vi^Vihur eces lais aracenn, ár itá do mhét a naire na tibhre éra ior an aes 
 dana.' 'Lotar na filid (ora, sét cu ro^r-^/atar i comfhoc^j baile Yinnchua .1, 
 cusdXL abuind fria cill anair. Faillsigt^r sin do Yinnchua 7 se i ndabhuigh 
 ^ MS. noemh. 2 ^5. curomheb^í/ízh. ' MS. arabárach. 
 
BETH A FINNCHUA. 
 
 91 
 
 uaruíscí, 7 luidh g?/i"an ses dana na tistais cuigi co tairsedh dhosomh a 
 íhoúivtiaid, Fergaighit na ivXid frissium uimi sin, 7 frrgaighidh-som fnsna 3025 
 fúeduihh.. Connd, álegtir aes dana do thear/^^a taran abhuinn anóir ais'm mbaile 
 o sin cen ceadug^^^^, et is dimbuaidh doibh da nd?^cat, iTi'/zadh Sruth na n-Eces 
 ainm na habhunn o sin ille. Coimé, á\cg7ir do righ Laighean te^/^/aire ^\ed 
 do ctcr uadh osin ille, 7 is dimbuaid dia cuire. Doroich tra in t-a:s dana co 
 Vmnchua aithle a f hothn/zcthi, et asb^rut fris : ' Ardochendsa tancamar-ne 3030 
 o righ Laig^;/,' ar siat, ' co n-dighiss dia fhoiridhin don coCi^d fuil fair.' 
 * Rag^t-sa fris sin,' ar Yinnchua^ ' cen imrisain, 7 nidham lease uime.' Luidh 
 Yiniichua cumoch arnamhár^c/í ina dhirim cleir^c//, 7 vaaz righ l^a'igcn lais, 
 7 in t-3es dana, cu rang<?tar c?/j'an righ cu dun uas Berbha. Firthar failti 
 fna Yinnchna^ et tairisis m^;^ma in righ fria m<?c, 7 fa buidheach don lesug?/<^ 3035 
 t//cadh fair. Dogniti'r a freastal comaith. Asbi'rt Yinnclma frisin righ 
 comha shidha do bhreith uadh do Chennsealach, 7 muna gab<7d cath 
 d'fhuacra fair. Ge rucadh coma shidha gu Cennsilach nir' ghabh nach ni 
 achtá\m OS Be7^h3. dh'arg;//;? aramhár<3:c/^^ Gahats ierg 7 fuasn<2d an clercc/i 
 dhe sin, 7 dobadh f hearr lais cu faghbhadh cath in uair-sin. Coraight^fr 3040 
 Í3.rupi a chath la cec/i^ar dhe, cur' bat comdlúthta, [fo. 28. a. 2] comharda iat. 
 Teit Finnchz/<i: i tus in chatha, 7 roeirz^ a barann 7 a bhorrf<^d, 7 rolin^/j-tar 
 to^m danatais a criche 7 a cheiniuil 'mon am-sin, et roghabh a cosa 7 a lamha 
 7 a suili (or slogh Ceindseal^j;*^, cu nar' thualuing n-imghona iat anag^'z^ a 
 námhut. Tic iarsin tonn diadh<?i-/^/a co Yinnchua, 7 asbrrt friu gialla 7 3045 
 aidide do tahazrt do righ 'Laigai, 7 nir'fhaemhsat inni sin eit/r. Adra<:/^/atar 
 Laigin a n-oeinfer/;/ lasin clcrcc/i isin cath, et asbi:';'t Yinnchua : ' Na .b. so, a 
 Laighne, nom-lenaidh-si,' et xcMqjia. Rocuirr<^ iarsin in cath gan choicill, 7 
 nir'fagbhudh m^c righ 'na shesamh ann acJu Cennseakí:/í a oenar, et t?^cadh 
 .L. m^c righ dhibh co dun os Berbha, <:(?;/adh Dinn Righ ainm an maid sin 3050 
 osin ille. O rahaincedh CennsiW// roedhbair dilsi a clainne 7 a ceiniuil 7 
 a iardaighi^ do Yinnchua, 7 ced da gach chrudh gachdi scchtmaá hXiadne do 
 fein 7 d'fir a maid o righ Laig^?;/ 7 o Huibh Cennsilí^z^ dog;rs. Facbhuidh 
 Yinnchua buadha ^ do righ h^lgcn 7 do righ Ua Cennsilaig .1. gemis ina 
 righnuibh 7 ana mnaibh, 7 naire 'na n-'mgcjtaib, 7 firinde 'na bf^ruibh. 3055 
 
 Cuinghes ri hcLigcn (or Yinnchua Finntan a m^c d'facb^// aigi ina cnch 
 fesin, et ceduighi;/^ YinncJiua do sin, 7 t//c hennach/ dia dhalta, et dob^rt a 
 dhalta i fosug?/^ ann, 7 dob^rrt a rogha dia dhalta in loechdacht no an 
 
 1 MS. arabharach. 2 jyjg jardraidhi. ^ j^IS. buagha. 
 
 N % 
 
92, 
 
 BETH A FINNCHUA. 
 
 oXúxóx^cht^ et rue in dalta do roghain in cleirche^^/, et áohert íera,nn áó 
 
 3060 iarsin .1. Cluain Irarrois frisa n-apar Cluain Eidhnech inni'u, et cumthar trian 
 cuarta in baili-sin d'Finnch^/^ dogres. 
 
 Con^d iat sin gnimartha 7 ferta F'mnchtia i Laighn/^, 7 doroich iarsin 
 CO adhbhi? fein i M?/main. 
 
 IS é ba ri for \]\\taib intan sin, Eoch/^ Croibhd^rg mac Scannlain vs\eic 
 
 3065 Dun^daigh, et ba hi a baincelejMoinginn mgen Daire vneic ¥\nnchaid á'íeruihh 
 Mumhan ; et nir'ghabh oa ier gan ttcht a Mwmain do cosnumh righi dia 
 m^cuibh .1. Cas 7 Cian 7 Cingid, 7 gabh^/^h in ri do laim sin. Foillsight^r 
 d'Finnch?/<a; inni sin .1. aslach Diab?//7 do isbairt da mnai for righ \]\ad um 
 XhoiáhQcht i cenn catha i Mumhain cen fhotha. Et gabais ceim condXhdiis 
 
 3070 Finnch^/i? annsin uma c?^ich fein gtircmr fesa inag^/<^h [fo. 28. b. i] righ 
 JJladh, uair nir'ail do a mharb^^ i crich Mhuman fria linn, 7 dia tis^d tara 
 sharug^í^ cu fuighbhedh bas 7 aidhedh ^ anabuidh. Ta,ncatar arai sin 
 Ulaid tna gresac/it na mna cu riachtadar Mairtine Mor Muman gan ^iriugud 
 do righ Muman, cor'ghabsat sos^d 7 longphort a n-Ard na Righraidi frisi 
 
 3075 n-apar Cnoc Samna iniu. IS ann immorro dobi Cathal maz -^dha Flaind 
 Catrach ri lAuman 7 Mum?/ mgen Fiacrach a baincele a nDun Eochair- 
 mhaighi^ intansin, 7 atciat ar n-eirghi doibh na samhlacha i Cnuc na 
 E.ighr<3;2di riu anes .1. na m^rgedha ana etarbhuasi?c/^a 7 na pupla do breac- 
 sroU righda isin tulaig 'arna tocbhail. 'Lotar fesa o righ yiuman dus cia 
 
 3080 robhai isin twlaig, ' Ri Ulad, ar siat, ' 7 Moingf hinn mgen Daire ic iarr^^ 
 righi Muman dia m<2cuibh.' O rahindised do righ Mwman sin atb^rat a 
 chomhairh^ 7 maiti M^man : ' Tiaghar uainn arcenn in chath^^^e mharbh- 
 thaigh-sea rind anes .1. Ymnchua Bri Gobann^M^Xr dogheall damsa geb e 
 tan nobheth éic^;^ catha iorm co ticf<^d a cenn catha learn dom chabhair 7 
 
 3085 in Cennchathach lais .1. a bhachall fesin.' Lot<^r na fesa gu Yinnchua .1. 
 Ger 7 Tualaing 7 Tursc^/r, tri ghille in righ, 7 adfiadhat dó ri \}\ad do 
 tiachtain tara sharug?/^-sumh isin M.\i\\main. Gluaisis Finnch/^í^ andsin ana 
 shomhulrith charpuit, 7 a bhachall 'na laimh, gan airisium ria cleirchibh 
 idir, cu riacht Dun Eochair Maighi^, baile a raibhi Cathal mac ^dha. 
 
 3090 Ferthar failti fris on rlghraid. Asb^rt in ri annsin fria Yinnchua dul do 
 tabairt comhadh do IJlUaid, 7 o nar' thoich do righi Mum^;^ nac/i fuighbhedh 
 hi. Luid in cXérech fnssin, 7 dob^rt Moingfhinn aithne fair uaithe, et atb^rt 
 
 1 MS. aighedh. 
 
 2 MS. maidhi. 
 
BETH A FINNCHUA. 
 
 93 
 
 fna m^cuib deahaidk logaissi (.i.bregi) do dhenamh ardaigh co tis^d in clereck 
 dia n-^/rain, 7 cu romharbdais a meic-si he, uair dob egal leo in clerec/i do 
 bhris^í/ chatha iorro, 7 dia marbhtha-som robo bee brigh Muimnech leo. O 3095 
 dhorocht Yinnchua cusan longphort rofhiafr<2?^: ' Cia dQahaidh sut dociam^ ?' 
 ar se. 'Mo meic-si sut,' ar Mo;/^inn, [fo. 28. b. 2] 'oc deshmd/i um righi 
 Mumau, 7 eirg-si dia n-etrain.' ' Ni thó emh,' ar Yiniichiia, ' áir bat sidhaigh 
 meic Momgimie.' Ni rofoemh<2<^ tra o Finnchua in comha frissa n-dtchaid 
 CO righ JJlad, et geibhidh ierg 7 fuasn^^d he, 7 tic co righ Mumaf^, 7 atfet 3100 
 na rogabhudh comha uadh et/r. 'DENUlDii,'arFz;/;/i:/^?^<7,'cippe^ comdhaingen 
 catha dhibh o doro^///abair oenmhaig///.' Teit iavinn Yinnchtia i tús in 
 chatha-sin, 7 in Cenncatach ina laimh .1. a bachi?//, 7 tcnnaidh in comhairle 
 7 nertaidh in cath, 7 tic fotri deisiul in t-sluaigh, 7 a bhach^-// 'na láimh, 7 
 cia rocuindigh in ri in bach^z'// 'na láimh ni tard YinncJma dho. Cum^zd 3105 
 air fesin nobeth maisi in catha do hr\sed\\ daraeisi. INnlit \5\aid iat fein 
 anaghaid Muimhn^c// annsin, 7 gabhuit a n-arma irghaili. Robhúirset 7 
 robeicset a.mal damhu damhghaire, 7 tiagii;/t a mul[l]ach an cnuic. Saigh- 
 idh in d&eck in fán tarrsa, 7 leicidh in cnoc doibsium. Cromsazt \]\aid co 
 dic/'a do cur in catha. O'tconnaic YinncJuia sin tarr<7/<f iat fon suidír^/^</-sin, 3"o 
 conar'leic eirghi dhoibh sech a ngluinib suas etzr, 7 moidhzV/ an cath fi?rro 
 anag^z^ an aird. Cor'fhacuibh Yinnchua do Muimhnech^z^ maidm rempa 
 m'd.gaid in aird o sin amach cobráth ^ anag<?/<^ allm?/rach, 7 gach sloigh ar- 
 cena, 7 iss ed chomalltar iarfir. Dorochuir ri ViXad 7 a shetig Moingfhinn 
 con2. trl m^cuibh leo isin cath-sin, co fiiilet a bhf^rta 7 a lighi isin tuk?^ 3"5 
 daneisi. 
 
 Tecait a tri dalt^da co Yhmchiia iarsin .1. Coimde 7 Conmhach 7 
 craidh, 7 dob^rat a lamha ior a gu3.\am7i, 7 atb^rts^t fris : 'As dith fine, as 
 {orbs, fás, as sechna thire 7 talm^^:;/ duit a n-doronais aniu, 7 inni rob ail d///t 
 do dhenamh .1. do bhraithbheimenna do bei;^ ior \]\\iaib! Tair;/is iarsin 3120 
 m^/^mha in cLrigh 7 tairisid a aicnr<^, 7 ainicer in tsluaigh, co ;/dechatar da 
 einech imlan uadha. IMpoidh iarsin co f^ruibh Mum<^;/ co tarlad?/r dho 
 arachinn i crolighi .1. Cairthenn Finn 7 Cairthenn Donn, 7 sccht meic 
 F<?rannain de Huibh Cassin, 7 Ferm^zc 7 Ifernan, 7 aitchit in cXcTech uma 
 chabhuir, [fo. 29. a. i] 7 dob^rat a hhreith fein do. IMpoidh iariim 3125 
 Y\r\dc\\2ia friu, 7 bennachais iat, 7 slánaighidh triana fheartuibh 7 adhamh- 
 raibh cor'bhat slai;^crechtaigh diaeis, et ovdaighit sein a cuarta dho .1. .L. 
 
 * Interlined. 2 jvis. cispe. ^ MS. cobrach. 
 
94 
 
 BET HA FINNCHUA, 
 
 ech allmardha a Huibh Toirr(<^^/)b^/gh 7 .L. corn buabhaill a Huib Caisi;^ 
 7 .L. sitheal SLÍrcáidi o mhaithibh Dail Cais. Doroich iarsin Yimichua cosin 
 
 3130 righ, 7 dob^rur a bhr^//^ féin do .1. bo cech lis on Ardchnoc .1. Cnocc 
 Brenuinn, co Dairinis ic Imlmch, 7 bo bhithblicht do clerec/i a bhachla cech 
 tan bérthar i ceann catha hi, 7 coimeirghe re bhfear a inaidh dogres 0 righ 
 Muman. Facbhais Findch?/*^ hennac/itam ocon nghmidj oc f<?ruibh Mumi?;;^, 
 7 tic roime dia adbha fesin iar mbuaidh bhfert 7 mirhmle. 
 
 3135 EiRGHEAS iarsin cogad allm^/rach i coicedh Connac/it re linn Fhinnch^^. 
 Tomalti^c/^ m<^i: M^^/redhaigh ba ri ConnacAi intansin. A n-indmh?/j-a immorro 
 nob^rtis allmharia:^^ iiatha gadia. hliadne tar muir sair, gur f hacuibhset gorta 
 7 t^rce bidh isin coiceadh. Lotar fesa o Thomaltííc/^ co Yinnzhua cu ro- 
 dhingb^d ^ na hdXimuraig dhe 7 a hxeth fesin do. Luidh Yinnchua lasna 
 
 3140 te<;/i/aibh gu Cruachain Maigi hÁi. Bat^/r failtigh Conwachtd, xo\\xie. Batar 
 áono na hsXlmtiraig i bhfosadhlar longp/^2>t ina hhiarrad i Cuil Fedha2,fHsi 
 n-abar Cul Cnamrois inniu. ' Cidh as ail duibh friu sut?' ar Yinnchua, 
 ' Cath do thabhairt doibh/ ar Connachtdi, ' Dingebhut-sa in cath/ ar Yinn- 
 chua^ ' darcenn mu riara.' Geallait ConnachtdL a hreitk fein dosum. Teit 
 
 3145 Yinnchua leo a ceann in catha 7 adci na hallmur^^^h uadha. Geibhidh 
 iarum teasbi^c/^ d^rmhair na h-d^muraig annsin tria z\xvciacht2C\\:i\\ an cleir^^ 
 a medhon a longphuirt dona sonnuibh isirnaidihh batur i timcheall an long- 
 phuirt imacuairt,rí?;íná frith dibh aramharach^ acht a cnama7a taisi a m^<^on 
 a longpuirt, 7 frasa dia n-armaib 'na bhfarr^^: Cí77/adh Cuil Cnamhrois ainm 
 
 3150 ann inazd o sin ille. Tairisnighit Conxvachtd, iarsin [fo. 29. a. 2] a mhirb^^i/ibh 
 an cleir^^, 7 ord<3:^^hit a cana 7 a cuarta dho, 7 ech g<i:c/^ degduine 7 screabal 
 gach 3e;mduine 7 erradh righ Connacht o mhull^<:/^ co lar g^c//a hlldJ^ie dho. 
 Facbhais YinncJma iarsin hiiaid catha la righ Connacht, 7 huaid ngnima 7 
 htmid marcachuis, 7 nach gebhadh nert allmhar<^c/i cnch Conn3,cht cu brath 
 
 3155 daeisi, co7zud he sin fotha Finnch^^í^ a Conn^^^r/z/aibh tria bhithu. Ceilibrazd 
 Yinnchua do Connachtaib iarsin, 7 tic coa mennat fesin i F^raibh Muighi. 
 
 AS e ba ri C'mrraige intansin, Mothla mac Floinn meic JEnghusa. Bai 
 mac brathar aigisein .1. Ciar Cuircheach o raidht^r Ciarraigl Cuircheach, 
 Ocus asb^rtadar comalt^^da in righ marhad an meic-sin a bhrathrt;r cuna^rh 
 
 3160 tis^d fris, et ccáaigitis in ri a mharhad amuich intan nobhiadh oc seilg. 
 Acht ni rosiacht leo gia rog<^bs<3:t dolaimh. Atfiadhar sin don righ, 7 dob^rar 
 linn somheasctha soola gusan ngilla.i.Ciar Cuircheach, gur' cuir^d 'na chodk^ 
 1 MS. curodhingmad. 2 mS. Fegha. ^ MS. arabharach. 
 
BETH A FINNCHUA. 
 
 95 
 
 hé, 7 docuiredh a curac/i aenshluaisti for muir, 7 seolatd gaeth é gu hinis 
 Fuamnaighi, bhaile i raibhe Maghor Dubloingsrc// do allmharchaibh. Gabhar 
 aigisein Ciar Cuircheach isin chun/c/^ 7 innisidh a imthusa do Mhagar, 7 3165 
 ainicis Magar hé o'tcuala a scela, 7 ise luach anacuil rochuinnz^ fair .1. eolus 
 cns2in cHch asa tainic cu roairgeadh hi, ar ni bhidh arbhur na treabhad aige 
 'na innsibh eidir. hotar ian/w i Cianai^^l fria re tri bhfaghmhar, gu rucsat 
 a harbhur eisdi ana mbarcaibh iarna crech^^f, co rofhas gorta mor a Ciarr^zz^e 
 uili dhesin. Asb^rt Mothla mac Flainn: ' Eircti??- uainn arccnn ar mbráthar 3170 
 bun^dchineoil .1. Finnch?/^ Slcdi Cua, cu ros-foire sinne am^z'/ fhoires each.' 
 Teacat na teMa. aniar co Yinnchna^ 7 atfiadhat do a tosca. LuiD Finnchua 
 i Ciarrrt;i!*^i iarsin d'fóiridhin a bunadcheiniuil, et ba si sin ad^/g ^ thangatar 
 na dib^rcaigh isin tir, 7 gabhsat a bhFindtracht Cind Maghair. Fiafraigidh 
 in ri d'Finnchua, cidh dogenduis friu [fo. 29. b. i]. Fiafraigidh Yvinc/uia Z'i'jh 
 don righ cia hole doghnitis g<2c//a hliadne isin tir? ' Ni fhaebait,' ar in ri, 
 ' a bee do a.rhur isin crich dianeis.' ' Leag?^r scaik<^ dhoib/ ar YinncJiua^ ' cu 
 roghabhat a n-oir^'da fi^rru, 7 tecam-ne isin traigh taraneis, 7 is ced Hmsa ga;^ 
 ar bhf^/csin doibh cu tisat chucainn 'nareenn.' Nir'bó cian laxtim gu 
 hhiaca.tnr cuca iat isin traigh, 7 a n-oiri?da f?/rm^da forra. Roeirigh iimnorro 3180 
 a bharann 7 a bhorrfizd in cleir/^, anií^z/ lanna d^rglasrach no amail thoichim 
 tuindi fria tir. Ba he tricee 7 tindisnz^i dothoet YinncJiua a cath a brathar 
 in lá-sin tre bhaidh cur'bho meidight/r airdigt/r fria seol primhluingi uas 
 fhethfhairrgi ferta 7 OJiVaacJUa De tre ghuidhi in na^ibh'"^ inag^zV/ na n-all- 
 mursich. in la-sin, cu roeirg^tar tonna E'lrniu fris. Roghabh tra scemhdhí2:<:/^/ 3185 
 7 leadarthaighi cho;^ he ina gaiscedh in la-sin. Gengu bctis la^ich ag c?/r in 
 chatha ac/ii esiumh a a^nur is roime nomhoidhfi'/h, áir is cuma notheasc<?d 
 da arm 7 da f hiaclaibh na hsWrmirc/iiL Conadh de rolil YmncJni de .1. amail 
 choin in la-sin he. Et t?/csat in sluagh C\a.rraig/icc/i a n-aigti uili re hagh^ 7 
 re gaisc^^ intansin, cu ná terna dona halImharchrt:/<^ cen ghahazhio cin marb^<^ 319° 
 ac/ii Ciar Cuircheach a aenar. Et is he YinncJma roainic esein. Rocommai- 
 ÓSxedaví gnímh-sin acu iarsin,7romóraid ier\.dJD^i YinncJma cuna g^bann nert 
 aXXmnradi gana duth^z^ budhein innti acht gu Q.\x\mxicdar Finnchú oc tabairt 
 in catha 7 a thabhuirt a n-ainm Dhé 7 YinncJma 7 a chana dh'fir a maid, daeis. 
 
 ASp^rt in ri fris : ' Beir do hveitJi, a cltirig, 7 ben do beim cisa orainn 3195 
 infechtsa, uair bidh manuigh dhilsi d?^/tsi 7 d'fir h'inaidh inne dogres.' 'As i 
 mo hveiJiy ar VijtncJma : ' miach bracha gacJia, baile dhamh, cona, furrthain do 
 
 ^ MS. 2LQazd. 2 ghuighi innseim. ^ MS. hadh. 
 
96 
 
 BETH A FINNCHUA. 
 
 bhiudh cacha hlia.dne.^ Rochinnset-som cu tibritis. ASp^rt {d^nim in ri 
 nack fuighbhedh Ciar Cuwcheck failti oca 7 nocheaduighfed d'Finnch^/<^ a 
 
 32oobhreith laiss. [fo. b. 2] LuiDH \dimm Ciar Cuircheach la Y'mnohua 
 .XXX. I. a bhfuair dia chairdibh 7 dia choiceilz<5 isin tir. CEILEabhrais Yinnchua 
 iarsin don righ 7 don righraidh, 7 {achats benn^^/2/ain acu, 7 teit goa aras 
 fesin. Et cuiris Ciar a Ciarr^^^i Cukceck, condiáh. uadh rosloinn^^. Et áligid 
 Yinnchua gac/ia. hlisLdne .xxx. tore o Ciarr^^^i Cuir^-^i:/^. 
 
 3205 Teacait iarsin re linn Yimtchua clanna Neill in tuaiscirt do ghabail 
 righi Mumí7:7í,uair atcualatí^r in tir ina folmaisi 7 L^/hMogha 'ar hhfsLgazl leoin 
 ima righuibh 7 ima codhn<2c/Aiibh, 7 gan righ diles orra. Gabhait idimm 
 longp^rt oc Loch Sighleann i n-Gurt Clainni Neill aniu, 7 nir'bac^d dibh, 
 uair nir'bhe airdri ior Mumain intansin ac/tt comard oirrig. Docuad^;' 
 
 3210 immorro Muimn^^ a muinighin a noeb ^ um coscur Clainni Neill do breith, 
 uair ni rabhat?^r cuing/d chatha acu 'na?2ag^/^. Dobhi tra mac righ acu 
 intansin .1. Scannal mac righ Ua-Cairbre. Erlamh airmhitn^c/2 do shil 
 'EogaÍ7i esein, 7 adubairt gu ticfadh moirsheis^r naeb ^ do cur in chatha achl 
 gu mbeth aenlsech do clannaibh Yogain roime do m^c righ no rigdamna. 
 
 3215 Atcuas d'íí'ruibh Mnman cu raibhi ier calma don M\xmain .1. Cairbre Crom 
 mac Crimhthain t-Sreib ^ meic 'Ech.ach meic JEngtis^. meic Nat-fraeich, 7 fa 
 mac righ 7 righna, 7 fa hadhb^/r righ acht gu righdais tuatha 7 fine é, 7 
 rohinniseadh doibhsium a bheith ac seilg a ndroibheluibh 7 a bfasaighibh 7 
 a bhfheduibh* .1. ar mhucaibh 7 aigib^7 lot//r fesa uathaibh arachenn, 
 
 3220 7 adubratar fris nobherdais righi do ar údichtdÁn a cenn chat-^a leo. 
 Atb^rt-sum friu ná raghadh nogu iised in cathaighi calma bai i M.\\mam 
 lais, .1. Finnch^is: Slebi Cua. BersLV a fhis sin dona naebaibh^ út, 7 tecait 
 sein arceann Yinnchua gu maithibh M?/man leo da breith don chath. 
 ' Caidhi,' ol Yinnchua^ ' in lucht ros-gabh do láimh in cath. Ni nert leo it/r 
 
 3225 curabh aissi ica thahairt leo aroen fria Scannal. Dorummar-sa"^ ris,' ol 
 Yinnchua^ ' gidh lease learn ;' [fo. 30. a. i] et tainic leo cu riachtatar Loch 
 Silenn gu comthinol Muma7i. Et doria^ht Cairbre Crom chuca cona, 
 shochr^/te amatl rogheall intan adcualí^; Finnch^<a; do teckt ann, et adeonn- 
 ca.tur Clanna, Neill uatha ag eirghi gumoch isin matain ina longport ina 
 
 3230 mbroin adhbhail ildathaigh. Locuid fir Mhum^;^ in cath re gráin Clamni 
 Néill 7 ar imut a Isech 7 a trealaim, ac/it Yinnchua a aenar. Et comairlig^d 
 
 ^ MS. noem. 2 mS. naem. ^ cy|iei^ (the b in different ink). * MS. bhfeguibh. 
 ^ 7 aigib interlined in different ink. ^ MS. naemaibh. MS. Dorúm^warsa. 
 
BETH A FINNCHUA. 
 
 97 
 
 Yinnchua fir Wsmman, 7 adubairt vvazh leicfithe baile dia bf^runn doibh 
 darned loc^d leo. Doraidhs^t fir yiwman : ' Atait Claitiidi 'Nezll ar tri 
 coimlín-ne/ ASp^rt Yinnchtia a n-imarcraidh do shlaidhi ^ comtis coimlina, 
 et o robheitis coimhlin each do mharbhadh a fhir chomhl/;? iarsin. Cidh tra, 3245 
 regress 7 ron^rt Yinnchtia 7 Cairbri Crom fir Mhum<?;2 'cum an chatha, áir 
 ni raibhe Cairpre ara imghabíí//. Roaemsat fir Mumh<2;2 in cath tria naire ' 
 7 tria n^rtadh Yin7tchua 7 Cairbri. IS ann sin rochoraighset oXanndL Neill 
 iat fein 'cum an chatha, 7 tancatar a ndail fher Mum^z/^ cudian 7 cu- 
 d2isac/ita.ch. .1. doiri dia n-armaibh uasa cennuibh 7 leibheann da sciathaibh 3250 
 'na timceall. Eirghit Muimnz^ 'n3.na.gazd mmm 7 a naeib ^ leo, et ger'sat 
 liu do Clannaib ^éill vosizstmadh. in cath forra a nertuibh nrebh^ 7 curadh, 7 
 leantar in maidm, 7 dichenntar móran dibh, 7 tinoiltrr a cind a n-aeninadh, 
 7 dob^rur il-Loch S'úenn frisa n-ab^r Loch Cenn aníu^. Et righthar 
 Cairbri Crom m^c Crimhthain (or Mhum^/;/. Et aitchidh YinncJnia Dia 3255 
 um deilbh mhaith do thabi^/rt fair, uair ba scairbz^hi a dhenamh, 7 fuair 
 Yinnchua 6 Dhia a rogha dealbha dhó, conad Cairpr^ Caemh atbrrthea fris 
 iarsin iar n-aithearr^^jc^ crotha 7 d^tha. A Cill Cromghlaise rohaiW in 
 Cairpr^ sin ac Sceallan Chael, con<^d de rolean Cairpr^ Crom dhe, amail 
 
 asbert : ° 
 
 Fa direch o chinn go bonn 
 ge atb^rtea fris Gairpr<2 Crom : 
 as de ron-geibh ainm re ais 
 ara altramh a Cromglais. 
 
 Beannachaidh Yinnchua fir Mhum^;/ 7 ri Caisil annsin .1. Cairbre [fo. 30. 3265 
 a. 2] cona. shil, 7 dorinne in ri cadach fria Yinnchua do fein 7 da shil, 7 
 srsem^í3? catha ria cXainn Cairpre intan dobertais a n-ainm Dhe 7 Yinnchua, 
 no minn dia mhinnuibh oca ag dul a ndeab^zV/h, 7 bhidh leo a buaidh ; et 
 geallais Yinnchua nazh cuirfedh cath osin amach. Cinnit Muimnigh ima 
 righ cana Yinnchua iorxw .1. in cetlaegh 7 in c/Aian 7 in c//arc d'Finnch?^^ 3270 
 7 d'fir a inaidh o f^ruib Mum^;z, 7 coimhet a inaidh ar clannaibh Cairpre 
 dogr^s. Et almsa as cech sroin o F^ruib Muighi d'fir a inaidh, 7 a ghuidhi 
 sium dhoibsium in dam eicne, 7 guidhf^d ^-sium Dia um shlicht Coirpr/ 7 
 Chathail d'foirithin iar bhfir. 
 
 Teit Yinnchua iarsin dia mhennat fesin; 7 teitt iarsin do Roim, uair rob 3275 
 ahhrech leis na catha dochuir 7 na gnimha doroine ar connailbhe 7 ar 
 bhaidh brathairsi. Ocus rochan na runna-so sis : 
 
 ^ MS. animarcraigh doshlaighi. ^ MS. naeim. ^ MS. naemh. * MS, ghuighi. ^ MS. guighf^d. 
 
 O 
 
98 
 
 BETH A FINNCHUA, 
 
 Seacht catha rochuires-sa, 
 as me Yinnchua cin meabhuil, 
 
 0 chath Duine Dubhchomair 
 
 3280 gu cath Finntraicht Cinn Maghair. 
 
 Cath i Temhr<2i^ thuci^>y-sa, 
 cath i Laign/í^ lem crahhad, 
 cath a Mumazn mhedhonaigh 
 dorad//j he cen gabhadh. 
 
 3285 Cath Locha cenn comrsLmhach 
 
 ar clannuibh Neill cin mheabhail, 
 cath Cruachna Ai ollbladh^ii:^ 
 as romamsa ronihesLxnaidk^. 
 
 Mu thachar fria Mmmhneckazd 
 3290 le mac ^dha lem fhertuibh, 
 
 mu chatha re cmmnechaib 
 coir a n-airimh 'na sechtuibh. 
 
 Co Roim Letha mh'ailitre 
 ior sWgid Poil is Veiair, 
 
 1 mainistir Bronaidi^ 
 rom-airm/dt^r 'na sectaibh. 
 
 3295 
 
 Considh iat sin gnimhradha 7 gdnemam Yiniichua 7 a chatha 7 a conghala 
 7 a thur/zi^a o dolabuir a mbroinn a mh^V/^^r nogu ndechatd do Roim 
 Letha, cu raibhi fna re mh\í3.dne innti oc aithrighi, d^mail roscribh fesin i 
 3300 leabhur Mainistreach Baidhi meic 'Brorvaig. 
 
 In hrsLihazr oBuag^c>^ain roscribh an B^/ha-so as[in] \eahhur Main^i*- 
 tUQ,h 'Qaidhú 
 
 Finit re Fionnchua 
 
 ' MS. romheabaidh. ^ .i. Buidi meic B^onaigh. ^ In lower margin, in a recent hand. 
 
[fo. 30. b. 1.] 
 
 Betha Brenainn mezc Fhinnb^/^a ^ 
 
 BEATUS UIR QC/I TIMET DOM/N[/M, IN MANDATIS EIOT" uolet nimis 3305 
 IS fechtn^iC/^ 7 as firén foirbhthe in fer íorsa, mbi ecla 7 ímuamí';^ an 
 Colmded cumac/ifSLigh. 7 accobhras codrrmhair timna 7 iorcea.ta\ De do 
 comaWad, amatl luaitt^r i canoin petarlaice 7 nufhiad;«Vji in t-aithi?^jc-so. 
 
 Sochaidhi tra do uasalaithribh 7 d'faidibh 7 d'aps[t]ak/<5 7 do 
 deiscipW^ in Choimdh^<7^, frisi ndebhradh i petarlaic 7 i nuif hiad;//i-j-i 3310 
 in t-aitheasc-sa .1. a bheith fechtnízc^ firen fi'rbhthe f(?rasta ar accobi^r 7 ar 
 ailgi?^^ leo na timna 7 in fi?rcetuil diadha do comhcLllad, 7 ar imecla in 
 Coimded/t cofoirbhthe 'na cridibh 7 'na m<:/^mannaibh cen scrutain aili ac/it 
 mad sin [namá]. 
 
 Aoen isLYtmi donluct-sin [.i. na findbethad fechtnaigi sein] in nuifhiad- 3315 
 nissi, inti diata^ lith 7 íorsLÍthmet ind ecmong na ree-sea 7 na haims/ri .1. 
 hi .uii. kl. luin .1. Brenainn mac Finnlogha do shlicht Ceir meic Fhergh?/ja. 
 Ceann creitme 7 c/'abhaidh ermhoir in domum uili inti noeb*-Brenainn .1. 
 amail Abraham n-iris^c/^. Sailmchetl<3:/<^ primhf hathacdai a.mail Daibith m^c 
 lese. Ecnaid derrscaight^c// 3.matl Shohnam mac viDaibid. Re^r/^/aidhi 3320 
 amail Mhoysi m^c Amhra. Tintodhach tidhnaict^c// a.mail Cirine fáidh. 
 Intliuchtach amhra a,matl Aguistin. Morleighnidh primhcoitcheann amaA 
 Origin. Ogh [he] a.mail Eoin bruinnedalta^ in Coimdhi?^/. Soiscelazg//ie a.matl 
 Matha. FoircetW^ d^mail Pol. [Primapstal dilguda am^^/ZPetar n-ardespal. 
 Ond] ditreabhuch amail Eoin baitsi. Trachtaire a.mail Grigoir Roma. 3325 
 Techtaire treabar mara 7 tire amail Noei m^c l^SLimcc/i. Uair amail 
 rothocaibh Naei in n-airc uas tonnghor na dWenn ind airdi, as amlaid sin 
 toicebi^j- VtYQ^nainn a mhancha 7 a mhuinnt^ra [fo. 30. a. 2] a n-airdi uas 
 iomid bhrátha, cuna ria dé na ceo na crithir iat t?'e cumh^i-///aibh 7 
 C3encrab?/<^ 'Brenainn meic Finnlogha. 3330 
 
 A n-aimsz> immorro Mxigtisa meic Nat-fraeich righ Mum<3:;/, is ann 
 rogenair inti noebh^-Breni?/;^;^. Do Chiarraigi Luacra dhó .1. do Alltraigi 
 Caille doshainnr^í/. 
 
 * In this Life the words and letters in brackets are taken from the copy in the Paris MS. 
 Celt, et B. I, p. 2 pg^ j^xi. i. ' MS. dia ata. * MS. noem. 
 
 ^ MS. .bru.dalta. MS. noemh. ^ MS. chiarraidi. 
 
 O 2, 
 
lOO 
 
 BETH A BR EN A INN. 
 
 BÁ fer saer socheneoil craihhdec/z 'mseck a athair in meic-sin .i. 
 
 3335 Findlogh. IS amhlaid [dsi7io] hdXur in lanamhain sin, i smact 7 i coibk^i 
 dlighthigh fo ridigail espuzc Eire. Atconnaic [da.no] mdthair Brenainn aislmg-l 
 resiu rogenair Brenamn .1. Ian a hochta dh'ór glan do hheiái aice 7 a ciche 
 do taitnemh Simail t-snec/ita,. lAr n-indisi na ha,{s\m£Í d'espoc Eire adubairt 
 gu n-geinf^/h uaithi gein ehumhi?<:/^/aeh bhudh lán do rath in Sp/rta Noidk 
 
 3340 .1. Brcnainn. 
 
 ARAILI fer saidhbhir bai i n-aitreibh eofada 0 ^ taigh Finnb^/^a, Airdi 
 mac ¥idh.aig a ainm. Tainie primhfhaidh na h.'Eirenn intansin eo teeh [in] 
 Airrdhe meic Yidhaig .1. Beg mae Dé [heside]. Rofiafraigh Airrdhe do 
 Bee : * Cid ni is nesa dun innosa ? ' Adubairt Bee : ' Geinfidh do ri dilis 
 
 3345 dingbhala fein eadrat 7 muir inoeht, 7 bidh soehaidhi do righaibh 7 do 
 ruir^e>^aibh dldh&orus he, 7 hmis leis doeum nime. ISinn adh^^^h-sin^ 
 gene Brcnamn rues<^t tricha bo tricha laegh ag Airrdhe maz Yidi^^aig. 
 lArsin roéirig [eomo<;>^ arnabaraeh] Airdhi {mac Fidaig], 7 boi oe iarr^^^ in 
 toighi a rucí3:d in maz beag, 7 fuair tech Findb^-^a, 7 in naidhiu ann, 7 
 
 3350 roshlecht coduthr^J^r/^^ach 'na f hiadhn//.yi, 7 ros-edbair in tricha loilg^c>^ cond, 
 laeghaibh dho, et ba si sin cedalmsa Brcnainn. Rogabh iarsin an hrugaid 
 in mac ana laim, 7 adubairt : ' Bidh dalta damsa in m<3;c-so tre bithu na 
 beth<a;<^,' ol se. 
 
 A n-Sidaig^ immorro ghene Brcnainn adconnaic espi'c Eire Allt/'aigi 
 3355 cailH fo senlasair d^rmhair dimail na aices riamh roime, 7 \Am\.irccht examuil 
 na n-aingiul i n-ed<3;2^hibh glegheala imon tir immacuairt. Eirghi^^i* esp<?ir 
 Eire gumoch aramharaeh * 7 tainie gu tech Finnlogha, 7 roghabh in mac ina 
 lainij 7 adubhairt fris; [fo. 31. a. i] ' A dhuine Dhé' .1. duine fhoigen^j do 
 Dhia,'gabh mhisi cueat am^a;// mhanach ndili^j; et eidh soch<3!/<^i isforbhfhaeik'^ 
 3360 friat ghein as {orhhiailtd mu cridi-si 7 mh'ainim,' ol espi?^: Eire. Iarsin 
 roshlecht 'na íh.ía.dhnusí 7 roehí eod^rmhair i eomurtha fhaeilti, 7 ron-baist 
 iarsin, 7 tugad Mobhi fair mar ainm art^^i" oa th^jtidhibh ^ [ut dixit poeta ; 
 
 Mobhi a ainm-sium artus 
 o thustidhib^, caomh a rus: 
 3365 m^caom sluagkach, sirthech, seng, 
 
 ba cob(3:zr d'feraib Erenn.] 
 
 lArsin [tra] rofherastar broen find .1. ciabhor fhinn [and], cu rolin in 
 
 ^ MS. oc. 2 sighazahsin. ^ agaid. * MS. arabarach. ^ MS. thustighibh. 
 
BETH A BR EN A INN. 
 
 lOI 
 
 fhianann uili. As de sin bha Broenfinn a ainm-sium. Finn immorro 
 doradh fns, ar ba find o churp 7 o anmain [ut dixit : 
 
 Braonfind a ainm-sium iarsin ^^70 
 o cz^rp ocics o anmain 
 on braon sin fuair slain 
 o epscop Eire a aon rain.] 
 
 IS ann sin roscennset tri miiilt corcra asin top?/r iiac[ha] \i2\stigi 
 
 "BrQuamn [ut : 3375 
 Tri muilt corcra, suairc in tred, 
 fiachíí baistigh Bre^iamn beg, 
 rosgeinnset, ba caom an cor, 
 asin topwr an aonor.] 
 
 Rucs^t a mhuinnté?r leo he cu mboi bli^^i^:;^ occa iarsin [ica altrum. 3380 
 I cind bliadne iarsin] rue Gspoc Eire lais he aram?/j a mhuime fein .1. fta, 7 
 bai coic hY\^.dne oe ítta, et t^^e in chailkc// gradh [njd^-rmair dou, áir iteeth 
 \\.m\.ir^cht na n-ai«g^/ huasa 7 rath in Sp/r/u N<?V^ fair zoioWus, et [is 2.mlaid 
 sin] nobhith 'Er^namn, oc sirghaire frisin cailb"^ eech tan atcidh hi. Araili 
 la \\m.morro\ roíhxdirfaig Ita dhe : ' Cidh dogni faeilti dhuit, a naiidhi[u] 3385 
 noebh ^ ? ' ol si. ' T/zja,' ol se, ' ateim oe lab^a frim choidhehi 7 ogha imdha 
 [diairmithi] ele dimail t?/j-a, 7 siat aeum eomhaltram as CQch laimh diaehéle.' 
 Aingil immorro hdXar ann sin i ndealbhuibh na n-ogh : 
 [Aingil i ndealbhaibh 6gh find 
 
 badizr ic altram Breftaimt, 339° 
 
 as ceiT^ laim inaeheile 
 
 don naoidhin cin mormheile]. 
 
 Iarsin rolegh oe espi?^: Eire a shalma eogr^ssach [i einn .u. mb\iadne\ 7 ba 
 fada la hita beith 'na eemais. Ni rabha immorro bo blieht oe esp^i: Eire, 
 áir ni gabhudh almsana [o neoeh] acJu brean o dhainibh riaghalda. Roboi- 3395 
 siumh tra i n-araile la oee vdLxrad bainne fcra aidi. ' IS XxSi-dXaing Dia on, [a 
 mie!'] ar espí^í: Eire. IS iarsin tieedh ind agh aWaid cec/i lái do Shleibh 
 Luaehra cona. laegh le, eo mblighthe dosum hi, 7 teighedh ahoenar isin sliad 
 iarna b\ea.gonn. 
 
 IS annsin boi Brig inna farr<7<^-s?/m .1. di?rbhshiur dhó [1,] 7 ba d^rmhair 3400 
 méd a grada lais, ár ba iollus do timtz>e<://^ na n-ai;ig^/ fuirre, 7 rofhegadh 
 gnúis a aidi amail ruithen [n]grene samhr<3:ta. 
 
 ^ MS. noemh. 
 
102 
 
 BETH A BRENAINN. 
 
 Araili la dochuaidh ^ esp^^ Eire do proicept. Luid-seom [fo. 31. a. 2] 
 lais isin carput, 7 ba haesach deich mhliadne Brenamn intansin. Facab^r- 
 
 3405 somh a aenar isin chsLtpul iar ndul don clereck don proicept. Suidhi^/j- Bre- 
 nainn isin carp?// 7 se oc gabail a shalm a ^nar, IS ann sin doriacht 
 In^m min macac/itdi^ mongbhuidhe, do cenel rigda, gusan carp<3;/ cuicisiumh, 
 7 sillis fair, 7 feghaidh a ghnúis aluinn edrocht, 7 fuabrais leim chuice isin 
 carpat fochedoir 7 a cluiche do denamh ris. IS ann aspert[-som] fria : 
 
 3410 ' Imthigh [dod tigh] 7 b^/r mhiscaidh cidh dod-fucc ille,' 7 geibhidh-sium 
 ialla in carp<3:i*t, 7 gabhuidh (ora, srsLQÍghled^ cucruaidh cu raibhi ic cai 7 occ 
 diucairi, cu ria^rht gu hairm a raibe a mdthait 7 a hsáhair .1. in rí 7 in rigon. 
 IMpoidi^j- iarsin esp^t; Eire, 7 gabuidh ica cairiughudh-sum cugér im husdad 
 na hoighi neimélmdM. ^ Dogen-sa aitrighi inn,' ar Brenamn, ' 7 ahazr-si hi.' 
 
 3415 ' Tair isin uam^2^^h-sea eo m^duin,' ar espoc Eire, * 7 bi at senar innti cu 
 torus-sa, cugiit imaxack' Suidhis Brazainn isin uamaidh. iarzipi, 7 gabhais a 
 shalma 7 a immna molta don Coimdh/í/ innti. Oirisidh espi?^: Eire i bbfarr^xd 
 na huamadh ic eistec/ii ra Brenamu cen fhis do. Atclos tra, foghur gotha 
 Brenamn ag gahdzl a shalm mz7e ceimeann for cech. leth.. Doeluinti foghur 
 
 3420 gotha Coluim cille in comhfhad eetna intan nobhith ie cantain a shalm 7 a 
 immunn : 
 
 [Foghar gotha Brenamn bhinn 
 isinn uama 'con fiannaind, 
 mile ceimend in cech dinn 
 3435 atcluintea a ardguth alainn.] 
 
 IS ann sin adconnuie in clereck buidhne * ai;^g^/ suas cu nemh 7 anúas co 
 talmazn immon uamhazd co m<^duin. Osin im^ch immorro nir'chumhaing 
 nech gnúis Brmainn d'f^;/csin ar im^d na ruithn^^ ndiadha acht Finan 
 Cam a aenar, áir ba lán do rath in Spir/^ "^óib éisidhe, [7 is edh fodera do a 
 3430 fáicsin-sium seoch each, ut dixit : 
 
 Silledh ior aghaidh mBrenaznn 
 ni cumgaid nech a n-Eirind 
 acht Finan Cam, caom an modh, 
 ar m^t a ratha a aonor.] 
 
 3435 Araile la hatar oc imtheckt ioran s\\gid .1. Brmainn 7 espi?^: Eire. 
 Dorala oenóelach ina euidei:>^/a ioraw ^X\gid. Teaemhuidh óxdiu namhait 
 
 * MS. dochuadh. 2 igg, macdachta (?). ^ MS, sraeidhl^^. * MS. buighne. 
 
BETH A BRENAINN. 
 
 h2Xur aigi dhó .3. moirshes^;^ laech, 7 gabhais ecla mhor in t-oclach, 7 
 adub^/rt: ' Muirbhfit sud mhisi innosa.' [fo. 31. b. i] ' Eirg bec[an] ar 
 scath in chairthi oXoicJA ucut,' ar ^r^nainn, ' 7 sin ara scath tú.' Doghní- 
 úum tra ^.m\.aid sin, et tocbhuidh ^ro-uaiim a lama fria Dia, 7 doghni 344© 
 ernaighthi, co rosoei trea in t-oclach i rict coirthi cloichi. Teacait iam;;^ a 
 namhait-sium cosin coirthi, 7 benuid a cenn de ina richt-som, 7 gonait in 
 coirthi 'na thoebh, 7 faccbhait in cloch 'arna áiCQnnad, 7 berait in cenn leo 
 a rict cinn a namhat. Et msiratdh. beos in cl(?di sin isin luc cetna [amail 
 aderid na heolat^]. Conudh ann sin doroine Bj^e?iatwt cloich don duine 7 3445 
 duine don zXoich. ' Denaidh aithr?*^i,' ar escup Eire, ' uair ceann na cloiche 
 ill occuibh, 7 ro imthigh bur namha imslilan uaibh.' Dogniat ia,mpi aithr^^i 
 ndic?^<3: fo ndigtiil espííic Eire osin immach [tre bithu]. 
 
 lAR bfogluim immorro cant'/ze pctarlaiee 7 vvvMiadnaisse [colleir] do 
 Brenamn, dob ail dó riagla noeb^ n-Eir^?;/;/ do scrib^^h 7 d'fogluim. 345° 
 Cedaighis tra espoc Eire dosum dul d'fogluim na riagla-sin, ár rofhitir 
 gtirup o Dhia robui dosomh in comairli-sin. Et adubairt esp^?^ Eire [fris] : 
 * Tar doridhisi cucamsa, 7 na riagla-sin leat, cu roghabha tu gradha uaimsi.' 
 lAr ndul dosom d'agalluim a muime .1. Ita, is ed adubuirt in cedna fris .1. 
 riagla nsebh ^ nEire^tn d'fogluim, 7 adubhuirt ris : ' Na dena ioghhiim ag 3455 
 mnaibh na ac oguibh cu nach d^rrntar h'egnaeh. Imthigh,' ar si, ' 7 toicemhaid 
 laech suaiehnidh ^ sochenelaeh dhuit ar an sWgid.' Eemaing, da;/^?, ba hé 
 mac Lenin in lai^rh-sin. lAr n-imther/^/ immorro do Vtvcnamn dorala mac 
 Lenin dó. IS ann doraidh Br^naiiin fris : ' Dena aithr^^i, ar itá Dia ocut 
 toghairm, 7 baat mao. dili^^j do o sunn amach.' IS ann sin rosoei Colman 3460 
 m^c Lenin ztisdSi Coimdhi, 7 cumhduighti'r ecl^^j" lais focedair, ut dixit 
 QoXman : 
 
 Brenuinn breo beth^z buadhaz^ 
 beim in ael airimh aenuigh 
 
 siar cu hairbhire in aenuigh 34^5 
 thire tairng/re taebhuigh. 
 
 [fo. 31. b. 2] NÍ taebh fri fann na feles, 
 
 coemh a eland cubhaidh ires, 
 m<2C fial Finnlogha re [a] bas 
 
 dim ZQch dindrogha dliges. 2470 
 
 Dlighidh midh* modh nad maidim, 
 aibinn modh mag nat senaim, 
 
 ^ MS. noem. 
 
 2 MS. naemh. 
 
 3 MS. suaithnidh. 
 
 * MS. migh. 
 
BET HA BRENAINN, 
 
 ardurdaig Wtmman magda 
 cli ZMmAad Banba 'Qrenainn. Br. 
 
 Mu chin bhias ina dhirim 
 lir lebinn áomum dedhuinn, 
 fir 'EArenn tar ler lilit 
 CO Brighit is co Brenuinn. Brenaznn. 
 
 Colum cilli ceall ualann 
 inmhain inne ina shenaim, 
 rad bfer nYArenn a hinnair 
 in flaith a birraib Brenainn. 
 
 Brenainn, breo, 
 
 lARSIN rosiact Brtnainn crich Connacht fo clu araili fir craibdhigh 
 
 3485 bai ann .1. larlaithe mac Logha, mete Trena, meic Feic, meic Macta, meic 
 Bresail, meic Sirac/itdi, meic Flachac/t Finn. Et ros-fogW;;/-sium .1. 
 Brenainu, na huili riagla [naob^] 'Eirenncha. aicisein. Et ashert fria larlaitM ; 
 ' Ni hann so bias h'eiséirgi et/r,' ar se. ' A meic noeib ar larlaiiM, ' cid 
 uma bhfolcai (orainn ratha diadhai in Spir/a Noihk filet innat cuioWus 7 
 
 3490 cumacAfa, diairmh/<^i in Choimdh^<^ cumí2:ír-^/aigh fil guhincleithe it menmam 
 neimelln/<^i ? TuSA tra dona.c/it cucamsa do fhoghlaim occum/ ol larlaiiku 
 Misi immorro bias og^^tsa osunn amach, acht geibh misi it mhanchaine 
 tna bithu na hethad. Act cena,' ar larlaitM, ' abuir frim cait i mbia mo 
 eiseirghi ? ' Atb^rt Brenainn [fris] : ' Dentar carput nua leat/ ar se, ' ár is 
 
 3495 senoir thu, 7 eirg inn {ora,n slig/<^. Oczis cipe inadh i meb[s]at dá f hertais an 
 csLvpaii, is ann [sin] bias h'esseirghi 7 elseirghe shochuidhi immaille frit.' 
 lArsin tra, teit in seanóir isin carput, et ni cian rainic intan romebsat da 
 f hertais in carpí^/^; et as é ainm an inaidh-sin, Tuaim da Ghualann. IS ann 
 sin doronsat a n-dis in laidh-sea eturra, ic feghudh na reilgi uathaibh, 7 
 
 3500 úmtirec/íí na n-aXngel cofoll^i" di ; 7 asb^rt Brtnainn na .u. Qétvddvm di 7 
 asb^rt laxlaitki iarsin : 
 
 Ard reileac na n-ai«gd n-a;^ 
 atcim tar rno shuil, 
 ni tadhbhaist^r ithfern uar 
 3505 anas tardtar ana huir. 
 
 Comaá oin iar tairceall cros 
 [fo. 32. a. I.] doro info tan glas 
 
 niba haitreabh áhediman ndúr 
 
 104 
 
 3475 
 
 3480 
 
 ^ MS. naom. 
 
 2 MS. noeim. 
 
BETH A BR EN A INN, 
 
 taithfentar dhun ass. 
 
 Bidh airdceall cu n-imut cliar 3510 
 
 i m-biat stnadh. mor, 
 
 bidh lighi tren oats truagh, 
 
 bidh s\ig\ do shli?^. 
 
 Diultfait do m2LT\atg do cill, 
 
 bid heir tab^zr treall, 3515 
 
 olc in comha ros-bia inn 
 
 tadhall ithfrinn tall. 
 
 Ticfat do braithre biaidh uair 
 
 doroichset do chein, 
 
 bidh iusdi bhus fuighleoir dhoibh, 3520 
 
 dogenat doreir. 
 
 IN airet donet mu riar 
 
 mairet^ in da clar, 
 
 cuirfit^ a naimdhi i cein, 
 
 lasf<2/t amail grein. 35*5 
 IN airet donet mu reir 
 budh fir dhamh an rann, 
 betit a mate taranéis, 
 ni biat i pein tall. 
 
 Mogenar thoghfas in clar 3530 
 
 ard na n-\\ihur n-úr, 
 
 ni ba hitfernach iar mbrath 
 
 neach rosia 'na huir. 
 
 Ni budh bairnech a mheic Dhuach 
 
 rot-fia limsa a luach, 3535 
 
 neam octis tuile cen tlath, 
 
 mo chuile cen crich^ 
 
 Buaidh* righ is cWirech dod shil 
 
 i cein bed dom reir ; 
 
 nocha cirrfa nech do giall 3540 
 cindfet tar gach reir. et xeMqua. 
 
 IAR bfacbail larluithe annsin do '^r^nainn ^s^ais roime fiiramus Mhuighi 
 hAi. Dorala immorro aingel do ior an sVigzd, 7 is ed asb^;t fns ; ' ScHbh/ 
 ar se, 'briatra in crahhazd uaimsi.' Scribhais ^rtitaimt annsin oconn 
 aingel ind uili riag^// n-eclusdai noebdha et mdivaid hhtozcs in n3.gol sin. 3545 
 INtan immorro ha.tar oc imthcc/it in muighi comictt in fuat, 7 duini marbh 
 fair, 7 a charait icá chimmdh. ' Tairisnig/^/ isin Coimdhid,' ol '^rtnainn^ 
 
 * MS. 7 mairet. ^ ]y[s. cuirfitit. ^ This quatrain is corrupt. 
 
 * MS. Buaigh. ^ MS. noemdha. 
 
 P 
 
io6 
 
 BETH A BR EN A INN. 
 
 ' ocus bidh beo in duine fil ocuibh.' lAr ndenum ernaighthi co Dia do 
 ^r^nainn eirghes in t-ooXáech acedoir, 7 herait a muinnt^r leo he co 
 3550 bhfaeilti nd^rmhair. lArsin tra geibhidh each ica fheg^d-somh cumor, 7 
 berait leo hé cu righ in mhuighi. Et tairgidh in ri ferann do in bhaile in 
 bhudh ail do isin maigh-sin, 7 nir' ghabh uadha, ár nír'b ail leis beith isin 
 magh-soin. 
 
 I Ar scribeann tra riaghla Índ ab^gzl 7 riagla noebh ^ n-Eirenn com, 
 
 3555 mbesaibh 7 com. crahud do Brenainn, impais co hespoc [fo. 32. a. 2,] Eire, 
 7 gabais gradha uaidh. IS ann atcualaidh-siumh isin tsosc//a: Qui 
 relingq^/i^p^/rem a^^et m^/rem a^/^sororem aui agross centuplum in prí7centi 
 - accipiat et uitam et^rnam posidebit. IS iarsin tra rofhás gradh in 
 Coinidh<?</ cod^rmhair ina cridhi-siumh, 7 ba hail do a thir 7 a talam 7 a 
 
 3560 th^/^tidhi ^ 7 a athardha dKiachail, 7 rothothl<3;i^"h coduthm<:^/ach ar an 
 Coimd/</ cu tardí^; thalmam náernt ndiamhair n-inill n-aluind n-etarscartha 
 dhó o dhainib. lAr codli^;^ immorro dosum in adaigh-sin cu cualí^; guth 
 in aingil do nimh 7 athert fris : ' Eirigh, a Brenainn,' ar se, ' 7 dorad Dia 
 duit inni rocuinghis .1. tir tairng/re.' EiRghis Brenamn lamm, 7 ba maith 
 
 3565 lais a mcnma on aitheasc-sin, 7 teit a aenar i Sliabh nDaidche, 7 feghais 
 ind aicen ndermair ndoshoW/^/a uadh for zech \et\ et is ann sin atconnuic- 
 sium an innsi n-aluind n-airegda co timte>echt[aib] na n-aing^/di. lArsin tra 
 anaidh-siumh tredhenfij" annsin, 7 codlais doridhisi. Tic [tra iarsin] aingeal 
 in Coimdh^</dia azdWaim annsin, 7 atb^rt fris : ' Biat-sa,' ar se, ' o sunn imach 
 
 3570 maroen friut tria bhithu na beth<3:, 7 mui;ifet[-sa] duit an innsi n-Alamn 
 atconnarcais 7 is mian lat d'faghbail.' Cíís Brenainn annsin codermhair 
 ara fhseiltighi leis aitheasc in aingil fris, 7 doghni atlaigtki buidi do Dia. 
 
 EiRghes iarsin Brenainn asin tsleibh, 7 tic coa mumttr, et athert friu : 
 * Dentar tri longa mora libh,' ar se, * 7 tri sretha do rámhadhuibh for cech 
 
 3575 luing, 7 tri seola do croicnibh, 7 trie ha ier an each luing,' acht nir'bhat ú.€mg 
 uile, [ut dix// poeta : 
 
 Tri longa seolais in saoi 
 tar tonngar mara romaoi 
 tricha f^r in cech luing lais 
 2^80 tar tresithan mara mongmais. 
 
 Tri sretha do ramaib leo 
 
 ar gack luing dib, caom an gleo, 
 
 ^ MS. noemh. 
 
 2 MS. repeats 2iui. 
 
 3 MS. th/^jtighi. 
 
 * MS. agaidhsin. 
 
BETH A B REN A INN. 107 
 
 seol croicenn go loinne[o]lais ■ - 
 
 isna tri longaib seolais. 
 
 Nochu cleirchiu luid uile 3585 
 for \omges, caom in chaire, 
 munter huathTiá (?), lorn a li, 
 isna tri longaib seolai.] 
 
 Seolais tra "Qratainn mac Finnlogha annsin for ton[n]ghor in mara 
 mongruaidh 7 ior treathan na tonn toebhuaine 7 ior beluibh ind aicein 3590 
 ingantaigh adhuathmhair agairbh,airm a bfacatar ilar na mbiast [mbruthmur,] 
 mbeild^rg [co ;/-imad na mblcidhmil mor] muiridhi ; ct fogeibhdis ailena 
 aille ingant[ach]a, 7 ni tairistis inntibh [sin] beos. 
 
 Batur tra 3.m\azd sin fna re .u. mbliadrt:;^ ^ [fo. 32. b. i] (or an aicen 
 n-ingantach n-anaithnidh n-aincolach dhoibsium ; et ni tharla duinc dhoibh 3595 
 fnsin re-sin, 7 ni roibhi esb^/<^ dhuini dia pop?// iorru, 7 ni rofrithortadh 
 corp na anum duini dib ; et ba hingnadh inni sin, ar ni roleicc Brenainn 
 doibh Ion do breith leo, ac/it atbrrt ba tualuing Dia biadh doibh in cech 
 dhú i mbeitis, amal roshasastar na .u. mile dona .u. aranaibh 7 don dhá 
 n-iasc«/^. 3600 
 
 INtan immoj'ro ba comf hocraibh don chaise, batar a muintcr icca radh 
 fria Br^nainn dula ior tir do cheileabhr^^ na case. ' As \M2\ang Dia,' 
 ol Bro.namn^ ^talain do thabairt [duin] in gack inadh bus ail do.' lAr 
 toidhec/it immorro na case toccbhais in mil mor miiiridx a fhormna a 
 n-airdi uas treathan7uas tonnghar in mara,cur'bho t^Xam comtrom cobhsaidh 3605 
 am<^/faichthe choimhreidh chomhaird. Et tiaghait-sium iorsm idXinam-sm, 7 
 ceileabrait in caisc ann .1. oenla 7 da oidhchi^. lar ndul doibhsium ana 
 longuibh sceinneas an bWmil fon muir fochedair. Et ba hamlaid sin do- 
 ceileabraitis in chaise co cenn sec/U mhlicLdne ior druim in mil moir, a.mai/ 
 atb^rt [Cundedan] : 3610 
 Carais Breuainn buanchrabz^^h 
 doreir shenuid is shamhaidh : 
 secki mhViac/nc ar druim in mil mhoir 
 ba docair in coir chrab(2Zi/h. 
 
 Uair intan ba comhfhocraibh don chaise cacha hllsLdne no thocbhadh in mil 3<5i5 
 mor a druim comba tak;;/ tirim te<:///aidhe. 
 
 1 MS. mbVngan. 
 
 2 MS. oighthi. 
 
io8 
 
 BET HA B REN A INN. 
 
 Araili laithe dhoibh ior an aicen n-ingant<3;c>^ co bhfacadar srotha 
 doimne [acgarba 7 saobchoiredha dermaire] dubha in mara mongruaidh, 7 as 
 inntibhsin dorimart^/j a longa dia mbadh?/i/h ar mhet na hainbthine. 
 
 3620 Gabhuidh cách iarsin ic feg^d inag^2<^ ^rmainn, ár ba d^rmhair met in 
 gabhuidh ir-rshutur. Tochus Br enamn a ghuth cuhard, 7 atb^rt : ' AS lor 
 dmt, a mhuir mor-sa/ ar se, ' mhisi m'oenar do badhadh, 7 leicc uaid in lucht- 
 so.' IS ann sin tra, rofhethnuig in mhuir, 7 toirnes fethedha^ na soebchoire 
 focetoir. O sin imach [fo. 33. b. 2] iarum ni roerchoitset do neoch aile. 
 
 3625 Araili laithi ha.tar iors'm muir. Tainic Diabol a ndeilbh shenta 
 adhuathmhair aidheid^^ inglain lúvíernaidi concsiáh. ^ ior seol na hiinge a 
 bhfiadhn^/j-e Brcnainn, 7 ni i\\3.ca nech acusom he acht Brtnainn a oenar. 
 Fiafraighis Bratainn de cidh má táinic riana aimsir choir .i. ria n-aimsir na 
 hesseirghi moid. ' IS airi tanac,' ar Diab^/, ' d'isLvradmu phianta i clusaluibh 
 
 3630 doimhne in mara duibh dorcha-sa.' la,riat£-ms Brenamn dosum : ' Cidh on, 
 cait i bfuil in locc iihiernatdi sin ? ' ' Truagh sin/ ar Diahul, ' ni chumaing 
 nech a faicsin 7 se beo iarsin.' Cidh tra [ac/it] foillsighis Diahul annsin 
 dorus ithfrinn do Brenamn. ET fegais Brenainn in carcair ngairbh nguirm 
 [sin] Ian do brentaidh, Ian do lasair, Ian do mhosair, Ian do longportaibh 
 
 3635 na ndeman neimhn^c^, Ian do ghol 7 d'eighiumh 7 d'urchoit, 7 gaire truagha 
 7 nuallghotha mora 7 golfad^c-^, 7 basgairi na^ tuath pecthach, 7 betha 
 dhub<3;c-^ bron^c>^ i cndhibh pe/^e, i carcraibh teneadh, i sruamuibh na 
 sreat[h] sírthein^í/, i caiHuch bithbroin, i lathachuibh dubha dorcha, i 
 cathairibh tromlasrach, i n-imut broin 7 bais 7 riagh 7 cuibr^c^ 7 troimthres 
 
 3640 ndichumhaing cu mblaedh<3;<i^ 2,^iiathvi\ur na ndevsxan neimhn^c-^, i n-aite 
 bhithdorcha, bithfhuair, bithbrein, bithshalí^íjf, bithciamair, bithghairbh, 
 bithfoda, bithmhúichn^^, marbhthaigh, mhalartaigh, muchna, mhoingteinn- 
 tidhi ^ ichtair adheitig ^ ithfrinn. For sleasaibh sHabh sirthein^<^, cen z.x\ad^ 
 cen airisium, acht sluaigh dhemhna ica tarraing i carcraibh [truagha,] troma, 
 
 3645 [tenna,] teinntidhi'^, dorcha, doimne, diamra, [dimaoine,] doera, dubha, dein- 
 meacha, [salcha, senta, senbrena], sirdheabtí^c>^a,sirtrotacha, sirscithaigh, sir- 
 marbhthaigh, sirbheogholaigh, [gér, garg,] gaethach, golfartach, grechtha 
 g^ran^C/^, gothachghoirt, ghudhamhn^c/^, cruma, croma, cruaidhe, calma, 
 cendmhora : 7 biasta buidhi, [bana,] belmhora [fo. 33. a. i]. Leom^i;^ lonna 
 
 3650 léitmeí:h^. Dracuin d^rga [dubha, donna,] demhn^cdha. Tigri trena tangn<2:c^a. 
 
 1 MS. fechedha. ^ j^g^ ndesidh (?). ^ MS. nu. * Perhaps mblaedhíz^/. 
 ^ MS. mhoingteinntighi, « MS. adheitid. ' MS. teinntighi. 
 
BETH A BR EN A INN. 
 
 109 
 
 Scoirpi gorma gim<2C^a. Seabhuic ruadha, roarda. Gribha garba, goibghera. 
 Daela dubha, dronnmhora. Cuili gera, guilbn^c/^a. Creabair croma, cnamh- 
 ghobacha. Farcha troma, iarn^z</i. Susta senta, sengarbha. QXaidib gera. 
 Gai ruadha. Deamna dubha. Teinnti brena. Srotha neimhe. Cait ac scripadh. 
 Coin ic \etxaá. Gadhair ic tafunn. Demhna ic gLnedrt'^. Lochu brena. Lath- 3655 
 acha mora. Cuithi dorcha. Glcanna doimne. Sl/<!^ti arda. Creaca cruaidhi, 
 [Sluaighedh demna.] Longphort salach. Pian[ad] cin anadh. Saithi sannt<?:c/^. 
 Tachar m^mc. Troit cin fhuiri'c//. Demhna ac pian<2^. [Imad riagha]. Betha 
 hronaah. Airm i fuileat srotha secdha s^rbha sirbrena [sirthe sinte suaiti 
 sothoirsech] lobhtha leaghtha loisct^rc/^a loma Kiatha lainthein^<^ cumhga 3660 
 cruaidhi cairrg^c/^a [ceinngera]. Yaá2. fuara fodhoimhne [f^r/hecha bi:'ca 
 mara], Muighi loma loiscnecha. Tulcha corra gimhacha. Glennta 
 cruaidhi crumhacha. Mointi garbha deilgnrc/^a. Caillti dubha teinntidhi 
 Slighthi salcha biasd^/^i. Mara Xcchtdi tuilbrena. Cloithe aidble idivnaidi. 
 Uiscedha dubha domillsi. Aitte imda ecsamhla. Samhadh salach sirdhub- 3665 
 ack. Gaetha goirti geimhrd:a. Snechta secdha sirshilti. Lanna dcrga, 
 teinntidhi Gnuisi doera dorchazdi. Deamhna luatha leitmecha. Piana 
 aidble ^r^rsamla. 
 
 IS annsin rofiafraighs^t a muinnt^r do Brenamu : ' Cuich agailli ? ' ol 
 iat. Doinnis Brenainu doibh curub D'lahul boi oca agalluimh, 7 roindis 3670 
 doib becan dona pianuibh adconnaic, a.mail adubhrizmar [doreir] a.mal frith 
 i seinscribheannuibh na petarlazci. 
 
 IS annsin asb^rt fer dia vntniiiir ra Bxenainn : ' Leicc damsa,' ar se, 
 ' cun nfacar ni dona pianuibh-sin.' lArna cheíu£-iíá do ithfern cojia, 
 'i\p'ia.naid d'faicsin ba marbh acr/oir, et is ed asb<frt ic ecc : ' Mairg, Mairg, 3675 
 Mairg,' ar se : ' tainic 7 ticfa 7 ticc isin carcair-si ! ' larsin tra dogni [fo. 33. 
 a. 2] Brenainn ern^zit^hthi, 7 aithbeoaightrr in (er sin ba marbh da muintir. 
 
 Nir'bho cian dochuatar assin intan fuaradar an inghin min, ma.cdac/ifa., 
 mongbhuidhi. Gilithir snechta 710 uan tuinne, 7 si marbh iar tahazrt buille 
 do ghai trena fi^rmna, co ndcdichazd itir a da cich. Ba d^rmhair iimnorro 3680 
 mét na hingini sin .i. zét tra'iged ina hairdi 7 nai traighthe itzr a da cich 7 
 sec/it traighid ^ i bhfot a meoir m^dóin. T aithheo azg-z Brtnainn hé foched- 
 air, 7 robaist iarsin, et rof hiafrrt:^^ a cenel di. ' Do aitreabt<2c//uibh in 
 mhara damhsa,' ar si .1. don lucht oilit 7 ernaigit^ eiseirgi doibh. YvdXraigis 
 Br^nainii di cidh ba hail le ; 'In docum nimhe ragha fochedair, no in docum 3685 
 1 MS. teinntighi. 2 MS. tra. ^ leg. ernaidit (.?). 
 
no 
 
 BETH A BRENAINN, 
 
 h'athardha? ' Dofreagair an ingen tre berla nar'thuic nech aili acht 
 'Brtnainn^ 7 is ed adub^/rt : * Docum nime,' ar si, ' uair docluinim gotha 
 na n-ai//g^/ oc molad an Choimd^/h cumhackfazg. lAr caithiuni immorro 
 chuirp Qxist 7 a fola don ingin atbath c^n mck snimh, [7 adnaict^r coho- 
 
 3690 nomc/^ hi la Brenamn annsin]. 
 
 Araile la debater fi?;^sin muir cosoinmhech, 7 siat oc imramh, consiCCSitSLr 
 araili inis éXaind^'jsi ard, acht cena ni fhuarat?/r port reidh [aice dia hinator^^]. 
 Bsitar cu cenn da la dhec uimpi immacuairt, 7 nir' f h//sat dula innti frisin 
 re-sin. Atcualatar immorro gotha daine innti ag molad in Choimd^<af, 7 
 
 3695 adconncatí3:r eclais n-aird n-airegda n-aibinn ^ innti. lAr cloistei"^/ doibh- 
 siumh fhoghuir [gotha] lochta na hinnsi, cotlaidh Brenaimi cona. mhuinnt/r 
 acedoir ina suan spirtalda. Uair nar'leicit-sium tra docum na hindse 
 cuirthear clar ciartha dhoibh anuas 7 se scribtha, 7 is ed bai ann : ' Na 
 den^/<^ soethar frisin innsi-sea do tia^r/^^ain innti, ár ni ticfaidhi dogres, ac/ii 
 
 3700 an inis iarrthai fogebhthai, 7 ni hi so hi, 7 eirg dod thir fein 7 dod talmain, 
 ár itá sochuidhi ann ocut larrad, 7 las bhudh ail h'faicsin, 7 túir na smptuire 
 noebdha qzáhtis dictum est mansiones ^ Dei multae ^ sunt. Kmal bidh edh 
 adb^readh : [fo. 33. b. i] as imdha aitti 7 adba aili ocon Coimdhi a n-ecmais 
 na hindsi-seo.' lArsin tra impait[-sium] on innsi-sin, 7 b^rait leo in tabhuill 
 
 3705 ciartha út i comartha failti 7 deithiten lochta na hinnsi thuc dhoibh, et 
 nohairleghtha each dia acas^/m am^/ bidh o Dia nob^rtha dhoibh. 
 
 Araile la [didizi\ hsitar oc imram in mhara. Gabhuis ita d^rmhair iat, 
 cur'ba comhfhocraibh bás doibh. IS annsin atconncatar na srotha aille 
 eocharglana usq^^i ic teip^rsin 7 ic snighi asin carraic. Fiafraighit na 
 
 3710 braithre : 'In ibham in t-usi-^?' ar siat. ' Bennachaidh artus he,' ol 
 Brenainn, ' dia fhis cret he.' lAr mbeannach^^:*^ immorro in uisq^i, 7 iar 
 cantain sMelzda huasa, traighid fochedoir na srotha [ut], et adconncatar iarsin 
 in Diahul ic sceirdi?<^ na n-uiscedh uadh 7 ic ma.rhad in lochta no?/j-ibh^/h. 
 Sserthar-som tra annsin tre cumh<3:<;/2!/aibh Brezminn, 7 irchraidhis a n-ita 
 
 3715 foc//oir. FíTÍattar immorro in loc-sin ior Diab/^/, cu n^c^ d^rna olc fna 
 duini na fria hanmannuibh eli o sin amach. 
 
 IAR M-BEITH immorro do Brcnainn secht mh\ia.dm ior loingius, 
 impáis doridhisi coa thir 7 coa thalmain fein a.mal roiorcongradh. fair isinn 
 innsi. IS annsin dochuatar lucht a thire 7 a thuaithi fein 'na agaid, 7 batí^:^ 
 
 ^ MS. ard airegda aibinn. ^ MS. noemdha. ^ MS. mansionis. 
 
 * MS. multi. 
 
BETH A BR EN A INN. 
 
 Ill 
 
 ica ihidSrúgid de cidh pokd boi dhó dia loingi^^j ; 7 b^csat máine 7 ascadha 3720 
 dhó diVnal dobherdais do Dhia. lar bhfacb^'// immorro in tScegtnl do ilibh 
 dhibh leanait iarsin Cm/, 7 doghni-sium f^rta 7 mirhtnli imdha annsin, 7 
 doshlanaigh aos gaWr 7 cuimhrighthi, 7 roinnarb demhna 7 duailche. 
 
 Accaillis iarsin a aidi .1. esp^?^ Eire. Tainic iarsin co du a mbui a 
 mhuime .1. íta, 7 iarf<^2^2>^j di cidh doghenadh fria loingi?^j. Feraiss Ita 3725 
 foeilti fris amal nofiradh fria Crist cona apstalazd. Et is atb^rt fris : 
 * A meic inmhain, cidh dia nd^c//adhais ior longais ecu a chomhairle friumsa, 
 uair in tal^;;^ ica tái \a.rradh ar Dhia nocha nfhaghbhai hi iarsna croicnibh 
 marbhaibh mochlaigibh-sin. Uair tsilam noebh ^ cos^Tirartha hi, 7 ni ro- 
 doirt^d fuil duine riam innti. Acht cena,' ar si, ' dentar longa crannda lat, 3730 
 [fo. 33. b. 2] 7 is doigh is Rmhlatd sin fagheba in talamh shire.' 
 
 Iarsin tra luidh ^rtnainn i crich Connacht, 7 dognitrr long mor 
 mhirbulla aice ann sin, 'si d^rscaight^c/^ d^rmair, 7 teit innti con^. mhuindt/r 
 7 condi phop?//, et b^ruit luibhi 7 sila ecsamhla leo da cur innti, et da;^^? 
 b^ruit soera 7 gobhuinn leo iar n-at^c// V>rmainn doibh ima \^zonn maroen 3735 
 ris. IS annsin tainic in crosan cu V>rmainn^ 7 sléchtais ina fhiadhn^/ji, 7 
 is ed atb^rt fris : ' A Brenainn,' ar se, ' geibh ar Dhia mhé, 7 airchis dom 
 troighi CO ;zdighser lat.' Bms ^r^nainn lais he iarsin ; 7 teit isin luing 
 leo .LX. fer im7norro ba seadh al-lin, 7 bat^r uili ic mo\ad in Coimdh^í/ 7 
 a menm-axia cu Dia, amail atb^rat na scribhinn. 3^40 
 
 IS e, immorro^ leath tóisech roghabs<^t, iordsaus Áirne, co dú i mbui Enne 
 7 Pupu [7 Rochath] ; 7 hdXar re hedh mis ana h\vÍ2.xxad. 
 
 Iar ndula, immorro, doibh seal^^ siar o Araind atciat in t-ail/« mor 
 n-ard n-airegda n-alainn. IS AND sin immorro robat^r loch^zV a.mazl 
 mhurchata, 7 linuit in tracht foc/Zoir dia slucudh-som. lArfaighit, immorro, 3745 
 na braitre do Brenamn : ' Cidh áilgidit na lochi^-zV-si ? ' ar siat. ' Ar n-ithi- 
 ne 7 ar slug^<^,' ar Brenaiim. IS annsin da;/<? atb^rt Br^iiaimt frisin 
 crosan : ' Eirg,' ol se, ' 7 caith corp Qxist 7 a fhuil, 7 eirg iarsin docum na 
 beth^tíf suthíí/;íi, ár atcluinim-si clascetal aingel icot togairm cuca.' Ba 
 maith laissium sin, 7 is ed asb^rt : ' A Thigi?rna ! ' ar se, ' cia m^/th Aoxoxúis 3750 
 intan dom-b^rur acedair docum nime ? ' I Ar caithiumh tra cuirp Qxist 7 a 
 fhola don c/'osan, lingidh fochedair co faeilti d^rmhair, co /zduatar na murchata 
 he uile acht beg dia chnamuibh. Et adhluict^r leos//m sin, 7 scribhthar a 
 ainm a martralaic, ár ba mairtir amra hé. IS ioVius assin í:í?;maircle in 
 
 ^ MS. noemh. 
 
112, 
 
 BETH A B REN A INN. 
 
 3755 Coimdh^í/ ar in (oWuspectack tháinic fadheoidh ^ isin luing do thogha 
 artus dochum nimhe. IS Simhlaid sin tra bias cech csenduihracklsich 
 deidhin<^c-^ ^ thicfa isin eclazs cu ragha artus docum nime tre imarcraidh ^ 
 cs^nduihrac/ita, sech in lucht ha.tar rompa : ut Christtis ait : nouisimi primi, 
 [primi] nouisimi. 
 
 3760 lAR Bhfacbáil \mmorro doibh na hindsi-sin gabais galar opunn in 
 gabhuinn cumba comfhoa/j bas. Atb^rt "Brtnainn fris: [fo. 34. a. i.] 
 ' Cidh mh<3;<;/^/nuighi,' ar sé, * eirg dochum na flatha nemhdha 3.mal rothúiris 
 duid c^^i-aniu no mad ail lat heith. isin tsaeg?// beo^/j, dogen-sa ernuighthi fort 
 CO Dia, 7 foghebha slainti.' Aihert [immorro] in gobha: ' Atcluinim/ ar se, 
 
 3765 'guth in Coimd^í^ ocum togairm ;' et iar caithimh cuirp Crist 7 a fola dhó, 
 teit docum nime, Bai, tra, ceist mor itir na braitribh 'mon corp do beith 
 gan adhnacul, ar ni raibhi talam 'na hhiarmd. IS annsin doraidh 'Er&jtainn 
 a adhnacul idir tonnaibh in mhara, ár in t-é doróine nemh 7 tdXmain 7 na 
 duili arcena, is tv^dXang he tonna in mara dh'fastúdh in cuirp inntibh conem- 
 
 3770 ohyxviAi'&zaigthi. Cidh tra acht adhnaicit-sium in ^obainn ittr tonnuibh in 
 mara, cen rochtain cu tslmain, sis, cen eirghi ar uachtar shaile, cen chum- 
 scugud anunn no ille, acht amal bidh a tdihnam nob^/'h ; et biaidh annsin cen 
 t/'uaillnedh cu tora la an mesr^z^hthi. 
 
 IAR BUFsichdzl immorro dhoibhsium an inuidh-sin adconncatar tsiimain 
 
 3775 mbic nd^roil. lAr ngahail doibh phuirt annsin lintar in port form do dem- 
 naibh i ndealbhuibh abhac 7 luchrapan, 7 a ngnuisi comdhubh fria gual. 
 IS andsin atb^rt Brenain7i : ' Cuiridh ind ancaire imach, ár ni fh//fa nech 
 dul isin tir-si, ackt inti gnifes catha [daonda] fria demhna 7 doirtfes fola 
 toraibh.' Ba.tar tra annsin cu ceann seckK la cons, n-oidhchibh 7 nír' fh//sat 
 
 3780 a n-ancaire do thocb<^// anis. Et facbuit annsin he idir na cairrcibh i lean- 
 main, 7 imthighit ass iarsin. BATur som, tra, a ndoc^mal mor d'eshaidh an 
 ancuiri 7 d'ecc in gabunn, ár ni raibi acu angcaire na gobha dogneth doibh 
 he. IS ann sin aduhairt Brenainn fria sacart da muintir : ' Dena-sa feidm 
 gabunn gu ceann in mis so.' Beannachais tra Br^nainn lamha in t-sacairt, 
 
 3785 ar ni rof hoghlainn gaibhnecht. IS annsin doroine in sacart angcaire [n]d^r- 
 scaight^c/^ n^c^ frith roime na dhesigaid a commaith. 
 
 [fo. 34. a. 2]. IMr[a]it iarsin f<?rsin aicen seal siar, et foghabhat an 
 indsi mbic n-aibinn n-aluinn co n-imat eisc aireghdha [inti] iarna fhacbhail 
 
 1 MS. fadheoigh. 2 ]y[s. deighinach. ^ MS. imarcraigh. 
 
 * MS. Cíífíaniugh. MS. í:í?«anoighthibh. 
 
BETHA BRENAINN. 
 
 don mhuir[traigh] i clusalaibh^ 7 i caislibh na hinnsi airdi-sin. A m-bat^r ann 
 íarí/m imonn innsi imacuairt ^r^^/^f haicet QoXais clochdha innte 7 senoir etlaidhi 3790 
 aigh^í^bhan^ ic ernuighthi innti. As dimhXaidhdX in senoir-sin, cen fhuil, cen 
 fheoil,^<:>^/leathar tana truagh iorsndi cnamhaibh cruadhloma-sin. IS ann[sin] 
 athert an senoir ut : ' Teich, a Brenaimi' ar se, ' coluath. Fil immorro murchat 
 mor sunn amatl ogdam no ech trebliadhn<2/^i iarna fhorbairt do iasc [in 
 mara-sa 7] na hindsi-sea. Imghabhaid-si he,' ar in senoir. Gabait-sium 3795 
 ina luing foc//oir, 7 imr[a]it iorsin aicen cuhathlumh iar;/?;/. Amuil hatar 
 ann coniha.cc2itar in [m]biastcat muir/i/i ic snamh 'nandiaidh^ : meidightzVcoire 
 n-umhaidi cechtar cechruisc dhou. Fiacla torcdha * lais. Guaire aitenndai 
 fair. CrciGS onchon aga, co nirt \eoman, cu conM con. IS annsin gab?/j- 
 each dibsom (or ernuighthi iri Dia ar met na hecla rotas-gabh. IS ann[sin] 3800 
 asb^rtBreníí:/;^;^: 'A Dheuilichum<7i:///'aigh,' [ar se,]'tairmisc do phiast dind ná 
 ron-ethad ! ' Eirghis iarsin bleidhmhil mor muir/^^i [eturra 7 in catphiast mhor 
 ut,] 7 gahzis each dib oc hadhiid/i a celi 7 (or cathug?/^ eucruaid, cu ros- 
 baidh each a cheli dhibh i iudhomai?i in mara, 7 ni iacus nec/Ua.r dibh o sin 
 imaeh. Dogniat immorro Br^naiim 7 a muinnt^r atlaighi ^ buidhi do Dia, 3805 
 7 impoidhit aridisi co du i mbui in senoir, et íerdás in sen(?7r iailii friu, 7 ciis 
 [annsin] ar met na fseilti, et dorinne na runna beea-sa ic ferthain iailie ra 
 Brenamn : 
 
 Dia do betha, a Brenainn, sunn 
 
 [for creatha denaim na tonn: ^810 
 fota atú 'cot hvvad ann, 
 buide lem t'iadhad 'mun fonn. 
 Di f^raib dec bamz^r sunn, 
 docuadar éc in samad sunn : 
 
 ac/i/ misi rofacbíz^ dib 3815 
 
 ba maitk in lin bad/^r ann. 
 
 Lodam?^r-ne d'iarrad nimhe, 
 
 dirim a hE'irmn ili, 
 
 tar tonnaib in mara mir, 
 
 comLÍr rohad coir d'iarraid. 3^20 
 Fuaram^^r innsi nfuair n-aird 
 uas trillsib na tonn trengairg, 
 seisem innti sealaib sealg 
 errdimaid eséirghi a haonaird. 
 
 ^ leg. cusalaibh (?). * MS. aidh^/hbhan. ^ MS. nandiaigh. * MS. dorcha. 
 ° MS. atlaidhi. ^ For the rest of the poem the Book of Lismore has only /rl. 
 
 Q 
 
114 
 
 BETHA BRENAINN, 
 
 2825 Dabucsum^ linn in cat mb^c, 
 
 rinn ni tainic cen cor lac : 
 
 darorbair ior cnamaibh eisc 
 
 B.nghaid in beist amlazd rofast. 
 
 Faeilidh mo craidhe co ndrucht 
 3830 fnsna haoighedaib dom-riaí:/í/ : 
 
 mith^^ damsa tocki fo lia 
 
 imthiges dia for a set. Dia. 
 
 ' Do f^ruibh F.irenn damhsa,' ol in senoir, ' 7 da fhear dec dod^c^amar diar 
 n-ailitri, 7 doratsiim in m^/rchat [m]biasdtí;2í/i ut lin;^ ana én bhic, 7 ba 
 
 3835 hinmam linn he cumor, 7 rofhorbair iarsin cumor, 7 ni roerchoit duinne 
 riam, [fo. 34. b. i] et isat marbha seinfher dec dhibh, 7 itu-sa sunn m'aoenar 
 [a]gut irnaidhi-si cu tarda corp Cm/ [7 a fuil] dam 7 dula iarsoduin doc//m 
 nime.' Foillsighi?/i- immorro in senoir doibsium in tdXmain icca rabutar iaraid 
 .1. tir tarrngairi. lAr caithimh tra cuirp Cr/^/ 7 a fola don t-senoir, luidh 
 
 3840 doc^^m nimhe, 7 adlaicté'r annsin he maroen ria braitnbh cu n-onoir 7 
 [co n-]airmhitin móir [acus] cu salmaibh 7 cu n-imnaibh, ind ainm in Ath^r 
 7 in Maic 7 in Spir/a l^oibk. 
 
 lArsin tra rosiachtatar-som in idXmain ica rabatar idivrad fria re 
 secht mhWdidne .1. tir tairng/re, am^/ ita in prouerbio, qui quaent inuenit. 
 
 3845 lAr rochtain immorro doibsiumh i comfhocraibh in tiri-sin, 7 ba hail doibh 
 port do ghabail ann, atcualatí3;r guth araile stnorack, 7 is ed athert fnu : ' A 
 dhaine lanshaethracha, a oilithr^c-^a noebhdha a lucht ernaighit na logu 
 nemhdha, a bheatha bithscith ic emaidi in tiri-sea, ernaidhid ^ bican dabar 
 saethar coleic' lar mbeith immorro doibhsium seal annsin ina tost atbert in 
 
 3850 senoir ut friu : 'A b/'aithre inmuini/ ar se,' [hicCr/jt,] cidh n^^c-^ faicthi-si in tal- 
 main n-airegda n-alaind-sea arnar'doirtedh fuil duini riam, 7 nach imchuhazd/i 
 do adhnacul pect<3:c^ na drochdhaine ann. Facbhuidh didm [uile] inbhar luing 
 ce^^ ni ill ocuibh cenmothá becc n-etuigh umaibh nama, 7 tccaidh anis.' 
 lAr tiachtain immorro doibhsium ior tir pocais each dibh a chele, 7 ciis in 
 
 3855 senoir cumor fria met na faeilti. ' Siridh 7 feghaidh,' ar se, ' brughe parrthais 7 
 muighi milidhi in tiri sol//j-ta, suaichn/^h, socharthan^^^^, soc[h]archain,n-aird, 
 n-aireghdha, n-aluinn, n-oeibhinn. Tir boladhmhar, blathmhin, hennacktsich.. 
 Tir ilcheolach, airphetech, nuallfhaeilt^c>^, nemhthoirrsiuch. Airm i bhfuigh- 
 bhidh,' ar in senoir, ' slainte ce;^ galar, aeibhnes cen imrisan, aoenta cen 
 
 3860 tachor, flaithes cen scaiW-^, sáimhe [fo. 34. b. 2] cen dimhaine, soeire cen 
 * leg. Dahucsam(?), Dafucsam (?)• ^ jyjg^ noemhdha. ^ MS. ernaighid. 
 
BETH A BR EN A INN. 
 
 saethar, senta sok/i-ta aingel, air^rdha parrthais, timthirecht aingeal, fleadh- 
 ugud cen airdhidhbhadh, seachna phene, aighthe firen, tochaithium na 
 morcasc, betha hcnnachidich., coir, chumdaighthe, moir, mhilidhi, saeir, saim, 
 sorcha, cen dubhai, cen dorchai, cen pec^^, cen aimnert, i corpaibh edroch- 
 taibh nemhtriiailn/<^i[b,] i sostaib aingeal ior bruighibh tiri tarr;/^/W. IS 3865 
 adhbhul a soillsi 7 a suthaighi na hindsi-sin, a saimhe, a s^rcaighi, a caeimhe, 
 a chohhsaidi, a fostacht, a loghmaire, a reidhi, a ruithnz^i, a glaine, a gradh- 
 mhaire, a gile, a cheolbinni, a noeimhe, a niamglaine, a soeire, a sadhaile, a 
 haille, a hailgine, a hairdi, a hedrochta, a hairmhidiu, a lanshidh, a lanaenta. 
 Mogenar, tra, bias co ndeghairilhV/<^ 7 ;2d^chghnim<7z^ \ 7 gairfeas Braen 3870 
 find mac Findlogha ina aentaidh^ isin k/h-sin,' ar in senoir [ct'/na], 'do 
 bhithaitreibh na hindsi i tarn tre bithu na bethi?.' 
 
 lAr hh^aics'm \m7norro doibhsium in pharrthais sin ctzr tonniiibh in 
 mhara, machtnuighit 7 ingantaighit cumor mirb?///i De 7 a cum^r///a, 7 ano- 
 raighit [7 glormz/raighid] in Coimdhi cumor iar bhfaicsin na moirmirbal-sin. 3875 
 
 IS 3.m\aid immorro bai in senoir noebh^ sin, cen etiich ndccnna et/r, acJit 
 ba Ian a corp uili do clumuibh gleghealaibh amail cholum no fhailinn ; 7 ba 
 herlabra aingil ac/tt bee bui aice. Ceileabharthar in teirt leo iar mbein a 
 cluicc. Canait* atlaighi buidhi do Dhia 7 a mcnmana tudmidi ind. Ni ra- 
 laimset [immorro] ni do íhia.rí'm^i, 7 no aemdais a n-anmcairdine dho la 3880 
 t?/rcbhail soiscela. 
 
 IS e da,7io proic<^/^ ba mcncs. dognith Petar 7 Vó/ 7 na hcLpstail noebhdha ^ 
 olceana, in proicept-so na pian 7 na fochraice, ar roaibhsighthea dhoibh 
 fon cuma c//na. IS e da;^^' ^roicept dorindi Siluest<7r ab Roma do 6i???santin 
 mac Elena, d'airdrigh in domain, isin mordail dia vocáhair Ro[i]mh do 38S5 
 Vetar 7 do IS e so ^^roxccpt dorighne Fabian comiarba Vctair do Pilip 
 
 m^c Gordian, do righ Romhan, [fo. 35. a. i] dia rocreid in Coimdhi[dh] 7 
 dia rocreitsett ilmhile aili annsin ; et ba hessidhi ceidri do Romanch<7/^ 
 docreit in Coimdi \ssu Crist. IS e so, da;/i>, proic^// gnathaighi^/j- Hely do 
 dhenumh do anmunnuibh na bhfiren [7 é] fo chrunn na hctaá i VdiVrihns. 3890 
 INtan iarum osluicis Hely an leabur don proicr// tecuit annsin anmunna 
 na bhfiren i rechtuibh en nglegheal cuice da ccch aird. Indisid da;2<? dhaibh 
 artús fochraice na firen, aibnes 7 air^ra ^athdi nime, et at forbhfhaeiltigh-sium 
 ind airet-sin. Indisidh iar^?;^ doib piana 7 todernama itfrinn 7 erbhadha 
 
 1 MS. dethgnimiz/b. 2 ^io^ gentaigh. ^ noemh. * MS. cunatlaighi. P. has 
 canait atlaighi. ^ MS. noemhdha. 
 
 Q 3 
 
ii6 
 
 BETH A BR EN A INN. 
 
 3895 laithi bra//2a. IS ioWus cumor gne mbroin f<9rrasom fesin annsin .1. \ior] 
 Heli 7 [fi7r] Enac, co7taá he sin Da Bron Flatha Nime. lAdhuidh Heli {diVunt 
 a leahar proicepta. Doghniat ind coin nuallghubai d^rmhair in uair-sin, 7 
 tennait a n-eittiu fna curpu co tecat srotha fola eistibh ar omun pian ithfrinn 
 7 laithi hrdtha. INtan ian/M is iat anmunna na noeb^ dian<3:d erdhalta sirai- 
 
 3900 triubh flatha nime dogniat an gubai sin, ba[d] deithbhir do dhainibh in 
 áomain ciamdais d^ra fola doghnetis oc airichill laithe hvditha^ [in quo die 
 mala erunt^ Bete immorro uilc imdha 7 imnedha isin laiti sin .1. il-laithi 
 \>r2,tha^ [in quo die Index \us\,ms sua ^uh reddet, impiis^ penas, praemia. i^^^tis.] 
 IS andsin icfus in Coimdi a commain fein ria cack aen nduine isin domun: pian 
 
 3905 lais dona pect<2C/^uibh, fochraic dona firenuib. Cuirfit/r iarum na pec- 
 thaigh annsin i iudhomham na pene suthaine fi^rdos-iadhta glas breitri De 
 fo mhiscaidh hrel/iema7i hrditha. Berthar mrum na naeib" 7 na fireoin, lucht 
 na desheirci 7 na trocuiri, ior dels De Athar, do bithaitribh flatha nimhe. 
 Beit iarum isin morgloir sin ind aontaidh áhto^achta. 7 áaonachta Meicc De, 
 
 3910 ISind aoentaidh* is uaisli CQch ^e^ntaid .1. ind ^ntaidna. naoibh^-Trinoiti uaisli 
 uilicum<3:i:>^/aighi, Ath^^r 7 Maic 7 Spnta '^óibh. 
 
 Ailim trocuiri De uasail uilicum<3:<:/^^uigh tre impidhe noeibh^-Brenuinn, 
 roairiltnighium uile ind ^ntaid-sm, ro issam, roait^'eabum, in saecula. sae- 
 culorum ! 
 
 ^ MS. noem. ^ redet impeas. ^ MS. naeim. * MS. aoentaigh. 
 
 ^ MS. naoimh. ^ MS. noeimh. 
 
[fo. 35. a. 2]. 
 
 Betha Ciarain Clúans. mac Nois. 3915 
 
 OMNIA QUE CUMQUE UULTIS UT FACIANT^ HOMINES UOBIS ITA et 
 uos faciatis illis .1. Cech maith as ail libh do dhenamh dhuibh o 
 dhainibh bidh a.m\atd sin raghnethe dhoibh. Haec est ejiijn lex et 
 prophetae, uair is é sin rect 7 faitsine. 
 
 Tairmeascaidh cecha huilc \mmorro^ fuacarthaidh ^ cecha maithi/^j-a, 3920 
 sidhuighi Dé 7 dáine, lss\x Crist mac Dé bhi, sláinicidh ind uili áhomaÍ7t, 
 IS é roraidh na briatra-so do thinchosc a aps/<2/ 7 a deiscip/// 7 na huili 
 ecalsa im comhlud na desherce .1. co ;/-d^rndais na daine do mhaith 7 do 
 dheirc fria coibnesom ind uile doghendais doibh fein. IS do sin a.tbeir 
 Issu: Omnia quae cumqiie uultis. Matha immorro vaao, Alfei, in sui 3925 
 íor\i\mxaQ,h de Ebhraib^ in cethrum^d fer adcuaidh in sosc//a coimdheta, is e 
 roscribh na briat^a-so i curp shoscela, co ;2-apair Íor slict a maigistreach .1. 
 Isiu : Omnia o^ae cumq^/^ .1. Mad dob^rthi-si anbhar ndainibh maithe da- 
 bar clannuibh as mo cumor dohera. in t-Athair nemhdha maith. dia m^caibh 
 non-guidet, conad (or slict na mbriathar-sa doráidh Issu in comairli-si. 3930 
 Omnia, que zumque et xeXiqua. Uair aithn/<^ rect 7 fáitsine gradh do tabairt 
 do Dia 7 don adxhrtesam. Uair as é clethe 7 forair in force tu'ú diadha in derc, 
 uair is si in derc sualack dhiVms na cr/jtaidi, uair na suailche arcena bite oc 
 deghdhainibh 7 oc drochdhainibh. Ni tectann immorro in deirc ac/zt 
 degdaine nama, conadh. air sin dXheir \ss\x : * IS ann rofhinnfat na huili 3935 
 daine comdh. dom muinntir-si dhuibh, dia cara each uaibh araili amal 
 rocarz^j'-sa sibhsi.' 
 
 Sochuidhi immorro do m<2cuibh beth<^^, c\ir apstala. 7 desciplu in 
 Coimd^i^ni, osin ille rocomhaillset cuduthrac/ttsLch. 7 culeir in comairli-sin 
 tuc Issu doibh [fo. 35. b. i] um comhalI^<^ na derce feibh rocomuill 7 tuc 3940 
 saeingradh don deirc sech gac/i sualuigh in t-aps^'<3:/ uasal oirmitn^c-^, in 
 t-anmchara, in oeibelteoir in fer dia rolas iarthar in betha a bhfertuib 7 a 
 mirbhuilibh, a suailcibh 7 a soghnimhaib .1. Sanctus Ciaranz/j- sacerdos et 
 apostul?^^ Christi, In t-uasalsacart 7 in t-aps/^/, inti noeib^-Ciaran m^c in 
 
 1 MS. faciunt. ^ ^5. fuacarthaigh. ^ MS. inoeibel teoir. * MS. noeim. 
 
ii8 BETH A CIARAIN. 
 
 3945 t-saeir. Mac on in t-sseir doroine nemh 7 \.d\main c^/jna huilib fil^/ inntib, 
 maá iarsan geineaWh nemhdha. Mac in t-sseir denmha carpat 7 cech 
 saeirsi arcena he iarsin ngeneal^ch talm<^;ida. 
 
 IS ann dXdiu airmitnighit ind irisigh lithlaithi in uasail-sin, i q?/ingtidh ^ 
 septimp^r arai laithi mis grene, isin laith-si iniu arai laithi sechtmaim. 
 
 3950 Atfiadhat dXdiu taithmet cumair dia fertuib 7 dia mhirbhuih'^ in 
 craibhdhig-sin ar airiit^d anma na n-iris^c^, 7 dia ghenel^^;^/^ coWaidi 7 dia 
 coimp^rt bhith . . .caith^ 7 don ihorhad/z dorat for a rith mbuadha isna talman- 
 daibh. Fer di<^/?^ onoiri moire icon Colmdhzd in fer-so. Fer dia rocongair 
 Dia a chdiúireim .L. hliadite rian a geinem^i;^. Fer fil a n-urd apsW la Crist 
 
 3955 isin áomun-so, a.mal roráidh Colum cille : Quum tu Christi apostulum 
 mundo missisti hominem. Locharn didm he (or lasadh co soillsi ecna 7 
 forc^/uil amal roraidh Colum cille : ' Luc^rna huius insolae, lucens .1. 
 mirabili/ Fear rofhothaighistair airdecl<3;/i- asa mead greim riagla 7 ^i;na 7 
 iorcetuW do uilib ecalsaibh na \\E\renn amal roraidh in t-ecna,id cetna : 
 
 39^0 Custodisintur regmina et zaeterz. .1. Coimh//tar oc sruithibh na gcathr<2C-^- 
 so na riagla 7 na fí7rcetla 7 na bésa arichta on maighist^r, o Ciaran, comd 
 iatsaidhe riagla 7 besa roscailtea ^ 7 ructha do uilibh cathrachuibh noebh 
 Eir^;^;^, ár is aisti b^rar nagla 7 besa fo Elrinn uili. 
 
 Fer ill a n-urd na primhfhaithe ocon Coimd/ijf isin domunso amal 
 
 3965 roráidh in fáidh c//na : Troieta, qui nouisimus, el celera, ár bai dia uaisli 7 dia 
 [fo. 35. b. 2] airmhitn^^i ocon Coimdh/^curo tirchanadh o fhaidhib f^da riana 
 genemain, amal rothirchan Ysac 7 Eoin Bsiupfaisf Issu, et a n-is uaisli and. 
 Rotircan cet^^ Patraic m^!C Calpuirn i Cruachan Oighli, iar ndunad in 
 crainn imma thaisib isinn inad i ta an cath<3;/r-sin aniu. Rothirchan 
 
 3970 Brighit o'tconnaic in lasair 7 in t-amgel * .L. hl'mdne ria Ciar<i;^ isinn inadh 
 i tat crosa Bnghdi indiu. Rothircan Bee m^c De co ndehatrt : ' Andsin, a 
 m<^/c in tsseir, it casair chasimh cot clasaibh, cot coraibh, cot cairpthibh, cot 
 ceolaibh.' Rothirchan Colum cille i n-Ard Abla do ^dh m^c Brannuib no 
 Brenainn 
 
 3975 IS e so d'ldiu gcncXack C'mrain : Ciaran mac Beoit meic Olchain meic 
 Dichon meic Cuirc meic Cuindenn meic Cuinneadha meic Feic meic Maeil 
 Catrack meic Lairi meic Lairne, meic Cuiltri meic Gluin?^ meic Coirpri 
 
 ^ MS. quingtigh. ^ The k seems added and is followed by a mark of abbreviation. 
 
 ^ The -tea added in later hand. * The words 7 intaingel are in the upper margin. 
 " The word Brenainn is added in the right margin. 
 
BETH A C IAEA IN. 
 
 meic Logai meic Meidle meic Duibh mcic Lugna meic Fe'idlmnd meic 
 Echac/i meic Bresail meic Deghadh meic Reo-soirche meic Reo-doirche 
 meic Tighernmhais meic Follaigh meic Eithreoil meic Ireoil Fáidh meic 29^0 
 Eirimhoin meic Mh'úed 'Eshaiiie. 
 
 Beoid ádi7ío mac Olchain do Latharnaibh Maighi Molt do UWtaib a 
 athair talmiz/^da inti Ciam/;/. Darerca htgefi Ercain meic Buachalla a 
 mdiÚxair'Smm, ut dixit Cia.Tdn : 
 
 Darerca mu mdf/iair-s\, 3985 
 
 nirbo bannscal olcc, 
 
 Beoit socr mo atha/r-si, 
 
 do Latharnaibh Molt. 
 
 Do ChidLvrai^^i Irluacra didiu dia mdthair .1. do Glasm^^i insainnnW. Glas 
 fili á'idiíi a s^mXhair. Ba hi fochonn a n-acomaii na deisi sin. Dia nd^chaid 399° 
 Beoid do thorruma a brathar bat?^r i Crich Ccneoil Fhiachr^c//, o'tconnac- 
 sium an 'mgijt .t. Darerca, ftracinn rochuindigh ior a tuisdidhibh ^ cu tuc^d 
 do hi iar bhfir. Et rue coicc m^rca dhó iarsin, 7 is e so ord ara rucaid .1. 
 Lucoll a primhgein, Donnan in tanaisti, Ciaran in treas, Odran in cethram^d, 
 Cronan an cóiccd^ 7 ba deochain, uasalshacairt Imviorro na cethra meic 3995 
 aili. Rue didiii teora \ngcna do, 7 hzXar di óigh dibhsaidhi .1. Lugb^c 7 
 Rathbeo. Pata iinmorro in tres vigen, 7 ba fcadhbh eraibhdi?c// iside. IT e 
 inso relge i tat taisi na naibh^-sin .1. Lucholl 7 Odhran i n-Isil Ciarain ; 
 Donnan 7 Ciar^^:;/ i Chiáin mac Noiss. Cronan deoch^;/ [fo. 36. a. 1] 7 
 Beoit 7 na tri hinghena i Tigh Meic in t-saeir. 4000 
 
 Bai, tra, ri ecraibhd^e// intansin i Crich hua-Neill .1. Ainmiri mac 
 Colgan a ainm-sidhe. Noordaighedh-sidhe na tuatha 7 na cenela fo chiss 
 rotrom. Luidh di^^V^ Beoid ior teich^^ in righ-sin i crich Connacht cu 
 Cremhthann mac l^ughdach meic DdWain .1. ri Eheim, co Raith^ 
 Cremthainn * a Muigh Ai. 4005 
 
 IS ann rocoimpredh Ciariz;/, i s^xkalainn luin, 7 rogenair i sQ^\ia\ainn 
 Marta. Rotirchan^d gein C\diVai?t o Lugbrann .1. o druidh in righ 
 remhraidhti. Dixit in drui : 
 
 RÓ ic gabair Mnghusa. 
 
 dia raibi i cris i cliaba« 4010 
 
 tucad i sog n-aenlosa 
 
 o Dhia in firt-sin do Cmvan. 
 
 ^ MS. tuisdighibh. ^ MS. naemh. ^ The original scribe seems to have written 
 
 O rai :: tra. * The / is inserted by a later hand. 
 
120 
 
 BETH A CIARAIN, 
 
 O rochuala in drai i n-araili lo fogar an^ carptó, 'Fogur ^ carbi?/t ^ fo rig annso,' 
 [ar se.] O'tcotar na gille imach ni f hacatar acht Beoid 7 Darerca isin carp?//. 
 
 4015 O rofaitbiset na gille imon ndraidh, is ed roraidh : ' In mac ill i mbroinn na 
 bannscaili,' ol se, ' bidh ri mor he, et dimal doaitne grian idir renda nimhe 
 doaitnebha-sum i bhf<?rtuibh 7 i mirbhuih'3 diaisnéidhi isna talm^^/^daibh.' 
 
 Rogenair áidiu iarsin noebh^-Ciari^;? i Maigh Ai ice Raith Cremtainn. 
 Robaist^d o deochain lust^^, uair rob imcuhaid cum^d o f hiren nobaistfithe 
 
 4020 an firén. 
 
 I N-araili lo atbath ech JEnghusdi mezc Cremthainn cu rogaibh toirsi 
 moir do ecuib a eich. O rochotuil tra ^Engh^i" roartraig aingel De dhó 
 ind aislingi, 7 is ^tí^ roraidh ris : 'Ticfa Ciaran mac in t-sseir 7 toduiscfe h'ech 
 dhuit ; ' -J is ed on rocomhailW, ar tainic Cidivan la breithir ind SLingil 7 ro- 
 
 4025 bennach uisce co t^cadh darsind each, 7 adracht foc//oir a bas. Dorad 
 immorro JE7tghus ferann mor do Dhia 7 do Chiaran ar thoduscadh an eich. 
 Tir na Gabrai ainm in fherainn. 
 
 I N-araili lo rochairigh a mhdt/iatr esium. ' Dob^rat, tra* ol si, ' gille 
 bheaca in baile mil leo amuich asna miltenuibh dia muindt^raibh, 7 nocha 
 
 4030 tabrai-si dhuinne.' O'tcual^ Ciaran innisin, luidh co araili top^r, 7 linaid a 
 leastar as, 7 bennachaidh cur'bhó mil tog<3;/de, 7 dobeir in mil-sin dia 
 mhdtkair cur'bo buidhech. Et as í sin mil-sin mead do dtochain Uis i 
 logh a bhathis-sium. 
 
 [fo. 36. a. 2] I N-araili lo roghresset drochdhaine coin fheochair * co 
 
 4035 Qiaran da letraá. O'tconnaic Ciar<3:/^ in coin,rochan in fersa-so : Ne tradas 
 bestis animam ír^^^^íitentem^ iibi. Et o roráidh-seom sin adrocuir in cú focet- 
 oir 7 nocho n-^rvacht o sin. 
 
 Ba he immorro monur dob^rtis a th^/jtidhi fairsium .1. inghaire, fo 
 cosmazlitis Dabzd meic lese 7 lacoip 7 na sruithi anall, ár rofhit/r Dia 
 
 4040 cum^d bhuachail treabhuir do moirtretuibh eisium .1. treta na n-iris^c/^. 
 lArsin fi?rcaemhnacair ni adhamhraighthi ice Raith Cremhthainn i Muigh 
 Ai, eisiumh oc coimet indile a aidi .1. deochain Uis oc Fidharta, 7 sist 
 fhoda etarra. Rocluineadh-som immorro inni itb^readh a aidi am<^/ nobetis 
 toebh fria toebh. IS ann sin táinic smdach co Qiaxan asin coill, 7 gnith 
 
 4045 cennsa fris. Do athaighedh co men\c chuigi, cu ro erail fair umaloit do 
 dhenamh dhó .1. a leahar salm dh'imochar etarra 7 a aidi .1. deochain Uis. 
 
 ^ Interlined. ^ MS. noemh. ^ The t interlined. * Added in the right margin. 
 ^ The second e is written on an erasure. 
 
BETH A CIARAIN. 
 
 121 
 
 Uair intan atb^^eadh oc Fidharta : abair so a n-ainm ind K\k\ar 7 in M<^/c 
 7 in Spir/a ^óibh docluineadh Ciam;^ ic Raith Cremthainn otha sin cu 
 áeredh. in aicepta, 7 nobhidh in sinnach guhumul oc \xnaid\ in aicipta, co 
 tairseadh a scribenn i ceir cu tabhradh lais iarsin cu (Z\-3iXan. Feacht ann 4050 
 mebhais a thangnac/ii aicinta triasin sinnach gur'fhobair (or ithe a liubhair, 
 uair ba sanntach um na leadhbuibh ha.tar uime dianechtair. O robhai- 
 sium oc ithi in Ymhazr, is ann tainic /Engh?/s mac C7'emhthainn gu ceitheir;/ 
 7 gu milconuibh cuici, cu ros-toifnetar he, cu nach fúair a dhin a n-'mad, 
 CO ndesichaid fa chochull Ciam/;/. Romor<7d ainm De 7 Ciarani tre anaco^oss 
 in Wuhair ar in sinnach, 7 tria anacul in tsmnaig ar na conuibh, ct is e in 
 Itdhar-sm Polaire Cmrain aniu. 
 
 IS friu as cuibhdhi sin fria drochdhainib bite i comfhocraib don 
 eclats, 7 fogabut torba na hecalsa, eter com?//;/;/ 7 baithi/zj- 7 bhiadh 7 
 iorcetul, 7 arai ni anat-sum oc ing;'eim na h^ralsa, cu tic mortlaid ^ 7 galar 4060 
 anaithn/i^h chucu, [fo. 36 b. i] conadh andsin . . sc'iced^ doibh tuidhci://^ fo 
 diten na h^<:ailsi, amal dochuaidh in sinn<?c// fo cochull Ciarain. 
 
 I N-araili la do mdthair Cmrai?i oc denumh glaisne cu rosiact co tabuirt 
 eduig innti. IS ann roraidh a vndthaix fns: ' Amach d///t, a Chiar/?/;/ ! Ni 
 hada leos;/m fir a n-aeintigh f;aa dathug//<^ eduigh.' ' S;'iabh odhur annsumh 4065 
 on,' ol QXdsan. Doneoch t;'a do cduch tuc^^'d isin nglaisin ni raibhi nadi 
 n-etuch dibh cen sreibh n-uidir ann. Dognithir dorisi inn glaisin, co Jtdehairt 
 a mhdihatr frissium : ' Eirc-si imach da.710 infechtsa, a Ciaraiu, 7 na bidh 
 sriabh odhur ann, a Ch'mraiu 'nósa.' IS annsin doraidh-sium : 
 
 Cech cdack, didtu, dorat^^d innti rob aengeal iarsin. Dognither an t;'eas 
 feet in glaisin. ' A Chiar^/;/,' ol a vndthaix, ' na mill umam innosa in 
 nglaisin, acht bennachthar lat hi.' O xos-'b^nnach immorro Cia.xa7t ni d^;'nad 
 roimpi na 'nadiaidh^ glaisin bhudh commaith ria, ar cidh edach Ceniuil 
 Fiachrach uili dob^;^thi ina hiarcain nos-gormfadh ; 7 nogormadh fadeoidh ^4080 
 na conu 7 na catu 7 na^ crunda f;^isa comhraiced. 
 
 ^ MS. mortlaig. ^ A d seems to precede this word. ^ MS. nadiaigh. 
 
 AWe/iAa. Do7m'ne, 
 
 rob goal glaisin mo muime ! 
 
 4070 
 
 cerh tan ti am laimh 
 rop gilither cnáimh, 
 cack [tan] ti a bruth 
 rop gilithir gruth ! 
 
 4075 
 
 * MS. fadeoigh. 
 
 ^ MS. ina. 
 
 R 
 
132 
 
 BET HA CIARAIN. 
 
 Feacht dosum oc inghaire bhó. Dotset cu al W<i rotrúagh ^ cuici. Iss 
 e arose mbreithre nobidh aicesium .i. Mon-fair trocuire!' ' Eirg 7 tomuil in 
 laegh, 7 ná bris 7 na hith a chnámha.' Dochuaidh in cu 7 dorighne 
 4085 amhk/í/. O rogheis in bo oc iaraidh in laeig, is ed roraidh a mdthaiv 
 frissium : ' Innisj a Chiara/;?, cia airm i ta laeg na bo-so, toircedh uait in 
 laegh cibe ddáed'^ i n-áQáiaid' Dochóidh Ciar^;^ c?/i-an in^d a n-duaidh in 
 CÚ in Iseg, cu rotinoil cnama in laeigh, 7 dorat i iiadhn//i-i na bo, 7 adract in 
 laeg 7 ro sheasaimh. 
 
 4090 In araili [lo] tancatar ioghlaid a Huaibh Failge do mharb^^^ daeine 
 chinéoiP Fí3ich.ac/i, cu bfuarat^r inti naeib ^-Chia.ran oc leighinn ica indilib, cu 
 rotnalIs<a:t dia marhhad, acht cena robenuit-som o dailli^ [fo. 36. b. 2] 7 ni 
 caemhnacair cor do cois na do láimh doibh nogu ndernsat aithr^^hi, 7 cur ro- 
 tuasluicthea tre breithir nDe 7 Ciaram iat. 
 
 4095 Feacht aili rofhaidh a athair eisium do idhnacul coiri don righ .1. do 
 Fhurban, conm-td.r\a,ta.r boicht do f<^rsin conuir 7 atnaig cairi in righ dhóibh, 
 cor'cuibnghed-som annsin, 7 t^/cad daeiri fair acun righ, 7 ba he monar 
 noherbtha fair, bró do bleith. F<?rcaemhnacair mirbhuili mora annsin .1. 
 intan rotriall-som bleith na bron no impa a haenar, 7 dognith sa.m\atd 
 
 4100 dogres, et ba hiat aingil in Coimdh^^ nomheiW dia raith-seom. Nir'bhó 
 cian iarsin cu tancatar gobuinn a tiribh Muman, 7 teora cair^<iha leo do 
 Chiaran a n-almsain, curub a.mh\aidsm Yosa.erad Ciaran o fhognum in righ. 
 
 lArsna hiibh sin, tra, ba mith?^ la Ciaran teact ior scolaidhe<;>^/ 
 d'fhogluim ^^na cu Finden Cluana hiraird. Rochuinn^^ immorro bhoin 
 
 4105 ior a mdthah' 7 ior a athair dia breith lais dia fhoglaim. Atb^rt a 
 mhdthaiv na XXhhved do. Robeannach-som boin dona buaibh .1. Odhur 
 Ciarí3;/;^ a hainm o sin amach, et dodh^chaid com. laegh andiaidh ^ Chiarain 
 otha sin gu QXuain Iraird. Dorat-som \2sum ti dia bhachaill eat^rra, ár ni 
 roibhi airbhe etarra, 7 nobhith in bo oc lighi in laeigh, 7 ni ticeadh cechtar 
 
 4iiodhibh tarsin toraind. Loim immorro na bo-sin norannta et/r in da espí>í: 
 dhec-sin corn, muinnteruibh 7 cona n-áigheadhaibh ^ 7 nos-folartnaig^d uili 
 
 iat, ut dixit ^ \ f ^ 1 
 
 Caeca for cet comlana 
 
 nobiathadh Odhar CidLratn, 
 41^5 la haidhib, la lobhrana, 
 
 la lucht proinntigi is gnana[i]n. 
 ^ MS. rotruadh interlined. ^ jyjg^ aig^^. ^ This and the preceding word have been 
 re-written and are obscure. * MS. naeim. ^ andiaigh. ^ MS. ír<?;íanaidheadhaibh. 
 
 ' In marg. .r. (i.e. rann). 
 
BETH A C IAEA IN. 
 
 123 
 
 Ata immorro sece na hUidhre i Cluain mac Nois, 7 gebe anum scar^j- ria 
 corp don t-seich/^-sin aitreab^ in b^/h^z^ suth<i/;^. 
 
 BAt^r áidiu da esbi?<; dec na hEire7in a scoil Findein i Cluain Iraird, 
 
 ut dixit . Fhinnen, da Cholum caidh, '^^^^ 
 
 Ciaran, Cainneach, Comghall cain, 
 da Brenainn, Ruadhan co li, 
 Nindedh, Mobi, mac Nat frsich 
 
 .i. Molaisi Daminnsi. ^125 
 
 IS e ord nobhith acu .1. cc<:h espoc dibh do bleith na bron a la. Aingil didm 
 nomheiW in mbroin doraith C\a.rm/i in la ba leis. 
 
 Tucadh ingen righ Cualanfi fecht?/^- c//j'[in] Finnen [fo. 37. a. 1] do 
 léghadh a salm iar n-idhbairt a hoighi do Dhia. Roerb Finnen ra Cia.Ya/i 
 an ingin, cum<a:d aigi noleghudh a salma. Ni iha.ca tra Ciam;^ do c?/rp na4i3o 
 hingine cein bat<^r immale ac/it a traighthi nama. 
 
 Tancatar didm dá clamh dhec cu Finnen, dia n-ic. Faidhis Fin;^/;i 
 iat cu CxdiVan. Ferais Ciar^;^ failti friu, 7 luidh leo on cill siar, 7 h^dinaid 
 fott asin talmam cur'mhemhaid^ sruth uisq^^i glain as. Dorat-sumh tri tonna 
 donn zisqtii tar ccirh bhfer dibh, comtar oghslana fochedoir. 4135 
 
 ISin scoil-si heot^s noathaig^d damh sXlaid cu Ciam;/, cu tabr^d-sum 
 a leahar for congnaibh an daimh. Laithi ann atcual<^ C'ia.rau an clocc. 
 Adraigh suas cohopunn risin cloc, araidhe ba dene adracht^ in t-agh a.\\aid/i, 
 7 luidh as cons, leabhar ioj'a. congnaibh. Ciar'bhó fliuch in la-sin 7 inn 
 ad<3;z^S 7 ciar'bho oslaicthi an leahar, ni rofliuchrt-i^ oenlit^r ann. Adracht4i40 
 in cl&ec/i iarnamhar<3:ch, 7 doriacht in t-agh a.\lazd/i cona. lihzir imshlan do. 
 
 ISin scoil-sin didm tainicc Nindedh Saebhruisc o Lochuibh Eirne do 
 legadh cu Finnen, 7 ni raibhi leahar oca. ' Essidh leab<?r,' or Fin/ie/i. 
 Rola Nindedh cuairt ior an scoil, 7 ni fuair o neoch dhibh lib^r. ' In 
 ranacais in moethoclach fil i tuaisciurt na faighthe?' or Yinncn. 'Raghat4i45 
 innoz/^a,' or Nindedh. Intan iarum rainic Nindedh, is ann luid Ciar^;/ tar 
 teistemain medhon^i-/^ liubuir Matha : Omm-a. quecumque uultis ut faciunt 
 homines uohis ita et uos faciatis illis. ' Tancas do iasacht liubhuir,' 
 ar Ninnedh. ' Don-fair trocuire/ ar Ciar^;^, ' as fris leghaim-si 7 iss ed asbeir 
 in teistem^/;^ fnum cech ni budh maith dam do dhenamh dhamh C04150 
 
 n-dernaind ^ doneoch. Beir-si in leab^r,' ol Qiaxa7i, Rofiarf hor/// a aes cumtha 
 
 ^ In marg. .r. (i.e. rann). ^ MS. curmhebhf^'/rt!'. ' In marg. * MS. 2i%aid. 
 * MS. seems to have been touched by modern hand. 
 
124 
 
 BETH A CIARAIN. 
 
 de aramár<^C/^ ^ occ denamh in aicipta, cait i m-boi a leabi^r ? [fo. 37. a. 2] ^ 
 * Dos-fuc dhamhsa,' ar a muinter^ ' bidh Ciaran k^h-Matha a ainm, ar fer don 
 ricib ale, ar Finden, ^í:^/ Ciam;^ leith nEire/m . . . . e uili,' ut dixii F'mnen : 
 4155 Oc Finnen roleghastur 
 
 Ciaran craibdhech gu ngreische, 
 
 leath liuhaz'r leis cin léginn, 
 
 k/h Eirenn dó da esse. 
 
 IS uadhsin rucadh in mbreithir n-urdraic co Roim co hAlaxander .1. non 
 
 4i6olegam Marcum ^ quo usque compleu^ra[m] Mattheum\ 
 
 Dorala tra iarsin teirci arbha, 7 f huluing don scoil-sein, cu mba heicen 
 (er maith dibh for timcheall do choimet in builc arbha dob^rthea don mhui- 
 leann. Dorala do ChisLran iar n-urd timchill, bole corcai do breith don 
 mhuilinn. Roraidh-si^mh oc oscailt in builc-sin : ' A Choimdhe,' ol se, 
 
 4165'robadh maith lium cum<3;d crmthneckt chaein, 7 com<3:d shásí^id adhbhul, 
 ailghen, oirmhitech so dona sruithibh.' Forcaemhnacair a.mh.\aid sin .1. 
 ai;/g^/ De rotairbir^d in mmXenn ina laim-si^/m, 7 esium oe gabhail a shalm 
 gu n-glaine eridhi 7 mQwman, 7 in coirei dob^rthea inn ba cruithneet 
 toga/de oe toidheeht as. Tie áidiu inghen airehinnigh in mhrnlmn eu raibhi 
 
 4170 ie saiehthin ior CisLvau, 7 eu tart gradh dho, ár ba hailli a dhealbh oldas eeeh 
 duine a eomseis. . . . dldm duit/ ol Ciar^;/, ' náeh edh doherl dot aire ^ erera 
 in tsseguilj laithi hratka 7 plana ithfrinn ara n-imghab<3:277 foehraie nime ara 
 roi:/^/uin ? ' O doehuaidh an ingm dia tigh innisidh in seel-sin dia hathair 7 
 dia mdthair. Taneatar saidhe 7 tareatar an \ngin do Ciar^;^. ' Dia n-edb/^a 
 
 4175 a hoighi do Dhia,' ol Cidiran, '7 dia bhfoghna dho, baam sent^daeh-sa fria.* 
 Roidpair áidiu an inghen a hoighi do Dhia 7 do Chiar^;?, 7 roidhbuir-sum a 
 muinnt/r uili a mbithfhoghnum 7 a m-bithdilsi do ChisLvan osin amaeh. O 
 doehuat<3;r dia tigh tue^^^d euibrenn uata do C\\\2iVan .1. tri bairgena eruith- 
 neehta com, bhfurrthain do ... 7 d'feoil leo, 7 leastur Ian do (mi)d [fo. 37. b. i] 
 
 4180 O rofhaeoibhset na timthirigh sin, 7 o rucsat benn^^/^tain, roraidh-sium : 
 ' Don-fair trocmri," or se, ' ni eubhuidh dúinne so do e^^thimh seaeh na 
 braitribh aili.' Foeeird iarsin an biadh uili iarna mhiniug2^<^ cusin muilenn, 
 7 foe^^Vd in lin;^ co náerm, min eruithneehta dibh uili. O roairigh Ciar<^;/ in 
 timthir/<^ iea fi?rehoimhet frisin eleith, dorat breithir fair co ;2-debuirt fris : 
 
 4185 ' Rom-bera eorr/ ar se, ' do shuil as do einn ! ' F^rcaemnaeair diVcAaid iardain, 
 
 * MS. arabarach. 2 'pj^g f^j-gt ji^es of this column have been retouched and are 
 very obscure. MS. marcam. * MS. mathium. 
 
BETHA CIARAIN. 
 
 125 
 
 uair benais ^osted^ cuirri a shuil asa chinn cu rabha iord, gruaidh ^ oc dul dia 
 thigh dhó. Tainic in t-aircinnech acedair maille frisin timthin<^ cu ro- 
 shlechtsat do ChisLtan, 7 roedbuir in muilenn cona. f herann uili do Ciar^^;/ ar 
 ice in giila. Tard Ciar^;^ a di'rnuinn frisin súil cu rola 'na hin^d, 7 tard 
 sigin na croichi tairrsi cur'bhó oghshl^i;?. 4190 
 
 O roscaich tra meilt in arbha frith cethra builc lána do cruithneacht 
 coss^iTartha annsin tria rath De 7 Cia.raÍ7i. O rosiact-sum dia thigh cona, 
 arbhur lais dorighne tuara dona sruithibh. Tuara on ba ferr thucad dhoibh 
 riamh. Or on aimsir frith an mainn rundai tall ic mi^cuibh Isr^^l ni frith 
 sdimail in tuara-sin, ár is amlaid roboi, gu mblas cacha d^^hbidh^, et/r4i95 
 mhidh 7 fhin, cu roshas 7 cu roslan^í^ iat uili. Uair gac/i duine gaWr bai 
 isin cdiihraig uili di neoch rochaith ni dhe ba hoghshlan fochedair. 
 
 Ni roairigset na sruithi ind iarmeirghi in didaig '-^-sm cu primh iarna- 
 marach. O rofiafr^i*^ Finn/;/ do Ciar^;/ in mhirbhoill f<?rcaemnacuir ann 
 ro innis CidiYait uili o thosach co tidhnacul in mhuil/;/;/ 7 in f herainn com. 4200 
 aidhmibh (no com. dhainib) dhó a n-idhbairt, ' et acsin duitsi in f(frann-sin 
 uili, a Fhindein!' ar Ciar^;?. IS annsin dorat Yindcn a bennacht coduth- 
 rachtdich. do Chiaran. Ut dixit Fin^m : — 
 
 A C\2u:ain, a cridhican! 
 ar do noeibe* not-caruim. 
 dot-ria rath a dhilican 
 imut flatha octis feruinn. 
 [fo. 37. b. 2]. A Ghiara/;z uais oWhldiáaigh ^ \ 
 
 duit rop soma gach freacra, 
 curab it cill comhvdLmhaigh 
 imut orduin is ecna. 
 
 Dorati^d tra in benn^<:/i/-soin codúthr^<://tach do Chiar^;/ tria rogradh 7 tria 
 meisci s^irtdXda, Conoid annsin fi?rfhacuib leth. derce 7 ordain 7 ^^rna fria 
 firu 'Eimtn do Chidiran 7 da cathraigh. Forfhacuib á\di?t Cia.ran ana aice- 
 sium 7 ara cathratg, co7ia.dh de sin ata ana Fhindein. Fi^rerlangair didm in 4215 
 t-arb^r-soin samhad Fmdemgu cenn.xl. la cona. n-oidhchibh^, et rotaiscedh 
 a trian do aes galair, ár ro icadh cec/i n-ainces, 7 ni rolamh luch na peist 
 a mhilW co ;^-derna ere dhe fadheoidh^, 7 no ic^d cqc/í ngalar fi?ra 
 tabi^rtha. 
 
 4205 
 
 4210 
 
 ^ MS. gruaigh. 2 ^j^^^bi^l^^ ^ US. in:igaid. * MS. noeime. 
 
 ^ MS. oWbhghaighf written over oirdnidi. ^ MS. oighthibh. ' MS. fadheoigh. 
 
125 * 
 
 BETH A CIARAIN, 
 
 4220 Laithe n-oen do Ch.\2.r aji oc tinol meithli buana cu tarla dhó araili 
 ocXdech dár' ainm Cluain. ' Tahair cabhuir dhún icon ^ buain ^ amamc/^/ ol 
 Ciam/i. 'Dobhér/ ar Cluain. O dhochuaidh zmmorro Cluain dia thigh, 
 athert fna muinnteV : ' Abraidh-si,' ar sé, ' mo bh^^Vh-si a ngalar dia tistar 
 armochenn o Ciam;^.' O ro hindis^<3? don gilla do dhQchaid aracennsom 
 
 4225 sin, atchuaidh do CisLran inni sin. Faitbes C'mrau ica cluinsin, 7 rotuic 
 conadh for togaeis robai Cluain, uair rob fhaidh De íarbhfír Ci^Lran. O 
 dochuat//r tra muinnt^r Cluana dia dhuscad is amhlaid fuarut/^r he, cin 
 anmain. Rochasins^t a mhuindt^r cumór he, 7 tancatar lucht an imfhoraidh 
 fai cur' fhiafraighset dibh fochunn na haccaine. ' Cluain,' ar siat, * dochuaidh 
 
 4230 imshlá;^ ina leahhaidj marbh anosa he, 7 is é Ciar<3:;/ ros-marbh ona breithir, 
 o nach dechaid don bhuain lais.' Tiaghuit in lucht-sin uili do etarghuidhi^ 
 Ci^ram um thaithbheog^/<^ in mhairbh. ' Doghenum-ne uili,' ar siat, ' buain 
 duitsi, 7 dobéram ar mainchine 7 ar bhfoghnamh d///t 7 do Dia cubrath, 
 dia nduiscedhun in marbh.' IS annsin athert Cia.ran fria scoloic : ' Eirg-si,' 
 
 4235 ol se, ' 7 beir mu bhachaill lat docum in mhairbh, 7 tabatr sighin na croiche 
 don bhachaill (or a ucht, 7 geibh in rann so : — 
 
 Rodháil Chíazn 
 aniu cucamsa do bhuain, 
 ar is ^dlar in fi?rrich 
 4240 beo ina thigh marbh fofhuair,' 
 
 [fo. 38. a. 1.] Adracht iarumh Cluáin acedair, 7 doriacht ^ coluath 
 dochum Cia.rai7i. ' BendacAt fort, a nsebh *-Chiar<3;/;^,' or se : ' is maith ina 
 n-d^rnuis frim, ar is buidhi Hum tuidhe^^/ ó ilphianuib ithfrinn. Anois 
 rofh^/amar tarbha na hum^^/oite, 7 etarba na hanumia:/oidi, 7 rofh^/amar 
 
 4245 in morcataidh fhuil ocon Coimd/í/ fí?rtsa, 7 fil ic muiniir nime cucoitcheann.' 
 Roshlect iarsin do Ciar^;^, 7 dorat a mhainchine dho. 
 
 Rofhiafraigset araili dona cleirchibh do Fhinnen cia no taispenfadh in 
 irn^i^thi intan nach beth Finnen ibhus. 'In t-oc\deck ut,' ar Yinnen, .1. 
 
 4250 Ciaran, ' esidhe.' ' Abdhaine dob^re dho,' ar Brenainn seoch chach. ' Dorad<3;<^, 
 dob^rar, dobertar,' or Finnén. Form<3:t di<^/// lasna naebhu^ innisin cenmota 
 Qolomb Cille. 
 
 IS ann rofiair aig araili dibsum cia dona naebuibh ^ budh mo fochraic a 
 nimh. ' Don-fair t^ocuire !' ar CidiYan^ ' rofinnfaigt^r inar congbhaluibh ar 
 
 ^ Interlined in a later hand. ^ MS. etarghuighi. ' In marg. fofuar. 
 
 * MS. nsemh. ^ MS. naemhu. * MS. naemuibh. 
 
BETH A ClARAIN. 
 
 127 
 
 ta\mam' IS ann sin dorighne B/^enainn Birra faitsine dho : ' Gebmait-ne da 
 congbail (or Brenainn, for dib srothaibh itir primchathmr/^aibh \ 7 indi?/hbir 4255 
 bias etzr na da sriith biaidh etir met na cathrach.' 
 
 INtan immorro ba mithigh^ do Chiaran toidhe<://^ o Cluain Iraird iar 
 bhfoghluim léiginn 7 ^^rna, fi?rf hacuib in Uidhir oc Ninded noebh acht 
 asbíTt-Sí^m a seche do rochtuin do iardain, et 2^her\. Ciaran foss : ' Gidh 
 sochuidhi dochab^/r dia blicht robudh liu dia tibhreadh a seiche z^hair' Et 4260 
 asb^rt-som : ' Ce^rh ainim ragh?/j- asa churp do sheich/^' na hUidhre nocha 
 pianfaid^r a n-ithfrenn.' 
 
 Atconnuic Finden aish;?^i dosum 7 do Colum Qille .1. da esca isin aier 
 CO ;i-dath oir iorxw. Dochuaidh indalanae ior fairrce sortuaidh os mhedon 
 'EXxenii. Colum zille sin cu taitncmh a shaeiri 7 a socenelche et Ciaran 4265 
 cu taitn^m a d^rce 7 a trocuiri. 
 
 Teit Ciaran iarsin d^acallaimh [fo. 38. a. 2] righ Y!\renn .1. Tuathail 
 Maeil gairbh, do cuingidh fair chumhaili bai aigi. T)oxa\. tra Ciar<7;^ a 
 dhorn imon mbroin ar deirc, 7 rogheall cu bhfoighenadh deis na cum^'z/e. 
 Rod^Huic Tuath^/ \2iXum in zwvaail do Dia 7 do Chiar<7;/, 7 dorad fos a ctadi 4270 
 rigda, 7 dorat Qxdsari do hochtaib iozétoix. 
 
 Feacht ann doluidh Ciaxa^i do cuingidh cz/z/^uili aili c?/i-in righ .1. cu 
 Furbaidi. IS annsin tuc fer ele boin dosum a n-edbairt : tuc araiH brat do, 
 tuc araile aighen. Dorat-sum uili do' bhochtuibh fochetoir isin lo cetna, et 
 dorat Dia tri hedb?/rta roptar ferr do Cmxan .1. coiri deis a aighin, da brat 4275 
 dec deis a senbroit, da bai dec a n-ini?d a aínbhó. O^tconnuic in ri innisin 
 dorat in cumai/ do. 
 
 O thainic tra co celeabhrí^í:/ dosum ^ dia aiti targ^^'iZ-siumh a cha.thxai£- 
 
 do fhoghm/m dho. ' Acc,' ar Finden, ^ nir-ben do chathraig-si ^ fri nech aili 
 
 ackt irl Dia dorat sa.inseirc áínt s^c/iainne uili.' Ciidh Ciar^;^, ar ba huar/^/428o 
 
 lais a aite do thaircsin a chathr<^c/^ dho. ' Biaidh da.no senta edrann cena/ 
 
 ar Finn/;/, ^ 7 ni ba nimhidh"^ na talm^/^da inti millfeas ar n-s^ntazdh.' ' Bidh 
 
 aml^/<^,' ar Ciaxan. Doimth/^ Ciar^;« roime iarsin. Et is ann t?/c Cohim 
 
 cille in Ust'ú fair ^ . , , , , . 
 
 Amhra ooXáech teit uann siar, ^285 
 
 C'mran mac in tshaeir : 
 
 cen saint, cen uail, cen ecnach, 
 
 cen etradh, cen aeir. 
 ^ MS. p? imthathaibh, with a slanting stroke over the first //. ^ jyjs. mithidh. 
 
 ^ MS. noemh. * MS. repeats. ^ Here begins a different hand, and continues 
 
 to end of fo. 38. b. ^ MS. chathsi. ' Read nimhidhech (?). ^ In marg. rann. 
 
128 
 
 BETH A CIARAIN. 
 
 lArsin docuaidh QXdsan co hAruinn do SLgallazm Enna, 7 atcondcad^r 
 
 4290 aenaiskV^^i Cla.ran 7 Enna .1. crann mor toirihech i idivrad srotha ior medhon 
 'E'lrenn co ;^didn<^d inis Eim/;^, 7 ros-dQchaid a thorad tar muir bai imon innsi 
 amuigh, 7 ticdis eoin an domam gu m-b^rdis ni dia thorad. Atcuaid Ciara7t 
 in fhis do Enna. Roraidh Enna : ' An crann mor atconnacuis iusa, fein 'sin 
 áir it mor [in marg. fn tua] 7 doenaib, bid Ian Eiri dot thanoir. Ditne- 
 
 4295 hatdh fo sc^^h do ratha an innsi-sea, 7 sasfuider soch^/<^i ó rath th'áine 7 
 th'urní3:2^i. Eirg didm la hrehhzr nDé for ur srotha 7 fothat^' cclazs ann.' 
 
 Fect^j- dosan a n-Aruinn ac tiradh isin áith, 7 Lonan Cerr malle fris, 
 7 i fnthb^rt nobhidh se coidhci fri Ciari^:;^^ co facad^^r in naoi ficr nóchombáthtíftí? 
 'na bfhiadn^i-i. ' Indar-leam,' ar Lonan, ' baidhiid^r Ínníu in nótút, 7 loiscíid^r 
 
 4300 in aith-sea le met na gaeithi.' 'Ace,' ar Ciar^;^, 'in nói út loiscfid^r, 7 as 
 hdidudh baidiidh in aith-sea [fo. 38. b. i] cona, harbhur.' Ocus iss cdh on 
 rocomhailW, uair terld lucht na noz 7 tucadh. in nou iisLvradh. na hatha. 
 Gabuis tene in aith 7 loisct^r in nou, atnaig ^ in gaeth s//edh f^rsin áith cona 
 harbor isin fairgi, gur'hdÁdedh ire breith/r Chiaram. 
 
 4305 O dodhcchaid C'laxan a hAruinn tachr<3:2<^boi:ht do arin condÁr. Atnaig ^ 
 Cisivan a chasal h'n do 7 dotoet co hinis Cath<a;i^h do bennach^^^T do Shena;^. 
 O robhui-sium ina aenbhrut rofoillsig^^^ do Senán innísin, 7 dochuaid 'na 
 choinne, 7 casal lin fo ocsail, 7 doraidh re Ciar an : ' Nach nar,' ar se, ' sacart 
 do imthec/ii cen chochull.' ' Don-fair trocuiri ! ' ar Ciar^;^, ' airchisfid Dia 
 
 4310 atá cochull damsa fo choim mu senor^a^Cy^.' O doróí-^/ Qiaran gu QXúain 
 mac "Nots dob ail do co ructha casal eli uadh do Scnsin. Roleic^^ in casul 
 fri sruth na Sinna, 7 ro úacht gen fhliuch^</ gu p^rt Innsi Cathai^'. Adu- 
 hairt ScnsLti re mhsLnchaid : ' Eirg/d don muir 7 ioghQhatdh aeighidh ^ ann, 7 
 tucaidh libh co ;^-anoir 7 co ;^-airmhitin.' O dhachuat^^r Íma<:h na manaigh, 
 
 4315 fuaratar in casul f^rsin muir, is se tmm, 7 tucsat leo he co S^;^an, 7 roghni- 
 sium atlug//dh buidhi don Colmdtdh, 7 as e sin casal Scnan inniu. 
 
 Dodhech<3;/í/ iarsin coa braitribh co hísiU, 7 dorat Cobhtha<:h m^c 
 Brecain Isel do Dia 7 do Qiaran^ 7 do-aitreabh annsin maille na braitribh. 
 Et dobhi la ic denum a aicciupta immuich ior'm achad, dochuaidh-sium do 
 
 432othorruma a weighed 7 fi^rfacuibh a \tahur os\aicth\ co m^tain fon ^mchad, 
 7 ni rainic banna fliuch in lehur, 
 
 FQckius dobhi Qiaran ag cur sil an ísiU. Dotaid hocht ctigi. Atnaig ^ 
 Qiaran mam don gran 'na ucht, 7 rosoud^^h foc//oir in gran a n-or. 
 1 MS. atnaid. 2 ms. seidhi. ^ geidhed. 
 
BET HA CIA RAIN. 
 
 129 
 
 Tyxcadh. carp<^t condi, cchaib do Cia.ran o JEnghzis mac C/'imththuin. 
 Dorat Qiaran don bocht ar in or, 7 rosoe in t-ór a ngran, 7 rosiokisHi an 4325 
 gort de. 
 
 Robui immorro \oá\ ifarmí/h ísill, 7 noaitreabdais aes tuaithi 7 
 daescars^tír^ an innsi bui fair, 7 dothairmisciTi/h nual 7 iogiir in loAta-sin 
 adtarbha urn na clerch^'^. Roghuidh ^ Qiaran in Coimdi cor'alta asa hin^d 
 in innsi, 7 doron^d in ni-sin, 7 atcith^r beos an t-lnad a roibi isin lo^rh re 4330 
 cuimnz^//d in f>rta-sin. 
 
 O ná caemnac^tar immorro na brait^-i fulang deerci Ciarain ara m//, 7 o 
 ron-gaibh iorma.t, doraidhs^t fris : ' Eirg uann,' ol siat, ' ár ni ruibem a n-sein 
 in<2;d.' Doraidh Ciaran : ' Diam^d sunn,' ar se, ' nobeinn-si gidh Isel an 
 t-in^^-so arai luic, rob^?^ ard arai n-anoire 7 n-airm/ten.' [fo. 38. b. 2.] 4335 
 As ann roraid-sium so : 
 
 'Ciarsa isiul roba^/h ard 
 mina thiV//h in fodhard : 
 in fodhard mina this^tífh 
 
 rohadh ard gersa isel.' 4340 
 
 Dor^t Ciaran annsin a liubhair {or oss n-a\laid. Rocomaithig-seom iar?^;« 
 in n-os n-allaid ce^rh a tiged. Dochuaid in t-agh roimesi?/m co hinis 
 
 n-Angin. Docuaid-sium isin innsi 7 nos-aitreabhann. 
 
 Dod^chad^^r iarum a hraitri c;ngisium as gac/t aird. Robhui araili 
 uasalshacart isin innsi. Dainel a ainm, do Brea.inaid dhó, 7 ron-greis Diab/// 4345 
 gu rofi?rmdigh re Ciaran. R?^cadh iarum cuarh rigda co iri henuib ordha o 
 Ch.ia.rau dosum i comartha ndilg?/<3^ha. Roinganti^z^h an sac^rt innisin, 7 
 dorine aitnghi, 7 dosh\ec/it do Ciaran, 7 dorat an innsi do. 
 
 Fcc/it do Ciaran an Inis Angin gu cual^ in gairm isin purt. Roraidh 
 risna braitnbh : ' Eirgidh,' ar se, ' arc^nn adbhair hur n-dihadh..' O rancat//r 4350 
 an port ni fuarad?/r ann acht moethóglí^Vrh tuata. Raidhit fn Ciaran innisin : 
 ' Fivgidh arai sin arachenn aris. YoWns damsa ior a ghuth comba he bhus 
 abb daibsi amdeg^^'i/h.' T?/cadh \avtim in t-oglach isin innsi co Ciaran, 7 
 robherr Ciaran he, 7 rolegh aigi, 7 ba he sin Enna m^c Hui-Laigsi .1. fer 
 noebh adhamr^^^thi 'con Coimáidh, 7 is e rob ab iar Ciaran. 4355 
 
 Dorala cu torch?/i> sosc//a Ciarain isin lo<:h o araili hra-thuir anf hait^c-^, 
 7 robhui cufota fon loch. I n-araili laithi a n-aimsir samhr^z<^ docuad//r bai 
 isin lo<rh gu rolen iris an tsosc//a do cois bo dhibh, co twc le gu port tirim. 
 
 * MS. Roghuigh. 
 
 s 
 
BET HA CIARAIN. 
 
 As de sin ata Vort in tSosc/<?// a n-Inis Angin. O rahoslaiced immorro in 
 
 4360 sosc//, is 2sc\aid robui, glegheal, tirim, gan dith litri tre rath Qiarain, 
 
 Tainic araili fer do Corcabaiscinn co Qiaran^ Donnan a ainm, vi\az 
 brathar do Senan mac [GJerrginn, 7 inann mdthd\x do 7 do S^;/an. ' Cidh 
 accobrai no q\6}í\ theigi?' ol Q\'Axa7i. 'Do chuingidh inaidh i tairisiur 7 i 
 foighén do Dia.' Forfacuibh Qiaran Inis Angin la Donnan. Roraidh 
 
 4365 Vionnan : ' Uair as condeirc d^/t frium, facuibh ni dod comwxúiaib 7 dot 
 minnaib agum.' FsLchaidh Ciaran aigi a soisc//.i. an soiscel irith asin loirh, 
 7 a clog 7 a fher imchuir .1. Maelodran. Tri hXiadne immorro 7 tri mis robui 
 Qiaran a n-Inis Angin. Et is ^<a? tainic iarsin co hArd Manntain \Í3xxad na 
 Sinna. O'tconnuic-sium aibhne an inaidh-sin, iss ed\\ roraid : * Madh annso 
 
 4370 thairismit,' ar se, 'bidh imda saidbreas in th^guil aguinn, 7 bid uaithti 
 anmunna áoc7im mml as.' Tainic iarsin c^j-in mbaile-sa. Ard Tiprat a 
 ainm intansin. ' As sund immorro anfam^V, uair bat imdha anmain docum 
 nimhe as, 7 biaidh torroma o Dia 7 o dhainib coidchi forsin in^d-so.' 
 I N-oc/Ukalainn Febra roghabh Qiaran i Cludm, in dechmaá esca, i sathrann. 
 
 4375 Ocht?/r immorro dochuaidh leis .1. Ciaran, M.wgus maz Nisse, Caelcholum, 
 Mulioc, Lugna maz hui Moga Laim, Colman m^c Nuin. Amhra tra 
 xog-^adh an congbhail-sin la Qi^xan i QXúam cond, ochtur iar ddaidhe^:-^/ ^ 
 do thonnaib adusce feibh roghabh Noe maz Laimhiach in domain'^ cond, ochtar 
 iar tuidh^r-^t do thonnuib na didenn. As annsin roclann QXdLxan an c//cleath 
 
 4380 i QVxam 7 Diarm^si/d mao. Cerhaill maille ris. Atb^rt Ciara^i re Diarm^eVic 
 sádh^/í/h na ck/hi : ^ Leic, a laeich, mu laimh uas do laim, 7 bia-sa uas izxaib 
 Eixenn i n-airdrighi.' ' As ced Hum,' ar Diarm^//, ' ac/it cot^ca comarda 
 dam aire sin.' * Atber immorrol ol Qiaran. ' Cid at uath^<^-sa inniu baat ri 
 'Eixenn in trath-sa imarach.' Ba fior-son, da;^^?, ar romarb^</h Tuath<a;/ 
 
 4385 Mselgarb ri E/renn in oidchi-sin, 7 rogab T>iarmait rigi hKixenn aramhár<3:c^ ^ 
 [fo. 39. a. i] 7 roedhbuir céí ceall do Ciaxan, Conaá dia iorctW sin asb^rt: 
 
 Aihér cofír ioir^idKi 
 cid uatha^T do dream dhámhízc^ 
 bát rí aebhda oirdn/tí%i 
 4390 YSvcenn in trath-sa imárach. 
 
 Marbí?í/h Tuathail \.o%aidcí^ 
 Maelgarbh bá gairm %\xn gloire, 
 
 ^ MS. ddaighci-^t. ^ Sic in MS., should come after adusce 
 
 ' MS. arabharach. 
 
BETH A CIARAIN, 
 
 as de itá in rádh roghaidi 
 ba he a écht Mael móire. 
 
 Gen mhaidm is gan Q\Tsc\aid'\ 4395 
 
 roghab Uisnech nir iar ndál. 
 
 dorat Diarm^z// áerrscaighúú 
 
 cét ceall do Dhia 's do Chidsán. 
 lArsin roshaidedh in c\eth, 7 adub<2/rt Qiarán ica sáth^<^ : ' Ac so,' ar se, 
 *irosc Triuin' .i.'Tren m<?c-sidhe robhui i nDun Cluana Ichtair rotriall44oo 
 anumí3:loit dos//m. Mebhuis foc//air a aensuil 'na cinn la hre'iUr Ciardin. 
 
 Araili lá dobhad^r na braitri a n-itaidh. moir 7 siat ic buain i QXuain. 
 Foidhit araili timtiridh uathaibh cosin cXcrcdi co n/ctha 7is(\u\ doib 
 isin g^^rt, conadi ann isp^rt Qiai-dn dia roghabhduis inniu ft^ra xv-\X.aid\\ 
 noimfulaingfcdh saidbreas mor in tsdsigiiil dona braitnb thicf^ztis dámeis. 4405 
 * As d^rbh eimh,' ar na braitri, 'as ferr linnc ainmne ara tihei-iar fochr^/c 
 dhuin fein do denamh, 7 dia ticfa les dona braitribh 'narndegí7zV/h, inas sas^d 
 ar n-itad inniu.' Tuc^d telcoma Ian d'fin otha tire Franc cosin mbaili do 
 Czardn i logh na hainmne-sin, 7 romhair blagh don telcomu-sin sunn co 
 haims^ra déidhincha^. O thainic immori'o in fesc?^r robi';/n^c// Ciardn ^^10 
 \estur Ian d'^/j-q/zi, 7 rosoudh i fin tog^z^^i, 7 rodáilr^li fí?rna manch^/<^ 
 com, bai fiaith. voácrrscaig don fl^///z-sin. Ar dodi?c//ad/^r muinier 
 Cohnm Qille o Hi iar n-aimsi^raibh fodaib cosin ca\};\xai<g-ú. Rofuir^^/h 
 ?iait\v doibh, 7 rohí?rd//rcaigé'<^ triasin ca'C^raig uili nazJi raibhi roimpi mch 
 'nad^^«/d ilaith. a commaith. As annsin asp^rt sr;/oir robui i tich44i5 
 sruithi : 'Rofet//r-sa,' ar se, ' ?iait'\\ ba icrr indas. Fcrr in ^aiúv don'ne Ciar^/w 
 dia mhanch(^z<^ dia mbatí^r a n-haid mhoir, cu rosoi-siuni in t-?^j-qui i fin 
 doibh. Narub seel cen comz/rdha duibhsi sin,' ar in si:;/oir, ' misi fein rodail 
 in fin-sin, 7 teighed mh'orda dar oe mair in bli-^^hi isin fin taisc/d-si, 7 finnaidh 
 innosa boladh mh'ordí2;z ara tuma isin fin antansin.' Tanc^z/ar 7 ro rasasta442o 
 uili o boki^in meoir-sin. Adrubr^tar : ' As fé'rr,' ar iat, ' in fhkzVh-sa ina ce<r/^ 
 fiaii/t in úatíh. isa holad mharz/j iar n-aimszr rof<:7da io?^ meor. Btnnac/it,' 
 ar siat, ' f<i?r Ciardii, 7 heimacht ior in Coimd/<^ rodhan^/^h do a^ch maith.' 
 
 Crichidh Cbia?ia., scoloc Ciardin, docuaidh co Saig/r, cu rofeidhh^h fri 
 re cian innti, cu roasl^?^h D^mait fair in tene senta bui icna mdiXichaib isin 4425 
 cucht<?:/r do bhadz/^h. Itb^rt CidiVaji Saigri na caithf<f<^ biadh co tistais 
 seigh/^2 dobhér^í^h teine dho. Luid immorro Crichz^ uaidib sealij;^ b^c 
 sciT^/air in caWxxach gz^r'marbsat coin allta 7 noch?/r' mhillsrt a Ci^rp. 
 Í MS. deighincha. 2 jyjs. sidhz^. 
 
 S 2 
 
1^2 
 
 BETHA CIARAIN. 
 
 0 racuala Ciardn mac in tsair bas a ghilla, luidh co Ciardn Saign dia 
 4430 chuinghidh. O rdis\2.ckt is ed asp^rt Ciardn Saigri : ed toi^ezh ricthi a 
 
 leas uso^i dar hur cosa, acht ni fil tene ocuinn do ^i^adh. usqui dhuibh, 
 ac^i tuc<^/^h-si bur n-Siidedha tenedduln, ar is daeibh rocinn Dia.' IS annsin 
 tuarcoibh Ciardn mac in tsaeir a lamha áocum nime, 7 doróine emaig't/ii 
 ndicra. lar iorhadh na herní2:^^//^i tainic tene do nim co /^-eisid fora, ucht. 
 
 4435 Rothimf/rc a uct imon tenid 7 dus-fuc lais cosin mainist/r. Foc^/rd uadh 
 in te'mid (or lar, 7 ni romill cid brothairne don casal bui ime. Rotathbheod^i^^ 
 da.no a gilla atbath roime sin, 7 rocaith proinn malle innsan. Doronsí2t a n- 
 se'mtaidh. annsin na da Q^^iarán. ' Ssiidhr'ws an tsaeguil,' ar Quiarin mac 
 intsaeir, i Saig2> moir. ' E<:na 7 ord^;^ cen ercra i Cluain mac ISiois* ar 
 
 4440 Q//iarán Saigri. Nocu raibhi anim Ciardin isin baili-sin ac/it fri re .iii. mis 
 j,,.a,,co ndechaidh. docttm nim'i isin nomad la i miss [fo. 39. a. 2] medhon- 
 aigh fhoghmhuir. 
 
 O xoiidir immorro Ciarán g^r'chomhfoicsigh laithi a eitsichta, doroine 
 faitsine gu toirrsi moir. Adubí3:rt robudh mhor ingreim a cathrack o 
 
 4445 drochdhainib fn der^í^ ndomí?/;^. * Cedh, Immorro, doghen^m-ne ind 
 aimsir in lochta-sin ? ' ol na ma.naigh, ' in ocut thaisibh-si aniamait no in 
 leih n-aili raghm^/t ? ' ' Eircidh,' ol Qu'mrdn, ' 7 facbhuidh ma thaisi amhail 
 facbaith^r cnama oiss re grein, daigh as ferr dhuibh aitreabh^ immalle 
 fnumsa in nim innás feidhliug^<a^ icum thaisibh ibhos.' O rochomhfoicsigh 
 
 4450 tra. aimser a eitsichta donti noeibhQmaran ind eclais bic, isin tres hXiadain 
 .XXX. a aeisi, hi q^^incid Septimb^r arai laithi mis gr^ine, hi satharn arai laithi 
 sechtmainQ, in ochtmí2;<^ decc arai esca, as ann adruhairt-siwm : ' Nom-b^;'ur 
 in din;^ bee,' or se. Et o rafeghastar in nemh 7 ind ser n-ard uasa cinn, iss 
 ed asp^rt : ' AS aghasta in set-sa suas.' ' Nidait as agh^^ta,' ar na manai^-h. 
 
 4455 ' Ni fetur-sa emh,' ar se, ' nach ni do thimna De darmo thiasainn ac/it cena 
 roimeck^^h cid Daibhith mac lesse 7 Pol apsfal in seut-sa.' As annsin 
 ruci^d in t-adhart cloiche uadh ara haine. ' Acc,' ar eisium, ' tahair 
 fomorno. Qui enim perseueratierit usqtie in hiis .e.^ ' Rolinsat tra aingil idir 
 nem ^ 7 lar i frithshét a anma-som. Tucad iarsin ind eclais bic, 7 tuarcuibh 
 
 4460 a lamha, 7 robenduch a popiil, 7 aduhairt risna braithriu ind eclais do 
 dhun^id fair gu torsedh Coeimgen o Glinn da Lacha. O doro<;/^/ Codmhgeu 
 iar tredcnus ni uair lancennsa na gcleir^C/^ fochetair, uair robatar i mbron 7 
 
 1 toirrsi mhoir deis a gcleir^^. Roraidh Coeimhghen fnu : ' Foircsi gruam- 
 
 ^ In upper margin. * Matth. x. 22. ^ MS. nemum. 
 
BETH A CIARAIN. 
 
 133 
 
 dh^-^/a,' ar se, ' iormh áogresJ Roghabh imecla iarsin na s^'uithe, 7 
 doronsat reir Coimhgen, 7 rooslaicsit ind Qclais becc reme. "Doátchaid AA^h 
 foc//air s^irut Ciarain dochum nimhe, 7 tainic aris ina churp do agalluimh 
 Chaoimhgen, 7 rofer failti fnss, 7 badwr on trath co araile andsin ic 
 imacalduim 7 oc denumh an aent^^d. Br/machuis Ciar^j:;/ iarsin Cotxmhgen. 
 Beannachuis da«^ Caeimhg^;^ uisq?ii, 7 dogni comman do Q?nam;^, r^nad 
 annsin dorat Q?narán a clog do Caeimgi?;/ i comurtha a n-oent^d 7 i screpul447o 
 a chomnae. As eiside Boban Coeimhg/;^ inniu. 
 
 Noeib 'Eiveitn tra rofoirmd^<:hsrt;t re Q?narán ara feabh/zi-, r^? ;/-dechadar 
 Í muinighin Riogh nime cu rogairdighthe a saeghal-som. Rop é met in 
 iormait ros-gabsat fris co iidehairt cidh a fírchumthí^c/^ fcin .1. Colum cilli: 
 * Bennac/tt for Dhia,' ar se, ' r?/c inti noeibQ?/iar<i;/, daig da maradh combadh4475 
 seno'w ni fuicM in^d da ech charpuit ind 'E'wiiui na bhudh leis.' 
 
 IS sunn tra ata Qtnardu cosin ocht/zr roráidh-sium co «-ilmhiltib naobh ^ 
 archena. IS sund itat taisi Poil 7 Petuir forfacuibh Bc;na.n 7 Cumlach isin 
 crund chocai ibhos. IS sund itat taisi in meic dhaill .1. deiscip/// P^^ra. IS 
 sund da.no ita serin ^ ind aiged .1. Fcca., is eiside itconnairc araili craibd^ch 4480 
 d'imorch?zr d'ainglib co hadnacul Cia.rdm. Tri inganta [fo. 39. b. i] ibhoss 
 in oidche-sin, in tech n-seigedh ^ gan teinidh, gan TSAgidJi gan ern<3:z^hthe, 
 ár robu lór P^^ra do theinidh 7 d'seigh/^/^ ^ 7 d'ernaighthe. 
 
 Ni fil, tra, doruirmeadh guleir a ndoróine Dia di f^i'rtaibh 7 mirbhuil/^ 
 ar inhíí noeibQuiaríi;^, daig as liach^ tuiremh 7 aisneiss dib. Daigh nÍ4485 
 rogénair iar \.2\d\iecht Crist i coluinn netrh budh mho deeirc 7 trocuire, budh 
 mó saethí/r 7 aine 7 ernaighthi, bhadh mo umhla 7 caenduthri^r/^/, badh mo 
 cennsa 7 ailgine, bhadh mho deithitin 7 iret im eccluis nDe, bad mo saeth/zr 
 laithidhi 7 fritaire aidhchi. IS é na tarat nach n-inmar no nach ni mesc 
 ina churp riam o roghabh crab//<^. IS e na heissibh loim na linn nogu mb^/h449o 
 a trian d'uisqui. IS e nar'chaith aran nogu mbeth trian do ghaineam trit. 
 IS e nar'cotuil co comuirsedh a thaebh re hiiir nocht. IS fo chinn na raibhi 
 acht cloch doghnath do adhurt. IS fria chnes na rochomhraic lion ná olunn. 
 Ferécu lanpartaib toghaidhi toltanchaib don Choimd/<7^//, am^//Aibel m^^c 
 n-Adaim. Fer co «depracoitibh dichraibh don Dia, a.matl Henocc m^c n- 4495 
 lareth. husLmuirQ lanfolartnaighthí:'c/í do aire na hEcuilsi et/r thonnaibh in 
 
 ^ MS. naomh. ^ There is here the mark (A) shewing that something is to be inserted. 
 ' MS. nsidhedh. " MS. aeididh. ^ MS. daeidhz^^. 
 
 • Read lia (?). iret is in margin ; there is a blank after 7. 
 
134 
 
 BETH A C IAEA IN. 
 
 t-shaeguiP, amhail Noei mac Laimhiach. Firailith/r co sonalrte irsi 7 c/^eitmhe, 
 amail Abraham mac Tharae. Fer búidh bláith dilghedhuch o cridhi, a,mail 
 Moyse mac n-Amhrae. Fer feidhil foiss i fulung fochaidhi 7 trebluidi, amail 
 
 4500 lob foch^<^hach. Salmcetlatdh lanbhind lanairpeitech do Dhia, amailDadld 
 mac lese. Estadh firecna 7 fíreoluís, amail Solmain mac nDabiá. Ail nem- 
 chumhsc^^^hthe iora iothaigter ind Ecl^i-, amail Petur n-aps/^/. Primhproi- 
 ceptoir coitcenn 7 lestar toghai ic focra firinni, amail Pol li-apsfaL Fer Ian 
 do rath in Spir/a 'NSibk 7 d'oigi, amail Eoin mbronndalta. Fer lán do cos- 
 
 4505 mailius o ilmoduibh re hissu Crist, re cenn na n-uile. Ar dorine an ier-sa 
 fion don uisce dia mhuinnt/r 7 dia áig^^uib ^ isin ca\hraig-s\ am^// dorine Issvl 
 fin togaidi don us(]u\ ic ^eidh. Cannan Galale. Mac saeir dano dXherur frisin 
 fer-sa, amail aderar mac sceir re Crist isin sosc^'7.i. hie est ivXms fabri .1. 
 loseph. Tri hliadni .xxx. i n-seis ind fhir-si amail asat .111. hliadni .xxx. 
 
 4510 i n-aeis Crist. Robui eiseirgi dano don fir-sa iar treiden?^^ ibhus ina imdhai i 
 Cluain do acalluim 7 do chomdhidn<^d Chaeimgen, amail robhui eiseirghi do 
 Crist iar trcd^mis asin adhnucul ind larusalem do comdhidhn^d 7 do nert<3:d 
 a mhathar 7 a dheiscip?//. Con'id arna maithib-sin 7 arna maithibh imdhaib 
 ailib ata a ainim ag muinnt/r nimhe. Atát a rélce 7 a thaisi ibhus íí? n- 
 
 45i5anoir 7 ^i-airmheitin, co fertuibh 7 co mirbhuilibh cechlaithidhe. Et cid 
 mor a anoir coleic on mhudh-soin bidh mo a anoir i n-aentaidh^ naoibh 
 nemhtruailh*^/>^i a chuirp 7 a anma im-mordhail bratha, intan bus hrithcm 
 {or toradh a foircetuil inti noibhQmar^';? [fo. 39. b. 2] immálle re híssa Crist 
 dia rofoghain. Biaidh immorro isin ma . . . moir-sin, i n-aoniaidh. \xasa\ath.ur 
 
 45207 {atha/i n-aontaid apstal J deiscipul in t-Slánicedha Issu Christ, i n-aontaid 
 .ix. ngrad n-aingel na tairmdhechad^/r, i n-aon/^/<^ dée<;i^/a 7 d3£nackta 
 Mheicc Dhe, isin c^ntaid as uaisli ce^rh n-^entaid, i n-^ntaid na noeibTHnoidi, 
 Ath^r 7 Meic 7 Spir/a NoidL 
 
 Ailim trocaire nDe uasail uile<:^mh^i:^taigh tre imp/di noihQuiardin 
 
 4525 CO risem in aentaid-sin Ros-aitreabham in s^r^c^^la saeculorum I 
 
 Ni me as cintuch risna focluib dlché'úlaidi ata isin mbeth^2^-si, ackt an 
 drochchairt. 
 
 * MS. intshaeduil. 
 
 2 MS. áid^í/aib. 
 
 » MS. aentaigh. 
 
 * MS. sentaig. 
 
[fo. 39. b. 2. line 10.] 
 Riaghail Fa-trazc inso. 
 
 Soerad edasi De co mhaithtis 7 gcomnai 7 gabhail n-ecnairce, co m^cuibh 
 do leighiund, co n-edbairt cuirp Crist for each n-altoir. 
 
 Ni dleag?^;' dechmadd, na bó cennaithe, na trian annoiti, ná dire s// do 
 mhainib, manebhe a ir'vCixioXad na hecl^jj-i do baithif/j- 7 chomnai 7 gabail 
 n-écnairce a mzxs.ach Itir biuu 7 marbhu, 7 coraibh oiffriunn i sollumni?/^ 7 
 domnuighib, 7 co rabhut aidhme og gach n-altoir dib mar sideriir yr\. 
 
 Cidh as imgaibthe do duine ? Ni a?ise. Fergughudh memc, Mord^ta 
 cen dan. Discire (ri s^;^oir. Moille fn clocc. Coicce fri hantesda. Immat 
 fi'Huaman. Faitphed briathar. Bnatra inglana. Agairbhe taitheisc. 
 Tairisiumh fri secnap^/^. Sithe fn i-^^rsach^^. Commarbai do mhanch^z^. 
 
 Cezsf, cid as inleanta ? Ni cundtab^zrt. Foss oc cetlai. Enfaitiu mbria- 
 thur. Briathra ailgena. Riaghail do chudnodh. Eirghi la ceitbreitzV. 
 Ceim n-urlat^d ar Dhia. Diuide cride. Combádz/dh toile. Traeth^^ 
 Siicmd. Ainmne fri fochaidhe. caeUra,. 
 
 Cose moColmoc mate ui Bei?na. 
 
 4535 
 
 Mence ch^j-/aigthe. 
 
 4540 
 
 [As doilghi learn iná in t-écc.] 
 
 4545 
 
 AS doilghi learn ina in t-écc 
 áotec/tí idz'r adám dét 
 an cuire ticfus armeis, 
 a mheth uili for ainseis. 
 
 Olc in aims^r thicfa ann, 
 iormatf finghal, forrach fann, 
 toiáecht gach uilc cohéim^c^, 
 gan firlaech, gan firclér^c>Í!. 
 
 Gan righ dam^^^ cert ná cóir, 
 gan espí7c 6g uas altJ/r, 
 gan hrngaidh geh\\us dechmaidh 
 da cmdhaibh, dá choemch^/hruibh. 
 
 4550 
 
 4555 
 
AS DOILGHI LEAM INÁ IN T-ÉCC, 
 
 Smithi bitis do dheoin Dé 
 i tosach na haimsíVé, 
 cesloma clama cechra, 
 nirsat bailee bloingecha. 
 
 Lucht na foghluma feighi 
 fogn/tis do Righ grene, 
 ni thairmesdais mec nait mná, 
 robs^t glana a n-aicenta. 
 
 Leinti beca, bmit rrihora, 
 cridhi trhmura, trogha, 
 pudralla gerra garbha, 
 ecus riagla rogharbha. 
 
 Doticf^d sunn iar sodhuin 
 sruithi deri'dh in dommn 
 CO mb^at, co mbuar, co mbennuibh, 
 CO failghibh, co fithchelk/^. 
 
 Co sida is siric is s^ol, 
 gu coilcibh caemha iar n-ol, 
 CO ndimhes ecna Dhe dil, 
 beit i seilbh dilis Diabuz7. 
 
 Atb^nm fn siol nAdhuim 
 ticfat lucht an fhuarchrabí^/í/; 
 gehaz't orra dealbha De 
 na sleamna, na sladuighé. 
 
 INann luas imthighit ass 
 fér ocus fochon fonnghlas: 
 amhlatd raghuit immale 
 ocus blath na mbrogaire. 
 
 Bregaire dmdh dhoma/« 
 
 raghait uili i n-aen conair, 
 
 1 nglaic dhiabuil do dheoin Dé, 
 
 a bphianuib dorcha doilge. A. d. 
 
[fo. 40. a. i]. 
 
 Betha Mochua Balla. 4590 
 
 HOMO P^(9FICISCENS UOCAUIT S^^i^UOS SUOS TA'ADIDIT ILLIS bona 
 sua. O dhochuaidh in ier maith iov twms rocongair a mhog^^da 7 
 rofhodhail daib a indm^^ja. Oc?/j as ecsami?// amuil rofhod<?//^ doibh na 
 hinnmais sin .i. dorat cuic tallne dh'fir, 7 a dhó dh'fhir aili, 7 rcntalland don 
 fhir áéiáhinac/i^. 4595 
 
 Matha immorro mac Alpei, in sui Ebhraidhi, in cetna for roscribh in 
 soscela coimdheta, is é roscrib i curp sosci'7a ind aisneis noeim-si dia chuim- 
 mzigtíá don QcXais amail daiH?/j- Mac in Athar nemhdha dána ecsamhla in 
 Sp/r/a Nóid/i da ccc/i sen isin edais. 
 
 IS e immorro in duine atb^rar do dhul il-leith aili ann a. Issu Crist 4^00 
 Mac Dé bhi dodhechííz<^ do chab^/r in chinzV/ daenna curos-ben a glaic 
 Dhiab?/// 7 cu rofreasgabh iarsin ior nimhibh noebhdha^ aram//i- in Athar 
 neamdha, 7 rocongair cuice a apstola euro fhodhuil doibh dana ecsamhla in 
 Spir/a 'Noil? 3.mail rop ihoWus do chách isin cincdighis. Oc//j" cu tidhnaic 
 na dana cetna dona noebaibh ^ 7 dona firenuibh fo indtsam^// na n-abstul tria 4605 
 fi?rceatal na screaptra ndiadha. 
 
 Na cuic taWanda. immorro 3.thcra.r sunn iar siens coic cetMa cuirp 7 
 anma sin rotidhnaicedh o Dhia don c'medh doenna dia fhoghnamh fein 7 
 d'feg^d De trompa. 
 
 Na da thalla^id immorro itbi'^ur sunn, iss cd dofliornct in t-etarcnug?/^/ 4610 
 7 in tuicsinug^í^ dob^rrut na noeibh ^ 7 na fireoin ior an Coimdhid gu cumaid 
 a nd^ghghnima ^ fon n-etargna sin. 
 
 IN oen taXland immorro iss ed dofd?rne, in á\\<ged d^rrscaight^c/^ fil isin 
 dSimain doena, tnasa bhfeghann hi fein 7 na duili aili filet i \.2Xmain 7 renna 
 7 firmam^V/t 7 in sosad ainglecda 7 in Trinoit [fo. 40. a. 2] uilichumí^ír/^tach. 4615 
 
 No as iat na cuicc taWanda, atb^rur sunn .1. coic Vmhair rec/ita. Moysi; 
 ár foghnaidh a nemhfi?rbunn-side do luct nuifhiadhn?/i-i, ár fogabur amk/<^so 
 senta petarlaici fria nuifhiadhn^^ji .1. xccJita, fria sosc//a : uair dia tarta nech 
 leis na coic fadhó is a deich fhásas dibh. Dia tuctha dia.no na deich foce- 
 
 1 MS. rofhogízz'/. ^ deighinach. ^ ^5. noemhdha. * MS. noemaibh. 
 ° MS. noeimh. ^ IMS. and^/hghnima. 
 
 T 
 
138 
 
 BET HA MOCHUA BALL A. 
 
 4620 thair is .xl. fhásas dibh. As inann sin iarfir 7 coic liuhair Moysi co nddch 
 timnuibh in x^chtz. diadha do accomhal do ceithirliub^r in t-soisc//a dia 
 bhfoghnum don duine thoirises on cethardhúil 7 cu bhfoghuin an duine-sin 
 don fhirDhia dorat Yccktdi, 7 riaghla ecsamla dona hecnaidib. 
 
 A haithli immorro rec/its, 7 riaghla na coic n-aimsé'r vtmiechtdLch. tainic 
 
 4625 I^^u sunn isin dom^;^ cu rochum-sidhe rechta 7 riaghla tria f^rcetal soisc^7a 
 don chxniud doena 7 dona hapstal<^/<^ seoch chách, 7 rof(?rchansat-sidhe 
 a fothoscííí^/^the 7 a n-deisciplu noebhu ^ taraneisi imna riaghluibh-sin. 
 
 Sochaidhe, tra, do noebuibh ^ 7 d'f hirenuibh rocomaillset na re^^/a-sin 
 7 na riaghla in Coxmáhed na ndula 7 na roleicset i mudha a taillne. Amhail 
 
 4630 rocomuill in noeb ^ uas^/ oirmheitn^c^ dia tá líth 7 fiiraithmet i n-ecmong na 
 ree-sea 7 na haims/ri .1. in grian tsol^/jta 7 in rétla loinnerdha 7 in tene 
 thaeidhliuch 7 in ruithen rathm^r rofhaidh Gnan na Firindi isin áomun cu ro- 
 shoillsigh i bhf hertuib 7 i mirbhuih'<^ coic^^ Connackt . i . Muchua Balla. I teirt- 
 K<3;lk/;^^ Mharta immorro gachdi hl'mdne indist^r ni dia fhertuib 7 dia mir- 
 
 4635 bhuil/^ 7 dia ghenealach colla/^/i 7 don f horbí2:í/h dorat for a rith mbuadha ibhus 
 isin tsaeg^^/freacnairc .1. Mucua (Cronan a ainm dili^^j*) mac Becain mzc Bairr 
 mzc Nathi m^'c Luighdhech o taat I-Luigdech, mzc Dalann do Ultaibh. 
 Cumne immorro mgen Co7ia,mh.a,i[ mzc Machdain, do Dhail mBuáin, a 
 mhdt/zazr. BHunsech 7 Lucait [fo. 40. b. i] 7 Tuideall a tri d^rbhsethr^^c^a. 
 
 4640 I N-araili aims/r immorro tainic Comghall [Bmdchair] do thigh Becain 
 remraidti, et atconnaic timt/recht aingiul oscinn in tighi, 7 xoVs\\dsiaig do 
 Bhec^Vi : ' Cidh fil ocutsa do m^icuibh?' ' Adho doneoch is áirmhighthi,' ar 
 Bccdft, ' 7 m^cán lasc bee fil ocna caeir/<^, 7 ni hairmhighthi he.' ' Tabar isin 
 tech CO hacamar hé/ ar Comg<3;//. [Tucc^^^ on]. IS ann sin roraidh Comgall : 
 
 4645 'As forbhfaeihí^ m'anam-sa resan m^^^c-so, ár ita rath in Spir/a Noidk 'na 
 comuide<:/2^' Rue ia.rum Comgall Muchua leis cu Bennchar, cu rolégh 
 CdiXíozn phetarlazci 7 nuiíiadnissi ann, 7 Índ ord n-ecl^/idai, et doghnidh-somh 
 (erta 7 mlrhuili isin ini^d-sin, ina gillaidhe^r/^/. 
 
 Feact ann tainic ben aimnt dia dXack-som dia soerad ar an aimrite. 
 
 4650 IS ann sin dorala dosum bheith oc cái iarna hua\ad dia oidi, 7 ni thuc 
 freacra fuirri. IS eadh doroini in ben, dochuir a bas foa dheoruib-si/^m 
 cu tard ina beolu, cu rothuisim foc//oir, 7 co rue mac .1. Dabiu mac esidhe 
 iardain. 
 
 * MS. noemhu. 2 noemuibh. ^ MS. noem. * The words in parenthesis are 
 interlined. ^ In marg. Gaindech immorro m^jc Luighd^c^ m/c Liligd^c^ xmc Dalann. 
 
BETHA MOCHUA BALLA. 
 
 ^39 
 
 IS brect xmmorro^ 7 is ecsam^// innisit na \v^o\aig fatha tuidhe^r/z/a 
 Muchua a hUlUai^, ár iss ed atb^rut {oireann con^d araili baili rue Comga/l 4^55 
 uadh, cum^d hé fochunn a dheabtha. No is e in fotha iar bhfir .1. araili 
 aims^r rue a mhdikair le Muehua do thorruma a hathardhai .1. Dal mBuain, 
 7 a eoibnesta ^ ; et o'teonneadar-s?/m esseom roanóraighset he, 7 rot7'eicset 
 caeh airi. Robai immorro senoir uasal don ein^</h-sin .1 . Coman saeart meise 
 Fiaehna mzc Baetain ; et is ed atb^rt-sidhe rá Muehua: ' Robcntar anóir466o 
 h'athardha fori a.mazl rabenuis-si fi^rmsa.' O robhatar .1. Muchua 7 a mdi/iah, 
 ie toidhe<:^/ do Bennehar fi?reula doralatar m^caimh Fiaehna mtc Ba.etaiu 
 doibh, eu mhatar ie fanamhat imon clcrec/i, 7 iss cd aibcrt'is : ' Chrec/i lasee.' 
 ' Meie een ease/ ar Muehua. Rofherg^z^ ia.rum fnu cumor, gu ros-euir fon 
 tdXinain. Cu roeosait Coman [fo. 40. b. 2] 7 Fiaehra mac Baetain fria Comg^//4665 
 in gnimh-sin. IS ann sin athcrt Comgall cona. biadh Muehua in UWtail?, et as i 
 bnathar Comain fad^ra sin. ' Os 'gum innarba dhuit,' ar Muchua, ^iahair 
 eomhartha dhamh triasa tuiceabh bhaile i bhfothaighiubh recl/j,' ' Ni f hil 
 comhartha oeum,' ar Comgall, ' acht maudi bera lat in top//r-so.' ' IS X.\x3\aing 
 Dia eidh edh on,' ar Muehua. O doehuaidh immorro Muehua a Bennehar 4670 
 amaeh rodheehsat a eoimmite daraneisi, 7 ateonneatw in nell uise/</i inan- 
 diaidh^ zcch \ct\\ notheighdis. ' IS é in top?/r sút/ ar Muehua, ' 7 ernuighium 
 fns c^^rub é bias remhainn 7 hus trcoraigi dhun.' Et fo intsamail Moysi m/e 
 Amra riasa rabha nell soh/jta ie tiaehtain a hEigipl atb^rt-som sin. Rasiacht 
 Muehua assin gu Gael, eathair sin i bhF<:';'uibh Rois, 7 Gabri;/ espoc do 4^75 
 Bretn^?^ inntisein, 7 tareaidh-sium in eill do Mhuehua, ar bat eomhaltadha. 
 Rothuit immorro bainne asin nell-sin co 7iderna. topur isin bhaili dhe a 
 eomartha a n-aent^d. 
 
 Rosia^rht iarsin Muehua eo Fobhar Feiehin. IS i sin aimser a ndi.'rn^d 
 mnWenn ac Feieh/;^, 7 ni raibhi uisci aigi, 7 as i eomairli doronsat na eleirz^ : 4680 
 ' O dhoróí:^^,' ar siat, ' Muehua eueainn, tiagham gu Lo^rh Lebinn átis in 
 bhfuighbim uisei as.' ' IS torathar eomhairli sin,' ar in soar, ^ ár ita in sliab 
 lanmhor eatraibh.' ' IS tualuing Dia eidh edh on,' ar Muehua. O rosiaeh- 
 tatar tra na eleir^^ in loeh rolá Muehua a bhaehaill isin loeh, gu rotholl 
 roimpe in sliabh. Doróine ádiuo Feieh/72 in cétna 7 na eléir^^ are^;/a, C04685 
 frith d^mXaidsm uisq^/i don mh.\x\\inn. Doronsat a n-aentu/i/h ^ iarsin Feich/« 
 7 Muehua. 
 
 MS. coimnesta. 
 
 2 MS. inandiaigh. 
 T 2 
 
 'MS. anaentuigh. 
 
I40 
 
 BETH A MOCHUA BALL A, 
 
 Text \2iXtLm Muchua assin cu Tech Telle i t^rmanii Durmaighe, et iss ed 
 rob ail dosom cathair d'fothug^/^ i iarmd an inaidh-sin, 7 araidhe nir'hetadh, 
 4690 ár ní rothoirinn in topur. 
 
 LuiD iarsin Muchua tar Sinainn i crich ConnacAf. Ceallach mac 
 Ri^galluigh ^ ba ri Qowcvacht intansin. IS eadh \mmorro dorala do Mhuchua 
 dula i Soghan Ua Maine, et ro [fo. 41. a. i] shlechtsat uili dhóar connailbhi, 
 ár do UlUaid a mhunadiis. Roanoraigh dano rigan craibhdhech bai isin 
 4695 tir esiumh cuQánJmor, Baillg^/ a hainm-side. Bai tra, Muchua cethr^^c^a in 
 carghais isin tir-sin, 7 rofhuabratar a fhost^d acu dogres. ' Ticfa immorroy 
 ar Mucua, ' [uaib] bodhein mac hethad dia bhfoighentai.' Comman da;^^? 
 rotarrnguir^í^ annsin. 
 
 IMthighis uathaibh iarsin, 7 facbh^^j hcnnachi fi^raibh 7 fora ndaltuibh 
 47007 (ordi m(3;cuibh sethar, siait dXhert : 
 
 Benáacht fora. ndaltuibh 
 da mbeat doreir riaghla : 
 mu hennackf cud^mihair 
 ara ndeghmhnaibh diadha. 
 
 4705 Gack gilla is gack garmizc 
 
 bias dom r/ir curoghar, 
 biaidh doibh 's ni bhá falumh, 
 tciiam com. ^or ad. 
 
 LuiDH Muchua iarsin cu Loch Cime. IS ann robui CelWh mac Raghalk^^ 
 47iori Connacht'^ oc seilg. Luid in fiadh ^ isin loch, cu roan ior cloich moir ann, 
 7 nir' lamí3;d dul 'nadhiaidh ^ ár robui peist isin loch noerchoid2^<?d cumór 
 dona dainibh. IS ann sin doraidh in ri re Muchua : ' Dam^^d dana lat fer 
 dar muinnt/r do dul indeghaidh in íiadha^ ior do comairci riasin peist 
 [noragad].' ' Is twdlaing Dia cidh edh on,' ar Mucua. Luidh in fer iarsin 
 4715 isin loch cu romharbh ind agh n-aWatd bai forsin leic, 7 iss ed roraid. ' Roba 
 maith,' ar se, ' an t-in<^d innsi so.' Tainic iarsin in t-ocl^i^^:-^ isin snamh cu 
 roshluic in peist 'na oenmhir esidhe, cu roaithisigh in ri do Muchua. 
 Roferg^^^ immorro in cXérech risin peist, cu rosceith ind o&áech n-oghshlan 
 i bhfiadhn^si na sb^, 7 ni roerchoidí^ doneoch riamh iarsin. Romor^d ainm 
 4720 De 7 Much^/^ tnasin bhfirt-sin, et roshlecht in ri 7 urmhor na ^óg do 
 Much?^^. Et ba he sin tos^c-^ a ardratha a cuic^d Connackt. 
 
 ^ MS. radalluigh. ri connacht interlined. ^ MS. fiagh. * MS. nadhiaigh. 
 
 ^ MS. in ájhaidh. infiagha. 
 
BETH A MOCHUA BALL A. 
 
 141 
 
 4730 
 
 Luidh Muchua iarsin tar Odhbha buthuaidh i crich C^ra, cu riact cu 
 Ros DairbHuch, ut áiy.it : 
 
 Ros nDairbhri^c^ cathair Muchua 
 
 re n-abur Balla bithnua, 4725 
 inmain dos cLÍngUc/i idhan 
 [fo. 41. a. 2.] Ros nDairbr^c/i na noeibhib^/r^ 
 
 Balla ag dainibh noebhdha^ anú 
 in t-ainm coitchenn gu coemhclá : 
 Ros nDairbhr<?c^ rob edh a ainm 
 re linn Tuathail Treathanghairbh. 
 
 O crich Benncz^V na n-ath n-uar 
 gu clar C^ra na cxmhshhia^/i, 
 a tir Fher nDomhnann na ndos 
 
 rofhaidh Comhghall gu coem-Ros. Ros. ^^^^ 
 
 Anaid a.óaigh. ^ isin dú-sin. O rof heghsat imniorro in coimmite osacinn 
 aramharach ni fhacat^r in topur. Doraidh Much?^^ friu in top^^r dh'iarr^d. 
 IS and doraidh scoloc fnu : ' Ata topur Ballaluinn tisana.' ' Bidh uadha sin 
 ainmneghthar in baili,' ar Mucua : amatl asb^K fcsin : 
 
 Bidh Balla ainm in bhaili 4740 
 ár dorala for mh' airi : 
 bid he a ainm osin imach 
 cu ti in dine déidinach*. 
 
 Roaltuigh-sium do Dhia in^id [a]recl/j'a dh'fhoillsiug?^^ do. Coic h\ia.f^/n 
 trichat immorro robo slan do Much//^ intansin, 7 h\ia.da/i ar Jic/nl do oc 4745 
 foghnum don Choimdh/^ isinn in(^d-sin, co ndechaid docum nime : 
 
 Rann. Blia-dazn ar trichait gan acht 
 
 do Muchua a coiC(?d Conwacht, 
 fraigh uiri ic tarainn a thaeibh 
 
 fa dúire crabhuidh cneschaeil. 4750 
 
 Tainic immorro Eochaidh Minnech, flaith clann bhFiacrach, do diultadh 
 resin clereck. Rofoillsig^^, da;^i>, dhó aingil os cind in dairi [ir-roibi 
 Muchua], 7 o'tconnaic in cUrec/i rothairinn do fochedoir. As a.m/aid 
 immorro dobhui Muchua intansin, i carcair cloichi. Doriacht Eoch^/^aram^/j 
 in cleir^^ 7 c// do maithibh a muinntm 'na iharrad .1. Maine cona. scc/ii ^7 55 
 
 ' MS. noeimhibur. ^ MS. noemhdha. ^ MS. agm'dh. ^ MS. deiginach. 
 
BET HA MOCHUA BALLA, 
 
 m^caibh 7 Domhnall 7 Feradhach 7 Mael Cathaigh 7 Ronan 7 Suibhne 7 
 Finntan Finn 7 maithi clamt Fiacrach. Et cidh ma.rhadin clein*f rotnalls<3:t 
 is Í a reir dorónsat, ár rothaitníghset na ruitne splrtaldai 7 in doghuma diada 
 asa gnuis. Roidb^/rset do in baili iarsin cona, cnch 7 í:í7;^a (era.nn do dheoin 
 4760 Chealk?^ m2c Raghalk^^, conaáh dia íhothu^-uá sin rochan in seanch^;/^/ : 
 
 O Clugh chuiri Calgaigh cruaidh 
 CO Móin fri hAdhradh atuaidh, 
 o Mhuigh Moetla cona, moin 
 gu Croit Cuakito cl^/hmhoir. 
 
 IS amhkiV/ thuccsat a tfr 
 clanna Rosa gu roibngh 
 gan ainbhthine 'na n-3.nmam, 
 ga mainchine moradhbhail. 
 
 Gu cuairt gack treas bliadi^;? bale, 
 iU'r fhir is mhnái ocus mhac, 
 do Chua na carcrach caeili 
 re atach, re ecaine. 
 
 Bo gack fir {era.maz7 uili, 
 idir righ is rodhuine, 
 do Chua chedíxc^ na iharrad, 
 edack gacha hollam*^;?. 
 
 Muc mhor g<3;c^a tighi thuaidh. 
 o T;^aigh Eothuili cu Muaidh, 
 screpul gack teineadh cin tart 
 do neimeadh coicidh Connacht, 
 
 Robo le Muchua gan ces 
 o Odhba na ndrong ndiles, 
 roba tairpt^c^ a tuili 
 cu traigh n-ainbht^c^ n-Eothuili. 
 
 4785 ROf hothaighesdar amhlazd sin a cheall 7 a congb<i//, et tuc tri hespaic 
 
 do coisecmd a releac 7 a reclés 7 do roind in ^ f^ruinn dia manch<3:/<5. 
 
 Ba do f^rtuibh Muchua. [Aroile] ben aimrit tainic cuigi, cu robenn<a;c^ 
 
 da ghas bilair dhi, 7 cu rocoimp^/^ foc//oir mac 7 in£-m .1. Luicenchair 
 
 crsLihdeck 7 Scannlan iatsaidhe. 
 4790 FiRT amra aili bheo^^i" .1. Muchua dod^C/^uidh gu Loch Cime, 
 
 gu r'indisetar na timtmgh do Cindfhaeladh mac Colcan, ár is e ba ri 
 
 ^ For do roind in the MS. has something like nuiimrdann^ rewritten in a vile modern hand. 
 
 4765 
 
 [fo. 41. b. I.] 
 
 4770 
 
 4775 
 
BETH A MOCHUA BALL A. 
 
 143 
 
 Qonnacht intansin: 'Ata/ ar siat, ' anmhchara Chealki!^ miz Raghalkz^ 
 amuigh.' ' Ni dochaidi linn he,' [ar Cendfaoladh,] * a bheith 'na anmcaruit ag 
 Q^dWach \maz Ragalk^^,] 7 ni thargha isin n-innsi-si.' IS ann sin tuc Muchua 
 in loch tarsin n-indsi. Dochuaidh in ri areicin a n-ethar Siudegaid Much?/(^. 4795 
 7 tuc he fein 7 a mac 7 a ua a n-daeiri dhó, 7 inn inis do shoQrad, 7 ro 
 socxad iarsin. 
 
 Ba do ierimh Mwc^ua .1. Sil Muiredhuigh robui isin Buidhi Connaill, 
 cu roshirset cleirigh coicidh Connacht dia bein dib, 7 ni fhuarat^zr, cu 
 tanc^tar airm i m-bui Muctia, euro ic-sidhe iat, 7 cu tuc in dath bai orra ior a 4800 
 bhachuil, et UiCSdX iarsin a maincine dhó : co?i\xáh dia iothugud sin asb^rt in 
 SQXichaid : 
 
 ROshirset sil Mmvedatg 
 tuatha E'lrenn isalla 
 da ndin aran duinebaidh 
 cu tancatar cu Balla. 
 
 4805 
 
 Rogheallsat sil Muireadha?]^ 
 riar an clein^ gil glanna 
 cumadh lir fri duilleabur 
 
 a n-indmhussa do Balla. ^g,Q 
 
 [fo. 41. b. 2.] Dorat fi?ra naebhbachaiP 
 
 galar na tuaithi uile, 
 conadh edh fi^rcsernhnacair 
 is de ata in Bach^/ Bhuidhe. 
 
 *Cuic c// fachúic thancabar ^^^^ 
 d'f(?mibh armghlana uailche, 
 cu brath dianam-riaraidh-si ^ 
 ni bete ni bzis uaitte. 
 
 Gach eicen dos-ficfa-si 
 
 guidhidh m'ainm co Dia 4820 
 choidhche ni bar-ricfa-si 
 anmforlunn 'nadhiaidh ^ 
 
 Ba do fhertaibh Muchua. Fecht dochuaidh a crich Muaidhi cu riacht 
 cu hinis Amhalghadh, 7 ni tucadh ethar cuigi. 'Ni ba eicin feasda/ ar 
 Muchua, 'ethar d"ia.rradh innti.' Tuarcaibh iarsin an takw cu tiaghar do 4825 
 chois innti osin cussLuiu. 
 
 * MS. naemhbachail. ^ MS. riaraighsi. ^ MS. nadhiaigh. 
 
144 
 
 BETH A MOCHUA BALLA. 
 
 Feact n-oen dochuaidh-sium cethrar cu bru Mhuaidhi. Tucs^it na 
 hiascair/i/i era fair. ' Dia m-beth/ ar esium, ' timthiridh Dé tis nohered ni 
 dhuinne.' As ann sin dochuir in ron cetra bradana dhoibhsium ior tir. 
 
 4830 Feact aili docuir Muchua a timt/ridh d'sLCBllaim Foelain. O rosiact-sidhe 
 cu hAll in Cleibh tancat^r chuice da bangaisgedh^a-irh bat^r is[sin] tir .1. Bee 
 in£-en Conchoraig 7 Lithben {n£-e7i Aitreabhthaigh, et [iss é] reabrad dodeitbir 
 dognitis-sidhe, in duine teched sechu dob^rtis essidhe i cliabh 7 da théit 
 asside 7 a imluadh tar an allt n-adhuathmhar. Rof^illsig^<^ do Muc/iua a gilla 
 
 4835 do chur isin dzad. Luidh [Moc/iua] cu riacht an t-in^d. Roriaruigh Lithben 
 Ing-en Aitreabhthaigh he foc//air, 7 ni roleic Bee uaithi an gilla co tard an 
 cl/reck a chochull di. Rolassidhe Íma lamuibh 7 roriar^x^^ in clerec/i iarsin. 
 Et roagaillset na hingena a[n] da n-athair cu tardsat do shsiigzd Muchua, [7 
 cur-robaist] Muchua iat [iarsin]. Táinic immorro in Bhéc-sin cu mboi secht 
 
 4840 mh\ia.d7ii ic iogmim do Muchua, cu raibhi i n-araili tan ic acaine beith cen 
 clai;id 7 is ed acetna ási7to doraidheadh Coel mac ^Edha, sen ceneoil JEdha, 
 7 tancatar andis co t^/csat a maincine do ^íiicJma dogr^s. 
 
 Aillsi da/^í» robai ior Taithleach maz QvsxdVsxsXad. Roic Mucus, he, 7 
 ros-cuir ara cloc fein, 7 ata fair fos do d^rbhadh na mormirb^/7e-sin. 
 
 4845 [fo. 42. a. I.] Araili aims^r shamrí3;/dh docuir^<^ Mucua do coimhet na 
 n-uan. Robui-sium immorro ic gabhail a Bhiaide ina bhfarr^d. Rochoimh- 
 rithsat na huain aram/zj- a maithr^c>^, ár ni raba fal eat^rra. Tainic Muchua 
 7 rotarraing a bhachail 'nadhiaidh ^ fi^rsin X.2\main, 7 ni rolamh uan dona 
 hua,naid toct tar slict na bacla, ac/il each dhe oc dechsoin a cele tarsin slict 
 
 4850 anunn. 
 
 I N-araili la tucadh gu Muchua gilla anfhabrachtaidi nar'f het a lamha na 
 a cosa na a uile bulla arcena do gluas^^r/^/. Rotrt:daill Muchua oa laimh a uili 
 bhall [ind gilla,] 7 aduhazrt iris : ' Eir/g a n-ainm Issu, 7 fegh in ngr^in, 7 
 imthigh ; ' 7 roeir?^ foc/^oir 7 roimthigh, 7 romor^d ainm De 7 Muchua desin. 
 4855 Feact aili t^^cad duine dernhn^^c/^ cu Muchua. Roinnarb-som in demon 
 uadh [foc//oir] ind ainm na Tr'moitQ. 
 
 I N-araili aidhchi ^ thainic araili m^rleach do ghait cruithnechta Muchua. 
 O rotocuibh in merlech in t-oire fair rofheodhaigh foc//oir, 7 ni rofhet 
 imtheacht na a oiri do c^^r dhe, nogur'bennach Muchua iarsin. 
 4860 Feact aili tháinic ier saeguUa 7 mao. balbh hodur lais cu Muchua, 7 
 roghuidh ^ hecu roslani^^^^d a mac dhó, 7 roguidh* Muchua in Coimdhefair, 
 ^ nadhiaigh. ^ jyjs^ aighthi. ^ MS. roguigh. * MS. roghuigh. 
 
BETH A MOCHUA BALL A, 
 
 145 
 
 7 ba slan in mac do chum<3'r///aibh Dhé 7 do guidhi ^ Muchua^ 7 romomú^ 
 ainm De 7 M.uchua dhe sin. 
 
 IS e immorro in fer-so .i. Mtichtia dorat a uili fhoghnuma o thos^c/^ a 
 beth^^ fna ^^rna 7 crabhudh. IS e roimeackz^ in Ci?imdhi asa naidin^r/?/. 4865 
 IS e rotraelh CQch pecad. IS é [da;/o] robhaidhestar ann fein airfitedh in 
 tsxgíízl frecnairc. IS e rotraeth fuailfedh a cholla. IS e rod^rmuit na haibh- 
 n'wsa. freacnairc. IS e ná rue a me^imaiu na a innfheitiumh o thsirfheghadh 
 na flatha neamhdha. IS e romiscnigh na maithi aimsrrda marbhtis otraighi. 
 IS e roimghabhudh onoire in domuz;^ a.mail bás. IS e roadhuathrt'z> na hind- 4870 
 mht/sa. [fo. 42. a. 2] 7 na maine. IS e nocomainsighedh in t-airfit^d coWazdi 
 mar badh neim. IS e na tuc gradh don brentataidh coUazdl. IS e dorat 
 loghudh da gac/i^n doghnith olc fris. IS e rotracth a corp 7 ros-tairbhir 
 fnsin bhfoghnumh ndiada. IS e rohadhannadh o theinzí^ gradha Dé 7 
 noadhannadh-som on teinidh [c//na] cridhedha na ndaine aili. IS e 4875 
 nochar^d in comhfhoc?/i" amazl he fein. IS e notarmnaighed do Ci?rpuibh 
 7 d' anmannuibh na ndaine [aiH]. IS e nocharadh a naimdiu, amail no- 
 charadh a cairde. IS e noernedh na matthzzisa, doneoch cia mhiscnig^d 
 neach é. IS e doghnith o^vnaighthx tarcenn lochta a ingreama 7 a aithi- 
 sighthe. IS e ba foidhid^c/m fria fulang c^ch imnidh^ 7 co^ch fochaide.4880 
 IS é dob^^eadh na máine diadha 7 docn[n]a da g^c/zaen non-athchuing^rd. 
 IS e nofurt^i:/^/aig^d do ce^r/zaen nobhith a n-eicin a.maz/ athaz'r. IS e nothor- 
 ram^d cec/ia^n nobidh i carcair zio i cuibrirc//, 7 nos-tuaskiicird. IS e dobheiredh 
 crodh * do shoer^?^ cech daeir 7 cec/i mogi^d. IS e dobr;Y/h ctac/i do bhoch- 
 tuib 7 aidilcnechi^/^ in Coimdhr^ [é féin]. IS e ba soma 7 ba saidhbre 4885 
 dona bochtuibh ciar' bo bocht fein 7 ciar' bho aidhilgni?c//. IS e dob^readh 
 biadh dona gortachuibh 7 deogh dona hit^duchaibh 7 ctac/i dona nochtuib 
 7 f ailti coitcenn dona hÁlghcdhazl? ^ 7 do cec/i^n ricedh a leas. IS e nodhit- 
 nedh na deibhlena 7 na fedhbhu t?'uagha. IS e noshoer^^ na bochtu 7 na 
 hamhfhanna o cumh^^r/z/aibh in tsaeg////. IS e na rogradhuigh or 7 arcat ac/zU^9° 
 amazl clocha no luaithr^^. IS e naroghluais a bhel na a ihengazd riamh 
 cudimhain. IS e na roleic nach n-anairchiz/j chuice riam tnana eister/z/uibh. 
 IS e nothaisc^d 'na cridhi cech ni noraidhí'í/h Dia fns. IS e na facaidh ni 
 nar'bhu dir dho do fhaicsin. IS e na rue coisceim fna hanbhfhor?/^- riamh. 
 IS e rotraeth a cetfuidh o shanntugz/^ na r// talma;zda [fo. 42. b. i]. IS 6 4^95 
 
 * MS. guighi. 2 ]yis^ foighid^c/m. ^ imnigh. * MS. crogh. 
 
 ^ MS. haidh^^h^/^. 
 U 
 
146 
 
 BETHÁ MOCHUA BALLA, 
 
 nocengail {sic) indeithium a m^;^man isna nimhib noebhdhai IS é na róleic 
 uadh nach n-uair dimhaín ctn toradh. IS e na roleic da cridhi dhul o Dhia. 
 IS e romhxdinaigh. cu bhfoghníadh c&ch ni ar Cxist, ardhaig gu roiss^tí^ cusdin 
 athardhai nemhdhai. IS é noihrnred an chumsan^d suthain do feín tna 
 4900 tt^thad a cholla ind oeine, índ apstan<3:2t, quia ^ cruciíix^í est mMuáus illi 
 et ipse ^ mundo 
 
 ^ MS. noemhdhai. 
 
 2 MS. qui. 
 
 » MS, ipsi. 
 
 * See Galatians vi, 14, 
 
TRANSLATION. 
 
 {The figuns refer to the corresponding lines of the Text.) 
 
 U 2 
 
LIFE OF PATRICK. 
 
 This is Patrick's Life ; and let every one who shall read give a blessing 
 to the souls of the couple for whom this book hath been written. 
 
 >OPULUS qui sedebai in ienehris uidil lucem magnam \ The people that sat in 
 
 darkness beheld a great light, and they that were biding in the shadow of death 
 found a light whence came their illumination. Now the Holy Spirit, the Spirit 
 which is nobler than every spirit, the Spirit which inspired and which taught both 
 the churches of the Old Law and the New Testament with grace of wisdom and 
 prophecy, that Spirit it was which spake these words through the mouth of the chief 
 prophet Isaiah son of Amos, de cuius laude loquiiur Hicronymus dicens : Potius 
 dicendus est euangelista quam propheta. To praise him Jerome saith, that it were 
 meeter to call him an evangelist than a prophet, because of the clearness, and of 
 the harmony with the "New Testament, wherewith he told tidings of Christ and 
 of the holy Church, so that one would not think that it was a prophecy of things 
 to come he was making, but a declaration of things already bygone, the act having 
 been completed. 
 
 1 5. Now one of his manifest prophecies through a declaration of what has passed 
 is that which is here set forth. Populus qui sedebai in tenebris uidil lucem magnam. 
 The people, then, that sat in darkness beheld a great light. Now the context of this 
 declaration by the prophet is as far as the place where previously the same evangelist 
 had súá^primo tempore eleuala est lerra Zabulon el lerra Neplalim"^. There came, 
 then, with the renewal of the time great glory and elevation to the tribe of Zabulon 
 and to the tribe of Nephtali, wherefore it is after that declaration that he says, 
 Populus qui, etc., the people that sat in darkness, etc. Howbeit if we go according to 
 history, that was the people of Israel who abode in the gloom of the Captivity in 
 Assyria. It beheld the light of the redemption from that captivity, to wit, Esdras 
 and Nehemiah, Jeshua and Zerobabel. But if we go according to the spiritual 
 sense, the people mentioned here are the people of the Gentiles, who were biding 
 in the darkness of ignorance, worshipping idols and images, until the true Sun 
 arose unto them, to wit, Jesus Christ with his Apostles. For there lay great darkness^ 
 
 ^ Isai. 9, 2 • Matth. 4. 16, 
 
 ' Isai, 9. I, 
 
LIFE OF PA TRICK. 
 
 upon the hearts of the heathen, until the Sun of Righteousness, even Jesus Christ, 
 scattered His splendours throughout the four quarters of the world to enlighten it. 
 
 Now one of the splendours which the Sun of Righteousness shed into this 
 world, the splendour, and the flame, and the precious stone, and the shining lamp 
 which enlightened the west of the world, the noble one for whom there is a festival 
 and commemoration on the occurrence of this time and season, was Saint Patrick, 
 son of Calpurn, the pearl and the precious stone whose festival day this is, to wit, 
 Sanctus Patn'dus, episcopus chief apostle of the west of the world, father of baptism 
 and belief of the men of Ireland. 
 
 35. Now the time when churchfolk celebrate the festival and commemoration of 
 this holy Patrick, and when some of his miracles and marvels are related in the 
 churches of the Christians, is the sixteenth of the calends of April, as regards the 
 day of the solar month, in the year in which we are. 
 
 39. The learned declare that he was of the Jews by origin, since it is manifest 
 from the miracles which God wrought for him, that he was of the children of Israel, 
 for of them were the Jews besides. For when the vengeance was inflicted by Titus 
 and Vespasian, the Jews were scattered throughout the world, and Patrick's original 
 kindred came to Britain, and there a heritage was gotten by them, for in a certain book 
 of his epistles Patrick himself declares that Nos dispersi sumus per mulias regiones 
 terrarum propter peccata nostra^ eo quod Domini praecepta et mandata eius non custo- 
 diuimus. Wherefore from that dispersion his original kindred came to Britain. 
 
 47. Now as to Patrick, of the Britons of Ail-cluade^ was his father; Potitus, the 
 Deacon, was his grandfather ; Concess was the name of his mother, daughter of Ochmas 
 of France, a sister of Martin was she. And in Nemptor was he born ; and when 
 a false oath is taken under the flag-stone on which he was born, it sheds water as if 
 it were bewailing the false declaration ; but if the oath be true, the stone abides in its 
 own nature. 
 
 52. This is Patrick's first miracle, and in his mother's womb he wrought it. A 
 son of the King of Britain came to the place in which the woman dwelt, and she 
 washed (his feet) for him, and he received entertainment from her. Wherefore his 
 wife through jealousy gave a drink of poison to Concess, who drank it. And Patrick 
 seized the poison in his grasp, and made thereof a stone in his hand, and thus 
 was he born. God's name and Patrick's were magnified thereby. 
 
 57. Now when Patrick was born he was brought to be baptized to the blind 
 flat-faced youth named Gornias. But Gornias had not water wherewith he could per- 
 form the baptism ; so with the infant's hand he made the sign of the Cross over the 
 
 * In the MS. the words corresponding with * the pearl . . . episcopus ' are misplaced ; see 11. 37. 38- 
 ^ ' Rock of Clyde,' i. e. Dumbarton. 
 
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 ground, and a well-spring brake therefrom. And Gornias washes his face from the 
 well, and it opened his eyes for him, and he read out the baptismal office, he who has 
 not previously learnt a letter. So then God wrought a triple miracle, to wit, the 
 well-spring out of the ground, and his eyes to the blind man, and reading out the 
 order of Baptism by him who had never seen a letter. So a church was 
 founded over that well wherein Patrick was baptized, and there stands the well by the 
 altar, and it hath the form of the Cross, as the wise declare. 
 
 66. Then his mother's sister took him in fosterage, for she herself was barren. 
 Then she fostered Patrick in Nemptor till he was a lad ; and overmany to recount 
 and declare are the miracles and marvels which God wrought for him in his childhood 
 and in his boyhood, for God's grace accompanied him at every age. 
 
 70. Now once, as Patrick was in his foster-mother's house in winter-time, there 
 came a great flood and fulness of water on the dwelling wherein they were biding, and 
 it quenched the fire ; and all the vessels and gear of the house were aswim. So he 
 cried to his nurse, a-seeking food as is the manner of children. * That is not the 
 trouble that is on us,' saith his foster-mother : * truly we have something to do before 
 making food for thee, for not even the fire is alive.' When Patrick heard that, he 
 sought a place in the house into which the water had not come, and he dipt his 
 hand into the water. The five drops which were trickling from his fingers forthwith 
 became five sparks of fire. So the fire blazed and the water appeared not thereafter. 
 God's name and Patrick's were magnified by that great miracle. 
 
 80. Once in winter-time his foster-mother asked for a faggot of firewood, so he 
 gathered the full of his lap of bits of ice and brought them with him to his house to 
 his foster-mother. ' It had been better for us,' saith his foster-mother, ' to bring a 
 faggot of withered firewood to warm us, than that which thou hast brought.' He said 
 to his foster-mother : ' Believe that it is possible to God, that these icicles should flame 
 like withered wood.' When they were set on the fire, they blazed forthwith. 
 
 86. Patrick and his sister Lupait were once herding sheep. The lambs ran 
 suddenly, as is their wont, to their dams for a drink of milk. When Patrick and 
 his sister saw that, they ran swiftly to separate them. The girl fell down and struck 
 her head against a stone, so that death was nigh unto her. Patrick went to her, 
 made the sign of the Cross over the wound, and it was healed at once. 
 
 91. Another time, as Patrick was with the sheep, the wolf carried off a sheep from 
 him, so his foster-mother blamed him greatly. But on the morrow the wolf came to 
 the same place, having the sheep quite safe ; and that was a marvel, to wit, restitution 
 from the teeth of the wolf as regards the usual food. God's name and Patrick's are 
 magnified thereby. 
 
 95. Once, then, his foster-mother went to milk her cow. He went along with her 
 
LIFE OF PATRICK. 
 
 to drink a draught of milk. Now the cow goes mad in the byre, that is, the Devil 
 entered her; and she drives her horn into the cow that was next her and kills her. 
 Then she killed the five best cows in the milking-place, and afterwards went into the 
 wilderness. Then the saint, even Sucat, goes, through the counsel of the Holy 
 Ghost, to the five cows, and brings them to life out of death. Then he blessed the 
 mad cow yonder, and thereafter she was gentle as a sheep. 
 
 102. The Britons held a great folk-mote and thither he went with his foster- 
 father and his foster-mother. Now it came to pass that his foster-father died at that 
 folk-mote. All were silent thereat, and his neighbours wept, and his wife wept, and 
 she said : ' My lad, why hast thou let thy bearer die ? ' Then Patrick went to his 
 foster-father and put his arms round his neck, and said to him: 'Arise, that we 
 may go hence.' Straightway at Patrick's word he arose and carried Patrick on his 
 back to his house. 
 
 1 08. At another time, the little boys of the place were bringing their mothers 
 honey from the comb. So his nurse said to him, ' Thou bringest no honey to me, 
 my boy, even as the boys of the hamlet bring it to their mothers.' Then, taking a 
 vessel, he goes to the water, and sained the water so that it became honey; and 
 relics (?) were made of that honey, and it used to heal every disease. 
 
 113. Gnce upon a time there died the child of a certain woman, who used to 
 work along with Patrick's foster-mother, milking her cow. Then Patrick's foster-mother 
 said, ' Bring with thee thy child to-day, into the milking-place as he used to be brought 
 every day.' She doth so. Now while the women were a-milking, with the dead 
 child on the floor of the byre, his foster-mother gave new milk to Patrick and said to 
 him, ' Call unto thee the other boy that he as well as thou may drink it.' * Come, 
 my child,' saith he, ' hither.' Straightway at Patrick's call the boy arose from death, 
 and then they drank it equally. God's name and Patrick's were magnified thereby. 
 
 121. At another time, the king's steward went to summon Patrick and his foster- 
 mother to go and cleanse the hearth of the palace in Ail-cluade. Then Patrick and 
 his foster-mother go, and the angel came to Patrick and said to him : ' Entreat the 
 Lord, and it will never be needful for thee to do that work.' Then the angel 
 cleansed the hearth, and said that though all the firewood in Britain were burnt in 
 the hearth, there would be on the morrow no ashes therein. And that is still 
 fulfilled. 
 
 127. At another time, the king's steward went to Patrick's foster-mother to 
 demand tribute of curd and butter ; and it being winter she had nought to give him 
 therefor. Then of the snow did Patrick make curd and butter, and they were taken 
 to the king ; and when they were shewn to the king, they were turned again into their 
 •nature of snow. Thereafter that tribute was remitted to Patrick by the king. 
 
LIFE OF PA TRICK. 
 
 153 
 
 132. Now these are a few of the many miracles of holy Patrick, wrought in his 
 boyhood. 
 
 133. Now this is an account of the coming of Patrick to Ireland. Four sons of 
 the king of Britain were in exile. They came and wrought havoc in Armorica ; and 
 there happened to be then folk of the Britons of Ail Cluaide on a journey in Armorica, 
 and they were slain in that havoc. First then Calpurnius, the son of Potitus, Patrick's 
 father was slain, and his mother, even Concess. They seized Patrick and his two sisters, 
 even Lupait and Tigris. This, then, is the direction in which the sons of the king of 
 Britain went, round Ireland to the north; and they sold Patrick to Miliuc Maccu-Buain 
 with his three brothers (he was the king of Dalaradia) ; and they sold Patrick's sisters 
 in another quarter; and they (the children) knew nothing of each other. Thence then 
 the name Cothraige clave to him, because of his service unto the four households. 
 
 143. Now such was the zeal of the service in which Patrick abode, that each of 
 the four households which he used to serve supposed that it was to it alone that he 
 was a servant ; and yet he was subject to the other spiritual direction, even a hundred 
 genuflexions in the morning, and a hundred at evening, and (but) one meal from 
 the one watch to the other. 
 
 147. Now he had four names, to wit, Sucat, his name from his parents, Coth- 
 raige while he was serving the four; Magonius, (while he was) with Germanus ; Patricias, 
 that is, 'father of the citizens,' was his name from Celestinus, even Peter's successor. 
 
 150. When Miliuc saw that he was a faithful thrall, he bought him from the 
 other three, that he might serve him alone ; and Patrick served after the custom of the 
 Hebrews, for he had a right to that according to another genealogy ; and this was 
 entrusted to him, the herding of swine. And he suffered many tribulations in the 
 wilderness of Slemish, as he himself declares in the book of his epistles. 
 
 155- What God wrought for him in the wilderness are over-many to recount and 
 declare. Then used the angel Victor to visit him, and teach him concerning the 
 order of prayer. Then used also Miliuc's sons and daughters to come to him with a 
 ration, and he used to instruct them concerning Christian piety according to the 
 teaching of the angel. 
 
 159. At that time Miliuc beheld a vision, to wit, that Cothraige came to hira 
 with a flame of fire out of his mouth; and Miliuc put from him the fire that it might 
 not burn, and it burned his sons and daughters so that they became ashes, and their 
 ashes were scattered throughout Ireland. Then Cothraige interpreted the vision, 
 and said that it was the fire of the Divine grace, which would come forth from him 
 afterwards unto Miliuc, and that he (Mihuc) would not believe in him. Howbeit, 
 that it would burn up the sins of Miliuc's sons and his daughters, and that they 
 would believe, and that their name would be renowned throughout Ireland. 
 
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 1 66. Now on a certain night in that place, Patrick heard the voice of the angel, 
 saying to him in a vision, Bene^ serue Dei, jejunas et or as, et cito exiturus eris ad 
 patriam tuam. So the time for Patrick's release from bondage drew near, for the 
 heathen used to free their thralls every seventh year. So Miliuc considered how he 
 should retain with him his bondsman, even Patrick. So he buys a bondmaid, even 
 Lupait, Patrick's sister. Miliuc gave her to his bondsman. They were brought 
 together in a house apart on the night of the wedding. Then Patrick preached to 
 the bondmaid, and they spent the night in prayer. In the morning, on the morrow, 
 Patrick saw the white scar in the bondmaid's face, and he asked her the cause of the 
 scar. Said the bondmaid, ' When I was in Nemptor, in Britain, it came to pass that 
 my head struck against a stone, so that death was nigh unto me. When my brother 
 Sucat saw the wound, he made with his hand the sign of the cross over my head, and 
 it was healed straightway.' Said Patrick : ' I am thy brother, and it is I that healed 
 thee, and it is God's mercy that causeth us to meet again after our scattering abroad.' 
 Then they gave thanks to God, and afterwards they went into the wilderness. 
 
 1 8 1. When Patrick was biding in the wilderness he heard the voice of the angel 
 saying to him : ' The vessel is prepared that thou mayest go therein unto Italy to 
 learn the holy Scripture.' This said Patrick to the angel : ' The man whom I am 
 serving for the space of seven years, I will not leave him without his consent.' So 
 the angel said : * Go, that thou mayest know.' Patrick did in that wise. Miliuc said 
 that he would not permit him (to go) unless he should give a talent of gold for his 
 head. ' God is able to do even this,' saith Patrick. Patrick went into the wilderness 
 and told the angel Miliuc's words. The angel said to him, in the place wherein are 
 the angel's traces : ' Take heed to-morrow of a certain boar a-digging the ground, and 
 he will put forth for thee a mass of gold, and give thou it for thy freedom.' Thus was 
 it fulfilled, and Sucat was then allowed to go free. Miliuc, however, repented of 
 allowing his servant to go, and he sent his people after him to bring him back ; but 
 they did not overtake Patrick, and the gold being changed did not remain. 
 
 194. Then Patrick went into the territory of Hui Néill, a-guesting to Sen- 
 Chianan ; but he betrayed Patrick and sold him for a cauldron of brass. He sets the 
 cauldron on the wall of his house, and his hands then clave to the cauldron. His 
 wife went to help him. Her hands clave to the cauldron. The whole household 
 went to the cauldron, and all their hands clave thereto, and the cauldron clave to 
 the wall. Then they said : ' He whom we have sold is servant of a most mighty 
 King. Let him be called back to us. ' Thereafter Patrick went to them, and owing 
 to their repentance released their hands ; and they returned the cauldron. 
 
 202. Thereafter Patrick went with foreigners to sea, and a great storm fell 
 upon them. Patrick besought his God for them, and the sea became calm. When 
 
LIFE OF PATRICK. 
 
 they reached land, they continued for the space of three days after their provisions had 
 come to an end. So they besought Patrick to ask food for them from God. Then 
 God gave them a fresh cooked swine, and wild honey was brought to Patrick like 
 John the Baptist. He parted from them and went to Nemptor. Now when he came 
 to his fatherland, his people besought him to stay with them, and this was not got 
 from him. (For) whenever he slept it seemed to him that it was the isle of the Gael 
 that he saw, and that he heard the chanting of the children from the wood of Fochlad. 
 
 211. Then he w^ent over the Ictian Sea into the south-east of Italy to Germanus, 
 sage bishop of all Europe at that time, and with him he read the ecclesiastical canon. 
 
 213. Thereafter he went to Tours to Martin, who put the monachal tonsure 
 upon him. 
 
 214. Thirty years, then, was his age when he went to Germanus, thirty years then 
 was he learning with him, and forty years a-preaching in Ireland. 
 
 216. Thereafter Germanus sent Patrick to Rome to be ordained a bishop, and 
 an aged elder with him, even Egidius, the presbyter, to bear witness of him before 
 the Romans. 
 
 219. Then he went to sea with nine in his number ; and he came to the island 
 where he saw the new house and a married pair therein. And he asked the young man 
 who dwelt in the house, how long they had been therein. ' From the time of Jesus,' 
 saith he ; * and He blessed us, together with our house, and we shall be thus till Doom ; 
 and God hath enjoined thee,' saith the young man, * to go and preach in the land of 
 the Gaels, and Jesus left with us a staff to be given to thee.' So Patrick took the 
 staff of Jesus with him, and went back to Germanus. Said Victor to him, * God hath 
 enjoined thee to go and preach in the land of the Gael.' * If I should hear,' saith 
 Patrick, ... I would go.' * Come,' saith Victor, ' to converse with Him on 
 Mount Hermon.' 
 
 228. Then Patrick went and complained to God of the hard-heartedness of the 
 Gael. Said God : ' I,' saith He, ' will be thy helper.' 
 
 230. Then Patrick went to Rome, and received the rank of bishop from Peter's 
 successor, to wit, Celesdnus, the forty-fifth from Peter. He it is that had sent bishop 
 Pelagius to Ireland ; but the Gael accepted not his preaching, for not to him but to 
 Patrick had God decreed their conversion. So Pelagius went back and died in 
 Britain. His companions went to Rome. 
 
 235. When Patrick received the rank of bishop, the name of Patricius was con- 
 ferred upon him. Orders w^ere then given to Patrick by Germanus and by Celestinus, 
 and by Hatha, king of the Romans. Now when they were conferring the rank of a 
 bishop upon him, the three quires answered, to wit, the quire of heaven's household, 
 and the quire of the Romans, and the quire of the children of the wood of Fochlad. 
 
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 LIFE OF PATRICK. 
 
 This is what they all sang, Hibernenses omnes clamant ad ie, puer. So Peter's suc- 
 cessor sent Patrick to preach to the Gael. 
 
 242. When Patrick was at sea, travelling to Ireland, he saw the leper on the 
 rock seeking for God's sake a place in the boat. Then Patrick cast his flag-stone 
 into the sea before the leper, but when they reached Ireland they found the flag-stone 
 ahead of them in the harbour. 
 
 246. Then Patrick went on till he got to Inver Dé, in the district of Cualann ; and 
 the fishermen did not welcome him : so then he set his word on the Inver, that there 
 should never be produce therein. And he who opposed Patrick, even Sinell, son of 
 Findchad, he is the first man who believed in God and in Patrick, and on him and 
 on his seed Patrick leaves a blessing. 
 
 251. Forty years from the day that Patrick came into Ireland to the day of 
 his decease \ 
 
 252. He steered his vessel after that past Ireland eastward to Inispatrick. He 
 went on land. There a certain man received him in hospitality, and believed in him. 
 Patrick went to his vessel to converse with Loeguire, to Tara He went thence to 
 Inver of the Barks, and there he becomes the guest of a worthy man named Sescnech. 
 To him Patrick preaches God's word, and he believes in God and in Patrick. He 
 is then baptized. He had a little son, who was well-pleasing to Patrick, and who 
 loved Patrick much. The boy took Patrick's foot into his bosom ; and that night he 
 would not sleep with his mother nor his father, but was mournful and would have 
 wept, had he not been allowed to stay along with Patrick. Now in the morning, 
 when Patrick went to go on his way, his chariot was brought to him. Patrick put 
 his foot into the chariot, and the little boy clasps his two hands round Patrick's foot, 
 and this he said: 'Let me be along with Patrick, for Patrick is my own father!' 
 Said Patrick : ' Let the boy be baptized and put into the chariot.' And Patrick 
 afterwards said : ' That boy will be a successor of mine.' And Patrick bestowed 
 a name on him, Benignus, that is Benén. 
 
 266. Then he goes in Patrick's company to the Grave of Fiacc's Men in 
 Magh Bregh, on the eve of Easter. It is there that Patrick celebrated the order of 
 Easter, and consecrated fire is kindled by them for mass. That was the night of 
 the feast of Loeguire son of Niall. For the feast of his birth was always celebrated by 
 Loeguire, every year in Tara of Bregh. And no one dared to kindle a fire in Ireland 
 before a fire had been kindled by him in Tara. 
 
 272. Then Patrick cursed Inver Domnann and Inver Dé, and blessed Inver 
 Boyne, for he found fish therein. 
 
 274. After that he went to Inver Slainghe, and concealed his vessel in that place. 
 
 * This sentence is misplaced. ^ This sentence, also, is misplaced. 
 
LIFE OF PA TRICK. 
 
 157 
 
 There he found a swineherd of Dichu son of Trechem, in the place where Sabull Pátraic 
 stands to-day, who told it to his master. Dichu went and set his hound at the clerics. 
 Then Patrick chanted the verse, Ne tradas bestiis ani'mam confitente7n iibP-^ etc. There- 
 after the hound became silent. When Dichu saw Patrick, he bared his sword to slay 
 him. His arm shrivelled above him at once''. But Patrick made prayer, and grief of 
 heart seized Dichu, and he believed, and Patrick baptized him after that, wherefore he 
 was the first who in Ulster received baptism and belief from Patrick. Then Dichu 
 offered the Barn ^ to Patrick. Now at that time Dichu was an old man. Patrick 
 gave him his choice, to be renewed in the age of thirty or to go at once to the 
 Kingdom of Heaven. * I prefer,' saith he, * to be renewed in the age of thirty.' 
 Patrick blessed Dichu, so that he passed after that into youth. 
 
 287. Once Patrick was in the Barn at mass, when a certain wizard went by the 
 church. He flung his horse-rod over the window of the church into the chalice. 
 The earth straightway swallows up the wizard, 
 
 290. Patrick went to preach to Miliuc Maccu-Biiain, having gold in order that 
 Miliuc might accept the faith from him ; for he knew that Miliuc was greedy as to 
 goods and especially as to gold. When Miliuc heard that Patrick was coming to him, 
 he was not glad thereof, for it seemed a shame to him to believe in his slave and in 
 his servant. This, then, was the counsel to which the Devil tempted him, namely, to 
 bring fire into his own house ; and he was burnt therein, and he went to hell. That 
 was manifested to Patrick, and he said this : * Of him will be neither king nor crown- 
 prince* ; and his seed and his offspring will always be serving some other man ; and 
 his soul will not come out of hell either before or after the Judgment.' 
 
 298. In that time there happened to be a fierce king over Ireland, namely 
 Loeguire son of Niall. In Tara, then, was his station and his royal hold. Three years 
 before Patrick came into Ireland the wizards, even Lucait Mael and Luccra^ had 
 foretold his coming. And this is what they said : 
 
 307. Then said Patrick to Dichu: 'Go,' saith he, 'from me to Loeguire 
 son of Niall, and say my message to him, that there be both kingdom and church in 
 the land.' ' If I go to Loeguire,' saith Dichu, ' there are nine hostages for me with 
 
 * Adzeheads will come over a furious sea : 
 Their mantles (i.e. their mass-cowls) hole-headed : 
 Their staves (i.e. their croziers) crook-headed : 
 Their tables (i.e. their altars) in the east of their houses : 
 All will answer, "Amen ! " ' 
 
 1 Psal. 73. 19. 
 
 ^ 6íz<^íz//=stabulum. 
 
 ^ Compare i Kings 13. 4. 
 * Literally ' King-material.' 
 
 ^ Lochru, in the Book of Armagh. 
 
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 LIFE OF PA TRICK, 
 
 him in Tara. My hostages will be slain, and I myself shall be slain when I shall go/ 
 ' Thou thyself wilt escape and thy hostages will escape/ Saith Dichu : ' . . . blessing 
 . . . Lord ^ . . . whether I escape or not : I will go for thy blessing/ So Dichu went 
 to Tara. ' This, then, is the man,* saith Loeguire, ' who first believed in the Adze- 
 head before the men of Ireland. Take ye this man,' saith he, ' into one house with 
 his hostages, and give them salted food, and do not give them drink.' Thus was it 
 done. But unto them came a maiden fair, mature, and brought them a pitcher of 
 wine through Patrick's miracles, and dealt it out to them, and brought them . . . 
 light. And a cleric came to them with a linen chasuble round him, and he took from 
 them the fetters and the chains, and brought their horses which were bridled in the 
 midst of the enclosure, and opened the gates of Tara before them. Then they leap 
 on their horses and go to Patrick into the land of Ulster. Then Dichu tells his tale 
 to Patrick. * It is manifest,' saith Patrick, ' neither prophets nor wise men^ will save 
 that man until I go myself/ 
 
 322. When the hightide of Easter drew nigh, Patrick judged that there was no 
 place wherein it would be fitter for them to celebrate the chief hightide of the year 
 than in Magh Bregh, at the place wherein was the head of the wizardry and idolatry 
 of Ireland, and in the chief fortress of Ireland, to wit, in Tara. 
 
 325. He bade farewell to Dichu, and he put his ship to sea and went to Inver 
 
 Colptha ^ and by land to the Grave of Fiac's Men ; and he pitches his tent there, and 
 
 the consecrated Paschal fire was struck by him. That was the time at which the 
 
 heathen were celebrating that hightide ; and the king of Tara had a prohibition*, that 
 
 no fire be kindled on that night before the fire of Tara. Now Patrick knew not that 
 
 prohibition, and if he had known, it would not have hindered him. When the folk 
 
 of Tara were biding there, they beheld the fire which Patrick had kindled; for it 
 
 illumined all Magh Bregh. Then said the king ; ' That is a breach of a law and 
 
 prohibition of mine, and find out for us who hath made yon fire.' ' We see the fire,' 
 
 say the wizards, ' and we know that unless it is quenched before morning, on the 
 
 night in which it has been made, it will never be quenched/ Then anger seized the 
 
 king, and his chariot was harnessed for him, and he went to the Grave of Fiac's Men. 
 
 The wizard said to Loeguire : ' Go not thou to yonder men, for they will come to thee.' 
 
 Then Patrick went to the place, in which Loeguire dwelt. Said Loeguire ^ : 
 ******* 
 
 ^ The MS. is here illegible. Compare Tertia Vita, c, 35 ; Sexta Vita, c. 38, in Colgan's Trias 
 Thaumaturga. 
 ^ The MS. is here corrupt. I read : fdithe nait fir fessa. 
 
 ^ The mouth of the river Boyne. * A geiss or tabu. 
 
 ' The two leaves which are here lost probably contained an account of Patrick's triumph 
 over the wizards, and his missionary journey to Connaught. 
 
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 159 
 
 337. Then Patrick went to Sid Aeda and blessed Conall and his son Fergus. 
 Then he laid his hands on the son's head. That seemed strange to Conall. Said 
 Patrick, — 
 
 'A child will be born of bis family, 
 
 He will be a sage, he will be a prophet, he will be a poet, 
 A loveable, clear, pure lamp, 
 Who will not utter falsehood.' 
 
 That is Colomb cille, son of Fedlimid. 
 
 345. Then Patrick blessed Conall son of Niall and his kindred, and he left a 
 blessing on their men and on their estuaries and on their churches. 
 
 347. Patrick went into Tyrone, and said to his household: * Beware that the 
 terrible lion, even Eogan son of Niall, do not come to you.' He overtook them on the 
 way. Muiredach, son of Eogan, was in the van of the band of the warriors. SechnalH, 
 however, was in the rear of the band of the clerics. Then said Sechnall to IMuiredach : 
 * If thy father believes in God, thou shalt have from me a guerdon therefor.' * What 
 guerdon?' saith he. 'Kingship shall descend from thee,' saith Sechnall. 'He 
 shall do it, indeed,' saith Muiredach. It was at Fid Mór that Muiredach and Eogan 
 met with Patrick. So Eogan believed in God and in Patrick. * If thou hadst believed 
 inside thy house,' saith Patrick'^, ' to thy house the hostages would have come. Since 
 this is not so, they will not come, until they come through might of arms.' 
 
 356. Patrick went to Ailech of the Kings, and blessed the stronghold, and 
 left his flag-stone therein, and prophesied kingship and rank for a space over 
 Ireland out of Ailech. And he gave a blessing of valour to Eogan, and Patrick 
 said : — 
 
 * My blessing on the tribes, 
 I give from Belach Ratha, 
 And on Eogan's kindred, 
 (God's) grace to Doomsday, 
 
 ' So long as field shall be under crops 
 Their battalions shall be over men, 
 
 The head of the hosts of the men of Fál to their place, 
 ... to them on every hill.' 
 
 368. Then Patrick went into Dal Araide to Caelbad's twelve sons, and he gave 
 a blessing to them (all) save Sarán alone, and he gave a curse to him, that kingship 
 should never be inherited from him. 
 
 370. Patrick went into Dál Araide and baptized bishop Olchon, who is' in 
 Airthir Maige Cobai, and Mac Nisse of Conaire read his psalms with him. 
 
 ^ Bishop Secundinus. And not here in Fid Mór. 
 
 ^ i. e. whose relics are. 
 
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 LIFE OF PATRICK, 
 
 372. Patrick went to Eochaid, son of Muiredach, king of Ulster, when he was 
 condemning and punishing two holy virgins who had offered their virginity to God, 
 [and] constraining them to marriage, (and) to worship of idols. Patrick begged a boon 
 for them, that they should not be punished, and it was not obtained. Then Cairill, son 
 of Muiredach, the king's brother, made intercession along with Patrick, and the king 
 consented not. Said Patrick to Eochaid: 'There will never be either kings or crown- 
 princes from thee, and their ... on thyself. Thy brother, however, even Cairill, 
 he himself will be king and there will be kings and princes from him over thy children, 
 and over all Ulster for ever.' Wherefore those are the ' seed of the kingdom,' even 
 the seed of Demmán, son of Cairill, through Patrick's word. 
 
 381. So the king's wife went and prostrated herself at Patrick's feet. Patrick 
 gave her a blessing, and blessed the child that was in her womb, and he is Domangart, 
 son of Eochaid. He it is that Patrick left in his own body, on Sliab Slanga, and he 
 will abide there for ever ; for he is the seventh person whom Patrick left alive safe- 
 guarding Ireland. 
 
 386. After that Patrick went from Dal Araide over Fertais Tuama to Hui Tuirtre. 
 After that he went into Hui Meith Tire. Then three of the Hui Meith stole one of the 
 two goats which used to be carrying water for Patrick ; and they went to swear a false 
 oath to Patrick, and the goat himself bleated out of the gullet of the third man that 
 had stolen it. * My God's doom ! ' saith Patrick, ' the goat himself declares the 
 place in which he was eaten ! And from to-day for ever,' saith Patrick, ' goats shall 
 follow thy children and kindred.' And this is still fulfilled. 
 
 393. Thereafter Patrick went to Fir Rois. There he changed into stones the 
 poisoned cheeses of curd; and all the warriors who intended to slay Patrick were 
 drowned in the ford. 
 
 396. Then Patrick went over Magh Bregh, into the province of Leinster, to the 
 fort of Naas. The place of Patrick's tent is in the green to the east of the road ; and to 
 the north of the fort is a well wherein Patrick baptized Dunlang's two sons, namely Ailill 
 and Illann, and Ailill's two daughters, namely Mugain and Fedelm, who had offered 
 their virginity to God, and Patrick blessed the veils on their heads. Then messengers 
 went from Patrick to the steward of Naas, Faillén by name. He feigned that sleep 
 was upon him, and they said that the steward was asleep. * My God's doom ! ' saith 
 Patrick, * no wonder if it be a final sleep.' His household then went to waken 
 the steward, and he was found dead because of the inhumility he shewed to Patrick. 
 Wherefore thence have the Gael the proverb, Faik'n's sleep in the fort of Naas. 
 
 406. Dricriu, he was king of Hui Garrchon at that time before Patrick, and he 
 had to wife a daugher of Loeguire, son of Niall. And they refused to invite Patrick to 
 the feast of Rath Inbir; but Cilline made him welcome, and killed his only cow for him, 
 
LIFE OF PATRICK, 
 
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 and gave him the measure of meaP, which he got for his support in the king's 
 house. Then Patrick said to the cooking woman, whilst she was bewailing her child : — 
 
 * Oh woman .... thy child ! 
 
 A great boar comes from a pigling, 
 
 And from a spark comes a flame, 
 
 Thy child will be hale. 
 *The com 
 
 Is best of earth's herbs, 
 Marcán, son of Cilline, 
 Is the one who is best of Húi Garrchon.' 
 
 419. Then Patrick founded churches and monasteries in plenty in Leinster, and 
 left a blessing on the Leinstermen, and on Húi Cennselaig especially, and left 
 Auxilius in Cell Uasalli, and Mac Tail in Cell Cuilinn, and ordained Fiachu ^ the Fair 
 in Sletty, as bishop of the province. 
 
 422. Then Failge Berraide boasted that he would kill Patrick wherever he should 
 meet him, in revenge for the idol Cenn Cruaich, for it was Failge's god. So his 
 people hid from Patrick what Failge said. And one day Odrán, his charioteer, said 
 to Patrick : * Since for a long time I have been charioteering for thee, O master, 
 O Patrick, let me to-day be in the chief seat, and do thou be charioteer.' Patrick 
 did so. Thereafter Patrick went into the district of Hui Failgi. Failge came, and 
 gave a thrust through Odrán in the form of Patrick. Not long afterwards Failge died, 
 and his soul went into hell. Then the Devil entered Failge's body, so that it dwelt 
 amongst men as if it were alive ^ Then Patrick after a long while came to Failge, 
 and tarried outside before the fortress, and asked one of Failge's slaves where Failge 
 was biding. ' I left him in his house,' saith the slave. ' Tell him,' saith Patrick, ' to 
 come and speak with me.' Then the servant goes to fetch Failge, and found of him 
 in the house nought save his bare bones, bloodless, fleshless. » The slave comes to 
 Patrick in grief and sorrow, and tells him how he had seen Failge. Said Patrick : 
 * From the day when Failge slew my charioteer, in my presence, his soul went to hell 
 for the deed he had done, and the Devil entered his body.' And that is the tragical 
 death of Failge. 
 
 440. As to Failge Rois, however, it is his children who are in the land to-day, 
 and Patrick blessed him, and from him is the sovranty of the land for ever. 
 
 442. Then Patrick went by Belach Gabrain into the land of Ossory; and there 
 he founded churches and monasteries, and he said that of them (the Ossorians) there 
 would always be famous laymen and clerics, and that no province would prevail over 
 them, so long as they were obedient to Patrick. 
 
 * Airmed mine is obviously the true reading. The airviitin of the MS. is nonsense. 
 ' A mistake for Fiacc ? ^ The MS. is here obscure, I think I see b. b ... a. 
 
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LIFE OF PA TRICK. 
 
 445. Then Patrick bade them farewell and left ancient relics with them, 
 and some of his household, in the place where Martar-thech stands to-day, in 
 Magh Raigne. 
 
 447. After that Patrick went into the province of Munster, to Cashel of the 
 Kings. And Oengus, son of Natfraich, king of Munster, met him, and made him 
 welcome, and brings him with him to his house, to the fort, as far as the place wherein 
 Lecc Pátraic is to-day. And Oengus there believed in God and in Patrick, and 
 he was baptized and a multitude of the men of Munster along with him. There, 
 then, was the beginning of the baptism of the men of Munster. And then said 
 Patrick : — 
 
 'If Munster-men outrage me 
 
 Regarding Cashel the head of their baptism, 
 
 They shall have mutual slaughter amidst their land, 
 
 Their realm will be in disgrace. 
 * From Cashel I have blessed 
 
 Ireland as far as its borders. 
 
 With my two hands have I blessed, 
 
 So that Munster will not be without good. 
 
 461. Now when Patrick was blessing the head of Oengus, the spike of the 
 crozier went through his foot. So, after the end of the benediction, Patrick saw the 
 wound in Oengus's foot. Said Patrick : ' Wherefore didst thou not tell me ? ' 
 * Meseemed,' saith Oengus, ' that it was a rite of the faith.' * Thou shalt have 
 a reward for this,' saith Patrick. * From to-day to the Judgment thy successor shall 
 not have a death by slaying, save one man only Patrick saith that his grace would 
 abide in Cashel, ui dixit [poefd] : — 
 
 'Patrick's resurrection in Down, 
 His primacy in Armagh, 
 On the hillock of musical Cashel, 
 He granted a third of his grace.' 
 
 471. Patrick went into Muscraige Breogain. One day, then, he was washing his 
 hands at the ford, when a tooth fell out of his head into the ford. Pie then went on 
 the hill to the east of the ford, and sends to seek for the tooth, and straightway the 
 tooth shone in the ford like a sun. And Áth Fíacla ^ is the name of the ford. And 
 Cell Fiacla ^ is the name of the church wherein he left the tooth. And he left four of 
 his household there, to wit, Cuirche and Loscán, Cailech and Béonán. 
 
 477. Then he went into the land of Hui Figeinte. And Lonán, son of Ere, king of 
 Hui Figeinte, made a feast for Patrick, and deacon Mantan, one of Patrick's house- 
 hold, was with Lonán preparing it. A troop of artists went to Patrick to ask for food. 
 ^ Cenngecán was slain A.D. 897. ^ Toothford. ^ Church of the Tooth. 
 
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 Patrick sent messengers to Lonan and to deacon IMantan to ask something for the 
 artists. But they said that it should not be buffoons who should first break into the 
 feast. Patrick said that neither king nor bishop should spring from Lonan, and 
 that Deacon Mantan's cloister should not be high on earth. Then came a certain 
 youth named Nessán, with a wether and a tanag ^ and three curd-cheeses on his back 
 for Patrick. Said Patrick : — 
 
 'The youth who comes from the North 
 For him the victory hath been entrusted, 
 With his little wether on his back 
 He comes to Cothraige.' 
 
 So Patrick gave them to the satirists. Now as the satirists were eating the wether 
 the earth swallowed them up straightway, and they went to the depth of hell, and the 
 cheeses still remain, turned into stones. Then Patrick gave Nessán a blessing, and 
 conferred the order of deacon upon him ; and it is he who is ^ in Mungret. 
 
 494. Thereafter Patrick went into Findine, to the north-west of Domnach Mór, 
 a hill from which is seen the country to the north of Luimncch. And he gave a 
 blessing to Thomond, because of the willingness with which the people had come 
 bringing abundance of goods to meet Patrick. Cairthenn, son of Blat, senior of the 
 children of Toirdelbach, believed in the Lord. And Patrick baptized him in Saingil, 
 that is to say a different {sain) angel {ai'ngel) went to converse with him there, and it 
 was not Victor. To Cairthenn up to that time no children had been born. Then 
 was Eochu Redspot born to Cairthenn. Patrick had formed him of a clot of gore, 
 and that spot was on his body as a sign of the miracle. 
 
 502. Patrick himself did not go into the land ; but he saw it from Luimnech, 
 west and northward, and blessed the extent which he beheld. E/ prophetauit de 
 Sanctis, qui in eis fierent, nominibus et tempore quo peruenissent. 
 
 505. * The green island in the west,' saith Patrick, * in the mouth of the sea, a 
 light of God's household will come into it, who shall be a chief of counsel for these 
 tribes, even Senan of Inis Cathaigh.' After sixty or six score years, came Senán, son 
 of Gerrgenn, son of Dubthach 
 
 509. Now Patrick did not go over Luachair into West Munster. Prophetauit de 
 Brenainn Maccu Alte qui nascetur cxx anno. Quod impletum est. 
 
 511. Patrick went into Muscraige Tire, haptizare et fundare fidem. Ihi inuenii 
 tres fratres, namely, Fuirc and Muinech, and IMechar, three sons of Forat son of 
 Connla. Muinech believes protinus, and Patrick took him thence, and blessed him, 
 and left (as his blessing) distinguished laymen and clerics from him for ever, and the 
 overkingship of his country to be always (inherited) from him. 
 
 * Apparently some kind of hard cheese. * i. e. whose relics are. See infra pp. 202-204. 
 
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 516. So he abode seven years in Munster, and the wise reckon that he cele- 
 brated mass on every seventh ridge which he passed over in Munster. After this 
 then Patrick founded churches and cloisters in Munster, and ordained folk of every 
 grade, and brought the dead again to life. Then he bade them farewell, and left 
 a blessing upon them. 
 
 521. Then he went to Eli. The men of Munster went after him, as if each of 
 them would outstrip the other following Patrick. Then the men of Munster, men, 
 women, and children, overtook Patrick at Brosnacha, and they uttered a great cry 
 and great clamour for joy of looking on Patrick, and thence Brosnacha Eli was 
 named. 
 
 526. Then he bade farewell to the men of Munster, and bestowed a blessing 
 upon them, ut dixit-, — 
 
 'God's blessing on Munster, 
 Men, boys, women! 
 Blessing on the land 
 That gives them fruit. 
 
 'Blessing on every treasure 
 That shall be produced on their plains, 
 Without any ... of help, 
 God's blessing on Munster! 
 
 * Blessing on their peaks, 
 On their bare flagstones. 
 Blessing on their glens. 
 Blessing on their ridges. 
 
 * Like sand of sea under ships, 
 Be the number of their hearths : 
 On slopes, on plains. 
 
 On mountains, on peaks.' 
 
 544. Patrick went back to Fir Rois, and proceeded to set up at Druim Mór. 
 Then came the angel and said to him : ' It is not here that God hath granted thee 
 to stay.' Question, what place ? ' saith Patrick. ' In the Macha to the north,' saith 
 the angel. Thereafter Patrick went to Ard Pátric, to the east of Louth, and pro- 
 ceeded to set up there. Every day Patrick used to come from Ard Pátric, and 
 Mochta used to come from Louth in the west, and they met to converse every day at 
 Lecc Mochta. One day there an angel put an epistle between them. Patrick reads it 
 out, and this is what was therein : — 
 
 'Mochta pious, believing, 
 
 Let him bide in the place wherein he has set up; 
 Let Patrick at the King's word 
 Stay in Macha.' 
 
LIFE OF PA TRICK. 
 
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 556. Thereafter Patrick, at the angel's word, went to the Macha, to the place 
 wherein Raith Dáiri stands to-day. There was a certain wealthy and venerable man, 
 named Dáire, at that time in Oriors. Patrick asked this Dáire to give him a site for 
 his church on Druim Sailech, the stead whereon Armagh stands to-day. Dáire said 
 that he would not give him the hill, but that he would give him a site in the valley, 
 where the Ferta stands to-day. So Patrick founded [his cell and stayed] there for a 
 long while. One day two horses of Dáire's were brought to graze in that place. 
 Patrick was angered thereby, and slew ^ the horses straightway. Dáire is angered at 
 the killing of his horses, and told his men to kill the cleric. Illness and sudden colic ^ 
 came to Dáire, so that death was nigh unto him. * Vexing the cleric is the cause of 
 that,' saith the wife that he had. * And do ye his will,' saith she. Then they went to 
 seek holy water ^ from Patrick for Dáire. . . . Saith Patrick, ' Had it not been for the 
 woman Dáire would not have had resurrection till Doom.' Patrick blessed the water 
 and said that it should be given to Dáire and [sprinkled over] the horses. Thus is it 
 done, and Dáire with his horses straightway arose. Then a brazen cauldron was brought 
 in offering to Patrick from Dáire. * Deo gr alias I saith Patrick. Dai re asked of his 
 household what the cleric had said. * Gratiam^ say the household. ' That is a bad 
 reward for a good cauldron,' saith Dáire. * Let it be taken again from him,' saith 
 Daire. They took back the cauldron from him. * Deo graiias' saith Patrick. His 
 household tell Daire what Patrick had said. ' That is a first word with him, the 
 Gratiam' saith Daire — ^ Gratiam^ when giving it to him, Graiia?}i* when taking it 
 from him.' Daire and his wife afterwards went wholly in accordance with Patrick's 
 will, and they offered him the cauldron, and the hill for which he had previously 
 asked, which is named Armagh to-day, and Ard Sailech had been its name till then. 
 
 579. Now thus did Patrick mark out the Railh : the angel before him and he 
 behind with his household, and his elders, and the Staff of Jesus ^ in Patrick's hand. 
 
 582. These are the elders who set forth Patrick's miracles, namely, Colomb-cille 
 and Ultan, and Adamnán, son^ of Tinne, and Aireran of the Wisdom, and Ciarán of 
 Belach Duin, and Bishop Airmedach from Clochar, and Colmán of the Cave, and 
 Presbyter Collait from Druim Relgech. 
 
 586. A true man, surely, was that man from purity of nature, like a patriarch. 
 A true pilgrim, like Abraham. Gentle, forgiving of heart, like Moses. A praiseful 
 psalmist, like David. A student (?) of wisdom and knowledge, like Solomon. 
 A chosen vessel for proclaiming righteousness, like Paul the Apostle. A man full of 
 
 * I suppose curbo to be a mistake for cur-ro. 
 
 * Tregat. The MS. has tregdad. ' Literally * prayer-water.' 
 
 * This Hgrazachatn (i. e. gratias agamus ?) in the Book of Armagh. 
 
 ' Supra, p. 155. * This should be grandson or descendant. 
 
LIFE OF PATRICK, 
 
 the grace and favour of the Holy Spirit, like John. A fair garden with plants of 
 virtues. A vine-branch with fruitfulness. A flashing fire with the fervour of the 
 warming and heating of the sons of Life, for kindling and illuminating charity. 
 A lion for great strength and might. A dove for gentleness and simplicity. A ser- 
 pent for cunning and prudence. A man mild, gentle, humble, tender to the sons of 
 Life ; (but) rough, ungentle to the sons of Death. A slave in labour and service to 
 Christ. A king in rank and might for binding and loosing, for freeing and en- 
 slaving, for quickening and killing. 
 
 598. Now after these mighty miracles, and after raising the dead ; after healing 
 blind and lepers and halt, and folk of every disease besides ; after teaching the men 
 of Ireland, and after baptizing ; after founding churches and monasteries ; after de- 
 stroying idols and images and the knowledge of wizardry, the day of the decease of 
 this holy Patrick and of his going to heaven drew nigh. And he proceeded to go to 
 Armagh in order that there his resurrection might be. But Victor the angel came to 
 him, and said this to him : ' Go back to the place whence thou earnest, even to the 
 Barn ; for it is there thou shalt die, and not in Armagh hath God granted thee to arise. 
 Thy dignity and thy primacy, thy piety and thy teaching shall be in Armagh as if 
 thou wert alive. Thou didst promise to Dichu ^ that with him thy resurrection would 
 be,' saith the angel. Said Patrick : ' In slavery unto the end am I, since I cannot be 
 buried in the place that I desire.* Said the angel : * Let not sorrow be on thee, 
 O Patrick, for thy dignity and thy primacy will abide in Armagh, though thy resur- 
 rection will be in Down ; and God hath granted thee good things in abundance. For 
 He hath granted thee heaven for Dichu and his children. He hath granted thee to 
 bring seven of the men of Ireland every Saturday from torment to heaven. He hath 
 granted thee that every one that shall sing thy hymn^ on the day of his decease shall 
 not be in hell. He hath granted to thee that thou shalt be the judge of Doom for the 
 men of Ireland.' 
 
 615. Patrick did as the angel counselled and tarried in the province of Ulster. 
 
 616. Now when the hour of Patrick's decease arrived, Bishop Tassach gave him 
 Christ's Body ; and he sent his spirit to heaven in the hundred and thirty-second year 
 of his age. Howbeit heaven's angels came to meet Patrick's soul, and took it with 
 them to heaven with great honour and reverence. And though great be his honour at 
 present, greater will it be at the meeting of Doom, when the men of the world will arise 
 at Michael the archangel's command. And the menof Ireland will go to meet Patrick 
 to Down, and wend along with him to Mount Zion, where Christ will deal judgment 
 to Adam's children on that day ; when, moreover, Christ will sit on His throne in 
 
 ^ The donor of the Barn, supra, p. 157. 
 
 ' i. e. Secundinus' hymn in praise of Patrick. 
 
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 glory judging the three households, even the household of Heaven, and the household 
 of Earth, and the household of Hell. And the twelve apostles will sit along with 
 Him on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. And then 
 will Patrick sit on his throne of judgment and judge the men of Ireland. For 
 Patrick is the apostle for Ireland, and he is the father of teaching and faith for Irish- 
 men, and he will be judge over them on Doomsday. And after the sentence of 
 Doom, those who have fulfilled his command and his teaching, in fastings, in prayer, 
 in alms, in compassion, in gentleness, in forgiveness, and in the other divine commands, 
 will go along with him into the heavenly kingdom. 
 
 632. The angel left counsel with Patrick as to how he should be buried, and 
 this he said to him : ' Let,' said he, ' two unbroken oxen, of the cattle of Conall ^ be 
 brought out of Finnabair, that is from Clochar, and let thy body be set at cross-roads, 
 and whithersoever they shall go, and wheresoever they stay by themselves, be it there 
 that thou be buried "^' And thus was it done after his decease. And for the space of 
 twelve nights, that is, the time the elders of Ireland were waking him, there was no 
 night in Magh-Inis, but angelic radiance therein. Some say that the light abode 
 therein till the end of a year, whence is the name, the Cantred of the Light. 
 
 639. Now there was an attempt at a great conflict and batde, between the Ulster- 
 men and the Hui Néill, contending about the body of Patrick, the Húi Néill trying to 
 take it to Armagh, and the Ulstermen retaining it with themselves. This then is what 
 seemed to them all, that the body was borne by each of them to his own country. So 
 God separated them in that wise through Patrick's grace. 
 
 643. So he received communion and sacrifice from bishop Tassach, and in the 
 Barn he sent his spirit to heaven. 
 
 645. Now Patrick was buried in Down with honour and with reverence, with 
 daily miracles and marvels. But though great be his honour at present, greater will 
 it be at the assembly of Doom, in union with the apostles and disciples of Jesus, in 
 union with the nine ranks of heaven, in union with the Godhead and Manhood of the 
 Son of God, in union with the Holy Trinity, even Father, and Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
 650. I beseech the mercy of Almighty God that we may reach that union in 
 saecula saeculorum ! Amen. 
 * i. e. Tirconnell. 
 
 ^ The adnachtsa of the MS. should of course be adnasta, the pass. 2dy s-fut. sg. 3 of adnacim. 
 
COLOMB CILLE'S LIFE HERE. 
 
 And let every one who shall read give his blessing to the souls of the 
 couple who caused it to be written. 
 
 655. Exi de terra tua et de domo pair is tua, et uade in ierram quam iibi mon- 
 sfrauero ^ ' Leave thy country and thy land, and thy neighbour in the flesh, and 
 thine own fatherland for My sake, and get thee into the country that I will shew thee/ 
 
 658. The Lord Himself gave this friendly counsel unto the head of the perfect 
 faith and of the complete belief, even unto Abraham son of Terah, that he should 
 leave his own country, to wit, the country of Chaldea, and that he should go for his 
 pilgrimage into the land which God would shew him, to wit, the Land of Promise. 
 
 661. Now Moses, son of Amram, leader of God's people, the man who was filled 
 with the grace and with the favour of the Holy Ghost, it is he that wrote that conse- 
 crated text in Genesis of the Law, that there might abide constantly with the Church 
 this friendly counsel of the Lord Himself to Abraham, in enjoining pilgrimage upon 
 him, when He said to him, Exi de terra tua^ ' leave thy country and thy land for My 
 sake/ 
 
 667. This is the tale that is made famous: the Lord himself enjoining 
 Abraham to leave the country of Chaldea which was his own fatherland, and to go 
 on a pilgrimage into the Land of Promise, because of the good which was to accrue 
 therefrom to himself and his children, and to their offspring after them. 
 
 670. Now the man to whom God gave this counsel, even Abraham, it is he 
 that is accounted in the Scripture as father to all the faithful: as the apostle certifies 
 when he says, ' Verily,' saith the apostle, ' the sons of Abraham are all who resemble 
 him in perfect faith '^J 
 
 674. Now the good counsel which God enjoined here on the father of the 
 faithful, to wit, on Abraham, it is incumbent on his sons after him, namely on all the 
 faithful, to fulfil it, that is, to leave their country and their land, their wealth, and their 
 worldly delight, for the sake of the Lord of the Elements, and to go into perfect 
 pilgrimage in imitation of him. 
 
 679. Now, in three ways are men summoned to the knowledge of the Lord and 
 to the membership of His family. 
 
 680. This is the first way : the urging and kindling of men by the divine grace to 
 ^ Gen. 12. I. 
 
 ^ This is a paraphrase of the Latin • Omnes qui sunt ex fide, hi sunt filii Abraham,' Gal. iii. 7. 
 
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 serve the Lord after the example of Paul, and of Anthony, the monk, and of the other 
 faithful monks who used to serve God there in Egypt. 
 
 683. Men are summoned in the second way (by a human being), to wit, by holy 
 preachers who preach the divine Scripture to men after the example of Paul the 
 Apostle, who preached to the Gentiles until he brought them by the net of the 
 Gospel to the harbour of Life. 
 
 686. Men are summoned in the third way by necessity, that is, when they are 
 constrained to serve God by tribulations and by the dangers of the world, or by 
 separation from the temporal goods wherein they sojourn : after that example of the 
 people of Israel, who turned to the Lord from the worship of idols and images when 
 constrained by the tribulations which each of them found in foreign nations, as is 
 related in the Scripture. Wherefore to declare that saiih the prophet David : ' When- 
 ever the people of Israel shall undergo tribulations and great hardships, let them 
 beseech and pray unto the Lord, that the Lord may thereafter free them from those 
 hardships 
 
 694. Abraham therefore, the head of the perfect faith and of the complete 
 belief, when he was urged by the divine grace, fulfilled the command which had been 
 enjoined upon him by the Lord, that is, he went into the country of Chaldea till he 
 reached the place where his father died - ; and he came thence into the Land 
 of Promise. 
 
 698. Now, three ways there are in which one leaves his fatherland when he goes 
 into pilgrimage ; and there is one of these for which no reward is gotten from God, 
 and two for which it is gotten. For when one leaves his fatherland in body only, 
 and his mind doth not sever from sins and vices, and yearneth not to practise 
 virtues or good deeds, of the pilgrimage, then, that is made in that wise, there groweth 
 neither fruit nor profit to the soul, but labour and motion of the body idly. For it 
 little profiteth any one to leave his fatherland unless he do good away from it. For 
 even unto Abraham himself on leaving his own country, and after separating from it 
 in the body, the Lord gave this counsel, and said : Exi de terra iua, ' Take thy mind 
 henceforward from thy country and thy land, and let not thy thoughts be turning to 
 it again.' As if what God would clearly say to Abraham were : ' Shun both in body 
 and soul henceforward in thy pilgrimage the sins and vices of the country wherein 
 thou hast hitherto dwelt in the body ; for it is the same to anyone, as if he were still 
 dwelling in his fatherland, should he copy in his pilgrimage the custom of his father- 
 land. For it is not by path [of feet], nor by motion of body that one draws nigh to 
 God ; but it is by practising virtues and good deeds.' 
 
 1 A paraphrase of the Latin — * Et invoca me in die tribulationis : eruam te, et honorificabis 
 me.' ^ Haran. 
 
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 LIFE OF CO LOME CILLE, 
 
 713. Now, at another time, one leaveth his fatherland in desire of heart and in 
 mind, though he leaveth not in body ; as happens to the ordained, who spend their 
 lives in their own countries until death, for laymen and clerics detain them in the 
 lands wherein they dwell, because of their great profitableness to them. Since it is not 
 for the sake of the body that they continue in their fatherland, their good will avails 
 them with the Lord as a pilgrimage. 
 
 720. At another time one leaves his fatherland completely in body and in soul 
 even as the twelve apostles left, and those of the perfect pilgrimage, for whom the 
 Lord foretold great good when he said in the Gospel : ' Take heed of this, for from 
 a few to a multitude ye have forsaken for my sake your country, and your carnal 
 kindred, your wealth and your worldly happiness that ye may receive a hundredfold 
 of good from Me here in the world and life everlasting yonder after the sentence 
 of Doom 
 
 726. These, in sooth, are they of the perfect pilgrimage, in whose person the 
 prophet speaks : ' I give thee thanks for it, O God : I have pilgrimage and exile in 
 the world even as the elders who went before 
 
 730. Now, a multitude of the faithful servants of the Lord, both in the Old 
 Law and the New Testament, fulfilled perfectly this benevolent counsel, and left 
 their country and their land, and their native place and their kindred in the flesh, 
 for the sake of the Lord of the Elements, and went in pilgrimage into far off foreign 
 countries. Even as he fulfilled it, and left the land of his birth for the love and 
 fear of the Lord, he the high saint and the high sage, and the son chosen of God, 
 for whom there is a festival and commemoration on the occurrence of this season 
 and time, even the archpresbyter of the island of the Gael, the brand of battle set forth 
 with the divers talents and gifts of the Holy Ghost, to wit, the holy Colomb Cille. 
 
 739. The time at which the Christians celebrate the festival and hightide of 
 Colomb Cille's decease is the fifth of the ides of June as regards the day of the 
 solar month every year on this very day, &c. 
 
 742. The wise men of the Gael relate at that season in every year a small 
 abridgment of the setting forth of Colomb Cille's privilege and noble lineage, and of 
 the marvels and miracles innumerable which the Lord wrought for him here in the 
 world, and of the completion and special end which He gave at last to his victorious 
 career, namely the attaining to his true fatherland and to his own heritage, even to 
 the abode of Paradise, in the presence of God for ever and ever. 
 
 ^ This is a paraphrase of tHe Latin, * Et omnes qui reliquerit domum vel fratres aut sorores, aut 
 patrem aut matrem aut uxorem, aut filios aut agros propter nomen meum, centuplum accipiet, et 
 vitam aeternam possidebit.' — Matth. xix. 29. 
 
 This is a paraphrase of the Latin, * Advena sum apud te, Domine, et peregrinus sicut omnes per 
 mundum.' — Ps. xxxix. 12. 
 
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 748. Noble in sooth was Colomb Cille's kindred as regards the world; for of 
 the kindred of Conall, son of Niall, was he. By genealogy he had the natural right 
 to the kingship of Ireland, and it would have been offered to him had he not put it 
 from him for sake of God. 
 
 750. It is manifest that he was a chosen child of God, for Ireland's elders had 
 been prophesying of him before his birth. 
 
 752. Firstly, the eldest of the priests of Ireland, Old Mochta of Louth, fore- 
 told Colomb Cille a year before his birth. For once upon a time his cook, named 
 Macrith, came to him with a mug of nuts in his hand, and Mochta said to him : 
 * Not to me,' saith he, ' belongeth the land whence these nuts have been brought. 
 Lay them by till he whose land it is shall come.' ' When will he come ? ' saith 
 the cook. ' At the end of a hundred years,' saith Mochta. 
 
 756, Now Mochta was wont to turn his face to the north when praying. His 
 household asked him wherefore he did that. Mochta said : 
 
 *A manchild will be born in the North, 
 At the uprising of the . . . 
 Ireland ... the flame 
 And Scotland ... to him.' 
 
 763. Now the father of the baptism and teaching of the Gael, even Saint 
 Patrick, foretold him while he was blessing Conall on Sidh Aedha, when he laid 
 his two hands on Conall, and on his son Fergus, to wit, his right hand on the head 
 of Fergus, and his left on the head of Conall. Conall wondered thereat, and asked 
 him why he placed his hands in that wise. So Patrick sang this stave : 
 
 *A manchild shall be bom of his family, 
 
 He will be a sage, a prophet, a poet, 
 
 A loveable lamp, pure, clear, 
 
 Who will not utter falsehood. 
 * He will be a sage, he will be pious, 
 
 He will be . . . with the King of the royal graces, 
 
 He will be lasting, and will be ever good, 
 
 He will be in the eternal kingdom for his consolation.' 
 
 776. Moreover Bee Mac Dé prophesied when he said : 
 'The manchild of longsided Ethne, 
 
 He is . . . , he is a blossoming. 
 
 Little Colomb Cille without blemish, 
 
 It was not oversoon to perceive him.' 
 781. Moreover Bishop Eogan, of Ardstraw, foretold him when he said ; 
 'A son will be bom to Fedlimid, 
 
 He will be a diadem on every train, 
 
 Fedlimid, son of Fergus, 
 
 Son of Conall, son of Niall.' 
 
LIFE OF CO LOME CILLE. 
 
 786. At the hour of his death, Baite, son of Brónach, foretold Colomb Cille, 
 when he said to his household : ' There hath been born this very night a child 
 noble, venerable, before God and men ; and he will come at the end of thirty years 
 from to-night with a company of twelve men , and it is he that will make mani- 
 fest my grave, and mark out my cemetery ; and in heaven and on earth our union 
 shall abide.' 
 
 791. Even as Colomb Cille's birth was foretold by Ireland's elders, so was it 
 figured in visions and in dreams. Even as it was figured in the vision which was 
 shewn to his mother, to wit, it seemed to her that unto her was given a great mantle, 
 which reached from Insi Mod to Caer Abrocc, and there was no hue that was not 
 therein. And a youth perceived the radiant vesture and took the mantle from her 
 into the air, and Ethne was sorrowful thereat. And it seemed to her that the same 
 youth came again unto her, and said to her, ' Oh, good lady, thou hast no need of 
 grief or sorrow, but meeter for thee were joyance and delight. For what this 
 mantle portendeth is that thou wilt bear a son, and Ireland and Scotland will be full 
 of his teaching.' 
 
 799. Moreover her . . . woman beheld a vision. The birds of the air and of 
 the earth seemed to her to bear Ethne's bowels throughout the districts of Ireland 
 and Scotland. Ethne interpreted that vision. ' I shall bear a son,' she said, ' and his 
 teaching shall reach throughout the districts of Ireland and Scotland.' 
 
 803. As, then, was foretold by Ireland's elders, and as was seen in visions, so 
 was Colomb Cille born. Now Gortan was the name of the place in which he was 
 born, on the seventh of the ides of December, as regards the day of the solar 
 month, and on Thursday as regards the day of the week. 
 
 807. Wonderful in sooth was the child who was born there, a child of the King 
 of heaven and earth, even Colomb Cille, son of Fedlimid, son of Fergus, son of Conall 
 Gulban, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. Of the Corpraige of Leinster was his 
 mother, namely Ethne OUmane, daughter of Dimma Mac Nái. Then the child is 
 baptized by Cruthnechán, son of Cellach, the archpresbyter, who fostered him after- 
 wards, being so bidden by angels of God. 
 
 812. Now when the time for reading came to him, the cleric went to a certain 
 prophet who abode in the land, to ask him when the boy ought to begin. When 
 the prophet had scanned the sky, he said : ' Write an alphabet for him, now.* 
 The alphabet was written in a cake. And Colomb Cille consumed the cake in this 
 wise, half to the east of a water, and half to the west of a water. Said the prophet, 
 through grace of prophecy : ' So shall this child's territory be, half to the east of the 
 sea, and half to the west of the sea, that is, in Ireland.' 
 
 819. Not long thereafter, Colomb and his fosterer went at Christmas to 
 
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 Brogach, son of Deg, the Bishop, to the ramparts of Enna, in Tir Enda. It was 
 entrusted to his fosterer, the cleric, to perform a priest's duties in that place at 
 the hightide. But bashfulness seized him, so that he was unable to chant the psalm 
 that came to him; Misericordias Dei ^2JS, that psalm Howbeit the man of grace, 
 Colomb Cille, chanted the psalm in his behalf, and yet he had not read till then aught 
 save an alphabet. God's name and Colomb Cille's were magnified by that miracle. 
 
 825. At another time, he and his fosterer went to visit a sick person. As they 
 were wending through a wood, the cleric's foot slips on the rock, so that he fell and 
 died suddenly. Colomb Cille put his cowl under the cleric's head, for he knew not 
 that he was not asleep, and he began rehearsing his lessons so that certain nuns 
 heard his reading aloud, as far as their chapel. The learned compute that there was 
 a mile and a half between them, and the sound of his voice was often heard at that 
 distance. Thereafter came the nuns and found the cleric dead before them, and they 
 told Colomb Cille to bring the cleric back to life for them. He went forthwith to the 
 cleric to bring him to life. The cleric then arose out of death at Colomb Cille's word, 
 even as if he had been asleep. 
 
 834. Then Colomb Cille offered himself to the Lord of the Elements, and 
 begged three boons of Him, to wit, chastity, and wisdom, and pilgrimage. The three 
 were fully granted to him. 
 
 836. Then he bade farewell to his fosterer, and the fosterer gave him leave (to 
 go) and a blessing fervently. 
 
 837. Then to learn wisdom he went to the archpresbytcr, even to the bishop 
 Finnén of Movilla. At a certain time wine and bread were lacking unto Finndn at the 
 mass. But Colomb Cille blest the water, and it was turned into wine and put into the 
 chalice of offering. God's name and Colomb Cille's were magnified by that miracle. 
 
 842. Then he bade farewell to Finndn in Movilla and went to Gemmán the 
 Master. Once while he was doing a lesson with Gemmán, they saw a girl fleeing 
 towards them from a certain manslayer. And she fell down before them and died. 
 Colomb Cille set a word of banning upon him, and he perished forthwith. 
 
 846. Then Colomb bids farewell to Gemmán, and went to Finnén of Clonard. 
 He asked Finnén in what place he should build his booth. * Make it in front of the 
 church,' said Finnén. So he makes his booth, and it was not the door of the church at 
 that time. He said, however, that it would afterwards be the door of the monastery, 
 and this hath been fulfilled. 
 
 850. Each man of the bishops used to grind a quern in turn. Howbeit an 
 angel from heaven used to grind on behalf of Colomb Cille. That was the honour 
 which the Lord used to render him because of the eminent nobleness of his race. 
 
 1 Ps. 82. 2.? 
 
174 
 
 LIFE OF COLO MB CILLE. 
 
 852. Once there appeared to Finnén a vision, to wit, two moons arose from 
 Clonard, a golden moon and a silvery moon. The golden moon went into the 
 north of the island, and Ireland and Scotland gleamed thereby. The silvery moon 
 went on till it stayed by the Shannon, and Ireland at her centre gleamed. That was 
 Colomb Cille with the grace of his noble kin and his wisdom, and Ciarán with the 
 refulgence of his virtues and his good deeds. 
 
 858. Then Colomb Cille bade farewell to Finnén, and went to Glasnevin, for 
 there were fifty studying in that place, with Mobi, including Cainnech, and Comgall, 
 and Ciarán. Their huts were to the west of a water. One night the bell was struck 
 for nocturn. Colomb Cille went to the church. There was a great flood in the 
 river. Nevertheless Colomb Cille went through it in his clothes. 'Boldly comest 
 thou there to-night, O descendant of Niall ! ' saith Mobi. * God is able,' saith Colomb 
 Cille, ' to take the hardship from us.' As they were coming out of the church, they 
 beheld the huts to the east of the water close to the church. 
 
 866. Once upon a time a great church was built by Mobi. The clerics were 
 considering what each of them would like to have in the church. * I should like,' 
 saith Ciarán, ' its full of church-children to attend the (canonical) hours.' * I should 
 like,' saith Cainnech, * to have its full of books to serve the sons of Life.' ' I should 
 like/ saith Comgall, ' its full of affliction and disease to be in my own body, to subdue 
 me and to repress me.' Then Colomb Cille chose its full of gold and silver to cover 
 relics and shrines withal. Mobi said it should not be so, but that Colomb Cille's com- 
 munity would be wealthier than any community whether in Ireland or in Scotland. 
 
 875. Mobi told his pupils to quit the place wherein they abode, for that an unknown 
 pestilence would come there, even the Buide Conaill. Then he said to Colomb Cille 
 that he should not take territory until he was permitted. 
 
 878. (So) Colomb Cille fared into Tirconnell. He went across the river named 
 Biur. Then he said, ' Biur against tribulations,* and the pestflence did not go past 
 that. And it is an everliving miracle ; for every pestilence, even if it go over it, 
 follows no further, through Colomb Cille's word. 
 
 882. Thereafter he went to Derry, the royal fort of Aed, son of Ainmire, who was 
 king of Ireland at that time. The king off"ered that fort to Colomb Cille. He refused 
 it because of Mobf s command. Now, as he was coming forth out of the fort, he met 
 with two of Mobi's household having Mobi's girdle for him, and permission to take 
 land after Mobi's death. Then said Colomb : 
 
 'Mobi's girdle, 
 Rushes were not round hair, 
 It never was opened round a surfeit, 
 It never was closed round falsehood.' 
 
LIFE OF CO LOME CILLE. 
 
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 Then Colomb Cille took Aed's fortress, and founded a church there, and wrought 
 many miracles therein. 
 
 893. Once upon a time he sent his monks into the wood, to cut wattling to 
 build a church for them in Derry. The wood was cut in the territory of a certain 
 warrior, who dwelt near the church. He was vexed that the wood was cut on 
 his land without his own consent. So when Colomb Cille heard that, he said to his 
 household : ' Take ye the price of his wood in barley-grain, and put it into the earth.' 
 Now at that time it was past midsummer. Then the grain was taken to the warrior, 
 and he cast it into the ground, and it grew, and was ripe on Lammas-day. 
 
 900. Once in Derry, a little child was brought to him to be baptized. There 
 was no water near him ; so he made the sign of the cross over the rock that lay before 
 him, and a well-spring of water brake therefrom, and therewith the child was baptized. 
 
 903. Once as he was in Derry, he bethought him of going to Rome and to 
 Jerusalem. He went at another time afterwards to Tours and brought away the gospel 
 that had lain on Martin's breast a hundred years in the earth, and he leaves it in Derry. 
 
 906. Many were the marvels and miracles which the Lord wrought for Colomb 
 in Derry. He loved that city greatly, and said, 
 
 * For this do I love Derry, 
 For its smoothness, for its purity, 
 Because it is quite full of white angels 
 From one end to the other.' 
 
 912. Then he founds Raphoe. There he brought to life the wrightwho had been 
 drowned in the mill-pond. 
 
 914. In Raphoe, moreover, his household lacked a ploughshare; so he blessed 
 the hands of the little boy, named Fergna, who was biding with him, and Fergna made 
 the share, and he was skilful in smithwork thenceforth, through Colomb's blessing. 
 
 917. Then he went on a round to the king of Teffia, who gave him the place 
 which is called Durrow to-day. And Colomb built a chapel there in Durrow. More- 
 over bitter apples were brought to him, and he blessed them so that they became 
 quite sweet. 
 
 921. It was from Durrow that a sained sword was taken from him to Colman the 
 Great, son of Diarmait. The virtue that lay in that sword was that no one could die 
 in its presence. And afterwards a certain man who lay in sickness begged for the 
 sword. It was taken to him and he had it. A year, then, was that sword with him, 
 and during that space of time, he was not alive, he was not dead. Wherefore the 
 sword was afterwards taken from him, and he died straightway. Afterwards then 
 Colomb blessed Durrow, and left therein as warden one of his household, even 
 Cormac descendant of Liathán. 
 
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 LIFE OF CO LOME CILLE, 
 
 927. Then he went to Aed Slaine, son of Diarmait. He came to the place 
 which is called Cennannus to-day. It was the king of Ireland's stronghold at that 
 time, the stronghold of Diarmait, son of Cerball. Now when Colomb Cille delayed 
 before the fortress, he began to prophesy what should befall the place afterwards, and 
 he then said to Bee, son of Dé, the prophet of Diarmait, son of Cerball : 
 
 ' O Bee ! stay, tell me,' etc. 
 
 Said Bee : 
 
 ' The clerics who are amidst it,' etc. 
 
 935. Then Colomb measures out that city, and blessed it fervently, and said that it 
 would be the loftiest cloister he should have on earth, although his resurrection would 
 not be therein. As he was making that prophecy, he turned his face to the south- 
 west and smiled greatly. Baithin asked the cause of the gladness. ' Fifty sons of 
 life,' saith Colomb Cille, ' will be born in one night to the Lord, in that solitude (?) 
 to the west.' It was Grafann of Cell Scire whom he foretold there, as was afterwards 
 fulfilled. 
 
 940. Now there was a great oaktree under which Colomb Cille dwelt while he 
 was in that place, and it remained to these latter times, when it fell through the crash 
 of a mighty wind. And a certain man took somewhat of its bark to tan his shoes 
 withal. Now when he did on the shoes he was smitten with leprosy from his sole to 
 his crown. 
 
 945. Then Colomb Cille went to Aed Slaine, and made prophecy for him, and 
 said that he would be healthy and aged unless he were parricidal. If he should 
 commit parricide he would only be four years alive. Then Colomb Cille sained 
 a cowl for him, and said that he would not be slain so long as that cowl should 
 be on him. Howbeit Aed Slaine wrought parricide, contrary to Colomb Cille's 
 word, on Suibne, son of Colmán, at the end of four years. He went upon a raid. 
 He forgot his cowl. He is killed on that day. 
 
 951. Colomb Cille founded many churches in Bregia, and left therein elders 
 and abundant reliquaries. He left Osséne, son of Cellach, in Clonmore of Ferrard. 
 
 953. Then he went to Monaster (Boiti). It was there his crozier struck against 
 the ladder of glass whereby Boite had ascended to heaven, and its sound Vv^as heard 
 throughout the whole church; and he shewed forth Boite's grave, and did even 
 as Boite himself had prophesied on the day of his decease. 
 
 956. Many, then, were the churches he marked out, and the books he wrote, to 
 wit, three hundred churches and three hundred books. Though the book that his 
 hand would write were ever so long under water, not even a single letter therein 
 would be washed out ^ 
 
 ^ Literally, * drowned.' 
 
LIFE OF CO LOME CILLE. 
 
 959. He founded a church in Lambay in the east of Bregia, and left deacon 
 Colman therein. Once Colomb Cille, and Comgall, and Cainnech were in that 
 church. Comgall said that Colomb Cille should make the offering of Christ's 
 Body and of His Blood in their presence. Colomb ministered unto them as to that. 
 Then Cainnech beheld a fiery pillar above Colomb Cille so long as he was at 
 the offering. Cainnech told that to Comgall, and they both beheld the pillar. 
 
 965. Colomb founded a church in the place where Swords standeth to-day. And 
 he left an ancient man of his household there, even Finan the Feeble, and he left 
 the gospel which his own hand had written. Then he marked out the well, named 
 Sord, that is * pure,' and sained a cross. For it was his wont to make crosses, and 
 writing-tablets, and book-satchels, and other church-gear. Now he sained three 
 hundred crosses, ai\d three hundred wells, and a hundred tablets, and a hundred 
 croziers, and a hundred satchels. 
 
 971. One day Colomb Cille and Cainnech were on the brink of the sea, 
 when a great storm was driving on the main. Said Cainnech to Colomb : ' What 
 is the wave singing ? ' Said Colomb : ' Thy household were in peril some time ago 
 on the sea, and one of them died, and the Lord will bring it to us to-morrow 
 morning, in the place wherein we are standing.' 
 
 976. Brigit was once wending through the Curragh of Liffey. When the holy 
 virgin saw before her the delightful plain, covered with clover-blossom, she said 
 in her mind that if she had power over the plain, she would offer it to the Lord 
 of the Elements. This was made manifest to Colomb Cille while he was in his 
 chapel at Swords, and he said with a loud voice : ' It is the same to her with the 
 Lord, as if the land which she offered to him were her own of right.' 
 
 982. Thereafter Colomb went to Lcinster, and left many churches which he 
 founded with them, including Druim INIonach and Maen and many others. 
 
 984. Then he went to Clonmacnois with the hymn he had made for Ciarán. 
 For he made abundant praises for God's household, as said the poet : 
 
 'Noble thrice fifty, nobler than every apostle, 
 The number of miracles are [as] grass, 
 Some in Latin which was beguiling, 
 Others in Gaelic, fair the tale.' 
 
 990. Now it w^as in Cluain that a little boy went to him, and stole a small hair 
 from his raiment without his perceiving him. Howbeit that was manifested by God 
 to Colomb Cille, and he prophesied to the boy that he would become a sage, and 
 that he would be pious ; and he is Ernin of Cluain Deochra. 
 
 994. Thereafter Colomb Cille fared into the territory of Connaught on a 
 preaching round, and he founded many churches and monasteries in that province, 
 
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 LIFE OF CO LOME CILLE. 
 
 including Ess Mac Eire and Drumcliif, and left with them the crozier which he 
 himself had made. 
 
 997. Colomb Cille went over Assaroe, and founded many churches in Tir- 
 connell, and Tyrone, and he founded a church in Tory Island, and left therein an 
 aged man of his household, even Ernine. 
 
 1000. Now when Colomb Cille had made a round of all Ireland, and sown 
 faith and ' belief, and baptized abundant hosts, and founded churches and monasteries, 
 and left elders and reliquaries and relics therein, the determination which he had 
 resolved on from the beginning of his life came upon his mind, even to go into 
 pilgrimage. So he bethought him of wending over sea, to preach God's word to 
 the men of Scotland. So he fared forth on the journey. Forty-five years was 
 he in Scotland, seventy-seven years was his full age, and the number that went 
 with him was twenty bishops, forty priests, thirty deacons, fifty students. 
 
 1007. So he went under prosperous sail till he reached the place to-day called 
 *Hi of Colomb Cille.' On the night of Pentecost he reached it. Two bishops 
 who dwelt in the land came to expel him from it. But God revealed to Colomb 
 Cille that they were not bishops in truth. Wherefore they left the island when he 
 told them of their own conclusion and their account. 
 
 loii. Said Colomb Cille to his household: 'It is well for us that our roots 
 should go under the ground here.' And he said : ' It is permitted to you, that some one 
 of you should go under the earth here or under the mould of the island to consecrate 
 it.' Odrán rose up readily, and this he said : ' If I should be taken,' saith he, ' I am 
 ready for that.' ' O Odrán ! ' saith Colomb Cille, ' thou shalt have the reward 
 thereof. No prayer shall be granted to any one at my grave, unless it is first asked 
 of thee.' Then Odrán went to heaven. Colomb founded a church by him 
 afterwards. 
 
 1 01 8. Thrice fifty monks had he for contemplation and sixty for active life, 
 as said the poet : 
 
 ' Wondrous the warriors who abode in Hi, 
 Thrice fifty in monastic rule, 
 With their boats along the main-sea, 
 Three score men a-rowing.' 
 
 1024. When Colomb Cille had founded Hi, he went on a preaching round, 
 through Scotland, and Britain, and Saxonland, and after many miracles, and after 
 raising the dead out of death, he brought the people to faith and belief. 
 
 1026. Now there was biding in the country a certain man to whom Colomb Cille 
 preached, and he, with all his household, believed in the Lord. The Devil was 
 
 ^ Literally, faith or belief. 
 
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 envious of that thing, so he smote yon man's son with a sore disease whereof he 
 died. The heathen were reviling Christ and Colomb Cille. Thereafter Colomb 
 went in fervent prayer to God, and he raised the son out of death. 
 
 1 03 1. Now when Colomb Cille was one day preaching to the host, a certain 
 person fared from them over the river that was near them. Before he had been to 
 hear God's word, the snake strikes him in the water, and kills him at once. The boy 
 is brought before Colomb and he makes the cross v/ith his crozier over his breast, 
 and the boy arose at once. 
 
 1036. A sore disease befell his servant, and Colomb made prayer for him, and 
 not that alone, but he asked for a life of seven years for him afterwards. 
 
 1039. Once upon a time Cainnech came away from him out of Hi. He forgot 
 his crozier in the east \ When he came on this side he found his crozier ahead of 
 him, and Colomb Cille's shirt along with it, even Cainnech's share for his winding- 
 sheet. And therefore he did that, because he knew that he was nigh to his 
 decease. 
 
 1043. A great flush came to him once in Hi. He was asked the cause of the 
 flush. ' God's fire from heaven,' saith he, ' hath even now come on three cities in 
 Italy, and slain three thousand men, besides women, and boys, and girls.' 
 
 1046. At another time he heard a call in the port of Hi : then he said : 
 
 'A churl in the port, with his staff in his fist, 
 He will come to my little ink-horn, and spill my ink, 
 He will stoop down to visit my pax, 
 
 And will strike against my little ink-horn and leave it empty.' 
 
 1055. At another time Colomb Cille was left cooking an ox for the reapers. 
 With them was a whilom-hero of the men of Ireland, to wit, Mael Uma, son of Baedán. 
 Colomb Cille asked him, ' how much his meal had been when he was a warrior.' 
 ' When I was a warrior,' saith Mael Uma, * I used to consume a fat ox to my full 
 meal.' Colomb Cille ordered him to eat his fill. Mael Uma did that for him. 
 He consumed the whole ox. Afterwards Baithin came, and asked if the food were 
 ready. So Colomb Cille ordered Mael Uma to gather into one place all the bones 
 of the ox. Thus was it done. Colomb blest the bones, and their own flesh was 
 around them, and (the ox) was given to the reapers 
 
 1064. Once, in the month of May, Colomb Cille went for tidings of the ploughmen 
 in the north of the island. He was comforting them and instructing them. ' Well,' 
 saith he, ' at the Easter that went in the month of April, then was I fain to have gone to 
 heaven. But I did not wish you to have grief or sorrow after your toil ; wherefore 
 
 ^ i. e. in Scotland. i. e. in Ireland. 
 
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 LIFE OF CO LOME CILLE. 
 
 I have stayed with you from Easter to Pentecost.' When the monks heard those 
 words, they were sorrowful exceedingly. 
 
 1070. Then he turned his face westward, and said, 'May the Lord bless the 
 island with its indwellers!' And he banished toads and snakes out of it. Now 
 when he had blest the island he came to his church. Not long after came the 
 ends of the Saturday and the beginning of the Sunday ; and when he raised his eyes 
 on high there came a great glow to his countenance and face, and the brethren 
 beheld that. An angel of God, moreover, tarried above him then. 
 
 1076. Then he went to bless the barn; and he said to Diarmait that on Sunday 
 night he would depart to heaven. Then the venerable old man Colomb Cille 
 sat down on the edge of the path, for weariness had come to him, though his 
 wayfaring had been short : for seventy-seven years was his age at that time. 
 
 1080. And the nag, which the monks used to keep in the island, came to 
 him, and weeps in the breast of the cleric, so that his raiment became wet. 
 The servant Diarmait sought to drive the nag away from him. * Let him be, 
 O Diarmait,' saith Colomb Cille, 'until he sufficeth himself with tears and sorrow 
 in lamenting me.' 
 
 1084. Overmany to recount and declare are the marvels and miracles which 
 God wrought on earth for Colomb Cille. There is no one who could recount 
 them fully, unless his own soul, or an angel from heaven, should come to declare 
 them. But we think these enough of them to give as a sample. 
 
 1088. Now there never was born to the Gael offspring nobler or wiser, or 
 of better kin than he. There hath not come of them another who was meeker, 
 or humbler, or lowlier. Surely it was great lowliness in Colomb Cille that he 
 himself used to take off his monks' sandals and wash their feet for them. He 
 often used to carry his portion of corn on his back to the mill, and grind it, 
 and bring it home to his house. He never used to put linen or wool against 
 his skin. His side used to come against the bare mould. A pillarstone used 
 to be under his head for a bolster, and he slept only so long as Diarmait his 
 fosterling was chanting three chapters of the Beatus. He would rise up at 
 once after that, and would cry and beat his hands together, like a loving mother 
 lamenting her only son. He would chant the three fifties^ on the sand of the 
 shore before the sun would rise. In the day he attended to the Hours. He 
 offered Christ's Body and His Blood. He preached the Gospel, he baptized, he 
 consecrated. He healed the lepers, and the bHnd, and the halt, and folk of every 
 other disease, and he raised the dead. 
 
 1 The 150 psalms. 
 
LIFE OF CO LOME CILLE. 
 
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 iioi. Now when Colomb Cille came to his ending, and when the bell for 
 nocturn was struck on the night of Pentecost Sunday, he went before the rest to the 
 church and made prostration and fervent prayer at the altar. Then an angelic radi- 
 ance filled the church around him on every side, and there the venerable old man 
 sent forth his spirit to heaven, into the delight and into the joyance of heaven's 
 household. 
 
 1 1 06. His body is here on earth with honour and with reverence from God 
 and menfolk, with marvels and miracles every day ; and though great be his honour 
 at present, greater will it be at the assembly of Doom, when his body and his soul 
 will shine like an unsullied sun. There in sooth shall he have that great glory and 
 great elevation in union with the nine orders of heaven that have not transgressed, 
 in union with the apostles and disciples of Jesus Christ, in union with the Godhead 
 and Manhood of God's Son, in the union that is nobler than any union, in the unity 
 of the holy, noble, venerable Trinity, even Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
 1 1 15. I beseech the mercy of Almighty God through the intercession of holy 
 Colomb, that we may all reach that union. May we reach it, may we dwell 
 therein, in saecula saeculorum ! Amen. 
 
LIFE OF BRIGIT». 
 
 Hi sunt qui sequuntur Agnum quocumque ierit^. These are the folk that 
 follow the undefiled Lamb whatsoever way He may wend. 
 
 1 1 20. John, son of Zebedee, Jesu's bosom- fosterling, successor of the Virgin, 
 he it is that wrote these words, and left them with the Church in remembrance 
 of the reward and of the guerdon which God hath given to the third grade of 
 the Church, even to the virgins, that is, the following of the undefiled Lamb. 
 
 1 124. Now the context of this declaration by John is as far as when he said 
 Nemo potest dicere canticum nisi ilia centum quadraginta quatuor millia qui empti 
 sunt de terra It cometh to none to make unto the Lord praise or quire-song, 
 save only one of the all-fulness of the Church, who hath been brought up in chastity 
 and in virginity, and hath been redeemed with the ransom of Christ's blood. 
 
 1 129. \yirgines enim sunt,'] for those are the virgins assuredly. So on the 
 track of those words John said. Hi sunt qui sequuntur Agnum. These are the folk 
 that follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. 
 
 1 132. This is to follow the Lamb; to imitate Christ and to follow Him 
 by fulfilling the Law and the Gospel, without the desire of earthly things, 
 without the love for perishable things, to avoid honour, to despise the world, 
 to be profitable to all, never to do injustice or wrong to anyone, patiently to suffer 
 temptations from without, to grant forgiveness to the persecutors : that every good 
 thing that one doth be done for the magnifying of God and not for the glorifying 
 of oneself. 'Imitate then,* saith the wise man, 'as is the undefiled Lamb in the 
 virginity of the flesh, so is the undefiled body of the Son of the Heavenly Father. 
 Imitate then the mystical Lamb, even Christ, in virginity and holiness of mind, 
 as He himself said : ' Abide holily and chastely,' saith the Lord, ' for I am holy and 
 I am innocent For not the better is the chastity of the body, if the soul is imperfect 
 and defiled. 
 
 1 144. Now a multitude of holy and righteous men fulfilled this commandment of 
 virginity, even as the holy maiden fulfilled it, for whom there is a festival and com- 
 
 ^ Let every one who shall read this Life of Brigit give a blessing to the souls of the couple for 
 whom this book has been written. 
 2 Apoc. 14. 4. 3 Apoc. 14. 3. * Levit. 11. 44. 
 
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 memoration on the occurrence of this season and time, even Saftcta Brigida, virgo 
 Dei^ that is Saint Brigit, the virgin of the Lord of the Elements. 
 
 1 148. Then it is that the Christians celebrate the feast and the festal day of the 
 holy Brigit, on the calends of February as regards the day of the solar month, and 
 to-day as regards the day of the week wherein we are. 
 
 1151. Here, then, is related somewhat of the miracles and marvels of the holy 
 Brigit, and of her genealogy according to the flesh, to wit, Brigit, daughter of 
 Dubthach, son of Demre, son of Bresal, of the sept of Echaid Find Fuathnairt. 
 
 1 154. That Dubthach, then, when holy Brigit was born, bought a bondmaid 
 named Broicsech. She was a daughter of Dallbrónach of Dal Conchobair in the south 
 of Bregia. Dubthach joined himself in wedlock to that bondmaid, and she became 
 with child by him. Jealousy of the bondmaid seized Dubthach's consort, and she 
 said to Dubthach : * Unless thou sellest yon bondmaid in distant lands, I will exact 
 my dowry from thee and I will leave thee.' Howbeit Dubthach was not desirous to 
 sell the bondmaid. 
 
 1 161. Once upon a time he and the bondmaid along with him went in a chariot 
 past the house of a certain wizard. When the wizard heard the noise of the chariot 
 he said, ' My boy,' saith he, ' see who is in the chariot, for this is noise of chariot under 
 king,' Quoth the boy: 'Dubthach,' saith he, * is therein.' The wizard went to meet him, 
 and asked whose was the woman who was biding in the chariot. ' IVIine,' saith Dubthach. 
 Now Maithgen was the name of the wizard, and from him Ross Maithgin is named. 
 The wizard asks if she was pregnant by anyone. ' She is pregnant by me,' saith 
 Dubthach. Said the wizard : * Marvellous will be the child that is in her womb : her 
 like will not be on earth.' * INIy wife compels me,' saith Dubthach, ' to sell this 
 bondmaid.' Said the wizard through grace of prophecy : * The seed of thy wife shall 
 serve the seed of the bondmaid, for the bondmaid will bring forth a daughter con- 
 spicuous, radiant, who will shine like a sun among the stars of heaven.' Dubthach was 
 thankful for that answer, for till then no daughter had been born to him. 
 
 1 1 74. Then they go to their house, and both gave thanks. Well known, now, 
 was the love that God had for that virgin. For two bishops of the Briions, named 
 Mél and Melchu, came from Scodand to prophesy of her and to bless her. Dubthach 
 gave them a welcome, and the bondmaid did tendance and service upon them. Sad 
 and mournful was Dubthach's consort. Bishop JNIél asked her the cause of her 
 sadness. Said the woman : ' Because Dubthach preferreth his bondmaid to me.' 
 Said Bishop Mél : ' Reason hath he though he should prefer her, for thy seed shall 
 serve the bondmaid's, but her seed shall be profitable to thine.' She was angry at 
 that. Then came to Dubthach's house a poet of Hui Meic Úais from gathering 
 treasures. When the poet knew the cause of the woman's anger, he said : ' Sellest 
 
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 thou the handmaid ? ' * I will sell,' saith Dubthach, * for I must needs do so.' Said 
 the bishops : ' Sell the bondmaid, do not sell the oífspring/ He did so. The poet 
 went forth with his bondmaid. Now on the night that the poet reached his home, a 
 holy man happened to be in the house entreating the Lord and praying. To him 
 was manifested a flame and a fiery pillar rising from the place where the bondmaid 
 was biding. A certain wizard went from Tirconnell to the house of the poet afore- 
 said. He bought the service (?) of the bondmaid. The poet sold him the bondmaid, 
 and did not sell the off"spring that lay in her womb. The wizard goes home with 
 his bondmaid. 
 
 1 192. Then it came to pass that the wizard made a great feast, and bade the 
 king of Conaille to the feast ; and it was then the time for the king's wife to bring 
 forth a child. There was a soothsayer along with the king, and a friend of the king's 
 asked him when it would be lucky for the queen to bring forth. The wizard said, ' that 
 the child which should be brought forth on the morrow at sunrise, and neither within 
 the house nor without, would out-go every child in Ireland.' Now the queen's 
 lying-in came before that hour, and she brought forth a dead son. But on the 
 morrow, when the bondmaid went at sunrise with a vessel full of milk in her hand, 
 and when she put one of her two footsteps over the threshold of the house, the other 
 foot being inside, then she brought forth the daughter, even Saint Brigit. The maid- 
 servants washed Saint Brigit with the milk that was still in her mother's hand. Now 
 that was in accord with Brigit's merit, even with the brightness and sheen of her 
 chastity. The girl was taken straightway after her birth to the queen's dead son, and 
 when the girl's breath came to the son, he arose out of death. 
 
 1205. Thus the wizard went with his bondmaid and her daughter into the 
 province of Connaught, for her mother was of Connaught, but her father of 
 Munster. 
 
 1207. On a certain day the bondmaid went to milk her kine, and left the girl 
 alone sleeping in her house. Certain neighbours beheld the house, wherein the girl 
 lay, ablaze, so that one flame was made thereof from earth to heaven. When they 
 came to rescue the house, the fire appeared not, but they said that the girl was full of 
 the grace of the Holy Spirit. 
 
 12 1 2. One day the wizard was sitting with his handmaid in a certain place, and 
 the cowdung which lay before the girl they beheld ablaze. When they stretched 
 their hands out to it, the fire appeared not. 
 
 12 15. Once upon a time when the wizard was sleeping, he saw three clerics in 
 shining garments, who poured oil on the girl's head ^ ; and they completed the order 
 
 ^ Unction of the head seems to have been part of the baptismal rite, as well as of the rite of 
 confirmation. 
 
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 of baptism in the usual manner. Those were three angels. Said the third angel to 
 the wizard, that the name of the girl was Sancta Brigida, that is, Saint Brigit. The 
 wizard arose and related what he had beheld. 
 
 12 20. One day the infant's voice was heard crying, and this she said: ^Meum 
 erit hocl that is, this will be mine. When the wizard heard that, he said, * What the 
 girl declares will be fulfilled,* that is, the land will be mine afterwards, and this hath 
 been fulfilled. When the indwellers of that land heard this they ordered the wizard 
 out of the country, so he went to his own patrimony. 
 
 1225. Now this holy virgin Brigit was reared on food different from that of 
 children of her own age, for she was more . . . than every infant. She would 
 not consume unclean food. She rejected the wizard's food, and used to throw it up. 
 The wizard meditated why the girl was thus. It appeared to him that it was 
 because of the corruption and impurity of his food. Then he entrusted a red-eared 
 cow to give milk separately to Brigit, and he let a faithful woman milk her. The 
 holy girl used to consume that (milk), and did not throw it up. 
 
 1 23 1. Then this holy virgin was reared till she was a handmaid. And everything 
 to which her hand was set used to increase. She tended the sheep, she satisfied the 
 birds, she fed the poor. When boldness, and strength and size came to Brigit, she 
 desired to go and visit her fatherland. The wizard sent messages to Dubthach, that he 
 should come to meet his daughter. The messengers go to Dubthach, and relate the 
 maiden's miracles and marvels. Dubthach came, and was joyous. The wizard made 
 him welcome, and gave his daughter to him free. Then Dubthach and Brigit go to 
 their country in the province of Offaly. And her nurse was along with Brigit, and 
 illness seized her nurse as she was wending her way. So Brigit and another girl 
 were sent to ask a drink of ale for her from a certain man named Baethchu, who 
 was making a mighty feast. He refused Brigit. Then Brigit went to a certain well, 
 and filled her vessel thereat, and blessed (the water), so that it turned into the taste 
 of ale, and she gave it to her nurse, who straightway became whole. As to the feast 
 at which she was refused, when they go to drink it, not a drop thereof was found. 
 
 1244. Once when Dubthach went on a journey, he left his daughter with his 
 swine. And two robbers came to her, and carried off two boars of the herd. When 
 they had gone a little while after that Dubthach met them. He took the swine from 
 them, and then he came to Brigit. * Do the swine remain, my girl ? ' saith Dubthach. 
 * Count them thou,* saith Brigit. Dubthach counted the swine, and not one of them 
 was lacking. 
 
 1250. Not long after that came a noble guest to Dubthach's house, and hospi- 
 tality was shewn to them \ and five pieces of bacon were given to Brigit to be boiled. 
 
 * To the guest and his retinue. 
 
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 And a miserable hungry hound came into the house to Brigit. Brigit out of pity gave 
 him the fifth piece of bacon. The hound was not satisfied with that. So Brigit 
 gave him another piece. She thought that the guest was asleep, but this was not so. 
 Then came Dubthach and said to Brigit : * Hast thou boiled the bacon ? and do the 
 portions remain ? * ' Count them/ saith she. Dubthach counted them. Not one of 
 them was wanting. The guest told Dubthach what Brigit had done. The guests 
 did not consume that food, for they were unworthy thereof ; but it was dealt out to the 
 poor and needy. 
 
 1260. Once upon a time a certain faithful woman invited Brigit to go with her 
 into Moy Liifey ; for a gathering of the synod of Leinster was held there. It was 
 manifested to Bishop Ibhair, who was in the assembly, that Mary the Virgin was 
 coming into the assembly. The woman goes on the morrow, Brigit being alone with 
 her, unto the assembly. Then said Bishop Ibhair : ' This is the Mary whom I beheld;' 
 and the whole host blessed Saint Brigit. Wherefore Brigit is henceforth (called) ' the 
 Mary of the Gael.' 
 
 1266. Afterwards Brigit went to visit her mother who was in bondage. Thus 
 was her mother, in sickness before her, and she was at a mountain-dairy having 
 twelve cows with her, and she collecting butter. Now the virgin served humbly after 
 her mother, and began setting the dairy to rights. The churning that was made was 
 divided into twelve portions in honour of the Lord's twelve apostles. And the 
 thirteenth portion was set so that in honour of Christ it was greater than every 
 (other) portion, and it was given to the poor and to the guests. For she used to say 
 that Christ was in the person of every faithful guest. That seemed a marvel to the 
 neatherd, and he went to converse with the v/izard. The wizard and his wife asked : 
 'Hath the virgin cared well for the dairy?' Then he came to the kine. 'It is well,' 
 saith the neatherd, ' I am thankful anyhow, and the calves are fat.' For he did not 
 dare to blame Brigit in her absence. The wizard and his consort went to the dairy, 
 having with them a great hamper eighteen hands high to be filled with butter. Brigit 
 made them welcome, and washed their feet, and gave them food. Then said the 
 wizard's consort to Brigit : ' We have come hither to know whether that which hath 
 been entrusted to thee hath profited. Of butter, what hast thou V None in readiness 
 had she save the making of one churning and a half. Then Brigit went into the 
 kitchen, and this she said : 
 
 *0h, my Prince, 
 Who canst do all these things, 
 Bless, O God, — a cry unforbidden, — 
 My kitchen with thy right hand ! 
 
 'My kitchen. 
 
 The kitchen of the white God, 
 
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 A kitchen which my King hath blessed, 
 A kitchen that hath butter. 
 
 'Mary's Son, my Friend, cometh 
 To bless my kitchen. 
 The Prince ^ of the world to the border, 
 May we have abundance with him !' 
 
 1296. And she brought the half making of her churning from the back of the 
 kitchen. The wizard's wife mocked thereat and said : ' This quantity of butter is 
 good to fill a large hamper!' 'Fill your hamper,' saith Brigit, 'and God will put 
 somewhat therein.' She still kept going into her kitchen, and bringing half a making 
 every time thereout, and singing a stave of those staves as she went back. If the 
 hampers which the men of Munster possessed had been given to her, she would 
 have filled them all. The wizard and his wife marvelled at the miracle which they 
 beheld. Then said the wizard to Brigit : * This butter and the kine which thou hast 
 milked, I offer to thee ; and thou shalt not be serving me, but serve the Lord.' Said 
 Brigit : ' Take thou the kine, and give me my mother's freedom.' Said the wizard : 
 * Behold thy mother free for thee, and the kine ; and whatsoever thou shalt say, that 
 will I do.' 
 
 1306. Then Brigit dealt out the kine to the poor and the needy; and the 
 wizard was baptized, and he was full of faith ; and he remained till his death in 
 Brigit's company. 
 
 1308. Thereafter Brigit went with her mother to her father's house. Of her 
 father's wealth and food and property, whatsoever her hands would find or would 
 get, she used to give to the poor and needy of the Lord. Wherefore her father was 
 displeased with her and desired to sell the holy Brigit. He and his daughter along 
 with him went in a chariot, and he said : ' Not for honour or for reverence to thee art 
 thou carried in the chariot ; but to take thee to sell thee, that thou mayst grind at the 
 quern of Dunlaing, son of Enna, king of Leinster.' When they came to the king's 
 fortress Dubthach went into the fortress to the king, and left his sword near Brigit in 
 the chariot. And a leper came to Brigit, and besought Brigit in God's name to 
 bestow something upon him. Brigit hands him down her father's sword. Saith 
 Dubthach to the king after he had come inside : * Wilt thou buy my daughter from 
 me?' 'Wherefore sellest thou thine own daughter ?' saith Dunlaing. 'Not hard to 
 say,' saith Dubthach : ' because she is selling my wealth, and bestowing it on wretched 
 worthless men.' ' Let her be brought to us that we may see her,' saith Dunlaing. 
 Dubthach goes for her. When he came he was looking at the chariot and he saw 
 not his sword. He asked Brigit what she had done with his sword. ' I gave it,' 
 
 * Flaithe, a mistake for Jiaith. 
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 saith Brigit, *to a poor man who came to beg of me.' Dubthach was mightily 
 enraged with her for having given the sword away. When Brigit came before the 
 king, he said : ' Why dost thou steal thy father's property and wealth, and, what is 
 worse, why hast thou given the sword away ? * Then said Brigit : ' The Virgin's Son 
 knoweth, if I had thy power, with all thy wealth, and with all thy Leinster, I would 
 give them all to the Lord of the Elements.' Said the king to Dubthach : ' It is not 
 meet for us to deal with this maiden, for her merit before God is higher than ours.' 
 Thus then was Brigit saved from bondage. 
 
 1332. Not long thereafter came a certain man of good kin unto Dubthach to 
 ask for his daughter (in marriage). Dubthach and his sons were willing, but Brigit 
 refused. A brother of her brethren said to her : ' Idle is the pure eye in thy head, not 
 to be on a bolster beside a husband.' Saith Brigit : ' The Son of the Virgin knoweth, 
 it is not lively for us if it bring harm upon us.' Then she put her finger under the 
 eye and plucked it out of her head, so that it lay on her cheek. When Dubthach and 
 her brethren beheld that, they promised that she should never be told to go to 
 a husband save the husband whom she should like. Then Brigit put her palm to 
 her eye, and it was healed at once. 
 
 1 34 1. Brigit and certain virgins along with her went to take the veil from Bishop 
 Mél in Telcha Mide. Blithe was he to see them. For humility Brigit stayed so that 
 she might be the last to whom a veil should be given. A fiery pillar rose from her 
 head to the roof-ridge of the church. Then said Bishop Mél : * Come, O holy Brigit, 
 that a veil may be sained on thy head before the other virgins.' It came to pass 
 then, through the grace of the Holy Ghost, that the form of ordaining a Bishop was 
 read out over Brigit. Mac-caille said, that a bishop's order should not be conferred 
 on a woman. Said Bishop Mél : * No power have I in this matter. That dignity 
 hath been given by God unto Brigit, beyond every (other) woman.' Wherefore the 
 men of Ireland from that time to this give episcopal honour to Brigit's successor. 
 
 On the eighth (of the month) Brigit was born, on a Thursday especially : on the 
 eighteenth she took the veil : in the eighty-eighth (year of her age) she went to 
 heaven. With eight virgins ^ was Brigit consecrated, according to the number of the 
 eight beatitudes of the Gospel which she fulfilled, and of them it was the beatitude of 
 mercy that Brigit chose. 
 
 1355. Once when the hightide of Easter drew nigh, she desired through charity 
 to brew ale for the many churches that were around her. And there was a scarcity 
 of corn at that time in Meath, and Brigit had only one sieve of malt. Brigit's house- 
 hold, moreover, had no vessels save two troughs. They put the malt into one of the 
 
 * The text of the Book of Lismore {in ochtmad in octavo) is here corrupt. 
 » Matth. V. 3-1 1. 
 
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 two troughs. They fill the other vessel with the ale. Then the ale was distributed 
 by Brigit to seventeen churches of Fir Tulach, so that the produce of one measure of 
 malt supplied them through Bridget's grace from Maundy Thursday to Low Sunday. 
 
 1363. Once there came a certain leper unto Brigit to ask for a cow. Said 
 Brigit to him, * Which seemeth best to thee, to take away a cow or to be healed of the 
 leprosy?' The leper said that he would rather be healed of the leprosy than be 
 given the kingdom of the world. Brigit made prayer to God and healed the leper, 
 and he afterwards served Brigit. 
 
 1368. A certain nun of Brigit's household fell into sore disease and desired 
 milk. There did not happen to be a cow in the church at that time, so a vessel 
 was filled with water for Brigit, and she blessed it, and it was turned into milk. She 
 gave it to the nun who at once became quite well. 
 
 1372. Now when the fame and renown of Brigit had gone throughout Ireland, 
 there came to Brigit two blind men of the Britons and a leper to be healed. Said 
 Brigit : * Stay outside at present till the celebration be over.' [Said the Britons], for 
 they are impatient : * Thou healedst folk of thine own kin yesterday, and thou hast 
 not waited to heal us to-day.' Brigit made prayer, and the three of them were healed 
 at once. 
 
 1377. When the hightide of Easter was fulfilled, Brigit asked of her maidens 
 whether they still had the leavings of the Easter ale. Quoth the maidens : * God will 
 give,' say they. Then came in two maidens having a pail full of water. ' The 
 Virgin's Son knoweth,' saith Brigit, * that there is good ale there.' It seemed to her 
 that it was ale. As she said that (the water) was straightway changed into choice ale. 
 It was afterwards given to Bishop IVIél, and also to the virgins. 
 
 1383. At the same time came a disease of the eyes to Brigit, and her head seemed 
 exceeding weary. When Bishop Mél heard of that he said : * Let us go together to seek 
 a physician, that thou mayest have thy head cured.' Said Brigit : * If thou hadst not 
 been disobedient, I should not have desired any bodily physician ; howbeit we will do 
 what thou shalt say.' As they were faring forth, Brigit fell out of her chariot and her 
 head came against a stone, and she was greatly wounded and the blood gushed 
 out. Then with that blood were healed two dumb women who were lying on the 
 road. After that, the leech whom they were seeking chanced to meet them. When he 
 saw the wound he said : ' Thou shouldst not seek any other physician from this time 
 forward, save the Physician who healed thee on this occasion ; for though all the 
 doctors of Ireland should be doctoring thee, they could do nothing better.' So 
 in that wise Brigit was healed. 
 
 1394. Once the king of Teifia came into their neighbourhood for a banquet. 
 There was a covered vessel in the king's hand. A certain incautious man took it out 
 
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 of his hand, and it fell and fragments were made thereof. The man was seized by the 
 king of Teffia. Bishop Mél went to ask for him, and nought was got from the king 
 save his death. So Bishop Mél begged for the broken vessel, and took it with him to 
 Brigit. Then Brigit put her breath round it, and it was renewed in a form that was 
 better than before. Then it was taken back to the king, and the captive was released. 
 And Bishop Mél said, ' Not for me hath God wrought this miracle, but for Brigit.* 
 
 1402. Once upon a time Brigit went to the house of another virgin, even Brigit 
 daughter of Conaille. The water that was put over Brigit's feet after she had 
 arrived, healed a certain virgin who was lying sick in the house. Now when Brigit 
 with her virgins went to eat their dinner, she began to look for a long while at the 
 table. The other Brigit asked, ' What perceivest thou ? ' Said Brigit, ' I see the 
 Devil on the table.' ' I should like to see him,' said the other virgin. * Make Christ's 
 Cross on thy face, and on thy eyes,' saith Brigit. The virgin made it, and she beheld 
 the Satan beside the table, his head down and his feet up, his smoke and his flame 
 out of his gullet, and out of his nose. Said Brigit : ' Give answer to us, O Devil ! ' 
 
 ' I cannot, O Nun,' saith the Demon, ' refuse to answer thee, for thou art a 
 keeper of God's commandments, and thou art merciful to the poor and to the 
 Lord's household.' 
 
 ' Tell us then,' saith Brigit : ' why hast thou come to us among our nuns ? ' 
 
 * There is a certain pious virgin here,' saith the Devil, ' and in her companionship 
 am I, enjoining upon her sloth and negligence.' 
 
 Brigit said to that virgin : ' Put the Cross of Christ over thy face, and over thine 
 eyes.' She put it at once ; the virgin beheld the hideous monster. Great fear seized 
 the virgin when she beheld the demon. Said Brigit : ' Why dost thou shun the foster- 
 ling whom thou hast been tending for so long a time?' The virgin then made 
 repentance and was healed of the demon. 
 
 1424. A certain woman brought unto Brigit a hamper full of apples. Then 
 lepers came to Brigit begging for apples. Said Brigit : ' Give the apples to them.' 
 When the woman heard that, she took back her hamper of apples, and said: ' To thee 
 thyself I brought the apples, and not to lepers.' It was an annoyance to Brigit that 
 her alms should be forbidden, and she cursed the trees from which it had been 
 brought. When the woman went home, she found not a single apple in her barn, 
 although it had been full when she left, and (the trees) were barren thenceforward. 
 
 1 43 1. Once upon a time Brigit went to Teffia with great hosts accompanying 
 her ; and there were two lepers behind her between whom a dispute arose. When 
 one of the lepers desired to smite the other, his hand withered and the hand of the 
 other of them shrank. Then they repented, and Brigit healed them of their leprosy. 
 
 1435- Brigit went to a certain church in the land of Teffia to celebrate Easter. 
 
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 The prioress of the church said to her maidens that on Maunday Thursday one of 
 them should minister unto the old men and to the weak and feeble persons who were 
 biding in the church. Not one of them was found for the ministering. Said Brigit : 
 ' I to-day will minister unto them.' (There were) four of the sick persons who were 
 biding in the church, even a consumptive man, and a lunatic, and a blind man, and 
 a leper. And Brigit did service to these four, and they were healed from every disease 
 that lay upon them. 
 
 1442. Once upon a time Brigit went into a certain house a-guesting. It came to 
 pass that all the household went forth except one little consumptive lad, and ,he was 
 dumb, and Brigit knew not that he was so. Then came guests unto Brigit into the 
 house to beg for food. Brigit asked of yon dumb lad, where was the key of the 
 kitchen. Said the lad : 'I know the place in which it is.' Said Brigit : ' Go and 
 fetch it to me.' He rose at once and attended on the guests. 
 
 1449. Then came to pass an assembly of the men of Ireland in Teltown, a 
 stead wherein were Patrick and the synod of Ireland along with him. Brigit and 
 Bishop Mél went to the meeting, and they found a difficult case before them in the 
 meeting, to wit, a certain woman brought forth a child there, and said that the child 
 was by Bishop Brón, one of Patrick's household. Bishop Brón denied that the child 
 was by him. That question was brought to Brigit to be resolved. Brigit asked the 
 woman by whom she had conceived the child, and told her not to utter falsehood. 
 Said the woman : * It is by Bishop Brón.' Tumour and swelling filled her tongue in 
 her head, so that she was unable to speak. Brigit made the sign of the Cross over 
 the infant's mouth, and asked : ' Who is thy father ? ' The infant answered : * A 
 wretched, miserable man who is in the outskirts of the assembly, that is my father.' 
 Thus Bishop Brón was saved by Brigit s favour. 
 
 1460. Then came a man for Brigit that she might go to consecrate a new house 
 which had been built for him. When he had prepared food for Brigit, Brigit said to 
 her maidens ; * It is not lawful for us to eat the food of this heathen man, for God has 
 revealed to me that he has never been baptized.' When the goodman heard that, 
 grief of heart seized him, and Bishop Brón baptized him. Thereafter Patrick ordered 
 Brigit and his successor that they should never be without an ordained person in 
 their company : therefore Nat-fraich took priest's orders. 
 
 1467. At the same time a man from the south of Bregia bore his mother on his 
 back to Brigit to be healed, for she was consumptive ; and he put her from his back 
 on Brigit's shadow, and when the shadow touched her, she was whole at once. 
 
 1470. At another time they saw Patrick coming to them. Said Lassair to 
 Brigit : ' What shall we do for the multitude that has come to us ? ' ' What food have 
 ye ?' asked Brigit. * There is nought,' saith Lassair, ' save one sheep, and twelve loaves. 
 
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 and a little milk/ Said Brigit : ' That is good : the preaching of God's word will be 
 made unto us and we shall be satisfied thereby.' When Patrick had finished the 
 preaching, the food was brought to Brigit that she might divide it. And she blessed 
 it ; and the two peoples of God, even Brigit's congregation and Patrick's congregation, 
 were satisfied ; and their leavings were much more than the material that had been 
 there at first. 
 
 1478. There was a certain man biding in Lassair's church, and his wife was 
 leaving him and would not take bit nor sleep along with him ; so he came to 
 Brigit to ask for a spell to make his wife love him. Brigit blessed water for him and 
 said : ' Put that water over the house, and over the food, and over the drink of your- 
 selves, and over the bed in the wife's absence.' When he had done thus, the wife 
 gave exceeding great love to him, so that she could not keep apart from him, even on 
 one side of the house ; but she was always at one of his hands. He went one day on 
 a journey and left the wife asleep. When the woman awoke she rose up lightly and 
 went after the husband, and saw him afar from her, with an arm of the sea between 
 them. She cried out to her husband and said that she would go into the sea unless 
 he came to her. 
 
 1488. A certain woman of Hui Meic Úais came unto Brigit to beg ; and before 
 that she had always been in poverty. So Brigit gave her girdle to her, and Brigit 
 said that it would heal whatsoever disease or illness to which it was applied. And it 
 was so done, and thus the woman used to make her livelihood thenceforward. 
 
 1492. Once on a certain hightide friends came to Brigit, having with them an 
 offering, and they had left their house behind them without care-takers. Thereafter 
 came robbers, and carried off the oxen that were biding in the house. The river 
 Liifey rose against them, so they put their garments on the horns of the oxen, and the 
 oxen with the garments turned back thence to the place in which Brigit was biding. 
 
 1497. Once upon a time Brigit went into Magh Lemna to converse with Patrick. 
 He was preaching the Gospel there. Then Brigit fell asleep at the preaching. Said 
 Patrick : ' Why hast thou fallen asleep ? ' Brigit prostrated herself thrice and answered : 
 * It was a vision I beheld,* saith she. 
 
 1 501. ' Declare the vision,' saith Patrick. * I beheld,' saith Brigit, 'four ploughs 
 in the south-east, which ploughed the whole island; and before the sowing was 
 finished, the harvest was ripened, and clear well-springs and shining streams came 
 out of the furrows. White garments were on the sowers and ploughmen. I beheld 
 four other ploughs in the north, which ploughed the island athwart, and turned the 
 harvest again, and the oats which they had sown grew up at once, and was ripe, and 
 black streams came out of the furrows, and there were black garments on the sowers 
 and on the ploughmen.* 
 
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 1509. 'That is not difficult,' saith Patrick. 'The first four ploughs which thou beheld- 
 est, those are I and thou, who sow the four books of the Gospel with a sowing of faith, and 
 belief, and piety. The harvest which thou beheld est are they who come unto that faith 
 and belief through our teaching. The four ploughs which thou beheldest in the north 
 are the false teachers and the liars who will overturn the teaching which we are sowing.' 
 
 1514. Once when Brigit was in Armagh two persons passed her, bearing a tub 
 of water. They went to be blessed by Brigit. The tub fell behind them and went 
 round and round from the door of the stronghold to Loch Laphain. But it was not 
 broken, and not a drop fell out. It was manifest to every one that Brigit's blessing 
 was upon them. Thereafter Patrick said : * Deal ye of the water to Armagh and to 
 Airthir.' And every disease and every ailment that was in the land were healed. 
 
 1520. Brigit went into the district of Fir Rois to release a captive who was in 
 the district. Said Brigit : ' Lettest thou yon captive out for me ?' The king replied : 
 * Though thou shouldst give me the whole realm of Fir Breg, I would not give thee 
 the prisoner. But lest thou shouldst go with a refusal, for one night thou shalt have the 
 right to guard his soul for him.' Brigit appeared to the captive at the close of day, 
 and said to him : * When the chain shall be opened for thee, repeat this hymn \Nunc 
 populus,'] and flee to thy right hand.' It is done thus ; the captive flees at Brigit's word. 
 
 1527. Once Brigit went over Sliab Fuait. There was a madman biding on the 
 mountain who used to harry the congregations. When the nuns beheld him, fear 
 and great dread seized them. Said Brigit to the madman : ' Since I have come to thee 
 here, preach thou God's word unto us.' 
 
 * I cannot,' saith he, ' avoid ministering unto thee, for thou art merciful unto the 
 Lord's household, both the miserable and the poor.' 
 
 1533. Then said the madman: 'Love the Lord, O Nun! and every one will 
 love thee. Revere the Lord and every one will revere thee. Pray unto the Lord, and 
 every one will pray unto thee.' 
 
 1536. Once her father entreated holy Brigit to go to the king of Leinster, even 
 to Ailill, son of Dunlang, to ask for the transfer of the ownership of the sword which 
 he had given to him (for a time) on another occasion. Brigit went at her father's 
 commands. A slave of the king came to converse with Brigit, and said : ' If I should 
 be saved from the bondage wherein I abide with the king, I should become a Chris- 
 tian, and I should serve thee and the Lord.' Brigit went into the fortress and begged 
 two boons of the king, to wit, transfer of the ownership of the sword to Dubthach 
 and freedom to the slave. 
 
 1543- 'Why should I give that to thee?' saith the king. 
 
 * Excellent children will be given to thee,' saith Brigit, ' and kingship to thy sons, 
 and heaven to thyself.' 
 
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 Said the king, ' The kingdom of heaven, as I see it not, I ask it not. Kingship 
 for my sons, moreover, I ask not, for I myself am still alive, and let each one work in 
 his time. Give me, however, length of life in my realm and victoriousness in battle 
 over Conn's Half ^ ; for there is often warfare between us.' 
 
 1550. ' It shall be given,' saith Brigit. And this was fulfilled; for through Brigit's 
 blessing thirty battles were broken before Ailill in Ireland and nine in Scotland. The 
 Hui Neill invaded Leinster after his death. The Leinstermen carried his body to the 
 battle, and their foes were at once routed before them. 
 
 1554. Brigit was once with her sheep on the Curragh, and she saw running 
 past her a son of reading ^ ; to wit, Nindid the scholar was he. ' What makes thee 
 unsedate, O son of reading ? ' saith Brigit, ' and what seekest thou in that wise ? ' 
 
 ' O nun,' saith the scholar, * I am going to heaven.' 
 
 * The Virgin's Son knoweth,' saith Brigit, ' happy is he that goes the journey, 
 and for God's sake, make prayer with me, that it may be easy for me to go.' 
 
 ' O nun,' saith the scholar, ' I have no leisure ; for the gates of heaven are 
 open now, and I fear they may be shut against me. Or if thou art hindering me, pray 
 the Lord that it may be easy for me to go to heaven, and I will pray the Lord 
 for thee, that it may be easy for thee, and that thou mayest bring many thousands 
 with thee unto heaven.' 
 
 1566. Brigit recited a paternoster with him. And he was pious thenceforward, and 
 he it is that gave her communion and sacrifice when she was dying. Wherefore thence 
 it came to pass that the comradeship of the world's sons of reading is with Brigit, and 
 the Lord gives them, through Brigit's prayer, every perfect good that they ask. 
 
 1570. Brigit went to Bishop Mél, that he might come and mark out her city 
 for her. When they came thereafter to the place in which Kildare stands to-day, 
 that was the time that Ailill, son of Dunlang, chanced to be coming, with a hundred 
 horseloads of peeled rods, over the midst of Kildare. Then maidens came from 
 Brigit to ask for some of the rods, and refusal was given to them. The horses 
 were (straightway) struck down under their horseloads to the ground. Then stakes 
 and wattles were taken from them, and they arose not until Ailill had offered the 
 hundred horseloads to Brigit. And therewith was built Saint Brigit's great house in 
 Kildare, and it is Ailill that fed the wrights and paid them their wages. (So) Brigit 
 left (as a blessing) that the kingship of Leinster should be till doomsday from Ailill, 
 son of Dunlang. 
 
 1579. Once upon a time two lepers came to Brigit to ask an alms. There was 
 nothing in the convent except a single cow. Brigit bestowed that cow on the lepers 
 (jointly). One of the two lepers gave thanks to the Lord, but the other leper was 
 ^ The northern half of Ireland. ^ i. e. a student. 
 
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 ungrateful, for he was haughty. *I alone,' saith he, 'have been set at nought as 
 regards a cow. Till to-day I have never been counted among Culdees and the 
 poor and feeble, and I should not be in partnership as regards this cow.' Said 
 Brigit to the humble leper : ' Stay here, till somewhat be found for thee, and let yon 
 haughty leper go off with his cow.' Then came a man to Brigit having a cow for 
 her, and she gave it to the humble leper. Now when the haughty leper went on 
 his way, he was unable to drive his cow alone ; so he came back to Brigit and 
 to his comrade, and kept reviling and blaming Brigit. * It was not for God's 
 sake,' saith he, 'that thou madest thy offering; but it is because of (our) impor- 
 tunity and oppressiveness that thou gavest it to me.' Thereafter the two lepers 
 go to the Barrow. The river rose against them. Through Brigit's blessing the 
 humble leper escapes with his cow. The haughty leper falls with his cow prone 
 against the river and was drowned. 
 
 1595. Once upon a time the queen of Crimthan, son of Enna Cennselach, 
 king of Leinster, came with a silver chain as an offering to Brigit. The semblance 
 of a human shape was on one of the ends thereof, and an apple of silver at the other 
 end. Brigit gave it to the virgins. The virgins stored it up without her knowledge, 
 for greatly used Brigit to take her wealth and give it to the poor. A leper came 
 to Brigit, and Brigit gave him the chain without the nuns' knowledge. When the 
 virgins knew this they said with anger and bitterness : ' Little good have we,' say 
 they, 'from thy compassion to everyone, and we ourselves in need of food and 
 raiment 1 ' 'Ye are sinning (?),' saith Brigit : ' Go ye into the church in the place 
 where I make prayer, and there ye will find your chain.' They went at Brigit's 
 word. Though it had been given to a poor man, the nuns found the chain. 
 
 1606. Once upon a time the king of Leinster came to Brigit to listen to the 
 preaching and celebration on Easter Day. After the celebration was ended, the 
 king fared forth on his way. When Brigit went to eat her forenoon meal, Lomman, 
 Brigit's leper, declared that he would eat nothing until there was given to him the 
 king of Leinster's armour, both spears and shield and sword, with his ... under 
 them. Brigit sent a messenger after the king. From midday till evening the king 
 was a-straying, and they did not attain one thousand paces : so he took the armour 
 from him and bestowed it upon the leper. 
 
 16 14. Once upon a time Brigit beheld a certain man passing her with salt 
 on his back. ' What is on thy back .? ' saith Brigit. ' Stones,' saith the man. 
 ' They shall be stones then,' saith Brigit. Straightway stones were made of the 
 salt. The same man came again past Brigit. ' What is on thy back ? ' saith Brigit. 
 * Salt,' saith he. * It shall be salt then,' saith Brigit. Salt was at once made of 
 the stones through Brigit's word. 
 
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 1620. Once upon a time two lepers came to Brigit to be healed of the leprosy. 
 Brigit bade one of the two lepers to wash the other. He did so. ' Do thou,' saith 
 Brigit to the other leper, ' tend and wash thy comrade even as he hath ministered 
 unto thee.' ' Save the time that we have seen,' saith he, ' we will not see one an- 
 other. What, O nun, dost thou deem it just that I, a healthy man, with my fresh 
 limbs and my fresh raiment, should w^ash that loathsome leper there, with his livid 
 limbs falling from him ? A custom like that is not fit for me.' So Brigit herself washed 
 the lowly miserable leper. Said the haughty leper who had first been cleansed from 
 the leprosy : ' Meseems,' saith he, ' that sparks of fire are breaking through my skin.' 
 He was filled with leprosy from his crown to his sole, because of his disobedience. 
 
 1630. Once upon a time when Brigit was going to the bishop to receive the 
 Sacrament, a he-goat's head seemed to her to be in the mass-chalice. Brigit refused 
 the chalice. * Wherefore dost thou refuse it ' saith the ecclesiastic. ' A he-goat's 
 head is revealed to me therein,' saith Brigit. The bishop called the lad who 
 had brought the credence-table, and bade him make his confession. 'I went,' 
 said the gillie, ' into the house wherein goats are kept, and I took a fat goat thence, 
 and I ate up my fill of him.' The lad did penance, and repented. Thereafter 
 Brigit went to communion and saw not the semblance. 
 
 1637. Once upon a time guests came to Brigit: noble and pious were they, 
 even the seven bishops who are on the hill in the east of Leinster. Then 
 Brigit ordered a certain man of her household to go to the sea and catch fish 
 for the guests. The man goes, taking with him his harpoon ; and a seal chanced 
 to come to him. He thrusts the seal-spear into it, and ties the string of the spear 
 to his hand. The seal drags with him the man over the sea unto the shore of 
 the sea of Britain, and, after breaking the string, leaves him there on a rock. Then 
 the seal was put back with his spear in it, and the sea cast it on the shore that was 
 near to Brigit. Howbeit the fishers of Britain gave a boat to Brigit's fisherman, 
 when he had told his tales to them. Then he crossed the sea and found his seal 
 here on the shore of the sea of Leinster, and took it with him to Brigit's guests. 
 In the morning he went over sea, and passed again over the sea of Britain to Brigit 
 at midday. The guests and the rest of the host magnified God's name and Brigit's 
 through that miracle and through that prodigy. 
 
 1 65 1. Once upon a time a certain nun of Brigit's community conceived 
 a longing for salt. Brigit prayed, and the stones were turned into salt, and the 
 nun was cured. 
 
 1653. Once upon a time a churl of Brigit's household was cutting firewood. 
 It happened to him that he killed a pet fox belonging to the king of Leinster. The 
 churl was seized by the king. Brigit ordered the (wild) fox to come out of the 
 
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 wood ; so he came and was at his feats and playing for them and for the king by 
 Brigit's orders. When the fox had done his deeds, he went safe through the wood, 
 with the host of Leinster, both foot and horse and hounds, pursuing him. 
 
 1659. Once upon a time bishops came to Brigit and she had nothing to give 
 them, the cows having been milked twice. The cows came a third time to the 
 place, and the milk they had then was greater than every other milking. 
 
 1662. Once upon a time Brigit had a band of reapers reaping. A rain-storm 
 pours on the whole plain of Liffey, but not a drop fell on her field. 
 
 1664. Now (this) was (another) of her miracles. She blessed the blind table-faced 
 man, and gave his eyes to him. 
 
 1665. Once upon a time Brigit went to the widow, who killed the calf of her (only) 
 cow for Brigit, and burnt the beam of her loom thereunder. God so wrought for 
 Brigit that the beam was whole on the morrow, and the cow was licking her calf. 
 
 1668. Once Brigit and Bishop Eire were in Leinster. Said Brigit to Bishop 
 Eire : 'There is battling among thy people, and to-day they contend.' Said a clerical 
 student to Bishop Eire's household : * We do not think it likely,' saith he, * that that is 
 true.' Brigit sained the eyes of the clerical student. Thereafter he said : *I perceive,' 
 saith he, * my brethren slaying them now.' And he made great repentance. 
 
 1673. Once Brigit was herding sheep. A robber came to her and took seven 
 wethers from her. Howbeit the herd was counted, and through Brigit's prayer, 
 the wethers were found complete. 
 
 1676. Once a certain man of Brigit's household made mead for the King of 
 Leinster. When they came to drink it not a drop was found, for it had been consumed 
 before Brigit. Brigit arose to save the wretched man, and she blessed the vessels, 
 and the mead was found in fulness, and that was a wonderful miracle. 
 
 1680. Once upon a time the seven bishops came out of Húi Briuin Cualann 
 from Telach na n-Espac, and they found Brigit in a place on the northern side of 
 Kildare. Brigit asked her cook, even Blathnait, whether she had any food. She 
 said she had none. Brigit was ashamed not to have food for the holy men, and she 
 besought the Lord fervently. So the angels told her to milk the cows for the third 
 time (that day). Brigit herself milked the cows, and they filled the tubs with the milk, 
 and they would have filled even all the vessels of Leinster. And the milk overflowed 
 the vessels, and made a lake thereof, whence Loch in Ais, that is the ' Lake of Milk' 
 to-day. God's name and Brigit's were magnified thereby. 
 
 1689. For everything that Brigit would ask of the Lord was granted her at once. 
 For this was her desire : to satisfy the poor, to expel every hardship, to spare every 
 miserable man. Now there never hath been anyone more bashful, or more modest, 
 or more gentle, or more humble, or sager, or more harmonious than Brigit. She 
 
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 never washed her hands or her feet, or her head among men. She never looked at the 
 face of a man. She never would speak without blushing. She was abstinent, she was 
 innocent, she was prayerful, she was patient : she was glad in God's commandments : 
 she was firm, she was humble, she was forgiving, she was loving : she was a consecrated 
 casket for keeping Christ's Body and his Blood : she was a temple of God. Her heart 
 and her mind were a throne of rest for the Holy Ghost. She was simple (towards 
 God): she was compassionate towards the wretched : she was splendid in miracles and 
 marvels : wherefore her name among created things is Dove among birds. Vine among 
 trees. Sun among stars. This is the father of that holy virgin, the Heavenly Father : 
 this is her son, Jesus Christ : this is her fosterer, the Holy Ghost :- wherefore this holy 
 virgin performs the great marvels and the innumerable miracles. 
 
 1703. It is she that helpeth every one who is in a strait and in danger: it is 
 she that abateth the pestilences : it is she that quelleth the anger and the storm of the 
 sea. She is the prophetess of Christ : she is the Queen of the South : she is the Mary 
 of the Gael. 
 
 1706. It is Colomb Cille that made this hymn for Brigit, and in the time of Aed, 
 son of Ainmire, he made it. And this was the cause of making it. A great storm 
 came to Colomb Cille when he went over sea, and he chanced to be in Corryvreckan, 
 and he entreated Brigit that a calm might come to him, and said, Brigit he hifhmaith. 
 
 1709. Or it is Brocan Cloen that made it, and it was made at the same time as 
 Ni char Brigit buadach hith, 
 
 1 71 1. Or it is three of Brigit's household that made it when they went to 
 Rome, and reached Placentia. And a man of the people of the city came to them 
 outside and asked them whether they needed guesting. They said that they did. Then 
 he brought them with him to his house, and they met a student who had come from 
 Rome, and who asked them, whence they had come, and why they had come. They said 
 that it was for guesting. 'That is a pity,' said he, 'for this man's custom is to kill his 
 guests ; ' and they asked that through the student's teaching. So poison was given to 
 them in ale ; and they praised Brigit that she might save them, and they sang Brigit 
 be bithmaith, etc. They drank the ale with the poison, and it did them no harm. 
 So the man of the house came to see whether the poison had killed them. And he 
 beheld them alive, and he beheld a comely maiden amongst them. Thereafter he 
 came into the house, and was seeking the maiden, and found her not, and he asked 
 them : ' Why has the maiden gone 1 ' And they said that they had not seen her at all. 
 So a chain was put upon them that they might be killed on the morrow unless they 
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 visit them, et inuenit eos in uinadis, el interrogatdt eos qiiomodo euaserimt et cur 
 ligati sunt. 
 
 1728. Or it may be Brenainn that made this hymn. Now Brenainn came to Brigit 
 to know why the monster in the sea had given honour to Brigit beyond the other 
 saints. So when Brenainn reached Brigit, he asked her to confess in what wise she 
 had the love of God. Said Brigit : ' Make thou, O cleric, thy confession first, and I 
 will make mine thereafter.' Said Brenainn : ' From the day I entered devotion, I never 
 went over seven furrows without my mind being on God.' * Good is the confession,' 
 said Brigit. ' Do thou now, O nun,' saith Brenainn, ' make thy confession.' ' The 
 Son of the Virgin knoweth,' saith Brigit, ' from the hour I set my mind on God, I 
 never took it from Him.' * It seems to us, O nun,' saith Brenainn, * that the monsters 
 are right, though they give honour to thee beyond us.' 
 
 1738. Or it is Ultan of Ard Brecain that made this hymn for praise of Brigit. 
 For he was of the Dál Conchubair, and so it was with Brigit's mother, even Broicscch, 
 daughter of Dallbronach. In the time of the two sons of Aed Slaine itself was made. 
 For it is they that slew Suibne, son of Colman the Great, on one hand of Ultán. (In 
 Ard Brecain moreover) it was made : — 
 
 * Brigit, excellent woman, a flame * golden, delightful, 
 
 May (she), the sun dazzling, splendid, guide us to the eternal Kingdom I 
 May Brigit save us beyond throngs of demons ! 
 
 May she break before us (the) battles of every disease ! ^ 
 
 * May she destroy within us our flesh's taxes, 
 The branch with blossoms, the mother of Jesus ! 
 The true virgin, dear, with vast dignity ; 
 
 May I be safe always, with my saint of Leinster ! 
 ' One of the columns of (the) kingdom with Patrick the pre-eminent, 
 The vesture over liga, the Queen of Queens ! 
 Let our bodies after old age be in sackcloth : 
 With her grace may Brigit rain on us, free us ! ' 
 
 1755. Many miracles and marvels in that wise the Lord wrought for Brigit. 
 So many are they that no one could declare them, unless her own soul or an angel 
 of God should come to declare them. Howbeit this is enough as a sample of them. 
 
 1759. Now when it came to the ending days for Brigit, after founding and helping 
 cells and churches and altars in abundance, after ^ miracles and marvels whose number 
 is as the sand of sea, or stars of heaven, after charity and mercy, then came Nindid 
 Pure-hand from Rome of Latium. The reason why he was called Nindid Pure-hand 
 
 ^ The Book of Lismore has here hrtith (mass). All the other MSS. have brco (flame). 
 ' For the i bhfcrtuibh T i inirbnilihh read iar bhfcrtuibh "] iar nilrbiiilibh. 
 
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 was that he never put his hand to his side, when Brigit repeated a paternoster with 
 him. And he gave communion and sacrifice to Brigit, who sent her spirit to heaven. 
 Her relics are on earth with honour and dignity and primacy, with miracles and 
 marvels. Her soul is like a sun in the heavenly Kingdom among the choir of angels 
 and archangels. And though great be her honour here at present, greater by far will 
 it be, when she shall arise like a shining lamp in completeness of body and soul at 
 the great assembly of Doomsday, in union with cherubim and seraphim, in union with 
 the Son of Mary the Virgin, in the union that is nobler than every union, in the union 
 of the Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
 1772. I beseech the mercy of High, Almighty God, through holy Brigit's 
 intercession, may we all deserve that unity, may we attain it, may we dwell therein. 
 in saecula I 
 
LIFE OF SENÁN, SON OF GERRGENN. 
 
 1775. MIRABILIS Deus in Sanciis Suis, et caetera. The Holy Spirit who 
 excels every spirit, the spirit that bettered each of the Churches, that is of the old 
 Law and of the New Testament, with grace of wisdom and prophecy, it is He that 
 spake these words out of the mouth of the royal prophet David, son of Jesse, of the 
 praise and of the magnifying that there is unto God, through his saints and through 
 his righteous ones, as he saith, Mirabilis Deus in Sanctis. 
 
 1 781. One, then, of the saints and of the righteous through whom came the 
 praise and the magnifying of the Lord before men, by reason of the miracles and the 
 marvels which God wrought for him on earth, was the holy, noble, venerable saint 
 for whom there is a festival and commemoration on the occurrence of this time and 
 season, even Sanctus Senanus Episcopus. 
 
 1786. Now the Christians celebrate the festival and high-tide of the decease of 
 this holy Senan, on the eighth of the calends of March as regards the day of the solar 
 month, which is to-day as regards the day of the week in the present year wherein 
 we are. Those who know (then) declare somewhat of the origin and birth of the holy 
 Senán, from prayer and from teaching of the grace of the chief prophet and the 
 archbishop of the island of Ireland, that is Saint Patrick, Senán's birth and of the 
 miracles and of the marvels which God wrought for him, to wit : 
 
 1792. Senán, son of Gerrgenn, son of Cobthach, son of Bole, son of Dec 
 (Dece?), son of Imchath, son of Coirpre, son of Rodonn, son of Lugaid, son of 
 Ailill, son of Eochaid, son of Oengus, son of Fiachra Find, son of Coirpre Fair-palm, 
 son of Conaire, son of ]\Iugh Lama, son of Lugaid Allaid, son of Coirpre Crook-head, 
 son of Dire Great-fist, son of Coirpre Finnmar, son of Conaire, son of Eterscél, son 
 of Eogan. Coimgell \ then, daughter of Ernach son of Golbine, of the Alltraige, was 
 Senán's mother. Now the chief prophet and the chief apostle whom God sent to 
 preach to the men of Ireland, even Saint Patrick, prophesied Senán's birth. For 
 when Patrick was preaching to the Húi-Figeinti and baptizing them in Domnach 
 Mór of Cinél Díue, the Corco-Baiscinn came with their king, even Bole, son of Dec 
 (Dece ?) in a great sea-fleet over Luimnech from the north unto Patrick, and they 
 
 ^ Ercanus et Coemgella are the names of Senán's parents, according to the poetical Life. Colgan, 
 p. 602 (recte 512). 
 
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 besought Patrick to preach to them on that day and to baptize them at once. 
 Patrick told them to wait till the morning, for on that day he was weary. Said the 
 Corco-Baiscinn to Patrick : * We cannot, for our district is empty after us without 
 warriors protecting it, and our fleet has no one to guard it, and we must needs hasten 
 back to our district.' Thereafter Patrick went in his chariot, so that every one might 
 see him, and that they might hear from him his voice and the preaching of God's word 
 by him. And then they believed in God and in Patrick. So Patrick repeats the order 
 of Baptism to them on the river, which was anear them, and all the hosts are baptized 
 therein. And they gave great alms to Patrick. Patrick blesses them, and said that 
 there would always be abundance of treasures and wealth in the district of Baiscenn. 
 The Corco-Baiscinn entreated Patrick to go with them to bless their district and to 
 baptize their women, and their children and their slaves, whom they had left behind. 
 Patrick said to them : ' I have no leisure to go with you, and to move my household 
 over this river yonder.' The Corco-Baiscinn said : ' We have,' say they, ' a great 
 fleet to carry thee over the sea ; and we will take thee over it, with all thy servants dry- 
 footed, and we will bring thee back again.' Patrick again refused to go with them, 
 and said : ' I cannot,' saith he, ' leave the district in which I am, until the consecration 
 and blessing of them all shall end.' And Patrick gave a blessing to the Corco- 
 Baiscinn, and left upon them excellence of shipping. So of that Patrick sang 
 this stave : 
 
 *I will not go 
 
 To Corco-Baiscinn, no falsehood, 
 
 Though there be no sword on their left side, 
 
 Nothing more will be taken from them.' 
 
 1826. Patrick said to the Corco-Baiscinn: 'Is there a place anear us, whence 
 your district will be clear to me, so that I myself may descry it from my seat, and 
 may bless it from that spot?' 'There is forsooth,' say they, ' the hill there,' that is 
 Findine. Patrick then went with them to the top of Findine, and said to them : ' Is 
 this your district to the north of Luimnech, as far as the ocean in the west ? ' 'It is,* 
 say they. ' Doth [your territory],' saith Patrick, ' reach the mountain there in the 
 north ? ' even Sliab Ellbe, in the district of Corcomruad in Ninnus. ' It reacheth 
 not,' say they. ' It shall reach before the Judgment,' saith Patrick. * Doth your territory 
 reach that mountain there in the east ? ' that is, Echtge in the territory of Hui Desa. 
 ' It reacheth not,' say they. ' It shall reach after a long while,' saith Patrick. Then 
 Patrick blessed Corco-Baiscinn, and said to them : ' Ye need me not to go with 
 you into your country, for ye have a child in a woman's womb, and unto him your 
 country hath been given by God. After him shall ye be, and him shall ye serve, and 
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 be the honour of the child that will be born to you. Happy he who shall be in his 
 keeping ! And the island there in the west, in front of the sea/ that is Inis Cathaigh, 
 ' is there any dwelling in it ? ' saith Patrick. ' There is none/ say they, ' for there is a 
 terrible monster therein named Cathach, who doth not allow it to be inhabited.' 
 ' Marvellous/ saith Patrick, ' is the diadem of dignity, and the precious stone, and the 
 venerable servant specially lovable to God and to men, even the child that will be 
 born with you. For it is for his sake that the soil of yon island is preserved in 
 virginity, for it is there that his resurrection will be, and the resurrection of a great 
 host of saints along with him.' Then said Patrick, prophesying Senán's birth : 
 
 1855. 'Renowned and revered will that child be,' saith Patrick; 'for he will 
 bring to them peace with abundance of every good thing, and banishment of every 
 unlawful disease, if they do the will of that child, even Saint Senán, with tithes, and 
 first-fruits and alms to God and to Senán. But woe to his monks who shall not do 
 that child's will, for God will then inflict heavy vengeances upon them, so that there 
 shall be ruin on their men and on their cattle. And corn and milk and every 
 produce shall then be taken away from them, so that they shall abide in famine and 
 ruin, and every one will sell his son and his daughter in far-off territories that they 
 may be fed, unless they are obedient to Senan. Wise and dignified will their children 
 be in the present world if they are obedient to him.' 
 
 1864. When Patrick had uttered these words, foretelling Senán's birth, and when 
 he had blessed the district of Corco-Baiscinn, he sent an archpresbyter and a deacon 
 of the Romans, who were along with him — Maculatus and Latins were their names — 
 along with the Corco-Baiscinn, to baptize them. And on the night that they 
 (Maculatus and Latius) came to Patrick, that is the time that they preached the 
 faith and belief of Christ, and celebrated baptism and communion in the district 
 of Corco-Baiscinn. Then did those saints choose a church for them(selves), 
 and a place for their resurrection, beside the harbour of Inis-Cathaig northwards 
 overagainst the Graveyard of God's Angel. For they knew that in the Graveyard 
 of the Angel, in Inis-Cathaig, Senan's resurrection would take place, and they desired 
 that their resurrection should be near Senán's resurrection, so that they might go 
 
 *A manchild will be born in the west, 
 In the island over the ocean. 
 The Corco-Baiscinn will be under his hand, 
 Men and children and women. 
 
 *He will be splendid, noble, dignified, 
 With God and with men. 
 Happy the folk and the church 
 That will be under that child's protection.' 
 
 along with Senan to the great assembly of Doom. 
 
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 1875. It was not long afterwards when there was a great gathering of the Corco- 
 Baiscinn in one place. So a married couple came to the assembly. As they 
 reached the assembly the wizard who was at the meeting arose before them. When . 
 every one saw that, the whole assembly rose up before them, for great was the honour 
 that they had for the wizard at that time. Then the assembly laughed at the wizard, 
 and said to him, ' It seems to us good ! ' say they. * Gergenn, the peasant, and his 
 wife have come to thee, for whom thou makest thy uprising.' Said the wizard, ' It is 
 not to a peasant that I make uprising, but it is to the child that is in the womb 
 of the woman there, for the Corco-Baiscinn will all arise before him. Him wil 1 they 
 serve, it is he who will be their prince for ever.' 
 
 1884. Now when the time came for the birth of that child, even Senan, his 
 mother tarries alone in her garden, in autumn An angel of God came to help her, 
 so that the bringing forth of her son should not be difficult; and the angel blessed 
 the child that was there born. The stake of rowan that was in her hand when she 
 was bringing forth her son took the earth, and burst at once into flower and leaf ; 
 and still that tree remains. 
 
 1890. Not long after the birth of this boy, his mother went for water having the 
 child in her bosom. Then the mother tarried, stripping the blackberries from the 
 brake that was near the well, for Senan was born at the beginning of autumn. So 
 the aforesaid child said to his mother out of her bosom: ' Stay from that, O mother, 
 for that is refection before the proper hour.' 
 
 1895. At Magh Lacha, then, at first were the dwelling and farm of Senán's 
 parents before Senán was born. They had another farm at Tracht Termainn. Now 
 there is a long space between these two farms ; so when Senán's parents desired to 
 make a removal, Senán would go a day or two days before them to make a house 
 and sheds and farmyard and every needment besides, which they required to be ready 
 before them. Now Senan used to do this for love of helping every one who needed it, 
 and he used to have a new house ready for his family. 
 
 1903. Once upon a time his mother was angry with him about that matter, and 
 she said this to him : ' O son of clan and kindred,' saith she, ' thy profit to us is 
 small' ' O mother,' saith he, ' be at rest, and thou shalt have what is needful.' 
 * That will arise to us,' saith the mother. * Verily it will arise,' saith Senan. When 
 they were saying these words, they beheld coming towards them in the air the sheds 
 and the farmyards, the ties and all the needments which they required, and which 
 they had left in the place from whence they came. And these things were laid 
 down before them in the place in which it seemed right to them to settle. So God's 
 name and Senán's were magnified by that miracle. 
 
 * 'Tempore authumnali/ Colgan, 613 (recte 53). 
 
LIFE OF SENAN. 
 
 191 1. Once, then, the Corco-Baiscinn went on a hosting into Corcomruad in 
 Ninnus. Now the violent force of the prince takes Senán into that territory. When 
 the hosts reached the territory of Corcomruad, they begin ravaging the territory. 
 But this is what Senan did. He enters a barn of corn that was near him, and there 
 he sleeps while the hosts were ravaging the country. The hosts turned to their own 
 country after Corcomruad had been ravaged by them. Senan is left in the barn 
 asleep where he was. So when every one in the district came after the host (had 
 gone back) to their own country, the barn in which Senán lay seemed thus, as 
 a tower of fire flaming. When that was seen, a great multitude came to rescue him. 
 When they came near to the barn in which Senán lay, they perceived that he was 
 safe from the fire. Some of them went into the barn and beheld the youth asleep. 
 Som'e of them proceeded to slay him at once. ' Stay,' saith the good man in the 
 barn ; ' mayhap it is a friend or kinsman of ours that is there and it is he that has 
 saved the barn.' They asked whence he was. Senán said that he was one of the 
 host which had ravaged that country, and that he had neither friend nor kinsman 
 in the country. So when they perceived that he was a man with the grace of God, 
 they protected him and dismissed him from out of the district all unhurt. 
 
 1926. He went to a certain house of a worthy man in the territory of the tribes, 
 to ask for a drink, for he was weary and thirsty with travelling after the host. Now 
 a feast was ready in that house for the king of the territory. Senan was refused, and 
 he went out of the house without food or drink. Straightway then came the king to 
 the place to consume the banquet after Senan had departed. Now when he was told 
 that the food and the ale were set forth, thus was it found : with the water foul and the 
 food putrid. The host marvelled at that deed. Said the king : ' Did any one go from 
 you after being refused food or ale ? ' ' No one has gone,' say they, ' except one lad 
 of the folk of the plundering party, who came here to ask for a drink, and none was 
 given him.' Said the king : ' Let some one go after that man, for he is one with grace 
 of God.' They went after Senan, and he was brought to the house, and he blessed 
 the food and the ale, and their proper flavour went to them ; and all who saw that 
 miracle marvelled. 
 
 1940. On another day Senán went with his father's oxen out of Irrus in the 
 ■west to bring them eastward to Magh Lacha ; and he saw the sea full in before him. 
 Now night was then near, so he went to Diin Mechair (INIechar's fortress), which 
 was at hand, to ask for a guest-house. Now Mechar was not in his fort on that 
 night, and in his absence his household refused Senán. So Senan went back to the 
 sea to await the ebb, and there was no other house near him to which he might then 
 go. As his oxen went before him, on the shore of the sea, he saw the sea-strand 
 before him. Then he drives his oxen over the strand. Then as Senán lifted his feet 
 
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 up over high-water-mark on the land, he heard the wave behind him striking against 
 his heels. His mind changes then, and this he said, ' Sufficient for me is the length 
 of time that I have been at this layman's work.' Then he breaks the spear that was 
 in his hand, and makes a cross thereof, and sets it into the ground, and thrice he 
 prostrates himself by it to God. Then a troop came, and that night destroyed 
 Mechar's fortress, and they slew his son, and his wife was carried off in the 
 plunder. And the fortress has not been inhabited from that to this, and this will 
 never be done. 
 
 1954. So Senán went and left his oxen with his father, and goes afterwards and 
 receives tonsure from Cassidan who had a church in the district of Irrus. Of the 
 Ciarraige Cuirchi was this Cassidan. Then Senán reads his psalms and his 
 ecclesiastical discipline with Cassidan. 
 
 1958. Then to read Senán went to Notál, to Cell Manach Droichit in the 
 district of Ossory. Nov/ this was the rule at the school. Each man of the school 
 used to go, on the day that it would fall to him, to herd the calves of the church. 
 Now on the day that it was Senán's turn to go and herd the calves, when he was 
 driving his calves before him on this side, the cows would come after them, and 
 when he was driving the cows on the other side, the calves would come after them. 
 This is the plan that Senán carried out against this. He made the mark of his staif 
 between the cows and the calves and over the field in which they were, and neither 
 of them ventured to go to the other across that mark ; and in that wise Senán acted 
 every day that it fell to him to herd the calves. Then Senán used to go and do his 
 reading until the hour came for driving the cows to their milking-yard. 
 
 1968. When Senán heard the saying of Christ to his apostles, 'Si quis inter uos 
 uuU maior fieri, sit uester minister (et seruus"^), he took in hand to visit the mill. Now 
 that year was a year of dearth and great famine, and there were two robbers in the 
 district attacking every one. On a certain night they said : ' What do ye to-night to 
 seek something for us?' *We will go,' saith one of them, *to the mill of Cell 
 Manach; for there is (only) one man there every night grinding corn, and we will 
 slay that man, and bring the corn (home), to us.' Then they went till they were before 
 the mill. They look through the hole of the door, and they saw two in the mill, 
 one of the twain areading and the other attending to ^ the mill. Then they said to 
 one another : * What shall we do ? Shall we attack the men ? ' * We will not attack 
 them,' say they ; ' for the man who is grinding is the owner of the corn which he 
 grinds, and they have not the same household ; and he will go to his house as soon 
 as his grinding comes to an end ; and we will go after him, and slay him, and carry 
 
 ^ Matth. XX. 26. 
 
 ^ * Alterum curam molae agentem/ Colgan, 614 (recte 532). 
 
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 oflf his corn and his raiment, and then we will go to the miller and slay him, and carry 
 off his com from him/ Then they stayed until the grinding ended, and the youth 
 who had been grinding the corn in the mill ceased. Then Senán closed his book 
 and slept. Howbeit his companion was without sleep. The robbers stay before the 
 mill till morning. Now when the morning came Senán opens the mill. The robbers 
 come straightway to him into the mill and say to him : ' Who was with thee whilst 
 thou wast reading and sleeping ? ' * Marvel not,' saith Senán, * though it were He of 
 whom it was said, Non dormiiahit neque dormiei qui custodit Israel ' Who is He ? ' 
 say they. * He is at hand,' saith Senán, * ut dicitur : Praeslo est Dominus ormiibus 
 inuocantihus se Howbeit the robbers made repentance, and went into union with 
 Notál, and afterwards continued in his company so long as they remained alive. 
 And it is they themselves that told that story. 
 
 1994. On a certain night Senán went to the cook to ask a candle (which he 
 needed) for grinding the corn. ' I have no dipped candles with me,' saith the cook, 
 * save one candle ; and take it with thee just now, and candles will be given to thee, 
 provided they are dipped.' Senán went forth to his mill having his single candle. 
 Then the mind of the cook reflected (.?) that his week was complete. Then said the 
 cook : * It seems strange to us that the miller does not come to ask for candles, and 
 he agrinding every night.' So he went at nightfall to find out how Senán used to 
 grind every night. And he looks through the hole of the door, and he saw the 
 candlestick by Senán, and the mill grinding alone, and him adoing his reading. 
 Then the cook went thence to his house. He came again on the morrow at nocturn 
 to know how things were going on in the mill, and he saw the same candle on its 
 candlestick just as it had been at nightfall. Then the cook went that time also to 
 his house, and came again and saw likewise. With that the grinding ended, and 
 .the miller departs alone, and the candle is given to the cook. Howbeit it seemed 
 certain to the cook that the very candle which had been given by him remained with 
 Senán after being consumed on every night to a week's end, and it was not diminished. 
 Then the cook goes and tells that to Notál. *A son of grace unto God,' saith 
 Notal, * is the man of whom those tidings are told. He will constrain a household 
 unto God. Many miracles and marvels will God perform for him. It is proper to 
 be cautious about him, for woe will be to him who shall act against his will, and 
 happy is he who shall be obedient to him 1 ' 
 
 2013. Senán went one day with his tutor Notal on a journey to Cell Mór Arad 
 Tire. When they reached the door of the church they saw a great multitude wailing 
 and sorrowing ; for the only son of the chief of the territory had died and the chief was 
 carrying him to his grave. When they saw the clerics coming to them, they stopped 
 » Ps. cxx. 4. ' Ps. cxliv. 18. 
 
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 to meet them, and the woman said to them: 'For the sake of the Lord whorii ye 
 adore, O clerics, bring me my dead son to life ! ' ' Alas for thee, what thou sayest, 
 O lady,' saith Notál : ' God, and not man, hath power to do that deed/ ' For 
 sake of lovingness and mercy,' saith the lady, ' entreat that Lord for me to bring me 
 my only son to life ! ' And the boy was then carried into Notál's presence. ' Do 
 not bring the boy hither,' saith Notál, 'but take him to Senán/ *0 Sir,' saith 
 Senán, ' what thou sayest is not meet ^' ' Verily it is meet,' saith Notál ; ' for 
 unto thee God hath granted to bring the boy to life; and take the boy under 
 thy protection, for this is permitted unto thee.' Senán durst not resist Notál his 
 tutor. So he takes the boy under his protection, and clasps him to his heart, and 
 makes for him fervent prayers together with tears. It was not long after that they 
 heard the boy talking under Senán's keeping, and Senán gave the child alive to 
 Notál. Notál gave him into his mother s hand. God's name, and Notál's and 
 Senán's were magnified by this miracle. Then the clerics went to their own church, 
 when they had completed the work for which they had come. 
 
 2031. So Senán's fame spread abroad throughout the territories on every 
 side, because of the greatness of the miracles and the marvels which God was 
 working for him. The tribes and the kindreds used to come from every point unto 
 him. Some of them with alms and offerings, others to seek alms, others to seek 
 their cure from diseases, some to obtain his spiritual direction, some to bring about 
 union with him and to ask him to take up a place before them. When Notál 
 perceived that he said to Senán : ' My dear brother, it is time for thee to go and 
 take up a place before the people which is choosing thee.' Then said Senán to 
 Notál : ' O father Notál ! what thou sayest is not right ; for that is not what I have 
 intended, but to be in monkdom with thee continually.' Said Notál : ' Not so shall 
 it be ; but go thou and take up a place before the people which are awaiting (?) thee.' 
 ' O chosen father,' saith Senán, * whither shall I go, and in what stead shall I take my 
 place ? ' Said Notál : ' My dear son. He who is choosing thee, even God, will manifest 
 to thee the place which thou shalt take.' 
 
 2044. Thereafter Senán went on his way, by the counsel of his tutor, even 
 Notál ; and Notál gave him his blessing, and Senán sets up in Inniscorthy beside the 
 Slaney in the province of Hui Censelaig. Then he and Maedhóc of Ferns make 
 a union. Maedhóc bequeaths his place and his crozier after him to Senán, and 
 Senán takes the abbacy of Ferns after Maedhóc. 
 
 2049. Senán goes from his abbacy to Rome. Then he goes from Rome to 
 Tours, to commune with Martin. Then was Martin writing a gospel before him. 
 So Senán said: *I should deem it wonderful if yonder hands which I see writing 
 ^ *S. Senanus allegata sua indignitate, ait se non audere Dominum tentare,' Colgan, 614 (recte 532). 
 
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 would give me the Sacrifice on the day of my decease.' * They shall indeed/ saith 
 Martin; and then they, even Senan and Martin, make their union, and Martin gives 
 to Senán, in token of their union, the gospel which he wrote before him. This is 
 to-day [called] Senán's Gospel. 
 
 2056. Thereafter Senán went towards Ireland, and he came to Cell Muine unto 
 David. Then David and Senán made their union, and David gave his crozier to 
 Senán in token of their union. 
 
 2059. Thereafter Senan went to sea towards Ireland, and he took up (his abode) 
 in the island of Ard Nemidh in the district of Hui Liathain. And there he remains 
 for the space of forty days and nights, until God manifested to him the place of his 
 resurrection. Then Raphael the archangel came to converse with Senan, and said to 
 him : * Vir inter age et confortetur cor tuwn quia ad ie Dominus tantam familiavi congre- 
 gabit. Go then and take a place from the great folk which there is awaiting thee.' 
 
 * Question, then,' saith Senan, ' on what side shall I go, and in what place will be my 
 resurrection ? ' ' This hath not come to thee as yet,' saith the angel : ' so great is 
 the multitude of the folk that has been gathered unto thee that they will not fit with 
 thee in one place ; wherefore thou shall first establish many monasteries, and then 
 thou shalt reach the place wherein thy resurrection will be.' 
 
 2068. Senán left a portion of his household there, and went according to the 
 angel's command till he came to Inis Cara beside Lua ; and there he founded a 
 church unto God. 
 
 2069. Then came a ship's crew from the lands of Latium on a pilgrimage into 
 Ireland. Five decades'^ were their number, all of perfect folk. So each decade of them 
 chose its favourite of the saints of Ireland ; and they cast themselves on his favour 
 before they would come out of their own country, and they cast on him the safe- 
 guarding of their way and of their journey until they should reach Ireland, that is, a 
 day with a night to every ba«d with the saint whose favour it should choose to pilot 
 their voyage until each should come to the saint he had chosen. These are the 
 saints whom they chose, namely Findia, and Senan, and Brenainn, and Ciarán, and 
 "Bairre. Now the day that it happened to Senan's household to safeguard the voyage, 
 the pilot said : ' Whose is this day ? ' ' The day of Senan's household,' say they. 
 
 * Let help come quickly from them, if they have any one who can help us, for the 
 wind hath come bitterly against us.' One of them, a humble bishop, rose up at once ; 
 and there happened to be in his hand the bone of the thigh, for it was the hour at 
 which they were dining. And (with the bone) he blessed the air and said : ' O Senán, 
 let help come quickly, and let the wind become favourable ! ' When bishop IMula had 
 spoken these words, the wind came aft into the sail, and they had a fair breeze till 
 
 * Ps. XXX. 25. ^ I read, with the Brussels MS., coicc deichmabhair. 
 
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 they made land at Cork. His household remained with Bairre. The rest went to 
 Senán to Inis Cara, and they had a welcome ; and with him stayed his own 
 household, even bishop lohann and bishop Mula with their decade. And from him 
 their respective households go to Findia, and Ciarán, and Brenainn. 
 
 2087. Then messengers came from the king of Raithlenn, even from Lugaid 
 the Breasted, to demand taxes from Senan. Senán said to the messengers, that he 
 would not be under tribute to an earthly king. That answer was displeasing to 
 Lugaid, and he said to his people : ' Take ye my racehorse to the cleric, and let it be 
 fed on corn with him.' Thereafter the horse was brought to Senan and he was put 
 into the pool of the refectory to be washed, and the horse was immediately drowned 
 in the pool, so that nothing save its leg (cara) was seen above the pool. Wherefore 
 thence the place is called Inis Cara S for Tuaim n-Aba had been its name until then. 
 
 2094. When Lugaid was told that his horse had been drowned, he went with 
 anger and fierceness to Senán and threatens him greatly. Senán grew angry with 
 Lugaid, and said that the kingship over Hui Echach would never be inherited from 
 him ; and he said, moreover, to Lugaid that he (Senan) would deprive him of heaven 
 and earth unless he should give him his desire. Now Lugaid had two foster-sons, 
 namely Aed and Loeghaire. And they said to him : ' Give the cleric his full desire.' 
 Then Lugaid gave them and Senán their full desire. And Senan leaves dignity 
 continually on Lugaid's children. Then Aed and Loegaire gave Senan his full desire, 
 and Senán left them the kingdom of Hui Echach with them continually without 
 quarrelling, so long as they should do Senán s will. Wherefore of that the poet with 
 God's grace, even Colmán, son of Lenin, sang the lay : 
 2104 Senán fasted south in the island of Ard Nemid : 
 
 Though not equally good with just devotion, it was an enduring battle. 
 
 He tarried there forty days with God's truth ^ 
 
 Until Raphael the angel came, as they declare*. 
 
 Raphael the angel said to him . . . 
 
 That he should go — happy utterance — to Tuaim Abae. 
 
 He founded an altar after this on that mound. 
 
 With God's word he tarried a space in that Rome. 
 
 It was said to him by fierce Lugaid — festival with good hold — 
 
 ' Rent with value, without any bad part, belonged to the king of Raithliu.' 
 
 Said Senan to the messengers — a mighty utterance — 
 
 That he would not be under tribute nor service to an earthly king. 
 
 Lugaid's messengers went (back) to him with the answer ; 
 
 He said to them without any reply (to Senán),— just his . . . 
 
 A wonderful horse had Lugaid, man with swiftness, 
 
 A more beautiful horse than his was not found ... in Ireland. 
 ^ * Quod enim Latinis armus dicitur, hoc Hiberais cara nuncupatur,' Colg. 533. 
 2 la fir Fiadhat, B. ' atfiadhat B. 
 
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 2120 'Take my horse to the cleric' — . . . which he spake 
 
 Through a boastful word — 'that it be fed by him on corn\' 
 Up to that, this had been its name, Tuaim na hAbha : 
 Wherefore afterwards it is Inis Cara. 
 
 The king of Raithliu went from the south to them— haughty onrush — 
 
 In front of every one till he was with hostful Senán. 
 
 This did Lugaid the Breasted say as to the cleric, 
 
 "With fierce utterance, that he should be cast into . . . water. 
 
 Because of what Senán had said to him — vast satisfaction — 
 
 'This is not the way: not from thee shall an earthly kingdom be inherited.' 
 2130 Not from thee shall a prosperous kingdom be inherited — raiding onrush — 
 
 Through a saint's curse, thou shalt not be everlasting^ over Húi Echach. 
 
 Unless thou do my will' — deed with pure goodness — 
 
 A saying which he uttered — * I will snatch ^ from thee heaven and earth.' 
 
 * Not good is what thou dost, O Lugaid ! ' — deed with liberal valour — 
 
 ' Noble . . . Senán, give him his desire,* say his fosterlings : 
 
 ' Give his full desire to the cleric, as is very lawful, 
 
 Without affliction of speech, that it may be a tale to the world's end.' 
 
 Because of their speaking Lugaid gave Senán his desire ; 
 
 True dignity — a . . . country was given to Lugaid's children. 
 
 When they did Senán's full will, . . . satisfaction, 
 
 The twain together, Aed and radiant Loiguire, 
 2142 When they did Senán's full will ... of offering, 
 
 He gave them, with peace and goodly children, the realm of Raithliu. 
 
 Said the word of the apostle who ennobles labours. 
 
 That a realm not rude should be unto Aed and heroic Loiguire. 
 
 When he had routed the Devil in battle — no wrong follows — 
 
 Many benevolences were bestowed on him by fosterlings of fasting*. 
 
 2148. After that Senán left eight of his household in Inis Cara with Cillin and 
 with Feichin. A son was he of the king of Muskerry, and a pupil of Senán's. 
 Thereafter Senán went by God's order, and set up in Inis Luinge, and founded a 
 church therein. Then came the holy virgins to him, even the daughters of Brenainn 
 king of Hui Figeinte, and offered themselves to God and to Senán. That was the 
 first-fruits of the Eoganacht Gabra to Senán. Then Senán leaves that church with them. 
 
 2155. Thence Senán went to Inis Mór in Irrus Desceirt. The wind bears 
 them past it so that they set up in Inis Tuaiscirt. So herein Senán stayed and founded 
 a church to God in it, and he left in it a portion of his household. 
 
 2158. Thereafter Senan went and set up in Inis Mór, and therein he founded 
 
 * Here a verse, describing the drowning of the horse, seems lost. ^ For suthach B has stithain. 
 ^ gitad=getat B, is the ist sing, redupl. fut. act. oi gataim. 
 
 * Much of this * historia metrice conscripta ' is as unintelligible to me as it seems to have been to 
 Colgan. The chevilles are more than usually obscure. I had better, perhaps, have followed Colgan's 
 example and left it wholly untranslated. 
 
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 a church. To a well whence water was wont to be drawn by them, a woman of 
 the folk of the island went to wash her son's clothes. So bishop Setna saw that and 
 said: 'Evil is yon deed/ 'What is that deed?' saith Libern, son of Dall. 'A 
 woman washing her son's clothes in the well out of which the water of Mass is 
 brought to us ^' ' Her son/ saith Libern, ' hath gone from her over the edge of 
 Ireland.' At that time the child was playing on the edge of the cliíF in his mother's 
 presence. The boy fell down the cliffy. The woman wailed after her child. 'It is 
 wicked of you to commit the manslaughter,' saith Senán. ' We admit penance upon 
 us,' say they. Quoth Senán : ' Go thou, O bishop Setna, for thou art the cause of 
 killing the boy, and take with thee Libern, and leave him on the rock, so that God 
 may pass judgment upon him, and do thou take her son to the woman.' Bishop 
 Sétna went and left Libern on his rock ; and (then) he went a-seeking the child, and 
 he found him in the trough (?), in which he was, playing with the waves. For the 
 waves would reach up to him, and laugh around him, and he was laughing at the 
 waves, and putting his palm to the foam of the waves, and he used to lick it like the 
 foam of new milk ; and the child remained there from one watch to another. Bishop 
 Sétna takes the child to him into the boat, and gives him to Senán, and Senan gives 
 him to his mother. Senán said to bishop Setna : ' Go and fetch Libern from the 
 rock, for I see that his Judge is compassionate unto him. The sea cometh not to 
 him within the length of his crozier on every side.' Then bishop Setna went and 
 fetches Libern from the rock to the place where Senán was biding. 
 
 2179. Said Libern : ' What would be better^ for us than anything would be that 
 we should be near water here.' ' It is close by,' saith Senán, ' for there is a well under 
 thy feet in the place wherein thou art. Thrust thy crozier beside thy foot into the 
 earth, and water will well forth to thee.' Libern thrusts his crozier beside his foot 
 into the earth, and at once a well of pure water springs out of that place ; and this 
 is its name, Tipra Libirn (' Libern's Well '.) 
 
 2184. Quoth bishop Dalann : ' This land is clayey and brittle; the sea will eat it 
 away and carry with it our remains. Not good is the place for our resurrection.' 
 * So shall it not be,' saith Libern ; ' but when ye shall bury me, put my two soles 
 towards the sea, and I shall obtain from God that the sea will not break that land 
 thenceforward.' And thus was it fulfilled. 
 
 2189. Senan leaves bishop Dalann, and bishop Sétna, and bishop Eire, and 
 Libern, the son of the Dall ^ and other holy men along with them in Inis Mór. And 
 Senán went and set up in Inis Caerach Céoil and leaves a party of his household 
 
 ^ ' Ex quo aquae ad tremenda mysteria sacrificij missae soleant desumi,' Colgan, 533. 
 ' From the effects of Sétna's and Libern's angry imprecations. ^ Lit. * more.' 
 
 * 'blind.' B omits the article before Daill. 
 
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 therein. Thence Senán went and set up in Inis Connla\ in the district of Hiii Setna ; 
 and there he founded a church, and left therein two of his household, even bishop 
 Fiannai and bishop Findein. 
 
 2194. Then came Raphael the Archangel to commune with Senán, and he 
 said : * Come with me, and I will shew thee the place in which thy resurrection will 
 take place ; for unto God it seems time for thee to reach it.' Then Senan and the 
 angel went till they were on IMullach Feis. Then said the angel to him : * Behold 
 the island there. Thy resurrection shall be therein, and the resurrection of a great 
 host of saints along with thee. In the west of the world there is no more sacred 
 island. No outrage to God hath ever been committed there. God sent an awful 
 monster to keep it, so that neither sinners nor sons of cursing should dwell therein, 
 but that it should remain in holiness awaiting thee. Yonder monster shall be put forth 
 from the island before thee, so that dv;elling along with it may not annoy thy com- 
 munity. For unto God it seemeth time for thee to go and build a church in that 
 island. Noble and venerable will that church be. It will be a head of devotion and 
 a well of wisdom of the west of the world. It will be a protection of prayer to 
 foreigners and to Gael.' Said Senán to the angel ; ' What seems timely to God seems 
 timely to me; for this is what I seek continually, that which is the will of God." 
 With that the angels lift him up along with the flagstone on which he was sitting, 
 from Mullach Fessi, and set him down on a high hill in the middle of the island ; and 
 thence is Ard na n-Aingel ('the Angels' Height'), and Lec na n-Aingel ('the Angels' 
 Flagstone ') in Inis Cathaigh. They sing praise to God in that spot, even Senán and 
 the angels, and then they went to seek the monster, to the place in which it abode. 
 
 2212. When the monster heard them, it shook its head, and its hair stood up 
 upon it, and its rough bristles ; and it looked at them, hatingly and wrathfully. Not 
 gentle, friendly, mild, was the look that it bestowed upon them, for it marvelled that 
 any one else should come to visit it in its island. So it went to them strongly and 
 swiftly, insomuch that the earth trembled under its feet. Hideous, uncouth, ruth- 
 less, awful, was the beast that arose there. Longer was its body than Inis na 
 h-Urclaide ^ A horse's mane had it ; an eye gleaming flaming in its head, and it 
 keen, savage, froward, angry, edged, crimson, bloody, cruel, bounding. Any one 
 would think that its eye would go through him when it looked upon him. Two very 
 hideous, very thick feet under it ; behind it a mane. Nails of iron on it which used 
 to strike showers of fire out of the rocks of stone wherever it went across them. A 
 fiery breath it had which burnt hke embers. A belly it had like the bellows of a 
 furnace. A whale's tail upon it behind. Iron, rending (?) claws upon it, which used 
 to lay bare the surface of the ground on the path they came behind the monster. 
 * Cunnlo, B. ' This seems to mean ' The isle of the great trench' {clad). 
 
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 Equally did it traverse sea and land when it so desired. Then the sea boiled from 
 the greatness of its heat and from its virulence when it entered it. No boats could 
 catch it : neither from that day to this has any one escaped from it who could tell 
 tidings of it. 
 
 2228. Now, when the monster came savagely to the place where Senán was 
 biding, it opened its maw so that, as it drew nigh the cleric, its entrails were clearly 
 seen over the maw. Thereat Senan Hfted up his hand and made the sign of Christ's 
 Cross in its face. Then the monster was silent, and this is what Senán spake to it : 
 ' I say unto thee,' saith he, ' in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
 Holy Ghost, leave this island and hurt no one in the district over which thou wilt go, 
 nor in the district unto which thou wilt come.' The monster went at once at 
 Senán's word out of the island till it reached Dubloch of Sliab Collain. And it did 
 no hurt to any one, till it came there, nor after arriving; for it durst not oppose 
 Senán's word. 
 
 2237. Now after that Senán and the angels went righthandwise round the island 
 till they came again to the Height of the Angels, after they had consecrated the 
 island. Senan said to the angel : ^ Savage is the sea that there is around the island : 
 there seemeth a troubled people therein.' ' Though it be savage,' saith the angel, 
 ' whatever monk with humbleness of heart shall go from thee .... he will not be 
 drowned until he shall come back to thee again.' * God hath granted to thee,' saith 
 the angel, ' that he over whom the mould of this island shall go, shall not be after 
 Judgment an inhabitant of hell.' 
 
 2244. Then the angel uttered this stave : 
 
 *A sea high, stormy, past its side, 
 
 not a royal element: 
 No penance but death shall he taste, 
 He over whom its mould goeth.* 
 
 2249. When those tidings were heard throughout the territories, to wit, that Senán 
 was dwelling in Inis Cathaigh, and had expelled the monster from it, and when Mac 
 Tail, king of Húi Figente, had heard that story, he was very wrathful, and this he said : 
 ^ Who hath dared,' saith he, * to inhabit my land without my leave ? ' He sent off his 
 steward to desire Senan's brothers, even Coel and Liath, to thrust forth their brother 
 from the island. They went to the island to Senán and said to him : * It is to take 
 thee out of this island we have come, for the king of Húi Figente has opposed us. 
 He says that this island belongs to him as well as the other islands of Luimnech.' 'It is 
 certain,' saith Senan, * that this island doth not belong to him, and that his share of 
 the other islands is no greater than my share.' ' It is certain then,* say his brothers to 
 him, ' that it is necessary for us to take thee out of the island.' Thereafter each of the 
 
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 twain takes his hand and dragged him with them perforce down over the rock. Then 
 Coel grew angry with him, hauling him against the stones till he was all broken. 
 'jWhy is this/ saith Coel to Liath, ' that thou dost not drag this man along with me ?' 
 
 * I will not do it/ saith Liath. ' I regret what I have done to him.' ' If/ saith Coel, 
 
 * thou shouldst go to do any other deed thou wouldst do it thus.' ' Why/ saith Coel, 
 
 * shouldst thou prefer to forfeit thine own land than to take this lad out of the land 
 which does not belong to him ?' 'It seems easier to me,' saith Liath, ' even to leave 
 Ireland than to outrage this man.' *It is not necessary,' saith Senán (to Liath). 'for thy 
 children will inhabit the land after thee. Yon man who loves the land, neither he nor 
 his children after him will inhabit the land, and it is thou that shalt enjoy it.' Then 
 they went away and leave Senán in his island. As Coel reached the door of his 
 dwelling in Ochtar Maige Fochaillech, he went to sudden death. When Liath saw that 
 he returned to Senán and repented. Senán saith to Liath : ' It is no mistake which 
 thou hast made in not uniting with Coel, for (hadst thou done so) thy life would not 
 have been longer than Coel's, and thy children would have perished.' Said Liath to 
 Senán: ' Shall the body of yon wretched man be brought to thee?' 'It shall not be 
 brought,' saith Senán, 'for it is not meet that the Devil should have his soul and that 
 I should have his body ; but let him be buried in the hill on which he fell.' So Coel 
 was buried in that place, and his children after him perished, and Senán hath 
 his land. 
 
 2277. Then his steward went to Mac Tail and tells him his tidings. Mournful 
 was Mac Tail at those tidings and said : ' I am grieved that yon churl should have 
 taken (my land) from me perforce.' Said his wizard to the king : ' Thou needest not 
 be anxious about this, for I will take a charm to him, and he shall either die or 
 leave thy land in thy possession.' Glad was the king at this answer ; and then the 
 wizard went and put the king's two charioteers in order on Senán, and unyoked in 
 the place that he chose in the island. Then he went to the spot where Senán was 
 biding and sang incantations against him, and said : ' Leave the land with this spell.' 
 Said Senán to him : 
 
 *I will resist thy spell. 
 Disgrace shall be on thee. 
 Thou shalt be wretched without a noise. . . . 
 It is thou that shalt perish.' 
 
 2289. * Stronger is the spell that I have brought with me/ saith Senán, 'and 
 better is my lore.' 'It will be something if we know' [it], saith the wizard, 'for I 
 will now do something that thou canst not do.' ' Thou wilt not do any good,' saith 
 Senán, ' that I shall not do, and every evil that thou shalt do, God will, by means of 
 me, put away.' Thus the wizard brought darkness over the sun, so that no one in 
 
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 the island could see his comrade's face. Senan charmed the darknesses, so that they 
 went away at once and it was bright. The wizard brought thundering and abundant 
 lightnings, and great confusion into the air. Senán charmed all that and he puts it away. 
 Now when the wizard could do nothing to Senán, he went out of the island, and said 
 to Senan : * I shall not see thee before me here when I shall come again.' ' Whither 
 goest thou?' saith Senan. ' I go,' saith the wizard, ' to a place that thou knowest not, 
 and thou shalt not know when I shall come and whence I shall go to thee again.' 'I 
 know well,' saith Senán, ' thou wilt not come again into the land out of which thou 
 goest, and it will not be lucky for thee in the land unto which thou shalt betake 
 thyself.' Then the wizard went away in wrath, and he conjured a mist around him, 
 so that it might not be seen that he was in Dairinis, that is, an island that lay opposite 
 Inis Cathaigh in the South-east, This is why he went into it, in order that he might 
 get to the apex (?) of his art therein, and that he might summon demons to help 
 him, for demons durst not come to help him in opposition to Senan. Now when 
 the wizard had reached the island and dwelt therein, the sea comes over it, and the 
 wizard is drowned therein with his people ; so it is (called) Carrac na nDruad (the 
 Rock of the Wizards) to-day. Mac Tail was told that the wizard was drowned, 
 and at that he was exceeding wrathful. 
 
 2309. Now at that time the king held a meeting at Corcomruad. He came to Inis 
 Cathaigh and said to Senán : * Is it thou that takest my land from me, and that slewest 
 my wizard ? It is certain that he and thou shall have the same burial, for a stone under 
 thy neck will be cast into the depth of the sea to avenge on thee the deed thou hast 
 done.' 'Thou hast not power to do so,' saith Senan. So the king said to Senán: 
 Let not my horses be injured with thee.' ' 'Tis not I that will be thy horse-keeper,' 
 saith Senan. 'It is to thee,' [saith the king,] 'that I have given my horses until I come 
 again from my journey.' ' God is able,' saith Senán, ' to keep thee from coming again 
 into this land, and from reaching the end of thy way.' So the earth swallows up the 
 horses in the place in which they were then, in Fán na n-Ech (the Slope of the 
 Horses) in the west of Inis Cathaigh. That was told to the king and his mind was not 
 the better. ' Not meet for thee,' saith his son to the king, ' was what thou didst to the 
 cleric ; and we know that he will take vengeance on thee for it.' * I do not value him 
 more,' saith the king, * than a hornless swarthy sheep.' ' Though that is not mighty/ 
 saith Senan, ' God is able to cause thy death to come from it.' 
 
 2323. Then the king went his way in wrath and pride. Now when he had got 
 so far that he was going beside a cliff in the north of the district of Baiscenn, the 
 hornless swarthy sheep started up under the feet of the horses that were drawing the 
 chariot, and the horses made a great stumbling (?) under the chariot before the 
 sheep, and the king fell out of the chariot and struck his head against a stone, and 
 
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 thereof he perished, and went in that spot through Senán's curse, in defeat of 
 martyrdom, to hell ; and his land belongs thenceforward to Senán. 
 
 2330. Then Donnán, son of Liath, a pupil of Senán's, and two little boys who were 
 reading along with him, went to cut seaweed for Senán on the shore (of a rock in the 
 sea). (Donnán returned to Inis Cathaigh and) the sea carries oflf his boat from him, 
 and he had no boat for the boys, and there was no other boat in the island to succour 
 the boys. So the boys were drowned on the rock. Then on the morrow their bodies 
 were borne (on the tide) till they lay on the strand of the island. Then came their 
 parents and stood on the strand, and asked that their children should be given to 
 them aHve. Said Senán to Donnan : * Tell the boys to arise and converse with 
 me.' Said Donnan to the boys : ' Ye are permitted to arise and converse with your 
 parents, for so saith Senán to you.' They straightway arose at Senan's orders, and 
 said to their parents : ' 111 have ye done unto us, bringing us out of the land which we 
 had reached.' ' Why,' saith their mother to them, * would ye rather stay in that land 
 than come back to us ' ' Oh mother,' say they, * though the power of the whole 
 world should be given to us, and its delightfulness and joyance, we should deem it the 
 same as if we were in a prison, compared with being in the life and in the land 
 which we reached. Delay us not ; for it is time for us to go back to the land out of 
 which we have come ; and for our sakes God will cause that ye will not suffer sorrow 
 after us/ Then their parents give them their consent, and they went along with 
 Senán to his convent, and the Sacrifice was given to them, and they go to heaven ; and 
 their bodies are buried before the convent in which Senán abode. And those are the 
 first dead folk that were buried in Inis Cathaigh. 
 
 2350. Then Brenainn and Ciarán came to get Senán for their soul-friend \ for 
 he was elder than they themselves, and his rank was higher, Senan (being) a bishop 
 and the other two priests. Now there was no food to be seen (?) in the convent when 
 they arrived. So they were for the space of three days without food, both guests and 
 community, and no food came from anyone. So Nechtán Longhead, king of Hi'ii 
 Figennte, was told that Brenainn and Ciarán were in Inis Cathaigh conversing with 
 Senán, and that their three days' fast without food was complete. Nechtán said to 
 his steward : ' Hast thou finished preparing the feast which thou wast making for me ? ' 
 * It is finished,' saith the steward. ' Take it with thee diligently to Senán and his 
 guests who are without food in Inis Cathaigh.' Thus was it done, and the king 
 himself came, and waited in the port of the island, for he durst not go from the 
 port without Senán's permission. The feast was displayed to the cook, and he took 
 it into the kitchen. The clerics then were summoned to the port of the island to 
 converse with the king. And this he said to them : ' This is my desire if my wish be 
 
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 perceived that my service be ... by Senán.' Then Nechtán kneels to Senán and, in 
 presence of Brenainn and Ciarán, offered himself, with his seed after him, in perpetual 
 ownership for ever unto God and to Senán. Then the clerics bestowed a blessing 
 on Nechtán and on his seed so long as they should fulfil Senán's will. And the 
 clerics, even Brenainn and Senán, said that neither kingship nor primacy, nor good- 
 ness of wealth (?) therein, would come to Nechtan's seed which should not do Senan's 
 will. Then the king went to his province and bears a blessing from the saints. So 
 the clerics came to their church and blessed the banquet that had been given to them. 
 Then said Brenainn : ' It is certain,' saith he, ' that God's vengeance will lie, here 
 and beyond, on him who shall consume gratis the fruit of Senan's fasting and 
 prayer . . . since it hath not been permitted to me and Ciarán to consume it until we 
 had first made its price by fasting and prayer.' 
 
 2375. Thereafter came a year of great drought. His household lament to 
 Senán that they have no water. Then an angel of God came to converse with 
 Senan after that he had been praying at nocturns, and this he said : ' Greatly do 
 thy household complain to thee that they are without water, go that we may see the 
 place wherein there is water near them.' Senán and the angel arose at once and 
 went to the spot in which the water is to-day. The angel said to Senan : ' Dig thou 
 here,' saith he. Senán takes a stake of holly which was near him, and digs the 
 earth as the angel had said to him. As Senán dug, the angel cleansed. The angel 
 said: 'Sufficient is its depth which thou diggest; there will be no want of water in this 
 well so long as there shall be habitation in this church, and it will heal every illness 
 which shall be brought to it.' Then Senan sets the stake which was in his hand on 
 the brink of the well, and it took the soil at once. On the morrow, as the brethren 
 arose, they beheld the well full of water and the (full-grown) tree of holly on its brink. 
 
 2388. Once upon a time Ciarán went to converse with Senan, and lepers came 
 to him on Ochtar Sceith : they made an urgent request of him, so he gave his 
 chasuble to them. Then he went in his single thread till he was on the shore, to the 
 north of the island. It was manifested to Senan that Ciarán was in the harbour. 
 Then a boat without a hide is brought for Ciarán, for there was no other boat on the 
 island that could be brought for him. Senan went till he was in the harbour, having 
 his chasuble in his keeping, in order to give it to Ciarán lest he should be ashamed at 
 being without a chasuble. As Ciarán reached the port, Senan said laughingly: 
 * Cowlless Ciarán ! ' saith he. ' Short will be my nakedness,' saith Ciarán : ' there is a 
 cowl for me in thy keeping.' * Ciáran takes the cowl around him, and in that wise 
 they came to the church ; and that is Ciaran's cowl to-day. 
 
 2399. Brigit, daughter of Cú Cathrach, of the Húi Maic Tail, a virginal holy 
 maiden, set up in a church on Cluain Infide, on the brink of the Shannon. She had 
 
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 a chasuble as alms for Senán, and she had no messenger, so she made a litde basket 
 of rods of holly, and she put moss to it, and placed the chasuble in it, and put 
 her ... to ask for the Sacrifice, and then she set the basket on the Shannon, and said 
 (to the river) : ' Thou hast leave to bear that with thee to Inis Cathaig.' On the day, 
 then, that the chasuble came to Inis Cathaig, Senán said to his deacon : ' If thou 
 findest aught on the strand, thou hast leave to bring it hither.' The deacon went 
 and found the basket on the strand, and carries it to Senán. Senán takes out the 
 chasuble and puts it upon him. Thereafter two stones of salt are put into the same 
 basket, and the box containing the Sacrifice is (also) put in, and the basket is set 
 upon the same water, and Senan said to it : ' Thou hast leave to carry this to Cluain 
 Infide and display the box and the one piece of salt to Brigit, and thou take the other 
 piece of salt to Inis Clothrann to Diarmait.' When the basket reached Cluain Infide, 
 Brigit went to it and takes thereout the box and one of the two pieces of salt. The 
 stream of the Shannon then swept away the basket (containing the other piece of 
 salt) and left it in Inis Clothrann with Diarmait. So after that Brigit and Diarmait 
 gave thanks to God and to Senán. 
 
 2416. Canair the Pious, a holy maiden of the Benntraige of the south of 
 Ireland, set up a hermitage in her own territory. There one night, after nocturns, she 
 was praying, when all the churches of Ireland appeared to her. And it seemed that 
 a tower of fire rose up to heaven from each of the churches ; but the greatest of the 
 towers, and the straightest towards heaven, was that which rose from Inis Cathaig. 
 ' Fair is yon cell,' she saith. ' Thither will I go, that my resurrection may be near 
 it.' Straightway on she went, without guidance save the tower of fire which she 
 beheld ablaze without ceasing day and night before her, till she came thither. Now, 
 ' when she had reached the shore of Luimnech, she crossed the sea with dry feet as if 
 she were on smooth land, till she came to Inis Cathaig. Now Senán knew that 
 thing, and he went to the harbour to meet her, and he gave her welcome. 
 
 2426. 'Yea, I have come,' saith Canair. 
 
 ' Go,' saith Senán, ' to thy sister who dwells in yon island in the east, that thou 
 mayest have guesting therein.' 
 
 * Not for that have we come,' saith Canair, ' but that I may have guesting with //lee 
 in ihzs island.' 
 
 ' Women enter not this island,' saith Senán. 
 
 * How canst thou say that ? ' saith Canair. ' Christ is no worse than thou. Christ 
 came to redeem women no less than to redeem men. No less did He sufifer for the 
 sake of women than for the sake of men. Women have given service and tendance 
 unto Christ and His Apostles. No less than men do women enter the heavenly king- 
 dom. Why, then, shouldst thou not take women to thee in thine island } ' 
 
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 ' Thou art stubborn,' saith Senan. 
 
 * What then/ saith Canair, * shall I get what I ask for, a place for my side in this 
 isle and the Sacrament from thee to me ? ' 
 
 ' A place of resurrection,' saith Senan, ' will be given thee here on the brink of the 
 wave, but I fear that the sea will carry off thy remains/ 
 
 ' God will grant me,' saith Canair, ' that the spot wherein I shall lie will not be the 
 first that the sea will bear away.' 
 
 ' Thou hast leave then,' saith Senán, ' to come on shore.' For thus had she been 
 while they were in converse, standing up on the wave, with her staff under her bosom, 
 as if she were on land. Then Canair came on shore, and the Sacrament was 
 administered to her, and she straightway went to heaven. 
 
 2447. God granted unto Canair that whoso visits her church before going on 
 the sea shall not be drowned between going and returning. 
 
 2450. Overmany, now, to reckon and set forth are the miracles and marvels 
 which God wrought for Senán. For there is none who could declare them all, unless 
 an angel of God should come to declare them. Howbeit this little of them is enough 
 for an example, even his inner life, his constant use ^ of every day, his humility, his 
 gentleness, his clemency, his patience, his mildness, his charity, his mercifulness, his 
 lovingness, his fasting, his abstinence, his prayer, his continual watching, his mind 
 constantly in contemplation of God. There is none who could set him forth save one 
 from God. 
 
 2457. Now the virtues of Senán were many. He is the glassy well whereby all 
 the folks which God entrusted to him are washed by the purity of his teaching. He 
 moreover is the heavenly cloud whereby the earth of the Church and the souls of the 
 righteous are illumined by the rain of his teaching with the holding fast of virtues. 
 He, moreover, is the golden lamp which was lit by the Holy Ghost, by reason of 
 whom the darkness of sins and transgressions flee from the house of the Church of 
 God. He is the ever-victorious bark that beareth the hosts of the righteous over the 
 storm of the world to the shore of the Heavenly Church. He is the consecrated 
 emblem (?) of the Heavenly King, which maketh peace and likeness and harmony 
 between Him and the sons of men. He is the mayor and steward and spencer, whom 
 the Heavenly Overking sent to exact tribute of virtues and good deeds from Goedel's 
 many clans. He is the precious stone whereof the heavenly palace ^ is built for the 
 hosts of the earth. He is the pure vessel by which the wine of God's word is dealt 
 out to the people. He is the great and happy hospitaller of goodly teaching, who 
 used to satisfy the poor and naked. He is the branch of the true Vine ^ which pre- 
 
 * For the bhithhhuan of the MS. read hhith bhuan. ^ rightech, B. ^ John xv. i. 
 
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 pareth life and satisfaction for the world. He is the true leech that healeth the 
 ailments and diseases of the soul of every faithful man in the Christian Church. 
 
 2472. Now when the day of the decease of that saint, even Senán, drew nigh — 
 after healing blind and deaf, and halt and dumb, and every other disorder ; after 
 founding cells and churches and monasteries for God, and ordaining therein bishops 
 and priests and folk of every other rank, with anointing and consecrating and 
 blessing of tribes, it came into Senán's mind to go and make prayer at the relics of 
 Cassidan his tutor, and his father's sister Scath the Pious, the daughter of Dubthach. 
 So he went on that side, and he visited Cell Eochaille to commence with Ner's 
 daughters who were dwelling there, — pious, holy virgins, who had taken the veil at 
 Senán's hand, and who were under his spiritual direction. Then they entreat Senán 
 that the body of (some) lowly monk of his community might be given to them, * to 
 be buried by us, so that his relics may be protecting us.' ' Verily,' saith Senan, ' this 
 shall be granted to you. Be in no distress as to one from whom your protection 
 shall come.' 
 
 2483. Then he bids farewell to the holy virgins, and goes and makes prayer at 
 Cassidan's relics, and comes back till he reached the thorn which is in the wood to the 
 west of Cell Eochaille. There he heard the voice calling to him from the heavens, and 
 it said : * Come, O holy Senán, come thou to heaven ! ' Senán answered and said : 
 * Question,' said he. He at once stopt in that place. Then God's angels uplifted 
 Martin from Tours in a heavenly cloud and laid him down in the place where Senan 
 was biding, and gave him communion and sacrifice. When all that God permitted 
 was finished for him, the angels uplifted Martin the monk in the same cloud, and 
 left him in Tours on the same day. 
 
 2492. Then said Senan to his household : * Let my body be here till dawn.' 
 Senan sendeth his spirit to heaven among bands of angels, at the summons of the 
 Trinity, at noon on the calends of March. Now Senán's body lay there, and 
 though on that night the light of the sun was absent from them, the presence of the 
 angels of the Heavenly Light was not wanting to them. 
 
 2496. Soon the morrow, out of the island for Senán's body came his household, 
 even Odrán and Mac Inill, and bishop luil, and bishop Mula, (and) Segda son of 
 Baeth, and the other saints ; and they buried Senán's body with honour and great 
 reverence, and angels carried his soul to the eternal rest in the union of the holy 
 Trinity and heaven's household. 
 
 2500. I entreat God's mercy, through Senán's intercession, that we may reach 
 that union (and that we may dwell therein) in saecula saeculorum. Amen. 
 
LIFE OF FINDIAN OF CLONARD. 
 
 2504. Here now are briefly set forth the miracles and marvels of this pious one, 
 and the completion which he gave to his victorious career in the present world : that 
 is set forth for the delight of the souls of the faithful, to wit, Findian, son of Finntan, 
 son of Concrad, son of Dairchell, son of Senach, son of Diarmait, son of Aed, son of 
 Fergus, son of Ailill Tauldub, son of Celtchar, son of Uithechar. That Finntan, 
 then, whom we have mentioned, took a wife of good kin named Telach. It happened 
 that she became with child by him. In the time of her pregnancy there appeared to 
 her a flame of fire which came into her mouth and went back in the form of a bright 
 bird, by the same way, and the bird went and sat on the branch of a tree, and all the 
 birds and birdflocks of Mogh's Half ^ came to it on that tree and stayed with it there. 
 And the bird then went into Conn's Half and sat there upon the branch of another 
 tree. The birds and the birdflocks of Ireland came to it and it kept them with it. 
 So she told that vision to her husband. ' Verily, thou hast somewhat pious in thy 
 womb,' saith he ; ' let us sleep apart so long as thou shalt be in that condition.' 
 They did so. Telach herself used not to eat rich meats, but only mild herbs and 
 light victuals, until that gifted off'spring was born. 
 
 2521. Now the holy Findian was taken to Abban, son of Hua Cormaic, to be 
 baptised. Now there were two wells in the field in which he was baptised ; Bal and 
 Dimbal were their names. He was baptised out of the well named Bal, as was meet 
 for his merits. When the holy Findian grew up, he was taken to a bishop to 
 Fortchernn, and read the Psalms and the ecclesiastical order with him. Howbeit in 
 his youth he founded three churches, namely Ross Cuire, and Druim Fiaid, and 
 Magh Glas. 
 
 2527. Now when he reached the age of thirty he went over sea. He came to 
 Tours. There he found before him an elder named Caeman. They were for a time 
 together and they made a union. After that Findian went to Cell Muine. There he 
 found before him three sages named David, and Gildas, and Cathmael. This was 
 the cause of their being gathered together there — a contention for the headship and 
 abbacy of the island of Britain between two of them, that is between David and 
 
 * The southern half of Ireland. 
 
 2 The northern half of Ireland. 
 
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 Gildas. They agreed that Cathmael should be arbitrator between them. Now 
 when Cathmael beheld St. Findian he looked at him meditatively. 
 
 What is that great attention/ saith David to Cathmael, * that thou bestowest 
 on the unknown youth that is gone into the house ? ' 
 
 ' Great grace/ saith Cathmael, ' I perceive upon him.' 
 
 * If/ saith David, ' there is grace upon him, let him now speak in the British 
 tongue, and let him decide the cause in which we are engaged.' 
 
 Findian made the sign of the cross over his mouth and he spake in British as if 
 if it had been his mother-tongue, and he awarded the island to David because of his 
 seniority. 
 
 2540. Then went Findian and Catmael, and David and Gildas to parley with 
 the king (and) to ask him for the site of a church. He said that he had none. 
 Howbeit a certain man in the house said boldly : ' If the clerics like,' saith he, * let 
 them put this great lake away from the side of the fortress, and let them build 
 their church in its place.' ' If they do that,' saith the king, * they shall have even this 
 stronghold beside the place of the lake.' Howbeit Findian went with a torch in his 
 hand, and he dipped it into the lake, and the lake fled before him into the sea ; and 
 God's name and Findian's were magnified by that great miracle. So those lands were 
 offered to God and Findian. He gave them to the British elders who were along 
 with him. Three monasteries were founded by them thereon. Of these is Lann 
 Gabran to-day. 
 
 2550. Now Findian was for thirty years studying together with the British elders 
 who were along with him. 
 
 2552. Now one day the monks went into the wood to cut trees for the church. 
 They did not let Findian (go) with them because of (their) honour for him. After 
 they had gone came the sub-prior to Findian, and said to him : ' Why was it/ saith 
 he, * that thou wentest not into the wood ? ' * We should have gone long ago,' saith 
 Findian, * had we been told to do so : now when it is said, we will go provided the 
 means are found by us.' * There are,' saith the sub-prior, ' two young stags there in 
 the field : yoke them and go into the wood.' [Then Findian went to the service. 
 Two angels of the God of heaven met him and constrained the stags ^] Findian goes 
 with them into the wood, and his load was the first load that reached the church. 
 Unknown, however, is the end of the sub-prior that reproached him. God's name 
 and Findian's were magnified by that great marvel. 
 
 2561. Once upon a time Saxons came to ravage the Britons. They pitched a 
 
 ^ Luid \2su7n Finden frisin umaloit. Dodeochatar da aingel De nime ina frithsett co rotimaircsett 
 na duma, B. 
 
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 camp on the side of a lofty mountain. The Britons betook themselves to Findian 
 to ask a truce for them from the Saxons. Findian went on the service. The 
 Saxons gave him a refusal. Findian gave a blow of his staff on the mountain, 
 so that the mountain fell on the Saxons, and not a man of them escaped to 
 tell the tale. 
 
 2567. There came a desire to Findian to go to Rome after completing his studies. 
 (But) God's angel came to him and said : 'What would be given thee at Rome,' saith 
 he, 'will be given to thee here. Go and renew faith and belief in Ireland after 
 Patrick.' So Findian went to Ireland according to God's will. Muiredach, son of 
 Oengus king of Leinster, went to the harbour to meet him, and carried him on his 
 back on three journeys over the three fields^ that were nearest the harbour. Then 
 said a man of the king's household, 'Thou art oppressive, O cleric, on the king.' 
 ' That is idle,' saith Findian, ' for the number of times that I have been taken on his 
 back will be the number of kings of his race over the province. Now since he took 
 me thrice, three kings of his race will take the province of Leinster.' Then Findian 
 blessed Muiredach himself and said : ' As God's servant,' saith he, ' found welcome 
 with thee, so shalt thou find welcome with heaven's household in the Land of the 
 Living.' Then he blessed the womb of the king's wife, and she brought forth a 
 famous son named Eochu, afterwards father of Brandub. 
 
 2580. Said the king to Findian : ' Whatsoever place in Leinster thou shalt like 
 will be given thee to build thy church.' God's angel came before Findian to the 
 mountain called Condal. God's angels carried him with his household on that night 
 from the top of the mountain into the glen that was nearest to him. In the morning 
 he told his household to go into the wood to cut trees to build a church. One of 
 them returned to him with a branch of an apple-tree and its fruit in his hand. 
 Findian went along with him to the place in which the apple-tree was standing. 
 * Let the church,' saith he, ' be built here.' [Howbeit Becan, Muiredach's swineherd, 
 was in that place making excuses to the clerics ; for the pigsty was in the stead 
 whereon the church was (afterwards) built ^] While they were thus talking they saw 
 coming towards them Bresal son of Muiredach, and bishop Cremthann his brother. 
 Bresal went and, at the bishop's desire, boldly seized the cleric's hand. Then the 
 cleric grows wroth, and said : ' Before this hour shall come to-morrow the hand,' 
 saith he, ' that was stretched forth to refuse me (shall be) in a hawk's talons and laid 
 before me. As to the bishop at whose desire this was done, his monastery shall not 
 
 » achdu, B. 
 
 Bai chena Becan mucaidh Muiredhaigh isin ionadh sin ic erchoitmhedh frisna cléirchibh, ar is 
 ann bói in muccál in bhail i ndernai/h ind ecclas, B. 
 ^ Literally, ' on these words.' 
 
LIFE OF FINDIAN OF CLONARD. 
 
 be high on earth, and not even the place of his resurrection shall be known.' Now, 
 on the morrow the Ossorians came on a raid into the country. Bresal marched to 
 attack them, and was slain ; and his hand was brought by the hawk, which laid it 
 down in Findian's presence at Cross Sailech \ So God's name and Findian's were 
 magnified by that great miracle. 
 
 2598. Thereafter Bresal's father, Muiredach, came and gave Findian the field 
 which Bresal had refused him. It was improved by him, and is (called) Achad Aball 
 ('Field of Apple-trees ') to-day. He dwelt sixteen years in that place, serving the 
 Lord of the Elements, till the angel said to him : ' This is not the place of thy 
 resurrection,' saith he : ' howbeit this will be the place of thy meeting with thy 
 monks on Doomsday.' Whence is the name Sliab Condala, that is the mountain of 
 Findian's comdál (' meeting ' ) with his monks on the Day of Judgment. 
 
 2604. Thereafter Findian bids farewell to his monks and went into the district 
 of Hui Dunlainge. There the king Coirpre off"cred Mugna Sulcain to him. He dwelt 
 there for six years. Then he went to Achad Fiacla. There a tooth fell out of his head 
 and (he) hid (the tooth ^) in a brake of brambles. When afterwards he was going 
 away from them, the brethren entreated him to leave a sign with them, so he said to 
 them: 'Go,' saith he, 'to yon bush of brambles which ye see, and bring thereout the 
 tooth which I left there.' Then they go, and they found the brake flaming, and they 
 brought away the tooth, and from it the place hath been named Achad Fiacla ('Tooth- 
 field '). 
 
 2613. Thereafter Findian came to Kildare to Brigit, and remained there 
 for a time attending to reading and teaching. Then he bade farewell to Brigit, 
 and Brigit gave him a ring of gold. He was not greedy about worldly things, 
 (and so) he did not take the ring. ' Though thou shouldst refuse,' saith Brigit, 
 * thou wilt need it.' 
 
 2616. Findian afterwards came to Fotharta Airbrech. He met with a water; he 
 washed his hands in the water, and on his palm he brought out of the water the ring 
 which Brigit had offered to him. Afterwards came Caisin, son of Neman, with great 
 joy to Findian, and offered himself to him, and complained to him that the king 
 of Fotharta was demanding gold from him for his freedom. ' How much,' saith 
 Findian, ' doth he demand ? ' ' He will take an ounc\? of gold,' saith Caisin. 
 Then he weighed the ring and an ounce of gold was found therein. Caisin gave this 
 for his freedom. 
 
 2624. Findian went after that over the Boyne to Eiscir Branain, the stead in 
 which Ard-Relec stands to-day. He founded a church in that place. To him came 
 a merciless man named Baeth. He said to the cleric that they should not dwell 
 ^ B adds : ac crois sailech. ^ curofholaigsiumh an fiacail, B. 
 
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 in that place. His sight was straightway taken from him. Thereafter he made 
 repentance and his eyes were given to him again. 
 
 2628. At that time a raid out of Fir Tulach passed by the cleric's church. And 
 a certain lad of the raiding party happened to go into the furnace of the kiln which 
 was near the church. That was manifested to Findian. He went with the im- 
 plements of shaving and tonsured that man in the ecclesiastical fashion, and he read 
 with Findian, who then conferred orders upon him, and he is bishop Senach, the 
 first successor who took (the bishopric) after Findian. 
 
 2634. Once Findian was cleansing a well which he had. An angel came to 
 him and said, 'This is not the place of the well.' '(Go) forward V saith Findian, 'unto 
 the place where it ought to be.' The angel went before Findian a certain space east 
 of the church and shewed him the place of the well. ' Oh, my lord,' saith Findian, 
 'this pains that we have taken for a long time, what will come thereof.?' 'He 
 whoever he be, over whom shall go the mould which thou hast dug,' saith the angel, 
 ' will obtain mercy from the Lord.' 
 
 2640. Thereafter the saints of Ireland came to Findian from every point to learn 
 wisdom by him, so that there were three thousand saints along with him ; and of 
 them, as the learned know, he chose the twelve high bishops of Ireland. And the 
 learned and the writings declare that no one of those three thousands went from him 
 without a crozier, or a gospel, or some well-known sign ; and round those reliquaries 
 they built their churches and their monasteries afterwards. 
 
 2646. Once he sent his pupil, even bishop Senach, to find out what the folk of 
 his school were doing. Different, in sooth, was that at which each of them was 
 found, yet all were good. Colomb, son of Crimthann, was found with his hands 
 stretched forth, and his mind contemplative in God, and birds resting on his hands 
 and on his head. When that was told to Findian he said : ' The hands of that man/ 
 saith he, ' shall give me communion and sacrifice at the ending days.' 
 
 2653. An angel of God came to Findian and saith to him: 'This is not the 
 place of thy resurrection, for here there will be a good man of thy household.' The 
 angel came to Findian to Ross Findchuill, which to-day is (called) Less in Memra. 
 There Findian sang the prophetic verse, ' Haec requies mea ^.' There Fraechan, the 
 wizard, came to him. Then Findian asked : ' Is it from God,' saith he, ' that thou 
 hast the knowledge thou possessest ? ' ' Prove it,' saith Fraechan. ' Tell me first,' 
 saith Findian, ' the place of my resurrection. I see it in heaven, and I see it not on 
 earth.' Then Findian rose up. ' The place from which thou hast now risen,' saith 
 Fraechan, ' from thence thou wilt arise to the great assembly of Doom.* 
 
 2661. Thereafter his two sisters came to Findian, even Rignach and Richenn, 
 
 ^ Romhann (lit. 'before us'), B. ^ Psalm cxxxi. 14. 
 
LIFE OF F INDIAN OF CLONARD. 
 
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 and iheir mother, that is Ciaran's mother, and they set up in Cell Rignaige. 
 Findian and Ciaran went to visit her. The nuns were lamenting their want of water. 
 * My lord/ saith Findian to Ciaran, ' where shall we find water for them here ? ' 
 ' Wouldst thou be loath,' saith Ciaran, ' to rise from the place in which thou art ? * 
 Findian rose up. ' The place from which thou hast risen,' saith Findian, ' that is the 
 place of the well.' Findian asked of Rignach how was the nun, her mother. 'Great 
 is her infirmity,' say they : * one cannot ' go near her,' [saith Rignach,] ' because of 
 the heaviness of her breath.' The cleric was greatly ashamed, and he said : * The 
 Lord,' saith he, 'that hath pity on every one of the human race, have pity upon her !' 
 Rignach then went to her house. She found her mother perfectly well through the 
 saint's blessing. 
 
 2672. Gemman the Master once took to Saint Findian an eulogy made in 
 rhythm. ' Neither gold, nor silver, nor precious raiment,' saith Gemmdn, ' do I ask 
 thee for this eulogy, but one thing only : the little land which I have is barren ; 
 wouldst thou make prayer that it become fruitful ? ' Saith Findian : ' Put the hymn 
 which thou hast made into water, and scatter that water over the land.' Thus was it 
 done, and the land became fruitful. 
 
 2678. Rúadán of Lothra had a lime-tree, a tree from which there used to drop 
 a sweet-tasted fluid, in which every one would find the flavour which he desired ; and 
 the monks used to benefit their guests thereby : wherefore the monks of Ireland were 
 yearning to Rúadán. His pupils came to Findian and were lamenting to him that 
 his pupils were leaving him. They entreated him to go with them to Rúadán, so 
 that Rúadán might be in community of life like every one. Findian went along with 
 them to Lothra. What they first went to was the tree, and Findian made a cross 
 with his crozier over the tree, and not another drop dropped from it. When Rúadán 
 heard that, he ordered water of his well to be brought to him. He made prayer. 
 The water of the well was turned into the taste of the fluid [of the lime-tree^]. 
 When the fluid was brought to Findian and his saints, he made the sign of the cross 
 over it. It was at once turned (back) into its nature of water. ' What profit is that/ 
 say the clerics to Findian, ' unless thou correctest the well V ' O dear brethren,' saith 
 Findian, ' why are ye [giving trouble] to Rúadán ? For if he wished to change into 
 sweet ale all this water beside the church, God would do it for him.' Then both 
 Findian and the saints entreated Riiadan that his life should be like (that of) every one. 
 Rúadán said he would do that for the sake of his tutor Findian. He complained, 
 however, that the little land that lay round the church was barren. So Findian 
 blessed that land and it became fertile. 
 
 2696. After that, Findian went into the province of Connaught to Druim Etir 
 
 * ' Mor a lubhrse/ ar isidhe, ' ni c«wa[n]gar cedh comhfoiccsiiigudh,' B. in limh, B. 
 
 G g ^ 
 
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 Dá Loch ridge between two lakes ']. He found Moses and Ainmire there before 
 him, and they were sad at the death of their sister on that day. When Findian 
 perceived that, he entered the house wherein the sister's corpse was lying, and he 
 made fervent vehement prayer unto God, and brought the nun to life out of death. 
 And then she acted as' his house-steward, and killed the calf that was under her only 
 cow, and brought him a pail of milk-and-water, and Findian blessed the milk-and- 
 water, so that it turned into the taste of wine. Then on the morrow the calf was 
 found alive under its mother. God's name and Findian's were magnified by that 
 great miracle. Thereafter Moses and Ainmire offered their church to God and to 
 Findian. 
 
 2705. After that, Findian went into the Corann, in the district of Luigne. 
 Presbyter Dathi came and remained along with him. An angel of God came and 
 said to him : ' In the place,' saith he, ' in which a man of thy household shall say to 
 thee, " Fair is this field," there found a church.' It was not long till a man of his 
 household said : ' Fair,' saith he, ' is this field.' After that Findian founded a church 
 in that place. He left presbyter Dathi in that place. Findian's well and his flagstone 
 are there. Whatsoever sick man shall go into that well will come healthy out of it. 
 Though a troublesome party shall come to the prior, his honour will not be taken 
 away provided he repeat his pater-noster at that flagstone: sic Tipra Fhinnéin 
 [' Findian's Well '] and Lec in Pupaill [' the Flagstone of the Tent '] at Achad Abla. 
 
 2714. After that, Findian went into Coirpre Mór. Oengus was king at that 
 time in Coirpre. His son Nechtan came to refuse the cleric, and the feet of his 
 household clave to the earth, and he himself died. Then Oengus came and gave the 
 cleric his desire, and Findian raised the boy to life out of death, and [Oengus] bestowed 
 upon him a site for a church. He left Grellan, son of Natfraich, there. 
 
 2719. Now when Findian had founded churches and monasteries in that wise, 
 and when he had preached God's word to the men of Ireland, he went to his church 
 to Clonard. Now, one day there bishop Senach his pupil was gazing at him, and 
 beheld his meagreness and his great wretchedness, so great that his ribs could be 
 counted through his inner raiment ^ Moreover, Senach saw the worm coming out of 
 Findian's side, and this was the cause — from the cold girdle of iron which he wore 
 around him as a penance for his body, and which cut to his bone. Then bishop 
 Senach wept. ' What maketh thee sad ? ' saith Findian. * Thy meagreness,' saith 
 bishop Senach. ' That meagreness wiU bring much increase on thy ribs ^' saith 
 
 ^ I do not see the force of amach here. Perhaps it should come after thaebh in 1. 2724. 
 
 2 Here the Book of Lismore is very corrupt. The Brussels MS. has : ' Fofirfe forbaid truim for 
 th'asnaib-se : ' the Latin Life, c. 32 : 'Ista macies, fili, quam vides, uberrimam carnem super costas 
 tuas prestabit.' 
 
LIFE OF FINDIAN OF CLONARD. 
 
 239 
 
 Findian. All the more bishop Senach wept. ' It is the same then for thee,' 
 saith Findian, ' to be sad for that. One man will carry thy body to the grave.' 
 
 2730. Overmany, then, to recount and declare are all the miracles that the Lord 
 wrought for Saint Findian. For unless his own spirit, or an angel of the God of 
 heaven ^ should come to relate them, no one else could set forth his nobleness, his 
 inner life, his constant use on every festival-day. But it is God alone that knows them. 
 Now this was his daily refection — a bit of barley-bread and a drink of water. On 
 Sundays, however, and on holydays, a bit of wheaten bread and a piece of broiled 
 salmon, and the full of a cup of clear mead ^ or of ale. He used to upbraid those 
 whom he saw eating gluttonously, and weep and do penance for their sin. He used 
 to sleep neither on down nor on flock-bed, so that his side would come against the 
 bare mould, and a stone for a bolster was under his head. 
 
 2740. One who made pure offerings to God like Abel, son of Adam. Fervently 
 prayerful, like Enoch, son of Jared. A pilot fully inclined to find or to steer the 
 Church among the waves of the world, like Noah, son of Lamech. A true pilgrim like 
 
 Abraham. Dutiful, gentle, like Moses, son of Amram. Enduring , like Job. A 
 
 wise man full of knowledge, like Solomon, son of David. A universal chief teacher 
 and a chosen vessel, like Paul the apostle. And he is likened in many ways to Paul. 
 For as Paul was born south in the land of Canaan, but his race and his origin were north 
 in the land of Chaldea, so then was Findian born here in Leinster, but his race and his 
 origin were north in Ulaid. And as Paul read with Gamaliel, the sage of the law, 
 for a space of thirty years till he became a sage, even so read Findian with the British 
 sages whom we have mentioned for a space of thirty years till he became a sage. 
 And as the angel forbade Paul to go to Damascus, but desired him to go and cast 
 the seeds of faith and belief to every one, even so the angel forbade Findian to go to 
 Rome, but desired him to go and cast the seeds of faith and belief to the men of 
 Ireland. And as Paul was strengthened by God, after founding churches, and cells, and 
 monasteries in the fatherland in which he was born, to go and teach faith and belief 
 to Rome, even so Saint Findian was urged on by God, after founding churches and 
 monasteries in his fatherland [in which he was born ^], to go to Clonard to teach and 
 instruct the saints of Ireland, And even as the angel promised to Paul that no one 
 who should go into the clay of Rome should after Doom * become an inhabitant 
 of hell, even so the angel promised to Findian that no one over whom the mould 
 of Ard Relic should go would be an inhabitant of hell after the Judgment. And as 
 Paul died in Rome for the sake of the Christian people, lest they should all perish 
 in the pains and punishments of hell, even so Findian died in Clonard for sake of 
 the people of the Gael, that they might not all perish of the Yellow Plague. 
 
 * Read with B, nime, ' medc, ' whey,' B. ^ irrogenair, B. * iarmbráth, B. 
 
230 
 
 LIFE OF FJND1ÁN OF CLONARD. 
 
 2765. And then the angel promised to him that he would banish every pestilence 
 and every common illness from Clonard through the prayer of the congregation \ and 
 that he would banish it from the whole of Ireland through the fasting of Findian's 
 congregation in the pavilion at Ard Relic, and in Achad Abhall and at Condail. 
 
 2769. Now, when it came to the ending days of this holy Findian, his guardian 
 angel sent him to Inis Mac n-Eirc on^ Luimnech, and brought Colomb, son of 
 Crimhthan [with his gillie with his book-satchel, on two * clouds to Clonard. 
 And Findian received communion and sacrifice from his hand, and sent his spirit to 
 heaven at the end of a hundred and forty years. 
 
 2774. Now, Saint Findian is in the delight and joyousness amongst the house- 
 hold of heaven, in the presence of God whom he served. His relics and his remains 
 are on earth with honour and reverence, with miracles and marvels every day. And 
 he overwhelms every one who opposes them, and protects every one who works 
 along with them. 
 
 2778. Now, though great is Saint Findian in that wise at present, while his body 
 and his soul are separated, greater will be his honour after the resurrection in the 
 holy, spotless, unpolluted union in the great assembly of Doom, when he will be judge 
 over the men of Ireland and over its women, along with Patrick and with Jesus 
 Christ. There he will shine like a sun. He will abide in that great goodness, in the 
 unity of the saints and the holy virgins of the world, in the unity of the nine ranks of 
 heaven that have not committed sin, in the unity that is nobler than every unity, in 
 the unity of the Holy Trinity, Father and Son and Holy Ghost. 
 
 2785. I beseech the mercy of God, may we [reach, may we] deserve [may we 
 dwell in] that union ^ in saecula saeculorum 1 Amen. 
 
 * int samtha, B. ^ j^j^ig mac n-Eirc for, B. ^ cona gillu "5, B. 
 
 * for dibh nelaibh, B^ ' roisam, roairiltnigem, roatreabam, B, 
 
LIFE OF FINDCHUA OF BRl'-GOBANN THIS. 
 
 2788. There was once a famous hospitaller in Ulaid — of the Mugdoirn was 
 he in especial — to wit, Findlog, son of Setna, son of Abrann, son of Branan, son 
 of Dubda, son of Oengus, son of Ere the Red, son of Brian, son of Eochaid 
 Muigmedon. He had a wife for the space of thirty years, and death then over- 
 took her, even Cóimell, daughter of Aed Fogart of Fir Breg. His friend and his 
 own foster-brother, even Fiacha Suigde, son of the king of Ireland, enjoined him 
 to go and woo another wife, so that he might not continue in wasting disease, as 
 he was, owing to grief for his own wife. And that (other) was Idnait daughter 
 of Flann Redside, of the Ciannacht of Glenn Geimin from Comar Cinn SMibe. 
 So Findlog woos that girl till she became with child by him. Now Findlogwith 
 his people instigates his foster-brother, and Fiacha^ Suigde, to practise treachery on 
 the king of Tara, even on Blathmac son of Aed Slaine. The treachery is perpetrated, 
 and Diarmait son of Aed Slane takes the kingdom of Tara after his brother. 
 Then from the north the traitors are expelled, even Fiacha son of the king of 
 Tara, and Findlogh his foster-brother, and a thousand . . . with him. 
 
 2803. Then came Mael-tuile son of Cuilche, Findlog's soul-friend and it 
 is revealed to him that the girl was pregnant, and that the child that lay in her 
 womb would be a famous child, of whom the lips of the men of Ireland would be 
 full. And Mael-tuile said ; 
 
 He will attack the valourous, 
 
 He will overwhelm the guilty, 
 
 He will seek crowned kings, 
 
 He will be the tree of Tara's correction, 
 
 Who will benefit Liffey, 
 
 (And) profit Leinster. 
 
 2812. Then the cleric asks that the child which lay in the girl's womb might 
 be offered to God and devoted to study; and they promise that to him. Then 
 they are bestow^ed on the king of Connaught, on Eochaid Dryflesh, and they are 
 bestowed by Eochaid on the king of Munster, that is on Oengus Mac Natfraich 
 
 * For for fiacha Suidhe' we should certainly read * .i. for Fiacha Suigdhe.' 
 ^ Spiritual director. 
 
232 LIFE OF FINDCHUA OF BRÍ-GOBANN. 
 
 to Cashel, and he ordains a land for them in the province of Mugh Ruith and he 
 marks out a wonderful rath there, even Rath Hua Cuile. Then his household 
 make a great banquet for the king of Fermoy, that is for Mellenn, son of Tore, on 
 the height to the west of Rath Hua Cuile. Findchua's mother, during her pregnancy, 
 went and asked a drink of the ale from the brewers ^ for desire of the ale seized 
 her, and she was refused. The child that lay in her womb spake and said this 
 then, ' Gerthit' etc. 
 
 2824. Then the girl went home, and straightway the hoops slipped off the 
 vats and the ale went abundantly throughout the floor. The king of Fermoy, 
 even Melenn, came to the house in which the ale lay, and when he heard the 
 story, he gets him with his band with him on the track of the girl to slay her. 
 But through the grace of the child that was in her womb a cloak of darkness is 
 put round the girl, so that she reached Rath Hua Cuile in safety. After that 
 the girl's time came to her, and the pangs come to attack her, so that she brought 
 forth the innocent (?) child that lay in her womb. 
 
 2831. After that the prophesied child is taken to Ailbe of Imlech Ibair to be 
 baptized, and a scruple, that is seven pennies of gold, is given to him for baptizing 
 the child. Ailbe then blest the child, and a name, even Findchua, is conferred 
 upon him ; and Ailbe said that he should be devoted to study at the end of his 
 seven years. So the folk of the baptism^ went away, taking the boy with them to 
 Rath Hua Cuile. 
 
 2836. Afterwards messengers come from Cumuscach, king of the men of Teffia, 
 himself the son of Findchua's sister, to ask for the child to be fostered ; and it is given 
 to him, and the child is reared up in Cumuscach's house on Ard na Rigraide over 
 the brink of Lough Ri, to the end of seven years. When Comgall went on a 
 circuit of the Children of Niall and came to Cumuscach's house, and saw the 
 perfect child in a house ahead of him and a spirit of an angel guarding him, 
 Comgall gave love to him and asked who he was, ' That is Findchua,' say they, 
 * the son of Findlog.' * And it was I that fostered him,' saith Cumuscach, * and 
 Ailbe baptized him.' Comgall asks the child from his foster-father, and it is assigned 
 to him. The boy gave love to Comgall and goes with him to his residence, to 
 Bangor of Ulster, and studies there with him like every other pupil. 
 
 2846. Now, at that time Comgall had a meadow in a bog-island, and until 
 Findchua came slaves used to be guarding it. Now, when the slaves were weary, 
 Findchua said : ' Let the meadow be left to us as pupils to guard it every day in 
 
 ^ The southern half of Ireland. 
 
 2 Scoairib is the reading of the Brussels MS. (2324-2340), part II, fo. 7 a — not the unintelligible 
 sdaadoiribh of the Book of Lismore. ^ Baptismal party. 
 
LIFE OF FIN DC HU A OF BRÍ-GOBANN. 
 
 turn.' Comgall replied : ' Do thou guard it to-day before every one.' Then 
 Findchua goes to guard the grass. The king of Ulaid, even Scannlán son of 
 Dunadach, comes with his army to Bangor, and they put their horses into the 
 meadow to Findchua. Findchua drives them away thrice. At last he grows 
 wrathful against them and curses them, and the horses were turned into stones. 
 Wherefore from that time to this the field is called Gort na Liac (' the field of the 
 flagstones '). Férgort na Mogad (' the Slaves' Meadow ') it was till then. Thereat 
 the king is enraged. And he sends to Comgall to learn from him who had done 
 that deed. Comgall goes to the king with his pupils, and Findchua like every one 
 else. The king recognised him, through the declaration which the charioteers 
 made concerning him, that it was he that had done yon deed. And the king's 
 eyes in his head were ensanguined ^ and became red and fiery. Findchua per- 
 ceived that, and grew angry with the king, so that the earth rose up around the king 
 and reached to his knees. Comgall beholds that, and looks over his shoulder, and 
 said to Findchua : * It is better for thee to be even as I am,' saith Comgall. Thereat 
 Findchua is ashamed, and put his head under Comgall's cowl, and burnt the cowl. 
 * For God's sake, my little son,' saith Comgall, ' let not anger seize thee, and thou 
 shalt have thy own award from the king of Ulaid and from me.' * Why should 
 not anger seize me,' saith Findchua, ' when thou art outraged, and when I myself 
 am outraged concerning the only grazing-field(?) that we have ? Do thou deliver thy 
 award,' saith Findchua to Comgall. ' I will deliver it,' saith Comgall, * but so that 
 thou shalt be thankful' Comgall looked at the king, and the king said : ' Every- 
 thing thou shalt award I will make good to him.' ' This is my award,' 
 saith Comgall : * The seven milch cows which are given to me every year by 
 thee are to be given to Findchua until the end of thirty years after me, and (also) 
 the abbacy of Bangor ; and when he decides on going to another part, half of that 
 due ^ to him and the other half thereof here.' Findchua was thankful for that, and he 
 puts the earth away from the king back into its place ; but all Comgall's cowl is 
 burnt ; wherefore it is not lawful for Comgall's successor to wear a cowl. So these 
 are Findchua's three miracles after he came to Bangor, to wit, making flagstones of 
 the horses of the king of Ulaid ; and raising the earth around the king to his knees ; 
 and burning his tutor's cowl by the fury of his anger. 
 
 2878. Thereafter Comgall dwelt in Bangor to the end of nine years, and it 
 is manifested to him that his death was at hand, and he sends messengers for 
 Ailbe to Imlech Ibair so that he might go to heaven after receiving the eucharist from 
 him. That thing is revealed to Ailbe, and he goes with his crowd of clerics till 
 he reached Bangor, and there the three make their union and their covenant, 
 * Reddened. * Compare 1. 3060, when ' a third of a due ' (Jrian cnarta) is mentioned. 
 
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 even Ailbe and Comgall and Findchua. Comgall then goes to heaven after 
 receiving the eucharist from Ailbe, and he leaves Findchua in the abbacy of Bangor 
 after him to the end of seven years, and he entrusts to Ailbe that Findchua should 
 be at his bequest whensoever he should receive the eucharist from him. 
 
 2887. After spending the seven years Findchua is expelled from Bangor and from 
 the whole of Ulaid because of the scarcity of land. Then Findchua comes from Ulaid, 
 from the north, till he came, through the urging of an angel, to the men of Munster 
 and to their king, even to Cathal, son of Aed, to Cashel ; and the king gives him a 
 welcome and ordains to him his choice of land in Munster. Said Findchua : 
 * 'Tis not permitted to me to have land save in the place in which my bell will 
 answer me without the help of any man.' Said Cathal : ' Search Munster till thy 
 bell answers thee, and the place in which thou shalt set up, thou shalt have without 
 contention with thee.' Findchua goes forward from Cashel to the territory of Fermoy, 
 that is to the western end of Mag Maistertha^ and he searches the .... of the plain 
 if perchance his bell would answer him; and on the morrow in the morning it 
 answers him on Fán Muilt (' Wether's Slope '). They unyoke their horses there, 
 and send out their watchmen, and scatter their kine and their droves throughout 
 the lands that are nearest to them. Then they meet with unneighbourliness and 
 refusal, and their herds are diminished and their shepherds are beaten. Findchua's 
 household complain to him. Findchua said to his cook, even Dronán, son of Dronbec : 
 'Go to the place that is nigh unto us here, and thence bring fire with thee.' So the cook 
 went for the fire to the house of the king of Munster's steward, even Baeth Brugaid ; 
 and Som, daughter of Mothla, was his wife. The steward asked : * Whence hast thou 
 come for fire.?' The cook replied: * From Findchua, from Comgall's pupil.' 'Is 
 it there' that he will stay ?'(.?) saith the steward. 'Verily I know not,' saith the 
 cook, and asks for the fire. The steward through wilfulness flung a firebrand to 
 him. The cook catches it in his bosom, and this is what he was wearing, 
 Findchua's cowl. The cowl protects him from the fire, and he carries it off" with 
 him. The steward sends one of his household, without the cook's knowledge, to 
 see whether the cowl would burn. The cook puts the fire out of his bosom in 
 Findchua's presence, and it had not burnt a hair or a thread of the cowl. The 
 messenger relates that to the steward, and his mind grew radiant ^ in 
 repentance, and he said that he would give Findchua welcome though no one 
 else should give it. Then the steward and his wife go to converse with the 
 cleric himself, and they do his will, and prostrate themselves to him; and on that 
 night they feed the cleric with every food,, save ale only. 
 
 2915. The king of Munster is told that Findchua had set up there on Fán Muilt 
 ^ For th(zidhligh the Brussels MS. has thaduill. 
 
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 among his storehouses (?) and his cow-yards. The king's consort is enraged at that, 
 even Mugain, daughter of Fiachra the Fair, king of the Eoganacht of Loch Lein. 
 She declared that they would not fit in one place, that is, Findchua's household and 
 her household. The king asked what rent was given to the queen and to himself 
 out of that land. ' Not hard to say/ saith the steward ^ : ' one white sheep, 
 all the washing and cleansing they wanted and a measure of malt out of every 
 townland of the nine townlands that are nearest me.' * Let a messenger go from 
 us,' saith the king to Findchua, * to know whether he will agree to that rent ; and 
 unless he agrees, let him go to some other place.' Findchua agrees to that rent 
 and promises to render it, for it had been manifested to him that his abode should 
 be there, and his rehcs, and his resurrection on Doomsday. Then the place is 
 marked out by Findchua, even Cuil Muilt (' Wether's Recess '), and his enclosure is 
 arranged, and his houses are covered, and his households are allotted to the nine 
 other townlands which the king of Munster had in residence. So Findchua con- 
 tinues for a long while in that place, and Conaing son of jMarcán, king of the 
 Déisi, came to prostrate himself to him, and Findchua gave him, as a soul-friend's 
 jewel, his own place in heaven. 
 
 2931. So then there came to him seven master-smiths who dwelt near him, 
 and they made for him seven iron sickles whereon he might abide to the end of 
 seven years, so that he might get a place in heaven ; for he had given his original 
 place to the king of the Déisi. He blesses the smiths of that place, and left them 
 continually the gift of handiwork, provided that they should perform or begin it in 
 that place, and palm of masters to them. The smiths ask him to give their name 
 to the place in reward of their work, that is, Bri Gobann (' Smiths' Hill '). 
 
 2937. Findchua spends seven years on his sickles, save one night only; and 
 this it is which caused that ; to wit, Ronán the Fair, of Mag Lainne, a son of a 
 sister of Findchua's mother, a holy elder of Fir Breg, came to entreat him to come 
 and help the children of Niall of the Nine Hostages and the king of Meath, to wit, 
 Sechnasach, son of Aed Slaine. For foreign foes had attacked them from the sea. 
 And Findchua had the skill to succour them. And it was these that made that 
 warfare, Bresal Harelip, Buaid-eltach and Tuire Tort-buillech, and Tinne the 
 Strong. Of Britain were they by origin. And these were the evils which that 
 fleet (of pirates) used to inflict every year on the territory of the southern Hiii 
 NéiU : burning the harbour of every vessel, and ravaging every country, and carrying 
 off a hostage from every family. So the clans of Niall give a blessing to him 
 who should go to Fermoy for Findchua to assist them. Ronán the Fair of Mag 
 
 ^ The ri (* king ') of the MSS. should apparently be rechtaire. 
 
 2 Literally ; their sufficiency of washing and of cleansing {(itinadh). 
 
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 Lainne undertook that service. It is revealed to Findchua, while he was still on 
 his sickles, that a holy elder of the children of Niall was on the road coming 
 towards him ; and he enjoins upon his pupils to do service and tendance to those 
 noble messengers. ' Let/ saith he, ' a vessel of ale that can intoxicate fifty be given 
 them, and of food the dinner of a hundred, and if they deem that little, let it be added to.' 
 
 2954. Thereafter the clerics arrived, and they were attended as Findchua had 
 said. And naught of that food did Ronán consume until Findchua should come 
 to him from his sickles to converse with him. When Findchua came to know that 
 Ronán was fasting, Findchua entreats the mighty Lord to shew unto him what it 
 was meet to do, for he did not desire to go from his sickles until his seven years 
 upon them were complete. Thereafter comes the spirit of an angel to comfort 
 Findchua, so he might go to converse with the other cleric, Jesus Christ 
 permitting. So Findchua went at the hour of refection to converse with Ronán, 
 although he was sorely ashamed that his perforated body, pierced and holed by 
 chafers and by beasts, should be seen by any one else ; and each of them gives 
 welcome to the other, and Ronán declares to Findchua the business whereon he 
 had come. ' I shall be serviceable for that business,' saith Findchua. 
 
 2965. Then they went forward till they reached the tribes of Tara. When the 
 clans of Niall perceived the clerics coming towards them, so great was their need that 
 they all arose for welcome to Findchua. Now the night that Findchua reached Tara 
 was the very night that the marauders arrived, and they brought the bows of their 
 vessels to the southern Húi Néill, to Dubchomar. That was told to the king of 
 Tara and to Findchua. Then they arise, both laymen and clerics, and by 
 Findchua's instructions they turn righthandwise and march forward rapidly (?) till 
 they saw the marauders before them. Then the cleric's nature arises against 
 them, so that sparks of blazing fire burst forth out of his teeth. And that fire 
 burnt up the shafts of the spears, and the wrists and forearms of the marauders, 
 so that they were .... ' Let,' says Findchua, ' messengers go from you to them 
 to find out whether they will give a guarantee {.?) from their plunder.' The 
 messengers went to them. They said they would never give them a guarantee. 
 Findchua is enraged at that answer of the outlanders. Then they all, both lay- 
 men and clerics, march at once towards them. And this was the last evil which 
 they did to them ; slaying their gillies, burning their ships, and making a cairn 
 of their heads and a mound of their garments. So in that wise Findchua expelled 
 the marauders. 
 
 2981. His own award is (then) given to Findchua, to wit, Dun Dubchomair, 
 with the seven charges to which it was subject ; and a king's drinking-horn with its 
 covering of red gold, and that to be given to him every seventh year by the king 
 
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 of Meath. All that is promised to Findchua, and thereafter he bids farewell to the 
 clans of Niall, and he leaves a blessing with them, and goes then to his own habitation. 
 
 2985. So that is (the story of) Findchua's help to the clans of Niall and the men 
 of Meath, and the tribute from them to his successor after him for ever. 
 
 2988. Findchua abides in his own place for a long time. 
 
 2989. Warfare on Leinster arose in Findchua's time. Old Nuada the Sage 
 was king of Leinster then. That king had two queens, even Aife daughter of Ros 
 Failge, and Anmet daughter of Colman, son of Crimthann of Hiii Cennselaig. And 
 dearer to the king was Anmet than the Failgian woman, and she was with child by 
 him. The Cennselian woman asks that the offspring which the Failgian woman 
 had might be given to her into her power. Though the king promised that to her, he 
 did not fulfil (his promise). The king secretly sends information to the Failgian 
 woman, and told her to go into IVIunster westward, on the safeguard of Findchua of 
 Sliab Cua. For he had a safeguard of a month and a quarter and a year beyond every 
 other saint .... men of Ireland. For neither hosts nor multitudes, champions nor 
 battle-soldiers durst do aught to Findchua, because of the greatness of his nature, 
 and the nobility of his race, and the greatness of his fury and of his virtue. Then 
 the girl went on her way into the province of Munster, with three men and nine 
 women and their chariots, till they reached (a ford in) the west of Mag Maistertha. 
 There the shaft of the girl's chariot broke, so that Áth in Carpait (' The Ford 
 of the Chariot ') is the name of that ford thenceforward. The chariot is 
 mended (?) for a time, and breaks asunder again, and spreads (?) ; wherefore hence 
 Druim Lethan and Cell Droma (Lethain) have been (so) named to-day. There- 
 after swift pangs seized the girl, and that is revealed to Findchua while he was 
 bathing himself in a tub of cold water, even that a wife of the king of Leinster 
 was coming to him for safeguard. And he sends a message to her not to come out 
 of the place in which she was biding till she had brought forth her babe, for at that 
 time neither wives nor women used to come to Findchua's church. The damsel brings 
 forth a boy at an early hour on the morrow, and he is taken from her to Findchua to 
 be baptized. Thereafter the boy is baptized and (the name) Finntan is given to him, even 
 Finntan son of Old Nuada the Sage, son of Bresal the Speckled, son of Fiacha Fobrecc. 
 The boy is reared by Findchua, who gives him his right breast, and milk grew therein, 
 and his mother is warned to go ^ into her own country. That boy throve as he would 
 not have thriven with his own mother if he had had nine wet-nurses under him. 
 
 3015. Thereafter the warfare in the east, by Cennselach son of Dunlang, son 
 of Dunadach — from whom Hui Cennselaig are named — prevails over the Leinster- 
 men. Then his nobles come to Old Nuada the Sage to know what they should do 
 * fogarthar da mháthair i?ntheacht, as the first three words oil. 3013 should have been printed. 
 
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 against that warfare, for the druid was an old man. Said the king : ' There is a 
 vahant warrior at the end of Sliab Cua, even Findchua of Bri-gobann ; and he hath 
 a son of mine ; and he will come in my host through fondness, for I am dear in his 
 eyes because of my son ; and let a company consisting of nine sages go to meet him. 
 For so great is his shamefastness that he will not give a refusal to the artists/ The 
 poets went on their way till they came into the neighbourhood of Findchua's place, 
 even unto the river to the east of his church. That is revealed to Findchua while he was 
 in a tub of cold water, and he sent a message to the artists not to come to him till he 
 had done bathing. The poets are angry with him because of that, and he is angry 
 with the poets. Wherefore artists have no right to cross the river to that place 
 without permission, and they fail if they go — wherefore Sruth na n-Éces (' the Stream 
 of the Sages') is the name of the river thenceforward. And the king of Leinster has 
 no right from that day to this to send poets as messengers, and he fails if he sends 
 them. So the artists came unto Findchua after he had done bathing, and say to 
 him : * We have come to thee from the king of Leinster,' say they, ' that thou mayest 
 come to help him from the warfare that is upon him.' ' I will go to him,' saith 
 Findchua, ' without dispute, and I am not loath about it.' 
 
 3032. Findchua went early on the morrow in his crowd of clerics, and having 
 with him the king of Leinster's son and the artists, till they came to the king at his 
 fortress above Barrow. Findchua is welcomed, and the king's mind clave to his son, 
 and he was thankful for the improvement that had been given the boy. Attention is 
 well paid to him. Findchua told the king to send a present of peace to Cennselach, and 
 if he would not receive it to proclaim battle against him. Though a present of peace 
 was taken to Cennselach, he accepted nothing save the destruction on the morrow of 
 the fortress over Barrow. Thereat wrath and rage seized the cleric, and he preferred 
 to have (?) battle at that hour. Then each of the twain arrays his battalion, so that they 
 were equally dense and high. Findchua marches in the van of the (Leinster) battalion, 
 and his wrath and his fierceness arose; and the 'wave of boldness' of his territory and his 
 race filled him at that time ; and he seized the feet and hands and eyes of Cennselach's 
 host, so that they were unable to strike a blow against their enemies. Then came 'a wave 
 of godhead ' to Findchua, and he told them to give hostages and pledges to the king 
 of Leinster, and in nowise did they accept that. (Then) the Leinster-men arose at 
 once with the cleric in the battle, and Findchua uttered these words : — 
 ' Follow me, O men of Leinster ! ' &c. 
 
 3048. Then the battle was delivered without sparing; and no son of a king was 
 left standing, save only Cennselach. And of them fifty sons of kings were taken to 
 the fortress over Barrow ; wherefore Dinn Righ (* Fort of Kings ') is the name of that 
 place from that day to this. 
 
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 3051. Since Cennselach was protected, he offered the ownership of his clan and 
 his race and his posterity (?) to Findchua, and a hundred of every (kind of) cattle, 
 every seventh year to Findchua himself and to his successor, from the king of Leinster 
 and from Hui Cennselaig continually. 
 
 3053. Findchua leaves gifts to the king of Leinster and to the king of Hui 
 Cennselaig, to wit, chastity in their queens and in their wives, and modesty in their 
 maidens, and righteousness in their men. 
 
 3056. The king of Leinster asked Findchua to leave his son Finntan with him 
 in his own territory ; and Findchua consented to that, and gave a blessing to his 
 pupil, and put his pupil in residence there. And he gave his pupil his choice 
 between the life of a layman and that of a cleric, and the pupil chose the life of 
 a cleric. And Findchua afterwards gave land to him, even Cluain Irarrois, which 
 is to-day called Cluain Eidhnech, and a third of the dues of that place is bestowed 
 on Findchua continually. 
 
 3062. So those are Findchua's deeds and miracles in Leinster; and afterwards 
 he proceeded to his own abode in Munster. 
 
 3064. Eochu Redfist, son of Scannlán, son of Dunadach, he was at that time 
 king over Ulaid, and Moingfhinn, daughter of Daire, son of Finnchad of the men 
 of Munster, she was his consort. And nought she accepted from her husband save the 
 invading of Munster to win the kingship for her sons, even Cas and Cian and Cingid. 
 So the king takes that in hand. This is revealed to Findchua, that a diabolic temp- 
 tation had been put on the king of Ulaid by his wife, to make war on IMunster 
 without cause. And Findchua then took * a ... . round his own territory, and sent 
 messengers to meet the king of Ulaid — for he liked not that the king should be slain in 
 his time in the province of IMunster — and (to say that) if the king should come in spite 
 of his prohibition he would find death and premature destruction. Howbeit, through 
 the woman's urging, the men of Ulaid marched on till they reached Mairtine INIór 
 Muman, without the king of IMunster perceiving them ; and they set up a station and 
 camp on Ard na Righraide ('the Height of the Kingfolk'), which is to-day called Cnoc 
 Samna. Now, at that time the king, Cathal son of Aed Fland-cathrach, king of 
 Munster, and his consort Mumu daughter of Fiachra, were dwelling in Dun 
 Eochairmaige, and when they arose they beheld the flags on Cnoc na Righraidhe, 
 to wit, the splendid banners floating (in the air), and the tents of royal speckled 
 satin pitched on the hill. Messengers went from the king of IMunster to find out 
 who was biding on the hill. ' The king of Ulaid,' say they, * and IMoingfhinn, 
 daughter of Daire, a-seeking the kingship of IMunster for her sons.' When this 
 was told to the king, his counsellors and the nobles of IMunster say : * Let us 
 
 ' The obscure ceim conalbais of the Book of Lismore is tizvi connailbc in the Brussels MS, 
 
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 send to the slaughterous warrior to the south of us, even to Findchua of Bri-gobann : 
 for ' (said the king) ' he promised me that, whenever stress of war should be on me, he 
 would come with me to battle to help me, having with him the Cennchathach, even 
 his own crozier.' 
 
 3085. So to Findchua went the messengers, even Gér and Tualaing and 
 Turscur, the king's three gillies, and they make known to him that the king of Ulaid 
 had invaded Munster in spite of his prohibition. Findchua then drove in his ... . 
 chariot, with his crozier in his hand, without waiting for any of his clerics, till he got 
 to Dun Eochair-Maighe, the stead where Cathal son of Aed abode. Welcome is 
 made to him by the kingfolk. Then the king told Findchua to go and give a present 
 to the (king of) Ulaid, and (to say that) since he had no natural right to the kingship 
 of Munster he should not get it. The cleric went for that (purpose), and Moingfhinn 
 recognised him, and told her sons to get up a pretended quarrel so that the cleric might 
 come to separate them, and that her sons might (then) kill him ; for they (the Ulaid) 
 feared that the cleric would rout them in battle, and if he were killed they deemed the 
 Munstermen of little worth. When Findchua reached the camp he asked : ' What is 
 yon quarrel that we see V saith he. *My sons yonder,' saith Moingfhinn, ' quarrelling 
 about the kingship of Munster ; and go thou to separate them.' ' Truly it is not so,' 
 saith Findchua, 'for Moingfhinn's sons are peaceful.' So the present respecting which 
 Findchua had come to the king of Ulaid was not accepted from him, and anger and 
 rage seize him, and he comes (back) to the king of Munster, and declares that no gift 
 whatever would be taken from him. ' Make ye,' saith Findchua, ' a strong pahsade 
 of battle, when ye have got to one place.' Then Findchua marches in the van of 
 that battalion, with the Cenncathach that is, his crozier, in his hand, and he 
 strengthens the counsel, and heartens the battalion, and comes thrice righthandwise 
 round the host, with his crozier in his hand. And though the king asked for the 
 crozier in his hand, Findchua gave it not unto him, so that on himself might be 
 the glory of routing the foe after him. The Ulaid then prepare themselves to meet 
 the Munstermen, and seize their arms of valour. They roared and bellowed like stags 
 in heat (?), and charge from the top of the hill. The cleric seeks the slope beyond 
 them and leaves the hill to them. The Ulaid bent down eagerly to deliver the battle. 
 When Findchua perceived that, he took them in that position and allowed them not 
 to rise up beyond their knees, and breaks the battle upon them against the height. 
 Wherefore Findchua left to Munstermen, from that time forward till Doomsday, to 
 defeat foreigners and every host besides when charging down a height ; and verily 
 this is fulfilled. 
 
 31 14. The king of Ulaid and his consort Moingfhinn fell with their three 
 sons in that battle, and their graves and their beds are on the hill after them. 
 
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 3 T 1 7. Thereafter came to Findchua his three pupils, even Coimde, and Conmach, 
 and Concraid, and they put their hands on his shoulder, and said to him : * It is 
 ruin of family, it is a waste heritage, it is losing earth and land for thee, what thou 
 hast done to-day, and that which thou hast desired to do, even to strike thy mighty 
 strokes on the Ulaid.' Then the mind of the cleric grew humble, and his nature 
 stays, and the hosts are saved, and they went from his presence unharmed. 
 Then he turns unto the men of Munster, and there came maimed to meet him 
 Cairthenn the Fair, and Cairthenn the Brown, and seven sons of Forannan of the 
 Húi Caissín, and Fermac and Ifernan, and they entreat the cleric for his help, and 
 they give him his own award. So Findchua turns towards them, and blesses them, 
 and heals by his miracles and wonderful deeds, so that they were cured of their 
 wounds, and they ordain his dues to him, to wit, fifty foreign steeds out of Hui 
 Toirdelbaig, and fifty bugle-horns out of Hui Caissin, and fifty silver pails from the 
 nobles of Dal Cais. Then Findchua went to the king, and his own award is given to 
 him, to wit, a cow for every enclosure from Ard-chnoc (that is Cnoc Brenainn) to Dairinis 
 at Imliuch, and a milch-cow to the cleric carrying his crozier whenever it shall be 
 borne into battle, and that the king of Munster should always stand up before 
 Findchua's successor. Findchua left a blessing with the kingfolk and with the men 
 of Munster, and went forward to his own abode, after victory of miracles and 
 marvels. 
 
 3135. Then a war of foreigners arose in the province of Connaught during 
 Findchua's time. Tomaltach, son of IMuiredach, was then king of the Connaught- 
 men. Now, every year foreigners used to take from them their goods over sea to the 
 east, so that they (the foreigners) left famine and scarcity of food in the province. 
 Messengers went from Tomaltach to Findchua (entreating) him to expel the 
 foreigners, and (offering him) his own award. Findchua went with the envoys to 
 Cruachan of Mag Ái. The Connaughtmen rejoiced to see him. Then the 
 foreigners were encamped near them in Cuil Feda, which is to-day called Cuil 
 Cnámrois. 'What wish ye to do to. them yonder?' saith Findchua. * To give them 
 batde,' say the Connaughtmen. ' I will repel the battalion, if ye consent to do my 
 will!' The Connaughtmen promise his award to him. Findchua marches with 
 them to battle, and the foreigners perceive him. Then through the mighty powers 
 of the cleric a terrible heat seizes the foreigners there, in the midst of their camp, 
 from the iron posts that stood all around the camp, so that on the morrow 
 there was found of them nought save their bones and their remains amidst their 
 camp, and showers of their weapons near them. Wherefore Cuil Cnámrois (' Recess 
 of Bone-wood ? ') is the name of the place from that to this. Then the Connaught- 
 men trust in the miracles of the cleric, and ordain his tributes and his dues to him, 
 
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 and a horse (to be given) by every gentleman, and a screbaP by every one, and the 
 king of Connaught's raiment from crown to ground every year to Findchua. Then 
 Findchua left with the king of Connaught victory in battle, and victory of deed, and 
 victory of horsemanship, and that might of foreigners should never seize the province 
 of Connaught after him. So that is ' Findchua's feed ' in Connaught for ever and ever. 
 Then Findchua bids farewell to the Connaughtmen, and comes to his own residence 
 in Fermoy. 
 
 3157. Mothla, son of Flann, son of Oengus, he was king of Ciarraige at that 
 timd. His brother's son abode with him, even Ciar Cuirchech, from whom Ciarraige 
 Cuirchech is called. And the king's foster-brothers declared that that son of his 
 brother should be killed, so that he might not oppose him. And the king consented 
 that he should be killed when he should be out hunting. But they did not succeed, 
 though they took it in hand. That is told to the king, and intoxicating Hquor 
 pleasant to drink is given to the lad, even Ciar Cuirchech, and he was put when asleep 
 into a coracle with one oar on the sea. And the wind blows him to Inis Fuamnaige, 
 a place wherein Magor Dub-loingsech, one of the foreigners, was dwelling. By him 
 Ciar Cuirchech is taken out of the coracle and Ciar tells his adventures to Magor, 
 and Magor, when he had heard his tales, protected him. And this is the price of 
 protection which Magor demanded of him, even guidance to the territory whence 
 he had come ; so that Magor might ravage it, for he had no corn or cultivation what- 
 ever in his islands. So for the space of three autumns they invaded Ciarraige, and 
 carried its corn out of it in their ships after raiding it, so that a great dearth increased 
 in all Ciarraige thereby. 
 
 3170. (Then) said Mothla, son of Flann : 'Let some one go from us to our brother 
 of original kindred, even to Findchua of Sliab Cua, that he may help us as he helpeth 
 every one/ The envoys come from the west to Findchua and declare to him their 
 desire. Findchua then entered Ciarraige to help his original kindred, and that was 
 the night that the marauders entered the country and encamped at Finntracht ('White 
 Strand ') of Cenn Magair. The king asks Findchua what they should do to them. 
 Findchua asks the king what evil they were wont to do every year in the country. Saith 
 the king : ' They do not leave behind them the little corn that it has.' 'Let them alone,' 
 saith Findchua, ' till they take their loads upon them, and let us march on the strand 
 after them, and I have permission that they shall come to meet us without their seeing 
 us.' Not long afterwards they saw them coming towards them on the strand, with 
 their burdens laid upon them. So the cleric's wrath and indignation arose like 
 flakes of red flame, or like the rush of a wave to the land. Such was the urgency 
 
 * Said in 1. 2832 to be seven pennies of gold. 
 
 ' For the isitt of the Book of Lismore, the Brussels MS. has asin. 
 
LIFE OF FINDCHUA OF BRÍ-GOBANN. 
 
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 and haste with which Findchua marched on that day, in his brother's battalion, 
 through affection, that as great and as high as the sail of a mighty ship over the 
 smooth sea were ^ God's miracles and might through the Saint's prayer against 
 the foreigners, and Ireland's waves arose against him. So the howling and rending 
 of a hound possessed him in his valour on that day. Although no heroes save 
 himself alone were fighting the batde, the foes would have been routed before him, for he 
 cut off the foreigners equally with his weapons and his teeth. Wherefore the name 
 Find-chu clave to him, that is, Hke a cú (hound) on that day was he. And the host 
 of Ciarraige then set all their faces to battle and to valour, so that of the foreigners 
 none escaped without capture or without slaying, save only Ciar Cuirchech, and he it 
 is whom Findchua protected. Then they (the men of Ciarraige) boasted of that 
 deed, and the miracles of God and of Findchua were magnified, so that no foreigner 
 gets power therein outside his own heritage, provided Findchua is remembered in 
 delivering the battle, and it is delivered in the name of God and of Findchua, and his 
 tributes are paid to his successor after him. 
 
 3195. Said the king to him: 'Deliver thy judgment, O cleric, and strike thy 
 stroke of tribute upon us now, for we will always be own monks to thee and thy 
 successors.' ' This is my award,' saith Findchua : ' For every homestead a sack of 
 malt to me, with a corresponding supply ^ of food in every year.' They decided that 
 they would give this. Then the king said that Ciar Cuirchech would not find welcome 
 with him, and that he would consent to Findchua taking him away with him. So 
 Ciar Cuirchech went with Findchua. Thirty was his number that is all he found 
 of his friends and of his comrades in the country. Then Findchua bade farewell to 
 the king and the kingfolk, and left a blessing with them, and went to his own abode. 
 And he put Ciar into Ciarraige Cuirchech, wherefore from him it has been named. 
 And Findchua is entitled every year to thirty boars from Ciarraige Cuirchech. 
 
 3205. Thereafter during Findchua's time the clans of Niall of the North come 
 to seize the kingdom of Munster, for they had heard of the land in its fatness, and 
 that Mugh's Half"* was in woe concerning its kings and its lords, and had no 
 proper king over it. So they pitched their camp at Loch Silenn in (what is called) 
 to-day Gort Clainne NéiU (' the Field of Niall's clan '), and no one hindered them, for 
 there was no over-king in Munster at that time, but (only) chieftains equal in rank. 
 The Munstermen, however, entrusted themselves to their saints, to win the victory from 
 the Children of Niall, since they (the Munstermen) had no champion of battle against 
 them. 
 
 32 1 1. Now they had then a king's son, even Scannal son of the king of Hui 
 
 1 Something seems omitted here. ^ Literally * with its sufficiency.' 
 
 3 A lion, B. * The southern half of Ireland. 
 
 I i 2 
 
244 
 
 LIFE OF FINDCHUA OF BRÍ-GOBANN. 
 
 Cairbri. A reverend patron of the seed of Eogan was he ; and he declared that seven 
 saints would come to deliver battle, provided there were before him one hero of 
 the clans of Eogan, of the sons of kings or crown-princes. He was told by the men 
 of Munster that there was a valiant man of Munster, even Cairpre the Bent son of 
 Crimthan Stripe, son of Eochaid, son of Oengus, son of Natfraech, and that he was 
 son of a king and a queen, and that he was the makings of a king, provided the 
 tribes and families crowned him ; and it was stated to them that he was a-hunting in 
 difficult places and in wastes and in forests, to wit, for (wild) swine and deer. And 
 messengers went from them to meet him, and they told him that they would give 
 the kingdom to him if he would go to battle along with them. He replied that he 
 would not go until the valiant warrior who dwelt in Munster should come with him, 
 even Findchua of Sliab Cua. Thereof yon saints are informed, and they come to 
 Findchua with the nobles of Munster to bring him to the battle. 'Who are they,' saith 
 Findchua, ' that have undertaken the battle ? ' * They have no might till thou art 
 delivering it with them along with Scannal.' ' I think (I will go) with him,' saith 
 Findchua, * though I am loath.' And he went with them till they came to Loch 
 Silenn, to the gathering of Munster. 
 
 3227. And Cairbre the Bent, when he heard that Findchua had arrived there, 
 joined them with his host as he had promised. And rising early on the morning, 
 they saw before them the clans of Niall in their camp, in their vast, many-coloured 
 company. The Munstermen, save Findchua only, flinch from the fight in horror 
 of the Children of Niall, and because of the abundance of their heroes and their 
 accoutrements. And Findchua gave counsel to the men of Munster, and said that 
 not a homestead of their territory would be left them, if there was any flinching. 
 The Munstermen said : * The children of Niall are thrice our number.' Findchua 
 told them to slay the surplus till the numbers were equal, and, when they were equal, 
 that each of the Munstermen should then slay his opponent \ Howbeit, Findchua 
 and Cairbre the Bent heartened and strengthened the Munstermen to the battle, for 
 Cairpre was not for shunning it. The Munstermen accepted the battle through 
 shame and through the encouragement of Findchua and Cairbre. Then the clans of 
 Niall set themselves in batde-array and came to meet the Munstermen fiercely and 
 furiously, and there was a forest ^ of their weapons over their heads, and a bulwark 
 of their shields around them. Then the Munstermen with their saints rise up against 
 them ; and though the Children of Niall were more numerous, they were routed in the 
 battle by the strengths of the saints and the champions ; and the routed men are 
 pursued and a multitude of them is beheaded, and their heads are gathered into one 
 place, and put into Loch Silenn, which to-day is called Loch Cenn (Lake of Heads). 
 * afhir chomhlaintiy as should have been printed in 1. 3245. * Literally * oakwood.' 
 
LIFE OF FINDCHUA OF BRÍ-GOBANN. 
 
 245 
 
 3254. And Cairbre the Bent, son of Crimthan, is made king of IMunster, and 
 Findchua entreats God to bestow a goodly form upon him, for his skin ^ was 
 scabrous. And Findchua obtained from God his choice of form for him, so that 
 he was called Cairbre the Fair, after the change of shape and colour. In Cell 
 Cromglaise ('Church of Bent-stream'), that Cairbre had been fostered by Scellan, 
 so that the name Cairbre the Bent clave to him, as (the poet) said — 
 
 • He was straight from head to sole 
 Though he was called Cairbre Crom : 
 Hence he received the name 
 Because of his fostering in Crom-glais.' 
 
 3265. Findchua then blesses the ruler of IMunster and the king of Cashel, to wit, 
 Cairbre, with his seed ; and the king made a covenant with Findchua for himself and 
 for his seed, and battles are broken before Cairbre's clan'^ when they are delivered in 
 the name of God and Findchua. Or if one of his relics go with them into the contest 
 that they will have the victory. And Findchua vowed that from that day forward 
 he would not cause a battle. The Munstermen with their kins determine Findchua's 
 tributes upon them, to wit, the first calf and the first lamb, and the first pig to 
 Findchua and his successor from the men of Munster, and protection of his place 
 from Cairbre's children always, and an alms from every nose in Fermoy to his 
 successor. And his prayer for them in harm of need, and that he would entreat God 
 to help in truth the race of Cairbre and Cathal. 
 
 3275. After that Findchua went to his own residence; and then he went to 
 Rome, for he was repentant of the battles which he had fought and the deeds 
 which he had done for friendship and for love of brotherhood. And he sang these 
 staves below: 
 
 * Seven battles have I fought — 
 I am Findchua without disgrace — 
 From the battle of Dun Dubchomair 
 To the battle of Finntracht Cinn Maguir. 
 
 A battle at Tara I delivered, 
 
 A battle in Leinster, with my devotion, 
 
 A battle in middle Munster, 
 
 I gave it without danger. 
 
 The contentious battle of Loch Cenn 
 Against the clans of Niall without disgrace ; 
 The renowned battle of Cruachan Ai 
 It brake before me^. 
 
 * Literally ' make.' 
 
 ' i. e. their foes are routed. 
 
 ' i. e. I routed my foes. 
 
LIFE OF FINDCHUA OF BRÍ-GOBANN, 
 
 My fight against Momonians, 
 With Aed's son, with my miracles, 
 My battles for the mindful, 
 Meet to reckon them in their sevens. 
 
 To Rome of Latium is my pilgrimage, 
 
 On the road of Peter and Paul, 
 
 In Bronaide's monastery 
 
 I have been reckoned in their sevens.' 
 
 3297. So those are Findchua's deeds and birth, and his battles and his contests 
 and his journeys, from the time that he spake in his mother's womb till he went to 
 Rome of Latium. And therein he abode for the space of a year in repentance, 
 as he himself wrote in the Book of the Monastery of Buite son of Brónach. 
 
 3301. (It is) the friar O'Buagachain who wrote this Life out of the Book of 
 Monasterboice. 
 
 Finit with Findchua. 
 
LIFE OF BRENAINN SON OF FINNLUG. 
 
 3305. Beatus uir qui timet Dominum^ in viandatis eius uolet nimis'^. Blessed and 
 righteous (and) perfect is he in whom are the fear and dread of the mighty Lord, and 
 who desireth mightily to fulfil God's commands and teachings, even as this declaration 
 is uttered in the canon of the Old Law and the New Testament. 
 
 3309. Now there was a multitude of the patriarchs and prophets and apostles 
 and disciples of the Lord, unto whom, in the Old Law and the New Testament, this 
 declaration was uttered, even that they are blessed, righteous, perfect, advanced, 
 because of the desire and extreme longing which they have to fulfil the commands and 
 the divine teaching, and because of the fear of the Lord perfectly in their hearts and 
 in their minds, without considering aught else save this alone. 
 
 3315. One of those of the New Testament, to wit, of that happy blessedness, 
 he for whom there is a festival and commemoration on the occurrence of this season 
 and time, the seventh of the calends of June, was Brenainn, son of Finnlug, of the race 
 of Ciar, son of Fergus. The head of the belief and the great devotion of all the world 
 was this holy Brenainn ; like unto Abraham, the faithful ; a chief-prophetic psalmist 
 like David, the son of Jesse ; a distinguished sage, like Solomon, son of David ; a law- 
 giver, like Moses, son of Amram ; a gifted interpreter, like Hieronymus, the prophet ; 
 a marvellous man of intellect like Augustine ; a great reader of chief congregations 
 HkeOrigen; a virgin was he like John, the Lord's bosom-fosterling; an evangelist 
 like Matthew ; a teacher like Paul ; a chief apostle of forgiveness, like Peter, the high 
 apostle ; a head of hermits, like John of the Baptism ; a commentator like Gregory of 
 Rome; a prudent guide over sea and land, like Noah, son of Lamech. And as 
 Noah raised up the ark over the wave-voice of the flood on high, so then will 
 Brenainn raise up his monks and his households on high over the fire of Doom, so that 
 neither smoke, nor mist, nor spark will reach them, through the powers and fair 
 devotion of Brenainn, son of Finnlug. 
 
 3331. Now, in the time of Oengus, son of Natfraech, king of Munster, then 
 was this holy Brenainn born. Of Ciarraige Luachra was he, of Altraige Caille in 
 especial. 
 
 * Ps. cxi. I. 
 
248 
 
 LIFE OF BRENAINN, 
 
 3334. A man free and of good race, devout and faithful, even Finnlug, was 
 the father of that child. Thus then was that couple ^ in life and in lawful connexion 
 under the rule of Bishop Eire. Now Brenainn's mother beheld a vision before 
 Brenainn was born, to wit, she had the full of her bosom of pure gold, and her 
 breasts shining like snow. After that vision had been related to Bishop Eire, he 
 said that of her would be born a mighty birth, which would be full of the grace of the 
 Holy Spirit, even Brenainn. 
 
 3341. A certain wealthy man dwelt in a residence far from Finnlug's house: 
 Airde, son of Fidach, was his name. The chief prophet of that time came to Airde 
 son of Fidach's house, Bee Mac Dé was he. Airde asked of Bee : * What thing is 
 nearest us to-night ? ' Said Bee : ' Thine own worthy king will be born to-night 
 between thee and the sea, and there will be a multitude of kings and of princes who 
 will adore him, and whom he will take with him to heaven.' In that night of 
 Brenainn's nativity thirty cows brought forth thirty calves at Airde son of Fidach's. 
 Thereafter early on the morrow Airde arose and kept asking for the house in 
 which the little child had been born ; and he found Finnlug's house, and the babe 
 therein, and he knelt eagerly in his presence and offered him the thirty cows with 
 their calves. And that was the first alms that Brenainn received. Then the 
 hosteller took the boy in his hand and said ; * This boy will be my fosterling for ever 
 and ever.' 
 
 3354. Now, on the night of Brenainn's birth, bishop Eire, of Alltraige, beheld a 
 wood under one vast flame, the like whereof had never before been seen by him, and 
 the manifold service of the angels in bright-white garments all around the land. 
 Bishop Eire rose early on the morrow, and came to Finnlug's house, and took the boy 
 in his hand, and said to him : ' O man of God ! ' — that is, man who will serve God — 
 ' take me to thee as (thy) own monk, and though a multitude be glad at thy birth, 
 my heart and my soul are glad,' said bishop Eire. Then he knelt before him, and 
 wept exceedingly in token of gladness, and then he baptized him, and ' Mobhi ' was 
 given him at first for a name by his parents, as the poet said : 
 
 * Mobhi his name at first 
 (Given) by (his) parents — fair his face ; 
 A youth hostful, seeking, slender, 
 He was a help to the men of Ireland.* 
 
 3367. Thereafter a white rain {broen finn)\h2X is, a white mist, poured there and 
 filled all the Fenet^. Thence was Broen-finn his name, find * white' was said of 
 him, because he was white in body and in soul, as (the poet) said : 
 
 ^ i. e. Finnltig and his wife. 
 
 " A townland in Kerry. See the Annals of the Four Martyrs, ed. O'Donovan, A.D. 1600, p. 2177, 
 
LIFE OF BRENAINN. 249 
 
 * Braon-Jind his name after that, 
 In body and in soul, 
 
 From that shower he found .... 
 From bishop Eire ' 
 
 3374. Then three purple wethers leaped out of the well as the fees for 
 baptizing Brenainn, as [the poet said :] 
 
 * Three purple wethers, pleasant the herd, 
 Baptismal fees for . . . Brenainn, 
 Sprang — fair was the compact — 
 
 Out of the well alone.' 
 
 3380. His family took him with them, and he was then a year with them, being 
 fostered. At the end of a year then bishop Eire took him with him to his own foster- 
 mother, even íta, and Brenainn remained five years with íta. And the nun gave 
 him exceeding love, for she used to see the service of angels ^ above him, and the 
 grace of the Holy Spirit manifesdy upon him ; and it is thus that Brenainn used to be, 
 calling continually to the nun whenever he would see her. Now on a certain day íta 
 asked of him : * What is it causes thee joy, my holy child ? ' * Thou,' saith he, 
 * whom I see speaking to me continually, and many other innumerable virgins like thee, 
 and they together fostering me from one hand to another.' Now those were angels 
 in the forms of the virgins. 
 
 * Angels in the forms of white virgins 
 Were fostering Brenainn 
 
 From one hand to another, 
 Without much disgrace to the babe.* 
 
 3393. Thereafter to the end of five years, he constantly read his psalms with 
 bishop Eire, and it seemed long to íta to be apart from him. Now bishop Eire had no 
 milch cow, for he used not to get alms from any one except a little from men under 
 rule ^ Now on a certain day, Brenainn was asking milk from his foster-father : 'God is 
 able (to do) that, my son,' saith bishop Eire. Thereafter every day came the hind from 
 Sliab Luachra with her fawn, and she was milked by him, and after her milking she 
 used to go (back) alone to the mountains. 
 
 3400. Then dwelt Brig with him ; she was an own sister of his, and exceeding 
 was the greatness of his love for her, for manifest to him was the service of the angels ^ 
 over her, and her foster-father used to see her countenance as it were the radiance of 
 a summer sun. 
 
 3403. On a certain day bishop Eire went to preach the word of God 
 Brenainn, who was then aged ten years, went with him into the chariot. He is left 
 
 ^ i. e. angels ascending and descending. ' Regular clergy, monks. 
 
 ^ The Brussels MS. here adds brcithre Dé. 
 Kk 
 
250 LIFE OF BRENAINN, 
 
 alone in the chariot after the cleric had gone to the preaching. Brenainn sat in the 
 chariot singing his psalms alone. Then a fine full-grown, yellow-haired girl, of royal 
 race, came to the chariot to him, and looked on him, and sees his beautiful bright 
 countenance, and attempts to jump at once into the chariot and play her game with 
 him. Then he said to her: 'Go home, and curse whoever brought thee here;' and he 
 takes the reins of the chariot, and begins flogging her severely, so that she was 
 crying and screaming, and went to the place where her father and mother, the king and 
 the queen, were biding. Then bishop Eire returned and begins rebuking him severely 
 for beating the stainless maiden. * I will perform penance for it,' saith Brenainn, 
 * and do thou tell me what I shall perform.' ' Go into this cave till morning,' saith 
 bishop Eire, ' and stay there alone till I come to thee to-morrow.' Then Brenainn 
 sat down in the cave, and therein he began his psalms and his hymns of praise to 
 the Lord. Bishop Eire tarries near the cave listening to Brenainn without his know- 
 ledge. Now the sound of Brenainn's voice singing his psalms was heard a thousand 
 paces on every side. The sound of the voice of Colombcille was heard to the same 
 distance when he was chanting his psalms and his hymns. 
 
 *■ The sound of the voice of melodious Brenainn, 
 In the cave at the Fenit, 
 A thousand paces on every height 
 His high delightful voice was heard.' 
 
 3426. Then the cleric beheld troops of angels up to heaven and down to earth 
 around the cave until the morning. From that time forward no one save only 
 Finan the Bent could look at Brenainn's face, because of the abundance of the 
 divine radiances, for Finan was (himself) full of the grace of the Holy Spirit. And 
 this it is which caused him rather than others to look at Brenainn. 
 
 ' To look on Brenainn's face 
 No one in Ireland is able, 
 Save Finan the Bent, dear the champion. 
 He alone, because of the greatness of his grace.' 
 
 3435. On a certain day Brenainn and bishop Eire were travelling on the road. 
 A certain young man came on the road into their company. It happened then that 
 enemies were near him, even seven warriors, and great fear seized the youth, and he 
 said, ' Those yonder will slay me now.' ' Go on a little on the shadow of that pillar- 
 stone there,' saith Brenainn, ' and stretch thyself on its shadow.' So he acts in that 
 way, and Brenainn raises his hands to God, and makes prayer that the young man 
 might be saved * in the form of a pillar-stone. Then his enemies come to the pillar- 
 stone, and they cut its head off it in his shape, and they wound the pillar-stone in its 
 . side, and leave the stone beheaded, and carry the head with them, in the shape of the 
 
 ^ Co rosoeirtea, = co ro ssertha, B. 
 
LIFE OF BRENAINN, 
 
 head of their enemy. And still, as the wise say, that stone remains in the same place. 
 So that there Brenainn made a stone of the man, and a man of the stone. ' Repent 
 ye,' saith bishop Eire to them ' for the head of the stone that ye have, and your 
 enemy hath gone whole from you.' Then they make fervent repentance under 
 bishop Eire's rule, thenceforward for ever. 
 
 3449. Now, after Brenainn had learnt the canon of the Old Law and the New 
 Testament, he desired to write and to learn the Rules of the saints of Ireland. So 
 bishop Eire consented that he should go and learn those Rules, for Eire knew that it 
 was from God that Brenainn had that counsel. And bishop Eire said to him : 
 ' Come again to me when thou hast those Rules, that thou mayest take (ecclesiastical) 
 orders from me.' After Brenainn had gone to commune with his foster-mother íta, 
 she said the same to him, that is, to learn the Rules of the saints of Ireland, and she 
 (also) said to him : * Do not study with women nor with virgins, lest some one revile 
 thee. Go,' she saith, ' and a famous warrior of noble race will meet thee on the road.' 
 It happened, then, that Mac Lenin was that warrior. After Brenainn had travelled 
 (some distance) Mac Lenin met him. Then said Brenainn to him : ' Repent, for God 
 is calling thee, and thou shalt be His own child to Him from henceforward.' Then 
 did Colmán Mac Lenin turn to the Lord, and a church is built by him at once, as 
 Colmán said : 
 
 ' Brenainn, flame of a victorious world -.* 
 
 3484. After that Brenainn visited the province of Connaught, drawn by the 
 fame of a certain pious man who dwelt there, even larlaithe, son of Lug, son of Trcn, 
 son of Fiacc, son of JNIochta, son of Bresal, son of Siracht, son of Fiacha the Fair. 
 And with him Brenainn learnt all the Rules of the Irish saints. And Brenainn said 
 to larlaithe : ' In no wise shall thy resurrection be here.' * INIy holy son,' said larlaithe, 
 *why dost thou hide from us the divine graces of the Holy Spirit which are manifestly in 
 thee, and the innumerable powers of the mighty Lord which are secredy in thy spotless 
 mind ? Thou forsooth hast come to me to learn from me,' said larlaithe ; ' but it is I 
 who shall be thine henceforward : only take me into thy service for ever and ever.' 
 
 3494. Said Brenainn to him : ' Let a new chariot be built by thee,' saith he, 
 ' for thou art an old man, and go in it on the road. And wheresoever the two hind- 
 shafts of the chariot shall break, there thy resurrection will be, and the resurrection 
 of a multitude along with thee.' So then the old man enters the chariot, and he had 
 not gone far when the two hind-shafts of the chariot broke, and this is the name of the 
 place : Tuaim dá Ghualann (' Mound of two shoulders '). Then the twain made this 
 
 ' B adds fein. 
 
 Of the rest of this 'poem (which does not occur in the Brussels MS., and of which I have no 
 second copy) I can only translate a few words. 
 
 K k 2 
 
LIFE OF BR EN A INN. 
 
 lay between them, while gazing at the graveyard and the train of angels manifestly 
 (rising) from it. And Brenainn spake the first five staves, and then larlaithe spake : 
 ' Lofty the graveyard of the splendid angels 
 After leaving larlaithe there Brenainn went on toward Magh Ai. Now an 
 angel met him on the road, and this he said to him : ' Write,' saith he, * the words 
 of the devotion from me.' Then Brenainn wrote from the angel's mouth ^ the whole 
 sacred ecclesiastical Rule, and that Rule still remains. Now when they were traversing 
 the plain they see the bier with a dead man upon it, and his friends bewailing him. 
 
 * Trust ye in the Lord,' saith Brenainn, ' and the man whom ye have will be alive.* 
 After prayer to God was made by Brenainn, the youth arose straightway, and his 
 family take him with them with exceeding gladness. So after that each begins 
 to gaze at him, and they take him to the king of the plain. And the king offers 
 him land wherever he liked in that plain, and Brenainn accepted it not, because he had 
 no desire to dwell on that plain. 
 
 3554. Now after the Rule of the angel and the Rules of the saints of Ireland, with 
 their usages and with their piety, had been written by Brenainn, he returned to bishop 
 Eire and received ecclesiastical orders from him. There he heard in the gospel: 
 
 * Every one that hath forsaken father or mother or sister or lands (for my name's sake) 
 shall receive a hundredfold in the present and shall possess everlasting life.' After 
 that, then, the love of the Lord grew exceedingly in his heart, and he desired to leave 
 his land and his country, his parents and his fatherland, and he urgently besought 
 the Lord to give him a land secret, hidden, secure, delightful, separated from men. 
 Now after he had slept on that night he heard the voice of the angel from heaven, 
 who said to him, ' Arise, O Brenainn,' saith he, * for God hath given thee what thou 
 soughtest, even the Land of Promise.' Then Brenainn arose, and his mind was glad 
 at that answer, and he goes alone to Sliab Daidche, and he saw the mighty intolerable * 
 ocean on every side, and then he beheld the beautiful noble island, with trains of 
 angels (rising) from it. After that he remains there for the space of three days, 
 and again he fell asleep. So then the angel of the Lord came to commune with him, 
 and said, * I will be along with thee,' saith he, * henceforward for ever and ever, and I 
 will teach thee how to find the beautiful island which thou hast seen, and which thou 
 desirest to obtain.' Brenainn then wept exceedingly, because of his delight at the 
 angel's answer to him, and he renders thanks unto God. 
 
 3573. Thereafter Brenainn went from the mountain, and comes to his family, 
 
 * I cannot translate the greater part of these verses, which are not in the Brussels MS., and of which 
 I have no second copy. 
 
 ^ A gion an aingil, B. 
 
 ^ For in procenti accipiat we should of course read in praesenti accipict. 
 
 * For the ndosholachta of the MS. I read ndofholachta. 
 
LIFE OF B REN A INN. 253 
 
 and said to them, * Let three great vessels be built by you/ saith he, ' and three rows 
 of oars for each ship, and three sails of hides, and thirty men in each ship.' But they 
 were not all clerics, as said the poet : 
 
 'Three vessels, the sage sailed 
 Over the wave-voice of the flowing (?) sea. 
 Thirty men in each vessel he had 
 Over the storm of the crested sea. 
 
 Three ranks of oars had they 
 
 For every vessel, fair the decision, 
 
 A sail of hides, with a powerful knowledge, 
 
 In the three vessels which sailed. 
 
 They were not all clerics who went 
 On the voyage, fair the host ! 
 A family .... bare its ... . 
 In the three sailing vessels.' 
 
 3589. So Brenainn, son of Finnlug, sailed then over the wave-voice of the 
 strong-maned sea, and over the storm of the green-sided waves, and over the mouths 
 of the marvellous, awful, bitter ocean, where they saw the multitude of the furious 
 red-mouthed monsters, with abundance of the great sea-whales. And they found 
 beautiful marvellous islands, and yet they tarried not therein. 
 
 3594. Thus they abode for the space of five years on the ocean marvellous, 
 strange, unknown to them. And during that time not one of them departed, and 
 they suffered loss of none of their people, and body or soul of not one of them was 
 injured. And that was a marvel, for Brenainn had not let them take provisions with 
 them ; but he said that God was able to feed them wheresoever they might be, even 
 as He fed the five thousand with the five loaves and the two fishes. 
 
 3601. Now when the Easter was nigh, his family kept saying to Brenainn that he 
 should go on land to celebrate the Easter. ' God,' saith Brenainn, ' is able to give us 
 land in any place that He pleases.' Now after the Easter had come the great sea-beast 
 raised his shoulder on high over the storm and over the wave-voice of the sea, so that 
 it was level, firm land, like a field equally smooth, equally high. And they go forth 
 upon that land and there they celebrate the Easter, even one day and two nights. 
 After they had gone on board their vessels, the whale straightway plunged under the 
 sea. And it was in that wise they used to celebrate the Easter, to the end of seven 
 years, on the back of the whale, as Cundedan ^ said : 
 
 * Brenainn loved lasting devotion 
 According to synod and company : 
 Seven years on the back of the whale : 
 Hard was the rule of devotion.' 
 
 This seems a mistake for Cumine (of Connor). 
 
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 3615. For when the Easter of every year was at hand the whale would heave up 
 his back, so that it was dry and solid land. 
 
 3617. On a certain day, as they were on the marvellous ocean, they beheld the deep 
 bitter streams, and the vast black whirlpools of the strong-maned sea, and in them their 
 vessels were constrained to founder because of the greatness of the storm. Each then 
 begins to look towards Brenainn, for exceeding was the danger in which they were biding. 
 Brenainn raised his voice on high and said, *It is enough for thee, O mighty sea ! to 
 drown me alone, but let this folk escape from thee ! ' Then the sea grew still, and the 
 calms abated the whirlpools at once. Thenceforward then they harmed no one else. 
 
 3625. On a certain day they were on the sea, the Devil came in a form inveterate, 
 awful, hideous, foul, hellish, and sat on the sail of the vessel before Brenainn ; and 
 none of them saw him, save Brenainn alone. Brenainn asked him why he had come 
 before his proper time, that is, before the time of the great resurrection. * For this 
 have I come,' saith the Devil, 'to seek my punishment in the deep closes of this 
 black dark sea.' Brenainn enquired of him, *■ What is this, where is that infernal 
 place ? ' * Sad is that,* saith the Devil ; * no one can see it, and remain alive 
 afterwards.' Howbeit the Devil there revealed the gate of hell to Brenainn. And 
 Brenainn beheld that rough, hot prison, full of stench, full of flame, full of filth, full 
 of the camps of the poisonous demons, full of wailing, and screaming, and hurt, and 
 sad cries, and great lamentations, and moaning, and handsmiting of the sinful folks ; 
 and a gloomy mournful life in cores of pain, in prisons of fire, in streams of the rows of 
 eternal fire, in the cup of eternal sorrow and death, without limit, without end ^ : in black 
 dark swamps, in forts of heavy flame, in abundance of woe, and death, and torments, 
 and fetters, and feeble, wearying combats ; with the awful shouting of the poisonous 
 demons; in a night ^ ever-dark, ever-cold, ever-stinking, ever-foul, ever-misty, ever- 
 harsh, ever-long, ever-stifling, deadly, destructive, gloomy, fiery-haired, of the loathsome 
 bottom of hell. 
 
 3642. On sides of mountains of eternal fire, without rest, without stay, but hosts 
 of demons dragging the sinners ^ into prisons, wretched, heavy, strong, fiery, dark, 
 deep, occult, empty, base, black, void, foul, stale, musty, constantly contentious, 
 quarrelsome, wearying, deathful, and lamentable : sharp, rough, windy, full of wailing, 
 shrieking, lamentation, and crying : keen, spectral. Worms curved, hard, valiant, big- 
 headed, and monsters yellow, white, great-mouthed; lions fierce, greedy; dragons 
 red, black, brown, demoniac; tigers mighty, treacherous; scorpions blue, . . .; 
 hawks red, and tall; vultures rough, and sharp-beaked; stag-beetles black and 
 hump-backed; flies sharp and beaked; leeches crooked, bone-mouthed; mallets 
 heavy, iron; flails ancient, old-rough; sharp swords; red spears; black demons; 
 
 * B inserts ^ báis cen crich, cen foircenn. * aidchi B. ^ B has oc tarraing na pectach. 
 
LIFE OF BRENAINN, 
 
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 stinking fires ; streams of poison ; cats scratching ; hounds rending ; dogs hunting ; 
 demons yelling ; stinking lakes ; great swamps ; dark pits ; deep glens ; high 
 mountains ; hard crags ; a hosting of demons ; a filthy camp ; punishment with- 
 out ceasing; a greedy host; frequent fray; quarrel without ceasing; demons 
 punishing; abundance of torture; a sorrowful life; a place wherein there are streams 
 frozen, bitter, ever-stinking, rushing (?), extended, mixed, lamentable, corrupt, melted, 
 fiery, bare, swift, of full fire ; straits hard, craggy, sharp-headed, long, cold, deep, 
 wind-swept, little, great; plains bare, flaming; hills pointed . . .; glens hard, full of 
 reptiles ; bogs rough, thorny ; woods dark, fiery ; roads foul, monsterful ; seas thickened 
 surface-stinking; nails huge, iron ; waters dark, unsweet; places (?) abundant, various ; 
 an assembly foul, ever-gloomy ; winds bitter, wintry ; snow frozen, ever-dropping ; 
 flakes red, fiery ; faces base, darkened ; demons swift, greedy ; tortures vast, various. 
 
 3669. Then his people asked of Brenainn : * With whom art thou conversing ? ' 
 say they. Brenainn told them that it was the Devil was conversing with him, and he 
 related to them a few of the torments which he had seen, as we have said, even as 
 hath been found in the old writings of the ancient law. 
 
 3673. Then said one of his people to Brenainn, 'Let ine' saith he, 'behold 
 somewhat of those torments.' On being permitted to behold Hell with its many 
 torments, he died forthwith, and this he said when dying : ' Woe, woe, woe,' saith he, 
 * to him who hath come, and will come, and cometh into that prison ! ' Thereafter then 
 Brenainn makes prayer, and that man of his people who died is brought again to life. 
 
 3678. It was not long after they had gone thence when they found the maiden 
 smooth, full-grown, yellow-haired, whiter than snow or the foam of the wave ; and she 
 was dead, the blow of a spear having gone through her shoulder and passed between 
 her two paps. Huge in sooth was the size of that maiden, to wit, a hundred feet in her 
 height, and nine feet between her two paps, and seven feet in the length of her middle 
 finger. Brenainn brought her to life at once, and then he baptised her and asked her 
 concerning her kindred. ' Of the inhabitants of the sea am I,' saith she, ' that is, of 
 those who pray and expect their resurrection.' Brenainn asked her what she desired : 
 'Wilt thou go at once to heaven, or wilt thou go to thy fatherland ? ' The girl answered 
 in a language which no other save Brenainn understood, and this she said : * To heaven,' 
 saith she, * for I hear the voices of the angels praising the mighty Lord.' So after the 
 girl had partaken of the Body of Christ, and of His Blood, she died without any 
 distress, and she is buried honourably there by Brenainn. 
 
 3691. On a certain day when they were prosperously on the sea and they were 
 rowing, they beheld a certain beautiful island and it was lofty. Howbeit they found 
 no easy harbour or port in it for entrance. They continued going round about it to 
 the end of twelve days, and during that space they were unable to land upon it. 
 
LIFE OF BRENAINN, 
 
 Howbeit they heard men's voices therein praising the Lord, and they beheld therein a 
 church high, famous, delightful. When they heard the sound of the voice of the 
 folk of the island, Brenainn with his people straightway slumber in their spiritual sleep. 
 Now since they were not allowed to land on the island, from above a waxed tablet is 
 cast down to them, and it was inscribed, and this was thereon : * Spend no toil in 
 trying to enter this island, for ye will never come therein ; but the island which ye 
 seek ye will find, and this is not it. And go to thy country and to thy land, for there 
 is a multitude seeking thee, and who would fain see thee. And search the holy 
 scriptures wherein hath been said: Mansiones Dei multce sunt,' — as if this were 
 what was said : ' The Lord hath many places and other mansions apart from this 
 island.' Thereafter then they turn from that island, and in token of the welcome 
 and care of the folk of that island, they take with them yon waxed tablet which it had 
 given to them, and they used to read it every day as if it had been given them by God. 
 
 3707. Now on a certain day they were voyaging over the sea. An exceeding 
 great thirst seized them, so that death was nigh unto them. Then they beheld the 
 beautiful pure-brinked streams of water dropping and flowing out of the rock. The 
 brethren asked, ' Shall we drink the water ? ' say they. ' Bless it first,' saith Brenainn, 
 ' in order to know what thing it is.' Now after blessing the water, and after singing 
 hallelujah over it, suddenly yon streams ebb away, and then they beheld the Devil, 
 squirting the waters from him, and killing those that would drink them. So then they 
 are saved through Brenainn s powers, and their thirst disappeared straightway. 
 Howbeit that place is shut upon the Devil, so that from that time forward it did no 
 ill to man or to other animals. 
 
 3717. Now after Brenainn had been for seven years a-voyaging, he turned 
 again to his own country and land as he had been ordered in the island. Then came 
 the folk of his country and his own tribe to meet him, and they were asking him how 
 much he had from his voyage ; and they brought him treasures and gifts as if they 
 were giving them to God. Now after many of them had left the world, they then 
 follow Christ ; and he (Brenainn) then performs many miracles and marvels, and 
 healed the sick and [freed] the bound, and expelled devils and vices. 
 
 3724. Thereafter he communed with his foster-father bishop Eire. He then came 
 to the place wherein his foster-mother íta dwelt, and he asked her what he should do 
 as regards voyaging. íta made welcome to him as she would have made it to Christ 
 with His apostles, and this she said to him : * My dear son, why didst thou go on 
 a voyage without taking counsel with me ? For the land which thou art seeking from 
 God, thou wilt never find it after ^ those dead stained skins, for it is a holy consecrated 
 land, and men's blood hath never been spilt therein. Howbeit,' she saith, Met 
 ^ Should we read isna . . , sin ' in those ? ' 
 
LIFE OF BR EN A INN. 
 
 ^57 
 
 wooden vessels be built by thee, and it is probable that thus thou wilt find the land 
 later.' 
 
 3732. So after that Brenainn went into the district of Connaught. And there a 
 great marvellous vessel is built by him, and it was distinguished and huge. And he em- 
 barks in her with his household and his people, and they carry with them various plants 
 and seeds to put therein ; and then they take wrights and smiths who had entreated 
 Brenainn to let them go along with him. Then came the buffoon to Brenainn and 
 prostrated himself before him, and said, ' O Brenainn,' saith he, ' take me for God's 
 sake, and have pity on my misery, so that I may go with thee.' Brenainn then took 
 him with him, and he enters the vessel with them. Now sixty men, this was their 
 number, and they were all praising the Lord, and their minds were towards God, as 
 the writings declare. 
 
 3741. Now this is the direction they first took, towards Aran, to the place 
 wherein Enda dwelt, and Pupu, and Rochath ; and in their company they remained 
 for the space of a month. 
 
 3743. Now, after they had sailed for some time westward from Aran, they see 
 the island great, lofty, remarkable, beautiful. Now therein dwelt mice like sea-cats, 
 which filled the strand at once to swallow them up. Now the brethren ask of Brenainn, 
 
 * What do these mice desire ? ' say they. * To eat us and to swallow us up,' saith 
 Brenainn. Then Brenainn said to the buffoon : * Go,' saith he, ' and partake of 
 Christ's Body and His Blood, and go then to eternal life, for I hear the quire-singing 
 of angels calling thee to them.' That seemed good to him, and he said, * Lord,' saith 
 he, ' what good thing have I done, since I am taken at once to heaven ? ' So after 
 the buffoon had partaken of Christ's Body and His Blood, he leaps at once (ashore) 
 with exceeding joy, and the sea-cats devoured him all save a few of his bones. 
 And he is buried by the brethren, and his name is written in a martyrology, for he 
 was a wonderful martyr. It is manifestly from the mercy of the Lord, that the 
 notoriously sinful man who came last into the vessel should be chosen to go first to 
 heaven. Even so then will every well-meaning person who shall come last into the 
 Church go first unto heaven, through his excess of goodwill beyond those who had 
 been before him : as Christ saith, ' The first shall be last, and the last first.' 
 
 3760. Now after they had left that island, a sudden illness seized the smith, so 
 that death was nigh him. Brenainn said to him, ' Why marvellest thou ? ' saith he : 
 
 * go to the heavenly kingdom as thou hast sought till to-day, or if thou desirest to 
 abide still in the world, I will make prayer for thee unto God, and thou wilt find 
 health.' Howbeit the smith said, * I hear the voice of the Lord calling me ; ' and 
 after partaking of Christ's Body and His Blood, he goes to heaven. So there was 
 a great question amongst the brethren as to the body being without burial, for there 
 
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LIFE OF BRENAINN, 
 
 was no land near them. Then Brenainn declared that it should be buried among 
 the waves of the sea : for that He Who had made heaven and earth and the rest of 
 the elements was able to constrain the waves of the sea, to keep the body in them 
 immovably. So, without reaching the land, they bury the smith amongst the waves of 
 the sea, down, without rising to the top of the brine, without moving hither or thither, 
 but as it were on land ; and he will abide there without corrupting till the day of 
 the Judgment shall come. 
 
 3774. Now after they had left that place they beheld a little insignificant land. 
 After they had taken harbour there, the harbour is filled with devils in the shape of 
 dwarfs and pigmies, with their faces as black as coal. Then said Brenainn, ' Cast 
 out the anchor, for no one will be able to enter this country, save he who 'shall fight 
 human battles against devils and shall spill blood over them/ So they remained there 
 to the end of seven days and their nights, and they could not hoist up their anchor 
 from below, and there they leave it sticking among the rocks, and then they pass away. 
 
 3781. Now they were in great distress from the want of the anchor and the death 
 of the smith, for they had neither an anchor nor a smith who would make one for 
 them. Then said Brenainn to a priest of his household, ' Do thou smith's work to 
 the end of this month.' So Brenainn blessed the hands of the priest, for he had not 
 learned smithying. Then the priest made an anchor so excellent that none equally 
 good was ever found before it and will not be found after it. 
 
 3787. Then they voyage on the ocean for a space westward. And they find 
 the small, delightful, beautiful island, and therein abundance of excellent fish which 
 had left the seashore and were in the enclosures and in the cashels of that lofty island. 
 So while they were going round about the island, they behold therein a church built 
 of stone, and a penitent white-faced old man praying therein. Thus was that old man, 
 bloodless, fleshless, only a thin wretched leather on those hard-bare bones. 
 
 3792. Then said yon old man: 'Flee swiftly,' saith he, 'O Brenainn! There 
 is a great sea-cat here like a young ox or a three-year-old horse, overgrown by feeding 
 on the fish of this sea and this island. Avoid ye him,' saith the old man. They 
 get at once into their vessel, and then row rapidly over the ocean. As they were 
 biding there they beheld the monstrous sea-cat swimming after them. Bigger than 
 a brazen cauldron was each of his eyes: a boar's tusks had he: furzy hair upon him; 
 and he had the maw of a leopard with the strength of a lion, and the voracity of 
 a hound. Then each of them began to pray unto God because of the greatness of 
 the fear that seized them. Then said Brenainn, ' Almighty God,' saith he, ' order 
 the monster away from us that he may not devour us!' Then a huge sea-whale 
 arose between them and yon monstrous sea-cat. And each of them began drowning 
 the other, and battling savagely, till each of them drowned the other in the depth of 
 
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 the sea, and neither of the twain was seen thenceforward. Then Brenainn and 
 his people render thanks to God, and turn again to the place wherein the old man 
 dwelt. And the old man made them welcome, and wept for the greatness of the 
 joy, and in making welcome to Brenainn composed these Httle staves : — 
 ' God thy life, O Brenainn, here ^,' etc. 
 
 3833. ' Of the men of Ireland am I,' saith the old man, * and we were twelve 
 men when we went on our pilgrimage ; and we brought yon monstrous sea-cat with 
 us, as a little bird, and he was very dear to us, and after that he waxed greatly, and 
 never did any hurt to us. And eleven men of them are dead, and I am here alone, 
 entreating thee to administer unto me Christ's Body and His Blood, and that I may 
 then go to heaven.' Now the old man revealed to them the land which they were 
 seeking, even the Land of Promise. So after the old man had partaken of Christ's 
 Body and His Blood, he went to heaven, and he is buried there in the island 
 along with his brethren, with honour and great reverence, and with psalms and 
 hymns, in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost. 
 
 3843. After that, then, they reached the land which they had been seeking for 
 the space of seven years, even the Land of Promise : as it is in the proverb, Qui 
 qucerii invenit. Now, after they had come nigh that land, and they desired to 
 take harbour there, they heard the voice of a certain old man, and this he said to 
 them : ' O ye toilsome men, O hallowed pilgrims, O folk that entreat the heavenly 
 rewards, O ever-weary life expecting this land, stay a httle now from your labour ! ' 
 So after they had been for some time silent, yon old man said to them : ' Dear 
 brothers in Christ,' saith he, ' why do ye not take this noble, beautiful land, wherein 
 a human being's blood hath never been spilt, and wherein it is unmeet to bury sinners 
 or evil men ? So leave ye all in your vessel everything that ye have, except a little 
 raiment round you, and come from below.' Now after they had landed, each of them 
 kissed the other, and the old man wept exceedingly with the greatness of the joy. 
 * Search ye and see,' saith he, ' the plains of Paradise, and the delightful fields of the 
 land radiant, famous, lovable, profitable, lofty, noble, beautiful, delightful. A land 
 odorous, flower-smooth, blessed. A land many-melodied, musical, shouting for joy, 
 unmournful. A place wherein ye shall find,' saith the old man, 'health without 
 sickness, delight without quarrelling, union without wrangling, princedom without 
 dissolution, rest without idleness, freedom without labour, luminous unity of angels, 
 delights of Paradise, service of angels, feasting without extinction, avoidance of 
 pain, faces of the righteous, partaking of the Great Easter. A life blessed, just, 
 protected, great, loveable, noble, restful, radiant, without gloom, without darkness, 
 
 * The translation of the rest of the poem cannot be safely attempted until a second copy is 
 found. 
 
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LIFE OF BR EN A INN, 
 
 without sin, without weakness, in shining, incorruptible bodies, in stations of angels, 
 on plains of the Land of Promise. Vast is the light and the fruitfulness of 
 that island, its rest, its lovableness, its dearness, its stability, its security (?), its 
 preciousness, its smoothness, its radiance, its purity, its lovesomeness, its whiteness, 
 its melodiousness, its holiness, its bright purity, its nobleness, its restfulness, its 
 beauty, its gentleness, its height, its brightness, its venerableness, its full peace, its 
 full unity ! Happy he who shall be with well-deservingness and with good deeds, 
 and whom Brain-find, son of Finding, shall call into union with him, on that side,' 
 saith the same old man, * to inhabit for ever and ever the island whereon we stand ! ' 
 
 3873. Now after they had seen that paradise among the waves of the sea, they 
 marvel and wonder greatly at the miracles of God and His power, and they greatly 
 honour and glorify the Lord after seeing those mighty miracles. 
 
 3876. Now thus was that holy old man : without any human raiment, but all his 
 body was full of bright white feathers like a dove or a sea-mew, and it was almost 
 the speech of an angel that he had. After the striking of his bell the tierce is 
 celebrated by them. They sing thanks to God with their mind fixed on Him. They 
 durst not ask anything, and they receive their spiritual instruction of him at the 
 uplifting of the gospel. 
 
 3882. This then was the preaching that Peter and Paul and the other holy 
 apostles most often used to make, this preaching of the punishments and of the 
 rewards, for they were displayed to them in the same manner. This, then, is the 
 preaching that Sylvester, Abbot of Rome, made to Constantine, son of Helena, to 
 the over-king of the world, in the great assembly when Constantine offered Rome to 
 Peter and to Paul. This is the preaching that Fabian, Peter's successor, made to 
 Philip, son of Gordian, King of the Romans, when he believed in the Lord, and 
 when many thousand others believed there; and he was the first king of the 
 Romans who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ. This, then, is the preaching which 
 Elijah is wont to make to the souls of the righteous under the Tree of Life in 
 Paradise. Now, when Elijah opens the book for the preaching, then come the souls 
 of the righteous in shapes of bright white birds to him from every point. Then 
 he first declares to them the rewards of the righteous, the happiness and delights of 
 the kingdom of heaven, and at that time they are exceedingly rejoiced. Then he 
 declares to them the pains and punishments of hell and the banes of Doomsday. 
 Manifest exceedingly is a countenance of sorrow upon themselves then, to wit, on 
 Elijah and on Enoch: wherefore those are called the Two Sorrows of Heaven's 
 Kingdom. Then Elijah shuts his preaching-book. The birds then make an exceeding 
 great wailing, and beat their wings against their bodies till streams of blood come 
 out of them for dread of the pains of hell and of Doomsday. 
 
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 3899. Now since it is the souls of the saints, whose lot it is to inhabit for ever 
 the kingdom of heaven, that make that lamentation, it were meet for the men of the 
 world, though they should shed tears of blood expecting Doomsday, in quo die mala 
 erunt. Now there will be many evils and tribulations on that day, that is, on the Day 
 of Judgment, in quo die Judex justus sua suis reddet: i?npiis pce?ias, prccmia justis. Then 
 will the Lord pay to every human being in the world his own wage. Punishment 
 He hath for the sinful, reward for the righteous. Then the sinful will be cast into the 
 depth of the eternal pain, and the lock of God's word will shut them up under hatred 
 of the Judge of Doom. Then the saints and the righteous, the folk of charity and of 
 mercy, will be carried to the right hand of God the Father, to inhabit the kingdom of 
 heaven for ever. Then they will abide in that great glory, in the unity of the Godhead 
 and the Manhood of the Son of God : in the unity that is nobler than any unity, the 
 unity of the holy, noble, almighty Trinity, Father, and Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
 3912. I beseech the high, almighty God, through saint Brenainn's intercession, 
 may we all deserve that unity, may we reach it, may we dwell therein for ever 
 and ever ! 
 
THE LIFE OF CIARAN OF CLONMACNOIS. 
 
 3916. Omnia qucEcunque vultis ut faciant homines vobis ita et vos faciaiis illis'^, 
 that is, every good thing that ye desire to be done to you by men, let it be so that ye 
 do unto them.- Hcbc est enim lex et prophetce, for that is law and prophecy. 
 
 3920. Now, the prohibitor of every evil, the proclaimer of every good, the peace- 
 maker of God and men, Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, the saviour of the 
 whole world. He it is that spake these words to instruct His apostles and disciples, 
 and the whole Church as to the . . . of charity, to wit, that men should do all such 
 good and charity to their neighbour as they would do unto themselves. Of that, saith 
 Jesus, Omnia qucecunque vultis. Now Matthew, son of Alphseus, the eminent sage 
 of the Hebrews, the fourth man who declared the gospel of the Lord, he it is that 
 wrote these words in the body of (his) gospel, so that he said according to his 
 Master, even Jesus, Omnia , qucecunque. [Si ergo vos, cum sitis mali, nostis bona 
 data dare filiis vestris ; quanto magis Pater vester celestis dabit bona petentibus se ^.] 
 If ye as men give good things to your children, much more will the heavenly 
 Father give good to His children who beseech it. Wherefore, according to these 
 words, Jesus spake this counsel; Omnia qucecunque et reliqua. For law and pro- 
 phecy enjoin us to give love to God and to the neighbour. [Finis enim precepti 
 caritas est?^ For the roof and end of the divine teaching is charity. Quia caritas 
 propria et specialis virtus est Christianorum. For charity is the proper virtue of the 
 Christians. [Nam cceterce virtutes bonis et malis possunt esse communes?^ For the other 
 virtues may belong (both) to good men and to evil men. [Caritatem autem habere nisi 
 perfecti non possunt^ But no one save only a good man hath charity. [Unde Jesus ait .•] 
 Wherefore Jesus saith : [* In hoc cognoscent omnes quod discipuU mei estis si dilexeritis 
 inuicem^ Then will all men know that ye are of my household, if each of you loves 
 the other as I have loved you 
 
 3938. Now, a multitude of sons of Life, both apostles and disciples of the Lord, 
 from that time to this have fulfilled desirously and piously that counsel which Jesus gave 
 them, as to fulfiUing the charity even as He fulfilled it ; and a special rank was given 
 to charity beyond every virtue by the apostle high, venerable, the soul-friend, the 
 
 ^ Matt. vii. 12. Matt. vii. 10 from the Brussels MS. (xi, 4190-4200, fo. 149*). 
 
 ^ The Brussels MS. here adds, Et iterum dixit lesus as edh atbeir losa bheos : Hoc est preceptutn 
 meum ut diligatis inuicem sicut dilexi uos. Is í mo chomhairle dáibh go rochara each uaibh araile 
 zmal rocharasa sibhse. 
 
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 wonder-worker, the man by whom the west of the world blazed in miracles and 
 marvels, in virtues and in good deeds, even sandus Ciaranus sacerdos et apostolus 
 Chrish\ the high-priest and the apostle, the holy Ciarán, son of the wright. As regards 
 the heavenly genealogy, he was the son of the Wright Who made heaven and earth, 
 and all that are therein. According to earthly genealogy, he was the ]son of the 
 wright who built chariots, and (practised) every art besides. 
 
 3948. Then do the faithful reverence the festival of that noble one, on the fifth 
 of the ides of September as regards the day of the solar month. On this day to-day 
 as regards the day of the week. 
 
 3950. So, for the delight of the souls of the faithful, they set forth a brief 
 memorial of the miracles and of the marvels of that pious one, and of his carnal 
 genealogy, and of his use in every festival \ and of the completion which he gave to 
 his victorious career upon earth. A man, then, who had great honour with the Lord 
 was this man. A man for whom God kept his monastery ^ fifty years before his birth. 
 A man who was in the rank of one of Christ's aposdes in this world, as Colombcille 
 said : Quum iu Christi aposiolum mundo misisti ho7ninem. A lamp, then, was he, 
 blazing with the light of wisdom and instruction, as Colombcille said, — 
 ^ Lucerna hujus insulce. 
 Luc ens lucerna viirahilis! 
 A man who founded a lofty church whereout was brought profit of rule, and wisdom, 
 and instruction to all the churches of Ireland, as the same sage said, — 
 
 Custodianiur regmina, etc., 
 that is. Let the elders of this monastery keep the rules and the teachings and the 
 customs which have been received from the master Ciarán : so that these are the 
 rules and the customs which have been scattered abroad and brought to all the 
 monasteries of the saints of Ireland, for out of it are carried rules and customs 
 throughout the whole of Ireland. 
 
 3964. A man who is in the order of the chief prophets with the Lord in this 
 world, as said the same prophet, — 
 
 Propheta qui novissimus^ etc., 
 for it was from his nobleness and his venerableness in the eyes of the Lord of the 
 Elements ^ that he was foretold by prophets long before his birth, even as Isaac was 
 foretold, and John the Baptist, and, what is still nobler, as Jesus was foretold ^ 
 
 3968. First of all, Patrick, son of Calpurn, prophesied him, on Cruachan Aigli, 
 
 ^ Lism. is here corrupt. B also, but less corrupt, has : dia comhairbert bith in gach aighi. Here 
 for aighi we should doubtless read lithlaithi: compare 1. 2733, supra, p. 81. 
 
 ^ B has : fer ^\diu dia rochongaibh Dia a chathraigh ndilis. ^ B inserts nandula. 
 
 * I here translate from B : ama/ rotirchanadh, Isaac T Eoin Babtais -] anus uaisle arm ama/ 
 roterchanadh Isu. 
 
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 after the tree had closed round his relics in that place where the monastery stands 
 to-day. 
 
 3969. Brigit prophesied him when she beheld the flame and the angel fifty years 
 before Ciarán, in the place whereon Brigit's crosses stand to-day. 
 
 3971. Bee Mac Dé prophesied of him, and said, * There, O son of the wright, in thy 
 beautiful chasuble, with thy choirs, with thy melodies, with thy chariots, with thy songs.' 
 
 3973. Colombcille on Ard Abla prophesied of him to Aed, son of Brandub or 
 Brenainn. 
 
 3975. Now this is Ciarán's genealogy. Ciaran, son of Beoit, son of Olchan, 
 son of Dichu, son of Core, son of Cuindiu, son of Cuinnid, son of Fiac, son of Mael- 
 catrach, son of Laire, son of Lairne, son of Cuiltre, son of Gluinech, son of Coirpre, 
 son of Lug, son of Meidle, son of Dub, son of Lugna, son of Feidlimid, son of 
 Eochu, son of Bresal, son of Degha, son of Reo-soirche, son of Reo-doirche, son of 
 Tigernmas, son of Follach, son of Eithrial, son of Irial the prophet, son of Eremon, 
 son of Mil of Spain. 
 
 3982. Now Beoit, son of Olchan, of the Lathairn, of Mag Molt of Ulaid, was 
 the earthly father of this Ciarán. Darerca, daughter of Ercan, son of Buachaill, was 
 
 his mother, as Ciaran said : — 
 
 3985. 'Darerca was my mother, 
 
 She was not a bad woman ^ 
 My father was Beoit, the wright, 
 Of Lathairn Molt.' 
 
 3989. Of Ciarraige Irluachra, then, was his mother, that is, of Glasraige in par- 
 ticular. Now Glas, the poet, was her grandfather. This was the cause of the 
 union of those twain (even Beoit and Darerca). When Beoit went to visit his brothers, 
 who dwelt in the district of Cenél Fiacha, and when he saw the girl Darerca before 
 them, he asked her relations and ^ her parents to give her to him, and sooth she was 
 given to him. And afterwards she bore him five sons, and this is the order in which 
 they were born, to wit, Lucholl, her firstborn, Donnán, the second, Ciarán, the 
 third, Odrán, the fourth, Cronán, the fifth, and he was a deacon, but the other four sons 
 were archpresbyters. Then she bore ^ three daughters to him, and two of them were 
 virgins, even Lugbec and Rathbeo. Now Pata was the third daughter, and she was a 
 pious widow. These are the graveyards in which are the relics of those saints, to 
 wit, Lucholl and Odrán in Isel Ciarain. Donnan and Ciaran in Clonmacnois. 
 Deacon Cronán and Beoit, and the three daughters in Tech Meic int-saeir. 
 
 4001. Now at that time there was an impious king, in the district of Hui Néill. 
 Ainmire, son of Colgan, was his name. He imposed on the tribes and the kindreds 
 
 ' i.e. according to the Irish idiom, she was an excellent woman. 
 ^ B inserts : for a caraitt l. ^ Ruccad, B. 
 
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 a very heavy tribute : so Beoit went fleeing from that king into the province of Con- 
 naught to the king of Ireland, to Crimthann, son of Lugaid, son of Dalian, unto Rath 
 Cremthainn, in Magh Ai. 
 
 4006. Ciarán was conceived on the sixth of the calends of June, and he was 
 born on the sixth of the calends of INIarch. Ciarán's birth was foretold by Lugbrann, 
 the wizard of the aforesaid king. The \\ izard said : 
 • He healed Oengus' steed 
 
 When he lay swaddled in a cradle, 
 
 From God that miracle to Ciarán 
 
 \Vas given .... 
 
 On a certain day, when the wizard heard the noise of the chariot, he said this, 
 ' Look,' saith he, * my lads, who there is in the chariot ; for ' here is " noise of chariot 
 under king." ' When the gillies went out they saw nothing^ save Beoit and Darerca in 
 the chariot. When the lads laughed at the wizard, he said this : ' The child that lies in 
 the woman's womb,' saith he, 'will be a mighty king; and as the sun shineih among 
 the stars of heaven, so will he shine on earth in miracles and marvels that cannot be told.' 
 
 4018. So after that Saint Ciarán was born in Magh Ai at Rath Cremthainn. He 
 was baptized by deacon Justus, for it was very meet that the righteous should be 
 baptized by a righteous one. 
 
 4021. On a certain day the horse of Oengus, son of Cremthann, died and he 
 felt ^ great sorrow. Now when Oengus slept an angel of God appeared to him in 
 a vision, and said this to him : * Ciarán the son of the wright will come and will bring 
 thy horse for thee to life.' And this was fulfilled ; for at the angel's word Ciarán 
 came, and blessed water, which was put over the horse, and the horse at once 
 arose out of death. Then Oengus gave much land to God and to Ciarán for bringing 
 the horse to life. Tir na Gabra (' the Land of the Steed ') is the name of the land. 
 
 4028. On a certain day his mother blamed him : ' So,' saith she, * the little lads 
 of the hamlet bring honey out of the honeycombs home to their households, and thou 
 bringest none to us.' When Ciarán heard that he went to a certain well, and fills his 
 vessel out of it, and blesses it, so that it became choice honey, and gives that honey 
 to his mother, and she was thankful. And that is the honey which was given to 
 deacon Justus as his fee for baptizing Ciarán. 
 
 4034. On a certain day wicked men set a savage hound at Ciarán to rend him. 
 When Ciarán saw the hound he chanted this verse, ' Ne tradas hesiiis animam confi- 
 tentem tihi' And when he said this the hound fell ^ forthwith and did not arise 
 thenceforward. 
 
 4038. Now this was the work that his parents gave him to do, even herding 
 
 ^ B. here inserts : * is edh roraidh : FéghízzV,' ar se, * a gille, cia fil isin carpa/, ar is.' 
 
 ^ B. inserts ni. ^ Literally ' took.' * rofeochair, B. ^ dorochair, B. 
 
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 (cattle) after the manner of David, son of Jesse, and of Jacob, and of the ancients 
 afterwards. For God knew that he would be a prudent herdsman ^ to great herds, 
 that is, the herds of the faithful. After that there came to pass something marvellous 
 at Rath Cremthainn in Magh Ai while he was keeping the cattle of his foster- 
 father, deacon Justus at Fidarta, and there was a long distance between them. 
 Howbeit he used to hear what his tutor had to say as if they had been side by 
 side. Then came a fox to Ciaran out of the wood, and Ciarán dealt gently with it ; 
 and it used to visit him often, until at last he enjoined upon it to do him a service, 
 namely, to carry his psalter between him and his tutor, deacon Justus. For when it 
 was said at Fidachta, ' Say this in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
 Holy Ghost,' Ciarán at Rath Cremthainn used to hear from that to the end of the 
 lesson. And the fox used to be humbly attending the lesson till the writing of it 
 on wax came to an end, and he then would take it with him to Ciaran. But once 
 his natural malice broke through the fox, and he began to eat his book, for he was 
 greedy about the leathern bands ^ that were about it on the outside. While he was eating 
 the book, then came Oengus, son of Crimthann, to him with a band of men and with 
 greyhounds. And they hunted him, and he found no shelter in any place ^ till he came 
 under Ciarán's cowl. God's name and Ciarán's were magnified by saving the book 
 from the fox, and by saving the fox from the hounds. And that book is to-day called 
 Polaire Ciaráin (' Ciarán's Tablets'). 
 
 4058. That is most proper for these, for the wicked men who dwell near to the 
 Church, and who get the benefit of the Church, both communion, and baptism, and 
 food, and teaching, and nevertheless they cease not persecuting the Church till a king's 
 persecution or a mortality, or an unknown illness comes to them ; and then they must 
 needs ^ go under the protection ^ of the Church, even as the fox went under Ciaran's cowl. 
 
 4063. On a certain day Ciarán's mother was making blue dye-stuff, and she 
 was ready to put the cloth into it. Then said his mother to him : ' Out with thee, 
 O .Ciarán ! ' They did not deem it right or lucky to have men in the same house in 
 which cloth was getting dyed. 'Let there be a dark-grey stripe in it then,' saith 
 Ciarán. So of all the cloth that was put into the dye-stuif, there was none without 
 a dark-grey stripe therein. The dye-stuif is again prepared, and his mother said to 
 him : ' Go out now this time, Ciaran ; and, O Ciarán, let there not be now a dark-grey 
 stripe therein ! ' Then he said ^ ; 
 
 ' Alleluiah Dominei 
 May my foster-mother's dye-stuff^ be white I 
 Every time it shall come into my hand, 
 
 ^ B. has : buachail-sium lantreabhuir. ^ ledba, B. ^ in nach inudh, B. 
 
 * B. inserts : ingerim righ no. ^ as eiccen doibh, B. * fo choim, B. 
 
 ' roraidh, B. ® glaisen, B. 
 
LIFE OF CI ARAN OF CLONMACNOIS. 
 
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 Let it be whiter than bone ! 
 
 Every time it shall come ^ out of the boiling 
 
 Let it be whiter than curd ! ' 
 
 4076. Every cloth then that was put into it became all white afterwards. The 
 dye-stuff is prepared the third time, * O Ciarán/ says his mother, ' do not now spoil 
 the dye-stuff" for me ; but let it be blessed by thee.' So when Ciarán blessed it there 
 never was made, before or after, dye-stuff as good as it ; for though all the cloth of the 
 Cenél Fiachrach were put into its iarcáin it would make it blue, and finally it made 
 blue ^ the dogs, and the cats, and the trees against which it came. 
 
 4082. Once he was herding kine. A most wretched wolf came to him. This 
 is a phrase which^ he used to have : * JMay mercy come to us ! Go and eat the calf, 
 and break not and eat not its bones.' The wolf went and did so. When the cow 
 lowed a-seeking the calf, his mother said to him : ' Tell me, O Ciarán, in what place is 
 this cow's calf? Let the calf come from thee, whatsoever death it suffered.' Ciarán 
 went to the spot in which the wolf had devoured the calf, and he gathered the calf's 
 bones, and put them in front of the cow, and the calf arose and stood up. 
 
 4090. On a certain day robbers came out of OfTaly to kill people in the district * 
 of Cendl Fiachrach, and they found the holy Ciarán with his herds, reading ; and they 
 proceeded to kill him. Howbeit they were stricken with blindness, and they could 
 not put forth foot or hand till they made repentance ; and (then) they were loosed by 
 God's blessing and Ciarán's. 
 
 4095. At another time his father sent him to present a caldron to the king, even 
 Furban. And poor men met him on the way, and Ciarán ^ bestows the king's caldron 
 upon them. So then he was bound, and slavery was imposed upon him by the king, 
 and this was the work that was entrusted to him, to grind at a quern. Then mighty 
 marvels came to pass ! When he proceeded to grind at the quern it turned ^ of itself, 
 and it did so continually ; and they were angels of the Lord that ground for his sake. 
 Not long afterwards there came out of the lands of IMunster smiths having three 
 caldrons as alms for Ciarán ; and so Ciaran was saved from the service of the king. 
 
 4103. After these things, then, it was time to Ciaran to go as a scholar to Findian 
 of Clonard in order to learn wisdom. So he asked his mother and his father for a cow, 
 that he might take her with him when he went to learn. Ciarán's mother said she 
 would not give him (the cow). So he blessed a cow of the kine, — Odar Ciaráin 
 (' Ciarán's Dun') was her name thenceforward, — and she went thence with her calf after 
 Ciarán to Clonard. Then he drew between them a line with his staff, for there was no 
 ^ cech tan ti, B. 
 
 ' hiarccdin, B. O'Curry, Manners and Customs, iii. 121, explains this word by 'after-dye 
 [i. e. the mother-liquor of the dye-vat] ; ' but gives nothing to support his explanation. 
 ^ Rogorm fochettoir, B. * hi crich, B. ^ Ciaran, B. ® no impodh, B. 
 
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 fence between them, and the cow was Hcking the calf, and neither of them would come 
 over that ^ mark. Now the milk of that cow was parted among those twelve bishops 
 with their households and with their guests, and it used to be enough for them all : as 
 (the poet) said : 
 
 41 13. * Full fifty and a hundred 
 
 Ciarán's Dun used to feed. 
 Both guests, and weaklings, 
 And folk of the refectory and upper room.' 
 41 17. Now the Dun's hide is in Clonmacnois, and what soul soever separates^ 
 from its body on that hide inhabits eternal Hfe ^ 
 
 41 19. Now the twelve bishops of Ireland abode in Findian's school in Clonard, 
 as (a poet) said : < Two Findians, two chaste Colombs, 
 
 Ciarán, Cainnech, fair Comgall, 
 Two Brenainns, Ruadán with beauty, 
 Ninnid, Mobi, Nat-fraeich's son,' 
 1. e. Molaisi of Devenish. 
 
 4126. This is the rule which they had, each bishop ^ of them to grind his day at the 
 quern. Now angels used to grind at the quern for sake of Ciarán on the day that was his. 
 
 4128. Once upon a time the king of Cualann's daughter was brought to Findian 
 to read her psalms, after having dedicated her maidenhood to God. Findian entrusted 
 the girl to Ciarán, and with him she used to read her psalms. Now, so long as they 
 remained together, Ciarán saw nothing of the girl's body, save ^ only her feet. 
 
 4132. Then twelve lepers came to Findian to be healed. Findian sent them on 
 to Ciaran. Ciaran made them welcome, and went with them westward from the church, 
 and cuts ^ a sod out of the earth, whereupon a stream of pure water ^ brake forth. He 
 poured three waves of that water over each of the men, and they were at once every 
 whit whole. 
 
 4136. In this school, moreover, a stag used to visit Ciarán, and he used to put 
 his book on the deer's horns. One day there Ciarán heard the bell. He rose up 
 suddenly at the bell ; howbeit the stag arose more swiftly, and went forth with the book 
 on his horns. Though that day was wet and (so was) the night after it and though 
 the book was open, not a single letter in it was moistened. On the morrow the cleric 
 arose, and the deer came to him with the book all safe. 
 
 4142. Into that school, then, came Ninnid Slant-eye of Locha Eirne to read 
 with Findian, and he had no book. * Ask for a book,' saith Findian. Ninnid made 
 the round of the school, and got no book from any of the scholars. * Hast thou gone 
 to the tender youth who is in the north of the green V saith Findian. ' I will go now,' 
 
 ^ sin, B. ^ scérus, B. 
 
 ' For aitreaba, etc., B. has : ni ba hif^^-nach iarwwh ^ aittrebait in mbethaid suthain. 
 
 * aps/a/, B. ' cénmotat, B. ^ boingid, B. ^ sruth sainemail, B. ® asa aithle B. 
 
LIFE OF CIARÁN OF CLONMACNOIS. 
 
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 saith Ninnid. So when Ninnid came, Ciarán had arrived at the middle text of 
 Matthew's Gospel : Omnia quaecumque uultis ut faciant homines nobis ita ei uos facialis 
 illis. 'I have come to borrow a book/ says Ninnid. 'Mercy come to us !' saith 
 Ciarán, ' it is for this I read, and this the text saith to me : that I should do unto every 
 one what I desire to be done to me. Take the book/ saith Ciarán. His companions 
 asked him on the morrow, while doing the lesson, where was his book } ' He gave 
 it to me/ saith Ninnid ^ Saith one of the school : * Let " Ciarán Half-INIatthew " be 
 his name/ ' Nay,' saith Findian, ' but " Ciarán Half-Ireland,'" for half of Ireland will 
 be his, and ours will be its other half As Findian said : 
 
 4155. 'With Findian read 
 
 Ciarán the pious with constancy. 
 Half a book had he without reading, 
 Half of Ireland to him for it.' 
 
 4159. From that the famous word was taken to Rome to Alexander, to wit, A^on 
 legam Marcum quo usque complcueram Mattheum. 
 
 4 1 61. Thereafter, then, came to pass a scarcity of corn and sustenance for that 
 school, so that it was necessary for a good man of them in turn to protect the sack of 
 corn which was carried thence ^ to the mill. It happened to Ciarán in his turn to carry 
 to the mill a sack of oats. He said when opening that sack : 'O Lord,' saith he, 'I 
 should like this to be beautiful wheat, and that this were a satisfaction great, pleasant, 
 delightful to the elders.' Even so it came to pass. An angel of God was sent down 
 (into) the mill by his * hand while he was singing his psalms with purity of heart and 
 mind, and the oats that were put in became, when coming out, choice wheat. Then 
 comes the daughter of the master of the mill, and she was seeking Ciarán, and he 
 found favour in her eyes, for his form was more beautiful than that of anyone of his 
 own age * That is most hard for thee/ said Ciarán. ' Is it not this whereof thou 
 shouldst take heed — the perishableness of the world, and Doomsday, and the pains of 
 hell, in order to avoid them, and the rewards of heaven, in order to obtain them ?' When 
 the girl had gone home, she tells those tidings to her father and to her mother ^ These 
 came and offered the girl to Ciarán. ' If she offers her maidenhood to God,' saith 
 Ciarán, ' and if she serves him, I will be at union with her.' So the girl offered her 
 maidenhood to God and to Ciarán, and all her household their continual service, and 
 
 ^ The Book of Lismore is here so faded and ignorantly retouched as to be unintelligible. The 
 translation of this and the following two sentences is made from the Brussels MS., which has: 
 
 * Dosfuc dhamsa,' ar Ninnid. ' Bid Ciaran leth-Matha a ainm,* ar fer don scoil. ' Acc/ ar Finden, 
 ' acht Ciaran leith nEirenn, uair bidh leis leth Érenn T a leth aile duinne.' 
 
 ^ uatha, B. ^ airpeitech, B. * For ina, ' in his,' B has lea. 
 
 ^ The Brussels MS. here has : ba hailli a dhealbh ~} a denam oldas cech duine a chomaóisi. 
 
 * Annsam duit,' ol Ciaran, etc. 
 
 * atfet dia muinntir a scela, B. 
 
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 the permanent ownership of them to Ciarán, from that time forward. When they had 
 gone home a ration was brought from them to Ciarán, even three loaves of wheat with 
 their proportion of bacon ^ and of flesh, and a vessel full of ale^ When the 
 servants had left that, and when they had taken a blessing, he said : ' Mercy come to 
 us ! ' saith he, ' it is not meet for us to consume this apart from the other brethren.' 
 After that he made all the food into little bits, and cast it into the mill, and cast in the 
 ale (also), and made wheaten meal of them all. When Ciarán perceived the servant 
 keeping it secretly, he set a curse upon him and said to him, ' May a crane take thine 
 eye out of thy head, and may it be on thy cheek when thou goest home ^ ! ' Thus it 
 came to pass afterwards, for a pet crane picked his eye out of his head, and it lay 
 on his cheek as he was going home. Then the master (of the mill) came at once 
 along with the servant, and they prostrated themselves to Ciaran, and he (the master) 
 offered the mill with all its land to Ciaran for healing the gillie. So Ciaran set his 
 palm against the eye * and put it into its place, and made the sign of the cross over 
 it, so that it was every whit whole. 
 
 4191. Now when the grinding of the corn was ended, there were found four 
 sacks of consecrated wheat there, through grace of God and of Ciarán When he 
 reached home with his corn, he made food for the elders. That was the best food that 
 had ever been given to them. For from the time that the mystical manna was found 
 by the children of Israel, nothing like unto that food hath been found. For thus it was : 
 with the taste of every goodly viand, both mead and wine, so that it satisfied ® and 
 healed them all. For every sick man in the monastery, who partook of aught of it, 
 became at once whole every whit. 
 
 4198. The elders did not observe the nocturn that night until prime on the 
 morrow. When Findian asked Ciarán about the miracle that had happened there, 
 Ciaran related it all, from the beginning to the gift of the mill and of the land with its 
 implements (or with its men) to him as an offering. ' And behold, all that land is for 
 thee, O Findian,' saith Ciarán. Then Findian gave his blessing fervently to Ciarán, as 
 Findian said: 'O Ciaran, O heartlet, 
 
 For thy holiness I love thee ! 
 
 Grace will come to thee, my darling, 
 
 Abundance of heritage'' and land. 
 * O Ciarán noble, greatly-famous ! 
 
 To thee let every answer be wealth, 
 
 So that there be in thy trophied Church 
 
 Abundance of dignity and wisdom.' 
 
 * do shaill, B., and . . . aill is still visible in the Book of Lismore. ^ lind, B. 
 ^ * Ronbena corr,' ar se, * do shuil as do cinn, go rabha for do gruaid ag dol dod tigh,' B. 
 
 * B. adds : gan fuirech, * without delay.' ^ nseimhciarain, B. 
 ^ B. inserts : i corobuidhigh. forba, B. 
 
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 So that blessing was given fervently to Ciarán through great affection and through 
 spiritual intoxication. So there he left the half of the love, and dignity, and wisdom, as 
 regards the men of Ireland, to Ciarán and to his monastery. And Ciarán left treasures 
 with him, and in his^ monastery. Wherefore thence are Ana Findein (* Findian's 
 treasures '). Now that corn supported ^ Findian's congregation to the end of forty 
 days with their nights. And a third of it was laid-up for sick folk, for it used to heal 
 every ailment. And neither mouse nor beast dared to spoil it. And it remained for 
 a long time ^ until at last clay was made of it, and it * used to heal every disease 
 whereon it was put. 
 
 4220. One day Ciarán was collecting a band ^ of reapers, and he met a certain 
 young man whose name was Cluain. * Give us help to-morrow at the reaping,' saith 
 Ciarán. ' I will give (it),' saith Cluain. Now when Cluain went home he said to his 
 household : ' If,' saith he, ' messengers come for me from Ciaran, say that I am in 
 sickness.' When that ^ was told to the gillie who came for him, the gillie declared it 
 to Ciarán. Ciarán smiled at hearing it, and he understood that Cluain was defrauding 
 him, for of a truth Ciarán was a prophet of God. Now when Cluain's household came 
 to wake him, it is thus they found him without life. His household bewailed him 
 greatly, and the hirelings (?) came^ and asked them the cause of the lamentation. 
 ' Cluain,' say they, ' went into his bed all well, and now he is dead ; and it is Ciaran 
 that hath killed him with his curse, since he did not go with him to the reaping.' All 
 that folk go to intercede with Ciarán as to bringing the dead man back to life. ' We 
 all,* say they, ' will reap for thee, and we will give our monkdom and our service to 
 thee and to God for ever, if thou wilt awake the dead man for us.' Then said Ciarán 
 to his farmer, * Go,' saith he, ' and take my crozier to the corpse, and put the sign of 
 the cross with the crozier over its breast, and repeat this stave : — 
 
 ' Cluain delayed 
 To-day (to come) to me to reap, 
 For an oppressive** disease 
 Caused' the living to be dead in his house.* 
 
 4241. Then Cluain arose at once and went quickly to Ciarán: 'A blessing on 
 thee, O holy Ciarán,' saith he : ' good is what thou hast done to me, for I am thankful 
 to come from the many pains of hell. Now we know the profitableness of obedience, 
 and the unprofitableness of disobedience ; and we know the great honour that the Lord 
 and the household of heaven generally have for thee.' Thereafter he prostrated him- 
 self to Ciarán, and gave his service to him. 
 
 ' ina, B. ^ fororlongair, B. ^ 1 romhair fri ré fhoda co ndernadh ere, B. 
 
 * se, B. 5 For meithli B. has lochta. * For sin B. has : a bheith i ngalar. 
 ' Here B. has : tancatar drem sunradach chuca, * a special party came to them.' 
 
 * anforrach, B. 9 fortruair, B. B. has : morpianuib. 
 
Í272 LIFE OF CI ARAN OF CLONMACNOIS. 
 
 4247. Certain of the clerics asked Findian who would give out the prayer when 
 Findian would no longer be on earth. * Yonder youth,' saith Findian, — that is, Ciarán,— 
 ' he it is.' ' Thou givest the abbacy to him,' saith Brenainn, ' in preference to every 
 one.' ' It hath been given, it is given, and it will be given,' saith Findian. Now that 
 caused envy to (all) the saints, excepting Colomb Cille. 
 
 4253. Then one of them asked him (Ciaran) which of the saints would have 
 the greatest reward in heaven ? ' Mercy come to us ! ' saith Ciaran, * it will be 
 known in our convents on earth.' Then Brenainn of Birr made a prophecy for him, 
 * We will take two convents,' saith Brenainn, ' on two streams between chief cities, and 
 the difference that will be between the two streams will be (the difference) between 
 the size of the convents.' 
 
 4257. Now when it was time for Ciarán to go from Clonard, after learning 
 reading and wisdom, he left the Dun with holy Ninnid, but he said that her hide would 
 come to him afterwards. And Ciaran said besides, that though a multitude would be 
 helped by her milk, there would be more to whom her hide would give help^. And 
 he said : * Every soul that shall go out of its body on ^ the hide of the Dun will not be 
 punished in hell.' 
 
 4263. Findian beheld a vision of himself and of Colomb Cille, even two moons in 
 the air, with a hue of gold upon them. One of the twain went by sea to the north- 
 east : [the other went to the Shannon and shone] over the middle of Ireland. Those 
 were Colomb Cille [in lona] with the radiance of his nobleness and his high birth, 
 and Ciarán [at Clonmacnois] with the radiance of his charity and his mercy. 
 
 4267. Then Ciarán goes to parley with the king of Ireland, even Tuathal 
 Mael-garbh, to ask of him a slave-girl whom he possessed. So Ciarán put his fist 
 on the quern out of charity, and promised he would serve in lieu of the slave-girl. 
 So Tuathal released the slave-girl to God and to Ciarán, and gave (Ciarán) besides, 
 his royal raiment, and Ciarán straightway gave them to the poor. 
 
 4272. Once upon a time Ciarán went to the king, that is, to Furbaide, to ask for 
 another slave-girl. Then one man brought Ciarán a cow as an offering, and another 
 brought him a mantle, and another brought a kettle. He gave them all at once to the 
 poor on the same day. And God gave Ciarán three offerings that were better, to 
 wit, a caldron in lieu of his kettle, twelve mantles in lieu of his one mantle, and twelve 
 cows in place of his one cow. When the king saw that, he at once bestowed the 
 slave-girl on Ciarán ^ 
 
 4728. Now when the time came for bidding farewell to his tutor, he offers his 
 monastery to serve him. ' Nay,' says Findian, ' do not deprive thyself of thy monastery 
 
 ^ B. has : cid sochaide rocob^;' a bliocht, robadh lia rocoibhéradh a seithe {sic, leg. seiche). 
 2 Literally ' from.' ' ^ do Chiaran fo céttoir, B. 
 
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 for any other but God alone, who hath bestowed special affection on thee beyond us 
 all' 'My monastery (I give) to thee,' saith Findian^ Ciarán weeps, for it seemed 
 noble ^ to him, that his tutor should offer his monastery to him. ' There, then, will be 
 unity between us,' saith Findian, * and he who shall spoil our union will have neither 
 heaven nor earth.' ' That ^ shall be so,' saith Ciarán. 
 
 4283. Then Ciarán went his way, and then Colomb cille bore this witness upon 
 
 him: 
 
 * A marvellous hero goes from us westward, 
 Ciarán, son of the wright, 
 
 Without greed, without pride, without reviling. 
 Without lust, without satire.' 
 
 4289. Thereafter Ciarán went to Aran to commune with Enna. And the twain, 
 even ^ Ciarán and Enna, beheld the same vision, to wit, a great fruitful tree beside a 
 stream in the middle of Ireland ; and it protected the island of Ireland, and its fruit 
 went forth over the sea ^ that surrounded the island, and the birds of the world came 
 to carry off*^ somewhat of its fruit. Ciarán related the vision to Enna. Said Enna: 
 * The great tree which thou beheldest is thou thyself, for thou art great in the eyes 
 of God and men, and all ^ Ireland will be full of thy honour. This island will be 
 protected under the shadow of thy favour, and multitudes will be satisfied with the grace 
 of thy fasting and thy prayer. Go then with God's word to a bank of a stream, and 
 there found a church.' 
 
 4297. Once when Ciaran was in Aran drying (corn) in the kiln, Lonan the 
 Left-handed was along with him, and he was always in opposition to Ciarán. And 
 they saw a ship foundering before them. * Meseems/ saith Lonan, ' that yonder 
 ship will be drowned to-day, and that this kiln will be burnt by the greatness of the 
 wind.' * Nay,' saith Ciarán, ' yonder ship will be burnt, and a drowning will drown 
 this kiln with its corn.' And this was fulfilled. For the ship's crew escaped^, and 
 the ship was cast on shore beside the kiln. The kiln catches fire, and the ship 
 is burnt. But the wind gave a blast on the kiln with its corn into the sea, where it 
 was drowned through Ciaran's word. 
 
 4305. When Ciaran went out of Aran, a poor man meets him " on the path. 
 Ciaran gives his linen chasuble to him, and goes to Inis Cathaig to bid farewell to 
 Senán. Since he had nothing on but his one mande, that was revealed to Senán : 
 and (so) he went to meet him^^ with a linen robe under his armpit, and he said to Ciarán: 
 ' Is it not a shame,' saith he, ' for a priest to go about without a robe ? ' ' Mercy come 
 
 ^ * Mo chathairsi ritsa,' ol Finden, B. ^ huasal, B. ^ sin, B. * andis cenaislingi .i., B. 
 
 ^ rosoichedh a thoradh tar an muir, B. ^ I a ethaide co mbristis, B, 
 
 ' fiadh Dia, B, corresponds with the meaningless ' fn tua ' of the Book of Lismore. 
 
 " uile, B. 'J ar terná, B. hi, B. docuirethar, B. " ina (firithséd, B. 
 
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 to us ! ' saith Ciarán, ' God will take pity on my nakedness ^ My elder hath a robe 
 for me in keeping.' When Ciarán came to Clonmacnois, he desh-ed to send another 
 robe to Senan. The robe was sent down the stream of the Shannon, and it went 
 on without getting wet to the harbour of Inis Cathaig. Senan said to his monksj 
 
 * Go to the sea, and ye will find a guest there, and bring it with you, with honour and 
 veneration.' When the monks went out, they found the robe on the sea, and it was 
 dry, and they brought it to Senán, and he gave thanks to the Lord. And that is 
 to-day the Cassal Senáin (' Senán's Robe '). 
 
 4317. Then he went to his brethren to fsel; and Cobthach, son of Breccan, 
 granted Isel to God and Ciarán ; and there Ciarán dwelt along with the brethren. And 
 one day he was doing his lesson out on the field, when he went to visit his guests, and 
 left the book open till morning, under the wet. And not a damp drop came to the book. 
 
 4322. Ciarán was once sowing seed in fsel. A poor man came to him. 
 Ciaran flings a handful of the grain into his bosom, and the grain was at once turned 
 into gold. A chariot with its horses was given to Ciarán by Oengus son of 
 Crimthann. Ciaran gave it to the poor man for the gold, and the gold turned into 
 grain, and therewith the field was sown. 
 
 4327. Now near fsel there was a lake, and heathens and rabble were dwelling in 
 the island that was upon it. And the shouting and noise of that unprofitable folk used 
 to disturb the clerics. Ciarán entreated the Lord that the island might be moved out 
 of its place, and that thing was done ; and still for remembrance of that miracle is seen 
 the place wherein the island was in the lake. 
 
 4332. Now when the brethren were unable ^ to endure Ciaran's charity because of 
 its greatness, and when envy seized them*, they said to him : ' Go from us,' say they, ' for 
 we cannot endure thee in the same stead.' Said Ciarán, ' If it were here,' he said, 
 
 * that I were, though this stead were ísel (" low as regards place, it would be high 
 
 as regards honour and reverence.' Then he said this : 
 
 ' Though it be ísel (" low ") it would be high, 
 Unless the murmuring should come : 
 The murmuring, unless it should come 
 It would be high, although it were isel ("low").' 
 
 4341. There Ciarán put his books on a stag. Now the stag used to accompany 
 him on every path by which he used to go^. The stag went before him to Inis Angin. 
 Afterwards he goes behind the stag ^ He entered that island and dwells therein. 
 
 4344. Then his brethren came to him from every point. There was a certain 
 archpresbyter in the island. Daniel was his name. Of Britain was he ; and the 
 Devil egged him on to envy Ciarán. Then a royal cup with three golden birds was 
 ^ do ma-nochta-so, B. co ro látse, B. ^ nar cumaingset, B. * rosgaibh, B. 
 
 ' cech conair notheighedh, B. ^ Teidsiumh ina dhiaigh iarsin in oighe, B. 
 
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 given to him by Ciarán in token of forgiveness. The priest wondered at that, and 
 made repentance, and prostrated ^ himself to Ciarán, and gave the island up to him. 
 
 4349. Once Ciarán was in Inis Angin, and he heard a noise in the harbour. 
 He said to the brethren : ' Go/ saith he, ' to meet the makings of your abbot.' 
 When they reached the harbour they found no one there but a heathen youth. They 
 tell that to Ciarán. * Go nevertheless again for him, (for) it is manifest to me by his 
 voice, that it is he who will be your abbot after me.' Then the youth was brought 
 into the island to Ciarán, and Ciarán tonsured him, and he read with him ; and that 
 was Enna ^ ]\Iac-Hui-Laigsi, a holy man admirable to the Lord ; and it was he who 
 became abbot after Ciarán 
 
 4356. It happened that Ciarán's gospel was dropped into the lake by a certain 
 careless brother, and it remained for a long while under the lake. On a certain day 
 in summer-time cows went into the lake, and the strap of the gospel stuck to the foot 
 of one of the cows, and from below she brought with her * the gospel dry to the 
 harbour. Hence is (called) Port in Sosceoil ('the Harbour of the Gospel') in Inis 
 Angin to-day Now when the gospel was opened, thus it was : bright-white, dry, 
 without destruction of a letter, (and all) through Ciarán's grace ! 
 
 4361. A certain man of Corco-Baiscinn came to Ciarán : Donnánwashis name : 
 he was a son of a brother of Senán, son of Gergenn, and he and Senán had the 
 same mother. ' What dost thou wish, or why dost thou come ? ' sailh Senán. * To 
 seek a place wherein I may abide and serve God.' 
 
 4364. (So) Ciaran left Inis Angin with Donndn. Said Donnan : * Since thou art 
 affectionate to me, leave some of thy tokens and of thy reliquaries with me.' Ciarán 
 leaves with him his gospel, even the gospel that was got out of the lake, and his bell, 
 and his bearer, even Mael Odran. Three years, then, and three months dwelt Ciarán 
 in Inis Angin; and after that he came to Ard Manntain, beside the Shannon. When 
 he saw the delightfulness of that place he said: ' If we tarry here,' saith he, 'we shall 
 have abundant wealth of the world, and but few souls will go hence to heaven.' 
 After that he came to this place*^. Ard Tiprat (' the Height of the Well,') was its name 
 at that time. ' Here then we will stay, for many souls will go to heaven hence, and 
 there will be a visit from God and from men for ever on this place.' 
 
 4374. On the eighth of the calends of February Ciaran set up in Cluain, on the 
 tenth of the moon, on the tenth of the lunar month, on a Saturday. Now eight went 
 with him, to wit, Ciaran, Oengus, Mac-nisse, Cael-colomb, IMobeoc"^, ]\Io-lioc, 
 Lugna Mac-húi-Moga-Laim, Colmán, son of Nun. 
 
 4376. Marvellous, then, was that monastery which was set up by Ciarán with his 
 
 * roslecht, B, ^ Oenu, B. ^ For iar Ciarati, B. has aca som deis Ciarain. 
 
 * im chois araile bo, co tuc le anios an soscele, B. ' andiu, B. ^ Clonmacnois. 
 ' Inserted by B. 
 
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 eight (companions) after they had come from the waves of the water Even as Noah, 
 son of Lamech, took the world ^ with his octad after coming from the waves of the deluge. 
 Then Ciarán planted the first stake in Cluain, and Diarmait, son of Cerball, was along 
 with him. Said Ciaran to Diarmait when setting the stake, ' Let, O warrior, thy 
 hand be over my hand, and thou shalt be in sovranty over the men of Ireland.' * I 
 agree/ saith Diarmait, ' provided thou givest a sign to me as regards that.' ' I will say 
 it then,' saith Ciarán: 'though thou art alone to-day, thou wilt be ^ king of Ireland at 
 this hour to-morrow.' Now that was true, for Tuathal Maelgarb, king of Ireland, was 
 killed on that night. And Diarmait took the kingdom of Ireland on the morrow, and 
 offered a hundred churches to Garán : wherefore to witness that (the poet) said : 
 
 4387, *I will bear witness truly 
 
 Though thy multitudinous train be only one, 
 Thou wilt be a delightful, dignified king 
 Of Ireland at this hour to-morrow.' 
 
 The killing of the chosen Tuathal 
 Maelgarb was a cry without glory. 
 Thence is the choice saying : 
 'This was the deed of Mael Mór*.' 
 
 Without rout and without slaughter 
 
 He took Usnach ; it was not after an assembly. 
 
 Diarmait, the distinguished, gave 
 
 A hundred churches to God and to Ciarán. 
 
 4399. Thereafter the stake was set, and Ciarán said when setting it : ' Lo, this,' 
 said he, ' into Trén's eye ! ' Now Trén was a youth who dwelt in the fort of Cluain- 
 Ichta, and who had attempted to be disobedient to him. Straightway at Ciarán's 
 word Trén's one eye brake in his head. 
 
 4402. On a certain day the brethren were sore athirst as they were reaping 
 in Cluain. They send off a certain attendant to the cleric to ask that water might be 
 brought to them in the field ; whereupon Ciaran said that if they would for that day 
 endure their thirst, this would produce great worldly wealth to the brethren who 
 should come after them. ' Verily, it is certain,' saith the brethren, ' that rather than 
 satisfy our thirst to-day we prefer to have patience for which reward will be given to 
 ourselves, and from which benefit will accrue to the brethren after us.' A cask full 
 of wine from the lands of the Franks was brought to the place to Ciarán, in reward 
 of that patience, and a fragment of that cask remained here until the latest times. 
 Now when the evening came Ciarán blessed a vessel full of water, and it was turned 
 into choice wine, and was dealt out to the monks. And never was there any feast 
 
 ^ in uiscce, B. domhan, B, ^ bidhat, B. 
 
 * For 'a icht Mael moire ' B. has ' echt Móile móire.' 
 
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 that excelled that feast ^ ; for after long times Colombcille's household came from Hi to 
 this city "^. A feast was prepared for them, and it was proclaimed throughout the whole 
 city that there never had been before nor (would there be) after a feast as good as it. 
 Then said an ancient man who was in the house of the elders: 'I know,' saith he, ' a feast 
 that was better than this. Better was the feast that Ciaran made for his monks when 
 they were sore athirst^, and he turned the water into wine for them. Lest that should 
 be a tale without token for you,' saith the ancient man, ' 'twas I myself that dealt out that 
 wine, and my thumb would go over the edge of the cup into the wine. Come ye 
 and know now the odour of my thumb from its having dipt into the wine at that 
 time.' They came and they were all sated by the odour of that finger. They 
 said : ' Better,' say they, * is this feast than every feast, the feast whose odour remains 
 after a very long time on a finger ^' ' Blessing,' say they, ' on Ciarán, and blessing 
 on the Lord that granted him every good thing ! ' 
 
 4424. Crichid of Cluain, Ciarán's farmer, went to Saigir, and remained for a 
 long time therein. And the Devil seduced him to quench the hallowed fire which 
 the monks kept in the kitchen. Ciaran of Saigir said that he would not partake of 
 food until guests should come and bring ^ him fire. Then went Crichid from them 
 a little distance outside the monastery, and wolves killed him, but they did not destroy 
 his body. When Ciarán, the Wright's son, heard of the death of his gillie, he went 
 to Ciarán of Saigir, to ask for him. When he arrived, Ciarán of Saigir said : ' This 
 is the first thing ye need, (warm) water over your feet. But we have no fire to heat 
 water for you. But give ye as guests fire unto us, for unto yoii hath God decreed 
 it.' Then Ciaran, the wright's son, raised his hands towards heaven, and made 
 fervent prayer. After completing the prayer, fire came from heaven and rested on 
 his breast. He protected his breast from the fire, and brought it with him to the 
 monastery. He cast the fire on the floor, and it had not hurt even a hair of the 
 robe ^ he was wearing. Then he brought to life his gillie who had previously 
 died, and partook of dinner along with them ^ Then the two Ciaráns made their 
 union. ' The wealth of the world,' saith Ciarán, son of the wright, * (be) in 
 great Saigir ! ' ' Wisdom and dignity without decay in Clonmacnois ! ' saith Ciaran 
 of Saigir. 
 
 ^ cfnach raibhe nach fledh rodherscnaighedh an fhledh sin, B. 
 2 That is, Clonmacnois, where this Life of Ciarán was composed. 
 ^ For a n-itaid mhoii-, B. has in a tigh m<3r, ' in their great house.' 
 
 * B. has : no teighed mh'orda tar eochair an bleidhe isin fion sin. Teccaid si, B. The oemair of 
 the Book of Lismore is doubtless a scribal error for eochair. 
 5 iar n-iolaimsioraibh for an méor, B. 
 
 dob^náis, B. ' acht tabra/VZ/si in bhar n-áidhedhaibh tene, B, 
 
 " B. inserts here: lin gil, 'of white linen.' ^ riusan misprinted htusan, p. 132. 
 
LIFE OF CI ARAN OF CLONMACNOIS. 
 
 4440. Howbeit Ciarán remained in that place for the space of seven months 
 only when he went to heaven on the ninth day of^ the middle month of autumn. 
 
 4443. Now, when Ciarán knew that the day of his decease was at hand, he 
 made prophecy with great sadness, He said that there would be a great persecution 
 of his monastery by evil men towards the end of the world. * What then shall we do 
 in the time of that folk ? ' say the monks. * Shall we stay by thy relics ? or shall we 
 go to another place ? ' ' Go/ saith Ciarán, ' and leave my relics as the bones of a deer 
 are left in the sun, because it is better for you to dwell along with me in heaven than 
 to remain here by my relics.' 
 
 4449. When the time of his decease drew nigh to the holy Ciarán in the little 
 church, in the thirty-third year of his age, on the fifth of the ides of September, as 
 regards the day of the solar month, on a Saturday, as regards the day of the week, on 
 the eighteenth as regards the age of the moon then he said : * Let me be carried to 
 the little height saith he. And when he looked at the sky, and the lofty air above his 
 head, he said, 'Awful is this way above.' * Not for thee ^ is it awful,' say the monks. ' I 
 know not indeed,' saith he, * aught of God's commandment which I have transgressed 
 and yet even David son of Jesse, and Paul the Apostle dreaded this way.' Then 
 the stone-pillow was taken from him for his comfort (?). ' Nay,' saith he, ' put it 
 under my shoulder '^, Qui enim perseveraverit usque in finem hie salvus erit! Then 
 angels filled all between heaven and earth in order to meet his soul. Then he was 
 carried into the little church, and he raised his hands, and blessed his people, and 
 told the brethren to shut him up in the church until Coimgen should come from 
 Glendalough. 
 
 4461. When after three days Coimgen arrived, he did not at once receive 
 the full courtesy of the clerics, for they were in grief and in great sorrow after their 
 cleric. Coimgen said to them : ' A look of moroseness be on you always ! ' saith he. 
 Then great fear seized the elders, and they did Coimgen's will, and opened the little ^ 
 church before him. Ciarán's spirit at once went to heaven, and came again into 
 its body to commune with Coimgen, and made welcome to him ; and they were there 
 from the one watch to another, in mutual conversation, and making their union. 
 Then Ciaran blessed Coimgen, and Coimgen blessed water and administered the com- 
 munion to Ciarán. And then Ciarán gave his bell to Coimgen in sign of their unity, 
 and as the scruple ® of his communion. This is to-day ' Coimgen's Bobdn! 
 
 4472. Now the saints of Ireland envied Ciarán for his goodness, and they 
 
 ^ Nocu raibhi immorro Ciaran isin baili sin fri re seacht mis namá, B. 
 
 ^ do, B. 2 ^(3jgj Q^Q^^ * For in dinn B. has amach, ' out.' 
 
 5 NÍ duitsi, B. « tara tíósaind, B. 
 
 ' fóm f hormna, B. The fomorno of the Book of Lismore is a corruption of fóm formno, 
 8 bice, B. 9 the fee. ^'^ rof hoirmtighset, B. 
 
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 betook themselves to the King of Heaven that his life might be shortened ^ So great 
 was the envy which they had for him, that even his own comrade Colomb cille, said : 
 * Blessing on God,' said he, * who took this holy Ciarán ! for if he had remained 
 until he was an ancient man, he would not have found the place of two chariot-horses 
 in Ireland that would not have been his.' 
 
 4477. Here then is Ciarán with the eight whom we have mentioned, with many 
 thousands of saints besides. Here are the relics of Paul and Peter which Benian and 
 Comlach left in the hollow tree here l Here are the relics of the blind son, to wit, 
 Peca's disciple. Here then is the shrine of the guest, even Peca. It is he whom a 
 certain pious one saw carried by angels to Ciarán's tomb. Three marvels (were) 
 here on that night : the guest-house without fire, without hospitality, without prayer, 
 for Peca (himself) was full of fire, and of hospitality, and of prayer. 
 
 4484. Now, there is none who could accurately recount all the miracles and 
 marvels which God wrought for this holy Ciarán, because they are too many to be 
 reckoned and declared. Because, since the coming of Christ into flesh, there never 
 hath been born one whose charity and mercy were greater, whose labour and fasting 
 and prayer were greater, whose humility and goodwill were greater, whose gentle- 
 ness and mildness were greater, whose care and watchfulness (?) concerning God's 
 Church were greater, whose daily labour and nightly * vigils were greater. It is he 
 that never put rich food or any intoxicating ^ liquor into his body since he began to 
 lead a devout life. It is he that never drank milk nor ale until a third of it was 
 water. He never ate bread until a third of it was sand. He never slept until his 
 side touched the bare mould. Under his head there was usually nought save a 
 stone for a pillow. Against his skin there never came linen nor wool. He was a man 
 with full choice voluntary off"erings° to the Lord^, like Abel, son of Adam. 
 A man with fervent ^ entreaties to God like Enoch, son of Israel. A fully sufficient 
 pilot for the ark of the Church, among the waves of the world, like Noah, son of 
 Lamech. A true pilgrim, full of firmness of faith and belief, like Abraham, son of 
 Terah. A man loving, gentle, forgiving of heart like Moses, son of Amram. A 
 man enduring, and steady in supporting '° sufferings and tribulations, like Job the 
 Sufferer. A psalmist most melodious and delightful to God, like David, son of Jesse. 
 A shrine (?) of true wisdom, and true knowledge like Solomon son of David. An 
 immovable rock whereon the Church is founded, like Apostle Peter. A universal 
 
 * B. adds : i goro timdibhthe. ' a fher cumtha, B. 
 ' For chocai ibhos B. has atcin fos, ' I still see.' 
 
 * aidhchidhe, B. » n-ionmesc, B. 
 
 ^ For the lanpartaib of the Book of Lismore we should certainly read lAnedpartaih. B. has : go 
 láinedhbartaibh toltanacha. ' B. adds : na ndula, * of the elements.' 
 
 * B. inserts degdhuirn. ^ B. inserts : risan ecclais, ' regarding the Church.' oc fnlung, B. 
 
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 chief-teacher, and chosen vessel proclaiming righteousness, like Paul the Apostle. A 
 man full of the grace of the Holy Spirit and of virginity, like John the bosom- 
 fosterling^. 
 
 4504. A man full of likeness in many ways to Jesus Christ, to the Head of all 
 things. For this man made wine of the water for his household and for his guests 
 in this monastery, even as Jesus made choice wine of the water at the feast of Cana in 
 Galilee. This man, moreover, is called a wright's son, even as Christ is called a 
 Wright's son in the Gospel, that is 'Hie est filius fabri^ even Joseph. Thirty and three 
 years in the age of this man, as there are thirty and three years in the age of Christ. 
 This man, moreover, had a resurrection after three days here in his room in Cluain, 
 to commune with, and to comfort Coimgen, even as Christ after three days in His 
 sepulchre in Jerusalem, had a resurrection to comfort and to strengthen His mother 
 and His disciples. 
 
 4513. Wherefore for those good things and for abundance of other good things 
 his soul is with the household of heaven. His relics and remains are here, with 
 honour and with veneration, with miracles and with daily marvels. And though great 
 be his honour at present in that wise, greater will be his honour in the holy incor- 
 ruptible union of his body and his soul at the great assembly of Doom, when St. Ciarán 
 will be judge over the fruit of his teaching along with Jesus Christ whom he served. 
 So he will abide in that great household^, in unity of patriarchs and prophets, in the unity 
 of the apostles and disciples of the Saviour Jesus Christ : in the unity of the nine 
 orders of angels who have not transgressed : in the unity of the Godhead and Manhood 
 of the Son of God : in the unity that is nobler than every unity, in the unity of the holy 
 Trinity, Father, and Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
 4524. I beseech the mercy of noble almighty God, through St. Ciaran's inter- 
 cession, that we may all attain to that unity. May we dwell therein for ever 
 and ever ! 
 
 \Serihés note :] 
 
 It is not I that am answerable for the meaningless words that are in this Life, 
 but the bad ^ manuscript. 
 
 ^ For mbronndalta B. has mbruinde. 
 
 ^ B. has : isin muinntir ; the Book of Lismore : isin mai(thius), * in the goodness.' 
 ^ That is, the injured or faded. 
 
LIFE OF MOCHUA OF BALLA. 
 
 4591. Homo profidscens uocauit seruos suos, tradidit ilUs bona sim^. When the 
 good man went on a journey he called his servants, and divided among them his 
 goods. And he divided those goods among them differently, , to wit, he gave five 
 talents to one man, and two to another man, and one talent to the last man. 
 
 4596. Now, Matthew, son of Alphaeus, the Hebrew sage, the first man who 
 wrote the Gospel of the Lord, he it is that wrote in the body of the Gospel this holy 
 declaration, to remind the Church how the Son of the heavenly Father distributed 
 the various gifts of the Holy Spirit to every one in the Church. 
 
 4600. Now, this is the man who is there said to have gone to foreign parts, even 
 Jesus Christ the Son of the living God, who went to help the human race and struck 
 them from the Devil's grasp, and then rose up to the holy heavens unto the heavenly 
 Father, and called to Him His apostles, and divided amongst them the various gifts of 
 the Holy Spirit, as was manifest to every one on the Pentecost. And He bestowed the 
 same gifts on the saints and on the righteous after the manner of the apostles, through 
 the teaching of the divine scriptures. 
 
 4606. Now, the five talents which are here mentioned are, mystically, the five 
 senses of the body and the soul, which have been bestowed by God on the human 
 race for His own service, and that by means thereof* it may see God. 
 
 4610. Now, the two talents which are here mentioned this is what they signify : 
 the cognising and the understanding which the saints and the righteous direct to the 
 Lord with equality of their good deeds under that wisdom. 
 
 4613. Now, the one talent, this is what it signifies : the pre-eminent law which is 
 in the human soul, whereby it beholds itself, and the other elements which are on earth, 
 and the stars and the firmament, and the angelic station, and the almighty Trinity. 
 
 4616. Or these are the five talents which are here mentioned, to wit, the five books 
 of the law of Moses. For their unsevere command (i. e. the decalogue) serveth those 
 who are under the New Testament. For thus is found the oneness of the Old Law with 
 the New Testament, that is, of the Law with the Gospel. For if anyone multiply" 
 the five by two it is ten that groweth thereout. If, then, the ten be multiplied by four, 
 
 ^ Matt. XXV. 14. ^ rogairm, B. ' an chinedha, B. * trempa, B. 
 
 ' Literally, ' bring with him.' 
 
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 it is forty that groweth thereout. That is, the same then truly as the five books of 
 Moses with the ten commandments of the Divine Law to be combined with the four 
 books of the Gospel, for the service of the man who consists of the four elements, so 
 that that man may serve the true God who gave various laws and rules to the world. 
 
 4624. Now, after the laws and rules of the preceding five ages^ Jesus came 
 here into the world ; and He made laws and rules through the teaching of the Gospel 
 to the human race, and to the apostles beyond every one ; and these taught their 
 successors and their holy disciples after them concerning those rules. 
 
 4628. So a multitude of saints and of righteous ones fulfilled those laws and 
 rules of the Lord of the Elements, and did not let their talents go to waste. As the 
 noble, venerable saint, for whom there is a festival and a commemoration on the 
 occurrence of this season and time, fulfilled them, to wit, the bright sun and the 
 shining star, and the blazing fire, and the gracious radiance which the Sun of 
 Righteousness sent into the world to illuminate in miracles and marvels the province 
 of Connaught, even Mochua of Balla. 
 
 4633. Now, on the third of the calends of March in every year, there is related 
 somewhat of his miracles and of his marvels, and of his genealogy according to the 
 flesh, and of the completion which he gave his career of victory here in this present 
 world ; to wit, Mochua (Cronán was his proper name), son of Becan, son of Barr, 
 son of Nathi, son of Lugaid (from whom are the Hui-Luigdech), son of Dalann of 
 Ulaid. Now his mother was Cumne, daughter of Conamail, son of Machdan, of Dál 
 Búain, (and) his three sisters were Briunsech and Lucait and Tuidell. 
 
 4640. Now, at a certain time Comgall of Bangor came to the house of the afore- 
 said Becan, and he beheld a train of angels above the house, and he asked of Becan, 
 * How many sons hast thou ? ' * Two,' saith Becan, ' who are to be counted, and a 
 little lame child who is with the sheep, and he is not to be counted ' Bring him into 
 the house that we may see him,' saith Comgall. He was brought. Then said 
 Comgall ^ : ' My soul rejoices greatly at this boy, for the grace of the Holy Ghost is in 
 his company.' Then Comgall took Mochua with him to Bangor, where he read the 
 canon of the Old Law and the New Testament, and the ecclesiastical order ; and in 
 that place, while still a youth, he wrought miracles and marvels. 
 
 4649. Once upon a time came a barren woman to entreat him to save her from 
 her barrenness At that time he happened to be crying after being beaten by his 
 tutor, and he gave her no answer. This is what the woman did. She put her 
 palm under his tears and poured them into her mouth, and at once she conceived, 
 and she afterwards brought forth a son, even Da-Biu was that son. 
 
 ^ Literally, * times.' ^ hionáirmhe, B. ^ B. inserts : iar ttabairt an mhic astegh. 
 
 * ona haimriteacht, B. 
 
LIFE OF MOCHUA OF BALLA, 
 
 4654. Diversely, now, and variously do the wise relate the ground of Mochua's 
 coming out of Ulaid. For some say that it was a certain place which Comgall took 
 from him, which was the cause of their dispute. Or this verily is the cause, to wit, 
 on a certain time Mochua's mother took him with her to visit her fatherland, even 
 Dál Buain and her kinsfolk ; and when they beheld him, they honoured him, and left 
 every one for him. Now, there was a noble ancient man of that kin, even Coman, 
 the table-priest of Fiachna, son of Baetan ; and this he said to IMochua, ' Let the 
 honour of thy fatherland be taken away from thee, as thou hast taken it from me 1 * 
 Now when Mochua and his mother were going back to Bangor, the sons of Fiachna, 
 son of Baetan, met them, and were mocking at the cleric. And this they said : ' Lame 
 cleric !' 'Sons without instruction ! ^ ' saith Mochua. Then he was mightily angered 
 against them, and he put them under the earth. Then Coman and Fiachna, son of 
 Baetan, complained to Comgall of that deed. So Comgall said that Mochua should 
 not abide in Ulaid. And it is Coman's word that caused that. ' Since I am expelled 
 by thee,' saith Mochua, * give me a token by which I can get a place, whereon I shall 
 found a church.' * I have no token,' saith Comgall, ' unless thou take with thee this 
 fountain.' * God is able to do even this,' saith Mochua. Now when Mochua went 
 out of Bangor his comrades looked behind them, and they beheld the watery cloud 
 following them, whatsoever side they went. ' Yon is the fountain,' saith Mochua ; * and 
 let us entreat it to stay before us, and to be a guide unto us.' And he said that like 
 Moses, son of Amram, before whom there was a shining cloud as he went forth from 
 Egypt. Thence Mochua journeyed to Gael, a monastery in Fir-Rois ; and Gavrin, a 
 bishop from Britain, was therein, and he offered the church to Mochua, for they were 
 foster-brothers. Now a drop fell out of that cloud, and thereof in sign of their unity 
 a fountain was formed in the stead. 
 
 4679. After that Mochua journeyed to Fobar-Feichin. That was the 
 time at which a mill was a-making by Feichin, and he had no water (for the mill), 
 and this is the advice which the clerics gave : ' Since Mochua hath come to us/ 
 say they, ' let us go to Loch Lebinn if peradventure we may get ^ water thereout/ 
 ' That is a monstrous advice,' says the mill-wright, ' for there is the huge mountain 
 between you (and it).' ' God is able even for this,' saith Mochua. Now when the 
 clerics reached the lake, Mochua cast his crozier into it, and the crozier bored 
 through the mountain. Then Feichin did the same, and the rest of the clerics. 
 And in that wise water was got for the mill. Thereafter Feichin and Mochua made 
 their union. 
 
 4688. Then Mochua came thence to Tech Telle in the precinct of Durrow, 
 
 * The point of the retort depends on the rhyme ijasc, case), which cannot be reproduced in EngHsh. 
 
 ^ dus an bfuighbimis, B. 
 002 
 
284 
 
 LIFE OF MOCHUA OF BALL A, 
 
 and this was his desire, to found a monastery near that place. Howbeit he was not 
 able to do so, for he had not marked out the well. 
 
 4691. After that Mochua went across the Shannon into the province of 
 Connaught. Cellach, son of Ragallach, was king of Connaught at that time. Now 
 it happened to Mochua to go into Sogan Ua Maine, and they all prostrated them- 
 selves to him out of affection, because their origin is from the Ulaid \ Then a pious 
 queen named Ball-gel (' white-limbed '), who dwelt in the country, did him great 
 honour. Now Mochua abode in that country for the forty days of Easter, and 
 they attempted to keep him with them always. * There will, however,' saith Mochua, 
 * come from you yourselves a son of Life whom ye will serve.' Comman was foretold 
 in that. 
 
 4699. Mochua ^ went away from them, and left a blessing upon them and on 
 their fosterlings and on their sisters' children, as he said : 
 
 *A blessing on their fosterlings 
 If they abide according to rule. 
 My blessing exceedingly 
 On their divine good women. 
 
 ' Every lad and every nephew 
 Who shall live very piously according to my will, 
 They shall have — and it will not be empty * — 
 Earth with its fruit.' 
 
 4709. Then Mochua went to Lough Cime. There was Cellach, son of Ragal- 
 lach, king of Connaught, a-hunting. The deer entered the lake, and remained there 
 on a great stone, and no one durst go after it, for in the lake there dwelt a monster 
 that used to be very hurtful to human beings. Then said the king to Mochua: * If thou 
 wouldst allow (?) a man of our household to go after the deer under thy safeguard 
 against the monster, he would go.' * God is able even for this,' said Mochua. Then 
 the man went into the lake and killed the deer that was biding on the flagstone, and 
 this he said : ' Good,' saith he, ' was this place of an island.' Then the warrior came 
 swimming till the monster swallowed him as one morsel, wherefore the king 
 reproached Mochua. Now the cleric waxed wroth with the monster, so it threw up the 
 warrior every whit whole in the presence of the hosts, and never did hurt to anyone 
 afterwards. God's name and Mochua's were magnified by that miracle, and the 
 king and the greater part of the hosts prostrated themselves to Mochua. And that 
 was the beginning of his high grace in the province of Connaught. 
 
 * B. has : ar fa a hUltaibh tangatar ó thosach. 
 ' Imthighis Mochua, B. 
 
 ' B. inserts laithe. 
 * Yoxfalumh B, has rogar. 
 
LIFE OF MOCHUA OF BALLA, 
 
 4722. Thereafter Mochua went over Odba northwards into the district of Cera, 
 till he reached Ross Dairbrech, as (the poet) said : 
 
 Ross Dairbrech, Mochua's monastery, 
 Which is called ever-new Balla, 
 Dear the bush (?), angelic, pure, 
 Ross Dairbrech of the holy yew-trees. 
 
 Balla with sainted men to-day 
 
 (Is) the common name with lovable renown ; 
 
 * Ross Dairbrech,' this was its name 
 
 In the time of Tuathal Rough-foot. 
 
 From the district of Bangor of the cold fords, 
 To the plain of Cera of the fair hosts, 
 Into the land of Fir Domnann of the bushes, 
 Comgall sent (Mochua) to fair Ross. 
 
 4736. He stays a night in that place. Now on the morrow, when the comrades 
 looked up, they did not see the fountain. IMochua told them to seek it. Then said 
 a farmer to them : ' The fountain Ball-áluinn is below.' ' From that let the place be 
 named,' said Mochua. As he himself said : 
 
 • Let Balla be the name of the place, 
 For it hath come under my heed : 
 Let this be its name henceforward 
 Till the last age shall come.' 
 
 4744. He entreated God to manifest to him the place of his church. Five-and- 
 thirty years, then, IMochua had completed at that time, and one-and-twenty years 
 was he serving God at that place, when he went to heaven. 
 
 * One-and-twenty* years without exception 
 Was Mochua in the province of Connaught. 
 A wall of mould marking out his side 
 
 Was the hardship of his slender-skinned devotion.' 
 
 4751. Then came Eochaid Minnech^ prince of the clans of Fiachra, to gainsay 
 the cleric. Now angels were manifested to him over the wood wherein IMochua 
 dwelt, and when he saw the cleric he humbled himself to him at once. Now thus 
 was Mochua at that time, in a prison of stone. Eochaid came to the cleric, having 
 along with him a hundred of the nobles of his family, to wit, Maine with his seven 
 sons, and Domnall and Feradach and Mael-cethaig and Ronan and Suibne and 
 Finntan the Fair and the nobles of Clann-Fiachrach. And though they attempted to 
 kill the cleric, they did his will, for the spiritual radiances and the divine service ' 
 
 ' fichit, B. * Binneach, B. ^ T ind foghnamha diada, B. 
 
286 
 
 LIFE OF MOCHUA OF BALLA. 
 
 shone out of his countenance. Then they offered him the stead, with its district and 
 land, Cellach, son of Ragallach, consenting. Wherefore of founding that the historian 
 sang the staves 
 
 ' From Clad Cuirre'^ of hard Calgach 
 To Món, to the north of Adrad ; 
 From Mag Moethla^, with its bog. 
 To great-staked Crot Cualachta. 
 
 * Thus they gave their land, 
 
 The clans of Ross, with great virtue, 
 Without tempest in their minds, 
 With vast service. 
 
 * With a circuit every third strong year, 
 Both man and woman and boy, 
 
 To Mochua*, of the narrow prison. 
 At prayer, at wailing. 
 
 * A cow for every landholder 
 Both king and nobleman; 
 
 To my Chua the hundreded^ in his company 
 A garment for every ollave. 
 
 * A great pig for every house in the north, 
 From the strand of Eothuile to Muad; 
 
 A scruple for every fire without thirst 
 
 To the chapel of the province of Connaught. 
 
 * This Mochua had without sorrow 
 From Odba of the loyal throngs. 
 Strong was his flood 
 
 To the stormy strand of Eothuile.* 
 
 4785. Thus he founded his church and his monastery, and he gave three bishops 
 to consecrate his graveyards and his great churches, and to allot the land to his 
 monks 
 
 4787. This was one of Mochua's miracles. A certain barren woman came to 
 him, and he blessed two sprigs of watercress for her, and she at once conceived a son 
 and a daughter, to wit, Luicenchair the Pious and Scanlan were these. 
 
 4790. Yet another marvel ! Mochua went to Lough Cime ; and the 
 attendants said to Cennfaelad, son of Colcu, for he was then king of Co^maught : 
 * The soulfriend,' say they, ' of Cellach, son of Ragallach, is outside.' ' It is nothing ^ to 
 us,' saith Cennfaelad, 'that he is a soulfriend of Cellach's: he shall not enter this island.* 
 Then Mochua brought (the waters of) the lake over the island. The king went perforce 
 
 ^ na roind, B. ^ Ochladh cuirre, B. ^ sic, B. ' * domchua, B. 
 
 ^ fir ferainn, B. ® dom chua cédach, B. 
 
 B. omits * do roind in feruinn dia manchaib.* ^ ni tochaite, B. 
 
LIFE OF MOCHUA OF BALL A. 
 
 287 
 
 in a boat after Mochua, and he surrendered himself and his son, and his grandson in 
 bondage to him, and the island to be freed (from tribute) ; and afterwards it was freed. 
 
 4798. It was one of Mochua's miracles, to wit, Sil Muiredaig was suffering 
 from the Yellow Plague, and the clerics of the province of Connaught sought to banish 
 it from them, and they succeeded not. So they came to the place where Mochua 
 was dwelling, and he healed them, and put the colour which was on them ^ upon his 
 crozier, and then they gave their service to him. Wherefore of that colouring ^ spake 
 the poet : 
 
 The Sil Muiredaig sought 
 
 Ireland's tribes and rocks 
 
 To protect them against the mortality, 
 
 And they came to Balla. 
 
 The Sil Muiredaig promised 
 
 To do the will of the white pure cleric, 
 
 And that as numerous as leaves would be 
 
 Their treasures given to Balla. 
 
 On his holy crozier he put 
 The disease of the whole people, 
 So that this came to pass : 
 Hence is the ' Yellow Crozier.' 
 
 ' Ye have come five times five hundred 
 Men pure-armed, haughty, 
 Till Doomsday, if ye obey me, 
 Ye will be^ no fewer. 
 Every need that shall come to you 
 Utter my name in prayer to God. 
 Never will come to you 
 Overwhelming force* after it.' 
 
 4823. This was one of Mochua's miracles. Once he entered the district of 
 Muad, and came to Inis Amalgaid, and no boat was brought to him. ' It is not 
 necessary now,' saith Mochua, ' to seek a boat to go into it.' Then he raises up the 
 earth, so that one fares on foot into the island from that time till to-day. 
 
 4827. Once he went with four persons to the brink of Muad. The fishermen 
 gave a refusal to him. ' If,' saith he, ' there were a servant of God below, he would 
 bring us somewhat.' Then the seal cast on shore four salmon for them. 
 
 4830. Another time Mochua sent his servant to commune with Faelán. When 
 he came to All in Cléib (' the Cliff of the Basket ') there came to him two female 
 warriors, who dwelt in the land, namely, Bee, daughter of Conchorach, and Lithben, 
 daughter of Aitrebthach. And this is the unreasonable game which they used to play. 
 
 * forro, B. > For the fothugud^ 'founding,* of the MS., we should probably read dathugyd, 
 ^ bheithe, B. * anforlann, B. 
 
288 
 
 LIFE OF MOCHUA OF BALL A. 
 
 Whoever passed by them, they would put him into a basket with two ropes out of it, 
 and swing him over the awful precipice. It was revealed to Mochua that his gillie 
 was put into the basket. Mochua went till he reached the place. Lithben, daughter 
 of Aitrebthach, obeyed him at once ; but Bee would not let the gillie go until the 
 cleric gave her his cowl. It blazed up in her hands, and then she obeyed the cleric. 
 And the girls communed with both their fathers, and brought them to Mochua, and 
 Mochua afterwards baptized them. Now that Bee came and remained seven years 
 serving Mochua. One time she was lamenting that she was childless, and Coel, son 
 of Aed, an elder of the kindred of Aed, was saying the same thing, and both of them 
 came and gave their service to Mochua for ever. 
 
 4843. Now Taithlech, son of Cennfaelad, suffered from a gangrene, and 
 Mochua healed him, and put the disease on his own bell, and thereon it is still, to 
 certify that great miracle. 
 
 4845. On a certain time of summer, Mochua was put to guard the lambs. 
 Howbeit he was repeating his Beatus while with them. The lambs ran together 
 towards their dams, for there was no fence between them. Mochua came and 
 drew his crozier between them ^ after him on the earth ; and not a lamb of the lambs 
 ventured to cross the trace of the crozier, but each of them stood looking at the other 
 over the line. 
 
 4851. On a certain day there was brought to Mochua a consumptive ^ lad who 
 could not move either his hands or his feet, nor any of his other limbs With his 
 hand Mochua touched all the lad's limbs, and he said to him : ' Arise in Jesu's 
 name, and look at the sun, and go.' And at once he arose and went ; and God's name 
 and Mochua's were magnified thereby. 
 
 4855. At another time a demoniac * was brought to Mochua. He expelled the 
 devil from him at once in the name of the Trinity. 
 
 4857. On a certain night there came a certain robber to steal Mochua's wheat. 
 When the robber raised up the load, he withered and stiffened ^ at once ; and he could 
 neither move on nor put his burden from him, until afterwards Mochua blessed him. 
 
 4860. Once upon a time a secular man, having a deaf and dumb boy, came to ' 
 Mochua, and he besought him to heal his son for him, and Mochua entreated the 
 Lord for him, and the boy became whole, from the powers of God and the prayers 
 of Mochua ; and God's name and Mochua's were magnified thereby. 
 
 4864. Now this man, even Mochua, from the beginning of his life, gave all his ser- 
 vice to wisdom and devotion. He it is that from his infancy feared the Lord. He 
 it is that overwhelmed every sin, and he it is that quenched in himself the delight of 
 
 1 B. inserts ettorra. anbhrachtaidhe, B. ' bhalla, B. * deinhnachdha, B. 
 
 * B. inserts : *j rosheac. * do saigh/í/, B. 
 
LIFE OF MOCHUA OF BALL A, 
 
 the present life. He it is that overcame the concupiscence of his flesh. It is he that forgot 
 the pleasures of the present. He never took his mind nor his meditation from con- 
 stantly gazing at the heavenly kingdom. He hated the temporal goods as if they were 
 dungheaps. He avoided the honours of the world like death. He abhorred wealth 
 and treasures. He despised the carnal delight as if it were poison. He never gave 
 love to carnal corruption. He forgave every one who used to do evil to him. He 
 subdued his body and bent it to the divine service. He was kindled by the fire 
 of God's love, and with the same fire he used to kindle the hearts of other men. 
 He loved the neighbour as himself. He was profitable to the bodies and the souls 
 of other men. He loved his enemies even as he loved his friends. He gave good 
 things to every man, even though that man should hate him. He used to pray for 
 those who persecuted him and insulted him. He was most patient in enduring 
 every tribulation and every suff"ering. He used to bestow the divine and human 
 treasures on every one who would ask for them. He used to help like a father 
 every one who was in need. He used to visit every one who was in prison or in 
 bonds, and loose him. He used to give property to set free every slave and every 
 bondsman. He used to give raiment to the poor and needy of the Lord. He was 
 riches and wealth to the poor, though he himself was poor and needy. He used to 
 give food to the hungry and drink to the thirsty, and raiment to the naked, and a 
 general welcome to the guests, and to every one who wanted it. He protected the 
 feeble, and the wretched widows. He saved the poor and the weak from the powers 
 of the world. He- never loved gold or silver, except as stones or ashes. He never 
 moved his lip or his tongue idly. He never let aught unseemly (come) to him through 
 his hearing. He stored up in his heart everything that God used to say to him. He 
 never saw aught which it was not right for him to see. He never took a step towards 
 ignorance. He abated his sense from coveting the things earthly. It is he that bound 
 the meditation of his mind in the hallowed heavens. He never let any idle hour pass 
 from him without fruit. He never let his heart go from God. He desired to endure * 
 everything for Christ's sake, in order that he might attain to the heavenly fatherland. 
 He prepared the eternal rest for himself by abating his flesh in fasting, in abstinence, 
 quia crucijixus est viundus illi et ipse viundo, 
 
 * For the foghniadh of the Book of Lismore = ffoghmadh of the Brussels MS., we should certainly 
 read fodhtnadh. 
 
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NOTES. 
 
 %* The bare numbers refer to the lines of the text. Numbers in parenthesis refer to the pages 
 
 of the translation. 
 
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NOTES. 
 
 I. LIFE OF PATRICK. 
 
 2 (p. 149). The 'couple for whom this book was written' were Fingen (Mac Carthaig 
 Riabach) and his wife Catherine Fitzgerald, daughter of Thomas, the eighth earl of 
 Desmond. This Fingen, son of Diarmait, was lord of Hui Cairbri (Carbury), and 
 died, according to the Four Masters, in 1504 or 1505. 
 
 39 (p. 150). As to the alleged Jewish origin of S. Patrick, see Dr. Todd, S/. Patrick, 
 p. 362, the Rolls edition of the Tripartite Life, p. 357, note 5, where a similar legend 
 is quoted from the Book of Leirister, p. 353, col. 4, and the following extract from 
 Lebar Brecc, 13c: 
 
 Do macuib Israel tra iarfir do Pat^aicc. acht Truly, then, of the children of Israel was 
 dia rohesretea maic Israel o Thid 7 o Patrick ; but when the children of Israel 
 
 Uespiain, in di cónsvX rómana?]^, fochetharaird were dispersed by Titus and Vespasian, the 
 
 in domain a hdigail fola Crist, is ann doriar/;/ two Roman consuls, throughout the four 
 
 bunad Pat?aic co Bretnu, con'xá aire-sin at- quarters of the world, in vengeance for the 
 
 b^rar bretnach de ara taidef/t/ a ndaire innte. blood of Christ, then did Patrick's stock 
 
 come to Britain, wherefore it is called ' British ' 
 because of its coming in slavery thereinto. 
 
 46. S. Patrick's genealogy is thus given in the Book of Leiftster, p. 347, col. i : 
 
 Patraic 'islac Calpraind, Mí7;V Fótaide, MazV Odisi, Maic Comuith, M^/c Leoburid, Mízíc Ota, 
 MaiV Muric, MiZzV Oirc, MazV Leo, MazV Maximi, MazV Cencrcti, ^\aic Philisti, Ma/V Ferini, 'Maic 
 Britini, [in marg. ; vel Briti filii Alani, qui primus de semine lafcth in Europam uenit], a quo 
 Bretnaig, Maic FergKja LethdizVg, Mate Nemid Maic Agnomain, Maic Phaim, Maic Thait, Maic 
 Sera, Maic Sru, Maic Esru, Maic Braimind, Maic Fatecht, Maic Magoth, Maic lafeth, Maic Noe. 
 
 The pedigree in the Zedar Brecc, p. 13, col. 2, runs thus: 
 Patricius filius Alpruind, Maic Hoddaige, Maic Iloddisse, Maic Comiuil, Maic Liberiud, Maic 
 Mercuit, Maic Hoda, Maic Oricc, Maic Muric, Maic Leo, Maic Maxime, Maic Encreti, Maic 
 Erise, Maic Peliste, Maic Farine, Maic Britain a quo Bretnaig, Maic Fergusa. heihdeirg, 
 Maic Nemid, Maic Agnomain, Maic Paim, Maic Thait, Maic Sera, Maic Sru, Maic Esni, 
 Maic Pramint, Maic Aithechta, Maic Magoc, Maic lafeth, Maic Noei, Maic Lamiach. 
 
 Of these names, the second and third seem to represent the Roman names Calpurnius 
 and Potitus ; the fourth and fifth seem Odysseus and Cornelius. Compare the 
 pedigrees in the Franciscan Lider Hyiimorum and in the Lcbar Brecc homily 
 on Patrick printed in the Rolls Tripartite Life, pp. 412, 432. 
 
 47. Conches, the name given here as that of Patrick's mother, seems a corruption of 
 
 * Here ends the pedigree in the Book of Ballymote, p. 215, col. 5. There is a metrical pedigree, 
 ibid. p. 229, col. 5,1. 46, and another (attributed to Flann Manistrech^ in the Annals of the Four 
 Masters, A. D. 432. 
 
294 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 Concessa. In the Book 0/ Leinskr, p. 372 a, three aliases are mentioned. Ondba 
 iuin no Gomba uin do Bretnaib matkaix Fd/ric 7 a choic sethar, no Conches no 
 Cochmas a ainm. 
 
 52 (p. 150). This antenatal miracle is told also in Latin by Colgan, Trias Thauma- 
 turgae . . . Ac/a, p. 117 a; and in Irish in Egerton 93, cited in the Rolls Tripartite 
 Life, p. xlvi. 
 
 57, 70, 80, 86, 91, 95, 102, 121, 127 (pp. 150-152). The miracles of the boy 
 Patrick here related are told also in the Tripartite Life, pp. 8, lo, 12, 14, and in 
 the Lehar Brecc homily, printed in the Rolls edition of the Tripartite Life, pp. 432, 
 434) 436, 438. The miracle related in 1 13-120 is also in the Lehar Brecc 
 homily, ubi supra, p. 436. 
 
 147-149 (p. 153). As to Patrick's four names, see Lebar Brecc, 13 c: 
 
 Succait, tra, ainm baitse Patraic. Cotraige im- Sucait, now, was Patrick's baptismal name. 
 
 morro a ainm a ndoire : inand on 7 fer no- Cothraige, however, was his name in slavery 
 
 fógnad do cethrar i n-oenfec^/. Mogoni//i a — that is the same as ' one who used to serve 
 
 ainm oca foglaimm. PatHcius a ainm la four persons at once.' Magonius his name 
 
 Romanchu : ut dixit : when studying. Patricius his name with the 
 
 Succait a ainm baiste iar mbuaid, Romans : ut dixit [poeta] : 
 
 Cot^'aige a ndoire dimbuain, Sucait his baptismal name, after victory, 
 
 Vatxxzxus il-Letha luind, Cothraige in temporary bondage, 
 
 Magóni«j 'ca fogluimm. Patricius on fierce Letha (the Continent), 
 
 Magonius when studying. 
 
 Sucait has been equated by Schuchardt with W. hygad, ' warlike : ' Cothraige is = the 
 Gaulish CaturJgios, 'battle-kingly:' Magonius (= W. Maun) seems cognate with 
 Skr. Maghavan, a name for Indra, and Gr. Malawi/. 
 
 154 (p. 153). 'The book of epistles' here mentioned consists of the Confessio and 
 the letter to the soldiers of Coroticus, called ' Liber Epistolarum ' in the Tripartite 
 Life, pp. 10, 18, and Colgan's Latin paraphrase, Trias Thaum. pp. 120, 124. 
 
 159-165 (p. 153). The story of Miliuc's vision is told also in an extract from the 
 Tripartite Life, preserved in H. 3. 18, p. 521, and printed in the Rolls edition, 
 p. xlviii. See Colgan's paraphrase, ibid. pp. 19, 20. One of Miliuc's daughters is 
 thus commemorated in the Book of Leinster, p. 372 d: 
 
 Brónach \ngen Milchon raaic Buain 'ca mbse Bronach daughter of Miliuc, son of Buan, with 
 
 Vátxaic i ndáire, máíhair Mochse Noendrom- whom Patrick dwelt in bondage, mother of 
 
 ma oc Loch Cuan, 7 Colmain Chomraire oc Mo-chae of Noendruim at Loch Cuan, and 
 
 Uisniuch, ecus Colmdin Mulind oc Daire of Colmán of the Casket at Uisnech, and of 
 
 Chsechain in Dal Riatai, 7 epscuip Maze Erca Colmán of the Mill at Daire Caecháin in 
 
 o Domnuch Mor Maige Coba, 7 Damnatan Dál Riata, and of Bishop Mac Erca of Dom- 
 
 Sléde Betha, 7 Fursu c^-aibdig in Perona. nach Mor Maige Coba, and of Damnatan of 
 
 Sliab Betha, and of Fursu the Pious in Pe- 
 
LIFE OF PA TRICK, 
 
 295 
 
 1 66-1 (p. 154). Compare the versions of this pretty story in H. 3. 18 [Trip. Life^ 
 p. xlviii) and the Lebar Brecc homily (ibid. pp. 440, 442). It must be read in 
 connexion with the tale told in lines 86-90 (p. 151), of which it is the sequel. 
 
 1 8 1-20 1 (p. 154). These legends of Patrick's release from bondage are also found in 
 the Franciscan Liber Hymnorum, whence they are printed in the Rolls Tripartite 
 Life, pp. 414, 416. 
 
 202-210 (pp. 154, 155). Abridged from the stories paraphrased by Colgan, Tr. 
 Thauvi. p. 121, which were founded on the statements of St. Patrick himself in 
 his Con/essio. 
 
 2 1 1-2 14 (p. 155). As to Patrick's visits to SS. Germanus and Martin, compare 
 Colgan's paraphrase (Tr. Thaum. p. 121) printed in the Rolls Tripartite, p. 25. 
 
 216-241 (pp. 155, 156). A very meagre abridgement of the talcs told in the Tripartite 
 Life, pp. 28-31 of the Rolls edition. 
 
 242-245 (p. 156). This story of the leper is found also in the Lebar Brecc homily, 
 pp. 447, 449 of the Rolls Tripartite. As to the origin of the devotion bestowed on 
 lepers in the Middle Ages, see ibid. p. cxcvi, and Farrar's Life of Christy 12th ed. 
 p. 149, n. 3. 
 
 246-250 (p. 156). In the Tripartite Life, p. 32, Nathi Mace Garrchon is said to 
 have opposed Patrick, and Sinell Mac Finchada to have believed in him. 
 
 252-265 (p. 156). This story of Benén is here told more fully in the Tripartite Life^ 
 p. 36, and the Lebar Brecc homily, p. 454. 
 
 266-271 (p. 156). The statement that Loegaire's birth-feast was kept on Easter eve, 
 is, so far as I know, found only in the Book of Lismore. 
 
 274-286 (p. 157). The story of Dichu is also in the Tripartite Life, p. 36. But the 
 choice proposed to him is peculiar to the Book of Lismore. 
 
 287-289 (p. 157). This story of the impious wizard occurs also in the Brussels MS. 
 2324-2340, fo. 15^, where, after coileach, we have the words: aifrijin, co rodoirt 
 an coilechf ' of offering, so that the chalice poured forth (its contents).' 
 
 290-297 (p. 157). This account of Miliuc's self-cremation occurs also in the Book of 
 Armagh, fo. 3 a i (p. 276 of the Rolls Tripartite Life) and the Tripartite Life, pp. 
 cxlii, 38, where I have conjectured that it may be an instance either of a kind 
 of dharna or of propitiatory self-sacrifice. It is more probably a case of suicide as 
 a mode of vengeance, of which we find an example in a Finnish tribe on the right 
 bank of the Volga : ' Chez les Tchouvaches quand on veut se venger d'un ennemi 
 on va se pendre k sa porte ' (Henri Gaidoz, Me'lusine, iv. 10, citing A. Rambaud, 
 Revue politique et litter aire, 28 avril, 1877, p. 1031 b), the object being that the 
 ghost of the deceased may persecute the offender. 
 
 298-306 (p. 157). This account of king Loegaire and his wizard's prophecy of the 
 
NOTES, 
 
 Christianizing of Ireland is an abridgement of the story in the Tripartite Life, 
 pp. 32-34. 
 
 307-321 (pp. 157, 158). This story of Dichu is found, so far as I know, only in the 
 Book of Lismore. 
 
 322-336 (p. 158). Patrick's visit to Tara and his striking the paschal fire are 
 described more fully in the Tripartite Life, pp. 40-42. It seems to have been 
 an established custom in the Western Churches to produce fresh fire on Easter 
 eve : ' in sabbato paschae extincto veteri novus ignis benedicatur et per populum 
 dividatur,' Leo IV {^Hom. de Cura Past. c. 7), cited in Smith's Dictionary of 
 Christian Antiquities, s. v. Fire, kindling of. The use in the Tripartite Life of the 
 expression rohen in tenid chasc\d\ae (he struck the paschal fire), and in the Book 
 of Lismore oirobenad in tene chascdae chosecarthae lais (the consecrated paschal fire 
 was struck by him) seems to show that the fire was struck from a flint or crystal. 
 
 337-346 (p. 159). After the lacuna of two leaves, the Lismore Life resumes the legend 
 of Patrick with an account of his visit to Mullaghshee (a little place to the north of 
 Ballyshannon), and here corresponds with the Tripartite Life, p. 150, of the Rolls 
 edition. 
 
 347-355 (p. 159). This corresponds with the Tripartite Life, pp. 150, 152. 
 355-367 (p. 159). This abridgement of the account of Patrick's visit to Ailech of the 
 
 Kings, now Grenan Ely in the county of Donegal, corresponds with the Tripartite 
 
 Life, pp. 152-154. 
 
 368-369 (p. 159). An abridgement of the story told of Coelbad's sons in the Tripartite 
 Life, pp. 162-166. 
 
 370, 371 (p. 159). Olchon here is a scribal error for Olcdn, the story of whose 
 
 baptism, after his birth from a dead mother, is told in the Tripartite Life, p. 160. 
 372-380 (p. 160). Also in the Tripartite Life, p. 224. 
 
 384 (p. 160). The other six persons whom Patrick is said to have left alive for ever 
 in Ireland to guard its inhabitants are, ' a man at Cruachan Aigle, and a man at 
 Benn Gulbain, and a man in Sliab Bethad, and a man in Sliab Cua, and the 
 married pair at Cluain Iraird.' See Lebar Brecc, 28 b, 20 a. 
 
 386-392 (p. 160). This silly story of the stolen goat bleating from the belly of the 
 thief (which is said to have disgusted Carlyle with the study of Irish history) is told 
 also in the Tripartite Life, p. 180. 
 
 393-395 (p. 160). This miracle of converting poisoned cheeses into stones is found 
 also in the Tripartite Life, p. 182. Poison, it may be observed, seems to have 
 been as freely used by the Irish as it is by the Hindus. See for another instance 
 the Tripartite Life, p. 54. In the Faed Fiada (* Deer's cry '), ibid. p. 50, Patrick 
 prays Christ to protect him, ar cech neim ' from every poison.' 
 
LIFE OF PATRICK. 
 
 297 
 
 396-405 (p. 160). This story of Faillén's death-sleep in the fort of Naas is also in 
 
 the Tripartite Life, pp. 184-186. 
 406-418 (pp. 160, 161). Also in the Tripartite Life, p. 186. 
 
 419-439 (p. 161). This striking story of Odrán and Failge is told, but less completely, 
 in the Tripartite Life, p. 218. The entrance of the Devil into Failge's dead body 
 reminds one of Mr. R. L. Stevenson's story of Thraum fanet, with the * bogle in 
 her clay-cauld flesh.' In a MS. in the University Library, Cambridge, marked 
 Ff. 127, f. 462, b. 2 (which is a copy of the Tertia Vita without chapters i-ii and 
 94), the legend is thus related in Latin : 
 
 Inuenit antem uimm pessimum nomine Failge, a quo orti sent .1. nepotes* aui Foilgi, qui aurigara 
 Patricii iugulauit coram eo in curru suo, et statim in eodem mense mortuus est Foilge ; et anima 
 eius portata est in infernum. Et Ptatim intrauit dyabolus in corpus illius et habitauit in eo quasi 
 homo uiuens inter homines spacium unius anni. Tost autem multum tempus uenit Patricius ad 
 domum Foilge, cumque esset Patricius ante ianuam interrogauit unum de seruis eius dicens : 
 * Ubi est Foilge ?' Ille respondit : ' Nunc reliqui eum in domo sua.' Dixitque Patricius : * Voca 
 eum ad me.' Cum ille intrasset domum, inuenit ossa arida Foilge in domo sua; et reuersus' 
 cum tristicia, nunciauit hoc Patricio. Dixitque Patricius: 'ex eo tempore quo iugulauit Foilge 
 aurigiam [j?V] meum coram me, ille positus est in inferno, venitque dyabolus ut ludificaret in 
 corpore eius, ut non tantum anima eius infer[n]o cruciaretur, sed etiam corpus eius inter homines 
 demone repleretur.' 
 
 The story is also told by Jocelin, Colgan's Sexta Vita, c. 73. 
 442-446 (p. 161). This is in the Tripartite Life, p. 194. 
 
 447-47o(p. 162). This story of Patrick's visit to Cashel, and of Oengus's baptism, is also 
 told in the Tripartite Life, pp. 194, 196, which, however, omits the three quatrains. 
 
 471-476 (p. 162). This story of Patrick's tooth is also in the Tripartite Life^ 
 pp. 196, 198. 
 
 477-493 (pp. 162, 163) is an abridgement of the tale told in the Tripartite Life, 
 pp. 202, 204. 
 
 494-510 (p. 163). This account of Patrick's visit to Findine, the birth of Echu 
 
 Red-spot, and the prophecies of Senán of Inis Cathaig, and of Brenainn Maccu 
 
 Alti is given in the Tripartite LJfe, pp. 206, 208. 
 511-515 (p. 163). An abridgement of the story told in the Tripartite Life, p. 210. 
 516-520 (p. 164). The first sentence is in the Tripartite Life, p. 196. The rest is in 
 
 the same work, p. 214. 
 521-543 (p. 164). The account of the origin of the name Brosnacha and the metrical 
 
 blessing on Munster are given also in the Tripartite Life, p. 216. 
 544-555 (p. 164). Patrick's return to Fir Roiss, his interview with the angel, and the 
 
 * Here nepotes is obviously a Latin gloss on the Old-Irish aui, which Colgan or his printer {Trias 
 Thaum. 25, col. 2) has made into the Latin alii. 
 Here the MS. inserts est. 
 
 Qq 
 
NOTES, 
 
 celestial letter about Mochtae and Patrick are described more fully in the Tripartite 
 Life, p. 226. 
 
 556-578 (p. 165). This story of Daire's grant of the site of Armagh is told not only 
 in the Tripartite Life, pp. 228, 230, but also in the Book of Armagh, p. 6, b. 2. 
 
 579-581 (p. 185). This account of the measurement of the Raith, or earthen rampart, 
 of Armagh is also in the Tripartite Life, p. 236. 
 
 582-585 (p. 165). This list of the recorders of Patrick's miracles is also in the 
 Tripartite Life, p. 56. 
 
 586-597 (pp. 165, 166). Compare the Tripartite Life, pp. 256, 258. 
 
 598-614 (p. 166). Compare the Tripartite Life, pp. 252 and 258. The passage is 
 obviously misplaced. St. Patrick is here compared in certain respects to the 
 apostles John and Paul. But the favourite comparison is with the apostle Peter. 
 So in the hymn of Secundinus we have 
 
 Constans in Dei amore et fide immobilis, 
 super quein aedificatur, ut Petrus, aeclesia, 
 cuiusque apostolatum a Deo sortitus est 
 in cuius porta [e] ad versus inferni non praeualent. 
 
 So also in the following list of Irish saints compared with apostles, hermits, popes, 
 &c. (Book of Leinster, p. 370, columns 3 and 4): 
 
 Hie incipiunt mnzfv qz/i erant bini ^ \m\iis moris : 
 
 lo^annci, baptiza 
 
 E^pscop Ibar. 
 
 VtXxus z.-^osto\u% 
 
 Taincufs. 
 
 Paub/j 2C^OSto\M'=> 
 
 Finnian Cluana (Iraird). 
 
 Andreas z.postolus 
 
 Colum cilli. 
 
 lacobwj 2i^osto\u'a 
 
 Finnian Maigi bile. 
 
 lohannes aipostolua 
 
 Ciaran Cluana maze NJt's. 
 
 Tilippus apostolus 
 
 Cainnech. 
 
 BsLttholomaeus z.postolus 
 
 Brendinwj senior. 
 
 Tomas ^j^ostoXwí, 
 
 Brenamn Cluana Ferta. 
 
 Matthez/j z.postolus 
 
 Colum Tiri da glas. 
 
 \z.Q,o\)Us z.'postoXu^ 
 
 Comgall Bennchoir. 
 
 Simon z.-postdVu's, 
 
 Molassi Daminsi. 
 
 Tathez/j 2^posto\u% 
 
 Sinchellwi Junior. 
 
 Mathias z.-posto\M% 
 
 Ruadanwj Lothra. 
 
 Maria 
 
 Brigita. 
 
 Martinus 
 
 EpSíTí?/ Hercc Slant. 
 
 Paulus h(?;'emita 
 
 Coemgen GUnne d^(locha). 
 
 Kntovixus monac/ius 
 
 Fechini Fohair. 
 
 Augustimis sapiens 
 
 Lonngarad. 
 
 Ambrosií/j' imnodicus ^ 
 
 Mac ind eicis. 
 
 * The lithographic facsimile of the Book of Leinster has bún. 
 
 o 
 
 i.e. hymnodicus. The facsimile has here iwm[i8]. 
 
LIFE OF COLUMBA. 
 
 299 
 
 lOb patientise 
 
 leronimwx sapzVwJ 
 
 Clem^ws papa 
 
 Qrigoxms moralinm 
 
 Ciprianz^j- Kartaginensis 
 
 Laurentiz^^ diaconz^j' 
 
 Beda sapiens et mo^achus 
 
 Ilarizij- tT^tscoptis et sapzVwj 
 
 ComeliwJ" papa 
 
 Silu^j/^r papa 
 
 Bonifatiz^j" piz/a 
 
 Paucomiííí moria(r/i//j 
 
 Pastor monar//zij 
 
 Bw<?dzctzij crn^tit monac/iorum 
 
 Munnu mac Tilcahi. 
 Manchan Leith. 
 Ciaran Saigri. 
 Cu?«mini Fota. 
 Mochutu Lis máir. 
 Dechoin Nessain. 
 Buti mac Bronaz]^. 
 Sechnall epj-rf/. 
 Moedoc ¥ema. 
 Adomnan epscop. 
 Molassi. 
 
 Garald m(onach). 
 Cammine monac/i. 
 Fintan Chiana Eiáníg caput 
 
 totii/j- Europjfi 
 Augustinus episcoptis Anglor^m 
 
 monachortim totiwj Hib^mix. 
 Barre epscop Muma(n 7 Connacht^. 
 
 616-631 (pp. 166, 167). Compare the Tripartite Life^ pp. 258, 260. In attributing 
 to St. Patrick the age of 132 years, the Lismore Life agrees with Colgan's Quinta 
 Vita. Most of the other Lives give him 1 20 years, a number obviously suggested 
 by the desire to make the saint resemble IMoses (Dcut. xxxiv. 7). 
 
 632-638 (p. 167). The legend of Patrick's burial is also in the Tripartite Life, p. 252. 
 
 639-642 (p. 167). The account of the contention for Patrick's body is not only in 
 the Tripartite Life, pp. 254, 256, but also in the Book of Ar?nagh, fo. 8, b i. 
 
 643, 644 (p. 167). This sentence is obviously misplaced; and as it does little but 
 repeat what we have been told in 11. 616, 617, it was probably inserted by the 
 scribe of the Book of Lismore from a second manuscript. 
 
 655-741 (pp. 168-170). The text is from Genesis xii. i, where the Vulgate has ' Egre- 
 dere de terra tua, et de cognatione tua, et de domo patris tui, et veni in terram 
 quam monstrabo tibi.' The rest of the commentary agrees generally with the 
 opening of the homily on Saint Columcille in the Lchar Brecc, pp. 29 b-30 b. 
 
 742-751 (pp. 170, 171). These passages are also in the Lebar Brecc, p. 30 b. 
 
 752-762 (p. 171). 01d-l\Iochta of Louth's prophecy, is also in the Lebar Brecc, 
 p. 31 a. 
 
 763-775 (p. 171). Patrick's prophecy is also in the Lebar Brecc, p. 31 a. 
 776-780 (p. 171). Bee ]\Iac Dé's prophecy is also in the Lebar Brecc, p. 31a. The 
 pedigree of this prophet is thus given in the Book of Leinster, 347 c : 
 
 Bee mac De druad, MazV Gnoe, MazV Lugdach, Waic Dallain, MazV Bresail, Mi?/V Mane, MazV Neil 
 ^óigiallaig. 
 
 No Bee mac De ái'uad, MazV Noe, MazV Ci^/zaill Echlúaitb, MazV Lugdaeh Mind di Mwniain. 
 
 IL LIFE OF COLUMBA. 
 
 Q q 2 
 
300 
 
 NOTES, 
 
 781-785 (p. 171). Bishop Eogan of Ardstraw's prophecy is also in the Lebar Brecc, 
 p. 31 a. 
 
 786-790 (p. 172). Buite son of Brónach's prophecy is also in Lebar Brecc, 31a. It is 
 
 thus given in Latin in his Life, Cod. Clar. 39, Add. No. 4788, fol. 73 (cited by 
 
 Bishop Reeves, Columba, Ixix. n.). 
 
 Hodie, inquit, natus est infans cui nomen Columba, qui coram Deo et hominibus gloriosus existet, 
 quique post xxx** annos abhinc hue ueniet, et meum sepulcrum revelabit, et cemiterium designabit. 
 
 Buite's death and Columcille's nativity were celebrated on the same day, viz. Dec. 7. 
 
 Compare the Calendar of Marianus Gorman (p. 131 of the Brussels MS.) : 
 
 7. e. Do Andreas, Octauus, gein Choluim ^ chaid csemgil, 
 
 Martain, Sauin ^ sserdruin, feil Buiti^ báin brigmair, 
 
 ordned Ambrois firglain, Agatho cen tobeim, 
 
 Ollan, Colman, Cutlach, Aromein de rigraid *. 
 
 791-798 (p. 172). This account of the vision of Columcille's mother is also in the 
 Lebar Brecc, p. 3 1 a. 
 
 799-802 (p. 172). Compare Lebar Brecc, p-. 31 a. The statement that Columba's 
 birthday was the seventh of December and a Thursday, points to the years 517 
 and 523, Reeves, Columba, Ixix. But Bishop Reeves thinks a.d. 521 'most likely 
 to be the true period.' 
 
 803-806 (p. 172). Equal Lebar Brecc, p. 31 a. 
 
 807-811 (p. 172). Equal Lebar Brecc, p. 31 a. 
 
 Columcille's pedigree is also given thus in the Book of Leinster, 347 b: 
 
 Colum cille Mfl<: Y€\^imid, Maic Fergusa., Maze ConsiiU. Gulhan, Maic Neil 'Noigial/ai'g, Maic 
 Echach yiuidmedoin, Viaic Muredaig Tirig, MazV Fiachar-^ Srop/m^, M.aic Corpr? lA^Yiechair, 
 'M.aic Cormaic Vlfoia, MazV Airt Oenfir, MazV Cuind Qétchathaig, MazV Yti^Unid Kechtmair. 
 
 As to his mother Ethne, see the Book of Leinster, p. 354, col. 3 : 
 
 Eithne ingen Dimmge Míz/V Noe, MazV Fechin, ^aic Corprt filed. Mate Ai/dla Máir, Mate Breccain, 
 Mate Feic, Maic Dare Barratg, mate Cathatr Móir, ic Ros Tiprat. Derbfind Belfota ainm aile di. 
 
 And again in p. 3 7 2 a : 
 
 Ethni ingen Dimma maic noe quae et Derfind Belfota, de Chorpraigi Fanat, mdthaix Choluim cille. 
 Colum Cille, like his mother, had a second name, Crimthann (' fox ') : see the Book 
 
 of Leinster, p. 354, col. 4, where the following list of the aliases of eighteen Irish 
 
 saints is given : 
 
 Crimthand ainm Qohiim cille, Moeca 2dnm Fechin Fabuir. 
 
 Oengwj- ainm Ma/c Nisi Concert. Gnia z.inm Muru [Fjothna Viuru. 
 
 Cunnid ainm Maze Culind Lwjca. Dachua ?iinm Dachualen. 
 
 Carthach z.inni Mochutu Lis moir. Darerca ainm Moninni Cilli ^ébe. 
 
 ^ i. e. Sabinus or Savinus * in Spolitana urbe.' ^ MS. superscribes ' chille.' 
 
 ^ MS. superscribes * .i. Buite m^zc Brónaigh, ep-icop Mainistrech.' 
 
 * This eight-lined stanza (in which lines 3, 6, and 8 rhyme together) is in the metre rinnard mot. 
 I have been unable to identify the Aromein of line 8. 
 
LIFE OF COLUMBA, 
 
 301 
 
 Carthach ainm Cwmmini. 
 
 Crónán [ainm] Mochua ruaic LugdacA. 
 
 Cunnid ainm Coluim mate Crimthainn. 
 
 Tairchell ainm Moiling. 
 
 Fer da chrich SLinm Maic Cairthind. 
 
 See Bishop Reeves' note, Columha, p. 6, ^v 
 was baptismal, the other secular. 
 
 The origin of the name Colum cille. ' 
 
 Lebar BrecCy p. 236, col. 2 : 
 
 Colum cille mac Fedlimid meic Fergi/ja Cendfota 
 meic Ci?«aill Gulbaw, meic Neill A'óigxa.Waig 
 •i. CoImw pro simplicitate ' eius dictus est. 
 Cille .i. ar a mince ticed on chill in rolég 
 a salmu hi comdail na Icnab comfoc«i. Ocus 
 ba had atb^rdis-sen ata;-ru fessin : * In tánic ar 
 colum bec-ni indiu on chill?' .i. o Thelaig 
 Dúbglaise i tir Lúgdach hi Cineol CondWX. 
 
 Cremthan áidiu a ainm batsi Cohiim cille. 
 Ethne áxditt \n°^e7t Dimma meic noee, meic 
 Echin, meic Coirpr/ ihWed, meic Oi/dla mair, 
 meic Braccain, meic Daire Barraig, meic 
 CathíízV MJ/r, mdl/iaiv Coluim cille. 
 
 IS e in Colum sin dorat grád d^rmair do Uia 
 asa [ójide. Aingel do nimh ticed cu Col«/// 
 cille iccht and .i. Axal ainm in aingil-sin 
 quasi auxil [ab] auxilio, condepi^i; fris : 'Gab 
 inimat oige,' ol in t-aingel. * Ni géb,' ol 
 Col«/;/ cille, ' CO tucthar a log dam.' ' Cia 
 log í-íJwdige ? ' ol in t-aingel. ' Atgillim ni 
 hénlóg sin,' ol Colum cille, ' acht a cetha/>.' 
 *Abair eat,' ol in t-aingel. ' Atl)<?rim,' ol 
 Col«/7/ cille: 'bás oilithre, ar rosanntaiges 
 hi as mo áitiu, [7 bás aithrige^] 7 bás gortai, 7 
 éc hi n-áitiu,ar it granna na cuirp hi sénntaid,' 
 * DobMhar duit. cid tuilled frissin,' ol in 
 t-aingel-, * .i. bidat fáid hi nim 7 hi talmuin.* 
 
 Rocomulta áxdiu sin ,i. dochoid-siz^m dia oilithre, 
 7 ba hoc intan ba marb, 7 is do ghorta at- 
 
 ^ Facs. similicitate. 
 
 Aed 2iinm Mreldoid Mucnama. 
 Colman Siinm Ma/c Lenin. 
 
 2iinm Moedoc Ferwa. 
 Lasren az«w Molassi. 
 Finnbarr azww Finn éoin"^ Maige bili. 
 
 here he suggests that one of the two names 
 Dove of the Church,' is thus stated in the 
 
 Colum cille, son of Fedlimed, son of Fergus 
 Longhead, son of Conall Gulban, son of 
 Niall the Nine-hostaged, to wit, Colum 
 ('Dove') fro simplicitate eius dictus est: cille 
 (• of a church ') from the frequency with which 
 he would come from the church in which he 
 read his psalms into the company of the neigh- 
 bouring children. And this is what those used 
 to say among themselves : ' Has our little 
 Colum come to-day from the church?' i.e. 
 from Telach Dubglaise in Tir Lugdach in 
 Cenél Conaill. 
 
 Now Cremthan was Colum cille's baptismal 
 name. And Ethne, daughter of Dimma mac 
 noe son of Echen, son of Coirpre the Poet, 
 son of Ailill the Great, son of Braccan, son of 
 Daire Barrach, son of Cathdir the Great, was 
 Colum cille s mother. 
 
 It is that Colum who from his youth gave ex- 
 ceeding love to God. Once upon a time an 
 angel of heaven came unto Colum cille 
 (Axal was the name of that angel, quasi 
 auxil, ab auxilio), and said to him : ' Take 
 virginity around thee,' saith the angel. * I will 
 not take it,' saith Colum cille, ' till a reward 
 therefor be given me.' * What reward dost thou 
 ask ? ' saith the angel. * I declare not one re- 
 ward,' saith Colum cille, * but four.' ' Say them,' 
 quoth the angel. ' I say,' quoth Colum cille, 
 ' Death in pilgrimage — for I have coveted it 
 from my youth — and death in penitence, and 
 death of hunger, and death in youth— for in old 
 age the bodies are ugly.' * Even more than that 
 shall be given thee,' saith the angel : ' thou 
 shalt be a prophet in heaven and on earth.' 
 
 So (all i that was fulfilled. He went on his pil- 
 grimage, and he was young when he died. 
 
 Compare the story in Lcbar Brecc, p. 89. 
 
NOTES. 
 
 bath, acht ba gorta tholtanach sin chena. 
 Ocus iss ed iodera in gorta sin dosum. Y^cht 
 áidiu dosrala-swm oc timchell i n-Hii conus- 
 acca in chaillech oc bein nennta do chum 
 b^aisce di. ' Cid imfuilnges sin, a thróg ^ ?* ol 
 Colum cille. 
 
 ' A búid athazV,' ol si, * senbo fil ocum, 7 indlseg 
 hi, 7 iss ed so fognas dam oca hurnaide ^ cian 
 uad.' 
 
 Cinnid Cohan indsin comad p^'aissech nennta 
 is moo wi'foigenad do céin ba beo, ázcem : 
 * Intan,' ol se, ' is ar saileckiu na hénbo atathar 
 isin morghorta-sa, ba dethbzV duinne cemad 
 trom in gorta i mbemis, ar is ferr in ni sail- 
 mit .i. régnum iperenne.' Ocus atbezV fria a 
 thimthirzí/ : * Bra.isseck,'' ol se, * cei:>^ n-oidche 
 uait, 7 ni thuc in loim ^ lee.' * Dogéntar,' ol 
 in coic. Tollaid-side crand suaite na braisce 
 cu mho fedán, 7 Wíidhoirted in mbeoil isin 
 fedan sis cu suaitea triasin braissz^. Coime- 
 taid sin féth in clerig. Rathaigit na manig 
 dégfeth in clerig co r'iumraidset atarru buden : 
 Faillsich//zzVdosMm sin, con-desert: 'Fodhord 
 ic IvLc/ii bar n-inaid dogr/s.' ' Maith áidiu^ 
 ol Colutn cille, ol esium, fria thimthir/í/, 
 'cret dob^re-si damsa cei"-^ dia?' 
 
 * It fiadnij^e,' ol in coic, * acht mina thi asind 
 iurn in aighin no asin crand di a suati in 
 mbraisig, ni fet«r-sa ni ele ind acht hrdas- 
 seek namá. 
 
 FaillsichMzV áono don clerich indsin, 7 athert : 
 * Sonus 7 degféth,' ol se, * tria bithu d'fir th' 
 inaid dogr/s.' Iss ed sin chomaillter. 
 
 Andsin didtu ro-indis Bóethine do in aislinge 
 errdairc .i, tri cathaire do aicsin do hi nim .i. 
 cathair oir 7 cathdir argait 7 cathdir gloine. 
 Rue Qoium cille hreith na haislinge. 'Ciarán 
 mor mac in tsáir in catha'iV oir, ar meit a 
 dérci 7 a thrócaire. Molaisáe in chathazV 
 argait, ar meit a ecna 7 a chrábuid. Mise 
 
 ^ MS. a thróig. 
 
 and he died of hunger, howbeit that was 
 voluntary hunger. And this is what caused 
 that hunger to him. Once, then, he happened 
 to be going round in lona, and he saw the old 
 woman cutting nettles to make pottage there- 
 of. * What is it causes that, O wretched one ?' 
 saith Colum cille. 
 
 * O darling Father,' saith she, ' I have (only) one 
 
 cow, and she is in-calf, and this is what serves 
 me while expecting it for a long time.' 
 Colum cille then determines that pottage of 
 nettles should serve him more so long as he 
 was alive, saying : * Since,' saith he, ' it is only 
 for expectation of the one cow that she is in 
 this great hunger, meet were it for us though 
 sore be the hunger in which we should be : 
 . for better is that which we expect, even Reg- 
 num perenneJ And he saith to his servant : 
 ' Pottage,' saith he, ' from thee every night, 
 and bring not the milk with it.' * It shall 
 be done,' saith the cook. He bores the 
 mixing-stick of the pottage, so that it became 
 a pipe ; and he used to pour the meat-juice 
 into the pipe down, so that it was mixed 
 through the pottage. That preserves the 
 cleric's appearance. The monks perceive the 
 cleric's good appearance, and they talked 
 (about it) among themselves. That is revealed 
 to Colum cille, so he said : * May your succes- 
 sors be always murmuring!' 'Well then,' 
 saith Colum cille, saith he to his servant, 
 * what dost thou give me every day?' 
 
 * Thou art witness,' saith the cook, 'unless it come 
 
 out of the iron of the pot or out of the stick 
 wherewith the pottage is mixed, I know of 
 nought else in it save only pottage.' 
 
 That then is revealed to the cleric, and he said : 
 ' Happiness and good appearance to thy succes- 
 sor for ever continually ! ' And that is fulfilled. 
 
 So then Boethine related to him the famous 
 vision, to wit, three chairs seen by him in 
 heaven, even a chair of gold and a chair of 
 silver and a chair of glass. Colum cille 
 explained the vision. * Cíarán the Great, the 
 Wright's son, is the chair of gold, for the 
 greatness of his charity and his mercy. Mo- 
 
 MS. inolira. 
 
 ^ MS. hurnaige. 
 
LIFE OF COLUMBA. 
 
 303 
 
 buden in cathii/r gloine, ar meit mo chon- laisse is the chair of silver, because of his 
 
 dailbe, ar is docha Hum Goedil oldait fir wisdom and his piety. I myself am the 
 
 dhomhain, 7 cene'l Con2\\\ oldait Goedil, ocwj chair of glas?, because of my affection ; for 
 
 cen^'l Lugdach oldait cene'l Cwaill, 7rl,^ I prefer Gaels to (the other) men of the 
 
 world, and the Kindred of Conall to the 
 (other) Gaels, and the kindred of Lugaid to 
 the (rest of the) kindred of Conall. 
 
 812-818 (p. 172). The legend here told of Columba's learning to read from an 
 
 alphabet written on a cake, has been studied by INI. Henri Gaidoz in a pamphlet 
 
 entitled Les gateaux alphabeiiques, Paris, 1886. He finds an allusion to the practice 
 
 in Horace, Sat. I. i. 25 : 
 
 'ut pueris olim dant crustula blandi 
 Doctores, elementa velint ut discere prima.' 
 
 819-824 (p. 173). This miraculous reading out of the looth Psalm, the reader having 
 
 only learned his alphabet, is also related in Lebar Brecc, 31 b. Compare the 
 
 story of Gornias* reading out the baptismal office, I. 58. 
 825-833 (p. 1 73). The resuscitation of the dead cleric is also told in Lebar Brecc, 3 1 b. 
 837-841 (p. 173). This changing into wine of the water used for mixing in the 
 
 chalice is related in Lebar Brecc, 31b. The practice of mingling water with the 
 
 sacramental wine is referred to also in the Book of Armagh 14, b 2 : the Stowe 
 
 Missal, and L. U. 127 a. 
 842-845 (p. 173). The Saint's visit to Gemmán (not 'German' as the Book of 
 
 Lismore corruptly has it) the Master, and his fatal curse, are also told in Lebar 
 
 Brecc, p. 31 b. Other instances of ctirsing will be found in lines 272 and 369. 
 The instances of cursing inanimate objects in 272 and elsewhere were probably 
 
 suggested by the miracle of the fruitless figtree in Matt. xxi.. 19, 20. 
 846-849, 850-852 (p. 173) are also in the Lebar Brecc, p. 31 b. 
 852-857 (p. 174). Findian's vision of the two moons, also in the Zf3í7r Brecc, p. 32 b, 
 
 is told more fully in the Martyrology of Donegal, p. 160. 
 858-865 (p. 174). This story is told also in the L^ebar Brecc, p. 31 b. 
 
 This story of Colom cille fording the flooded river at night is told also in Lebar 
 
 Brecc, p. 3 1 b. 
 
 866-874 (p. 174). Also in Lebar Brecc, p. 31 b. A very similar legend is told of 
 Cummain or Cummine, the Tall, king Guaire of Aidne and Cáimine of Inis Celtra, in 
 the Lebor ?ia hUidre, p. 116, in Rawlinson B. 512, fol. 141, a 2, and in some MS. (to 
 me unknown) cited by Dr. Todd in his edition of the Liber Hyvmorum, p. 87. Of 
 these versions that in Lebor na hUidre being the oldest will here be quoted : 
 
 ^ An illogical reason! According to a candid note on the Calendar of Oengus, June 9 {Lebar 
 Brecc, p. 89), the chair of glass was Colum cille because, though his devotion was delightful, he 
 was carnal {collaide) and often frail {atbbn'sc comenic) even as glass is fragile. Compare the 
 Martyrology of Donegal, pp. 162-164. 
 
304 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 So the three of them, even Cámmine and Guare and 
 Cummine the Tall, entered the church. A 
 great church that had been built by Cámmin, 
 therein they were. Now the clerics were 
 giving Guare spiritual instruction. ' Well, 
 O Guare,' say they, * what wouldst thou wish 
 to fill this church wherein we are ? ' 
 
 * I should like it to be full of gold and of silver ; 
 and not for secular covetousness, but to be- 
 stow them for my soul's sake on the saints and 
 the churches and the poor of the world.' 
 
 * May God give aid to thee, O Guare ! ' say they. 
 'Unto thee will be given the earth which 
 thou wilt bestow for thy soul's sake, and thou 
 wilt be a dweller in heaven.' 
 
 ' We render thanks,' saith Guare. * And thou, 
 O Cámmine ! ' saith Guare, * what wouldst 
 thou like to fill it ? ' 
 ' I should like to fill it with disease and sickness 
 and every ailment that is worst to man, so 
 that they might all be inflicted on my body.* 
 'And thou, O Cummine!' saith Guare, 'with 
 what wouldst thou like it to be filled?' 
 
 * I should like it full of books, for them to go to 
 students, and to sow God's word in the ears 
 of every one, (so as) to bring him to heaven 
 out of the track of the Devil.' 
 
 Now all their musings were made true. The 
 earth was given to Guare. Wisdom was 
 given to Cummain. Diseases and sicknesses 
 were inflicted on Cámmine, so that no bone 
 of him joined another in the earth, but melted 
 and decayed with the anguish of every disease 
 and every tribulation. So that they all went 
 to heaven according to their musings. 
 
 875-892 (p. 174). These stories are also in Lehar Brecc, p. 32 a, and the quatrain 
 
 about Mo-bi's girdle is given thus in the Trinity College Liber Hymnorum, 
 fo. 13 b [Gotdeltca, p. 104) : 
 
 Cris Mobi Mobi's girdle 
 
 ni roiadad im lua : Never was closed round fulness (?) : 
 
 sech ni rooslaicced ria sáith, It was not opened before satiety, 
 
 ni rodunad im gua^ Nor was it shut round lies. 
 
 After the sentence corresponding with 891, 892, the Irish Life of Columba in the 
 
 Lotár iarom a triur isin n-eclais .1. Cam mini 7 
 Guari 7 Cwmmini Fota. Eclas mór dorónad 
 la Cámmin is inti bátar. Batar iarom na 
 clerig oc tabairt a chobsena ^ ior Gúari. 
 * Maith, a Guar[i],' ar iat, * cid bad maith lat 
 do linad na ecailsi-sea hi tám ? ' 
 
 * Ropad maith lim al-lan di or 7 d'argut, 7 ni ar 
 
 [p. 116 b] saint in tssegail, achi dia thidnacul 
 ar m'anmain do nasmaib 7 ecailsib 7 bochtaib 
 in domain.' 
 
 ' Dorata Dia fortacht duit, a Gúaire!' ar iat. 
 *Dob/rthar in talam duit doidnais ar t' 
 anmain, 7 bát nimidech.' 
 
 * Is bude lend,' or Guaire. * Ocus tz/j'U, a 
 
 Chammini,' or Guare, * cid bad maith lat 
 dia linad ? ' 
 
 * Ropad maith lim a linad do sseth 7 gakr 7 cech 
 
 aingcis bad messo do duini, co mbad ior mo 
 chorp dob^rtais uli.' 
 
 * Ocus iuszvL, a Chwmmine,' or Guaire, * cid bad 
 
 maith lat dia linad?' 
 
 * Ropad maith lim al-lán di lebraib .i. dia tu- 
 
 decht do sbs légind 7 do silad brethre De hi 
 clúasaib each duine dia thabairt a lurg 
 Diabail dochwm nimi.' 
 Rofirtha tra uli a n-imrati doib. Doratad in 
 XsXam do Gúaire. Doratad ecna do Ch«m- 
 min. Dorata sóetha 7 gallra ior Cammine, 
 conna deochaid cnaim de ir\ araile hi talam, 
 acht rolegai 7 rolobai ri aingces cech galair 
 7 each threblaiti ; co «deochatar ule doch/^m 
 nimi lia n-imratib. 
 
 ^ Read with the MS. cited by Dr. Todd, anmchairdesa. 
 ^ See Martyrology of Donegal y p. 2 74. 
 
LIFE OF COLUMBA. 
 
 Edinburgh MS. (translated by Mr. Hennessy in Skene's Celtic Scotland, II. 468-507) 
 has : 
 
 [p. 18 a] Loiscis Colum cille an baile iama fagh- Colum cille burnt the stead after getting it from 
 bail on righ cusa[n] neach bai ann uili. the King with all that was therein. * That is 
 
 * Easbach sin,' ol in ri, *ar mona loiscM^ ni idle,' said the King, 'for if it had not been 
 
 biadh tacha bniith no bid [ann co bráth]. burnt there would never be want of flesh (?) 
 
 ' Ni bia neach oidhche troisci da ainndeoin . or of food therein.' * No one shall ever be a 
 ann,' or Qolum cille. Tarmart tra an teine night fasting there against his will,' saith 
 
 ar[a]m(id loisci an doire uile, CO nd^ma Cc/«;n Colum cille. Now the fire vras like for its 
 
 cille imann ar anacal an doire .i. Inóli greatness to bum the whole oakwood : so 
 
 Pat^r induilc geiri {sic\\ [p. i8b] 7 canair Colum cille made a hymn to protect the 
 
 fri giZcA tinidh * 7 fri gac/i toruinn o soin ale, oakwood, to wit, Xoli I^ater indtilgere ; and 
 
 Ocus gidh be gabus fo lighi 7 fo éirghi nos- it is sung against every fire and against every 
 
 anuic ar tinidh' ngelain, 7 aincidh an nonb/^r thunder from that time to this. And whoso- 
 
 is ail do simul*. ever repeats it on lying down and on rising up, 
 
 it protects him from lightning, and it protects 
 sitmil the nine persons whom he likes. 
 
 893-899 (p. 175) = Lehar Brecc, p. 32 a, 11. 19-28. It is taken from Adamnán's 
 chapter thus headed in the Schafifhausen codex : ' De segite post medium aestatis 
 tempus seminata et in exordio Agusti mensis, sancto orante, mesa in loua conuer- 
 sante insula' — the scene being shifted from Hi to the neighbourhood of Derry. 
 Note the mention of coelach (wattling or hurdles) as the material of a church, and 
 compare Mart. .Doftegal, p. 176. The wattles were woven between upright stakes 
 {cli). The story seems taken from Adamnán's Life of Columba, pp. 54 b, 55 a, 
 of the Schaffhausen codex, = p. 106 of Bishop Reeves' edition, where he gives a 
 number of illustrations of the use of virgariitn fasciculi for building purposes. 
 The barley {eo-xnz., cognate with yava and ita) here mentioned was grown to 
 make malt. See the Senchas Mor, Laws, ii. 238. 
 
 900-902 (p. 175). Lebar Brecc, p. 32 a, 11. 28-32. 
 
 903-905 (p. 175). It is unnecessary to say that there is no authority for Columba's 
 visit to Torinis (by volkset}TTiologie for Turones), which took place, according to 
 our Life, 100 years after St. Martin's death, i.e. about 497, i.e. thirty years before 
 Columba was born. 
 
 906-911 (p. 175). This pretty passage about Derry is also in Lehar Brecc, p. 32 a, 
 11. 37-40. 
 
 912-926 (p. 175). The three wonders here commemorated are also told in Lebar 
 Brecc, p. 32 a. The miraculous conferment of skill in smithying is paralleled by the 
 story in the Life of Brenainn, 3781-3786 (p. 258). The story of the enchanted sword 
 in whose presence none could die, is not, so far as I know, found elsewhere. 
 » MS. tinigh. 
 
 * See this story printed from the Trinity College Liber Hymtiorum, in Goidelica, p. 104. 
 
 R r 
 
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 NOTES. 
 
 927-934 (p. 176). The metrical dialogue 
 thus in Lebar Brecc, p. 32 a-b : 
 ' A Bice, indissiu damsai, 
 Cenandwj- lethan férglan, 
 citne clerig notrefet, 
 citne oic notn-deirget ? ' 
 Ut dixit Bee : 
 
 * Clere fila ior a lar 
 canta molta Mizzc Thigimd : 
 scerdait a óicc fria tairsech, 
 biaid aimser bas inill.' 
 
 with the prophet Becc Mac De is given 
 
 'O Becc, tell thou to me 
 Kells, the wide, pure-grassed, 
 Whether clerics (will) dwell in it. 
 Whether warriors (will) abandon it?' 
 So Becc said : 
 
 ' Trains who are amidst it 
 Shall sing praises of the Lord's Son ; 
 Its warriors shall depart from its threshold : 
 There will be a time when it will be secure.' 
 
 935-940 (p. 176). Columba's smile here commemorated reminds one of the Buddha's 
 predictive smiles; see the Indian Antiquary, February 1882, p. 47, and the Revue 
 Celtique,Y. 393-394. The passage about ' Grafann chille scire' is very corrupt. It 
 probably refers to Dub dá leithe na graifne (' D. of the writing '), abbot of Cell 
 scire, who died, according to the Four Masters, a.d. 745. 
 
 940-944 (p. 176). Also in Lebar Brecc, 32 b, 11. 13-17. Note the reference to the 
 use of bark for tanning : see the extract from a brehon law-tract in O'Donovan's 
 Grammar, p. 448 ; and consider the following passage from the Perigrinatio Sancti 
 Brandani Abbatis, ed. Schroder: coopuerunt illam coriis bovinis atque rubricatis 
 in cortice roborina. 
 
 945-950 (p. 176). = Lebar Brecc, p. 32 b, 11. 17-25. As to the death (a.d. 604), of 
 Aed Slane, otherwise called Aed mac Ainmerech, see Reeves' Columba, p. 42, 
 and the following extract from the Book of Leinster^ p. 303 b et seq. : 
 
 IS andsain zthert JEd mac Ainmer^i-/^ ra gilla : 
 ' Tuc lett cocholl Choluim chilli dam, coraib 
 immum innocht, corop din dam é for 'Laignzu.' 
 Uair rogell CoUwi cille dósom na mairfide é 
 asa chocholl. 
 
 Fecht aile iarum roiarfaig ^d do Cholw;;/ zille : 
 * Cia lin, a chlerig,' ar se, ' doneoch tharradais 
 féin do rigaib ragas dochom nimi ? ' 
 
 ISs ed roraid QcAum cille : ' IS demin,' ar se, 
 'nach fetar acht tri rig nammá .i. Daimin 
 Damargait ri Airgiall, 7 Ai/zll Banda ri Con- 
 nacht, ocus Feradach Find mac Duach, de 
 Chorco Láigde, ri Ossairge.* 
 
 * Cia maith doringset-saide ? ' for ^d, * sech na 
 
 rigaib aile ? ' 
 
 * Ni anse,' ar Qo\um cille. * Daim Damargait, 
 
 t^-a, , ni dechaid clerech fa éra úaid, 7 ni 
 
 Then said Aed son of Ainmire to his gillie : 
 ' Bring me Colum cille's cowl, that it may be 
 on me to-night, and be my safe-guard against 
 the Leinstermen.' For Colum cille had 
 promised him that he should not be killed 
 while he wore his cowl. 
 
 Now at another time Aed inquired of Colum 
 cille : '■ What number of kings, O cleric, hast 
 thou thyself met with who will go to heaven ? ' 
 
 Colum cille said this: * It is certain,' saith he, 
 ' that I know three kings only, even Daimin 
 Dam-argait king of Oriel, and Ailill Banna 
 king of Connaught, and Feradach the Fair 
 son of Dua of Corco Laigde, king of Ossory. 
 
 * What good,' saith Aed, * did these do more 
 
 than the other kings ? ' 
 
 * Not hard (to say),' saith Colum cille. ' As to 
 
 Daimin Dam-argait, no cleric ever left him 
 
LIFE OF COLUMBA. 
 
 ra imderg c!ituch 7 ni ra c?áid chill na ne- 
 med, 7 rotidnaic mór don Chomdid. Ro- 
 chuaid-sium iarwm dochum nimi ar in cendsa 
 sain doringni ri muntzV in Chomded, 7 atát 
 na oX^xig ac gaba// a écnarca-s«na. 
 
 Ai/zll Banda im;//í?rríJ, IS asso fóuair-sí?í/e cendsa 
 in Chomded, Cath Chula Ci?«aire rochuir- 
 seom ra Clannaib Fiachrach, cor-roemid fair- 
 sium 'sin cath-sin. Co «-erbairt-sium fna 
 araid carpazt : * Fég dúin dar th' aiss, 7 
 finta latt in mór in marbad, 7 in facc?/^ dúin 
 lucht in marbtha ? ' 
 
 Rofeg in t-ara daraaiss, 7 iss ed rcráid : * Is 
 doolochta in marbad marbtair do munt/r-su,' 
 ar se. 
 
 [p. 304 a] 'NÍ hé a n-aithfer fein téit forro,' ar 
 se, * acht aithfer m' uabair-se 7 m' anfirinni. 
 Ocus impá dim in carpat 'na n-aigid,' ar se, 
 ' uair dá marbthar misse arfuidbud (?) tessar- 
 con do sochaide.* 
 
 Roimpad in carpat iartain inagid na námat, ocus 
 dorigni in t-Ai//ll dián-athirgi iartain, ocus 
 dorochair la námtib. * Fuair da;/i? in fer-sain 
 cendsa in Comded,' ar QcAum cille. 
 
 Feradach Find vc\ac Duach, imworro, ri Ossairge, 
 fear santach dichuibsech atacomnaic síí/e. 
 Octís cin CO cluincd ac/ii mad oenscrepul óir 
 HO argit ac duine 'na thir dobeired ar ccin 
 chuice féin, co cuired i c/^mtaigib com 7 
 crandoc 7 claideb 7 fidchell. 
 
 Rogab iaram treblait do[fo]lochta iartain é. 
 Ratinólit chuice a seóit co mbátar 'na thuilg 
 aice fein. Tancatar a námait (.i. clanda Ci?«la) 
 iartain do gabfl// tige fair, Tancatar im- 
 morro a maic chuciseom do brith na set les, 
 *Ni b^rthai, a maccu!' ar se, * uair rochrai- 
 disa sochaide im na sétaib sin. Is tol lim ar 
 Dia mo chrdd fein xitis impu, 7 a mbreith 
 dom deóin dom námtib uaim, ardáig narom- 
 chraidea in Chomdiu thall.' 
 
 Ra imthigset a maze iiadsom iartain, ocus rogab 
 
 R 
 
 with a refusal, and he never rebuked a cleric, 
 and never aggrieved church nor chapel, and 
 bestowed much on the Lord. So he went to 
 heaven because of that clemency which he 
 shewed the household of the Lord ; and the 
 clerics are singing his requiem,' 
 
 But Ailill Banna, he found more easily the 
 clemency of the Lord. The battle of Cúil 
 Conairi he fought against the Children of 
 Fiachra, and in that battle he was routed. 
 And he said to the driver of his chariot : 
 ' Look behind thee, and let me know whether 
 the slaughter is great and whether the slayers 
 are near us ? ' 
 
 The charioteer looked behind him, and this he 
 said : * The slaughter of thy people is unendur- 
 able,' saith he. 
 
 * It is not their own blame that comes upon 
 them,' saith the king, ' but the blame of niy 
 pride and my unrighteousness. And turn the 
 chariot against them,' saith he, 'for when 
 I am slain .... the multitude will have 
 deliverance,' 
 
 Then the chariot was turned against the foes, 
 and Ailill made swift repentance and fell by 
 the foes, * So that man found the Lord's 
 clemency,* saith Colum cille. 
 
 Now Feradach the Fair, son of Dua, king of 
 Ossory, a covetous, unconscientious man was 
 he. And if he heard of only one scruple 
 of gold or of silver in the hands of any one 
 in his country, it would be brought perforce 
 to him and put in ornaments of horns and 
 goblets and swords and draftboards. 
 
 Soaftenvards an unendurable tribulation attacked 
 him. His treasures were gathered unto him, 
 so that they lay with himself in his bed. His 
 foes, the Children of Conla, then came to 
 surprise him in his house, Howbeit his sons 
 came to him to carry off the treasures, ' Ye 
 shall not take them, my sons,' saith he, 'for 
 I have aggrieved a multitude concerning those 
 treasures, I desire, for God's sake, to aggrieve 
 myself here concerning them, and that they 
 be carried away from me, with my consent, 
 by my foes, so that the Lord may not aggrieve 
 me there? 
 
 Then his sons went away from him, and he be- 
 
 r 2 
 
3o8 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 fein for dianaithrige, 7 fúair bás o námtib 
 
 7 fogeib cendsa in Chomded. 
 Messe féin dawí?,' ar Má, * in fagbaim cendsa in 
 
 Chomded ? ' 
 Ni faigbu-su iiir on/ ior Co\um cille. 
 
 A chlerig, dawf / ar esseom, 'fagaib on Chomdid 
 dam can mo choscur do brith do Lzignid.* 
 
 ■ IS dolig limsa on,' bar Co\um cille, * uair dib 
 mo rcíáthair, ocus tancatar Lagin chucum co 
 Daurmag, ocus rofuaip^z-tar troscud form co 
 tucaind ascid maze sethar, 7 iss ed conx\.2Xg%^izx 
 form cen choscor do brith do rig echtrand 
 uadib, ocus rogellw^sa doibsium on. Acht 
 chena acseo mo chocholl dait, 7 ni mairb- 
 fider thú ass dia mbe immut.' 
 
 gan a swift repentance, and found death from 
 his foes, and receives the Lord's clemency. 
 ' I myself, then/ saith Aed, ' do I win the Lord's 
 clemency ? ' 
 
 *■ That dost thou in no wise win/ saith Colum 
 cille. 
 
 ' O cleric, then,' saith he, * obtain for me from 
 the Lord that triumph over me may not be 
 gained by Leinstermen.' 
 * That is difficult for me,' saith Colum cille, 'for 
 my mother is of them, and Leinstermen came 
 to me to Durrow, and attempted to fast 
 against me in order that I might give (them 
 the) gift of a sister's son. And this is what 
 they demanded of me, that triumph over 
 them be not gained by a foreign king. And 
 I promised them that. Howbeit, here is my 
 cowl for thee, and thou wilt not be killed if 
 it is on thee.' 
 That, then, is the cowl which Aed asked of his 
 
 gillie at yon hour. 
 Now this is what the gillie said : ' We have left,' 
 
 saith he, ' that cowl in Ailech.' 
 Then said Aed : * It is the more likely,' saith he, 
 * that I shall be left to-night with Leinstermen.' 
 
 IS é sin tra in cocholl roiárr ior a gilla 
 in n-úair út. 
 
 ISs ed vsximorro athert in gilla : ' Rafácsam/ ar se, 
 
 * ac Ailiuch in cocholl sin/ 
 Atb^rt da.m Md : * Is dóchaite/ ar se, * m'fác- 
 
 bail-se innocht la Lagnib.' 
 
 951-958 (p. 176). Also in Lebar Brecc, 32 b, 11. 25-38. Columb cille was born on 
 the day that Buite {a quo Monaster-boice) died. The ladder of glass by which 
 Buite ascended to heaven is not mentioned in the fragment of the Latin Life of 
 that saint preserved in the British Museum, Cod. Clar. xxxix (Add. No. 4788), 
 ff. 73b-8ob. 
 
 959-970 (p. 177). Also in Lebar Brecc, 32 b, 11. 38-54. 
 97^-975 (P- 177). Also in Lebar Brecc, 32 b, 11. 54-59. • 
 
 After this, in the Edinburgh MS., p. 20 b, the following two paragraphs occur : 
 Dofaguibh Colum cille cleirech dia muiniir in Colum cille left in Derry a cleric of his house- 
 
 Doiri .i. DaCuilen, ina covsxzxhtcs .i. cleirech 
 dia hatharda fein eisidhein, 7 dofaguibh do 
 Cinel ConoXW segnabuidheair-i;/ an baili cétna 
 7 cendwí a sruithi. 
 
 Luidh iarsin gu Druim Cliabh, 7 henna.ch.ats an 
 t-inadh sin, 7 faghus fer dia muiniir .i. Mo- 
 thairen Droma cliab, 7 dofaguibh cendus 7 
 sruithighei"/^/ 7 comzxhus an baili sin ag 
 Cinel CondLiW gu bráth. 
 
 976-1006 (pp. 177, 178). = Lebar Brecc, 32 b, 1. 54-33 a, 1. 27 
 
 hold, even Da cuilen, in his successorship. 
 A cleric of his own fatherland was he ; and 
 Colum cille left to Cinel Conaill the vice- 
 abbacy of the same stead and the headship of 
 its seniors. 
 
 Therefore he went to Drumcliff, and blessed that 
 place, and left (there) one of his household, 
 even Mothairen of Drumcliff, and left the 
 headship and seniority and succession of that 
 stead with the Cenel Conaill for ever. 
 
LIFE OF COLUMBA, 
 
 3^9 
 
 1007-1023 (p. 178). = Lebar Brecc, 33 a, 11. 29-44. 
 
 The story of Odrán's self-sacrifice, which Bishop Reeves calls * curious and not 
 very creditable,' is ignored by Adamnán. It may be an instance of the prac- 
 tice mentioned by M. Gaidoz in Mélusine^ iv. 1 6 : ' L'usage de tuer un homme 
 pour que son esprit demeure attaché a I'endroit de sa mort et en soit le gardien 
 se pratique dans de nombreux pays.' So in the copy of Cormac's Glossary, pre- 
 served in the Yellow Book of Lecan, s. v. Emain^ that name is derived from ema 
 (alfio) and uin (unus), ' quia sanguis unius hominis [efifusus est] in tempore con- 
 ditionis e[i]us.' See also T/iree Irish Glossaries, xli. note, and Irish A^emiius, 
 Additional Notes, p. xxiv. 
 
 1024-1030 (pp. 178-179). = Lcbar Brecc, 33 a. 
 
 1031-1035 (p. 179). Lebar Brecc, 33 a. The incident of the watersnake is common. 
 1036-1038 (p. 179). Lebar Brecc, 33 a. 
 1039-1042 (p 179). = Lebar Brecc, -^^z. 
 
 1043-1045 (p. 179). = Lebar Brecc, 33 a. This story seems founded on a rumour 
 of a volcanic eruption in Italy. It is in Adamnin's Coliiniba, p. 56, of Dr. Reeves' 
 edition, where the learned editor quotes Notker Balbulus to shew that the event 
 referred to was the destruction by an earthquake of the town now called Citta 
 Nuova on the north of the river Quieto, in Istria. 
 
 1046-1054 (p. 179). —Lebar Brecc, 33a. See Adamnán's Columba, p. 54 of 
 Bishop Reeves' edition : De corniculo atramejiii inaniter defuso. 
 
 1055-1063 (p. 179). = Lebar Brecc, 33 b. 
 
 Here in the Edinburgh MS., p. 22 b, comes the following account of Colum 
 cille's visit to Ireland, which appears to have been taken from the introduction to 
 some copy of the Amra Choluim chille, and agrees pretty well with Z. U. p. 5 a, b, 
 and Lebar Brecc, pp. 238 c, 238d: 
 
 O rabui Qolum cille triacha {sic) hh'adan inAl- When Colum cille had been thirty years in 
 hain dogab inmuilli firiu Ercnn immo decsin 7 Scotland, anxiety (?) seized the men of Ireland 
 
 imoacalluim re ndolaar eel, 7 docuas uaidhib as to seeing him, and as to communing with 
 
 aracend da dechuin dia n-agalluim gu mor- him before he went to death ; and they sent 
 
 dail Droma Ceta, gurwj bi?//«ach [fo. 23, a i] messengers to him that he might come to 
 
 isin inadh sin, ft'ruib, macuib, mnaibh, gur- commune with him to the great convention 
 
 rariar an gallra 7 a tedhmanna. of Druim Ceta ; and he blessed them in that 
 
 place, men, children, women, and .... their 
 diseases and their pestilences. 
 /\ío is ar t;'i fathuibh tainic Colum cille anair .i. Or for three causes, came Colum cille from the 
 do fosadh na ^\ed a nErinn, ar haóar mora East, to wit to retain the poets in Ireland, 
 
 an aincesa .1. triacha (sic) fo Ian cleir og olla- for great were afflictions caused by them, 
 
 main, a cátc deg ag anradh, 7 do sith iU'r fifu even thirty for an ollamlis full train, and 
 
 Exenn 7 Alba/i im Dail Riada, doigh do fifteen for an anrudlis, and to make peace 
 
 between the men of Ireland and Scotland as 
 
NOTES. 
 
 510 
 
 bai dail catha \iir firiu Erenn 7 Alhan impu 
 mina tisadh Colum cille anair dia sithz^^ad, 7 
 d'fuaslucíZí/ Sgannlain maze Cinn faelac/mzc 
 righ Osraide .i. athatr iinniorro tuc a n- 
 eidir^<:/2/ he a laim -íEdha m^z'c Ainmirech, 7 
 Qolum cille a rathuigh^j' fris imma legad as 
 a cinn mh\iad7te no im braghuit oili do gabail 
 dia cinn. Ocus nir leiged as he, 7 nir gzbad 
 braighi dia cind. Ocus do righnedh cro caeluigh 
 uime gan conair as acht tohis a t«ctha began 
 goirt bidh do 7 t^rci lenda. Ocus wi>bidis .L. 
 leech oca coimed fan cro amuich, 7.ÍX slabradh 
 fairsium isin cro, 7 gach aen atcidh seocha 
 is ed adb^i^edh : * Deoch,' ol se. 
 
 Ocus atcuas an ni sin do Qolum cille gu Hi, 7 
 rochi gumor lasin ni sin atcuala, 7 is ed sin 
 ros-fug anoir gudian. 
 
 IS Qxalaid \vs\morro tainig Qolum cille anoir, 7 
 breid ciartha tara suilibh 7 a clupait {sic') 
 tazVis annuas, 7 at in cochaill tairis anúas, 
 ar daigh viach faiced firiu Evenn nack a mna. 
 Uair rotairngir reimi antan docoidh i n- 
 Alhain a,Ttus ; 7 adubazVt an rann : 
 
 [23 a. 2.] Fil suil nglais 
 
 fechas Erinn tara hais : 
 nocha n-aicfi iarmotha 
 firu Erenn nach a mná. 
 C^wadh dia deimniugwí/ sin asb^rt an fzli : 
 Cia do dechazí/ Cólum cain 
 anair an ethar tar muir, 
 ni faca ni an Eirinn ain 
 ar toiáhec/il^ isin mordail. 
 Adcuas immorro do ^dh mac Ainmirech Qolum 
 cille do X.ox^echt ^ 'cum na dala, 7 dofergaigh ^ 
 gumor lasa[n] a cuala, 7 doraidh gid be oga 
 fuighbedh cadhwj isin Qxxechtus gu n-aithfed 
 fair. 
 
 to Dál Riata, for there was a battle-meet- 
 ing between the men of Ireland and of 
 Scotland concerning them, had not Colum 
 cille come from the East to make peace, 
 and to loose Scannlan, son of Cenn-faelad, 
 son of the king of Ossory. His father, now, 
 had given him in hostageship into the hand . 
 of Aed, son of Ainmire, and Colum cille 
 was surety to him that he would be released 
 at a year's end, or that another captive 
 would be taken for him. And he was 
 not released, and no captive was taken 
 for him. And a hut of wattles was built 
 around him, without any path out of it save a 
 way (?) by which a little salt food and a scanty 
 supply of ale were given him. And fifty 
 warriors were guarding him outside the hut, 
 and nine chains were on him in the hut, and 
 to every one whom he saw passing by he 
 used to say this : * A drink !' saith he. 
 
 And that thing was reported to Colum cille, in 
 Hi, and he wept greatly at what he heard, 
 and it is this which brought him quickly 
 from the east. 
 
 Now it was thus that Colum cille came from the 
 east : with a cerecloth over his eyes, and his 
 dalmatic over it above, and the cape of the 
 cowl over it above, so that he might not see 
 the men of Ireland nor her women. For he 
 had prophesied it before, when he first went 
 to Scotland ; and he uttered the stave ; 
 There is a gray eye 
 That looks back upon Ireland, 
 It will never see afterwards 
 Ireland's men, nor her women. 
 
 "Wherefore to certify that the poet said : 
 Though fair Colum came 
 From the east in a boat over the sea, 
 He saw nothing in noble Ireland 
 After coming into the great convention. 
 
 Now Aed, son of Ainmire, was told that Colum 
 cille had come to the convention, and he was 
 greatly angered at what he heard, and he said 
 that vengeance would be taken on whomsoever 
 in the assembly should shew respect to Colum 
 cille. 
 
 ^ MS. \.o\^echt. 
 
 2 MS. dofergaidh. 
 
LIFE OF COLUMBA. 
 
 3" 
 
 Doconncadair iarsin Qolum cille docum na dala, 
 7 ba he dXxecht ba nesu do ""sXrecht CondJiW 
 meic Aoedha m^^'c Ainmirech, 7 fa m^zc ding- 
 mala d'Aed eisidhe. 
 
 Mar doir<7«nairc immorro ConzW. iat rogr^s daes- 
 Q.zxútiag an z^xechtz. futha, g«r gabtha 7 
 gwrwj'-bristea tri «í^wbuzV' dib. Rafiafraic 
 Qolum cille : ' Coich ora laiti cncainn an 
 \\icht sa?' 7 atcua(s) do í:í7«adh o Con?\\. 
 Ocus do escain Qolum cille ConzW, 7 do 
 b^Mta tri nái ceolan fair, coH-a.shert. aroili 
 duine : ' Fogeib Com.\\ cloga,' conndh uadh- 
 sin ata * ConoW clfgach,' 7 roben an cleirech 
 righi fair, 7 a ciall 7 a 'wmúecht acht ancein 
 nohé.Úi ag imtelgadh a cuirp. 
 
 Docoidh Qolum cille iarsin gu hairir/;/ DomnazV/ 
 mazV ^dha m^r/c Ainmirech, 7 atrach[t] Dom- 
 niz// focéí/'oir roime, 7 defer failti fris, 7 dorad 
 poig dia gruaidh [p. 24 a], 7 dorat he 'na 
 inad fein. Ocus dofaguibh an cleirech bria- 
 thra imdha do .1. L. Wiadan a righi nEr^ww 
 do, 7 cath búadhaigh do frisin re-sin, 7 cz.ch 
 briathar atb^red do comallíZí/: hMadan gu 
 leith do isin ngalar a n-ebeladh 7 corp Crist 
 do caithim gac/ia domwaig do fnsin re sin. 
 
 Atcuaus do MA a mate do escaine 7 righi do 
 Domna//. Atb^rt in righan fria hinnailt : 
 * Eirigh gu hiíLdh, 7 abair fns dia faghba ' an 
 corrcleirech ucat cxAus aga ni bam sidhach-sa* 
 iris.' Atcuas do Qolum cille in ni sin, 7 docé- 
 daigh don righain 7 dia innailt beith 'na da 
 cuirr an Druim Ccta on laithi sin gu laithi 
 mbratha : ut poeta dixil : 
 
 Fásaidh ferg' don righain de 
 do Domna// isin righi. 
 geall righi do Uomnall ann 
 [i]sa mac fein gan ferann. 
 
 Then they saw Colura cille going to the conven- 
 tion, and the assembly that was nearest him 
 was the assembly of Conall, son of Aed, son 
 of Ainmire ; and he was a worthy son of Aed's. 
 
 As, then, Conall saw them he egged on against 
 them the rabble of the assembly, so that three 
 enneads of them were taken and broken. 
 Colum cille asked : * Who is he by whom 
 this set hath been hurled against us ? ' and he 
 was told that it was from Conall. And 
 Colum cille cursed Conall, and thrice nine 
 bells struck against him : wherefore some one 
 said : * Conall gets bells,' so thence is (the 
 name) * Conall cloccach.* And the cleric 
 struck the kingdom from him, and (also) his 
 sense and his understanding save so long as 
 he should be defecating his body. 
 
 Then Colum cille went to the assembly of Dom- 
 nall, son of Aed, son of Ainmire. And 
 Domnall at once arose before him, and made 
 him welcome, and kissed him on his cheek, 
 and put him in his own place. And the 
 cleric left him many blessings, namely, that 
 he should be fifty years in the kingdom of 
 Ireland, and that he should be victorious in 
 battle during that time, and that every word 
 which he should utter would be fulfilled : that 
 he should be a year and a half in the disease 
 of which he should die, and that on every 
 Sunday during that time he should partake 
 of Christ's Body. 
 
 Aed ^ was told that his son was cursed, and that 
 the kingship was promised) to Domnall. 
 Said the queen to her handmaid : ' Go thou 
 to Aed and tell him if yonder crane-cleric 
 finds respect with him, 1 shall not be peace- 
 ful towards him.* That was told to Colum 
 cille, and he gave leave to the queen and 
 to her handmaid to be the two Cranes of 
 Druim Ceta from that day to the Day of 
 Judgment ; as the poet said : 
 
 Anger accrues to the queen therefrom, 
 From Domnall being in the kingship ; 
 A promise of kingship to Domnall there, 
 And her own son [left) without land. 
 
 * MS. iionmrnr. ' Read don rigain. ^ M.S fadhba. 
 
 * MS. sighachsa. ^ MS. Fasuigh feirg. 
 
NOTES. 
 
 * Cia corrsuighi ^ sin fuil fort ? ' 
 a[r anjrighan gn ro olc : 
 
 * ni bam sidhach ^ fri ^dh, gan cleith 
 ar c2lAus duit, a cleirigh ! ' 
 
 *IS ced duitsi gidh at corr,' 
 
 ar an cleirech gu rolonn, 
 *ar cneid dot innilt, gan ticht^ 
 
 bidh 'na cui[r]r at coimitecht.' 
 
 A hinnilt is hen Aedha 
 laiter a ccorruib lena : 
 maruit beos, doniat cneta, 
 da sen cuirr Droma Ceada. 
 
 [p. 24 b.] Agtis atb^^t Colum zille fri Domniz// 
 dol doib immale do agalluim Aedha meic 
 [Ainmirech], 7 dogab imecla Domna// im 
 agalluim an righ, 7 aXhert Colum cille : 
 *Ni ba himeglach duit, ar biaid an Spzrui 
 Naemh agat imdeaguil airi.' Docuadair 
 imale do agalluim an righ. Dagab iarsin 
 imegla in ri [oc facsin in clerig] triasin mir- 
 buil moir sin dorighne ^ roime. 
 
 Tangadair na cleirigh isin airecht iarsin. At^acht 
 in ri 7 dofer failti friu, 7 atb^rt Colum cille : 
 * Rob si in failti, ar[r]iarug«í/ do denamh.' 
 
 * FogebiZ-ja on,' ol an ri. 
 
 * Na fib'í/ d'fostadh,' ol Colum cille. 
 
 * Ni dingen ol an ri, ' ar it mora a n-aincesa 
 
 frinn.* 
 
 'Na habair,' ol an clerech, *uair is martanach 
 doit an mo\ad dogenat, ama/ is martanach do 
 Cormac ua Quinn an moW doronsat na iiMd 
 do, 7 robdar earcroidhech na maine twctha 
 taracend, 7 maruidh in mo\ad dianeisi.' Ocus 
 docum an cleirech in rithoirg mbig-si .1. 
 
 Cormac cain. 
 
 buich neoit. 
 
 * Ni ba misi nos-dicuirfi,' ar Aedh. 
 Fostuidhtir na fikV tridsin. 
 
 *What is that that is on thee?' 
 
 Saith the queen very wickedly. 
 *I will not be peaceful towards Aed, with- 
 out concealment. 
 
 For (his) respect to thee, O cleric ! ' 
 
 *Thou hast leave to become a crane,' 
 
 Saith the cleric very fiercely, 
 * For a hurt to thy handmaid, without doubt, 
 
 She shall be a crane in thy company.' 
 
 Aed's wife and her handmaid 
 Are turned into marsh-cranes. 
 They still remain, they make groans, 
 The two old cranes of Druim Ceta. 
 
 And Colum cille said to Domnall that they 
 should go together to converse with Aed, 
 son of Ainmire, and great fear seized Domnall 
 as to conversing with the king. So Colum 
 cille said, 'Be not afraid, for the Holy Spirit 
 will be protecting thee against him.' Then 
 they went together to converse with the king. 
 Then fear seized the king, on seeing the 
 cleric, because of that great miracle which he 
 had previously wrought. 
 
 The clerics then entered the assembly. The king 
 arose and made him welcome ; and Colum 
 cille said : ' Let this be the welcome, to do 
 our will.' 
 
 ' Thou shall get that,' saith the king. 
 
 ' The poets must be retained,' saith Colum cille. 
 
 ' I will not do (this),' saith the king, ' for great 
 are their annoyances to us.' 
 
 * Say not so,' saith the cleric ; ' for the praise 
 which they will make shall be enduring for 
 thee, even as the praise which the poets made 
 for Cormac, Conn's descendant, is enduring 
 for him, and the treasures which were given 
 for it were perishable, but the praise abides 
 after them.' And the cleric composed this 
 little * rhetoric,' to wit : 
 
 Corfnac cain 
 buich neoit y etc. 
 
 ' It is not I who will expel them,' saith Aed. 
 
 For that reason the poets are retained. 
 
 * Read perhaps (with Lebar Brecc, p. 238), corrsuide. 
 
 2 MS. repeats. * MS. dingan. 
 
 ^ MS, sighach. 
 
LIFE OF COLUMBA. 
 
 < Sgannlan d'fuaslugz/i/,' ol Cohan cille. 
 
 * NÍ dingen,' ol an ri, 'gw n-abla isin cro i fuil.' 
 
 * Na ^ lenam [techt] tairis,' ol Qoliim cille. * Masa 
 
 lol do Dia, g/irab se fnthaikj m'asa innocht 
 iar n-iarmeirghi 'gidh be baili i mbeth.' 
 
 Do imigh iarsin Colum zille asin oirecht gu rainic 
 gnsdSi nDuib [p. 25 a] -reigles gu Duiri. Nir' 
 fada tareisi Qoluim cille go lainic casar tinedh 
 isin dail, gu tardsat uile a n-aichthi fri lar. 
 Tainic iarsin dluimh solwjla gu Sgannlan 
 airm a roibhi ; 7 adb^rt an guth isin dluim 
 fris: * Eirigh, a Sgann/a/«, 7 facuibh do 
 slabraidh 7 do cro, 7 tair amach, 7 two do 
 laim am laim-si,' 
 
 Tainic Sgannla;/ amach 7 an t-aingil roime ; 7 do 
 airighsid na coimhediiidhi an fuaim seachw, 
 7 is ed do raidhsit na coimhé'/aidhi : ' Cia seo 
 seochainn ? ' * Sgannlan,' ar an t-aingil. * Da 
 madh he ni inneosta,' ar siad. 
 
 Do imighsit iarsin gu Doiri. Tan bai an cleirech 
 im iarmerghi og dol iar crand caingeP siar, 
 is e ^gonniait do fritheoil a hasa do. 7 is ed 
 SiSheri Qoltitn cille : * Cia so V ' 
 
 ' Sgaji?i/an,^ ol se. 
 
 ' Sgela lat ? ' ar Co/um cille. 
 
 * Dech,' ol S>gannlan. 
 
 ' In tucdts hennacht ? ' ol Qolum cille. 
 ' Dech,' ol 'Sgannlan. 
 
 * Innis cvamis tangadhais,' ar Qolum cille. 
 
 * Deoch,' ol 'Sgannlan. 
 
 * Dloma ' n-athuisc ar fer th' inaidh® dogr^rj,' ar 
 
 Cohan cille. 
 
 * Na habair,' ar 'Scannlan : * a cis 7 a cobach 7 a 
 
 mbes duitsi dogrt s.' 
 
 *Easp«zV 7 righ dot sil dogn's !' ar Coluin cille. 
 *Hendigh duit,' ol se, '.i. dabhach trir do 
 linn.' 
 
 Tuarguib iarsin \\ir a di laim in dabuigh, 7 do 
 ibh 'na endigh, 7 do caith iarsin a proinn .1. 
 uii. n-aisli sensailli 7 x. m[b]airgina do 
 cruithnecht. Doluidh iarsin, 7 bai tri la 7 
 1 MS. Ni. 2 j^s. coimhéduighi. 
 
 ' for dohna, the opposite of sohn 
 S 
 
 * Scannlan must be released,' saith Colum cille. 
 
 ' I will not do this,' saith the king, * till he dies 
 in the hut wherein he is.' 
 
 * Let us not say more about him,' saith Colum 
 
 cille. * God willing, let it be he who attends 
 to my sandals to-night after noctum, where- 
 soever he may be.' 
 Then Colum cille went out of the assembly, till 
 he came to the Black Church, to Derry. It 
 was not long after Colum cille left, that a hail 
 of fire came into the convention, and they all 
 put their faces to the ground. Thereafter 
 came a luminous cloud to Scannlan where he 
 lay ; and the voice in tlie cloud said to him : 
 ' Arise, O Scannlan, and leave thy chain and 
 thy hut, and come forth, and put thy hand into 
 my hand.' 
 
 Scannlan came forth, with the angel before him ; 
 and the guards perceived the noise passing 
 them ; and the guards said : * \\ho is this 
 passing us?' 'Scannlan,' saith the angel. 
 'If it were he,' say they, 'thou wouldst not 
 declare it.' 
 
 Thereafter they went to Derry. When the cleric at 
 noctum was going westwards over the chancel- 
 screen, it was Scannlan who attended to his 
 sandals; and Colum cille said : ' Who is this?' 
 
 * Scannlan,' saith he. 
 
 ' Hast thou news?' saith Colum cille. 
 
 ' A drink !' saith Scannlan. 
 
 ' Hast thou brought a blessing ? ' saith Colum cille. 
 
 ' A drink ! ' saith Scannlan. 
 
 ' Tell how thou camest,' saith Colum cille. 
 
 ' A drink ! ' saith Scannlan. 
 
 ' Slowness of answer be on thy successor con- 
 tinually ! ' saith Colum cille. 
 
 ' Say not so,' saith Scannlan, * their rent and their 
 tribute and their custom thou shalt have con- 
 tinually.' 
 
 'Bishops and kings of thy race continually!* 
 saith Colum cille. ' One drink for thee,' 
 saith he, * even a vat of ale for three.' 
 
 Then Scannlan lifted up the vat between his two 
 hands, and drank it in one draught, and then 
 consumed his dinner, even seven joints of old 
 bacon and ten loaves of wheat. Thereafter 
 
 " MS. coimhi'/aighi. * MS. caingen. 
 
 I. * MS. inuigh. 
 
 S 
 
NOTES. 
 
 tri oidhchi 'na hcen codladh. Atracht iamm, 
 7 do hidhluic^í/ an morbachall leis gu hOs- 
 raidhi. IS e la do ba marb a^ hathazV .1. 
 ri Osraide, dia cumaidh, 7 dogab-sum righi 
 Osraidhi iarsin, 7 cuairt gach sechimaá hliadna. 
 [p. 25 b] on 1Ó sin do Qolum cille la hOsraide. 
 Ocus is BXcAaid sin dofuaslaciíí/ Scann/an. 
 
 IS i an treas caingin, im Dail Riada. Colman 
 mac Coimgillain is he rug an mbreith fri 
 laim ^ Co/mm zille, a.ma/ dotairngir Co/um 
 oille feisin dia tarrla do tigh Coimgheallain, 
 7 ni fuair istigh acht da lenamh ar brú in 
 tealluigh : ^ur ro dech indara mac ar gua- 
 luinn des Cohcini cille, 7 tarfas do Colum 
 rath an Splrla Nairn fair, ar Qolum cille. 
 Ra ghairm iarsin he, 7 dogab 'na hyxcht, 7 
 dorighni xann do : 
 
 A cubuis con, a hainim^ glan, 
 agso poig duit, taili poig dam ! 
 
 Bendachazi Colum cille iarsin he, 7 facbaw rath 
 egna fair, 7 atb^H: fHs cumadh he wi?beradh 
 breit[h] itir firiu 'Erenn 7 Albaw im Dail 
 Riada ; 7 dofiradh sin. 
 
 Ba si an breth, immorro, a. fecht (7) a sloigh^ú? 
 la firiu Erenn, ar as Aoighedh la fonnuibh 
 dogr^s, 7 a cain 7 a cablach la firiu Alba;^. 
 
 Tainic 'xzxum Dallas d' acallaw Qoluim cille, 
 considh. ann dogab in remfocal, 7 adb^rt Qolum 
 cille gu nach d^madh acht a n-aimsz> a 
 eitsechta, 7 is fri marb do bo cudhaigh 
 {sic). Dorairngert t^-a Colum cille innrnz^^a 
 7 toirthi in ioXman do Dallas tar- [p. 26 a] 
 cend an molta sin, 7 nir'gab DixWan acht nem 
 do fein 7 da cafA sen nod-gebaí/ 7 dotuicfedh 
 itiV ceill 7 foghar. 
 
 ' Cuin dofinnfa t'eg 7 tú a n-ailit/^n 7 mhisi a 
 n-ExinnV ar Dallas. 
 
 he went, and was three days and three nights 
 in one sleep. Then he arose, and the great 
 crozier was sent with him to Ossory, That 
 was the day on which his father, the king of 
 Ossory, died of grief for him, and thereafter 
 he assumed the kingship of Ossory ; and 
 from that day Colum cille held a visitation 
 every seventh year in Ossory. And in that 
 wise was Scannlan released. 
 
 This is the third cause, concerning Dál Riata. 
 Colmán, son of Coimgellán, is he who passed 
 judgment in place of Colum cille, as Colum 
 cille himself prophesied when he came to Coim- 
 gellán's house and found no one within but two 
 children on the edge of the hearth. And one 
 of the two boys looked at Colum cille's right 
 shoulder, and to Colum the grace of the Holy 
 Spirit appeared upon him. And Colum cille 
 afterwards called him and took him into his 
 bosom, and made a stave for him : 
 O clear conscience, O pure soul ! 
 Here is a kiss for thee : give thou a kiss to me ! 
 
 After that Colum cille blessed him, and left the 
 grace of wisdom upon him, and said to him 
 that it should be he who would deliver judg- 
 ment between the men of Ireland and Scotland 
 concerning Dál Araide. And that was veri- 
 fied. 
 
 Now this was the judgment : their expedition and 
 their hosting with the men of Ireland — for 
 hosting is always with the founders — and 
 their tax and tribute with the men of Scotland. 
 
 Then came Dalian to commune with Colum cille, 
 and there he repeated the foreword (to the 
 Amra) ; and Colum cille said that he should 
 only make it at the time of his decease ; and 
 that it was for a dead person that it was fitting. 
 So Colum cille prophesied the wealths and 
 fruits of the earth to Dalian for that eulogy. 
 And Dalian accepted nothing save heaven for 
 himself, and for every one who should repeat 
 it and understand it, both sense and sound. 
 
 * When shall I know of thy death, thou being in 
 pilgrimage and I in Ireland ? ' 
 
 * MS. repeats. 
 
 ^ Another instance of this idiom is in the Tripartite Life, p. 28 : nobith fri urdu na hecailsi fri 
 laim Germain. ^ MS. hainwi. 
 
LIFE OF COLUMBA, 
 
 Tri comartha ivimorro dorad Colum cille do 
 intan dodenadh a molad : an cé/na comartha 
 gudh madh marcach eich aluidh no innis^í/ 
 eitsecht Coluim cille, 7 in ce/focal doraidh- 
 fidh cumad he tosach in molta, 7 a suili do 
 legan do in céin do beith ac denam in molta, 
 7 a mbreith uadh intan budh m\\.h.ig. Ocus 
 ba he inganti/j na hinnsi. 
 
 So Colum cille gave him three signs, as to when 
 he should make his eulogy. The first sign 
 (was) that a rider of a piebald steed should 
 relate Colum cille's death, and (the second 
 was that) the first word the rider should utter 
 would be the beginning of the eulogy, and (the 
 third was) that Dalian's eyes would be given 
 him so long as he was making the eulogy, and 
 be taken from him when it would be time. 
 And this was the wonderment of the island. 
 
 1 064-1 083 (pp. 179-180). This pathetic account of the incidents immediately pre- 
 ceding Colum cille's death is also in Lebar Brecc, p. 33 b. The statement in 
 1070 that the saint when blessing his island, turned his face westwards {star), is 
 at variance with Adamnán's * ad orie7itein suam conuertens faciem.' 
 
 In the Edinburgh MS., after the Hne corresponding with 1083, we have the 
 following sentence : 
 
 Doteghedh t;'a Colum cille {or nem gach dardain 
 icein dobui 'na bethazV/, intan dob ail leis. 
 
 Colum cille, moreover, used to go to heaven 
 when he wished, every Thursday while he was 
 alive. 
 
 1 084-1 087 (p. \%0)=Lebar Brecc, p. 33 b. 
 
 After this, in the Edinburgh MS., p. 26b, we find the following three paragraphs : 
 
 Aroili droch duine dasachtach dogonwjtair ma- 
 nach do muiniir Coluim cille, 7 nac//ar' 
 gearr acht ens in manuigh gcr' bo ger in gai. 
 Romallai/i Colum cille in %?cf.anach 7 atbat[h] 
 foci'/oir. 
 
 Espoc [ ] 7 Colman Innsi bo finne is 
 
 iad fiJrfaguibh Colu?n cille og Saxanc/iaid og 
 
 procept breithri De doib. 
 Luid iarum Colum cille fecht-ann gu ri Cruith- 
 
 nech .1. gu Bruidhi mizc Milcon, 7 do dunadh 
 
 doTUS in dunaidh ' fris, 7 do foscuil foa toir 
 
 glais iamuidhi an baili tre umaigthi ^ Coluim 
 
 cille. Tainic iarsin mac in righ .1. Mael-cu, 
 
 7 a dmi do frithtagra fri Colum cille tre 
 
 geinntlidhecht^, 7 atbathatair foc<?/oir^ tre brei- 
 
 thir Colui?)i cille macan righ 7 a drai maille 
 
 fns. Romoradh ainm De 7 Coluim cille trid 
 
 sin. 
 
 A certain bad frantic man smote a monk of 
 Colum cille's household, and he only cut the 
 monk's girdle, though the spear was sharp. 
 Colum cille cursed the Saxon, and he died at 
 once. 
 
 Bishop [Aedán?] and Colman of Bophin Island, 
 are they whom he, Colum cille, left with the 
 Saxons, a-teaching God's word to them. 
 Now Colum cille went, once upon a time to the 
 Pictish king, even to Bruide, son of Milcu, 
 and the door of the fortress was shut against 
 him, and at once, through Colum cille's 
 prayer the iron lock of the place opened. 
 Thereafter came the king's son, even Mael cu, 
 and his wizard to argue against Colum cille, 
 through heathenism, and forthwith, through 
 Colum cille's word, the king's son and his 
 wizard with him perished. God's name and 
 Colum cille's were magnified thereby. 
 
 The miraculous opening of king Brude's fort (identified by Bishop Reeves with 
 
 ' MS. dunaigh. ^ MS. urnaidhthi. ^ MS. geinntlighecht. * MS. fo .c. c. oir. 
 
 S S 2 
 
3i6 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 Craig Phadraic, about two miles south-west of Inverness) is thus related in the 
 SchafFhausen codex of the Vtia Columbae, p. 82 a: 
 
 De spontanea regiae munitionis portae subita apertione. Alio in tempore, hoc est, in prima sancti 
 fatigatione iteneris ad regem Brudeum, cassu contegit ut idem rex, fastu elatus regio, suae 
 munitionis superbe agens, in primo beati aduentu uiri, non aperiret portas. . Quod ut cognouit 
 homo Dei, cum comitibus ad ualuas portarum accedens, primum dominicae crucis inprimens 
 signum, tum deinde manum pulsans contra ostia ponit; quae continue sponte, retro retrusis 
 fortiter serris cum omni celeritate aperta sunt. Quibus statim apertis, Sanctus consequenter cum 
 sociis intrat. 
 
 1084-1097 (p. 180), = Lebar Brecc, p. 33 b. After this in the Edinburgh MS. we 
 have the following quatrains : 
 
 Na tri coecat, trom an tairbe, 
 
 isin oidchi, ba mor plan, 
 
 isin ler re taeb Púhan 
 
 resiu donargbadh an grian. 
 Antan immorro ^<?lighed isin gainim 7 lín^ n- 
 eduighthi uime, ba leir sli<r/z/ a hasna trena 
 lin 
 
 ut poeta dixit : 
 
 Gle nolaighedh^ isin gainem 
 ina lighi, ba mor saeth, 
 ^uht a hasna trena edach 
 ba leir gon[id]seited gaeth. 
 
 1098-1100 (p. 180), = Lebar Brecc, p. 33 b 
 
 The three fifties, great the profit, 
 In the night, much was the pain, 
 In the sea beside Scotland 
 Before the sun would rise. 
 Now when he would lie down in the sand with 
 a sheet wrapt round him, the track of his ribs 
 was apparent through his sheet, ut poeta dixit : 
 Clear he used to lie in the sand 
 In his bed — great was the distress. 
 The track of his ribs through his raiment 
 Was manifest when the wind would blow it. 
 
 After the words corresponding with 
 
 1. 1 100, the Edinburgh MS. contains the following: 
 
 Ocus ni ibhedh se coirm, 7 ni caithedh feoil, 7 ni 
 ithed inmar, ut Dalian Fí7rgaill dixit isin 
 Amra : 
 
 * Céo ni coirm, ceo ni sere coll * saith 
 sechnuis beoil.' 
 Ocus da .c. slechtuin dognidh cac/i lai, ut DaXlan 
 dixit : 
 
 Fighlis fod bai. 
 Oais ni bui gradh innmuis oga, amael isb^rt 
 Dalian : 
 
 Bai seim saith. 
 uair * saith ' ainm do innmus, ut poeta dixit : 
 Cedain luidh ludas tar ord 
 a lorg demain, [p. 27 b] dighal ngarg : 
 céí/ain rogabh saint am saith, 
 céí/ain robraith Isa ard. 
 
 MS. .un. 
 
 MS. Treoa inn. 
 
 And he used not to drink ale or partake of meat, 
 or eat condiment, as Dalian Forgaill said in 
 the Amra : 
 
 'And no ale and no fleshmeat; he shunned satiety 
 (and) fat.' 
 
 And two hundred genuflexions he used to make 
 every day, as Dalian said : 
 
 * He kept vigil while he lived.' 
 And he had no love of wealth, as Dalian said : 
 
 ' Slender was his wealth.' 
 For saitk is a name for * wealth,' as the poet said : 
 * On Wednesday Judas transgressed order 
 Into the Devil's track, fierce vengeance ! 
 On Wednesday he conceived covetousness 
 
 for wealth (saitk): 
 On Wednesday he betrayed lofty Jesus.' 
 
 3 MS. no luidhedh. 
 
 * Read serccoU — serccol, as Critk Gad/ac/i, O'Curry M. & C. iii. pp. 483, 492, where it is rendered 
 by 'seasoned fowl/ 'salt fowls!' In the Laws, iv. pp. 308, 318, serccol tarsain is rendered by 
 * salted venison.' 
 
LIFE OF COLUMBA. 
 
 Tri hinaidh ivunorro hi ta Ian aitreb Qoluim cille 
 .1. Hi 7 Dun 7 Doiri, ut E^rcan dixit : 
 
 A rath an Hi' gan cairi 
 is a anam i nDoiri, 
 ocus a corpan 'man leic 
 ima ta Brighit is Padraic. 
 Cona.A dia foirgill sin adb^rt in fili : 
 Hi CO n-ilar a martra 
 diar'bo Coluim caemhdalta : 
 doluidh eisti fo áertáh. 
 í-í7«adh Dun a senneimedh*. 
 * Cet ceall gusz. taithigh tonn.' 
 Is ed fil do ceallízz^ ar bai mara aigi, vo úoiio 
 cét cell CO comlantwj" tuinne caih^ aifrinn an 
 gizc/i! cill, a.mai7 foirglis an (di : 
 
 [Tit trea tholl 
 cosa facbad rig i coll 
 ab cell cusa roich rothonn 
 cend a cochoU o sill second. 
 'Ollnia' .1. trenfer .1. robo fer calma an fear 
 tren Colum ci/Ze, uair nia trenfer &mail (or- 
 gies 3]. 
 
 Fi[d]chell CHmthuinn nia[d] nair 
 nis-beread mac bee 'na laim * : 
 leth a fozme d'ór buidhi 
 'sa leth ai7e d'fmndruine. 
 aen fer dia foirinn nama 
 docrenfadh scc/ii cumala. 
 
 Now there are three places wherein is Colum 
 cille's full habitation, to wit, lona, and Down 
 and Derry ; as Berchan said : 
 ' His grace in lona without blame, 
 And his soul in Derr>', 
 And his dear body under the flagstone 
 Under which are Brigit and Patrick.' 
 And to testify this the poet said : 
 
 'lona with the multitude of its relics 
 Whereof Colum cille was a fair fosterling : 
 Thence he went at the end, 
 So that Down is his old chapel.' 
 * A hundred churches which a wave frequents.' 
 This is the number of churches which he has 
 on the shore of the sea. Or also a ' hundred 
 churches with the fulness of the wave of the 
 mass-chalice in every church,' as the poet 
 testifies : 
 A land 
 
 Abbot of churches which a great wave reaches 
 
 ' Mighty i.e. champion, i.e. a valiant man 
 was the champion Colum cille, for nia (means) 
 * champion,' as (the poet) testifies : 
 Crimthann Nia nár's draftboard. 
 A little boy would not carry it in his hand : 
 Half of its set of men of yellow gold 
 And the other half of white bronze. 
 One man only of its set 
 Would buy seven slave-girls. 
 
 1 102 (p. 181). Bishop Reeves {Co/uf/ida, p. 234, note a) thinks that the introduction 
 of the word ' Pentecost ' [cincigcs=quinquag£sima) is probably an error. 
 
 1 MS. ihi. 
 
 ' This quatrain is also in Lebar na hUidre, 10 b, in H. 2, 16, and in the Liber Hy/niiorum, 
 34 b, I, whence it is printed in Goidelica, p. 163. 
 
 ^ The passage in brackets (part of which I cannot translate) is from H. 2. 16, col. 696. 
 
 * This is the reading of H. 2. i6, col. 696. The Edinburgh MS. has, corruptly, nosb^radh mac 
 beg 'na leth laim. 
 
3i8 NOTES. 
 
 III. LIFE OF BRIGIT. 
 
 1 1 17 (p. 182). This Life of Brigit corresponds generally with Colgan's Tertia Vita 
 (Trias Thaum. pp. 527-541), and with the Irish Life contained in the Lebar Brecc, 
 61 b-66 a, and printed with a translation in Three Middle-Irish Homilies, Calcutta, 
 1877. But the Lismore Life contains the following passages omitted by the Life 
 in the Lebar Brecc : 1220-1224, 1467-1469,1470-1477, 1478-1487, 1488-1491, 
 1637-1650, 1706-1754. 
 
 On the other hand the Lismore Life does not tell how Brigit hung her wet cloak 
 on the rays of the sun {Lebar Brecc, 66 a : Secunda Vita, c. 7 : Tertia Vita, c. 92 : 
 Quarta Vita, 1. 2, c. 15). 
 
 1 152 (p. 183). Brigit's pedigree is thus given in the Book of Leinster, 347 a: 
 
 Brigit ingen Dubthaig, maic Demri, maic Bresail, xaaic Dein, maic Conlaida, maic Airt chirp, 
 maic Corprz Niad, maic Cormazc, mate Oengusa. Mind, mate EchacA Find fuafh airt, maze 
 Yeidlmnd Rec/ifmazr, maze TuathazY Tectmazr, mate Fiachack Findfolaz^, maic Feradaig Fin(/ 
 iechnaig, maic Cremthaind Nz'ízí/ viair, maic Lugdach [s]riabderg, maic na tri Findem^^a, maic 
 'Echach Feidh^, maic Find, maic Fintain, maic Rogen Ruaid, maic Essamna Emna, maic 
 Blathechta, maic Labrada Eoingsig, maic Enna Aignig, maic Oengz^sa ^uir\)ig. 
 
 i. e. twenty-six generations up to Oengus Tuirbech, who died (according to the 
 
 Four Masters) a.m. 4875. 
 1 1 54-1 1 73 (p. 183). The story of Dubthach's bondmaid and the wizard's prophecy 
 
 is also told in the Lebar Brecc, p. 62 a. 
 1 1 75-1 181 (p. 183). This account of the visit of Bishops Mel and Melchu is also in 
 
 the Lebar Brecc, p. 62 a, and is thus given in the Franciscan Liber Hymnorum, p. 40 : 
 
 Feet dochuaid epsr^/ Mel do tig Dubthaig. Once upon a time bishop Mel went to Dubthach's 
 
 Atci»wdairc sétig fo brón. Roiarfaig : ' ced dás house. He saw his wife in grief. Mel asked : 
 
 in ben maith?' ar se. ' Ata limsa adbar,' 'What ails the good woman ?'saith he, 'Cause 
 
 ar si, * ar is tochu la DubMaf/z in chumal sen have I,' saith she, ' for Dubthach has a greater 
 
 fil ic indlat duibsi annaas mese.' 'Is deithbzV liking for that slave-girl who is washing thy 
 
 duitsiu on,' ar epscop Mél, * ar fogenaid do feet than he has for me.' ' Thou hast reason 
 
 sil-su do sil na cumaile.' fór this,' saith bishop Mel, ' for thy seed will 
 
 serve the seed of the slave-girl.' 
 
 1 201 (p. 184). The bathing of the new-born Brigit in milk may perhaps be the origin 
 of the Irish practice mentioned by Benedictus Abbas, Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi, 
 ed. Stubbs, at 1 1 7 1 . The infant was thrice dipt in milk ; which was then thrown 
 into the drains or some other unclean place. 
 
 1 2 13 (p. 184). Cannadas boifor cenn na hingine = ' pannum contingentem [leg. con- 
 tegentem] caput puellae,' Tertia Vita, c. 6, Quarta Vita^ c. 10. The cann- in 
 cannadas may possibly be a loan from pannus. 
 
LIFE OF BRIG IT. 
 
 3^9 
 
 1225-1230 (p. 185). This story is also told in the Tertia Vita, c. 10 {Trias Thaum. 
 p. 520), the Quarta Vita, c. 7, and thus in Rawl. B. 512, fo. 31 a, 2 : 
 
 INtan ba mithig a gait de cigh, bá deithidnech 
 di in drui, nach ni dob^reth-side disi nasceth- 
 [ed]si fa chet hóir, 7 ni bu messa-de a blath. 
 * Ra[f]etursa, tra,' ar in drui, * an daas ind 
 ingen, (\tiia ego s^^m inmundus.' 
 
 Roerbad iarum bo find audercc dia taiscid [leg. 
 toischid], 7 ba slán di. 
 
 1 244-1 249 (p. 185). Thus told in Rawl. 
 
 Laa n-and dub(?/'t Uuhf/iach ingari mucc furrisi. 
 Gatsait latraind dá there diib. Luid Dub- 
 i/iac/i ina charput de MaigLiphi,co comarnic- 
 side frill, 7 aitgeoin a dá there leu. Argaib- 
 side na latrandu 7 nenaisc dag-eraie a mucc 
 fi?raibh. Tue leis a da thore ad domum 
 suam, 7 ushcrt fri Hrigit : ' In maith ingairi 
 du muce lalt ? ' * Atairim-si,' ol-si. Atairimi 
 iarum : reperit perfeetum nummirum, rl. 
 
 When it was time to take her from the breast, 
 the wizard became anxious about her, for 
 everything that he would give her she used 
 to throw up at once, and (yet) her colour was 
 none the worse. • I know now,' saith the 
 wizard, * what ails the girl, qtaa,' etc. 
 So a white, red-eared cow was entrusted to feed 
 her, and she was whole thereby. 
 
 B. 512, fo. 31 b, I : 
 
 One day Dubthach told her to herd swine. Of 
 them robbers stole two boars. Dubthach went 
 in his chariot from Moy LifTey, till he met 
 them and recognised his two boars with them. 
 He seizes the robbers and bound upon them a 
 good mulct for his swine. Then he brought 
 with him his two boars act domum suam, and 
 said to Brigit : ' Is the herding of thy swine right 
 in thineeyes?' 'Count them,' saith she. So he 
 counts them : reperit perfeetum uumerum, etc. 
 
 250-1259 (pp. 185-18G). Then in the same MS., fo. 31 b i : 
 
 Alio die aduenit hospes quidam ad domum Dub- 
 thaig. Erpais a athair tine sailli di do broth 
 don gres. Superuenit auidus canis, cui 
 suellae partem quintam dedit quasi commess 
 alterum detid. Hospes ista sentiens quasi 
 presus somno tacebat. Pater domum iterum 
 reuersus filiam inuenit. ' In maith rom- 
 b^rbais in biad? ' ar a athair. * Maith,' ol si, 
 et ipse numerauit et inuenit. Atiet iar//m 
 hospes [do] Viwhthach quod filia fecit. ' Mad 
 iarsuidiu,' ar Dubthach, 'ni í-í7«egadar in 
 dorighnai do [f Jertaib.' Iss ed iarwm dognith : 
 fodaleth in lucht isin pauperibus. 
 
 On another day there came a certain Jwspcs to 
 Dubthach's house. Her father entrusted to 
 her a flitch of bacon to be boiled for the guest. 
 Supe)~venit avidiis canis cui puetla partem 
 quintam dedit, et itenim venienti partem 
 alteram. Hospes etc. ' Hast thou boiled the 
 food well?' saith her father. 'Well,' saith 
 she ; and he himself counted i^the flitches) and 
 found (them complete). Then hospes tells 
 Dubthach quod /ilia fecit. ' If after this,' saith 
 Dubthach [ ], ' all the miracles she has 
 
 wrought cannot be related.' This then was 
 done : that charge was distributed to the poor. 
 
 Compare Secunda Vita, c. 4, and Tertia Vita, c. 13. 
 1 260-1 265 (p. 186). This story, taken from the Tertia Vita, c. 14, is told more fully 
 thus in Rawl. B. 512, fo. 31 b, i : 
 
 Fecht n-aile iarsin senóir ' caillige craibdigi bái 
 hi fochraib du tig Vi^úithaig esestair inni 
 BrigzV do Ihecht do acallaim .xx. uii. 7 
 noeb Lagen i n-oendail. Is i huair insin 
 adchuaid epsí-f/ Ibuir isin dail aislinge ad- 
 fi>;/dairc ind aithchi riam. ' Anda lem,' ol 
 
 ' MS. senior. 
 
 At another time an old pious nun who dwelt near 
 Dubthach's house asked Brigit to go and 
 commune with twenty-seven (bishops) and 
 the saints of Leinster in one assembly. That 
 was the hour when bishop Ibair related in 
 the assembly the vision which he had seen 
 
 - MS. do a. 
 
330 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 se, * adríPwdarcc indnocht Mairi n-Ingein im 
 chotluth, 7 asrubazrt' frim alali clerech sruith : 
 " Haec est Maria quae inter uos habitet." ' 
 Is and doluid in challech 7 Brigz'/ don dail. 
 'Haec est Maria quae [31. b. 2] a me in 
 somnis uisa est.' FiJrdoeracht iari/m aess inna 
 dala 7 lotir dia[aca]llaim. Dob^rtatar hen- 
 nacht furisi. Is ann áidiu robói in dal ubi 
 nunc est Cell dara, ibique episcopus Ibor fra- 
 tribus ait : 'Hie locus caelo patet ditissimus- 
 que omnium tota insola erit, hodieque ad nos 
 puella cui a Deo praeparatus est ueniat quasi 
 Maria.' Factum est ita. 
 
 the night before. ' Meseems,' saith he, ' that 
 I beheld at night Mary the Virgin in my sleep, 
 and a certain venerable cleric said to me : 
 " This is the Mary who dwells among you." ' 
 Then went the nun and Brigit to the assembly, 
 [and bishop Ibair said:] 'This is the Mary 
 whom I saw in my dream.' Then the people 
 of the assembly rose up and went to converse 
 with her, and they gave a blessing to her. 
 Now the assembly was held where Kildare is 
 at present, ibique, etc. 
 
 Christ is accordingly called Brigit's son {Brocc. h.2)'. and Brigit is called ' mother 
 of my Prince of Heaven ' (ibid. 4), ' one mother of the great King's Son' (ibid. 63), 
 and ' the mother of Jesus ' {Ult. h, 6). 
 1266-1305 (pp. 186-187). This story of Brigit's butter-making is told also in the Tertia 
 Vita, c. 15 : in the Franciscan Liber Hymnorum, p. 40, in Lebar Brecc, p. 63 a ; and 
 in Rawl. B. 512, fo. 31b, 2. Here follows the Franciscan version, which has 
 been sorely mutilated by the binder : 
 
 The angel once came to Brigit and sent her to 
 release her mother (who was) with the wizard, 
 Mac Midrui was he. Of Connaught was her 
 mother, and of the Munstermen was her father, 
 and in Mag Fenamna in Arad Cliach was he 
 at that time. Now when Brigit had got as far 
 as that, there was her mother at the milking- 
 yard, suffering from a disease of the eye. So 
 Brigit went with the wizard's charioteer to her 
 mother, and took the cooking in her stead, 
 and used to perform great charity with the 
 (wizard's) wealth ; and the wizard heard that. 
 The charioteer went to his house. * How,' saith 
 the wizard, standeth it at the milking-place ? ' 
 * I am thankful in the first place,' saith the 
 charioteer, ' and my calves are fat, and the 
 guests are thankful.' 
 And the wizard and his wife were displeased with 
 the charity performed by Brigit : so they came, 
 having a large hamper, to get a chance at 
 Brigit, and to enslave her afterwards unless 
 plenty of butter were found with her. And 
 yet she had only the produce of a churning 
 and a half. So she repeated this stave : 
 
 ^ This seems the gen. sg. eitim .1. baoghal, P. O'C. 
 
 Feet tanic in t-aingel go 'Brigit coros-foid do 
 fuaslucud a mathar icon druid .i. mac Midrui 
 esside ; do Chonnachtaib a mathair side, 7 do 
 feraib Muman a athair, 7 im-Maig Fenamna 
 i n-Arad (?) Cliach roboi side ind inbaid-sin. 
 INtan ás.no rosiact BrigzV corrici sen, is and 
 robai a mathair i nggalur sula icond inis, co 
 «deocha[i]d-si, 7 ara in druád le, dochom 
 a mmathair, cor-ragaib-si in cucnecht dahes, 
 7 CO ?zdenad deirc moir dend airliud, 7 rochuala 
 in drui sen. 
 
 Luid in t-ara dia thig. * Cinnas,' ar in drui, 
 ' atathar icond inis ? ' * Am budech-sa cetus,^ 
 ar in t-ara, ' 7 at remra na loig, 7 it hmáich 
 na hoegid.' 
 
 Ocus robo olc lasin druid 7 la mnai in dearc do 
 denam do BrigzV : co tancatar 7 ruse mor leo 
 do gabail etma ^ for BrigzV 7 dia doerad iarsein 
 mani hetar im imda acce. Oats ni rabe 
 immorro accese acht torad col-leith : co 
 raigaib-se in rand-sa : 
 
 ^ MS. arrubairt. 
 
LIFE OF BRIG IT, 
 
 321 
 
 ' Mo cule-se 
 cule Fiadat find, 
 cule robennach mo Ri, 
 cule conni ind.' 
 Et dixit iterum : 
 
 * Ti MíZíT Mare mo chara 
 do benna(chad mo chule !) 
 flaith in domain co immel 
 ro[n]be immed la sude.' 
 
 Et dixit tertio : 
 
 * Ammo ruri-se 
 coniixz na hule-se 
 
 bennach, a De, nuall cen geiss, 
 
 dot laim deis in cule-sa ! ' 
 
 Roraind in torod sub 
 
 numero Trinitatis : letorud tra luic-si asin 
 chulid. 
 
 'Is maith,' ar ben in druad, 'do linad ruisc moir 
 indsen.' 
 
 *Linaid-si ior ruse,' ar Brigit, * ociis dobera Dia 
 ni ind 
 
 More briefly thus in Rawl. B. '512, fo. 
 Fecht n-ale iarsin uoluit ui[si]tare matrem bái i 
 ndoiri i tir Mwman, 7 ba gair nis-leceth a \)atci 
 7 a mummi. Luid \vsxmorro. Bai a matha/> 
 ind inbaidsin i n-airleba fri togairt a mago 7 
 bói galar súla fuire. Boi Brig/t tara hcise 
 7 ara in druadh oc ingaireu na cetra. Ocus 
 nach maistreth dognith narandad a torulh in 
 di rainn deac cou^l gruth ; 7 nobith in tres 
 chuit dec im-medon, 7 ba mo suidiu [in-]am- 
 bui each cuit. 
 
 Ceth torba lat insin?' ol aurigaik 
 
 Ni anse^ ol Brig// : 'rachuala robatar da ?i\j%tal 
 deac 2i\)iid Dominum, 7 hesom fessin in tres .x. 
 Rom-biasa la Dia, ticfat .xiii. paup^res in una- 
 quaque die, fo chomlin Qxist 7 a apslal.' 
 
 Octis cid na taisci ni dond immum ? ' ar auriga ; 
 ' ar iss ed dogni each togartach.' 
 
 ' My kitchen ! 
 A kitchen of fair God, 
 A kitchen which my King has blessed, 
 A kitchen with somewhat therein.' 
 And she said again : 
 
 * May Mary's Son, my Friend, come 
 To bless my kitchen ! 
 The Prince of the world to the border. 
 May we have abundance by Him !' 
 And she said a third time : 
 ' O my Prince 
 Who canst do all these things ! 
 Bless, O God — a cry unforbidden, 
 With Thy right hand this kitchen.' 
 She parted the produce into three, according to 
 the number of the Trinity : a half-produce 
 then she brings out of the kitchen. 
 ' That^ saith the wizard's wife, * is good to fill a 
 
 big hamper ! ' 
 ' Fill ye your hamper,' saith Brigit, * and God 
 will put somewhat therein.' 
 
 31 b 2 : 
 
 At another time after that she wished to visit her 
 mother who abode in bondage in Munster. 
 And her father and her foster-mother almost 
 refused to let her go. However she went. 
 Her mother was then ... to milk (,the kine oO 
 her milking-stead ; and she suffered from a 
 disease of the eye. Brigit took her place, and 
 the wizard's charioteer (was^ tending the 
 cattle. And of every churning that was made 
 the produce, with the curd thereof, wbs parted 
 into twelve parts, and the thirteenth portion 
 was in the midst, and this was larger than 
 any (other) portion. 
 
 * What profit is that to thee?' saith auriga. 
 
 ' Not hard {to say),' saith Bi igit. ' I have heard 
 that there were twelve apostles apttd Domi- 
 ntivi, and He Himself the thirteenth. I shall 
 have vthis) from God, (that) every day twelve 
 poor men will come (to me) — the same num- 
 ber as Christ and his apostles.' 
 
 * And why dost thou not store up soine of the 
 
 butter ? ' saith the charioteer ; * for thus doth 
 
 every dairymaid.' 
 
 Here the bookbinder has cut away about an inch of the vellum. ^ sic ; read tnacha. 
 
 2 MS. a luiriga. 
 T t 
 
322 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 ' Is ansa damsa,' ol BrigzV, ' a biad feissin do 
 gabail do Crist!' 
 
 Ba andsin dobretha dissi niisc dia linad o mnai 
 in druad. Nis-bói acht maistreth imbe col- 
 lei th. Linta ind ruisc do suidiu, 7 hzXar budig 
 ind oigith .i. in drui 7 a ben. 
 
 Asbert in drui fn BrigiV : ' Bit lat do bae, 7 
 fodail an im do hochfaib, 7 ni bia do mathazV 
 ondiu i fognam, 7 ni ba ecen a luag. 0ms 
 num-baitsibfither-sa, 7 nil sger fritsu semper.' 
 
 Deo gratias ! ' ar Brigit. 
 
 * It is hard for me,' saith Brigit, * to take His 
 
 own food from Christ.' 
 
 Then from the wizard's wife hampers were 
 brought to Brigit to be filled (with butter). 
 Brigit had only one churning and a half. With 
 this the hampers were filled, and the guests 
 were thankful, even the wizard and his wife. 
 
 Said the wizard to Brigit : ' Thy cows shall be 
 thine, and deal out the butter to the poor ; 
 and from to-day thy mother shall not abide 
 in service, and it will not be needful to ran- 
 som her. And I shall be baptized, and I shall 
 never part from thee.' 
 
 * Thanks to God ! ' saith Brigit. 
 
 13.32-1340 (p. 188). This Story has been compared {Rev. CelHque^ iii. 443) with the 
 story in the Kathasariisagara, ed. Tawney, i. 248 ; and with the legend of a Saint 
 Lucia, cited in the Revue Celiique, v. 130. 
 
 1341-1344 (p. 188). The story of Brigit's consecration is told in Tertia Vita, c. 28, 
 and thus in the Franciscan Liber Hymnorum, p. 40 : , 
 
 Intan ropo áil do BrigzV grad n-athrige do thabairt 
 fuirri luid igitur co Cruachan Bri Ele i n-Uib 
 Failge. O rochuala epsi^i?/ Mél do bith and 
 7 morfessiur challech immalle fria, 7 intan 
 rancatar, ni rabai in t-epsri?/ araciund acht 
 dochuaid i Crich Ua Neil fothuath. Luid-si 
 ^\diu iarnabáiach, 7 Mac Caille d'eolz/j 
 rempe dar Moin Faichnig fotuaith. Ocus 
 dorigne Dia cor'bo mag minscot[h]ach in 
 mom. O rancatar tra i comfocraib cosin baile 
 ir-rabi f^%cop Mel, asbert BrigzV fri Mac Caille 
 go rosuidiged calle dar(a)cend arna digsed 
 cen fial dara cend cosna cleircib, 7 comad 
 e sen caille f(?rathm^«tar. lar riactain dissi 
 da^o issin tech ir-rabai epsri?/ Mel, rolas 
 colum tentide assa cind co clethe na hecailse. 
 Atii^wdairc tra eps^ri)/ Mél sen, 7 roiarfaig : 
 ' Caiche na caillecha ? ' ar se. Asbert Mac 
 caille fris : * Is hi sen,' ar se, ' in caillech 
 airdirc a Laignib,* .i. BrigzV^. * Mocen di,' ol 
 epsíTí?/ Mel. ' Is mese dos-rairgert intan bói 
 
 When Brigit desired to have the order of repent- 
 ance conferred upon her, she went to Cruachan 
 Bri Ele in Offaly. When bishop Mel heard 
 that she was there, together with seven nuns, 
 and when they arrived, the bishop was not 
 there to meet them, for he had gone north- 
 ward into the district of Húi Néill. So on the 
 morrow she went, with Mac Caille as her guide 
 before her, northward over the Bog of Faich- 
 nech. And God so wrought that the bog be- 
 came a meadow covered with flowerets. Now 
 when they drew nigh to the stead wherein 
 was bishop Mel, Brigit bade Mac Caille to set a 
 caille (veil) over her head, so that she might not 
 go to the clerics without a veil over her head. 
 And that is the caille which is commemo- 
 rated ^ So after she had entered the house 
 wherein bishop Mel abode, a fiery column 
 flamed out of her head up to the ridge of the 
 church. And bishop Mel beheld that, and 
 asked : * Whose are the nuns ? ' saith he. 
 Mac Caille said to him : * That is the famous 
 nun out of Leinster, even Brigit.' ' My wel- 
 come to her,' saith bishop Mel ; ' it is I that 
 
 * i.e. in Broccán's hymn, 1. 15 : Fo-uair congab Mac-caille caille os chinn sanct-Brigte. 
 ^ MS. cobrigiV. 
 
LIFE OF BRIGIT. 
 
 323 
 
 i mbroind ammathar,' ar sé ... 'Cid dia 
 tancatar na caillecha ille ? ' ar epsrí»/ Mel. 
 ' Do thabairt grad aithrige,' ar Mac caille. 
 * Dobersa on,' ar epscop Mel. 
 
 larsein tra roeirlegait grada fuirri, 7 is grad 
 eY>s,ctup dorala do epsri?/ Mel do thabairt ior 
 Brig//, ciar'bo grad ^ihrige nama rop ail disi 
 fein. Ocus is andsein rochongaib Mac caille 
 caille uas cind Brigte, ut ferunt periti; 7 is do 
 sen dliges comarba Biigte dogres grad 
 n-t^scuip fuirri 7 honoir e^tscuip. 
 
 Cein robas ic erlegind grad fuirrise is amlaid 
 robói, 7 coss na haltore 'na láim; 7 rolosclhe 
 sect n-ecailse ior in chóis sein, 7 ni rolosccd 
 hi and. 
 
 Dicunt alii commad i Feraib Telech nobeth ind 
 eclas i tarla grada ior Brig/V. No is i n-Ard- 
 achud epscotp Mel ata, ut alii dicunt. 
 
 larsen tra ropridchai episo?/ Mel oc/U mbiate 
 euangelii doib an-octor caillech, iar fidul doib 
 ule fo gradaib, 7 doraiga cac/i ai dib a biait. 
 Doraiga d&fio Brig/'/ biait na trocare. Is and 
 asb^rt na tomelad biad cen (praicept) di 
 
 reme dogres, 7 robo fer-legind 
 
 disi o sen immach dogres, 7 do Feraib Air- 
 bido se. 
 
 foretold her when she lay in her mother's 
 womb,' saith he. . . . ' Wherefore have the 
 nuns come hither ? ' saith bishop Mel. * To 
 have orders of penitence conferred (upon 
 them),' saith Mac Caille. ' I will confer this,' 
 saith bishop Mel. 
 
 So thereafter the orders were read out over her, 
 and it came to pass that bishop Mel conferred 
 on Brigit the episcopal order, although it was 
 only the order of repentance that she desired 
 for herself. And it is then that Mac Caille 
 lifted up a veil over Brigit's head, tit fcriint 
 periti ; and hence Brigit's successor is always 
 entitled to have episcopal orders and the 
 honour due to a bishop. 
 
 While the order was being read over her, thus 
 she was, with the foot of the altar in her hand. 
 And seven churches were (afterwards) burnt 
 over that foot, and it was not burnt there. 
 
 Others say that the church in which Brigit was 
 ordained was in Fir Telech. Or it is in 
 Ardagh of bishop Mel, ut alii dicunt. 
 
 Thereafter then bishop Mel preached the eight 
 beatitudes of the gospel unlo the eight nuns, 
 after they had all been ordained, and each of 
 them chose her beatitude. So Brigit chose the 
 beatitude of mercy. Then he said that she 
 should neverpartake of food without beingpre- 
 viously preached to and she had a lector 
 
 thenceforward, and of the Fir Airbida was he. 
 See Fifth Life, c. 31. p. 574. The corresponding story in Rawl. B. 512, fo. 32 b, 
 I, thus accounts for the mistake in giving Brigit episcopal orders: 
 
 Ibi episcopus Dei gratia inebreatus ^ non cognouit quid in libro suo cantauit, in gradum enim 
 episcopi ordinauit Brigitam '-. * Hec sola,' inquit ^ Mel, ' ordinationem episcopalem in Hibernia 
 tenebit uirgo.' Quandiu igitur consecraretur columna ignea de u[e jrtice eius ascendebat. 
 
 1 37 2-1 3 76 (p. 189). This story is told in Tertia Viia, c. 25, and thus in Rawl. B. 
 512, fo. 32 a, 2 : 
 
 Duo demc {sic) Britones ceci cum par[u]ulo leproso de genere Echdach, uenerunt grauiterque 
 sanitatem postulant. Quibus Brigita ait : * Sustinete paulisper.' Et aiunt illi : ' Infarmos tui 
 gen[er]is sana[u]isti et percgrinos neglegis curare. Sed saltim puerum nostrum tui generis sana.' 
 Ac per hoc inlumina[n]tur ceci, leprosusque mundatur. 
 
 * The inebriation referred to was perhaps only that referred to in Acts ii. 13, 15. But see Lebar 
 Aide, Ancient Laivs, iii. 336, as to the precautions against the drunkenness of clerics and consequent 
 irregularity in celebrating the canonical hours. 
 
 MS. ordinis Brigitum ^ MS. inquid 
 
 T t 2 
 
3^4 
 
 NOTES, 
 
 1383-13^3 (p. 189). See Tertia Vita, cc. 24, 27, 28. The story is also in Rawl. B. 
 512, fo. 33 b 2, where the physician's name is stated to be Aed mac Brie, who 
 touched the holy virgin's head and addressed her in these words : * A medico tacta 
 est tui, uirgo, uena capitis, qui me est melior satis.' This Aed is said to have been 
 a bishop, and it appears from his Latin Life published by Colgan {Acta SS. pp. 
 418-423) from the Book of Kilkenny, that he was believed to be a specialist in 
 curing headaches. This belief must be as old at least as the eighth century, the 
 date of the Reichenau MS. from which Mone has printed the following charm * : 
 
 O rex, o rector regminis, 
 o persecutor murmoris, 
 Aido tnech prich benibula" 
 ut refrigerat * flumina 
 Curat ^ caput cum renibus 
 c*im oculis et genibus. 
 Cum inclitis euntibus ' 
 cum lingua atque dentibus 
 Sanctus Aid altus adjuvat 
 ut hoc totum perseverat 
 
 o cultor coeli carminis 
 o deus alti agminis. 
 posco puro^ precamina 
 mei capitis calida, 
 meis atque cum talibus'^ 
 cum auribus et naribus. 
 cum fistulis sonantibus 
 cum lacrimarum fontibus. 
 meum caput ut liberat 
 sanum atque vigilat. 
 
 1394-1401 (pp. 189, 190). This story is in the Tertia Vita, c. 29, and also thus in 
 Raw^l. B. 512, fo. 33 b 2 : 
 
 Tiagait CO Firu Tethbae do chetchongbail ^ epi- 
 scoporum .i. ArdachíZí/. Bái rí Tethbai oc fleith 
 i fochruib doib. Dorigenae atech a tigh ind 
 rig bet mar. Ducer airi airitech logmar ind 
 rig, co-mmebaid frisin meis arabelaib ind rig. 
 Ba ingnad a \est?ix, ba dia[s]etaib ingantaib 
 ind rig. Argab \zxum in truagh 7 ni con-hii 
 do ackt bás. Dotet indala epscop do guidi 
 dond righ. * Noch ni tiber do neuch,' ar ind 
 ri : * ni ririu áano acht a bás.' ' Rom-bith lat,' 
 ar in t-epscíi/, * a \est^x mbruithi.' ' Rot-bia 
 son immorro,' ar ind rii. 
 
 T>oheri iar?<m in t-eps<rí7/ ina ucht cu Brigii, 
 narrans omnia sibi ^ * Guid dún in Coimdíí/ 
 
 They go to the Men of Teffia, to Ardagh, the first 
 cloister episcoporum. The king of Teffia 
 was feasting near them. A churl in the king's 
 house committed a great fault. He let fall the 
 king's precious drinking-cup, and it broke 
 against the dish before the king. Rare was the 
 vessel, it was (one) of the wonderful treasures 
 of the king. He then seizes the wretched 
 man, and there was nought for him save 
 death. One of the two bishops goes to en- 
 treat the king. * But I will not grant (his 
 life) to anyone,' saith the king ; * I will 
 bestow nothing save his death.' ' Let me 
 have,' saith the bishop, * the broken vessel.' 
 * Thou shalt have it, indeed,' saith the king. 
 
 Then the bishop brought it in his bosom to 
 Brigit, telling her everything. * Entreat the 
 
 See also a paper by Bishop Reeves in the Proceedings 
 
 * Hymni Latini Medii Aevi, iii. 181, 182. 
 of the Royal Irish Academy, Nov. 8, 1858. 
 
 i. e. Aido maic Bricc benevola. I omit ' sanctus ' after * Aido.' 
 ^ leg. pura? * leg. refrigeret? ^ leg. curet? 
 
 ® glossed by cerebre. In the Lorica of Gildas, talias is glossed by Ir. inneda and by A.S. lendana. 
 But perhaps talibus is for talis, as genibus in the next line for genis. 
 
 ^ leg. Cum anculis et unguibus ? inclitis is glossed by nervibus : ancula = a'yKv\rj. 
 ' MS. chetchoggbaib, where ^^=ng, as in Greek and Gothic. ® MS. siwi. 
 
LIFE OF BRIGir, 
 
 325 
 
 CO ro athnuigt^r a \est2s. Fecit, et recup^r- 
 auit, et dedit episcopo. Ocus dotaet in t-epsri»/ 
 arabarach conz. aradig ad regim, 7 ' madu tis^í/ 
 t'aredeg slan,' ar in t-epsfiJ/, * in lecfide in 
 cimbid?' 'Non solum, sed quaecunque uo- 
 luerit dona conferrim ei.' Ostendit episcopus 
 uas, et talia locquitzir regi : 'Non ego banc 
 uirtutem, sed sancta Brigita fecit.' 
 
 1 402-1 423 (p. 190). These two stories 
 Rawl. B. 512, fo. 33 b 2-34 a i : 
 
 Ho roson clu ina ^xigte setno Tetba, bai alaile 
 ogh craibdech la firu Tetbai o totoided 
 ara tessed 'Qxigit di-acaldaim .1. Brig ingen 
 Coimlocha. Luid da«i? V>rigit 7 atarecht 
 Brig fadeisne do indlat a coss. Bdei ban- 
 seal craibdiuch a siurg intansin. A mbotha 
 dií/íM oc indlut ^ choss Brig/i foidis in dune 
 galair sin boe isin tig ingin n-uaide do 
 tabazVt neith di asin lothair dond iiszwx do 
 breth dar cosa \lxigte. Dobreth di dawí» 7 
 dob^rt-si immo gnuis, 7 ba ógslán focétúair ; 
 7 iar mbeith a siurg bliai/wa ba oen [na] 
 timthirthite in n-aithche-sin. 
 
 Ho thuctha am-miassa arambeulu gaibid Bri^// 
 [for] sirdecsin am-miass. * Immandairi dun,' 
 ar Brig, * a noebingen I ceth norathaigter 
 fort meis ? ' * Atchiu in Satani na suidi ior- 
 sin meis armubelaib,' ar Brigit. ' Masa 
 sochmacht,' ar Brig, 'robad maith lemsa a 
 decsiu.' * A [s] sochmacht em,' ar Brigit, ^ acht 
 dochoi ardi na crucha dart ruse indiwj^ ar nach 
 duine atchi Diabwl 7 ni sena indi?/i- noxo- 
 daissed immbi.' Sent^j Brig iarwm, 7 atchi 
 in manach n-isin. Dochruth lee a delb. 
 
 * larfaigh, a Brigit,' ar Brigh, * cid dia tu- 
 idchid.' * Da responsum homenibus,' ar 
 Brigit. ' Nico, a V>xigit' ar in Satan, 'ni tir ^ 
 duitsiu, ar ni do erchoit duitsiu dodechadus.' 
 
 * CiJt, tra,' ar Brig, ' ceth sainriuth dot-uic for- 
 sin mei[s]sin ? ' Demon respondit : • Habito 
 istic semper apud qi;andam uirginem cum qua 
 mihi nimia pigritudo locum dedit*.' Et 
 
 * MS. indluth ^ The word indites here and ii 
 ^ The MS. here is hopelessly corrupt. 
 
 Lord for us that the vessel be renewed.' She 
 did so and restored it and gave it to the 
 bishop. And on the morrow the bishop went 
 with his drinking-cup to the king, and (said) : 
 * If thy cup should become whole,' said the 
 bishop, ' would the captive be set free ? ' 
 ' Non solum,'' (said the king), ' sed,' etc. 
 
 are in the Tertia Vita, c. 30, and thus in 
 
 When Brigit's fame had sounded through Teffia, 
 there was a certain devout virgin in Fir 
 Tethbai, even Brig daughter of Coimloch, 
 who sent a message that Brigit should come 
 and commune with her. So Brigit went, 
 and Brig herself rose up to wash her (Brigit's) 
 feet. At that time a devout woman lay in 
 sickness. \Vhen they were washing Brigit's 
 feet she sent the sick person who was in the 
 girl's house, to bring her out of the tub some 
 of the water which was put over Brigit's feet. 
 It was brought to her accordingly, and she 
 put it on her face, and straightway she was 
 every whit whole, and after having been in 
 sickness for a year she was on that night one 
 of the attendants. 
 
 When the dishes were brought before them 
 Brigit began to look long at their dishes. 
 ' Declare (?) to us,' saith Brig, *thou holy 
 virgin, what is perceived on thy dish.' • I 
 see,' saith Brigit, * the Satan sitting on the 
 dish before me.' * If it be possible,' saith 
 Brig, ' I should like to see him.' * Tnily 
 it is possible,' saith Brigit, ' provided the 
 sign of the Cross go over thine eye ; for 
 whoever sees Diabolus and does not sain (it) 
 would go mad.' She sains Brig then, and 
 Brig sees that monk there. His form seemed 
 hideous to her. * Inquire, O Brigit,' saith 
 Brig, ' why he has come.' * Give answer 
 omnibus^ saith Brigit. Saith the Satan, 
 ' O Brigit, I .... to thee : for not to hurt 
 thee have I come.' * Query, then,' saith 
 Brig, * what in especial brought thee on that 
 dish ? ' Danon respondit, etc. 
 n the following line seems a meaningless insertion. 
 * MS. detit. 
 
326 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 Briga ait : * Voctiur ista.' Diim uocata ue- 
 niset, ' Signa/ inquit ^ Briga, ' oculos eius, ut 
 uideat^ quem proprio nutriuit sinu.' Signatis- 
 que oculis [h]orridum con[t]vietur monstrum. 
 Timore et tremore pauefactae^ Brigita 
 dicit : * En quem multis foueras annis et tem- 
 poribus cernis ! ' 'A noebingen,' ar Brig, ' ar 
 ni con tuidigh isa tech-sa it^rum.' * Ni con ticfa 
 dsino a tech-sa,' ar Bi igit, * co laa mbratha.' 
 Cibum summunt : gratias agunt Deo. 
 
 * O holy virgin,' saith Brig, 
 'let him not enter this house iterum\' 'He 
 shall not enter this house,' saith Brigit, * un- 
 til Doomsday.' Cibum sumunt : gratias 
 agunt Deo. 
 
 1424-1430 (p. 190). Thus in Rawl. B. 512, fo. 34 a 2 : 
 
 Once upon a time she was in .... on the bank 
 of the Inny. Abundant apples and sweet 
 sloes were in the church therein. There was a 
 certain nun who gave her a little present (of 
 the fruit) in a basket. When she brought (it) 
 into the house lepers came straightway to her 
 on the floor of the house to beg of her. 
 ' Take/ saith she, * yon apples.' Turn illa^ 
 etc. 
 
 Fecht n-and disi i ndechruth ior ur na hEthni. 
 Batir imda ubla 7 ami cumrae isin cill hisin. 
 Boe alali zzSS\.ech dobert dan ihbec disi hi 
 xusz. Induair dobert isa tech tancatar 
 claim státim for lár in tigi cucasi da faghdi. 
 ' Berid duib,' ol si, ' na hubla ucat.' Tum 
 ilia quae fructus obtulerat* : [' Non] leprosis 
 hoc dedi ^ donum.' Brigitte displicuit, et in- 
 quit^: " Munera prohibens a seruis Dei 
 male agis'' : id[cir]co tua ligna nullum ferrent 
 fructum in aeternum.'' ' At donifera egresa 
 foras suum conspicit [h]ortum nullum staitim 
 pommum portare, dum paulo an/e prae- 
 pollens fructibus, sterilisque permanet in 
 a[e]ternum praeter folia. 
 
 1431-1434 (p. 190). This story of the two quarrelsome lepers is also in the Tertia 
 
 Vita, c. 31, and Rawl. B. 512, fo. 34 a 2. 
 1435-1441 (pp. 190, 191). Compare Tertia Vita, c. 35, and the following sentence 
 
 from Rawl. B. 512, fo. 34 b i : 
 
 Ba andsin dogeni-si ósic do chaillecha/í^ Cule 
 Fobair, co n-ic .iiii. caillecha oc in osic .i. 
 bacach 7 caech 7 clam 7 daisechtach. 
 
 There she washed the feet of the nuns of Cúil 
 Fobair, and at that washing healed four nuns, 
 to wit, a lame one, and a blind, and a leper, 
 and an insane. 
 
 1442-1458 (p. 191). So in Tertia Vita, c. 36, and in Rawl. B. 512, fo. 34 b, in Latin, 
 
 with the following Irish sentence prefixed : 
 
 Ba andsin icais in mac mbacach n-amlabar oc 
 tig maic Odrain. 
 
 1 449-1 459 (p. 191) = Tertia Vita, c 39. 
 
 story is thus told : 
 Dotiagat iarwm do Talti. Is and boi Patricius. 
 
 Batar im cheist nach. etargnaid and .i. Doluid 
 
 It was there she healed the lame dumb child in 
 Mac Odrán's house. 
 
 In Rawl. B. 512, fo. 34 b, 2, 35 a i, the 
 
 Then they go to Teltown. There abode Patrick. 
 They were discussing an obscure question, 
 
 1 MS. inquid. 
 * MS. inquirit. 
 
 2 MS. uidiet. 
 ' MS. agens. 
 
 MS. faue fcae. 
 
 MS. obtulleris. 
 
 5 MS. bcdi. 
 
LIFE OF BRIGIT. 
 
 327 
 
 alali banscal do tathchor maic ior clerech do 
 muntzV Tztraic .i. Bron nomen eius. ' Cindits 
 rom-becht inso?' ar chach. ' N? anse,' ar in 
 ben. * Dodechodsa co Bron do senad chailli 
 form chend, 7 edbairt m'ógi do Dia. Iss ed 
 ani dogeni mo clerech, mo chortan, co tvlczís 
 mac do.' A mbatar fi?rsna bnai/irazd iss and 
 doluid [Brigit] doc«m na dala. Is and 
 asb^rt Mel fri Patraic : * Dofil in noebingen 
 inni Bngit doc«m na dala, 7 ruf^^tar duib, 
 tria meit a rait[h] 7 t[r]ia ocse a fertae, úus 
 in fir fo gau inso, ar ni con fil gnim iatar 
 [leg. ni etir] nem 7 talam nogeissíí/ áidiu do 
 Crist,'' ar Mel, ' ar mad era di. Iss ed didiu 
 is denta* and,' ar Mel, 'a gairm {or leitji] 
 immon ceist-so asan ddil, ar ni dingni uirtutes 
 in presenlia sancii Fa.trúii.^ Ta[n]ic Mrigit 
 iarwm : fprdoeraigh in sluagh : co ngairt^r ffr 
 leith asin dail statim do acaldaim feminae, et 
 comitantur clerici excepto Patr/cio. ' Coich 
 in noidiu^ ucat? ' [asbert Brigit] frisin mná. 
 •La Bron,' ar in ben. *Ni fir,' ar Brigit. Senais 
 "Qrigti a gnuis co roráith at a cend furi cum 
 lingua. Dutet PatrzV cuca induair sin in forum * 
 magnum. Adgladadur 'brigit in[n]oid/;/ fiad 
 aes na dála. noch ni ragab labrad inlansin. 
 
 * Cia t'alhair ? ' ar Br/giL Infans inquit : ' Non 
 episcopus Bron pater meus, sid quidam homo 
 qui in extrema parte ^ í:í7«cí1í sedet uelut 
 ultimus deformisque, mater mca merctrix^ est.' 
 Deo gratias agunt omnes, scclcstamque con- 
 clamant adúri. Scd Brig/'/a abnuit dicens : 
 
 * Hacc agat poenitentiam,' quod implctum 
 est, et detumuit caput cum lingua. Populus- 
 que letatus est. Episcopus lib^ratus, Brigita 
 glorificata est. 
 
 namely : a certain woman went to put off 
 a child on a cleric of Patrick's household, 
 named Bron. ' How dost thou assure that to 
 us ? ' saith every one. * Not hard to say,' saith 
 the woman. ' I went to Bron to get the veil 
 blessed on my head and to offer my virginity 
 to God. But this is what my cleric wrought, 
 my debauchment, so that I bore him a son.' 
 While they were talking thus Brigit came to 
 the assembly. Then said Mel to Patrick : 
 ' There is the holy virgin, Brigit, (coming) to 
 the assembly. And she will make known to 
 you, through the greatness of her grace and 
 through the nearness (?) of her miracles,whether 
 this is true or false. For,' sailh Mel, ' there is 
 nothing, whether in heaven or on earth, which 
 she would ask of Christ that would be refused 
 to her. This, then, is what should be done,' 
 saith Mel, 'to call her apart from the assem- 
 bly (and consult her) about this question ; for 
 she worketh no wonders in Patrick s presence.' 
 Then came Brigit. The host rose up, and 
 she is straightway called apart from the 
 assembly to speak with the woman, and 
 all the clerics save Patrick accompany her. 
 * Whose is yon babe?' (saith Brigit) to the 
 woman. ' Brón's,' saith the woman. * It is 
 not true,' saith Brigit. Brigit sained her 
 face, and the head upon her, cum lingua, 
 swelled up. Patrick then comes to them m 
 forum magnum. Brigit, in presence of 
 the people of the assembly, addresses the 
 babe, which had not yet begun to speak. 
 ' Who is thy father ? ' saith Brigit. Infans 
 inquit, etc. 
 
 1460-1466 (p. \^\)=.Tertia Vita, c. 40. Thus in Rawl. B. 512, fo. 35 a i- 
 35a 2: 
 
 A mbai i nderiuth lai vxrum luid each a leth * Now at the end of the day every one went apart 
 
 asin dail d'oegedacht. Bai fer maith ior bru out of the assembly to get guesting. There 
 
 fluminis quod est Seir. Fóidis a mogh dwelt a good man on the brink of the river 
 
 doc«m na dala uocare Brigitam, dicens contra Seir. He sent his slave to the assembly to 
 
 familiam suam ; * In noebingen * dorigni in invite Brigit, saying, in spite of his house- 
 
 ' leg. déntí. ^ MS. commitantwr cleriei. ^ MS. indoidiv. * MS. furum. 
 
 ' MS. partae. ^ MS. m^rtax. ^ MS. agerta. ^ MS. laeth. ^ MS. indoebingen. 
 
3^8 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 íirt n-amrae in foro hodie, is maith limsa 
 cosecrath di mo tigi innocht.' Ferais falti 
 friae. * Tucthar tra,' ar a ingena iri Brigti, 
 
 * usci for ar lama, dofil biad dún.' ' Ni ba 
 indossa,' ar Brigzi, * nam mihi banc Dominus 
 demonstrauit esse gentilem domum, uno tan- 
 Him excepto seruo qui nos uocauit. Fobith- 
 sin ni praindi[g]ubsa indosa.' Rafindadar 
 in fer maitb anisin .i. troscud do 'Erigit co 
 ro baitside som. * Atrubartsa em,' ol se, 
 
 * nacham-baitsifeth Tatrazc cona, muntzr. 
 Creitfi immorro duitsiu,' fri 'Qxigit. ' Is 
 cumma lemsa acht rot-baitsidersa,' ar Bri^zV. 
 
 * Ni tecomnacair lemsa,' ar BrigzV, * fer 
 ngraid : tiagar úan co Patrazc co tuitchid 
 e-pscop no sacart do h?d\.sed uiri istius,' Uenit 
 Brón, et baptizauit uir[um] cum tota familia 
 in ortu soils et medie die reficiuntur. Gratias 
 agunt. Ueniunt ad sanctum Patricium, Pa- 
 \ricius dixit : ' Non licet t/bi sine prespet^ro 
 ambulaire : tuus semper auriga prespiter 
 oportet fieri.' Idque obseruatum est abbaiti- 
 bus Brigitae usque ad tempora propinqua. 
 
 1467-1469 (p. 191)=7>r//(2 Vita, c. 42. 
 Bá iarsin icsais in sentine mbaclaz^ forumad i 
 
 fosscud in charpuit oc cill Suirdd i ndesciurt 
 
 Bregh. 
 
 1 470-1477 (pp. 191, 192) = Tertia Vita, 
 2-35 b I : 
 
 Luid iarwm do Chill Laisre indi Brtgii. Ba 
 faeih'í/ Lassair friae. Boe oenchauru mblicht 
 and iarna blegon do scarad do BrigzV. A 
 mbatar deud lái con[acc]atar Fatraic docum 
 lis. * Don-fóir Dia, a Brigit ! ' ar Lassair, 
 
 * Tabar com hdún.' Brigita respondit : 'Quan- 
 tum habes?' Ait: 'Nihil est cibi, duodenis 
 exceptis^ panibus et parco lacte quod tu bene- 
 diceras, unaque ouicula quae praeparata est 
 tibi.' 
 
 Iss ed ani tiágait ino prantech hule PatrazV 7 
 Brigit, 7 batar buidigh huli, 7 ros-ferasta^ 
 Lasar di á cill, 7 ata adrad mBrigte and. 
 
 hold, ' I wish my house to be hallowed to- 
 night by the holy virgin who wrought the 
 wonderful miracle in foro hodie' He made 
 welcome to her. Brigit's maidens say to her : 
 ' Let water be brought for our hands, there is 
 food for us.' ' It shall not be now,' saith 
 Brigit, * for the Lord hath shown to me that 
 this is a household of heathens, save only the 
 one slave who invited us. Wherefore I will 
 not dine now.' The good man knew that, even 
 that Brigit would be fasting until he should 
 have been baptized, and (he declared) to 
 Brigit: 'Of a truth I said that Patrick and 
 his household should not baptize me. How- 
 beit in thee I will believe.' ' Provided thou 
 art baptized,' saith Brigit, ' it is the same to 
 me. I do not happen to have,' saith Brigit, 
 ' a man ordained. Let a message be sent 
 from us to Patrick that a bishop or priest may 
 come to baptize this man.' Venit Brón et, 
 etc. 
 
 Thus briefly in Rawl. B. 512, fo. 35 a 2 : 
 
 It was afterwards she healed the lame old woman 
 who was laid in the shadow of the chariot at 
 the church of Swords in the south of Bregia. 
 
 c. 44. Thus in Rawh B. 512, fo. 35 a 
 
 Then Brigit went to Cell Laisre. Lassair was 
 rejoiced to receive her. There was one milk- 
 ing ewe there, which had been milked for 
 Brigit. When they were at the end of the day 
 they saw Patrick coming towards the en- 
 closure. ' God help us, Brigit ! ' saith Las- 
 sair, ' give us protection ! ' Brigit replied : 
 ' How much hast thou ? ' She says : ' There is 
 no food save twelve loaves and a little milk 
 which thou hast blessed, and one lamb which 
 hath been made ready for thee.' 
 
 Then all, with Patrick and Brigit, came 
 into her refectory, and they all were thankful, 
 and Lasar bestowed her church upon her, and 
 therein there is adoration of Brigit. 
 
 ' MS. duo denis ex pedis. 
 
LIFE OF BRIGIT. 
 
 1 478-1487 (p. 192). =Terh'a 
 Rawl. B. 512, fo. 35b I : 
 
 Anaiss arabarach ic-Cill Lasre. Dolluid alaile 
 Cennenses genere, io7'a. tarat sua uxor miscuis, 
 CO Brigit da chobair. At Brigita benedixit 
 aquam. Ille secum portauit et, uxore aspersa, 
 amauit eum ' protinus inpatienter. 
 
 Vi/a, c. 45. Quaria Vita, c. 47. Thus briefly in 
 
 On the morrow she remained at Cell Laisre. A 
 certain man of Kells [?] by race, whom his 
 wife abhorred, came to Brigit to help him. 
 At Brigita, etc. 
 
 1488-1491 (p. 192). =Tertia Vita, c. 46; Quarta Vita, c. 48. 
 1492-1496 (p. 192). =Tertia Vita, c. 47. 
 
 1497-1513 (PP- 192, 193). Tertia Vita, c. 57; Quarta Vita, lib. 2, c. 27. 
 151 4-1 519 (P- 193)- = Tertia Vita, c. 62. 
 1520-1526 (p. 193). =Tertia Vita, c. 68. 
 1527-1535 (P- 193)- —Tertia Vita, c. 65. 
 
 1536-1553 (pp. 193, 194)- -^Tertia Vita, c. 90; Quarta Vita, lib. 2, c. 10. 
 1554-1565 (P- 194)- =Tertia Vita, c. 78. 
 
 1576 (p. 194). Tech-mór=Kdi7imr\ivLS ' magna domus,' and * monasterium rotundum.' 
 The diameter of the tech-mor mentioned in the Tripartite Life, p. 236, was twenty- 
 seven feet. 
 
 1579-1594 (PP- 194) 195)- =Tertia Vita, c. 79; Quarta Vita, c. 52. 
 
 1593 (p. 195). For a t/ia[i]rr literally 'on his belly.' Better thus in Ledar Brecc, 
 65 a : Dofuit, immurro, isin sruth in clam diumsach, 7 a bó fo a thairr, co ros- 
 báided, ' Howbeit the haughty leper fell into the stream, with his cow under his 
 belly (he was lying prone on the cow's back), and was drowned.' 
 
 1 595-1 605 (p. 195). = Tertia Vita, c. 50; Quarta Vita, lib. 2, c. 18. 
 
 1 606-1 6 13 (p. 195). = Tertia Vita, c. 55. 
 
 1614-1619 (p. 195). Thus told in the Franciscan Lider Hymnorum, p. 41 : 
 
 I cuirriuch Liphi dorónad in firt-so .i. for tanic 
 sech Brig/V 7 saland ior a muin, co n-erbairt 
 V,x\git ris: *Cid fil fort?' 'Clocha,'ol se. 
 ' Bid ed,' ol Brig//. Rocomallad amlaid. 
 
 Tanic da«i? it(erum) sech Brigit, et ilia dixit ei : 
 * Cid fil {or\. muin? ' ' Saland,' ol se. * Bid 
 ed,' ol BrigzV, 7 rofirad amlaid. 
 
 In the Curragh of Liflfey this miracle wa 
 wrought, to wit : a man came past Brigit 
 with salt on his back ; so Brigit said to him, 
 ' What is there on thee ? ' * Stones,' saith he. 
 * Let it be so,' saith Brigit. Thus was it ful- 
 filled 
 
 Then again he came past Brigit, and she said 
 to him : ' What is there on thy back ? ' ' Salt,' 
 saith he. * Let it be so,' saith Brigit ; and 
 thus it was verified. 
 
 See also Sexta Vita, c. 24 {Trias Thaum. p. 586, col. 2). This legend, like that 
 told in 11. 1332-1340, has an Indian parallel — a very similar story being told of 
 
 ' MS. sum. 
 U u 
 
330 NOTES. 
 
 the Musalman saint shekh Khwdja Farid, of Girar, in the Hinganghát tahsíl of 
 the Wardhá district, Central Provinces. See C. Grant's Gazetteer of the Central 
 Provinces of India, 2nd ed., 1870. Compare also the story of Ciccu, in Laura 
 Gonzenbach's Sicilianische Marchen, 197. 
 
 1 620-1 629 (p. 196). =Terfia Vita^ c. 77. 
 
 1 630-1 636 (p. 196). =Tertia Vita, c. 94; Quarta Vita, c. 50. 
 
 1 637-1 650 (p. 196). =Tertia Vita, c. 74; Quarta Vita, lib. 2, c. 48. 
 
 1 651, 1652 (p. 196), see Secunda Vita, c. 11 ; Tertia Vita, c. 106. 
 
 1 653-1 658 (pp. 196, 197). = Secunda Vita, c. 21 ; Tertia Vita, c. 128. 
 
 1659, 1 66 1 (p. 197). This seems a mere abridgment of the story told infra, in 11. 
 1680-1688. 
 
 1662-1663 (p. 197). This is mentioned in the Franciscan Liher Hymnorum, p. 40: 
 Lathe i Tir na bennact i n-Airiud Bóinne i toeb One day in the * Land of the Blessing,' in Airiud 
 Cluana Iraird^ doronad in firt-sa, no ic Bóinne, beside Clonard, this miracle was 
 Domnach Mor i toeb Cille dara .i. flechud in wrought. Or at Domnach Mór beside Kil- 
 cach inud 7 turad i ngort Brigte. dare, that is, wet in every place and dry 
 
 weather in Brigit's field. 
 Compare Secunda Vita, c. 21; Tertia Vita, c. 100. 
 
 1664 (p. 197). The miracle thus curtly related is commemorated in Broccan's hymn, 
 1. 42, and told more fully in Secunda Vita, c. 12 ; Tertia Vita, c. 102 ; and thus in 
 the Franciscan Liber Hymnorum, p. 41 : 
 
 I Cluain Chorcaige i nUib Failge doronad in In Cluain Corcaige in OfFaly this miracle was 
 
 firt-sa .i. clam [leg. clárenech ?] tucad co wrought, i. e. a leper [leg. a table-faced man ?] 
 
 BrigiV, CO w-erbairt fns in torn luachra robói was brought to Brigit, and she told him to bring 
 
 inna [fjarrad do thabairt asind inud ir-raba, co the clumpof rushes which grew by him out of the 
 
 tuc ass ásino, co tanic topur u^ci assind inud place in which it was : so out he brought it, and 
 
 sin, cor-robroen fo[a]agid, cor'bo (sl)an. out of that place came a well of water, where- 
 with he sprinkled his face, and it was whole. 
 
 1 665-1 667 (p. 197). See Broccán's hymn, 11. 73-76, and Secunda Vita, c. 27. This 
 miracle is told more fully in a note (now partly illegible) in the Franciscan Liber 
 Hymnorum, p. 42 : 
 
 fe(cht) dorala BrigzV do dun rig Breg im- Brigit once happened to go to the fortress 
 Maig Coel, i Fine Gall hódie, co rodiult in of the king of Bregia in Magh Coel, in 
 
 banrigan fria dorat alaili bentreb- Fingal to-day, and the queen refused her 
 
 tach robói i toeb in dune immaig failti di co (hospitality. But) a certain widow who 
 
 di 7 coras-loisc a garmain nui dwelt beside the fortress outside gave her 
 
 foe, 7 robatar óg[s]lana (ar)abarach, eter welcome (and killed her calf,) and burnt her 
 lo^g 7 (gar)main, tria rath Brigte. O new weaver's beam under it ; and on the mor- 
 rochuala immorro in ri anisen .i. Brigit do row they were whole, both calf and beam, 
 thiactain dia acallaim, co tarla through Brigit's grace. Now when the king 
 
 1 MS. irarid. 
 
LIFE OF BRIGIT. 
 
 do in bantrebtach ut. Ama/ atcondairc in ri 
 hi ros-c(arasta)r tria rath Brigte, 7 ros-fuc do 
 
 mnái, 7 is uade ata aill, ut 
 
 ferunt. 
 
 1668-1672 (p. 197). —Tertia Vita, c. 71. 
 1673-1675 (p. 197). = Secunda Vita, c. 
 Uymnorum, p. 41 : 
 
 Ic Raith Derthaige in Húib Failge doronad in 
 firt-sa .i. tanic merlech co V>i\git fo secht co 
 mbercd molt cech[a]uare uadi do chairchaib 
 mná Yiyyhthaig, co roathferad {or V>\\git, co 
 w-erbairt Bri^^V: ' Fegait[h]se fcr caircha dus 
 in marat ule.' Rofegsat iarum .i. V>xi\ithach 
 7 a ben, 7 fuar[a]tar eat ule i comlane cen 
 esbaid neich. 
 
 heard that, even that Brigit had come (he 
 went) to commune with her, and yon widow 
 met him. When the king beheld her, he 
 loved her through Brigit's grace, and took her 
 to wife, and of her are 
 
 8. Thus told in the Franciscan Liler 
 
 At Rath Derthaige in Offaly this miracle was 
 wrought, to wit : A robber came to Brigit seven 
 times, and every time he carried away from her 
 a wether of the sheep belonging to Dubthach's 
 wife. So Brigit was reproached, and she 
 said : * Look at your sheep if peradventure 
 they all remain.' Then Dubthach and his 
 wife looked, and they found them all com- 
 plete, without the want of any. 
 
 1676-1679 (p. 197). Also thus in the Franciscan Liber Hynmonnn, p. 43 : 
 
 (In) lind rodlect ri Lagen do rig Ua Culduib, 
 CO rodlect side do fir dia muintir, co tánic 
 side CO ^^ngit dia hatach coro cobrad hé, ar 
 ni rabai occa ni doberad, ar dorat-sora do 
 Bri^V in lind ann uair na ragaib ri Ua Cul- 
 duib uadhe, et prcinde ucnit ad Brigitam : 
 necessitatem habuit co tucad iarsen M%ce isna 
 dabcaib roboi i farrad tigi Brig/^, 7 roben- 
 nac[h] Brigit in usq«^ sen corbo mid iarsen, 
 7 corruc in truág hé leis iarsen, 7 ni rabai mid 
 ba ferr andaas ; 7 ni rabai plus uel minus 
 acht amal rodlecht de misero. 
 
 The ale to which the king of Leinster was en- 
 tilled from the king of Hui Culduib, and to 
 which the latter was entitled from one of his 
 household who came to Brigit to entreat her 
 to help him. For he had nothing which he 
 could give, since he had bestowed on Brigit 
 
 the ale and thereafter water was 
 
 brought in the vats that stood near Brigit's 
 house, and Brigit blessed that water, and then 
 it became mead, and the wretched man took 
 it with him afterwards (to his king), and 
 there never was better mead than it, and there 
 was neither phis nor tninus, but just what 
 was due de miscro. 
 
 The same miracle is thus related in Rawl. B. 512, fo. 35 b i 
 
 Liond rodlecht ri Laigen do fiur dia muntir-si, co 
 tainic an fer dia caine co V>xigit cu ro chabroí/ 
 he, ar ni raibe aigi ni dobi^rad ind. Tuc 
 iarsin usre isin A^baig ifail tigi Vixigte gu ro- 
 bi?«nach Brigit in t-usque co raibi ina mid 
 post, 7 CO rue in truag he dond righ, 7 ni rabi 
 mid bud millsiu. Ni rabi plus ná minus and. 
 
 Ale to which the king of Leinster was entitled 
 from a man of her household : so the man 
 came to complain of it to Brigit that she might 
 help him, for he had nothing which he 
 could give in respect thereof. Thereupon 
 he brought water in the vat beside Brigit's 
 house, and Brigit blessed the water and it 
 afterwards became mead, and the wretched 
 man took it to the king, and there never 
 was sweeter mead. There was neither plus 
 nor minus therein. 
 
 U U 2 
 
33^ 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 1680-1688 (p. 197). Thus in the Franciscan Liber Hymnorum, p. 40: 
 
 Bishops,' i. e. seven bishops who came to Brigit 
 out of Húi Briuin Chualann from Telach na 
 n-Epscop in especial, to Kildare. And 
 Brigit enquired of her cook, even of Blathnait, 
 whether she had food. She said, * No,' and 
 
 seemed to Brigit, i. e. her having 
 
 no food for them. So the angel told Blaith- 
 nait to take the kine to Loch Lemnachta 
 (' the Lake of New Milk ') to the north of 
 Kildare, to milk them, though they had 
 been twice milked before. So the kine were 
 taken (thither), and they were milked till the 
 milk came over the vessels and even the 
 vessels of the whole of Leinster would have 
 been filled. And thence the lake received its 
 name. 
 
 1689-1705 (pp. 197, 198). See Dr. Todd's commQvú,2iTy, Liber Hymnorum, pp. 65-70, 
 
 on the corresponding passage in the Lebar Brecc, p. 66 a. 
 1 706-1 742 (pp. 198, 199). This preface to the hymn Brigit bé bithmaith seems taken 
 
 from a copy of the Liber Hymnorum. The preface from the Trinity College copy, 
 
 fo. 16^, has been published in Goidelica, pp. 133-135^. Here follows the preface 
 
 (till now unprinted) in the Franciscan MS., pp. 38, 39 : 
 
 Epscuip .i. secht n-epscoip tancatar co Brigit a 
 Huib Briuin Chualand, o Thelaig na n-Eps- 
 cop sainrud, co Cill dara. Cor-roiarfaig 
 Brigit dia coic .i. do Blathnait, in raba biad 
 acci. Ilia dixit non. 7 roboi im . . . scud 
 la Brigit ani hi sen .i. gen biad occi illis. 
 Con n-erbairt in t-aingel fri Blathnait co 
 tucad na bu co Loch Lemnacta, fri Cill dara 
 atuaith, dia mblegon, c[i]a robligte fodi 
 reme. Tuctha áidiu na bai, 7 robligtea co 
 ndeochaid in loim dar na lestraib, 7 no- 
 linfates cid lestru Lagen uli. Dobertais 
 chuccu, et inde stagnum^ nomen accepit. 
 
 Commad he Colum cille dogneth in n-immun-sa, 
 7 is i n-amsir Áeda meic Ainmirech doróne. 
 
 It may be Colum cille that made this hymn, and 
 in the time of Aed son of Ainmire he made it. 
 
 Is hé fáth a denma. 
 
 Anfud mor tanic do Cholum cille intan do- 
 chuaid dar muir co tarlai i Coire Brecan, co 
 roataig BrigzV co tisad feth do ocus co 
 n-erbairt * BrigzV be.' 
 
 No is Brocan Cloen doronai he 7 is inund amser 
 i ndernad 7 ' Nicar Brigit be.' 
 
 No is triur do muintir Brig/^ doronai he. Docho- 
 tar do Roim co roactatar Blasantiam, co tarla 
 fer do muintzV na cathrach do(ib im)muig, co 
 roiarfaig dóib in rancatar a les oegedecht. 
 Atrubratar co rancatar. Ros-fuc leis iarsein 
 dia thaig, co tarla doib scolaige iarna thich- 
 tain o Roim * illic, co roiarfaig doib canas 
 
 This is the cause of making it. 
 
 A great storm came to Colum cille when he went 
 over sea ; and he happened to be in Breccán's 
 Caldron, and he entreated Brigit that a calm 
 might come to him, and he said Brigit bé. 
 
 Or it is Brocan Cloen that made it, at the same 
 time that he made (the hymn) Ni car Brigit. 
 
 Or it is three of Brigit's household that made it. 
 They went to Rome and reached Placentia ; 
 and a man of the folk of the city met them 
 outside, and asked them whether they needed 
 guesting. They said that they needed (it). 
 Thereafter he took them to his house, and a 
 student on his way from Rome, met them illic^ 
 
 * MS. unde staguum. 
 
 ^ In the second line of this preface as printed in Goidelica, for inasoe read maso é, ' if it be he.' 
 ^ MS. anfudo. * MS, corruptly: scolaige coroíarfaíg . . . oim. 
 
LIFE OF BRIG IT. 
 
 333 
 
 tancatar 7 cid ara tancatar. Atiubratar-som 
 conid ar oegedact. * Is pudar sin,' ar se, ' ar 
 is he bés ind fir-se marbad a óeged.' Ocz^^ 
 roiarfaigset-som sein tria thinchosc in sco- 
 laige. Tucad tra neim doib il-lind, co 
 romolsat BrigzV dia sóerad, 7 co rochansat 
 ' BrigzV hi hithmaith.^ Atibset in lind cosind 
 neim, 7 ni dernai pudair doib. Tanic tra fer 
 in tige dia fegad dus in ros-marb ind neim, 7 
 atchonnairc eat slana, 7 atchonnairc ingen 
 sochraid etarru. Tanic iarsein isin tech, 7 
 robái for iarair na hingine, 7 nis-fuair, 7 ro- 
 iarfaig doib ced dochoid. Ocus ati ubratar-som 
 nis-acatar etir. Doiatad tra cuimrech {orxo- 
 som, CO romarbtais iaraabarach mani follsigtis 
 in n-ingein. Tanic da«£» in scolaige cetna 
 chucu arnabarach dia fis, et inuenit eos in uin- 
 culis, [p. 39] et interrogauit quomodo euasse- 
 runt et cur ligati sunt. Responderunt ei et 
 narrauerunt omnia quae eis contigerunt secun- 
 dum ordinem. Et dixit scolasticus eis : ' Can- 
 tate ei laudem quam fecistis.' Postquam autem 
 illam cantauerunt inter eos sancta Brig///a 
 omnibus eis apparuit. Tunc penituH ille, et 
 dimisit illos ex uinculis, et dcdit suam sedem 
 in Blasantia Biigii/ae, uel Blasantiam totam, 
 ut alii dicunt. 
 
 and asked them whence they had come, and 
 why they had come. They said that it was for 
 guesting. * That is a pity,' saith he, ' for it is 
 the custom of this man to kill his guests.' 
 And they asked for that through the scholar's 
 teaching. So poison was brought to them in 
 ale and they praised Brigit that she might 
 save them, and they sang Brigit bé bithmaith. 
 They drank the ale with the poison, and it did 
 them no harm. So the man of the house 
 came to see if perchance the poison had killed 
 them, and he beheld them whole, and he be- 
 held a comely maiden among them. There- 
 after he entered the house and was seeking 
 the maiden, and found her not, and asked 
 them why she had gone. And they said they 
 had not seen her at all. So a chain was put 
 ui)on them that they might be killed on the 
 morrow if they should not disclose the 
 maiden. So the same student came to them 
 on the morrow to visit them, et. etc. 
 
 Or it is Broenainn that made this hymn, navigans, 
 etc. 
 
 No is Broenaind dorigne in n-immun-sa, naui- 
 gans mare et quaerens terram re])romisionis. 
 Audiuit aliam bestiam clamantem et adiuran- 
 
 tem uoce humana bestiam aliam conuocantcm et rogantem Brendinum et ceteros omnes sanctos 
 Hiberniae insolae, excepta Brig/V/a, ne sibi alia bestia noceret ; et nihilominus tamen alia bestia 
 uim fac^ret illi usque dum rogaret ^ingiííarn. Euadenteni uero postquam rogaret Brigitam ct nihil 
 mali a perscquente patientem interim ut diccrot alia quae cam persequcrctur : ' Postquam Brigitam 
 rogasti noccre tibi non possum.' Postquam uero Broenaind haec omnia et honorem quae Brigitae 
 bestia prae ceteris dcdit, admiratus est, [et] Brigitam laudauit, dicens ' Brigit hé hithmaith^ 
 
 Locus igitur mare. 
 
 Causa autem ad laudem Brige/a^. 
 
 Tempus uero Diarmata vsxciz Cerbaill, rig Her- 
 end. Tanic daw Broenaind iarsein do Cill 
 dara co BrigzV co fesad cid ara tarat in beist 
 in mare onoir do BrigzV sech na noebu 
 archena. O rosiact tra Broenaind co BrigzV 
 rochuinnig chuice co tartad a coibsena cinnas 
 roboi acce grad De. Atrubairt BrigzV fri 
 Brenaind : • Tabair, a chlerig, do chobais 
 prius, 7 dob^rsa postea.' Dixit Broenazwí/ : 
 
 Tempus, vero, of Diarmait son of Cerball, king 
 of Ireland. Now Broenainn afterwards came 
 to Kildare to Brigit to know why the monster 
 in mare gave honour to Brigit beyond the 
 other saints. Now when Broenainn reached 
 Brigit he requested her to make her con- 
 fessions, in what wise she had love of God. 
 Said Brigit to Broenainn : * Do thou, O cleric, 
 make thy confession prius, and I will give 
 
334 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 * Ónd lo rogabussa ^ crabud nocho deochu- (mine) posteaJ Said Broenainn : ' From the 
 dussa dar secht n-immaire cen mo m^wmain day that I became devout I never passed over 
 i nDia.' ' Is maith in chobais/ ol BrigzV, seven ridges without my mind being on God.' 
 'Tabairsiu áz.no, a chaillech,' ar Bioenamd, ' Good is the confession,' saith Brigit. * Do 
 
 * do chobais.' * Dar Mac na h-Ingine,' ar si, thou, then, O nun,' saith Broenainn, ' give thy 
 
 * ond uáir doratwjsa mo m^wmain ind ni confession,' ' By the Son of the Virgin,' saith 
 Úmcus ass.' * Dar Dia, a challech,' ar Broe- she, ' from the hour that I set my mind on Him 
 namd, * is coir do biastaib cia doberat honoir I never took it off Him.' ' By God, O nun,' 
 duit sechoinne.' saith Broenainn, ' the monsters are right 
 
 though they give honour to thee beyond us.' 
 
 JVo is Ultan Airdbrecain dorigne hunc ymnum. Or it is Ultan of Ardbrackan that made Aunc 
 
 Ar molad Brigte doronai, ar ropo do Dail hymnum. For praise of Brigit he made it, 
 
 Chonchobair dosom. Ocus rob ed do for he was of Dál Conchobair. And so was 
 
 mathair V>úgte X. Brocsech ingen Dallbronaig. it also with Brigit's mother, even Brocsech, 
 
 I N-amseir immorro da mac Aeda Sláne daughter of Dallbronach. Now in the time 
 
 doronad foesin, ar it é romarbsat Suibne mac of Aed Sláne's two sons it was made, more- 
 
 Colmain Móir íox lethlaim Ultain. I N- over, for it is they that slew Suibne son of 
 
 Ardbrecain dno doronad he. Colmán the Great on one hand of Ultán. In 
 
 Ardbrackan, moreover, it was made. 
 
 1743-1754 (p. 199). There is a much better copy of this hymn (the technique of 
 which is admirable) in the Trinity College Liber Hymnorum, ló^-i^b^ whence it 
 has been published in Goidelica, p. 135, and in Windisch's Irische Texie, pp. 24, 25- 
 
 1763 (p. 199). It is said that this Ninnid was the Nindidh mentioned in 1. 1555, and 
 that Brigit predicted that from his hand she herself would receive the viaticum on 
 the day of her death. On hearing this prophecy, he enclosed his right hand in a 
 brazen (some say a silver) case, which he kept continually locked, lest the hand 
 destined to give the Holy Communion to S. Brigit should ever be defiled by any- 
 thing unclean. Hence he was called Ninnid Pure-hand^. See more in Quarta 
 VitUj lib. 2, cc. 62, 63; Qui?ita Vita, cc. 57, 48. 
 
 These notes on Brigit's Life may fitly end with the following legends and list. The 
 first of the legends is from the Franciscan Liber Hyvinorum, and the second from 
 the Book of Leinster. Of the first another copy is found in the Lebar Brecc, p. 82, 
 as a note to the Calendar of Oengus, Feb. i . It has some of the marks of a genuine 
 popular marchen. The list of nuns subject to Brigit is from the Book of Leinster, 
 p. 353, col. 2. 
 
 I. Franciscan Liber Hymnorum, p. 40. 
 
 Plea .i. Bl(asantia) .i. cathir sen fil do BrigzV in Plea, i.e. Placentia (?), that monastery Brigit 
 Italia, no Plea cathir fil do Brigit ior muir hath in Italy. Or Plea, a monastery which 
 Icht, 7 is e a hord-side fil ic muintir Brigte. Brigit hath by the Ictian sea, and it is its order 
 
 * MS. rogabudsa. 
 
 See Dr. Todd, Liber Hymnorum, pp. 60, 61. 
 
LIFE OF BRIGIT. 
 
 335 
 
 Et sic factum est id. .i, Brigit rofoid mor- 
 iessiur uadi cor-Roim do foglaim uird Pctair 
 7 Poil, ar na rocomleced di fein o Dia a techt. 
 Intan doroactatar co V>x\git ni romar oenfocul 
 occu dia n-urd. * Rofitir Mac na h-Ingene,' 
 ar BrigzV, ' ni mor uar tarba cid mor ior sae- 
 
 thar.* Misit iterum alios uii 
 
 similiter et . . . . misit alios uii. 
 
 7 a mac dall-se leo, ar each [ni] nochluned 
 sede ba mebuir leis focetoir. INtan t;-a 
 rossiactatar co muir let tanic anfud doib fair 
 cor-ralsat sis anchoram. Rolend ar bend- 
 chopur in derthaige, co rolaset crandchor inter 
 se im techt sis, conid don dull dorala tect sis, 
 et exiuit et absoluit ille anchoram, et stetit 
 andsein co cend mhWudne ic foglaim ind uird, 
 CO doruactatar in fiallach aile cucai anair, co 
 tarla anfud mor doib beus isin bale cétna, co 
 rolasat anchoram sis adhuc, co tanic in mac 
 dall leo an is co «-urd celebartha illius eclesiae 
 secum ad se, 7 tuc leis cloc anis cucu, 7 is e 
 clocc in meic daill indiu in clocc sein ic 
 muntzV Brig/i, 7 is e ord fil occu in t-ord tuc 
 in dall leis o Plea. 
 
 which Brigit's community have. Et sic factum 
 est id. Brigit sent seven persons to Rome, to 
 learn the order of Peter and Paul, for she her- 
 self was not permitted by God to go. When 
 they came (back) to Brigit, not one word of 
 the order remained with them. * The Virgin's 
 Son knoweth,' says Brigit, ' though great be 
 your labour small is your profit ! ' So she 
 
 sent other seven in like manner 
 
 sent seven others and her blind 
 
 boy with them ; for everything that he would 
 hear he straightway remembered. Now when 
 they had reached the Ictian sea a storm came 
 upon it to them, so they let down the anchor. 
 It stuck on the conical top of the oratory, so 
 they cast lots inter se as to going down 
 (to loose the anchor), and it fell to the blind 
 (boy) to go down. And he went and loosed 
 the anchor, and remained there till the end of 
 a year learning the order. And the rest of 
 the party came back to him from the east, and 
 a great storm again fell upon them in the 
 same place, and again they let down the 
 anchor, and from below the blind boy came 
 up to them with that church's order of cele- 
 bration ; and he (also) brought them from 
 below a bell; and this is 'the Blind Boy's 
 Beir which Brigit's community possess. And 
 the order which they have is the order which 
 the blind (boy) brought with him from Plea. 
 
 II. Book of LeinsitT, p. 367. 
 
 Fainchi mgen Dallbronaz]"-, siur vciáthar Brigti, 
 setig do Neman. Bai dawo Fanchi i n-am- 
 
 briti CO cian, co ndoluid co di. Ainis 
 
 Brig// tredan i n-eclais i Cill dara, co toracht 
 angel 7 co n-epert fria : * A sanct Brigit, hen- 
 nach broind do sethar, 7 dofwjsema mac 
 sainemail acci .i. Colman a ainm, 7 [co]rop é 
 do lam-su for a. mullach, 7corop Finnian ma<: 
 htii Tellaig rom-baist é 7 rodn-aile fri eclais.' 
 Et rothwjsib Fannchi iar(sin tri maccu do) 
 Neman .i. ConaW 7 Eogan 7 Carpri* ; 7 issin 
 tiprait as-robaisted eipscop Ibar robastit nam- 
 maic-sin. 
 
 Fainche, daughter of Dallbronach, Brigit's ma- 
 ternal aunt, was a wife of Neman's. Now 
 
 Fainche had long been barren, so 
 
 from her. Brigit fasted a three days' fast in the 
 church at Kildare, and an angel came and said 
 to her : ' O holy Brigit, bless thine aunt's womb, 
 and she will bring forth a distinguished son ' 
 (Colmán was his name) ; ' and let thy hand be 
 upon the crown of his head, and let Finnian 
 Maccu-Tellaig baptize him and rear him for 
 the Church.' And thereafter Fainche brought 
 forth three sons to Neman, even Conall and 
 Eogan and Cairpre ; and those children were 
 baptized at the well out of which bishop Ibar 
 was baptized. 
 
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 NOTES. 
 
 III. Book of Leinster, p. 353, col. 2. 
 
 BRigitge mnctdd subiectae erant 077ines hae uirgines ?,anct^, quar^m loca et nomina 
 ^rmmerohimus. 
 
 CAiner ingen Chruthechain i Cill Chuli^zd i Cairpn. 
 Cainer ingen Airmi^zd i Cluain Coriwd. 
 
 INdú már 7 Indú bee, dí ingin Breccáin meic Brénaind i Cill Dai^zdend, 
 Brig ingen Yergusz. i Cill Brigi. 
 
 Cetheora iwgena Fergnai meic Fergz^sa il-Lethráith .i. Delbnat et Cainer, Deiwlir 7 Ymn. 
 Fainder cuicir i QAuain Brónaig. 
 Necht ingen Chommain i mBruig Broc. 
 Fedbair ic Boith Roichnig. 
 
 INgena Choluina 7 ingena Bresail i Cill Chalaid 7 i Caill Lugmi^d. 
 Curchass i Tig Curchaissi. 
 
 Lassar i Cill Lasra, '\n Yiuib Bresail. Is inti roloisc BrigiV in ngarmui« oc funi ind loég. 
 
 Corpach ingen Fiachnai meic Nui i Cill Corpaigi. 
 
 Cronmuni taplai;^ i n-Inis Crone ior Loch Andind. 
 
 Findnat ir-Rwi maze Ceit. 
 
 Find ingen Mantain i Tracht Fiwdi. 
 
 Aibind ingen Mani i Cluain Draignigi. 
 
 FailtemazV ingen Mselechdach ic Telaig Fuinechda. 
 
 Lút 7 crí^mthir Luggeth ic Tig Lúta i Fotartaib maraib. 
 
 Cr/^msech 7 Créd ic Raith Gaisni 7 i «-Etargabuil 7 i Fordrui?/?. 
 
 Ronsech icTig Maile achaid. 
 
 Ciar ingen Duibrea i n-Airiud. 
 
 Bicell 7 Bicsech i n-Imliucli na Lega. 
 
 Columb ingen B^raig i n-Imliuch már. 
 
 INgena Cetain i QXuain Ech. 
 
 INgena Fiachnai ic Tuaiw Neill. 
 
 Caibell ingen .^da Bairr i Cill Lusca.. 
 
 TRea ingen meic Cairthiwd i n-Aird Trea. 
 
 Cethri ingena meic lair .i. Derbinill 7 Derinill et Coel 7 Comgell. 
 Caimell ingen D^rmata i nDisiurt Brigie i Cill Suird. 
 
 Tri iwgena Erniw meic Coluiw Ruit .i. [leg. 7 ?] Darnisa 7 Sinech, 7 C^'ón a mbrathair i n-Enuch 
 Dirmaige. 
 
 Brunsech ingen Chrimthaind im-Maig Threga. 
 
 Ciar 7 Midan da ingin Cerain 7 Finnech ingen Senaig Find ; do Chene'l ChorniiZzV dóib nile. It e 
 cohgahat Ros larnglais. 
 
 Scoth 7 Mengan, inund athair 7 máthair leo, 7 do Dál Messi;^ corp dóib : it é sin fil i Cellaib Maigi 
 
 Uachtarchaib 7 Ictarchaib 7 i Cluain Moescnea. 
 Dochatti i n-Achud Chorcaigi. 
 
 Brig ingen Amalgada 7 Cillini 7 Cellan i n-Achud ^da. 
 
IV. LIFE OF SENÁN. 
 
 Another copy (B) is in the Brussels IMS. vol. iv (2324-2340), part ii, fo. 118 b, 
 and a fragment in vol. xi (4190-4200), fo. 269 a. A third copy (E) is in Egerton 
 91, fo. 52 a-56 a. A Latin Life in prose is in Rawl. B. 505, fo. 201. Another, 
 apparently, in the Codex INIarshiensis, Dublin, fo. 76 b. A metrical Latin Life is 
 in the Codex Salmanticensis, edd. De Smedt and De Backer, 1888, coll. 735-758, 
 and see Colgan's Ada Sanctorum, p. 512. 
 
 1775 (P- 201). Mirabilis Deus, etc. Psal. Ixvii. 36. 
 
 1792 (p. 201). Senán's pedigree is thus given in the Book of Leinster, p. 351, col. 2 : 
 Senan Insi Cathtz/^ Mar Eirggind, '^laic Dubthaig, ^\aic Decce, ^laic Imchada, 
 lAaic Cuirb. 
 
 1798. For Patrick's prophecy of Senan, see the Tripartite Life, Rolls ed. p. 206. 
 1 800. For de B has, more correctly, do. 
 1804. For scith B has sgithcch so?)ih. 
 181 1. For Bendachaid V> has Bendachais. 
 181 7. For timochar B has tiomarchar. 
 
 1 831. The words bar crich seem to have dropped out after roich. 
 
 1838. For a cata Í7i gein gignighler B has a chat a na gcine gignithcr. 
 
 1 84 1 (p. 203). More about this monster Cathach in the Calendar of Oengus at 
 March 8, and notes thereto in the Lebar Brccc, p. 83 a, Laud 610, fo. 63 b, and 
 Rawl. B. 5 1 2, fo. 59 a 2. It is described in bardic fashion. 11. 22i2-2227 (pp.2i3,2i4). 
 
 1847. For tir B has aird. 
 
 1854. For bias arcul E has beite iarctd. 
 
 1857. 'With tithes and firstfruits and alms.' Compare the Senchas IVLir, Ancient 
 Laws, vol. i. p. 50, 1. 27. Tithes do not appear to have been generally paid in 
 Ireland till the twelfth century. See Lanigan, Eccl. Hist, of Lretand, iv. 284, and 
 Giraldus Cambrensis, Topogr. Hib. Dist. 3, c. 19. ('Nondum enim decimas vel 
 primidas solvunt '). But they are mentioned in the Vision of Adamnan, L. U. p. 30 a, 
 which must have been composed before a.d. iioo. 
 
 1 86 1. For other cases in which Irish children might be sold, see Ancient Laws, iii. 
 402, 540. 
 
 1866. Of Maculatus and Latins nothing else seems known. Perhaps they had come 
 
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338 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 to Ireland with Palladius. The name Maculatus, like Contumeliosus (Le Blant, 
 i. 177) and the Irish Mael-ochtraigh {Book of Ballymote, p. 228, col. 5. 1. 35) may- 
 be one of a class of self-dispraising names used by early Christians. A Maculanus 
 occurs in C. I. L. xiv. 3158. Latius would mean 'ad Latium pertinens;' it does 
 not appear to occur elsewhere as a proper name. 
 1867. After adaig B has sin. The it after Patraic is a scribal error for is. 
 
 1885. For deiseahhair B has taitnemh. 
 
 1886. For cona raibhi doc air di B has conach raihhe dochar dhi. 
 
 1887-89. A similar miracle is told of the hazel distaff in the hand of the mother of 
 S. Maedhóc of Ferns, when she was bringing him forth, Martyrology of Donegal, 
 p. 32. The stake of rowan was probably held by Senán's mother as a safeguard 
 against witches and demons. 
 
 1899. For comhnacal cena ricdis a leas B has neite archena norecdais a les. So in 
 1905 for rat-fia comnacal B has rot-fia gach ni ata d'esbdiiáh ort. Hence it would 
 seem that comnacal means ' needment,' comes from "^com-nanc-alo^ and is cognate 
 
 with Gr. a-vayKT). 
 1908. For comnacal B has comhnacul. 
 
 191 1. For a Corcamruadh B has i Core mo druad, and so in 19 16. 
 1926. For siumh B has seic. 1927. For scith B has sccitheach. 
 
 1931. For ate OS B has atces. 
 
 1955- This Cassidan is otherwise called Cassan. 1957. For ecalsa B has ecclastacda. 
 i960. Before inghaire B has do. 
 1966. For Teighedh B has Noteighedh. 
 1968. ' Si quis,' etc. Thus translated in B : 
 
 .1. gibe haccaibh lenab áil bheith inas airde inás cách bídh ag inionastrala<r>í/ da gach sen. 
 1973. For ar fer dhibh B has ol a cheile. 
 
 1975. For Fegait tria tholl na comla B has Fosfeghat tria tholl na comladh. A similar 
 
 story is told of Adamnán in the Martyrology of Donegal, p. 254. 
 1978. For fir a B has firu. 
 
 1987. For cein ron-boi ic B has in cein bd occ. 1992. For in B has an, 
 
 1994-2012. This silly story shows, at all events, that when it was invented the Irish 
 made candles by dipping wicks in grease or melted tallow. The wicks, no doubt, 
 were the pith of rushes. See Cormac's Glossary, s. vv. adann, itharna. 
 
 1998. For machtnad linn B has machtadh lim. So in 1988 B has machtadh. 
 
 2001. After acca B inserts an coinnel 7. 
 
 2006. For scoires B has sccuiris. 2009. For ro didhbhadh B has rodibhadh. 
 
 2013. After laithe B inserts n-aon, and for tirus B has turns. For the Notál (from 
 Lat. noiabilis) here mentioned, see Colgan, Acta Sanctorum, p. 169, at 27 January. 
 
LIFE OF SEN An. 
 
 339 
 
 2017. For clérchu B has cle'rchiu. 2021. For doberad B has dohheir. 
 
 2034. MiQx gallraib B inserts examhlaibh ocus 0 gach aingcis arcena. 
 2045, 2046. For these lines B has : 
 
 aingel ag trendiórgadh gacha conaire do go rainicc go hinis Corrthe do thaoibh na Sláine hi Crich 
 ua Cceinnselaz|^. Ocus rola Notail a bhennacht la a dhalta ag etarscarai/h fris .1. la Senán. 
 Ocus as sóinmech dorala do, coyn^ aire-sin as maith da gach dalta benna<:/í/ a oide d'faghbáil. 
 Ocus dogni Senán aóntaidh, etc. 
 
 2049-2055. As Martin of Tours died circ. a.d. 396, and Senán was born circ. a.d. 
 
 488, there is some chronological difficulty in accepting this story. 
 2051. For atcim B has atchiam. 
 
 2060. The period of forty days and forty nights is obviously suggested by Deut. ix. 9 
 or Matth. iv. 2 ; and see the Rolls Tripartite Life, pp. 114, 474, 500. 
 
 2061. Raphael is selected as being the messenger of the Lord's help. See the Book 
 of Tobit passim. 
 
 2069. Letha, which I have rendered by ' Latium,' may possibly be ' Letavia/ (íF. 
 Llydaw), i.e. Armorica. 
 
 2070. For the corrupt ' .x. ur' of the Book of Lismore, B has coicc dcichneabhair. 
 2074. After luamairecht B inserts allonga 7. 2075. For gusa B has gusift. 
 2087. For Raithlind B has Raithlefid. 
 
 2106. B has la fir fiadhat. 2107. B has atfiadhal. 
 2109. For iaghraim B has tograim, E togairm. 
 2 13 1. For suthach B has stithain, E suiihech. 
 2133. For getad B has gclat, E gctarsa {fort). 
 
 2142. For rointe E has sloindti. 2152. For priinit B has primite. 
 
 2162. For tabarr usee oiffrind dun B has ttabhartar uiscce an aiffrinn duinn. 
 2164. For isind all B has isi7i aill. 
 
 2170. Compare the Vita S. Aidui, Cambro-British Saints, p. 236; Tunc misit David 
 famiham suam ad litus et invenerunt plenum mare, et puerum jacentem in mare, 
 et in circuitu illius mare sublevatum est, et in funiculo traxerunt eum in navem. 
 
 2 1 71. For doroicdis B has doroichtis. 2176. For Ni tic B has ni thainic. 
 2179. Sic B. The Paris MS. has : 
 
 Ni bud mo Aono dún céni bemais inaicce neich im uiscce issunn isarfiaduitsi. 
 
 2181, 2182. For dotheperfea, doeiprinn B has doreprinnfe, doreprinn. 
 
 2190. For fir noebu B has firu nceinhtha. 2193. For facbaidh B has fáccbais. 
 
 2196. For Feis B has Fe'isi. 2212. For rocraith B has rocroith. 
 
 2213. For CO hainsergach ainniardhai 'B has go hainsexccach ainiarmartach. 
 
 2220. For urgrana B has urgránda. 2229. For a craes B has a drant. 
 
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340 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 2230. For in croes B has a gtoncraos, 
 
 2237. The practice of walking dextrorsum is mentioned infra I. 3104. 
 
 2240. For imnedach B has imshmomach, 2241. For baithfider B has bdidhfidher. 
 
 2242. For dara ragha B has doragha fo. 2252. For aitreb B has aittreabh2iá. 
 
 2259. For rotairrngU B has rothairrngeitar. 
 
 2260, 2261. For Ba , , , uile B has : 
 
 Ba ferccizA thrá bói Csel frissiumh occa hsreing frisna clochaibh gur bris^i/h. 
 
 2263. After dogenta B inserts ar Ccel. 
 
 2266. B has: ar aittrebhfait do eland it dhiaigh isin tir. 
 
 2270. For arts B has affrithisi. 2279. For form B has mferainn, 
 
 2287. B has: ba tru gan deilm dian. 
 
 2292, 2293. Compare the darkness caused by the druid's incantation in the Tripariiie- 
 
 Life (Rolls ed.), pp. 57, 284, 460. 
 231 1, 2312. The meaning is that Senán will be cast into the deep sea with a stone 
 
 fastened to his neck. Compare Helen MacGregor's execution of Morris in Rob 
 
 Roy, chap, xxxiii. 
 2316. For connach ticfasa B has aona tiocfairsi. 
 2321. For inas cur a B has oldds caora. 
 
 2331. do buain dhuilisc, 'to cut duilesc' (=W. delysg or dylusc), a kind of edible sea- 
 weed, in Scotland dulse, in Anglo-Irish dilisk. ^qq Ancient Laws, vol. iv. p. 308, 1. 13. 
 
 2332. For arcenn na mac B has do tabhairt na mac lais. 
 2340. For ol a mdthair B has ar a maithre. 
 
 2344. After tir B inserts gusa. 2354. After neoch B inserts ele chuca. 
 
 2363. For manche'^ has mainchine. 2383. Before ni'Q inserts ei (i.e. ocus). 
 
 2388. As to the cultus of lepers see supra, p. 295. 
 
 2391. A boat without hide, i.e. a coracle without any skin over its wicker framework. 
 A similar miracle is told of Egbert in the Calendar of Oengus at Dec. 8 : do Christ 
 cachain figil i curchdn cen chodail. And see the story of Enda and his monks, 
 Mart. Don. 82 ; see also the Life of Cybi, Cambro- British Saints, p. 186. 
 
 2399-2415. Compare the story of S. Wenefreda sending a chasuble to S. Beuno, 
 Cambro- British Saints, pp. 201-202. 
 
 2416-2446. A truly beautiful legend, vulgarized by Thomas Moore in his St.Senanus 
 and the Lady. 
 
 2402. For cunnach B has cáonn2iQh. 
 
 2412. After Infidhe B inserts 7 in salann ele co Diarmait. Alimentary salt seems to 
 have been prized by the ancient Irish. The salt kept in a hospitaller's house is 
 thus mentioned in the Senchas Már (Harl. 432, fo. 9 b 2) : Im salund tigi hxixigad 
 
LIFE OF SENÁN. 
 
 341 
 
 .1. nesam he in each xxCQaid .\. mianach o.'d.ch ain, * for the salt of the briugd^ house, 
 
 i.e. it is a necessary at every time, i.e. desirable to every one.' 
 2416. This Canair is Colgan's ' S. Cannera.Virgo,' Acta Sancforum, p. 174, at Jan. 28. 
 2419. For thurgaihh a B has tiiarccaihh in. 
 2456. For a innisi acht nech 0 Di'a B has : 
 
 a innisin for talmain gach a ndema Dia d'fertaibh 7 do mhiorbuilibh ar Shenan abhus 6 aimsir a 
 gheine go a bás acht muna úsedh. aingcal Dé dia faisnéis, ccnmotá a airmhittin fiadh Uia. 
 
 2462. For slóghu B has slogh. 2470. For teadnia B has tedhmanna. 
 
 2473. ^ov gacha haimhreidhi V> has gach ai'ngcist. 
 
 2478. For aidhleadh B has aidhlidh. 2482. After imcoimct B inserts occoinn. 
 
 2487. For Cex B has Quis es tu. 
 
 2489, 2491. The use of clouds as vehicles for saints is common in Celtic hagiology. 
 
 Compare Camhro- British Saints, p. 72. 
 2497. For assanindsi B has issininis. 2498. Aher Jl/u/a B inserts et. 
 
 2501. After Senain B inserts et miiinntire niine. And after sin B inserts : 
 
 ind aimsir ar n-eitsechta 7 go ro frith coimhetta ind inar mbiu ar indtledhaibh demhnu 7 ar gach 
 ndoailche olchena. 
 
 * Of the Amhra Sendn of Dalian Forgaill,' says a writer in Smith and Wace's 
 Dictionary of Christian Biography, iv. 602, * we have now no trace.' There are 
 two glossed copies, one in the Lebar Brecc, p. 241 a, which begins thus: Senan 
 saer sidathair silem soailche, ' Senan noble, peace-father, sower of virtues.' The 
 rest is in the wilfully obscure style of the Amhra Choluimb chille. The other copy, 
 in the handwriting of Michael O'Clery, is in the Brussels MS. 4190-4200, fo. 269 '\ 
 
V. LIFE OF FINDIAN OF CLONARD. 
 
 Other copies are in the Brussels MS. vol. iv. (2324-2340) part ii, fo. 29 (here 
 denoted by B), and vol. xi. (4190-4200), fo. 196 a. Latin Lives are in the Codex 
 Salmanticensis, coll. 1 89-2 1 o, in Rawl. B. 485, fo. 54, in Rawl. B. 505, fo. 1 56 b, and 
 in Colgan's Ada Sanciorum, p. 393, at Feb. 23. Perhaps the ' S. Fy nanus ' of whom 
 there is said to be a Life in the Codex Marshiensis, fo. 84^, may be meant for Findian. 
 
 2506-2508. Findian's pedigree is thus given in the Book of Leinster, p. 348, col. 8 : 
 
 Finnian Cluana Eraird, Mac Findloga, M.aic Fintain, Mate CiJwchraid, Mate Dairchella, 'M.aic Senaig, 
 Maic Diarmata, Mate Máz, Maze Fergusa., Mau AiMla Duib, Maze Celtchair, Maze Cuthechair, 
 Maze Fotaid, Maze Fir filed, Maze Rosa, Maze Rudraige, ut ante in genelogia ConaiW C^maig. 
 
 And thus in Lebar Brecc^ p. 15, col. 5 : 
 
 Finden Cluanai hlra[i]rd Mac Finntain, Ma/ir ConchxQ.\á, Maze Daircellai, [p. 16, col. i] Maie Senaig, 
 Maic Diarmata, mate ^Eda, Maze Fergwja, Maie Oililla Duib, Maze CeltchazV, nxaic UithechaeV. 
 
 And after ' Uithechuir,' in 1. 2508, B adds : 
 
 MazV Fir fiki/h, maze Glais, maze Rossa, Maze Rudraz^e a quo clann Rudraige : do siol na riogh 
 i n-Ulltaibh atacomhnaic. 
 
 2513. After magha B inserts Nuadhat. 
 
 2514. For crainn-sin canasta B has chrand, corosasta, and in 2516 for cu ros-fhasta 
 B has annside co ro\s\astai. These readings are obviously better, and the translation 
 (p. 222) should be corrected accordingly. 
 
 With Telach's vision compare Tárádattá's dream, Kathdsarit-sdgara^ trans, by 
 Tawney, i. 239. 
 
 2516. After didiu B inserts Taileach {^—Teluch 2509). 
 
 2517. For ocut B has it innibh, ' in thy bowels.' 
 
 2521. As to this Abbán, see the Martyr ology of Donegal^ at 16 March. 
 
 2525. For ecclasda B has eclastacda. 
 
 2526. MiQV ghillacht ^ insertsyí?í:^//óir, 'at once.' 
 
 2527. For Tairinis B has, wrongly, Dairinis. 
 
 2529. Before aentaid B inserts a-n. The triad of saints, Dabid, Gillas and Cath- 
 mael=the triad David, Gildas and Cadoc, who sent a British mission to Ireland to 
 
LIFE OF FIND I AN OF CLONARD. 
 
 343 
 
 restore the faith there, and from whom the secundus ordo of Irish saints received 
 their Order of mass. See Haddan and Stubbs' Councils, i. 115, and the Codex 
 Salmanticensis, col. 162, where Doco must be emended into [Cajdoco. David is 
 said to have died a.d. 601 : Gildas (Badonicus), a.d. 570, and Cathmael or Cadoc in 
 the same year. 
 !530. For anmannu B has the older an??iand. 
 
 1532. For bretheamh B has hrithemhaiii. 
 
 1533. For cohinnfheithmech B has ^6» hinniihmech. 
 1535. For anaithnidh B has anaichnidh. 
 
 1544. For rotbiat cidh an dunadsa B has ros-hiadh cidh andún. 
 
 1549. For Ro/oih2L\gQdi B has rofothaigthe. 
 
 1551. For sruiihibh B has suidhibh^ 'sages.' 
 
 ;554. After ehert B inserts cohessamain, ' fearlessly.' 
 
 1559. For dil in t-secnap B has dil an isecnapad, 
 
 565. For indisdi seel dibh B has indisin sceoil diph. 
 
 567. For tocra B has toinn ioccrai. 
 
 1569. ' Go and renew faith and belief in Ireland after Patrick.' This is part of the 
 evidence to show that some, if not all, of the Irish apostatised after S. Patrick's 
 death. See Dr. Todd, St. Patrick, p. 503, and Pladdan and Stubbs, Councils, i. 
 155, note a. 
 
 572. Carrying on the back as a sign of reverence may be added to the list of social 
 observances given in the Tripartite Life (Rolls ed.), p. clxxii. So also the following 
 from the Life of S. Cormac in the Book of Lecan : Tauic Dai . . .y tuc a bel re lar 
 ar iimla do Chormac (Dai came and put his mouth to the floor out of humility 
 to Cormac). 
 
 573. For foxsin B has frisin. 2577. For bhadein B has fodcin. 
 
 581. After reclessa B inserts ann. 2582. B has Roi mure huir set aingil De' nime hé. 
 
 583. For in-adhaigh sin B has ifid-aidehe-sin. 
 
 589. For coslatra B has (by metathesis) cosaltra. 
 
 595, 2596. For eu . . . lamh B has eo tuc an sebae a laivih. 
 
 610. For ateiche B has ateidh. 
 
 6n. The flame was doubtless the radiance of the holy tooth. Compare the 
 story of S. Patrick's tooth which fell into a ford and shone there, ' like a sun,' 
 Tripartite Life, Rolls ed. p. 196. Other legends of light or fire emitted by the 
 relics of saints will be found in the Book of Armagh, fo. 8 a i : quando aeclessia 
 super corpus [Patricii] facta est, fodientes humum antropi [i.e. av^pcoTrot] ignem a 
 sepulchro inrumpere uiderunt : and in Ú\e Lebar Brecc, p. 174 b, where mention is 
 made of the loehranna for lasad isin loch, ' lights blazing in the lake ' wherein S. 
 
344 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 Paul's head was lying. As to the luminous fingers of a living saint, see Reeves' 
 Columba, p. 226, note c. 
 2614. After re B inserts innti. 
 
 2616, 2617. For Ce , . . leas B has Ce non-opce, ar Brigit, rosficfa a leas. 
 2619. For fri B has ifrithshe't. 
 
 2622. The story of the golden ring weighing exactly an ounce points to the time 
 anterior to the introduction of coined money, when payments were made with 
 bracelets or rings containing a determinate weight of some precious metal. See 
 Prof. d'Arbois de Jubainville's paper in the Revue ArcMologique, 1888, Des Bijoux 
 et de Vargenterie employes comme prix d' achat. 
 
 2625. After Tainic B inserts iarum araile. 
 
 2627. For rose B has ruisc. 2631. For eclasda B has eclastacdha. 
 
 2632. For CO tart gradha fair iarumh B has conoroe't gradha occa. And for Senaigh 
 B has Senach. 
 
 2634. Yox glanad B has claidhe. 2635. For Ni he B has Nochan é, 
 
 2638. A like beneficial effect is produced by the mould from a saint's grave. See the 
 Amra Choluimchille, LU. 14 a. 
 
 2639. For dogeha trocaire B has dogentar trocaire fris. 
 
 2642. For airdespoc B has ardapstal. And for dofhindai B has rofetattar. 
 
 2646. For Senaigh B has Senach, the bishop of Cluain-Foda Fine, Findian's successor, 
 see Mart. Donegal at 21 August. More of Senach, infra 11. 2719-2729. 
 
 2647. For bhfaghbhaithe B has faghaihhther. 
 
 2649. For a sinedh B has hi siniudh. With this pretty story, compare the legend 
 that birds built their nests in S. Coemgen's hands : Ocus se cen chotlud frisin re-sin, 
 ut ferunt, inna crosfigill, co ndernsat na heoin an-nitu inna glacaib, Franciscan 
 Liber Hymnorum, p. 40, left margin. And see the story of the hen-blackbird that 
 laid and hatched her eggs in the same saint's hand, Giraldus Cambrensis, Top. 
 Hib. Dist. ii. 28. Such things are said to have actually happened in India. See 
 Joseph Wolff's account, cited in Dr. Geo. Smith's Life of John Wilson, p. 126, of 
 the yogi lying in the sun, with the nails of his hands grown into his cheek, and a 
 bird's nest upon his head. 
 
 2651. For Lámha B has Lamh tra. 
 
 2654. For ar biaidh duine maith B has aire dam drem mor ; and for co B has ria. 
 2656. After 'mea' the Lat.Life adds: in seculum seculi hie habitabo quoniam elegi earn. 
 2660. For errachtair B has erachtais. 
 2664. For bhfhuighbhium B has foigebham. 
 
 2666. For asa r eirghis ar Finne'n B has asa n-érrachtais, ar Ciaran. 
 
 2669. For airchesas . . . dcena B has airchises do cech oen in chiniudha dcenda. 
 
LIFE OF FINDIAN OF CLONARD. 
 
 345 
 
 This Rignach is mentioned in the list of the mothers, etc., of Irish saints, Book 
 of Leinster^ p. 373, col. i, 1. 17 : 
 
 Rignach siur Finniain,míí//zíZz>Phintain Fochaill- 
 chei 7 mo-Cholmóc QXuana Iraird 7 Garbain 
 o Chill Garbain ifail Achaid Aball. 
 
 ' Rignach sister of Finnian, mother of Finntan of 
 Fochaillech and of My-Colmóc ('Dovelet') 
 of Clonard, and of Garbán of Cell Garbáin 
 near Achad Aball.* 
 
 And see the Mariyrology of Donegal, pp. 43, 197. 
 2672. Gemmán the Master is mentioned also in the Lehar Brecc, p. 31 b, and see 
 
 supra, p. 303. 
 2676. For ind B has ar. 
 
 2678. As to Ruadan of Lothra, see the Mariyrology of Donegal, at 15 April. For 
 
 crann 0 sileadh B has crand on asa siledh. 
 2680. For na haighidh B has 7 in ótdhigh, ' and the guests.' 
 2687. After lenna B inserts in limh. 
 
 2689. For ar . . . tiprait B has ar a senad fri F. mani cosciar in tipra. 
 
 2695. After dano B inserts Finnen, and after toirihech B inserts osin ilk. 
 
 2697. For the ungrammatical loir r sec h B has loir sigh. 
 
 2699. For depraccoit . . . ndedhghair B has dibercóill . . . ndcdoirn. 
 
 2703. For Roedhair B has Roedbairsel. 
 
 2705. After Tainic B inserts cuicce. 
 
 2708. For CO . . . seom B has co n-erhairt oen dia mhanchaihh. 
 
 2710. For Dalhi and Fhindcin B has Nalhi and Palraicc. 
 
 27 1 1, ddm, a party of poets, buffoons, etc., entitled by custom to exact gifts on pain 
 of dishonour. For dhtiilQch. B has duilidh. 
 
 2716. After alhalh B inserts so7n. 2721, 2726. For Senaigh B has Senach. 
 
 2723. For esna: B has asnai. 2732. For ccemhnacair B has coemsad. 
 
 2733. For rodiisfidir B has rodafilir. 
 2737-38. For Nochairigedh . . . pec ad B has : 
 
 Ni cursachadh, ni chairigedh na daine, nochiadh chcna 7 nopinded a pectho d'iarráith. 
 
 2740. For Diprocoilech B has dipvecoilech. 
 
 2741. For lanlolhiaighlech . . . noV» has lajifholorlnaiglech. 
 2754. For ronerlugh B has ronertadh. 
 
 2757. For na a I hard ha B has isind a I hard ha ir-rogenair. 
 
 2759. For cu . . . uir B has iar mbrálh cech oen dara rachiidh úr. 
 
 2765, 2767. For indarbfad B has indarblhanar . 
 
 2770. For comuidechla . . .foi B has coemlhechla co hinis mac nEirc for. 
 
 Yy 
 
346 
 
 NOTES, 
 
 2772. For cun . . . sacarbhaicc B has cona roe it [leg. con-aroétt\ Findian comain 7 
 sacarfaic. 
 
 2773. For nimhe . . . bliadne B has : 
 
 An Choimdhedh na ndula dia ro-fhoghain .1. accionn ocht-moghatt ar cét bliadw^, amail derbas in 
 rann : 
 
 Se trichait hMadne co mblaidh 
 uas CQch altóir aird altaig 
 iar cinnel a gréssa glain 
 sséghal Findéin mate Finntain. 
 
 Crumine and Moninne also are said to have attained the age of nine score years. 
 Abbán lived 317 years, Sinchell 330I The longevity of Celtic saints may be com- 
 pared with that of heathen heroes, such as StarkatSr, Go'Smundr, the Servian Marko, 
 etc. In some cases, however, it may be ascribed to confusion of two or more saints 
 of the same name. 
 
 2777. For Iraeth B has troethad. And for 7 . . . cungnus B has co rnoradh each óein 
 congbus. 
 
VI. LIFE OF FINNCHUA. 
 
 Two copies of this strange Life are in Brussels, one in part i. of the IMS. vol. iv. 
 (2324-2340) fo. 35 a ; the other in part ii. of the same IMS. fo. 7 b. The latter (B) is, 
 as we shall see, copied from the Book of Mac Carihy Reagh. I know of no Latin 
 Life of Finnchua. He is commemorated in the metrical Calendar of Oengus at 
 Nov. 25. Some of his austerities are mentioned in the notes to that poem, and in 
 the Martyrology of Donegal, pp. 316, 318. 
 
 2789-2791. Findchu's pedigree is given thus in the Book of Leinster, p. 352, col. 8 : 
 
 Findchu Bri ^óhann, Mac Setna, Maic Abrai, Ma/<r Branain, Maic Dobtha, Maic Otngtisa., Maic 
 Eire, Maic Briuin, Ma/V Echar// Muidmedóin. 
 
 And thus in the Lehar Brecc, p. 14, lower margin : 
 
 Findchu o Bri Gaband, Mac Abrai, Maic Branain, Maic Dobtha, Maic Oeng?/xa, Maic Ercca \)eir^, 
 Maic Briain, Maic Y-chach Muidmedoin, 
 
 where the saint's i\\ther is omitted. And thus in the same IMS., p. 21, col. 2 : 
 
 Findchu o Bri Goband, vi\ac Setna, Maic Abrai, Maic Broin, Maic Dobtha, vaaic J^ngusz., Mate 
 Erccai "Deirg, Mate Briain, Mm'c F.chac/i Muidmedoin. Alitor vel i'indchu mac Find, maic 
 Lógai, mate Findbairr Máil, mai'c Messide (Meiside?), Maic Ferg«ja, Mai'c Mind duach, Maic 
 Bresail, maze Colla. 
 
 2793, 2798. For Súidhe, Siiidhe B has Suighde, Suigdc. 
 
 2799. Blathmac, according to the Four Masters, died of the Yellow Plague, a.d. 664. 
 2820, 3298. For other instances of children speaking out of their mothers' wombs, 
 
 see Mariyrology of Donegal, p. 258; Me'lusine t. iv, cols. 228, 272, 297, 323; 
 
 Oman, hidian Life, p. 68. 
 
 2824. For cercalla B has ciorcla. 
 
 2825, 2826. For in fhlaith B has an fedh. 
 2830. A pun {ídhain^ idhan) seems meant here. 
 
 2832. A screpul = seven golden pence. See Petrie, Ecclesiastical Archiiecture of 
 
 Ireland, pp. 215-221. 
 2841. For Dobreth and imchomaircidh B has Dohtxt and fiarf^Xghis do each. 
 2875. For rochtain B has richtain do. 2910. For loiscfedh B has loisccfdhe. 
 
 2973. The sparks of fire bursting from the teeth of the furious saint remind one of 
 
 Dietrich breathing fire when he was angry. See Rhys, Hibbert Lectures, 31. 
 
 Y y 2 
 
348 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 2980. As to the Irish practice of beheading defeated foes, see Kuno Meyer, Battle of 
 Ventry, P- 79- 
 
 2990. One of the many instances of polygamy among the ancient Irish. 
 
 3012. There are authenticated instances of males suckling infants. See A. von 
 
 Humboldt's Travels, London, 1852, vol. i. pp. 220-222. 
 3038. For Cennsilach B has Ceinnsealachaibh. 
 
 3077, 3078. As to the banners of the Irish, see O'Donovan, Battle of Magh Rath, 
 pp. 226, 348-350. 
 
 3104. 'He comes thrice righthand-wise round the host with his crozier in his hand.' 
 An interesting example of the recognition of pagan practices by Celtic Christianity. 
 As to walking desel (the Indian dakshinam kar), see supra 1. 2237. So S. Patrick 
 goes righthand-wise round the rath of Armagh {Lebar Brecc, p. 28, col. 2) ; 
 and according to Posidonius (cited by Athenaeus, iv. p. 142) the Gauls rovs úeovs 
 Trpoo-Kvvovaiv iiii be^ia (XTp€<p6jxivoi. Compare the tawaf of the Arabs. 
 
 3105. After dho B inserts hi. 
 
 312 1. For ainicer in tsluaigh B has aincis an sluagh. 
 
 3128. Foreign steeds and British steeds are mentioned elsewhere in Irish literature. 
 
 As to buffalo horns, cf. Loth, Mabinogion, i. 193, note 2. 
 3147. The iron stakes here mentioned as a defence of the camp were probably in the 
 
 nature of chevaux de /rise. 
 3255. Compare the Book 0/ Fenagh, p. 82, note 5, as to miraculous changes of 
 
 complexion. 
 
 3272. ' An alms out of every nose in Fermoy.' A nose-tax is also mentioned in the 
 Book of Rights, p. 229 ; in the Life of S. Maignenn cited in O'Curry's Manners 
 and Customs, i. 240; and in Wars of the Gaedhil with the Gaill, ed. Todd, p. 50, 
 where an Irish authority quoted in note 13 says in effect that failure to pay it was 
 punished either by reduction to slavery, or by having the tip of the nose cut off. 
 Dr. Todd (ubi supra, p. cliii) seems to think ' nose-tax ' only another name for 
 'poll-tax;' and see Cleasby-Vigfusson's Icelandic Dictionary, s.v. ;z^^í7í/z*, which 
 word no doubt is the source of the Irish expression. 
 
 3300. B adds : 
 
 As leabhar Meg Cartaigh Riabizz^h roscriobizdh an Betha so Y\oxyxvc\ion i cconvelnt na mbrathar i 
 tteagh mo laga 20. iunij 1629 : i. e. ' Out of the Book of Mac Carthy Reagh this Life of Finnchu 
 has been written in the convent of the friars in the House of Mo-laga (Timoleague), the 20th 
 June 1629.' 
 
 And see the Martyr ology of Donegal^ p. 318. 
 
VII. LIFE OF BRENAINN. 
 
 Another copy (B) of this Life is in the Brussels MS., vol. xi. (4190-4200), fo. 
 217 a-256 b; and there is a fragment in another Brussels MS., vol. iv. (2324-2340), 
 fo. 73 a. See also Egerton, 91, fo. 26 a-30 b. The copy in the Irish MS. in the 
 Bibliothéque Nationale begins at fo. 82 b i, and runs on fo. 88 a 2. Latin Lives 
 are in the Codex Salmanikensis, ed. De Smedt and De Backer, coll. 1 13-154, in 
 Rawl. B. 485, fol. 72 b, and in Codex Marshianus, fo. 56 b (Reeves' Columba, 
 p. 221 n). Excerpts in Colgan's Acta Sanctorum^ pp. 723-4. The points of resem- 
 blance and difference between the Lismore Life and the Peregrinatio Sancii Brendani 
 are clearly stated by Dr. Schirmer in his Zur Brandanus-Legende, Leipzig, 1888. 
 
 3317. Brenainn's pedigree is thus given in the Book of Leinster, p. 349, col. i : 
 
 Brenaind apsial mac Findloga, Mate Olchon, MazV Altai, Ma/V Ogamain, Mau Fidchuiri, Maic 
 Delmnai, Maic Ennoe, Maze P'ualascaig, MazV Azamain, Mate Mogccd qui dicitur Ciar, Maic 
 Yergtisa., Mate Rosa. Do Chiarraige Liiachra do [.i. do] Altraige cind Berti 7 do Chorcu Duibni. 
 
 [In marg.] Vel aliter brenaind Mar Findlo^'vz, Maic Oli how, Miz/V Gossa, Ma/V Gabli, Isiaic Ecni, 
 M.aic Altoe M.aic Ogawa/w, etc. 
 
 And thus in the Lebar Brecc^ p. 16, col. 2 : 
 
 Broen find Mai: Findlogai, MazV Olchon, MaiV Alltai, Viaic Ogamain, Waic Fidchuri, Ma/r Delbnai, 
 
 Viaic Eoin, MazV Ausala?^, MazV Astomain, MazV Mogai Toeth. 
 Vel Brenaind Viae Findloga, Ma/V Findchai/a, MazV Gossa, Ma/c Gaebli, Ma/V Ecni, Maic Alltai, 
 
 KXixail ata romaind. Do Q'ldirraige Luachra do . i . do Allttraige B^rai randai 7 do Chorco Duibne. 
 
 Hence it appears that in Adamnan's ' Brcndenus mocu Alti ' (Schaffhausen 
 codex, p. 1 18 a) the niocu means 'great grandson.' 
 
 3324-3325. For Fair cet laid . . . baíísi' B has : 
 
 Forcettlaidh é amhail Pol primhapstal. Cendais A teacher, he, like Paul a chief apostle : gentle, 
 dilgadhach é amail Pettor. Ditrebach é forgiving he, like Peter. A hermit like John 
 
 amhail Eoin mBauptaist. Baptist. 
 
 In p. 298 supra Brenainn is likened to S. Bartholomew. 
 
 3331. This Oengus was slain, according to the Four Masters, a.d. 489. 
 3336-3340. This story is thus told in the Book of Leinsier, p. 371, col. i : 
 
 BRenaindmaiT Findloga,mazV Elchon, maiV^Uai, Brenaind son of Finding, son of Elchu, son of 
 
 de Chiarraigi Luachra do Allt;'aige chaille. Aelta, of the Ciarraige Luachra of Alltraige 
 
 I n-oen-amsir la Oengus mac Nad fraicli rig Caille. At the same time with Oengus son 
 
 Mwman rogenair. of Nat-fraich, King of Munster, was he bom. 
 
 ISi a máthaix atchon[n]airc i fis andar le tmne His mother beheld (this) in a vision : It seemed 
 
 de or de [leg. do] thárniud 'na hucht, 7 a to her that a bar of gold fell into her bosom, 
 
 dá [col. 2] cich do lassad ior a brui[n]ni. and her two breasts flamed on her bosom. 
 
350 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 Atchuaid Findlug in fis sin dia anmcharait 
 .1. do t'picop Ere mac Ogamuin mate Fidaig. 
 Et aihert side con genfed gein amra on mnái 
 atíhíJwnairc in fis. 
 
 Findlug related that vision to his soul-friend \ 
 even to Bishop Ere son of Ogaman, son of 
 Fidach. And Ere said that a marvellous 
 child would be born of the woman who had 
 beheld the vision. 
 Then Bishop Ere saw (this). It seemed to him 
 that a hue of fire was over the district of 
 Altraige, and that it was full of angels from 
 heaven to the ground. 
 Bishop Ere went on the morrow to Finding's 
 house, and took the boy into his bosom, and 
 conferred his protection and his union upon 
 him. 
 
 That is the night whereon Bee mac Dé the 
 prophet chanced to be in the house of Mae 
 Arddae son of Fidaeh, the king of Ciarraige 
 Luachra. 
 
 The king asked him : ' What seest thou for us 
 
 to-night, O Bee ? ' 
 ' I see that thy king is born between thee in the 
 
 west and the sea.' 
 ' Truly,' saith Mae Arda, * we know of no free 
 race between us and the sea that would have 
 a right to reign over us.' 
 Bee replied : ' The son that is born unto Findlug 
 
 to-night, he will be thy king for ever.' 
 Now a swift rain came from the source of the 
 Jordan, and dropt upon him at the time of 
 his baptism. Wherefore he was called Bren- 
 dinus, that is a drop {broen) swift {dian) from 
 above (dianuas), or at the time {demis) of his 
 baptism. 
 
 More as to the prophet Bee mac Dé in the Lebar Brecc, p. 263 b ; in Egerton 
 1782, fo. 38 a, I ; in the Book of Lismore, fo. 94 a, 2; in the Martyrology of 
 Donegal, at October 12 ; and in the Annals of the Four Masters, a. d. 478, 557 
 (in which year he died), 825. 
 
 3345. For eadrat 7 muir inocht B has anocht etratt et bochna, where bochna is a rare 
 word, explained by Peter O Connell as ' the sea or ocean.' 
 
 3347. For rucsat ,xxx. bo B has ruccatar .xxx.ferbu .1. bo. 
 
 3377. This line is corrupt in the Book of Lismore. The Egerton MS. is better : fiach 
 baistigh Brénainn, ní bréc. 
 
 3394. For bó blicht B has loim no blechtach. 
 
 3395. For bainne B has lomma. 
 3401. For fuirre B has uaisH. 
 
 ^ i. e. confessor, spiritual director. 
 
 AtíhíJwnairc da«<? epsci?/ Ere indair-leis niam 
 theined dar crich Altraige, 7 ba lán do anglib 
 Ó nim CO lár. 
 
 Luid e-^%cop Ere do thig Findloga iarnabarach, 
 7 cohg'sh in m«c ina ucht, et foeheird a foesam 
 7 a oentaid fris. 
 
 ISÍ indsin aidchi immz/^tarla Bee mac Dé in fáid 
 i tig yiaic Arddse maic Fidaig rig Ciarraige 
 \jwz.chra. 
 
 Immwjcomareair in ri : ' Cid atehi dún innocht, 
 a Bie ? * 
 
 * Atehiu eongenedar do ri etrut aniar 7 muir.* 
 
 ' Ni fetamar ém,' ar Míjic Arda, * sil sser notlessad 
 rige iom etruind 7 muir.' 
 
 K'Cberi Bee : ' Mae b^rair innocht do Findlug, 
 
 bod é do ri dogr/s.' 
 Dothset immorro broen dian do thopwr lordanen 
 
 CO rothinsan fair i ndenwj- a baiste. ComA 
 
 de asrubradsi?m Brendin?/j .1. broen dian 
 
 dianuas, no i ndenz/i a baisti. 
 
LIFE OF BR EN A INN. 
 
 3402. Heroines and heroes with radiant faces, breasts, and arms, are common in 
 Indian and European folklore. See, in IMaive Stokes' Indian Fairy Tales, London, 
 1880, the story of Phulmati Ráni, and note 2, to which add the following verse 
 from the Book of Leinster, p. 210 b, 11. 16-18 : 
 
 Roscuch in cuach corcra cain The fair purple stomacher (?) went 
 
 dia cichib sis cein sentaid Down from her breasts without old age, 
 
 CO mbenfaide frigde friss So that a fleshworm could be struck out 
 
 istig ar soillsi a coemchniss. Tn the house by the light of her lovely skin. 
 
 Add also the description of Balder's beauty in Sn. 26 : Hann er sva fagr á litum 
 ok biartr sva at lysir af honum (he is so fair of face and bright that he shines of him- 
 self). So air and water shine with the brightness of Gerí5r's arms. Saem. 81, 
 Sn. 39. 
 
 3403. After proicept B inserts hreithre Be. 
 
 3407. One of the many proofs that the aristocracy of the ancient Irish were fair-haired. 
 3415. After Í7iniéV> inserts cein. 
 3417. For Oirisidh B has Airisis. 
 
 3427. For 7ia ruithne ndiadha B has a ratha diadha, ' of his divine grace.' 
 
 3436. For dorala B has teccaimh, the enclitic form of the 3rd sg. j'-aorist act. of 
 do-ecmaingim. The Old-Irish form is do-r-ecaim (with infixed ;-<?), LL. 54 b, 36, 
 which Zimmer was the first to explain, Kuhn's Zeitschrift, xxx. 129, 130. 
 
 3442. For benuid a cenn de ina richi som B has heuait a chenn don choir the a rich/ a 
 bfir fuatha. 
 
 3446. After Eire B inserts friu. 
 
 3449. As to these Rules, see Reeves, Columha Index s. v. Rules. 
 
 3485. larlaithe, probably the bishop commemorated on 26 December. For Trena . . . 
 
 Mac/a B has Treoin . . . Afochia. 
 3488-3489. For cid uma hhfolcai forainn B has Cidh ara b/oilge foirn. 
 3497. For cian B has fad a. 
 
 3504. For tadhbhaisier ithfern E has tadbastar do hiffir?i. 
 
 3544-3545. For oconn aingel B has <? gion an aijigil, ' out of the angel's mouth.' 
 
 3551. For tairgidh B has tairccis. 
 
 3552. Aher ghabh B inserts sin. 
 
 3562. After dhainib B inserts an account of a visit paid to Brendan by * Barrintus 
 mac meic Neill.' 
 
 3565. Perhaps daidche is another form of the adverb dadaig ; if so, translate: * he 
 
 goes alone to a mountain (Brandon Hill ?) at night.' 
 3583. For go loinne E has co londi. 
 
35^ 
 
 NOTES, 
 
 3601-36 1 6. This story of celebrating mass on a whale's back is thought by some to 
 have been borrowed from a tenth-century version of Sindbad's First Voyage, where 
 the fish is mistaken for an island ^ But it occurs also in ch. xxvi. of Bili's Life of 
 S. Machut, or Malo ; and in ch. xiii. of an anonymous Life of the same saint, both 
 of which Lives were written in the ninth century. See Deux Vies ine'dites de Saint 
 Malo J Rennes, 1884, pp. 52, 144. 
 
 The following is a correct copy of ch. xxvi. of Bili's Life, Mus. Brit. Bibl. Reg. 13, 
 A. X., a MS. of the tenth century : 
 
 De cglebratione missse in die paschg sup<?^ cgtum (fo. 65 b). 
 
 (fo. 77 b). Inde uento ueniente nauimqw^ de portu ubi erant^ separante, illisqz/^ naui[fo. 78 a]-gantibus 
 usq«^ mane die dominicg resurrectionis paschae, sole oriente, tertia adpri?pinquante, populo oratio- 
 neiw postulante, magister ut sanctws, Machu missam die illo cantaret, pr^cabatur. Sed illo causante 
 \ocxim oportunum non esse . ecce insula modica apparuit . ad quam prí'pírantes p^nrexerunt. Et 
 in illam ancoram ponentes atqz^^ descendentes, s,ancto Machu missam canente, cflabrauerunt . et ut 
 ad Agnus Dei uentum est, ecce locus ubi missa cglebrabatur commotus est, et tunc omncs, missam 
 audientes tremente una uoce dicunt : Ó Brendane ecce nos om«^s deglutimur. Tunc magister ait : 
 Ó %anct^ Machu, dusmus ^ sé transfigurauit ut multos in interitum ducat. Tunc intrepide sancius 
 Machu dixit. Ó magister, nonne aliis, me audiente, quod quondam lonse pri^phetae nolenti * ad 
 Niniuen p^rgere. Domino uolente . coetus uitale sepulchru;;^ fuit, pr^dicasti ? Ecce simili modo 
 nobis in auxilium hie a D^o pr<sparatus est. Tunc prg[fo. 78 b]-cipiens ut omnes in nauim 
 p^^gerent, missa;;? compleuit. Et ille cum fiducia coseto sé sub pedes eius humiliter prebente post 
 illos nauem p^rrexit. Et exinde, ut illi narrauerunt, ipse [cetus] usqw^ ad crastini diei horam 
 tertiam, inter illos et fluctus maris sé pr^buit. 
 
 A similar story is in Olaus Magnus, whence probably Milton's lines about the 
 Leviathan, Paradise Lost, book i. : 
 
 Him haply slumbering on the Norway foam. 
 The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff. 
 Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, 
 With fixed anchor in his scaly rind 
 Moors by his side. 
 
 3632-3668. Similar descriptions of Hell, composed of strings of alliterating adjec- 
 tives, may be found in the Vision of Adamndn, LU. p. 30, and the Tidings of 
 Doomsday, Rev. Celt. iv. 252. The variae lectiones here offered by B and E are 
 numerous, but not important : 
 
 3636. For nuallghotha B has nuallghuha. 
 
 ^ The origin of this marvel is, according to Lane {The Thousand and One Nights, iii. 79), El- 
 Kazwini's ^Ajáib el-Mahhluqát. Compare also the story of the tortoise in the Kitdb Ajaib el-Hind, 
 c. 18. 2 MS. erat. 
 
 ^ dusmus diabolus, Zeuss G. C.^ 1063, last line, may be cognate with the Gaulish dusii, as to 
 which see Ducange s.v. 
 
 * MS. nolente. 
 
LIFE OF BR EN A INN. 
 
 353 
 
 3637. Y or teneadh B and E have the adj. teinntighib. 
 
 3638. For dubha dor c ha E has the compound dub-dorchaib, and after bithbroin B 
 inserts 7 báis cen crích^ cen /oírcenn, ' and of death without Hmit, without end.' 
 
 3643. For ichtair adheitig ilhfrinn. For sleasaibh E has ichtaraigh. Ivifuair adeitig 
 
 hifernda hi slesaibh. 
 3650. For donna . . . iangnacha B has dronnmora . . . tuaihbertaigh. 
 3652. For Farcha troma iarjiaidhi B has Farchadha irena iromiarnndx^he. 
 3665. For sirdhubach B has sirlobtha. 
 
 3680-3682. A similar female monster is mentioned supra in the Preface, p. xliii. 
 3698. As to waxed tablets (tabulae ceratae, ceracula\ see Reeves, Columba, pp. 358, 
 359, and 454, col. 2. 
 
 3741. Énne^ the 'Enda' of the Calendar of Oengus and the Martyrology of Donegal, 
 at 21 March, is mentioned infra 1. 4289. His pedigree is given in three different 
 forms, in LL. 347, col. 8 ; in LL. 357, col. 4 ; and in LB. 14, col. 5. 
 
 3742. Pupu. This is the saint (also called Ncm and Caelbe, and said to have been 
 Pope of Rome) in whose honour Senan composed the following verses, Book 0/ 
 Leinster, p. 373, lower margin: 
 
 Abbas almwj amabibV 
 Romae rector docibil/V 
 Papa pastor príjbabih'í 
 Caelbe cwi-tos regiminis. 
 
 3734-3735. This seems a reminiscence of some real emigration, to the Faeroes or 
 Iceland perhaps. 
 
 3743-3759. The story of the crosáns voluntary self-sacrifice may be compared with 
 
 that of Odhrán, supra p. 178. See Todd, St. Patrick^ 459. As to the meaning of 
 
 crosan, which glosses scurra, see Irish Nennius, p. 182. 
 3796-3805. Another story of a fight between sea-beasts is told in Latin, supra 
 
 p. 333, 11. 28-35, and thus in Irish in the Franciscan Liber Hyfunoriwi, p. 41, upper 
 
 margin : 
 
 Bói Brenaind .iiii. hMmdna for muir oc iarrair Seven years was Brenainn at sea, seeking the 
 Tire Tarfigere. Boi (bé)ist icoa [su, leg. Land of Promise. There was a monster fol- 
 
 icca] lenamain frisin re-sin indiaid in chu- lowing him at that time after the boat. Once 
 
 raig. Fecth and tanic beis[t] aile cuci dia upon a time another monster came to it to 
 
 marbad, co roattig in beist Brenaind -} noebu kill it ; and the monster entreated Brenaind 
 
 Erend olchena frisin mbeist ole, "} niros-anact- and the saints of Ireland besides (to protect 
 
 [atar] co ro attaig Brigit, co w-erbairt Brenaind it) from the other ; and they protected it not 
 
 iarsen na biad ni fod siriu for muir noco till it entreated Brigit. So Brenaind then 
 
 fessad cid ara ndemad ar Brigit in iirt-sa sech declared that he would stay at sea no longer 
 each. until he should know why this miracle was 
 
 wrought for Brigit rather than every other 
 
 saint. 
 
354 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 3876. This old man seems to be the anchorite mentioned in the litany contained in 
 the Book o/Leinsier, p. 373, col. 4 : 
 
 IN t-anchara forránic Brenaind arachind i tir The anchorite whomBrenainn found before him in 
 thamgzVe cusna huilib noemaib torchratar in the Land of Promise, with all the saints that 
 
 duib-^insib ind ociain. have perished in the obscure isles of the ocean. 
 
 His * feathers' may be a reminiscence of some hermit's dress of birdskins. 
 
 As to the Irish ' Land of Promise/ see Schirmer, Zur Brandanus Legende, 
 p. 20. Ailbe's voyage in search of it is mentioned in the Book of Leinster, 
 p. 373 d. 
 
 3882. Here the legend of Brenainn suddenly breaks off, and the Life concludes with 
 a long passage copied from the Vision of Adamnán, Lehar na hUidre^ 31 b, and 
 Lehar Brecc^ 256 a. 
 
 3892. The notion that souls assume the form of birds occurs constantly in Irish 
 hagiography. See Revue Celtique, ii. 200. 
 
 ^ The facsimile has ' huibb.' But the corresponding passage in the Lebar Brec, p. 23, col. 2, 
 1. 43, has clearly ' duib.' 
 
VIII. LIFE OF CIARAN OF CLONMACNOIS. 
 
 Another copy (B), made by Michél O'Clérigh, in Coill an lubhair, in the 
 convent of the friars of Athlone, from ' the Book of Aodh Óg Úa Dálacháin of Les 
 Cluaine in Meath' is preserved in the Bibliotheque Royale at Brussels, vol. xi. (4190- 
 4200), fo. 149 a. Latin Lives are in Rawl. B. 405, fo. 91, Rawl. B. 505, fo. 127 b, 
 and Codex Salmajiticensis, edd. De Smedt and De Backer, coll. 155-160, and 
 perhaps in the Codex Kilkenniensis, fo. 106 b. 
 
 3920. For tairmescaidh B has iairmescthaidh, and for cecha inaithiiisa B has 7 forcet- 
 
 laid cecha firinde. 
 3930. For doraidh B has dorat. 
 3938. For bethad B has raith righ nime. 
 
 3957. Lticerna, etc. These words form part of a hymn quoted by Colgan, Trias 
 
 Thaum. p. 472, col. i, and beginning thus: 
 
 Quantum Christe O Apostolum 
 Mundo misisti homincm : 
 Lucerna huius insulae 
 Lucens lucerna mirabilis, etc. 
 
 3960. Cusiodi'aniur, etc. Thus in B : 
 
 Custodiuntur regimina 
 
 adcess[i]one edita 
 
 diuulgata reg[i]inina 
 
 per omnia sanctorum monasteria. 
 
 For CoÍ7nhéttar B has coimcdaightcr. 
 
 3963. For ár . . . tiili B has : ar as csti dkghar riaghla 7 hesiata do brcith fo 
 
 Erinn uile. 
 3965. For Prof eta, etc. B has : 
 
 Prophetaque nouisimus 
 
 fuerit p^rsagiminibus, 
 
 where the last line should perhaps be 
 
 fuerat praesagminibus. 
 
356 NOTES. 
 
 3975. Ciarán's pedigree is thus given in the Book 0/ Leinster, p. 348, col. 8 : 
 
 Ciaran Cluana. mac Nois Mút<r Beodain, yiaic Bolggain, yiaic Linnida, M.aic Cuirc, Maze Daaed, Viaic 
 Cunnida, yiaic Cais, MazV Fraech [p. 349, col. i], Mate Causc^aid, MazV Meisinsued, Maic Suiled, 
 Mizzc Ercada, Maic Mechoin, Mate Nechta, yiaic ^da, Maic Coirbb, Maic ^da gnoe, Maic 
 Fergse Lethain, Maic Feidlimid, Maic Medrui, Maic Follomain, Maic Cuirc Dothi, Maic Fergwja, 
 Maic Rosa, maic 'Rudraigi. 
 
 Of the seventh family of the Lathairn Molt was 
 he. At first his father was in bondage in 
 Britain. He afterwards came to Ireland to 
 Cenél Conaill. Thence to avoid a heavy tax 
 to Connaught (?), so that Ciaran was born at 
 Raith Cremthainn in Magh Ái. 
 Beo-Aed the wright was his father's name : 
 Darerca was his mother's name. 
 
 3992. For for a tuisdidhihh cu tucad B has : for a caraitt 7 for a tuisdidhibh cottuctha 
 do 7 tucad. 
 
 3993. For ara rue aid B has iarsa rucctha. 
 
 3994. For Lucoll B has Luachall. 
 
 3995. After deochain B inserts sidhe. 
 
 3996. For Rue B has Ruccad. 
 
 3997. For craibhdech B has irisech. 
 
 4013. 'Noise of chariot under king/ a common proverbial expression. Compare 
 'Currus sub rege resonat aut sub gratia Dei,* Vita Sancti Aidui, Camhro-British 
 Saints, p. 233. 
 
 4025. A similar miracle is told of S. Patrick and Dáire's horse : see Tripartite Life, 
 Rolls ed. pp. 230, 290, 291, 472. 
 
 4034. For fheoehair B has rofheochair. 
 
 4035. A similar miracle is told of S. Patrick. Tripartite Life, Rolls ed. p. 36. 
 4046. After salm B inserts : (is eisidhe polaire Ciarain aniu). So a ram used to 
 
 carry Maignenn's psalter and prayerbook, Martyrology of Donegal, p. 338. 
 4063-4081. This curious story is valuable, i. as shewing that the Irish were at an 
 
 early date acquainted with the art of dyeing, and 2. that some of the Irish deemed 
 
 it a kind of female rite or mystery, from presence at which males were excluded. 
 
 The glaisin (woad?) is mentioned also in the Ancient Laws, ii. pp. 370, 372. 
 4089. B adds : ut dixit : 
 
 Laithe n-aen occ ionghaire do Ciaran go tren tarraid 
 dorad arái n-ionmuine Isegh na bo don choin aWaidh. 
 
 To which this note is added : 
 
 Don tsechtmad aicmi do Lathamaib Molt do. 
 Robái artús a athair i ndsere i mBretnaib. 
 Tanic iartain i nHerinn co cen/l ConaiW 
 Q.S5Íde ar imgahait cisa truim comaS (?) co 
 rogenair Ciaran ic Raith Chrimthaind im- 
 Maig M. 
 
 Beo n--^d sser nomen patris eius. Darerca 
 nomen matris eiusdem. 
 
 See also Lebar Brecc, p. 1 6, col. i . 
 
LIFE OF CI ARAN OF CLONMACNOIS. 
 
 357 
 
 4096. After atnaig B inserts Ciaran. 
 
 4131. Yqx acht B has cénmotat. After nama B adds : amhal deimhnigther 'san rann : 
 
 Occ Ciáran roléghastair inghen ba seghda settaibh 
 et ni roíliéghastar a cruth na a delbh na a dénamh. 
 
 Compare Martyrology of Donegal, pp. 240, 242. 
 
 4134. The 'three waves' are obviously suggested by the * three waves' (triple 
 immersion) of baptism. Compare the Wiirzburg Codex Paulinus, 27 a 14: teora 
 tonna torunni in babtismo, tredenus dosum (three waves over us in baptism, three 
 days to Him, Christ) in sepulchro. See also Roger Hoveden, Chron. at 11 72, and 
 in Wales : Seque ter in nomine sancte Trinitatis in unda submersit, Vita S. Cadoci, 
 Lives of Camhro-British Saints, p. 27. 
 
 4136. Making a living stag's antlers serve as a bookstand is a slock miracle in Celtic 
 hagiology: see infra, 1. 4341, and the Life of S. Aiduus, in Lives of the Cat?ibro- 
 British Saints^ p. 234. 
 
 4148. For Tancas B has Tanacsa. 
 
 4154. Compare Reeves' Columha, p. 336, note g. 
 
 4170. There are many other stories of the successful resistance of Irish saints to 
 amorous Irishwomen. The most curious of these, perhaps, is that contained in the 
 Lebar Brecc, p. 242, col. 2, Egerton 92, fol. 27 a, and Rawl. B. 512, fo. 140 b. 
 This has been published, with a French translation, by M. Henri Gaidoz, in 
 Kpvnraha, vol. iv. See also the Book of Lcinster, p. 278, col. i, 11. 21-36. 
 
 4186. The Irish seem to have made pets of many wild animals — wolves, foxes, deer, 
 badgers, ravens, cranes, and perhaps others. See Ancient Laws, iv. 120. 
 
 4189. For the enclitic Tard B has the orthotonic Dorad. 
 
 4230-4231. For ona breithir 0 nach B has : 7 as Í a briathar dosfaraill ar na. 
 
 4234. For nduisce B has ttathbeoaige. 
 
 4264. For sortuaidh D has sairtuaidh. Findian's vision is thus related in the Lebar 
 Brecc, p. 31 b, 11. 41-48. 
 
 Taidbsiu tarfas tan ele do Finden .1. da esca do At another time a vision was shown to Findian, 
 twrcabail o Cluain Eraird .1. escai ordaige 7 to wit, two moons rose from Clonard, even a 
 
 escai aile airgide. Luid in t-escai ordai i golden moon, and another, a silver moon, 
 
 tuaiscert na hindsi co rolas Heri 7 Alba The golden moon went into the north of the 
 
 desium. Luid in t-escai airgide co rogab imon island, so that Erin and Alba shone thereby. 
 
 Sinaind co rolas Eri ar medon de. Cohim The silvern moon went and stayed by the 
 
 cille CO «-0r a socheneoil 7 a ecnai. et Ciaran Shannon, so that Erin in the midst thereof 
 
 mac in tshair ind airged co taitnem a shiialach shone thereby. The golden moon signified 
 
 7 a iognim. Colomb cille with the gold of his noble birth 
 
 and wisdom, and the silver was the wright's 
 son Ciaran, with the brightness of his virtues 
 and his good deeds. 
 
358 
 
 NOTi:S. 
 
 4275. For coiri deis B has 2 coire .x. ['twelve caldrons'] dar em, 
 
 4297-4304. A Latin version of this story, from a MS. in Marsh's Library, Dublin, 
 
 may be found in Bishop Reeves' Columba, p. 88, note c. 
 4322-4323. Also in the Martyrology of Donegal, p. 240. The same miracle is 
 
 performed by S. Aiduus, Cambro-British Saints, p. 247. A somewhat similar story 
 
 is told of King Guaire of Aidne, whose proverbial generosity was displayed even 
 
 after his death : 
 
 IS é doróni in firt n-amra hi Cluatn mac Nois, He it is that wrought the marvellous miracle in 
 did rucad-som dia adnocol di. Tánic in druth Clonmacnois, when he was borne thither to 
 
 dia saigid, 7 rogab alguis de im athchuingid his grave. The buffoon came to him, and 
 
 fair. Dorat-som a laim darsin forbaid im- asked a boon of him repeatedly. (So the 
 
 mach, 7 rogab lán a duirnd don ganium, 7 dead king) put his hand out over the ground, 
 
 rodibairc i n-uch in druad co nd^ma bruth and took his iistful of the sand, and flung it 
 
 óir dé. Coniá hé sin enech dedenach Guairi. into the buffoon's breast, and made a mass of 
 
 LU. 117 b. 13-18. gold thereout. So í/iaí is Guaire's last deed 
 
 of bounty. 
 
 Hátim et-Tái is the Oriental counterpart of Guaire, and a tale of h's generosity 
 after death is translated by Lane, T/ie Thousand and One Nights, 1859, vol. ii. 
 p. 295. 
 
 4342. For in t-agh B has an t-oss. 
 
 4360. For robui . . . litre B has : frith é, gan dith litre gan fliuchadh. See above, 
 1, 4321, Bishop Reeves, in his Columba, p. 117, note g, has collected other instances 
 of the power of saints' manuscripts to resist the influence of water. 
 
 4413. For Rofuiredh flaith B has Rodáiledh fledh. 
 
 4425. In tene sénta, 'the hallowed fire,' was perhaps the fire produced on Maundy 
 Thursday from flint and steel, and kept unextinguished till Easter Eve. See the 
 first Ordo Romanus, c. 32, p. 21, cited in Smith and Cheetham's Dictioriary of 
 Christian Antiquities, vol. i. p. 672. Other holy fires were kept alive in Ireland at 
 Kildare and (I believe) in Inishmurray. 
 
 4426. Ciarán of Saigir. Of this saint there is a Latin Life in the Codex Salmanticensis, 
 edd. De Smedt and De Backer, coll. 805-818, and a fragmentary Irish Life in 
 Egerton 91, fo. 42 a. See also the Martyrology of Donegal, at March 5. 
 
 4435. Similar stories of carrying fire are told in the notes to the Calendar of Oengus, 
 
 Jan. 2, and in the Lives of SS. Cadoc, Cybi, and Tathan. See Cambro-British 
 
 Saints, pp. 29, 186, 261. 
 4472. See the note to the Calendar of Oengus at Sept, 9, Cormac's Glossary, 
 
 s. V. cacaid, and the poem attributed to Ciaran in the Book of Leinster, 
 
 P- 374 c. 
 
 ^ Read i n-ticht in druith. 
 
LIFE OF CI ARAN OF CLONMACNOIS. 
 
 359 
 
 4478. The story here referred to is told more fully in the Tripartite Life, Rolls ed. 
 pp. 84, 556. 
 
 4500. For lanairpeitech B has lanoirfitteach. 4501. For Estadh B has Istadh. 
 
 4528-4534. More completely thus in Lebar Brecc, 11 b: 
 
 Soerad eclaji De . co mbathis 7 comna 7 gabail Freeing of God's Church, with baptism and 
 n-ecnairce. co macaib do legend, co n-idpairt communion and chanting of requiems ; with 
 
 chuirp Crisl for cQch n-altoir, boys to read, with offerings of Christ's Body 
 
 upon every altar, 
 
 Ni áWgid dechmadu, na bo chendaith, na trian It is not entitled to tithes, nor to a heriot (?) 
 
 annoti, na dire seoit do mhainib, mina bet a cow, nor to an anuoifs third, nor to 
 
 fnthfolaid techta na hcc\as\ innte do bathis 7 unless the proper reciprocal duties of the 
 
 comnai 7 gabal n-ecnairce a manach etzV biu Church (are performed) therein, (namely) of 
 
 7 marbu 7 cor-roib oifrend {or altoir i ndom- baptism and communion and chanting re- 
 
 naigib 7 sollamnaib 7 cor-rabut aidme oga quiems for her monks, both live and dead, 
 
 QQch altoir dib. and so that there be offering on altar on 
 
 Sundays and high-tides, and so that there be 
 complete implements on every altar of them. 
 Nach ecXais oc'na bia a techta ni dlig landire No church that has not its proper (furniture) is 
 eclawi De, acht is uaim thagut * 7 latrand a entitled to the full fine of God's Church, but 
 
 hainmm la Cxist. its name is, according to Christ, a cave of 
 
 thieves and robbers. 
 
 4535-4544. Two fragments of the piece of which there is a complete copy in Harl. 
 
 5280, fo. 39 b. The beginning, only, of another copy is in Rawl. B. 512, fo. 
 
 41 a 2. So far as I understand them, the Lismore fragments of this 'cose,' or 
 direction, run thus : 
 
 What is to be avoided by man? Not hard (to say). Being often angry. Haughtiness without 
 science. Fierceness towards an old man. Sluggishness at the bell. Secrets to the untrust- 
 worthy (?). Abundance on luaman. Mockery of words. Impure expressions. Bitterness of 
 answer. Stubbornness towards the vice-abbot. Sithe at reproaching. CottDnarbai to monks. 
 Frequency of questioning. 
 
 Query — What is to be followed? No doubt. Staying at penitence. Watchfulness (?) of words. 
 Gentle words. The rule to fulfil. Rising at the first word. A step of readiness for God. 
 Simplicity of heart. Quenching desire. Overcoming nature. Patience at tribulations, and so 
 forth. 
 
 Mo-cholmóc (otherwise Colmán) of Les-mór is commemorated on 2 2 January. 
 
 4545-4589. I know of no other copy of this pessimistic poem, the first line of which 
 means ' More dolorous than death seems to me.' 
 
 * tagut is = 0'Clery's iadhad -i- gadaighe. 
 
IX. LIFE OF MOCHUA OF BALL A. 
 
 Another copy (B) of this Life is in the Brussels MS. vol. iv (2324-2340), part ii. 
 fo. I a, and a fragment (only two columns) in Egerton 91, fo. 56 b, which begins 
 with the pedigree (1. 4636). Latin Lives are in Rawl. B. 485, fo. 114, and in 
 Rawl. B. 505, fo. 93 b. And Colgan prints {Acta Sanctorum, pp. 789, 790) a Latin 
 translation made by Philip O'Suillevan from Irish MSS. 
 
 4617-4622. The arithmetic is difficult. Perhaps the meaning is that 5 (books of 
 Moses) multiplied by 2 (Law and Gospel) = 10 (commandments), and that this 10 
 multiplied by 4 (elements in a man) is = 40. Even so the 5 (talents) multiplied by 
 2 (Law and Gospel) = 10 (commandments), and this 10 multiplied by 4 (gospels) 
 is also = 40 (the number of the days in Lent !). 
 
 4624. The five ages, according to Isidorus, are : 
 
 I, From Adam to the Flood ; 
 II. From the Flood to Abraham ; 
 
 III. From Abraham to David ; 
 
 IV. From David to the Babylonian Captivity; 
 V. From the Captivity to Caesar's death. 
 
 4671. After coimmite B inserts no a lucht coimhidechta. 
 
 With this legend of the fountain travelling like a cloud compare the story in 
 Cormac's Glossary, s.v. Ninus, of the wave that passed through the air and became 
 a well. Compare also Burton's A Thousand Nights and a Night, v. 274: 'Now 
 Almighty Allah had subjected to him [scil. a devout Jew] a cloud, which travelled 
 with him wherever he went, and poured on him its water-treasures in abundance, 
 that he might make his ablutions and drink.' The legend of the Esthonian lake 
 Eim ^ which hastened through the air like a white cloud' to bless the pious 
 farmers (Grimm, Deutsche Mythologie, 2te aufl. s. 566) furnishes a third parallel. 
 
 4679. This reference to a watermill is one of the arguments used by Dr. Petrie {On 
 the History and Antiquities of Tara Hill, pp. 139, 140), to prove that such mills 
 were introduced into Ireland at an early period. A tradition which, if true, 
 throws back this period to the third century after Christ is contained in Cuan hua 
 Lothchain's poem on Tara, Book of Bally mote, p. 351, 11. 18-25. 
 
LIFE OF MOCHUA OF BALLA, 
 
 Ciamad cumal Cormazc coir 
 mor-Ct'? nobiathad a broin. 
 deich meich la each loci do blcith, 
 nirb'opar duine denmeich 
 Ros-tarraig aicge in ri ran 
 innai tigh a hsenuran, 
 cori^s-toirrchestair fo chleith : 
 iarsin foremidh robleith, 
 lARsin ros-oirchis ua Cuind, 
 tug S3er muiI/«« tar mor-thuind : 
 cet-mhui]<?«« Corma/c maze Airt 
 robo cobair du Ciarnait. 
 
 Ciamait, bondmaid of just Cormac, 
 
 Used to feed a great hundred by (her) quern. 
 
 To grind ten sacks a day 
 
 Was not an idle person's work. 
 
 The noble king met her 
 
 In her house alone, 
 
 And secretly made her pregnant : 
 
 Thereafter she was unable to grind much. 
 
 Thereafter Conn's descendant '- spared her. 
 
 He brought a millwright over the great wave. 
 
 The first mill of Cormac son of Art 
 
 Was a help to Ciarnait. 
 
 471 1. As to these 'aquatiles bestiae/ see Reeves, Columba, 140, note c. 
 
 4800. The transfer of the Yellow Plague to a crozier, and the transfer (infra, 1. 4884) 
 of a gangrene to a saint's bell are noteworthy. For though transfers of diseases to 
 inanimate objects are frequent in folk-medicine (in India, e.g. a child's marasmus is 
 sometimes transferred to a field of sugar-cane^), these objects are not usually sacred. 
 
 4829. In like manner an otter brings a salmon to the hermit in the Voyage of Mael 
 dui7t, c. 33 {Fii'ue Ccltiqiie, x. 88). 
 
 4832. Mention of female warriors is often made in Irish lilcralure. See Kuno 
 Meyer's Battle of Vciitry, pp. 76-77. I know not if the Irish han-gaiscedaig 
 find their British reflex in the tair givrforuyn Viiys Prydahi, 'three viragos (or 
 amazons) of the Isle of Britain,' Pughe s. v. Gwrforuy?i, or in the conquering 
 sorceresses {gwidonot), with one of whom Peredur goes to learn horsemanship and 
 the use of arms [Mabinogion, ed. Guest i. 257, edd. Rhys and Evans, p. 211). 
 
 4853. The direction to go in Jesu's name a?id took at the sun is curious. That Christ 
 is ' King of the white sun/ that He is the ' white sun illumining heaven with much 
 holiness,' see the Calendar of Oe?igus, Prologue 4-7. That the sun is emblematic 
 of the person of the Saviour, see INIal. iv. 2 [sot justitiae), and John i. 9 [lux vera). 
 But here we have, perhaps, a trace of the heathen notion of purification by the sun, 
 which in India has given rise to the practice of laying new-born children in its rays. 
 (See Oman, Lidian Life, p. 69.) 
 
 * Cf. deinmheach -i- diomháoin, O'Cl. 
 
 i. e. King Cormac, son of Art, son of Conn. 
 2 See Oman, Indian Life, p. 273, where the process is described. See also Tylor, Primitive 
 Culture, II. 148, 149. 
 
 3 A 
 
INDEX OF MATTERS. 
 
 Acallani Bee, xliii. 
 
 Acallam na Senórach, xliii. 
 
 agriculture. See barley, oats, 
 reapers, seeds, sickle. 
 
 Aided Diarmata, xxviii, xxix. 
 
 ale, 185, 229, 232, 236, 270, 
 310, 313; brewing, 188; tri- 
 bute of, 371. 
 
 aliases of Irish saints, 300, 301. 
 
 alliterating adjectives, 352. 
 
 alms, 337. 
 
 alphabet on cake, 172, 303. 
 amazons, Celtic, 360. 
 Ainra Choluimchille^ 316, 317, 
 344- 
 
 A7?ira Sendin, 341. 
 anchor, 258, 335. 
 anchorite, 354. 
 
 Ancient Laws of Ireland, 337, 
 355, 356. 
 
 angel bringing letter, 164; 
 cleansing hearth, 152 ; dic- 
 tating rule, 252. 
 
 angels carry Findian, 224; 
 grinding, 267, 268 ; service 
 of, 249 ; over wood in which 
 Mochua dwelt, 285. 
 
 anger, cowl burnt by saint's, 233. 
 
 Annals, Irish, xlii. 
 
 antenatal miracle, 244. 
 
 Antichrist, xix. 
 
 antlers. See stag. 
 
 aorists in Irish verb, Ixxiv- 
 Ixxvii, 350. 
 
 Ap Gwilym, xlii, 
 
 apostacy of the Irish, 343. 
 
 apples made sweet, 175; men- 
 tioned, 190, 326. 
 
 appletree, 224, 
 
 Aristophanes, xlii. 
 
 arm shrivelling, 157. 
 
 article, liii. 
 
 astrology, xv. 
 
 Ausonius, xlii. 
 
 austerities of Finnchua, 347. 
 
 bacon, 185, 270, 313, 319. 
 
 Balder's beauty, 351. 
 banners, 239, 348. 
 baptism, 162, 357; unction in, 
 184. 
 
 bark for tanning, 176, 306. 
 barley, 175, 305. 
 barleybread, 229. 
 barn, 205. 
 
 barren land made fniitful, 227. 
 barrenness miraculously cured, 
 
 282, 2S6, 335. 
 basket, 2 87. 
 
 bathing to quench lust, 237, 238. 
 
 battle. See corpse. 
 
 battle-stone, xxxix. 
 
 beatitudes, 188, 323. 
 
 Beat us, x, xii, 180, 288. 
 
 beheading foes, 348. 
 
 bell, 278; gangrene transferred 
 to, 288, 361 ; used in cursing, 
 311; brought from a sub- 
 marine church, 335. 
 
 bequest, 208, 234. 
 
 IJezzenbcrger's Beitrage, Ixxv. 
 
 bier, 252. 
 
 Bili's Life of S, Malo, 352. 
 
 bird, Michael in form of, xiv. 
 
 birds resting on saint's hands 
 and head, 226, 344; souls in 
 form of, 260, 354. See 
 crane, cup, eagle, hau<k, ousel, 
 oivl, feathers. 
 
 birth-feast, 156. 
 
 bishops, orders of, 188; fimc- 
 tions of, 2S6. 
 
 blackberries, 204. 
 
 blessings on estuaries, 156, 59; 
 on foetus, 160; on womb, 
 224; on Munster, 164; on 
 Domnall, 311. 
 
 blind, 191 ; healed, 197. 
 
 blindness, robbers stricken with, 
 267. 
 
 blood, dumb cured by Brigit's, 
 189. 
 
 boat, hideless, 218. See oars, 
 sails. 
 
 bolster, iSo, 229, 279, 317. 
 bondmaid, 183 ; release of, 272 ; 
 
 grinding with quern, 361. 
 Book of Armagh, 299. 
 Book of Ballymote, xl, 360. 
 Book of Fenagh, 348. 
 Book of Fermoy, xxix, xxx, 
 
 xxxviii, xli. 
 Book of Lecan, 343. 
 Book of Leinster, xxv, xxn, 
 
 xxix, XXXV, 293, 294, 298, 
 
 299, 300» .306-308, 335, 336, 
 
 337, 342, 345, 346,349, 351, 
 
 353, 354, 355, 356. 
 Book of Lismore described, v- 
 
 xlv ; referred to, 350. 
 Book of Monasterboice, v, vii. 
 Book of Big/its, ed. O'Donovan, 
 
 xxxi, 348. 
 books, 1 74, 304 ; indestructible, 
 
 176; protected from damp, 
 
 274. 
 
 booksatchel, 230. 
 bracelets, payments made with, 
 344- 
 
 breath, foul, 227. 
 brewing ale, 188. 
 Broccán's hymn, 330. 
 Bruidcn niaic da Kco, xxxviii. 
 Brussels, Irish MSS. in, 337, 
 
 342, 347, 349, 355, 360. 
 Budd/iist Birth-Stories, xlii. 
 buffoon, 163, 345, 358 {druth), 
 
 257 {crosan). 
 buglehoms, 241. 
 Buidc Connaill, 174. 
 burial, 212, 215 ; in a bog, x ; 
 
 among waves, 258. 
 burialplace determined by cattle, 
 
 167. 
 
 butter, 152, 186, 320. 
 Burton, A Thousand Nights 
 and a Night, 359. 
 
 caldron, 267, 272 ; brazen, 154, 
 165. 
 
 Calendar of Marianus Gorman ^ 
 
 3 A 2 
 
3^4 
 
 INDEX OF MATTERS. 
 
 300; of Oengus, 337, 352, 
 361. 
 
 calf, resuscitated, 192, 267. 
 
 calves, herding, 206. 
 
 Canibro- British Saints, Lives 
 
 of, 341. 356, 357- 
 candles, 207, 338. 
 captive, 193. 
 
 carrying on back over three 
 
 fields, 224. 
 cask of wine, 276. 
 cat catching salmon, viii. 
 Cath Crinna^ xxxiii. 
 cave, 250. 
 cerecloth, 310. 
 chafers, 236. 
 chain, 193. 
 chalice, 196. 
 
 chariot, 166 ; hindshafts of, 
 
 251 ; noise of, 265. 
 charm, 215, 324. 
 chasuble, 218. 
 
 cheeses turned to stones, 150, 
 163. 
 
 chevaux de frise, 348. 
 children, sale of, 337; speaking 
 
 out of womb, 347 ; suckled 
 
 by men, 348. 
 Chronicon Scotorum^ ed. Hen- 
 
 nessy, xlii. 
 churning, 321. 
 cleansing well, 226. 
 cloak of darkness, 232. 
 cloud, carriage by, 221, 230, 
 
 341 ; following saint, 283,359. 
 clover, 177. 
 
 Codex Sahnanticensis, 337, 342, 
 
 349. 355- 
 Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, 337, 
 341, 342, 349 ; Trias Thau- 
 mattirga, 294, 295, 297, 299, 
 355- 
 
 communion in both kinds, 177, 
 
 180, 255, 257, 259. 
 condiment, 316. 
 consonants, xlv. 
 consumptive healed, 191, 288. 
 Cormac's Glossary, 309, 358, 
 
 359- 
 
 corpse carried to battle, 194. 
 cow, mad, 152 ; killed for food, 
 
 160; red-eared, 185; white, 
 
 red-eared, 319. 
 cowl , charmed, 176; blazing, 2 8 8 ; 
 
 protecting from death, 306. 
 crane, pet, 270. 
 
 cranes of Druim Ceta, 311, 312. 
 
 credence-table, 196. 
 cries of the world, the three, xxxi. 
 Cromdubh Sunday, xix, 
 cross, church in form of, 151 ; 
 
 made of a spear, 206 ; sign 
 
 of, 214, 227. 
 crossroads, 167. 
 
 crozier, spike of, 162 ; gift of, 
 209 ; Yellow Plague trans- 
 ferred to, 287, 361. 
 
 Cuan hua Lothchain, 360. 
 
 cup with golden birds, 2 74 ; 
 airidech, 324. 
 
 curse, fatal, 173. 
 
 cursing inanimate objects, 190, 
 303. See estuaries. 
 
 D'Arbois de Jubainville, Essai 
 (T un Catalogue, xxxiii ; Des 
 Bijoux, etc., 344. 
 
 darkness produced by wizard, 
 
 215» 340- 
 
 deaf mute healed, 288. 
 
 death. See cowl, curse, drown- 
 ing, suicide. 
 
 declension, Irish, liii. 
 
 demoniac cured, 288. 
 
 demons summoned by wizard, 
 216. 
 
 desideratives, Ixxvi. 
 
 Devil, 325 ; appearance of, 190 ; 
 appearing to S. Brenainn, 
 154; to S. Brigit, 190, 325; 
 entering traitor's body, 161, 
 297 ; Muling and the, xvi ; 
 squirting deadly water, 256. 
 See dusmus. 
 
 devils. See pygmies. 
 
 Dictionary of Christian Biog- 
 raphy, 341. 
 
 Digal fola Crist, vi. 
 
 digraphs, vi. 
 
 diphthongs, xlv. 
 
 disease, 174; colic {tregat), 
 165 ; of the eye, 320. See 
 gangrene, headache, lepers, le- 
 prosy, lunatic. Yellow Plague. 
 
 distaff, 338. 
 
 Doom, xviii. 
 
 Doomsday, 230 ; fire of, 247. 
 dowry, 183. 
 draftboard 317. 
 drinking- cup, 324 ; drinking- 
 horn, 236. 
 drought, 213. 
 
 drowning, 216; execution by, 
 340- 
 
 drunkenness of clerics, 323 note. 
 dulse, 340. 
 
 dusmus, dusii, 352 note. 
 dwarfs, devils in shape of, 258. 
 dyeing, 266-267, 35^- 
 
 eagle, age of, xli. 
 
 earth rising up to knees, 233 ; 
 putting foes under, 283. 
 
 earth swallowing parricide, 
 xxviii. 
 
 Easter ale, 189. 
 
 Easter-eve, 156. 
 
 Easter, the Great, 259. 
 
 Echtra Taidg maic Céin, xxxii. 
 
 Egerton 91, referred to, 337, 
 348 ; cited, 349 ; Egerton 
 92, referred to, xx, 356 ; Eger- 
 ton 118, referred to, xli; 
 Egerton 133, referred to, xli ; 
 Egerton 178, xxvii, xxxi, 350. 
 
 emigration, 353. 
 
 enclitic forms of Irish verbs, 
 Ixix-lxx. 
 
 envy of saints, 278. 
 
 episcopal orders given to S. 
 Brigit and her successors, 323. 
 
 estuaries blessed, 156, 159 ; 
 cursed, 156. 
 
 eulogy, 227; eulogies, 177. 
 
 Evernew Tongue, xvii. 
 
 ewe, milking, 328. 
 
 eye plucked out, 188, 322. 
 
 Fairyland, xxxiv. 
 famine, 203. 
 
 Farrar, Life of Christ, 295, 
 fasting, against one, 308 ; pesti- 
 lence banished by, 230. 
 feast, 162, 
 
 feathers, hermit covered with, 
 
 260, 354. 
 feet, washing, 186 ; cleaving to 
 
 earth, 228, 
 female warriors, 360. 
 Ferguson, Samuel, Lays of the 
 
 Western Gael, xxxv. 
 Fiann, conditions required from, 
 
 xl. 
 
 field {gort) age of, xli ; achad, 
 224. 
 
 fifties, the three, viii, 180. 
 
 fire, drops made sparks of, 1 5 1 ; 
 kindled for mass, 156; pas- 
 chal, 158; pillar of, 188; 
 from teeth, 236, 347 ; hal- 
 lowed, 277, 358; on Easter, 
 
INDEX OF MA TTERS. 
 
 3^5 
 
 296 ; on Maundy Thursday, 
 
 358. 
 firebrand, 234. 
 firstfruits, 337. 
 
 fish, water made barren of, 156. 
 five ages, 282 ; five talents, 
 
 mystical meaning of, 281. 
 flags, 239. 
 
 flagstone, birth upon, 150. 
 flitch, 319. 
 flockbed, 229. 
 foetus blessed, 160. 
 folk-medicine, 361. 
 folkmote, 152. 
 
 food prepared by heathen, 191 ; 
 miraculously increased, 191- 
 192 ; made putrid, 205. See 
 ale, apples, bacon, barleybread, 
 blackbei-ries , butter, cheese, 
 curd, condiment , Jlitch, goat, 
 honey, malt, mead, meal,}nilk, 
 ox, pork, pottage, salmon, salt, 
 seaweed, sloes, wheat, ivine. 
 
 ForbJmis Droma Damhghairc, 
 xxxvi. 
 
 fosterage, 151. 
 
 fostering, 232. 
 
 fountain travelling like a cloud, 
 360. 
 
 Four Masters, 346, 349. 
 fox, pet, 196; carrying psalter, 
 266. 
 
 Franciscus Pipinus' translation 
 of Marco Polo, xxii. 
 
 Gabháltus Sheárhis Aláin, xviii. 
 Gaidoz, M. Henri, viii, xxii, 
 
 295. 303, 309. 357. 
 
 gangrene transferred to bell, 
 288, 360. 
 
 garden, 204. 
 
 Gaston Paris, xix, 
 
 generosity of Guaire, 358 ; of 
 liátim et-Tái, 358. 
 
 genuflexions, 153, 316. 
 
 Geri^r's arms, 351. 
 
 gifts to poets, buffoons, etc. 345. 
 
 Gilbert, National MSS. of Ire- 
 land, xxxii. 
 
 Giraldus Cambrensis, 344. 
 
 girdle, 304; of Mobi, 174; of 
 Brigit, 192. 
 
 glass, chair of, 302, 303; lad- 
 der of, 508. 
 
 goat carrying v^^ater, 160; eaten, 
 160, 196. 
 
 Godeke, Pamphihis Gengen- 
 
 bach, xlii. 
 gold, uprooted, 154; to cover 
 
 reliquaries, 174. See grain, 
 
 ounce, ring, sand. 
 gore, child formed of clot of, 
 
 163. 
 
 gospel on Martin's breast, 175 ; 
 
 writing a, 208 ; strap of, 275. 
 grain turned into gold, 274. 
 Grant's Gazetteer of the Central 
 
 Pi-ovinces of India, 330. 
 graveyards, consecration of, 2S6. 
 grief for dead wife, 231. 
 Grimm, Deutsche Rechtsalter- 
 
 thitmer, xxxviii, note 4 ; 
 
 Deutsche Mythologie, 359. 
 grinding, 173, 180. 
 guarantees of the elements, 
 
 xxxviii. 
 
 Guest's Alabinogion, xli, 361. 
 
 Iladdan and Stubbs, Councils, 
 343- 
 
 hamper, 186, 320, 321. 
 hands cleaving to cauldron, 154. 
 Harleian 5280, referred to, 358. 
 harper, xii. 
 harpoon, 196. 
 hawk, xli, 224. 
 hazel distaff, 338. 
 headache, 324. 
 
 heads, cairn of, 236; cast into 
 lake, 244. 
 
 hell, Foilgc's soul goes to, 161 ; 
 seven brought out of, 166; 
 soul goes to, 217, 271 ; de- 
 scribed, 254-255. ^ceviould. 
 
 Hennessy, xxvi, xxx, 305. See 
 Book of Fenagh, Chronicon 
 Scotorum. 
 
 hermit, 260, 354. 
 
 Hesiod, xlii. 
 
 hide of Ciarán's dun, 268, 272. 
 hind, milked for Brenainn, 249. 
 Hist or ia langobardorum , xxii. 
 holly, well dug with stake of, 
 
 218 ; basket made of, 219. 
 holy water, 165; horse revived 
 
 by, 265. 
 
 honey, water made, 152 ; wild, 
 
 155- 
 Horace, 305. 
 
 horse, age of, xli. See race- 
 horse. 
 
 horses, 165 ; swallowed up, 216; 
 foreign, 241, 348 ; given as 
 
 tribute, 242 ; turned into 
 
 stones, 233. 
 horseloads of rods, 194. 
 hospitaller, 231, 248. 
 hostages, 159, 310. 
 hostels {bruidne) of Ireland, 
 
 xliii. 
 
 hound, age of, xli ; set at Pat- 
 rick, 157 ; at Ciarán, 265. 
 hours, 174. 
 
 house, consecration of, 191. 
 human being, age of, xli. 
 Humboldt's Travels, 347, 
 hunting, 244. 
 
 hymn. See Broccan, Alone. 
 Hymnum dicat, ix. 
 
 icicles, blazing, 151. 
 idol Cenn Cruaich, 161. 
 Imthecht na Tromdaime, xl. 
 Indian Fairy Talcs, 351. 
 infant speaking, 191. 
 infection of initials, xlix. 
 inkhom, 179. 
 
 Dish Nennius, ed. Todd, 353. 
 iron girdle, 228; posts, 241, 
 
 347 ; pot, 302 ; lock, 315. 
 irrational vowels, xlix. 
 Isidorus, 360. 
 
 island moved, 274 ; miraculously 
 submerged, 286. 
 
 Jews, xxi, 293. 
 Josephus, vi. 
 
 KathA-sarit-sagara, tr. by Taw- 
 
 ney, 342. 
 kettle, 272. 
 key, 191. 
 
 kiln, furnace of, 226 ; dr)'ing 
 
 corn in, 273. 
 king, duties of, xxix. 
 Ivitáb Ajáib el Hind, 352 note. 
 knees, going into the earth as 
 
 far as, xxviii. 
 KpuTrraSta, 336. 
 
 Kuhn's Beitrdge, Ixxv ; Zcit- 
 schrift, Ixxvi, 350. 
 
 lactation of male, 237, 348. 
 ladder of glass, 1 76, 308. 
 lake miraculously removed, 223, 
 
 360; raising soil of, 287. 
 Land of Promise, 259, 354. 
 Lane, Thousand and one Alights, 
 
 p. 352, note I. 
 Language of the Lives, xlv, 337. 
 
366 
 
 INDEX OF MATTERS, 
 
 Laud 6io, referred to, xxv, 
 
 xlv, 337. 
 Lebar Brecc, cited, 293, 294, 
 
 301, 306, 337, 341, 342, 346, 
 
 349. 350, 353, 356, 358. 
 Lebar na hUidre, 353, 357. 
 lector, 323. 
 
 lepers, 156, 187, 189, 190, 19T, 
 195, 196, 218; devotion to, 
 
 295» 340- 
 leprosy, 176. 
 
 Liber Hymnonwi, Franciscan, 
 . 329-330, 344, 353- ^Q^Todd. 
 lightning caused by wizard, 216; 
 
 protection from, 305, 
 limetree, marvellous, 227. 
 linen chasuble, 158, 273. 
 loanwords in the Lives, Ixxii-cx. 
 lock (bolt?), 315. 
 longevity of saints, 230, 299,346. 
 lorica of Gildas, 324, note 6. 
 Loth's Mabinogion, 348. 
 lots, casting, 335. 
 lunatic, 191 ; preaching, 193. 
 
 Mabinogion, xlii, 347, 361. 
 
 mad cow, 152. 
 
 maiden 100 feet long, 255. 
 
 malt, 188, 243. 
 
 manna, 270, 
 
 manuscripts of saints, 357 ; Irish, 
 see Book Lebar, Liber, Yellow 
 Book. 
 
 Marco Polo's Travels, xxii. 
 Marianus Gorman, calendar of, 
 300. 
 
 marriage of slaves, 154. 
 
 Marty7'ology of Donegal, edd. 
 Todd and Reeves, xxviii, 303 
 note, 347, 348, 350, 353, 356, 
 357- 
 
 Mary, entreated in childbirth, 
 xxi; of the Gael, 186; the 
 Virgin, 320. 
 
 mass, order of, 343. 
 
 mead, 229 ; miraculously re- 
 stored, 197 ; water changed 
 to, 331. 
 
 meadow guarded, 232-233. 
 
 meal, measure of, 161. 
 
 Mélusine, xx, xxii, 309, 346. 
 
 metathesis, xlix. 
 
 Meyer, Kuno, his Battle of 
 y entry, 347, 361. 
 
 mice, huge, 25 7. 
 
 milk, bathing child in, 318 ; of 
 hind, 249 ; of ewes, 328. 
 
 milking, miraculous, 197; and 
 
 see 332. 
 milk and water, 228. 
 mill, 206, 359 ; water for, 283. 
 millwright, 361. 
 Milton, Paradise Lost, cited, 
 
 352. 
 
 miracles, antenatal, 150. 
 mixed chalice, 303. 
 Mone's Hymni Latini, 324. 
 monster of Liis Cathaig, 213; 
 
 in lake, 284. 
 mould of holy island, 214; 
 
 saving from hell, 229 ; from 
 
 saint's grave, 344. 
 moimtain caused to fall, 224; 
 
 tunnelled, 283. 
 mouse abstaining from corn, 
 
 271. See mice. 
 mulct (Jric), 319. 
 
 names, of Patrick, 153,294 ; self- 
 dispraising, 338. See aliases. 
 
 nettle-pottage, 302. 
 
 nine companions of Patrick, 
 155 ; ranks of heaven, 167. 
 
 noctum, 174, 181, 218. 
 
 nose-tax, 245 ; = nefgildi, 348. 
 
 Notker Balbulus, 309. 
 
 nymphs, xlii. 
 
 oars, ranks of, 253. 
 oaths, 150. 
 
 oats, 232 ; turned to wheat, 269. 
 
 O'Clery, Michael, v ; his glos- 
 sary, 361, and see Index of 
 Irish Words, passim. 
 
 O'Connell, Peter, his MS. dic- 
 tionary cited, 350, and see In- 
 dex of Irish Words, passim. 
 
 O'Curry, Manners and Ctis- 
 toms, xxv, XXX, xxxiii, 348. 
 
 O'Donovan, Battle of Magh 
 Rath, 347. See Book of 
 Rights, Four Masters. 
 
 O'Grady, S. H., xx, xli. 
 
 Olaus Magnus, 352. 
 
 oldest animals, xli. 
 
 Oman, Lndian Life, 346, 361. 
 
 oratory, conical cap of, 335. 
 
 orders of repentance, 322. 
 
 orthotonic forms of Irish verb, 
 Ixix, 70, 357. 
 
 otter, man changed into an, 
 xvii ; bringing salmon, 361. 
 
 ounce of gold, 225. 
 
 ousel, age of, xli. 
 
 owl, xlii. 
 
 ox eafen by one man, 1 79. 
 
 Palatine 68, cited, xc. 
 Pantheon, xix. 
 
 Paradise, description of, 259, 
 260. 
 
 parricide, xxviii, 176. 
 paternoster, 194, 200, 228. 
 Paulus Diaconus, xxii. 
 pax, 179. 
 
 Peregrinatio Sancti Brendani, 
 349- 
 
 pet fox, 196; crane, 270; 
 wolves, deer, Ijadgers, ravens, 
 357- 
 
 Petrie, Ecclesiastical Architec- 
 ture, xxii, 346 ; Tara Hill, 
 360. 
 
 philtre, 192. 
 
 phoenix, xlii. 
 
 pigsty, 224. 
 
 pilgrimage, 168, 169. 
 
 pilgrims, foreign, 209. 
 
 pirates, 235. 
 
 plough, 192, 193. 
 
 ploughmen, 179. 
 
 ploughshare made by boy, 175. 
 
 poets, 166 ; oppression caused 
 by, 309 ; gifts to, 345. 
 
 poison, 150, 160, 198, 296, 333. 
 
 polygamy, 237, 348. 
 
 pork, fresh, 155. 
 
 Posidonius, 348, 
 
 pottage, 302. 
 
 prayer, position during, 171. 
 prisoners, visiting, 289. 
 pronouns in Lives, Ixii-lxviii. 
 prophecies of Colum cille, 171- 
 prophet, 248, 349. 
 prostration to saint, 235. 
 proverb, 160. 
 psalms, read, 159. 
 Pseudo-Turpin, xviii, xxii. 
 Pughe, Dictionary of the Welsh 
 
 Language, 361. 
 purification by the sun, 361. 
 pygmies, devils in shape of, 258. 
 
 quern, grinding at, 267, 272, 361. 
 
 racehorse, 210. 
 
 radiance of face, 249, 250, 351 ; 
 of saints' relics, 343. 
 
 ram carrying psalter and prayer- 
 book, 355. 
 
 rath, 232. 
 
INDEX OF MATTERS. 
 
 367 
 
 Rawl. B. 405, refeiTed to, 355. 
 Rawl. B. 485, referred to, 359, 
 342- 
 
 Rawl. B, 487, referred to, xliv, 
 Rawl. B. 505, referred to, 337, 
 
 342, 355, 359- 
 Rawl. B. 512, referred to, 337, 
 
 356, 358. 
 reapers, 271. 
 reaping, 197. 
 
 reduplicated preterite, xxiii ; 
 
 future, Ixxvii, Ixxxi. 
 Reeves, bishop, his Colufiiba, 
 
 300, 309, 315, 317, Z2^note, 
 
 349' 350, 357, 359- ^^ee 
 
 Martyrology of Donegal. 
 refectory, 210. 
 reins, 250. 
 rejuvenescence, 157. 
 relics, 162, 230, 278 ; prayer at, 
 
 221 ; protection by, 221. 
 reliquaries, 226, 275. 
 rent, 235. 
 requiem, xi, 358. 
 Revue Archeologique, 344. 
 Kevue Ccltiqtie^ xxvi, xxx, 352, 
 
 353, 361. 
 Rhys, Hibbert Lectures^ xlii, 
 
 346; Mabinogion, 361. 
 Rhys Davids, xlii. 
 righthand-wise, turning, 236, 
 
 240. 
 
 ring of gold, 225 ; payments 
 
 made with, 344. 
 rising up, 204. 
 Kob Roy, 340. 
 Roger Hoveden, 357. 
 ropes, 288. 
 
 rowan, stake of, 204, 338. 
 Rules of Saints, 251. 
 rushes, 330; wicks of, 338. 
 
 sails of hide, 253. 
 
 Saints, Irish, Rules of, 251, 351 ; 
 compared with apostles, etc., 
 298, 299 ; secundus ordo 
 of, 343 ; mothers, etc. of, 
 345 ; manuscripts of, 357. 
 See ciivy, loftgeviiy, mould, 
 prostration. 
 
 sale of slaves, 153 ; of bond- 
 maid, 184; of children, 203. 
 
 salmon, age of, xli note, 229; 
 brought by seal, 287. 
 
 salt changed to stones, 195, 329 ; 
 sent as a present, 219 ; prized 
 by Irish, 340-341. 
 
 salted food, 158, 310. 
 
 sand mixed with bread, 279 ; 
 
 turned into gold, 358. 
 sandals, 180. 
 Satan, 325. See Devil. 
 satin, 239. 
 
 scarcity of land, 234. 
 
 Seel ar Dabid mac lese, xix. 
 
 Scél ar Cainnech naom, xix. 
 
 Sct'l na Sa?nhna, xix. 
 
 Scél in dd Icnabh, xx. 
 
 Scél Ainnte-crist, xix. 
 
 Scéla a7i trir mac clcrech, vii-x. 
 
 Scéla na hEséirge, 352. 
 
 Schirmer, Zur Brandanus-Le- 
 gendc, 349, 353. 
 
 Schuchardt, prof., 294. 
 
 scruple, 232, 242 ; of com- 
 munion, 278. 
 
 sea-cats, 257, 258. 
 
 sea-monsters, 353. 
 
 seal brings salmon, 287. 
 
 seal-spear, 196. 
 
 seaweed, cutting, 217; edible, 
 340. 
 
 seeds in Brenainn's boat, 257. 
 self-cremation, 157, 295. 
 self-sacrifice, 178, 257, 309, 353. 
 seven doors, etc. in Bruiden,xliii. 
 shadow, consumption cured by 
 
 Brigit's, 191 ; of Brigit's 
 
 chariot, 328. 
 shaving, 226. 
 sheej), hornless, 216. 
 shepherding, 194. 
 shields, bulwark of, 244. 
 shirt, 179. 
 shrines, 1 74. 
 
 Sicilianischc Mdrchen, 330. 
 
 sickles, 235. 
 
 Siegfried, R. T., Ixxv, 
 
 sign of cross, 271. 
 
 silver chain, 195; pails, 241. 
 
 Skene, Celtic Scotland, 305. 
 
 slaves, sale of, 153; marriage 
 
 of, 154; liberation of, 154; 
 
 ransoming of, 289 ; purchase 
 
 of, 317- 
 sloes, 326. 
 
 smile, prophetic, 176, 306. 
 Smith, Geo., Life of John Wil- 
 son, 344. 
 smiths, 235. 
 
 snakes banished, 180. Set^vater- 
 snake. 
 
 snow, curd and butter made of, 
 152. 
 
 social observances. See rising 
 
 up, carrying. 
 soulfriend, 286; soulfriend jewel, 
 
 235- 
 
 souls in forms of birds, 260, 354. 
 spell, 192. 
 
 stag, age of, xli; yoked, 223; 
 books on antlers of, 268, 274, 
 357- 
 
 stake, age of, xli. 
 stakes for building, 195, 276. 
 stones turned into salt, 195, 
 196. 
 
 storm calmed by Brenainn, 254. 
 
 Strachan, prof., Ixxv, 
 
 Slubbs, Dr., Gesta regis Henrici 
 
 Secundi, 318. See Haddan. 
 subprior {secndabb), 223. 
 sugarcane, disease transferred 
 
 to, 361. 
 
 suicide as a mode of vengeance, 
 ^.95- 
 
 Suidigud Tellaig Tcmrach, 
 xxiv. 
 
 sun darkened, 215; of righteous- 
 ness, 149, 150, 361 ; purifi- 
 cation by, 361. 
 
 swine, herding of, 153. 
 
 swineherd of Dichu, 157. 
 
 sword, charmed, 175, 305. 
 
 tablets, 353. 
 tanning, 176. 
 taste, desired, 227. 
 taiváf 348. 
 
 Tawney ,C . H . See KatliA-sarit- 
 sá-gara. 
 
 Tenga Bithnua, xvii. 
 
 tents, 239. 
 
 theft of wheat, 288. 
 
 Thrawn Janet, 297. 
 
 three households, 167 ; quires 
 at Patrick's consecration, 
 155 ; waves in baptism, 268. 
 
 threshold, 184. 
 
 thunder caused by wizard, 216. 
 
 Thurneysen, prof., his explana- 
 tion of fctar, Ixxvi. 
 
 timber cut for church, 223, 224. 
 
 tithes, 337, 359. 
 
 toads, xlii ; banished, 180. 
 
 Todd, Dr., Wars of the Gaidhil 
 xvith the Gain, 348 ; S. Pat- 
 rick, 2,^-^, 252; Liber Hym- 
 norum, 318. See Irish 
 A^cntiitis, Martyrology of 
 Donegal. 
 
368 
 
 INDEX OF MA TTERS. 
 
 tonsuring, 226. 
 
 tooth, radiant, 162, 343. 
 
 tower of fire, 205, 219. 
 
 train of poet, 309. 
 
 transfer of disease from human 
 beings, 360. 
 
 transmigrations of Tuan, xli. 
 
 treachery, 231. 
 
 Trias Thaumaturga, 355. 
 
 tribute of curd and butter, 152 ; 
 royal, excessive, 265 ; to 
 saint, 239, 241, (sack of malt, 
 30 boars), 243, (first calf, 
 lamb, pig), 245. 
 
 trine immersion, 357. 
 
 Trinity, 288, 321. 
 
 Tripartite Life of S. Patrick, 
 
 337» 353, 356, 358- 
 tub, 193. 
 
 Turpin, the pseudo-, xviii, xxii. 
 twelve tribes, 167 ; twelve 
 
 nights of waking, 167. 
 Tylor, Primitive Culture, 360. 
 
 unction in baptism, 184. 
 
 veil, 322, 323. ^ 
 verbal forms in Lives, Ixix- 
 Ixxxi. 
 
 verbal prefixes, Ixviii, Ixix. 
 viaticum, 334. 
 
 Vigfusson, Icelandic Dictionary, 
 348. 
 
 vision, 172, 174; Miliuc's, 153, 
 172, 294; of Brigit, 192 ; of 
 Telach, 222 ; of Brenainn's 
 mother, 248 ; of Findian, 
 272, 356; of Ciarán and 
 Enna, 273 ; of Boethine, 302 ; 
 of bishop Ibar, 319-320; of 
 Adamnán, 352. 
 
 Vita Columbae, Adamnán's, 
 305. See Reeves. 
 
 voice of Colum cille, 173 ; 
 heard a mile off, 250. 
 
 vowels, xlv. 
 
 Voyage of Mae I duin, 361. 
 
 Wackernagel, Kleinere Schrif- 
 ten, xlii. 
 
 walking desel, 347. 
 
 War of Cellachdn and the 
 Danes, xxxii. 
 
 Wars of the Gaidhil zvith the 
 Gain. See Todd. 
 
 washing feet, 180, 318, 325; 
 clothes, 212; leper, 196; 
 sheep, 235. 
 
 water miraculously produced, 
 1 50, see fire ; turned into 
 ale, 185, 189; made foul, 
 205 ; changed to honey, 265 ; 
 mixed with milk and ale, 
 279 ; with sacramental wine, 
 303 ; with which saints' feet 
 had been washed, 325 ; saints' 
 mss. resist, 358. 
 
 watermill, 360. 
 
 watersnake, 179. 
 
 wattles for building, 175, 195, 
 305- 
 
 wave, surging, 177 ; standing 
 on, 220 ; passing through 
 air, 360. 
 
 waxed tablet, 256, 353. 
 
 weaver's beam, 197, 330. 
 
 Wednesday, 316. 
 
 well miraculously produced, 
 150,175,212,218; hallowed, 
 177 ; cure by, 228. See holly. 
 
 Welsh, speaking in, 223; pre- 
 terites in -odd J Ixxvii; saints, 
 
 342-343- 
 wethers stolen, 197. 
 whale, celebrating Easter on, 
 
 253, 352 ; fighting sea-cat, 
 
 258. 
 wheat, 288. 
 
 wheaten bread, 229 ; loaves, 
 270, 313 ; meal, 270. 
 
 Whitney, Sanskrit Grammar, 
 
 Ixxvi. 
 wicks, 338. 
 
 widows, protecting, 289. 
 
 wife, grief for, 231. See mar- 
 riage. 
 
 wild boar, xli. 
 
 Windele, v, 
 
 windingsheet, 179. 
 
 Windisch on the ^preterite, 
 Ixxv; Irische Texte, 334. 
 
 wine, pitcher of, 158; French, 
 276. 
 
 wizardry, science of, 166. 
 
 wizard's fence, xxviii. 
 
 wizards prophesy, 157, 183. 
 
 woad, 266, 356. 
 
 Wolff, Joseph, 344. 
 
 wolf carries off sheep, 151; eats 
 calf, 267. 
 
 Wolter, Der Judenknabe, xxii. 
 
 womb blessed, 224. 
 
 women, avoidance of study with, 
 251. See amazons, bond- 
 maid, episcopal orders, grief, 
 marriage, philtre, polygamy, 
 quern, widows. 
 
 Wright and Halliwell's Reli- 
 quiae Antiquae, xlii. 
 
 Wiirzburg Codex Paulinus, 356. 
 
 Y Cymmrodor, xlii. 
 Yellow Book of Lecan, 309. 
 yellow-haired girl, 250. 
 Yellow Plague, 2 29 ; transferred 
 
 to crozier, 287, 360. 
 yew, age of, xii. 
 Yule. See Marco Polo. 
 
 Zimmer, prof., on the /-preterite, 
 Ixxv; his discovery of the 
 i-aorist in Irish, 351. 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 *^* bp. * bishop ' ; hua, ' grandson,' ' descendant ' ; i., ingen, ' daughter ' ; mac, ' son ' ; ri, ' king.* 
 
 The numbers refer to the pages. 
 
 Abbán, 345 ; maccu Cormaic, 
 
 222. 
 Abel, 229. 
 
 Abra mac Branain, 346. 
 Abraham, 165, 168, 169, 229, 
 
 247, 279. 
 Abram, 231. 
 Adam, 166. 
 
 Adamnán, xvii-xxxix ; hua 
 
 Tinni, 165. 
 Adomnán, bp. 299, 
 Aed, alias of Mael-doid Muc- 
 
 nama, 301, 
 Aed, alias of S.Moedoc of Ferns, 
 
 301. 
 
 Aed Baclam, xxvi. 
 Aed Finn mac Fergna, xl. 
 Aed Fogart, 231, 
 Aed gnoe mac Ferga Lcthain, 
 356. 
 
 Aed mac Ainmirech, 174, 198, 
 
 306, 310. 
 Aed mac Brie, 324. 
 Aed mac Coirbb, 356. 
 Aed mac Duach, xl. 
 Aed mac Fergusa, 222, 342. 
 Aed mac Luigdech, 210. 
 Aed Ordnide, xxix. 
 Aed Slaine, 176, 190, 231. 
 Agatho, 300. 
 Ai mac Ollaman, xxxv. 
 Aibind i. Mani, 336. 
 Aife i. Roiss Failge, 237. 
 Ailbe, 354. 
 
 Ailbe of Imlech Ibair, 232, 
 233- 
 
 Ailill Banna, 307. 
 Ailill dub Mac Celtchair, 342. 
 Ailill mac Dunlaing, 160, 193, 
 194. 
 
 Ailill mac Echach, 201. 
 Ailill Ólomm, xxxii, xxxvii. 
 Ailill Már mac Breccain, 300. 
 Ailill Tauldub, 222. 
 
 Ainmire mac Colgain, 264. 
 Ainmire, brother of Moses, 
 228. 
 
 Airde mac Fidaig, 248. 
 
 Aircran ind écnai, 165. 
 
 Airmedach of Clochar, 165. 
 
 Aitrebthach, 287. 
 
 Airtri mac Cathail, xxxii. 
 
 Alcuin, xxii. 
 
 Alexander, pope, 269. 
 
 Alphaeus, 262. 
 
 Alta mac Ogamain, 349. 
 
 Ambrois, 300. 
 
 Andreas, 300. 
 
 Anmet i. Colmáin, 237. 
 
 Antoin Manach, 169. 
 
 Aonghus O Callaid, xxv. 
 
 Art mac Cuinn, xxxvi. 
 
 Art Oenfer, 300. 
 
 Astaman mac Mogaed (Moga 
 
 Toeth), 349. 
 Augustin, 247. 
 Auxilius, 161. 
 
 Baedán, 179. 
 
 Baeth, 221, 225; Baeth Bru- 
 
 gaid, 234. 
 Baethchú, 185. 
 Bairre, 209. 
 
 Baite mac Brónaig. See Bute. 
 Baithin mac Brenainn, xvii. 
 Ball-gel, 284. 
 Barre, bp., 209. 
 Barr mac Nathi, 282. 
 Bartholomew, S., 349. 
 Beccan mac Bairr, 282. 
 Beccán swineherd, 224. 
 Beccan Ulad, xxvii. 
 Becc i. Conchoraig, 287. 
 Becc mac Dé, xxvi, 171, 176, 
 
 248, 264, 299, 350. 
 Beda, xxii. 
 
 Benén = Benignus, 156. 
 
 3 B 
 
 Benedictus Abbas. 318. 
 
 Benian = Benén, 279. 
 
 Benignus, 156. 
 
 Beo n-^d, 356. 
 
 Bcodan mac Bolggain, 356. 
 
 Beoit, 264. 
 
 Beonán, 162. 
 
 Beuno, S. 340. 
 
 Bicell, 336. 
 
 Bicsech, 336. 
 
 Blai Briuga, xliii. 
 
 Blathmac, 231, 347. 
 
 Blathnait, S. Brigit's cook, 193, 
 
 3.^2. 
 Bodb, XXX, 
 
 Boite, 176; mac Brónaig, 246. 
 Bole mac Dece (?), 200. 
 Bolggan mac Linnida, 356. 
 Branan, 231 ; mac Dobtha, 
 346. 
 
 Brandubmac Echach, 224. 
 Brcccan mac Féicc. 300. 
 Brenainn, 198, 209. 
 Brenainn of Birr, 272. 
 Brenainn of Clonfert xiii-xv, 
 298. 
 
 Brenainn mac Finnloga, xvii, 
 
 247 et seq., 349-354- 
 Brendinus senior, 298, 
 Bres mac Firb, xxxvii. 
 Bresal mac Colla, 346. 
 Bresal Bernbél Buaideltach, 
 
 235- 
 
 Bresal Brecc, 237. 
 Bresal mac Degha, 264. 
 Bresal mac Diarmata, xxviii. 
 Bresal mac Maini Móir, xvi, 
 299. 
 
 Bresal mac Muiredaig, 224. 
 Bresal mac Sirachta, 251. 
 Brig, 249. 
 
 Brig i. Amalgada, 536. 
 Brig i. Coimlocha, 325. 
 Brig i. Fergusa, 336. 
 
370 
 
 Brigit, 177, 225, 264, 353. 
 Brigit i. Conailli, 190. 
 Brigit i. Con Cathrach, 218. 
 Briun mac Smethrach, xxx. 
 Briun (Brian?) mac Echach 
 
 Muidmedoin, 231, 347. 
 Briunsech, 282. 
 Broccán Cloen, 198. 
 Broenaind, 333. 
 Brogach mac Dega, 173. 
 Broicsech, 199, 334. 
 Broicsech i. Dallbrónaig, 183. 
 Brón, bp., 191, 327. 
 Brónach, 172. 
 Brónach i. Milchon, 294. 
 Bruide mac Milcon, 315. 
 Brunsech, 336. 
 Buan, xxxvii. 
 
 Bute mac Bronaig, 172, 246, 
 299; 300, 308. 
 
 Cadoc, 342, 343, 358. 
 Caelbad, 159. 
 Caelbe, 353. 
 Cael-colomb, 275. 
 Caemán, 222. 
 
 Caibell (for Cáimell ?) i. Aeda 
 
 Bairr, 336. 
 Cailech, 162. 
 Cainchomrac, xxxix. 
 Cailte, XXV, xliii. 
 Cáimell i. Dermata, 336. 
 Cáimin of Inis Celtra, xv. 
 Gainer i. Airmind, 336. 
 Gainer i. Gruthechan, 336. 
 Gainnech, xv, xix, 174, 177, 
 
 179, 298. 
 Gairbre = Gairpre, 264. 
 Cairell mac Muiredaig, 160. 
 Cairpre Bascháin mac Gonairi, 
 
 201. 
 
 Gairpre Genn cait, xxxvii. 
 Gairpre Groimchenn mac Dairi 
 
 Dornmair, 201. 
 Gairpre Grom, xvi, 244 = 
 
 Gairbre Find, 245. 
 Cairpre Finnmar mac Conairi, 
 
 201. 
 
 Cairpre mac Roduinn, 200. 
 Gairpre hua Dunlainge, 225. 
 Gairpre Lifechar, 300. 
 Cairthenn mac Blait, 163. 
 Cairthenn Donn, 241. 
 Cairthenn Find, 241. 
 Caisin mac Nemain, 225. 
 Calpurn, 150 ; Calpumius, 153. 
 Cámmine, 299, 304. 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 Canair Graibdech, 219. 
 Garlyle, Thomas, 296. 
 Carthach, alias of Gummine, 
 301. 
 
 Carthach, alias of Mo-chutu of 
 
 Lismore, 300. 
 Gas Corach, xliv. 
 Gas mac Echach, 239. 
 Gas mac Fraech, 356. 
 Gassidan, 206, 221. 
 Gatháir Mór, xxxi, 300. 
 Gathal mac Aeda Fland- 
 
 cathrach, 234, 239, 240. 
 Gathal mac Finguini, xxxii. 
 Gathmael, 222, 223, 342. 
 Gauscrad mac Meisinsued, 356. 
 Gelestinus, 153, 1 55- 
 Gellach, 172 ; mac Ragallaig, 
 
 284, 286. 
 Cellachán, xxxii. 
 Gellan, 336. 
 
 Celtchar mac Uithechair, 222 ; 
 
 mac Guthechair, 342. 
 Gennfaelad, xxv ; mac Golcan, 
 
 286. 
 
 Gennselach mac Dunlaing, 237. 
 Getan, 336. 
 Charlemagne, xviii. 
 Christ, 166. 
 
 Gian mac Aililla Oluim, xxxii. 
 Gian mac Echach, 239. 
 Giar Cuirchech, 242, 243. 
 Giar i. Cerain, 336. 
 Giar i. Duibrea, 336. 
 Giar mac Fergussa, 247. 
 Ciarán, xvi, 174, 209, 227. 
 Ciarán Belaig Duin, 165. 
 Giarán of Clonmacnois, 177, 
 
 298 ; mac in tsáir, 303, 357 ; 
 
 Life of, 262 et seq. ; pedigree 
 
 of, 356. 
 
 Ciarán of Saigir, 277, 299, 358. 
 Giarnait, 361. 
 Cillin, 211. 
 Cilline, 160. 
 Cilline, a nun, 336. 
 Cingid mac Echach, 239. 
 Cirine = Hieronymus, 247. 
 Cluain, 271. 
 
 Cobthach mac Breccáin, 274. 
 Cobthach mac Buile, 200. 
 Coel, 214, 215. 
 Goel mac Aeda, 288. 
 Goimde, 241. 
 
 Goimgenof Glenndálocha, 278, 
 
 298. 
 Cóimell, 231. 
 
 Coimgell i. Ernaig, 201. 
 CoUa, 347. 
 
 Collait, Crumthir, 165. 
 Colmán alias Mac Lenin, 301. 
 Colmán Comraire, 294. 
 Colmán, deacon, 177. 
 Colmán mac Conngelláin, 314. 
 Colmán mac Crimthainn, 237. 
 Colmán mac Lenin, 251. 
 Colmán mac Nuin, 275. 
 Colmán Mór mac Diarmata, 
 
 175; 
 
 Colmán Muilinn, 294. 
 Colmán of Inisbofin, 315. 
 Colmán of the Cave, 165. 
 Golomb cille, xv, xxviii, 159, 
 165, 263, 264, 272, 298, 
 
 301,357. 
 Golomb mac Cremthainn, 226, 
 
 230, 301. 
 Golomb i. Beraig, 336. 
 Colum Tire dá Glas, 298. 
 Comán, 283. 
 Comgall, XV, 174, 177. 
 Comgall of Bennchor, 232, 233, 
 
 282, 298. 
 Comlach, 279. 
 Conaing mac Marcáin, 235. 
 Gonaire mac Etersceoil, 201. 
 Conaire mac Moga Lama, 
 
 201. 
 
 Conall mac Aeda, 311. 
 Gonall Echluath, 299. 
 Conall mac Néill, 159, 171. 
 Conamail mac Machdain, 282. 
 Concess, 150, 153. 
 Conchobar mac Nessa, xxxiv. 
 Gonchobar Abratruad, xxxi. 
 Conchorach, 287. 
 Conchrad mac Dairchella, 222, 
 
 342. 
 Concraid, 241. 
 Cond Cétchathach, 300. 
 Gonellan, Owen, xl. 
 Conmach, 241. 
 
 Gonstantine son of Helena, 
 260. 
 
 Corbb mac Aeda gnoe, 356. 
 Core, 264, mac Daaed, 356. 
 Core Dothe mac Fergusa, 356. 
 Gormac mac Airt, xxxvi, 361 ; 
 
 hua Cuinn, xxxiii, 361 ; Ul- 
 
 fota, 300. 
 Gormac mac Cuilennain, xxix. 
 Gormac hua Liathain, 175. 
 Corniuil (gen. sg.), 293. 
 Coroticus, 294. 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 371 
 
 Corpach, 336. 
 
 Corp Aulom, xxxviii. 
 
 Cothraige, 153, 163, 294. 
 
 Cowell, Prof., xlii. 
 
 Créd, 336. 
 
 Crichid, 277. 
 
 Crimthann, alias of Colomb 
 
 Cille, 300. 
 Crimthann Cass, xxxiv. 
 Crimthann mac Ennai Cennse- 
 
 laig, 195. 
 Crimthann mac Luigdech, 265. 
 Crimthann mac Muiredaig, 224. 
 Crimthann Nia Nair, xxx, 
 
 317- 
 
 Crimthann Sriab, 244. 
 
 Crón, 336. 
 
 Cronán, 264, 282, 
 
 Cronán alias of Mochua, 301. 
 
 Cronmune Taplain, 336. 
 
 Crumine, 346. 
 
 Crumsech, 336. 
 
 Cruthnechan mac Cellaig, 172. 
 
 CÚ Cathrach, 218. 
 
 Cuiltre, 264, 
 
 Cuindiu, 264. 
 
 Cuinnid, 264. 
 
 Cuirche, 162. 
 
 Cumain Fota, xv = Cummine 
 
 Fota, 299, 304. 
 Cummine, 301. 
 Cumne i. Conamail, 282. 
 Cumuscach ri Tethba, 232. 
 Cimdedan, 253. 
 
 Cunnid alias of Colom mac 
 
 Crimthainn, 301. 
 Cimnid alias of Mac Culind of 
 
 Lusk, 300. 
 Cunnid mac Cais, 356. 
 Curchass, 336. 
 Cuman mac /Eda, xxviii. 
 Cuthechar mac Fotaid, 342. 
 Cutlach, 300. 
 Cybi, 358. 
 
 Daaed mac Cunnida, 356. 
 Dabid, 165, 169; mac lesse, 
 
 xix, 247, 278, 279. 
 Dabid of Cellmuine, 209, 222, 
 
 223, 342, 343- 
 Da Choca, xliii. 
 Da-chua, alias of Da-chi'ialen, 
 
 300. 
 
 Da-chualen, 300. 
 Da-cuilen, 308. 
 Da Derga, xliii. 
 Daimin Dam-argait, 306. 
 
 Dairchell, 222 ; mac Senaig, 
 342. 
 
 Daire, 165, 298 ; Barrach, 300. 
 Daire Dornmar mac Cairpri 
 
 Finnmair, 201, 
 Daire mac Findchada, 239. 
 Dala (?) mac Bresail, xvi. 
 Dalann, bp., 212. 
 Dallán, 265. 
 Dallán mac Bresail, 299. 
 Dalian Forgaill, 314, 315, 341. 
 Dallbrónach, 183. 
 Damnatán, 294. 
 Daniel, presb., 274. 
 d'Arbois de Jubainville, v, 
 
 xxxii, xxxiii. 
 Darerca, alias of Moninne of 
 
 Cell slebe, 300. 
 Darerca i. Ercain, 264, and see 
 
 356. 
 Darnisa, 336. 
 Dathi, Crumther, xv, 228, 
 David. See Dabid. 
 Dec (Dece?) mac Imchada, 200, 
 
 337. 
 Deg, 173- 
 Dega Mor, xvi. 
 
 Delbna (Delmna) mac Ennae, 
 349- , 
 
 Demmán mac Cairill, 160. 
 
 Demne mac Bresail, 183. 
 
 Derbfind Bélfota, 300. 
 
 Diarmait mac TEda, 222, 342. 
 
 Diarmait mac Cerbaill, xxvi, 
 xxviii, xxix, 176, 276, 333. 
 
 Diarmait, Colombcille's attend- 
 ant, 180. 
 
 Diarmait of Inis Clothrann, 219. 
 
 Dichu, 166, 264; macTrechim, 
 157, 158. 
 
 Dietrich, 347. 
 
 Dimma mac nái, 172. 
 
 Dobarchu, xvii. 
 
 Dobtha (?) mac Oengusa, 347, 
 
 Do-chatti, 336. 
 
 Domangart mac Echach, 160. 
 
 Domnall, 285. 
 
 Donnán, 264. 
 
 Donnán mac Leith, 217. 
 
 Donndn, brother of Senán, 275. 
 
 Dricriu, 160. 
 
 Dronán, 234. 
 
 Dronbec, 234. 
 
 Dub dd leithc na graifne, 306. 
 Dub dá thuath, xxix. 
 Dub mac Lugna, 264. 
 Dubda, 231. 
 
 Dubthach mac Decce, 337. 
 Dubthach mac Demni, 183, 185, 
 
 187, 188, 193. 
 Dubthach maccu Lugair, xxxi. 
 Duke of Devonshire, v. 
 Dunlang, 160. 
 Dunlang mac Enna, 187. 
 
 Echaid Tirmchama, xxviii. 
 Ecne mac Altae, 349. 
 Egbert, 340. 
 Egidius, 155. 
 
 Eire, bp., 197, 212, 248, 250, 
 
 251, 252. 
 Eirggend mac Dubthaig, 337. 
 Eithrial, 264. 
 Elchu (leg. Olchu ?), 349. 
 Elijah, 260. 
 
 Enda of Aran, 257, 273, 340, 
 
 Enna mac Fualascaig, 349. 
 Enna maccu Laigsi, 275. 
 Enoch, 229, 260, 279. 
 Eochaid Abratruad, xliii. 
 Eochaid Find Fuathnairt, 183. 
 Eochaid mac Bresail, 264. 
 Eochaid mac Muiredaig, 160. 
 Eochaid mac Oengusa, 201, 244. 
 Eochaid Minnech, 285. 
 Eochaid Muigmedon, 231 ; 
 
 Muidmedoin, 347. 
 Eochaid Tirmcharna, 231. 
 Eochu Ball-derg, 163. 
 Eochu Croib-derg, 239. 
 Eogan Arda Sratha, 171. 
 Eogan mac Néill, 159. 
 Eoin baitsi, 247 ; bauptaist, 
 
 349- 
 Eolangan, xxxi. 
 Ercan, 200 and note. 
 Ere Derg mac Briain (Briuin ?), 
 
 347- 
 
 Ere mac Ogamain, 350. 
 Ere Ruad, 231. 
 Ere Slane, bp., 298. 
 Ercada (gen.sg.)maic Mechoin, 
 356. 
 
 Ercan mac Buachaille, 264. 
 Eremon, 264. 
 Ernach m. Golbini, 201. 
 Emin of Cluain Deochra, 177. 
 Ernin mac Coluim, 336. 
 Ernine of Torach, 178. 
 Esdras, 149. 
 
 Eterscél mac Eogain, 201. 
 
 Ethne, 300. 
 
 Ethne OUmane, 172. 
 
 3 B 2 
 
37^ 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 Fabian, 260. 
 Failge Berraide, 161. 
 Failge Roiss, 161. 
 Faillen, 160, 297. 
 Failtemail i. Mael-Echdach, 
 336. 
 
 Fainche i. Dallbronaig, 335. 
 Fainder cuicir, 336. 
 Faindle mac Dubroith, xxxi. 
 Fechine Fobair, 298, 300. 
 i^dbair, 336. 
 Fedelm i. Ailello, 160. 
 Feic mac Fideic, xxxvii. 
 Feichin, 211, 283. 
 Feidlimid mac Crimthainn, 
 
 xxxi, xxxviii. 
 Feidlimid mac Echach, 264. 
 Feidlimid mac Fergusa, 171. 
 Feidlimid mac Medrui, 356. 
 Feidlimid Rechtmar, 300. 
 Feradach, 285. 
 
 Feradach Findfechtnach,xxxviii. 
 Feradach Find mac Duach, 
 307. 
 
 Feradach mac Luigdech, xvi. 
 Fer dá chrích, alias of Mac 
 
 Cairthind, 301. 
 Fer filed mac Rossa, 342. 
 Fergse lethain (gen. sg.) maic 
 
 Fheidlimid, 356. 
 Fergna mac Fergnsa, xl, 336. 
 Fergus mac Ailella Taulduib, 
 
 222 ; mac Ailella Duib, 342. 
 Fergus Cerrbél, xxvi. 
 Fergus Cennfota mac Conaill 
 
 Gulban, 301. 
 Fergus mac Conaill, 159, 171. 
 Fergus Dub-detach, xxxiii. 
 Fergus Folt-lebor, xxxiii. 
 Fergus mac Mind duach, 347. 
 Fergus mac Muiredaig mail, xl. 
 Fergus mac Rossa, xxiv, 349, 
 
 356. 
 
 Fergus Tene fo Brega, xxxiii. 
 Fermac, 241. 
 
 Fiacc (Fiachu?) Find, 161. 
 Fiacc mac Dari Barraig, 300. 
 Fiacc mac Mail cathrach, 264. 
 Fiacc macMochta, 251. 
 Fiacha mac Delbaeith, xxxv. 
 Fiacha Findfholach, xxxvii. 
 Fiacha Fobrecc, 237. 
 Fiacha Muillethan, xxxvi. 
 Fiacha Sroptine, 300. 
 Fiacha Suigde, 231. 
 Fiachna, 336. 
 Fiachna mac Baetain, 283. 
 
 Fiachra Find, 235. 
 
 Fiachra Find mac Coirpri Bas- 
 
 chain, 201. 
 Fianna, bp., 213. 
 Fidach, 350. 
 
 Fidchuire mac Delmnai (Delb- 
 
 nai), 349. 
 Fidnian Maccu Tellaig, 335. 
 Finan Camm, 250. 
 Finan Lobur, 177. 
 Find i. Mantain, 336. 
 Find mac Lógai, 347. 
 Find hua Baiscne, xl. 
 Findachán, xxxi. 
 Findbarr Mael, 347. 
 Findchad, xliii. 
 
 Findchua of Bri Gobann, Life 
 
 of, 231 ; pedigree of, 347. 
 Findein, 213. 
 Findia, 209. 
 
 Findian (Finnén) of Clonard, 
 
 173, 174, 298; Life of, 222; 
 
 pedigree of, 342; age of, 346; 
 
 vision of, 357. 
 Findian (Finnén) of Mag Bile, 
 
 173, 298, 301. 
 Finding, 231, 349. 
 Findnat, 336. 
 
 Finghein mac Carthaigh Ria- 
 
 bach, V. 
 Finghein mac Luchta, xxix. 
 Finnbarr, alias of Findian of 
 
 Mag Bile, 301. 
 Finnech i. Senaig Find, 336. 
 Finntan mac Bochrai, xxv. 
 Finntan Cluana Eidnig, 299. 
 Finntan mac Concraid, 222, 
 
 342. 
 
 Finntan Find, 285. 
 Flaithbertach hua h-Inmoinén, 
 
 xxxix. 
 Flann Lethderg, 231. 
 Flann Manistrech, 293. 
 Flann mac Oengussa, 242. 
 Follach, 264. 
 
 Folloman mac Cuirc Dothi, 
 
 356- ^ 
 Forannán, 241. 
 Forat mac Connla, 163. 
 Forgal Monach, xliii. 
 Fortchernn, bp., 222. 
 Fotad mac Fir filed, 342. 
 Fothud of the Canon, xxix. 
 Fraech mac Causcraid, 356. 
 Fraechán Drui, 226. 
 Francesco Pipino, xxii, xxiii. 
 Fualascach mac Astamain, 349. 
 
 Fuirc, 163. 
 Furbaide, 272. 
 Furban, 267. 
 Fursa the Pious, x, 294. 
 
 Gabrin, bp., 283. 
 
 Gaebli, Gabli (gen. sg.), 349. 
 
 Gamaliel, 229. 
 
 Garald, monk, 299. 
 
 Garbán, 345. 
 
 Gemmán Maigister, 173, 227. 
 Gér, 240. 
 Gergenn, 204. 
 
 Gergenn mac Cobthaig, 200. 
 
 Germanus, 153, 155. 
 
 Gildas, 222, 223, 343; his 
 
 lorica, 324. 
 Glas, 264. 
 Glúinech, 264. 
 
 Gnia, alias of Mum of Fathna 
 
 Muru, 300. 
 Gnoe, gen. sg., 299. 
 GoSmundr, 346. 
 Gomba uin, 294. 
 Gordián, 260. 
 Gornias, 150, 151. 
 Gossa (gen. sg.), 349. 
 Grafann Cille Scire (?), 1 76. 
 Grellán mac Natfraich, 228. 
 Grigoir Roma, 247. 
 Guare Aidne, xv, 304, 358. 
 
 Hátim et-Tái, 358. 
 Helena, 260. 
 
 Hieronymus (Cirine), 149. 
 Hilary, Saint, ix, note i. 
 Hugo de Sancto Victore, xxii. 
 
 larlaithe mac Loga, 251. 
 Ibair, bishop, 186, 298, 319, 
 
 335- 
 Idnait, 231. 
 Ifernan, 241. 
 
 Illann mac Dunlaing, 160. 
 Imchath mac Coirpri 200 = 
 
 Imchath mac Cuirb, 337. 
 Indú Bee, 336. 
 Indú Már, 336. 
 Irial, 264. 
 Isaiah, 149. 
 Israel, 149. 
 ita, 249, 256. 
 luil, bp., 221. 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS, 
 
 373 
 
 Jacob, 266. 
 Jerome, 149. 
 Jeshua, 149. 
 
 Jesus Christ, 149, 150; His 
 
 sepulchre, xxiv. 
 Job, 229. 
 Jocelin, 297. 
 Johann, bp., 210. 
 John, S., the apostle, 166, 247, 
 
 280. 
 
 John, S., the Baptist, 155, 263. 
 John, son of Zebedee, 182. 
 Joseph, 280. 
 Justus, 266. 
 
 Khwaja Farid, 330. 
 
 Lairc, 264. 
 Lairne, 264. 
 
 Lasrén, alias of Molassi, 301. 
 Lassair of Cell Lasrc, 191, 192, 
 
 328, 336- 
 Latius, 203, 337. 
 Lén I.innfiaclach, xxxi. 
 Leo IV, 296. 
 Liath, 214, 215. 
 Libern mac Daill, 212. 
 Linnid mac Cuirc, 356. 
 Lithben i. Aitrebtha'ig, 287, 288. 
 Loeguire, xv. 
 Loeguire Liban, xxxiv. 
 Loeguire mac Luchta, xxxi. 
 Loeguire mac Luigdech, 210. 
 Loeguire mac Néill, 156, 157, 
 
 158. 
 
 Lomaide, xxxix. 
 
 Lonán Cerr, 273. 
 
 Lonán mac Erca, 162, 163. 
 
 Longarad, 298. 
 
 Loscán, 162. 
 
 Lucait, 282. 
 
 Luchair of Cell Elgraige, xxvii. 
 
 Lucholl, 264. 
 
 Luchta Mael, 157. 
 
 Luchta Lámfinn, xxxi. 
 
 Lucia, Saint, 322. 
 
 Lucra, 157. 
 
 Luicenchair, 286. 
 
 Lug mac Meidli, 264. 
 
 Lug mac Trena (Treoin), 251. 
 
 Lug-aed, crumthir, 336. 
 
 Lugaid AUaid mac Cairpri 
 
 Croimchinn, 20T. 
 Lugaid Cichcch, 210. 
 Lugaid mac Ailella, 201, 
 Lugaid mac Dalann, xvi. 
 
 Lugaid mac Dalláin, 265, 299. 
 
 Lugaid Menn, 299. 
 
 Lugbec, 264. 
 
 Lugbrann, 265. 
 
 Lugna mac P^eidlimid, 264. 
 
 Lugna maccu-Moga Laim, 275, 
 
 Lupait, 151, 153, 154. 
 
 Lilt, 336. 
 
 Macamctus, xxii. 
 Mac Arddae, 350. 
 IMac-caille, 188, 322. 
 Mac Cairthind, 301. 
 Mac Culind of Lusk, 300. 
 Mac da reo, xxxviii, xliii. 
 Mac Erca, bp., 294. 
 Mac ind cicis, 298. 
 Mac Inill, 221. 
 Mac lair, 336. 
 Mac Lenin, 301. 
 Mac Midrui, 320, 
 Mac nisse, 2 75 ; of Conaire, 1 59, 
 300. 
 
 Mac Odráin, 326. 
 Mac 'rdil, 214, 215. 
 Maxáoj»', 294. 
 Machdan, 282. 
 Machut, 352. 
 Macrith, 171. 
 Maculatus, 203, 337. 
 Maedóc, xvi. 
 
 Maedóc of Ferns, 208, 299, 301. 
 
 Mael-cethaig, 285. 
 
 Mael-cii, 315. 
 
 Mael doid Mucnama, 301. 
 
 Mael-isu hua Brolchain, xviii. 
 
 Mael ochtraigh, 338. 
 
 Mael Odran, 275. 
 
 Mael tuile mac Cuilchi, 231. 
 
 Mael uma mac Baedain, 179. 
 
 Maghavan, 294. 
 
 Magonius, 153, 294. 
 
 Magor Dub-loingsech, 242. 
 
 Maignenn, 348, 356. 
 
 Maine, 285; mac Neill Nóigíal- 
 
 laig, 299. 
 Mailhgcn, 183. 
 Malo, S., 352. 
 Manchdn Leith, 299. 
 Mantdn, deacon, 162, 163. 
 Mar can, 235. 
 Marko, 346. 
 
 Martin of Tours, 150, 155, 175, 
 
 208, 221, 339. 
 Mary, the Blessed Virgin, xx, 
 
 xxi, 186, 320. 
 
 Matha, 247, 262, 281. 
 Matha, 'King of the Romans,' 
 155- 
 
 Mechar, 163, 205. 
 Mechon mac Nechta, 356. 
 Medrui (gen. sg.) maic Folio- 
 main, 356. 
 Meidle, 264. 
 
 Meisinsued (gen. sg.) maic Sui- 
 
 led, 356. 
 Mel, bp., 183, 187, 189, 190, 
 
 191, 194, 318, 322, 323, 327. 
 Melchu, 183, 318. 
 Mellenn (Melenn ?) mac Tuirc, 
 
 232. 
 
 Mend duach mac Bresail, 347. 
 Mengan, 336. 
 
 Michael, the Archangel, 166. 
 
 Midan i. Cerain, 336. 
 
 Mil Espainc, 264. 
 
 Miliuc maccu Buain, 153, 154, 
 
 157, 295. 
 Mo-beoc, 275. 
 Mo-bi, 1 74, 304. 
 Mo-cholmóc, 345 ; of Les-mor, 
 
 359- 
 
 Mochta, xxxix, 164. 
 Mochta mac Bresail, 251. 
 Mochua of Balla, Life of, 281. 
 Mo-chua mac Lugdach, 301. 
 Mo-chuta of Raithen, xvi. 
 Mo-chutu Lis móir, 299, 300. 
 Moeca, alias of Fechin of Fobar, 
 300. 
 
 Mogacd Ciar mac Fergusa, 349, 
 Moingihinn i. Dairi, 239, 240. 
 Mo-laisse of Leighlin, x. 
 Molassi, 268, 299, 301. 
 Molassi of Dam-inis, 298. 
 Mo-lioc, 275. 
 Moiling, 301. 
 Monach, xxxvii. 
 Mone, 324. 
 
 Mo-ninne of Cell slebe, 300,346. 
 
 Mórrígan, xxx, xliii, 
 
 Moses, 165, 229, 247, 299, 
 
 Moses, brother ofAinmire, 228. 
 
 Mo-thairén of Drum cliff, 308. 
 
 Mothla, 234. 
 
 Mothla mac Flainn, 242. 
 
 Moysi, 281. 
 
 Mugain, 235. 
 
 Mugain i. Ailello, 160. 
 
 Mugh Lama mac Luigdech Al- 
 
 laid, 201. 
 Mugh Nuadat, xxxvii. 
 Mugh Ruith, xxxvi. 
 
374 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS, 
 
 Mugh Toeth, 349. 
 Muinech, 163. 
 
 Muirchertach mac Erca, xxviii. 
 Muiredach mac Oengusso, 224, 
 225, 
 
 Muiredach mac Eógain, 159. 
 Mula, bp,, 221. 
 Muling, xvi, 
 
 Mumu i. Fiachrach, 239. 
 Munnu mac Tilcain, 299. 
 Muru of Fothain (?) Muru, 300. 
 
 Natfraech, 162. 
 
 Natfraich, S. Brigit's priest, 191. 
 Nathi mac Garrchon, 295. 
 Nathi mac Luigdech, 282. 
 Nár Tuathchaech, xxx. 
 Necht i. Chommain, 336. 
 Nechta (gen. sg.) maic Aeda, 
 356. 
 
 Nechtán Cennfota, 217, 218. 
 
 Nechtán mac Oengusso, 228. 
 
 Nehemiah, 149. 
 
 Nem, 353. 
 
 Neman, 335. 
 
 Nephtali, 149. 
 
 Ner, 221. 
 
 Nessa i. Echach, xxxiv. 
 Nessán, 163. 
 Nessain, deacon, 299. 
 Niall Nóigiallach, 172, 235. 
 Ninnid, 273, 334 ; N. scolaide, 
 
 194 ; N. Lámidan, 199. 
 Ninnid Saeb-rosc, 268. 
 Noah, 229, 276. 
 Noe (leg. Gnoe ?), 299. 
 Notál, 206, 207, 208, 338, 339. 
 Notker Balbulus, 309. 
 
 O'Buagachain, vi. 
 Ochmas, 150. 
 Octauus, 300. 
 Odrán, 264. 
 
 Odrán, a follower of Colomb 
 
 cille, 178. 
 Odrán, Patrick's charioteer, 
 
 161. 
 
 Odrán, one of Senán's house- 
 hold, 221. 
 
 Oengus, alias of Mac Nissi 
 of Condere, 300. 
 
 Oengus mac Cremthainn, 265, 
 274. 
 
 Oengus, king of Coirpre Mor, 
 328. 
 
 Oengus mac Erca Ruaid, 231. 
 Oengus mac Eire or Erca. Deirg, 
 ^347. 
 
 Oengus mac Fiachrach Find, 
 201. 
 
 Oengus mac Natfraich, 162, 
 
 231, 244, 247, 349. 
 Oengus mac Umoir, xxx. 
 O'Floinn, vi. 
 
 Ogaman mac Fidaig, 350. 
 Ogaman mac Fidchuiri, 349. 
 Oissin, XXV, xliii. 
 Olchon, bp., 159, 264. 
 Olchu mac Altai, 349. 
 011am mac Delbaeith, xxxv. 
 Ollan, 300. 
 Ondba uin, 294, 
 Origen, 247, 
 
 Osséne mac Cellaig, 1 76. 
 
 Pata, 264. 
 
 Patricius, 153, 294, 298. 
 Patrick, S., xv, 191, 192, 263; 
 
 homily on life of, i. See 
 
 Sucaii. 
 
 Paul (Pol) S., the Apostle, 165, 
 
 169, 229, 247, 280, 349. 
 Paulus Diaconus, xxii. 
 Peca, 279. 
 Pelagius, pope, xxii. 
 Pelagius, Patrick's predecessor, 
 
 155. 
 Pepinus, xxii. 
 
 Peter, 247, 279 ; Pettor, 349. 
 Petronilla, xxii. 
 Philip, the Apostle, xvii. 
 Philip, son of Gordian, 260. 
 Phocas, xix. 
 Pol. See J^aul. 
 Potitius, 150, 153, 293. 
 Pupu of Aran, 257, 353. 
 
 Raphael, the Archangel, 209, 
 
 213, 339- 
 Rathbeo, 264. 
 Reo-doirche, 264. 
 Reo soirche, 264. 
 Richenn, sister of Findian, 226. 
 Rignach, sister of Findian, 226, 
 
 345. 
 Rochath, 257. 
 
 Rodonn mac Luigdech, 200. 
 Ronan, 285 ; Ronan find, 235. 
 Ronsech, 336. 
 Ross Failge, 237. 
 
 Ross mac Rudraige, 342, 356. 
 Rothniam, xxix. 
 Rúadán Lothra, 227, 298, 
 Rudraige, 342. 
 
 Sabinus or Savinus, 300. 
 Sarán mac Caelbaed, 159. 
 Satan, 325. 
 Scannal, 243. 
 Scannlan, 286. 
 
 Scannlan mac Cinnfaelad, 310, 
 313. 
 
 Scannlan mac Dunadaig, 233, 
 239- 
 
 Scath Craibdech 1. Dubthaig, 
 
 221. 
 Scellan, 245. 
 Sooth, 336. 
 
 Sechnall, bishop, 159, 299. 
 Sechnasach mac Aeda Slaine, 
 235- 
 
 Segda mac Baith, 221. 
 Selbach, xxxix. 
 
 Senach, 222; bp., 226, 228, 
 
 344, 345- 
 Senach mac Cairill, xxxi. 
 Senach mac Diarmata, 342. 
 Senán, 273. 
 
 Senán of Inis cathaigh, 163; 
 
 life of, 200; pedigree of, 337. 
 Sen-Chianan, 154. 
 Sen-Mochta Lugmaid, 171. 
 Sen-Nuada Éces, 237. 
 Sescnech, 156. 
 Setna, bp., 212, 231. 
 Sétna mac Abrai, 347. 
 Sinchell, 346. 
 Sinchell junior, 298. 
 Sinech, 336. 
 
 Sinell mac Findchada, 156, 295. 
 Siracht mac Fiachach Finn, 
 251. 
 
 Solomon, xix, 165, 229, 247, 
 279. 
 
 Som i. Mothla, 234. 
 StarkaSr, 346. 
 Sucait, 152, 153, 154, 294. 
 Suibne, 285. 
 
 Suibne mac Colmáin Móir, 1 76, 
 
 199. 334- 
 Suiled (gen. sg.) maic Ercada, 
 
 356. 
 Sylvester, 260. 
 
 Tadg mac Cein, xxxii. 
 Tairchell, alias of Moiling, 301. 
 
Taithlech mac Cennfaelaid, 
 288. 
 
 Tassach, bishop, 166. 
 Tathan, 358. 
 Telach, 222. 
 
 Thomas, Earl of Desmond, v. 
 
 Tigernmas, 264. 
 
 Tigris, 153. 
 
 Tinne Trénmór, 235. 
 
 Tipraite Tirech, xxxviii. 
 
 Titus, vi, 150 ; Tid 293. 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 Toirdelbach, 163. 
 Tomaltach mac Muiredaig, 
 241. 
 
 Trea i. Meic Carthind, 336. 
 
 Trén, 279; mac Í éicc, 251, 
 
 Tualaing, 240. 
 
 Tuathal Maelgarb, 272, 276. 
 
 Tuathal Treathangarb, 285. 
 
 Tuidell, 282. 
 
 Tuire Tortbuillech, 235. 
 
 Turscur, 240. 
 
 375 
 
 Uithecar, 222. 
 Ultan, 165. 
 
 Ultan of Ard Breccain, 199, 334. 
 
 Vespasian, i5o = Uespiain, 293. 
 Victor, angel, 153, 155, 166. 
 
 Wenefreda, S., 340. 
 
 Zabulon, 149. 
 Zerobabel, 149. 
 
INDEX OF PLACES AND TRIBES. 
 
 Abaschia, xxiii, xxiv. 
 
 Achad Aball, * field of Apple- 
 trees,' 225, 230, 345 = Achad 
 Abla, 228, now Aghowl, in 
 the barony of Shillelagh, co. 
 Wicklow. 
 
 Achad Aeda, 336. 
 
 Achad Corcaige, 336. 
 
 Achad Fiacla, 225. 
 
 Aden, xxiv. 
 
 Agar, xxvi. 
 
 Ai, XXV. 
 
 Aidne, xxv, 303, 357, now the 
 
 diocese of Kilmacduagh, co. 
 
 Gal way. See Annals of 
 
 Ulster, A. D. 783. 
 Ail-Cluade,i5o, 'rock of Clyde,' 
 
 now Dumbarton. 
 Ailech na Rig, 159, now Gre- 
 
 nan-Ely, barony of Inishowen, 
 
 CO. Donegal. 
 Airceltra, xxvi. 
 
 Airgéill, gen. pi. Airgiall, 306, 
 in Ulster. See O'Donovan, 
 Top. Foe?ns, p. xix. 
 
 Airiud Bóinne, 333, 336 = Air- 
 iud Bainne, Martyr. Doftegal, 
 p. 188, 1. 8. 
 
 Airthir, 165, 193, now Oriors, 
 in the east of the co. of Ar- 
 magh, Adamnán's ' Anteri- 
 ores.' 
 
 Airthir Maige Cobai, 159, now 
 
 Armoy, co. Antrim. 
 Aithbe Bolg, xxxi. 
 Alba, xlii, 357, gen. Alban, 
 
 ' Scotland.' 
 All in Cleib, 287. 
 Altraige, 200, 350, near Tralee 
 
 in Kerry. 
 Altraige Berai randai, 349. 
 Altraige Caille, 247, 248, 348. 
 Arada Cliach, 320, now the 
 
 parish of Kilteely in the east 
 
 of Limerick. 
 Ard Abla, ' Height of the Ap- 
 
 pletrees,' 264, now Lisardow- 
 
 lin, near the town of Longford. 
 
 *^* The numbers refer to the pages, 
 
 Ardachad, 323, 324, now Ar- 
 
 dagh, CO. Longford. 
 Ard-Breccáin, 334, now Ard- 
 
 brackan in Meath. 
 Ard-chnoc, 241. 
 Ardmacha, 162, 166, 193, 298, 
 
 now Armagh. 
 Ard Mantain, 275. 
 Ard na n-Aingel, 213, 214. 
 Ard na Rigraide, 232, 239. 
 Ard nemid, 209, 210. 
 Ard Pátric (in the E. of Louth), 
 164. 
 
 Ard Relec, 225, 230. 
 Ard Sratha, 171, now Ardstraw, 
 
 CO. Tyrone. 
 Ard Tiprat, 275. 
 Ard Trea, 336, now Artrea in 
 
 Tyrone. 
 Armagh, see Ardmacha. 
 Áru, 257, 273, now Aran in the 
 
 Bay of Galway. 
 Asardai (Assyrians), 149. 
 Áth Fiacla, 162, mentioned also 
 in the Tripartite Life, p. 198. 
 Áth in Carpait, 237, a ford on 
 the Dael in Cenél Conaill, 
 Martyr. Donegal, 154. 
 
 Bal, 222. 
 
 Balla, 2 85, a village in the barony 
 
 of Clanmorris, co. Mayo. 
 Ballyshannon, 296 = Ess Aeda. 
 Belach Duin, 164, now Castle- 
 kieran, near Kells in Meath. 
 Belach Gabrain, 161, now Gow- 
 
 ran Pass, co. Kilkenny. 
 Belach Rátha, 159, now Bal- 
 lagh, near Malin Head, Inish- 
 owen. 
 
 Bennchor, xxii, 233, 282, now 
 Bangor, co. Down, on the 
 south side of Belfast Lough. 
 Benn Gulbain, 296, now Bin- 
 bulbin. 
 
 Benntraige, 219, now Bantry, 
 CO. Cork. Another Benntraige 
 in CO. Wexford. 
 
 Berba, 195, 238, now the river 
 
 Barrow. 
 Berramain, xxv. 
 Blasantia {Flacentia, Piacenza), 
 
 198. 332, 334- 
 Bóind, 2 25, now the river Boyne. 
 Boirenn, xxv, now Burren, co. 
 
 Clare. 
 Both Roichnig, 336. 
 Bourges, xxii. 
 Brandon Hill, 351. 
 Breg, gen. pi., 183, 191, 328, 
 
 the eastern part of co. Meath. 
 Breifne, xliii, now the counties 
 
 of Leitrim and Cavan. 
 Bretain, 150, 154, 178, 189, dat. 
 
 Bretnaib, 356, acc. Bretnu, 
 
 293,* Britons ' used for Britain. 
 Bri Ele, 322, now the hill of 
 
 Croghan in the N.E. of King's 
 
 County. 
 
 Bri Gobann, 235, 347, now 
 
 Brigowan. 
 Brosnacha Eli, 164, now Brosna 
 
 in King's County. 
 Bruig Broc, 336. 
 
 Caer Abrocc, 172, now York. 
 See Annals of the Four Mas- 
 ters, A.D. 938, where it is 
 written Cairabroc, the Irish 
 Nennius, p. 29, and Chron. 
 Scot., 271. 
 
 Caill an lubhair, 354. 
 
 Caill Lugmind, 336. 
 
 Cairpre, 336, the barony of 
 Carbury, co. Kildare. 
 
 Caisel, Caisel na Rig, xxxi, 
 162, 234, now Cashel, co. 
 Tipperary. 
 
 Caldea, 168, 169, 229. 
 
 Calgach, 286. 
 
 Carrac na nDruad, 216. 
 
 Cell Becáin, xv, now Kilbeggan 
 in the south of the co. West- 
 meath. 
 
 Cell Brige, 336. 
 
 Cell Chalaid, 336. 
 
INDEX OF PLACES AND TRIBES. 
 
 Cell Chulind,i6i, 336, now Old 
 
 Kilcullen in the co. Kildare. 
 Cell Corpaige, 336. 
 Cell Cromglaise, 244, in Mun- 
 
 ster, Martyr. Don., 100. 
 Cell Daindend, 336. 
 Cell Dara, 194, 197, 225, 332, 
 
 333. 335, now Kildare. 
 Cell Droma-lethain, 237. 
 Cell Elgraige, xxvii, Jifartyr. 
 
 Don., p. 346, 1. 3. 
 Cell Eochaille, 221. 
 Cell Fiacla, now Kilfeacle, co. 
 
 Tipperary. 
 Cell Garbáin, Martyr. Don., 
 
 86. 
 
 Cell Lasre, 192, 328, 329, 336, 
 
 now Killasher. 
 Cell Lusca, 336. 
 Cella Maige Uachtarcha 7 Ich- 
 
 tarcha, 336. 
 Cell manach Droichit, 206, now 
 
 Kilnamanagh in co. Kilkenny. 
 Cell Mór Arad Tire, 207. 
 Cell muine, 209, 222, in Britain, 
 
 now St. David's. 
 Cell Rignaige, 227. 
 Cell Scire, 176, 306, now Kil- 
 
 skeery, co. Meath. 
 Cell Siiird, 336. 
 Cell Uasailli,i6i, now Killossy, 
 
 barony of Naas, co. Kildare. 
 Cenannus, xxvii, 176, now Kells, 
 
 CO. Meath. 
 Cenel Conaill, 301, 303, 308, 
 
 356, in Tirconnell, now the 
 
 CO. of Donegal. 
 Cenél Cormaic, 336. 
 Cenel Echdach, 323, in the 
 
 barony of Loughinsholin, co. 
 
 Londonderry. 
 Cenel Fiacha[ch], 264, perhaps 
 
 Kinilea in Westmeath and 
 
 King's County. 
 Cenél Eiachrach, 267. 
 Cenél Lugdach, 303, in the 
 
 barony of Kilmacrenan, co. 
 
 Donegal. See Fotir MM. 
 
 A. D. 868, note c. 
 Cera, xxv, 285, now CaiTa, co. 
 
 Mayo. 
 
 Cianacht Glinne Geimin, 231, 
 now Keenaght, co. London- 
 derry. 
 
 Ciarraige, 242, 243, now Kerry. 
 Ciarraige Cuirchech, 243. 
 Ciarraige Cuirchi, 206, now 
 
 I Kerrycurrihy, a barony in 
 { the CO. Cork. 
 Ciarraige Irluachra, 264. 
 Ciarraige Luachra, 247, 349, 
 350, the northern part of co. 
 Kerry. 
 Citta Nuova, 309. 
 Clad Cuirre, 286. 
 Clann Fiachrach, 285, 307. 
 [ Clann Rudraigi, 342. 
 Clanna Conla, 307. 
 Clochar, 165, probably now 
 
 Clogher in Tyrone. 
 Clonfert, xiii. 
 
 Cluain Brónaig, 336,nowClon- 
 
 broney, co. Longford. 
 Cluain Corind, 336. 
 Cluain Corcaige, 330. 
 Cluain Deochra, now Clondara, 
 
 CO. Longford. See Four 
 
 Masters, A. D. 977, note m, 
 
 and Chron. Scot., 225, 370. 
 Cluain Draignige, 336. 
 Cluain Ech, 336. A Caeman of 
 
 Cluain Ech is mentioned in 
 
 Martyr. Don., 112. 
 Cluain Eidnech, 239, now Clo- 
 
 nenagh, in Queen's County. 
 Cluain Foda Fine, 344, in Fir 
 
 Tulach, Martyr. Don., 226. 
 Cluain-Ichtar, 276. 
 Cluain Infide, 219. 
 Cluain Laird (Eraird), 173, 
 
 174, 228, 296, 345,356, now 
 
 Clonard, co. Meath. 
 Cluain Irarrois, 239. 
 Cluain mór Fer n-Ardai, 176, 
 
 perhaps Clonmore in co. 
 
 Louth. 
 
 Cluain mac Nois, 177, 264, 268, 
 275, now Clonmacnois. 
 
 Cluain Mocscnea, 336, in Fir 
 Tulach. See Martyr. Don., 
 10, 228. 
 
 Cnoc Brenainn, 241, now Bran- 
 don Hill, Martyr. Don., 
 126. 
 
 Cnoc Samna, 239. 
 Cóiced maic Luchta, xxix. 
 Coire Breccáin, 198, 332. 
 Comar, xliii. There was a 
 
 Comar in Meath and another 
 
 (^now Castlecomer) in Ossory. 
 
 Comar tri n-uisce, nearWater- 
 
 ford. 
 
 Comar Cinn Slebe, 231. 
 i Composlella, xix. 
 
 3C 
 
 Conaille, 184, or Conaille Muir- 
 
 themne, co. Louth. 
 Conaire (Condire?), 159, now 
 
 Connor, a bishop's see in 
 
 the CO. Antrim. 
 Condal, a mountain, 224; dat. 
 
 Condail, 230. 
 Connacht, xxviii, 177, 184, now 
 
 Connaught. 
 Corann, xxv, 228, now the 
 
 barony of Corran. co. Sligo. 
 Corcach (mot Muman), 210, 
 
 now Cork. 
 Corco-Baiscinn, 201, 202, 203, 
 
 204, 275, now Corcovaskin, 
 
 in the CO. Clare. 
 Corco-Duibne, 349, now Corca- 
 
 guiny. StQ Martyr. Don., 96, 
 
 318, Topogr. Poems. Ixviii. 
 Corco-Láighdhe, 306, the S.W. 
 
 part of the co. Cork. 
 Corcomruadh, 205, now the 
 
 baronies of Corcomroe and 
 
 Burren in the N. \V. of the 
 
 CO. Clare. 
 Craig Phadraic, 316. 
 Crich Baiscinn, 216. 
 Crich Cualann,i56,* included in 
 
 the present co. of Wicklow,* 
 
 O'D. 
 
 Crich hua Ceinnselaig, 339. 
 Crich Luigne, 228, nowLeyny, 
 
 CO. Sligo. 
 Crich Moga Ruith, 232. 
 Crich Tuathail, xxxi. 
 Cross Sailech, 225. 
 Crot Cualachta, 286. 
 Crúachan Aigle, 263, 296. 
 Crúachu, xxv, of Mag Ai, 241, 
 
 in Roscommon. 
 Cúil Cnámrois, 241. 
 Cúil Conaire, 307, in Cera, co. 
 
 Mayo, Four MM. a.d. 544. 
 Cúil Dremne (Drebcne), xxviii, 
 
 in the barony of Carbury, co. 
 
 Sligo. 
 Cúil Feda, 241. 
 
 Cúil Fobair, 326, east of Lough 
 
 Corrib, co. Gal way. 
 Cúil Muilt, 235. 
 Currach Life, 117, 194, 329, 
 
 now the Curragh of Kildare. 
 
 Daire, Doire [pakwood of Cal- 
 gach), 174, 175, 317, acc. 
 Doiri, Duiri, 313, now Derry. 
 
378 
 
 INDEX OF PLACES AND TRIBES. 
 
 Dairinis (oak-island), 216, 
 opposite Inis Cathaigh. 
 
 Dairinis at Imliuch, 241. 
 
 Dairmag {oak-plain), 175, 283, 
 308, now Durrow, in King's 
 County. 
 
 Dal n-Araide, 153, 159, a region 
 in the east of Ulster, extend- 
 ing from Newry, co. Down, 
 to Slemish mountain, co. 
 Antrim. 
 
 Dál Buain, 282 ; see Martyr. 
 Don., 24, 60. 
 
 Dál Conchobair, 183, 199, 334. 
 
 Dál Messin corp, 336 ; Meisin 
 cuirb, Four MM., A.D. 952, 
 where O'Donovan says that 
 this tribe was seated in the 
 barony of Arklow and some 
 of the adjoining districts. 
 
 Dal Riata, 310, 314, now the 
 Rout in the north of co. An- 
 trim. 
 
 Damascus, 228, 229. 
 Dimbal, 222. 
 
 Dinn Righ, 238, near Leighlin 
 
 Bridge, co. Carlow. 
 Disert Brigte, 336. 
 Domnach Mór, 163. 
 Domnach mór Cineoil Duie(?), 
 
 201. 
 
 Domnach mór i toeb Cille dara, 
 330- 
 
 Druim Ceta, 309, 311, 312. 
 
 Druim Cliab, 178, 308, now 
 Drumcliff, co. Sligo. 
 
 Druim etir dá Loch, 227-228. 
 
 Druim Fiaid, 222. 
 
 Druim Fingein, xxix, now 
 Drumfineen, co. Waterford ; 
 Four Masters , a.m. 3501. 
 
 Druim Lethan, 237, not Drum- 
 lane, in CO. Cavan. 
 
 Druim Monach, 177. 
 
 Druim Mór, 164, now Dromore, 
 in the barony of Iveagh, co, 
 Down. 
 
 Druim Relgech,i65, now Drum- 
 rally. 
 
 Druim Sailech, 165, 'dorsum 
 salicum,' a ridge about seven 
 miles south of Roscrea. 
 
 Dubchomar, 236, in Crich Roiss, 
 Four Masters, A.D. 322, the 
 confluence of the Blackwater 
 and the Boyne. 
 
 Dubdaire, in Thomond, xvii. 
 
 Dún (leth-glaise), 162, 166, 317, 
 now Down, or Downpatrick. 
 Dim Clithair, xxv. 
 Dún Dubchomair, 236, 245. 
 Dim Eochairmaige, 239, 240. 
 Dún Mechair, 205. 
 
 Eba, XXV, perhaps Magh 
 n-Eabha, now Magherow 
 ( = Machaire Eabha), in the 
 barony of Carbery, co. Sligo. 
 
 Echtge, xxvi, 202, now Slieve 
 Aughty, a mountainous dis- 
 trict on the confines of Gal- 
 way and Clare. 
 
 Eigipt, 169, 283, Egypt. 
 
 Eiscir Branainn, 225. 
 
 Eli, 164 = File, Ely O'Carroll, 
 in the S. of King's County. 
 
 Emam, 309, now the Navan 
 fort, near Armagh, 
 
 Enach D[a]irmaige, 336, 
 
 Eoganacht Gabra, 211, now the 
 barony of Connello, co. 
 Limerick, 
 
 Eoganacht Locha Léin, 235, 
 in the S.E. of the co. Kerry. 
 
 Eoraip, 155, Europe. 
 
 Espan, 264, Spain. 
 
 Ess mac n-Eirc, 1 78, near Boyle, 
 CO. Roscommon, now Assylin, 
 i. e. Ess hiii Fhlpinn. 
 
 Ess Ruaid, 178, now Assaroe, 
 a cataract on the Erne, in 
 which (according to the Toch- 
 marc Emire) Aed Ruad was 
 drowned. 
 
 Etail, 155, Italy, 
 
 Etargabul, 336, lit. 'between 
 the fork.' O'Donovan, Four 
 MM., A.D. 788 (where the gen. 
 sg. Eatargabhla occurs) says 
 that there are several places 
 of this name in Ireland. 
 
 Ethne, 326, now the Inny river. 
 
 Fál, 159, a name for Ireland. 
 Fán na n-Ech, 216, 
 Fán Muilt, 234. 
 Férgort na Mogad, 233. 
 Ferna, 208, gen. Fernann, now 
 
 Ferns, co. Wexford. 
 Ferta (in Armagh), 165. 
 Ferta Fer Féicc, 156, 158, near 
 
 Slane, in Meath, ' beside Sid 
 
 Truim in the west,' Mart. 
 
 Don., 292. 
 
 FertaisTuama, 2 60, now Toome 
 Bridge, over the lower Bann, 
 CO. Antrim. 
 
 Fianann, 248, now the Fenet. 
 
 Fidarta, 266, now Fuerty, 
 barony of Athlone, co. Ros- 
 common. 
 
 Fid Mór, 159, now Veagh, in 
 the parish of Raymochy. 
 
 Findine, 163, 202. 
 
 Fine Gall, 330, now Fingal, the 
 part of the co. Dublin lying to 
 the north of the river Liffey. 
 
 Finnabair, 167, probably Fin- 
 dermore, in the barony of 
 Clogher, co. Tyrone. 
 
 Finntracht Cinn Magair, 242, 
 245- 
 
 Fir Airbido, 323. 
 
 Fir Breg, 193, 231, 235; see 
 Breg. 
 
 Fir Domnann, 285. 
 
 Fir Éirenn, 167, men of Ire- 
 land, 
 
 Fir Maige, 234, 242, 347, now 
 the barony of Fermoy, co. 
 Cork. 
 
 Fir Roiss, 160, 164, 193, 283, 
 in the south of co. Monaghan. 
 
 Fir Tethbae, 324, 325. 
 
 Fir Tulach, 189, 226; Fir Tel- 
 ech, 323, now Fartullagh, a 
 barony in the co. Westmeath. 
 
 Fobar, 298 ; Fobar Feichin, 
 283, Fore, in Westmeath. 
 
 Fochaillech, 345 ; see Mart, 
 Donegal, 196. 
 
 Fochlad, 155. 
 
 Fordruim, 336, now Fardrunx, 
 in Westmeath. 
 
 Fotharta Airbrech, 225, near 
 the hill of Bri File (now Cro- 
 ghan), in the north of King's 
 County; Four MM., a.m. 
 3529- 
 
 Fotharta mára, 336 ; see Mart. 
 
 Don., 1^4, 202. 
 Frainc, xx, xxii, 276, Franks, 
 
 France^ 
 
 Gabra, xliii, now Gowra, in co. 
 
 Meath. 
 Gael, 283 ; see Góidil. 
 Gailinnse xviii, Galicia. 
 Girar, 330. 
 
 Glais Nóiden, 174, now Glas- 
 nevin, near Dublin. 
 
INDEX OF PLACES AND TRIBES. 
 
 379 
 
 Glasraige, 264. 
 
 Glenn dá locha, xvi, now Glen- 
 dalough, CO. Wicklow. 
 
 Glenn Geimin, 231, now Glen- 
 given, CO. Londonderry. 
 
 Góidil, 155, the Irish. 
 
 Gortan, 172. 
 
 Gort clainne Neill, 243. 
 
 Gort na Liac, 233. 
 
 Goths, xxii. 
 
 Grenan Ely, 296. 
 
 Heriu, XXV, Héri, 357, gen. Hé- 
 renn, anglicised lirin. The h 
 in Heriu i^fiom Iverió), as in 
 Hi (from lova) and in húi 
 (from avii), seems to repre- 
 sent a V which has undergone 
 metathesis. 
 
 Hi, 3 10, 317; Hi Coluim Chille 
 {lozia), 178, 179, now lona. 
 
 Húi Bresail, 336, afterwards 
 called Clanbrassil, in the 
 counties of Armagh and 
 Down. 
 
 Húi Briuin Cualann, 197, 332, 
 in the greater part of the 
 barony of Rathdown, co. 
 Dublin, and some of the 
 north of the co. Wicklow. 
 
 Húi Cairbri, 243-244, probably 
 = Húi Cairbri Aebhdha, in 
 the present barony of Coshma, 
 CO. Limerick. 
 
 Ih'ii Caissin, 241, the present 
 deanery of Ogashin, in the 
 east of CO. Clare. 
 
 Húi Cennselaig, 161, 208, 237, 
 in CO. Wexford. 
 
 Hi'u Culduib, 331. 
 
 Húi Degad Móir, xvi, perhaps 
 = the Húi Deaghaidh in the 
 present barony of Gorey, co. 
 Wexford. 
 
 Húi Desa, 202. 
 
 Húi Dobarchon, xvii ; see Mé- 
 hcsine, t. iv. 
 
 Húi Echach, 210. There were 
 at least four tribes so called, 
 one in Down, one in Armagh, 
 one in the S.W. of Cork, and 
 one in Waterford. 
 
 Húi Failgi, 161, 185, 267, 322, 
 3.^0) 331 > the present barony 
 of Ophaley, co, Kildare, and 
 parts of King's and Queen's 
 counties. 
 
 Húi Fi[d]geinte, 162, 201, 202, 
 211, 214, 217, in the south , 
 of CO. Limerick. 
 
 Húi Garrchon, 160, 161, now 1 
 the parishes of Glenealy, ; 
 Killaird, and Rathnew, in I 
 the CO. Wicklow. 
 
 Húi Liathain, 209, in the 1 
 present barony of Barrymore, 
 CO. Cork. 
 
 Hiii Luigdech, 282, now Ileagh, 
 in the barony of Eliogarty, 
 CO. Tippcrary. 
 
 Hvii Maic Tail, 218. 
 
 Húi Maic Uais, 183, 192. One 
 tribe of this name was in 
 East Meath (barony of Moy- 
 fenrath), another in West 
 Meath (barony of Moygoish). 
 
 Húi Maine Connacht, xvi, the 
 third part of Connaught 
 bounded on the south by the 
 river Grean in the co. Clare. 
 
 Hiii Meith Tire, 160, in the 
 barony and county of Mona- 
 ghan. 
 
 Húi Néill, 'nepotes Nialli,' 
 xxviii, 154, 167, 194, 235, 
 236, 264, 322, in Meath, 
 which was divided among 
 the sons of Niall of the Nine 
 Hostages and possessed by 
 their descendants till the 
 English invasion ; Four MM. 
 A. M. 3510, note a. 
 
 Húi Sétna, 213, 
 
 Húi Toirdelbaig, 241. The 
 territory of the tribe was 
 bounded on the S., S.W., and 
 E. by the Shannon, on the N. 
 by the Conghaile, on the W\ 
 by Glcnomra. 
 
 Húi Tuirtri, 160, on the Bann, 
 in the baronies of Upper and 
 Lower Toome, co. Antrim. 
 
 larmumu, 163, West Munster. 
 larusalem, 175, Jerusalem. 
 Imliuch Ibair, 232, 233, now j 
 
 Emly in co. Tipperary. 
 Imliuch na Lega, 336. 
 Imliuch Már, 336, now perhaps 
 
 Emlaghmore, barony of Bally- 
 
 moe, CO. Roscommon. 
 Inber Colplhi, 158, the mouth 
 
 of the Boyne. 
 
 Inber Dé, 156, the mouth of the 
 Vartry river, co, Wicklow. 
 
 Inber Domnann, 1 56, now 
 Malahide river. 
 
 Inber na mBarc, 156 ; see Four 
 MM., A.D. 836, note b. 
 
 Inber Slainge, 156. 
 
 Inis Amalgaid, 287. 
 
 Inis Angin, 275, now Inchin- 
 neen, or Hare Island, in 
 Lough Ree, co. Westmeath. 
 
 Inis BÓ finde, 315, now Boffin 
 Island, CO. Mayo, or Inish 
 bofin in Lough Ree, co.West- 
 meath. 
 
 Inis Caerach Céoil, 212, now 
 Mutton Island, co, Clare, 
 
 Inis Cara, 209, 210, 211, 
 
 Inis Cathaig, 163, 203, 213, 
 214, 216, 217, 273, 274, 337, 
 now Scattery Island, in the 
 Shannon, co. Clare. 
 
 Inis Celtra, xv, 303, now Inish 
 calthra, or Holy Island, in 
 Lough Derg, co, Galway. 
 
 Inis Clothrann, 219, now Inch- 
 cleraun, or Quaker's Island, 
 in Lough Ree, co. Longford, 
 
 Inis Coirthe, 208, 339, seems 
 the present Enniscorthy, but 
 the Irish name of this is Inis 
 corthadh according to the 
 Four Masters, A.D, 1460, 
 
 Inis Connla, 213, in Crich Ua 
 Sedna in Munster, Martyr. 
 Donegal, 260, 
 
 Inis Crone, 336. 
 
 Inis Luinge, 211. 
 
 Inis mac n-Eirc, 230. 
 
 Inishmurray, 358, co. Sligo. 
 
 Inis mór in Irrus Deiscert, 211, 
 212. 
 
 Inis Pátric, 1 56, now Patrick's is- 
 land , near Skerries, co. Dublin. 
 
 Inis Tuaiscirt, 211. 
 
 Insi Mod, 172, the Clew Bay 
 Islands, co. Mayo, Four MM., 
 A.D. 1079, 1248. 
 
 Inverness, 316, in Irish Inbhcr 
 Nis. 
 
 isel Ciaráin, 264, 274, lit. S. 
 Ciardn's low land, the name 
 of a church at Clonmacnois, 
 King's CO., Four MM., A.D. 
 1031. 
 
 Irrus, 205, 206, now Erris, co. 
 Mayo. 
 
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 INDEX OF PLACES AND TRIBES. 
 
 Irrus Deisceirt, 211. 
 Istria, 309. 
 ludaidi, 150, Jews. 
 
 Laigin, 160, 161, 186, 187, 188, 
 
 193, 224, 229. Leinstermen. 
 Lathairn Maige Muilt, 264, 
 
 perhaps Lame, co. Antrim. 
 Lathairn Molt, 356. 
 Lecc na n-Aingel, 213 = Lecc 
 
 inna n-Aingel, Trip. Life, 
 
 p. 236. 
 Lecc in Pupaill, 228. 
 Lecc Pátraic, 162, now the 
 
 townland of Cashel, near 
 
 Ballyshannon. 
 Leighlin, x, in Irish Lethghletin, 
 
 CO. Carlow. 
 Les Cluaine, 355. 
 Les mór, 359, probably Lismore, 
 
 CO. Waterford. 
 Letha, 209 = Letavia, Armorica, 
 
 339- 
 
 Leth Cuinn, 222, the northern 
 half of Ireland. 
 
 Leth Moga (Nuadat), 222, 243, 
 the southern half of Ireland. 
 
 Lethráith (dat. sg.), 336, now 
 Lara or Abbeylara, co. Long- 
 ford. 
 
 Llydau, 339. 
 
 Loch Andind, 336, now Lough 
 Ennell in Westmeath. 
 
 Loch Cenn, 244. A Loch Cend 
 is mentioned by the Four 
 MM., A.D. 853; butO'Don- 
 ovan says this is a mistake 
 for Loch Cendin. Hennessy, 
 Chron. Scot., 392, says that a 
 Loch Ceann formerly existed 
 to the north of Knockany, co. 
 Limerick. 
 
 Loch Cime, 284, 286, now 
 Lough Hackett, co. Galway. 
 
 Loch Cuan, 294, now Strang- 
 ford Lough. 
 
 Loch in Ais, 197. 
 
 Loch Laphain, 193. 
 
 Loch Lebinn, 283, now Lough 
 Leane in Westmeath. 
 
 Loch Léin (Linnfiaclaich), 235, 
 now the lakes of Killarney in 
 Kerry. 
 
 Loch Lemnachta, 332. 
 
 Loch Lir, xvii. This was one 
 of the ancient names for Car- 
 
 lingford Lough ; but the 
 Loch Lir mentioned in p. xvii 
 must have been in Thomond. 
 Loch RÍ (or Ribh), 232 ; an 
 expansion of the upper Shan- 
 non. 
 
 Loch Silenn, 243, 244, now 
 Lough Sheelin, on the bor- 
 ders of the counties of Cavan, 
 Longford, and Meath. 
 
 Locha Eirne, 268, now Lough 
 Erne, in Fermanagh. 
 
 Lochlannaig, xxxii. 
 
 Lothra, 227 ; now Lorrha in co. 
 Tipperary. 
 
 Lua, 209 ; the territory of Mus- 
 craige Húi Fhloinn, in the 
 barony of Muskerry. 
 
 Luachair, 163, now Slieve- 
 Logher, a mountain-range 
 dividingLimerick from Kerry. 
 
 Lugmad, 164, 171, now Louth. 
 
 Luigni. See Crich Luigne. 
 
 Luimnech, 163, 200, 202, 230, 
 the ancient name of the 
 lower Shannon. 
 
 Lumbardaig, xxii, the Lom- 
 bards. 
 
 Macha, 164, 165, Armagh. 
 Maen, 177, now Moone in the 
 
 CO. Kildare. 
 Maenmag, xxv, now Moinmoy, 
 
 a territory in the co. Galway. 
 Mag Ái, 252, 265, 266, a plain 
 
 in the CO. Roscommon. 
 Mag Bile, 173, now Movilla, 
 
 CO. Down. 
 Mag Breg, xxiv, 156, 158, the 
 
 tract extending from Dublin 
 
 to Dundalk and the Fews 
 
 mountains. 
 Mag Coel, 330. 
 Mag Fenamna, 320. 
 Mag Glas, 222, now Moyglas 
 
 in the CO. Roscommon. 
 Mag-inis, 167, now Lecale, co. 
 
 Down. 
 
 Mag Lacha, 204, 205, in the 
 barony of Kells, co. Kil- 
 kenny. 
 
 Mag Lainne, 235. 
 
 Mag Lemna, 192, now the 
 Closach, a level district in 
 Tyrone. 
 
 Mag Lifi (Liphi), 186, 197, 319, 
 the plain of the Liffey, in 
 
 cos. Kildare, Wicklow, and 
 
 Dublin. 
 Mag Maethla, 286. 
 Mag Maistertha, 234, 237. 
 Mag Molt, 264. 
 Mag Raigne, 162 ; in the barony 
 
 of Kells, CO. Kilkenny. 
 Mag Trega, 336, now Moytra, 
 
 in the CO. Longford. 
 Mainistir (Buiti), v, vii, 176, 
 
 308, now Monasterboice, co. 
 
 Louth. 
 Martarthech, 162. 
 Mide, xliii, 189, now Meath. 
 Móin Faichnig, 322, now 
 
 Boughna Bog in Offaly. 
 Món, 286. 
 
 Monasterboice ; see Mainistir. 
 Muad, 286, 287, the Moy, a 
 
 river flowing into the bay of 
 
 Killala, in Connaught. 
 Mucram, gen. Mucruma, xxv. 
 Mugdoirn, 231, now the barony 
 
 of Cremorne, co. Monaghan. 
 Mugna Sulcain, 225. 
 Muiresc, xxv, now Murrisk, co. 
 
 Sligo. 
 
 Muir n-Icht, 155, 334, the Ictian 
 sea. 
 
 Mullach Feis, 213. 
 
 Mullach side, 296, now Mul- 
 
 laghshee, co. Donegal. 
 Mumu, xxxii, 162, 164, 184, 
 
 now Munster. 
 Mungairit, 163, now Mun- 
 
 grett, S.W. of Limerick. 
 Muscraige Breogain, 162, in 
 
 the barony of Clanwilliam, 
 
 CO. Tipperary. 
 Muscraige Mitaine, xxxi, in the 
 
 barony of West Muskerry, 
 
 CO. Cork. 
 Muscraige Tire, 163, now the 
 
 baronies of Upper and Lower 
 
 Ormond, co. Tipperary. 
 
 Nás, 160, now Naas, co. Kil- 
 dare. 
 
 Nemptor, Nemhtor, 150, 151, 
 154» 155» seems to have 
 been an old name for Dum- 
 barton. 
 
 Ninnus, 202 ; Ninus, 360. 
 
 Noendruim, 294, now Mahee 
 Island. 
 
 Óchtar maige Fochaillech, 215. 
 
INDEX OF PLACES AND TRIBES. 
 
 381 
 
 Óchtar Sceith, 218. 
 
 Odba, 285, 286, the ancient 
 
 name of a mound near Navan, 
 
 CO. Meath, Chron. Scot., 402. 
 Oilén Rosa Cre, xix. 
 Ollarba, xliii, now the Lame 
 
 Water, co. Antrim. 
 Osraige, 161, 206, 225, 310, 
 
 314, anglicised Ossory, in 
 
 Queen's County. 
 
 Plea, 334. 
 
 Port in Sosceoil, 275. 
 
 Ráith Both, 175, now Ra- 
 phoe, CO. Donegal. 
 
 Ráith Cremthainn in Mag Ái, 
 265, 266, 356. 
 
 Ráith Dáiri, 165. 
 
 Ráith Derthaige, 331, and Mar- 
 tyr. Don., 80. 
 
 Ráith Gaisni, 326. 
 
 Ráith Húa Cuile, 232, 
 
 Ráilh Inbir, 160, now Wicklow. 
 
 Raithen, xvi, now Rahan, 
 King's County. 
 
 Raithliu, 210, 211. 
 
 Rechru, 177, now Lambay 
 Island, CO. Dublin. 
 
 Róm, xix, 155, 175, 208, 224, 
 229; Róm Letha, 199. 
 
 Ross Cuire, 222. 
 
 Ross Dairbrech, 285. 
 
 Ross Findchuill, 226. 
 
 Ross larnglais, 336. 
 
 Ross Maic Ceit, 336. 
 
 Ross Maithgin, 183. 
 
 Ross Tiprat, 300. 
 
 Sabull Pátric, 157, now Saul, 
 
 CO. Down. 
 Saigir, 277, 358, nowSeirkieran, 
 
 King's County. 
 Saracens, xxii. 
 
 Saxain, 178, 223, 224, Saxons, 
 England. 
 
 Seir, a river, 327. 
 
 Sid Aeda, 159, 171, now Mul- 
 laghshee, a little to the north 
 of Ballyshannon ; so called 
 from Aed Ruad, who was 
 drowned in Ess Ruaid, and 
 whose body was then taken 
 into the sld there. See the 
 Tochmarc Entire. 
 
 Sid Buidb, XXX. 
 
 Sid Cruachan, xxx. 
 
 Sid Findachain, xxxi. 
 
 SÍ1 Conaire, xxxi. 
 
 SÍ1 Mael Ruain, xxviii ; the 
 tribe name of the O'Flynns 
 in CO. Roscommon. 
 
 SÍ1 Muiredaig, 287 ; the O'Co- 
 nors of Mag n-Ai, descendants 
 of Muiredach Muillethan, 
 king of Connaught. 
 
 Sinann {Shamion), 174; imon 
 Sinaind, 357. 
 
 Sinna (gen. sg.), the river * Shan- 
 non,' 219, 275. Cogn. with 
 Skr. sindhti, the Indus. 
 
 Sláine, 208, 339, now the 
 river Slaney. 
 
 Slebte, 161, now Slctty, in 
 Queen's County. 
 
 Slcmuin, xxvi, now Slewen or 
 Slane in the par. of Dysart, 
 Westmeath. 
 
 Sliab Bethad, 296, now Slieve 
 Beagh in Ulster. 
 
 Sliab Condala, 225, 
 
 Sliab Crott, xxv, now Slieve 
 Grud, CO. Tipperary. 
 
 Sliab Cua, 237, 238, 242, 296, 
 Knockmeldown, co. Water- 
 ford. 
 
 Sliab Fuait, 193 ; the Fews 
 mountain, near Newtown 
 Hamilton, co. Armagh. 
 
 Sliab Hermoin, 155, Mount 
 Hermon. 
 
 Sliab Sion, 166, Mount Zion. 
 
 Sliab Slanga, 160, now Slieve 
 Donard, co. Down. 
 
 Sogan na Maine, 284, in the 
 N.E. of CO. Galway. 
 
 Sord, 177, gen. Siiirdd, 328, 
 now Swords, co. Dublin. 
 
 Spolitana, uibs, 300, note i. 
 
 Sruth na n-Éces, 238. 
 
 St. Paul's Kloster, xvi. 
 
 Tailtiu, 191, 326, now Tel- 
 town, CO. Meath. 
 
 Tara, 360 ; see Temair. 
 
 Tarbga, xxv. 
 
 Tartairi, xxiii. 
 
 Tchuvashes, 295. 
 
 Tech Curchaissi, 336. 
 
 Tech Lúta, 336, and Martyr. 
 Don., pp. 124, 202. 
 
 Tech maic in tsanr, 264, 
 
 Tech maic Odráin, 326. 
 
 Tech Maile Achaid, 336. 
 
 Tech Mo-laga, nowTimoleague, 
 CO. Cork, 348. 
 
 Tech Moling, xvi, now St. 
 
 Mullin's, CO. Carlow, 
 Tech Telle, 283, now Tehelly, 
 
 near Durrow, King's County. 
 Telach Dubglaise, 301 ; Alar- 
 
 tyr. Don., 1 60. 
 Telach Fuinechda, 336, 
 Telach na n-Epscop, 197, 332. 
 Telcha Mide, 188. 
 Temair, xv, xxiv, 156, now 
 
 Tara in Meath. 
 Tethba, 189, 190, 232, 324, 
 
 325, a territory in the present 
 
 counties of Longford and 
 
 Meath. 
 
 Timoleague Abbey ; see Tech 
 
 Molaga. 
 Tipra Fainnéin, 228. 
 Tipra Libirn, 212. 
 Tir Conaill, 167, 174, Tir- 
 
 connell. 
 
 Tir dá Glas, 298, now Terryglas, 
 
 io Lower Ormond. 
 Tir Enda, 173, 'the land of 
 
 Enda,' sixth son of Conall 
 
 Gulban, in the barony of 
 
 Raphoe, co. Donegal. 
 Tir Eogain, 159, now Tyrone. 
 Tir Lugdach, 301, in the barony 
 
 of Kilmacrenan, co. Donegal. 
 Tir Tarngeri, 353, 354. 
 Tir na Gabra, 265. 
 Torach, 178, now Tory Island, 
 
 offtheN.W. coast of Donegal. 
 Torinis, 155. 175, 208, 222, 
 
 305, now Tours. 
 Tracht Eothuille, 286, now 
 
 Trawhohelly, a strand near 
 
 Ballysadare, co. Sligo. 
 Tracht Findi, 336. 
 Tracht Termoinn, 204. 
 Tricha cét na soillse, 167. 
 Tuaim dá Gualann, 251, now 
 
 Tuam, CO. Galway. 
 Tuaim n-Aba, 210. 
 Tuaim NéiU, 336. 
 Tuath-mumu, 163, North Mun- 
 
 ster, anglicised Thomond, 
 
 Uisnech, xxx, now Usnagh Hill, 
 
 in Westmeath. 
 Ulaid,xxvii, 158, 167, 229,282, 
 
 342, the eastern part of the 
 
 CO. Down. 
 Umall, xxv, now the Owles, co. 
 
 Mayo. 
 
 Urmarc Letha, 153, Armorica, 
 Britanny. 
 
INDEX OF FIRST 
 
 LINES. 
 
 Abbas almus amabilis, 352. 
 A bhen, taisig do macán, 12. 
 A Bhicc an, innisi dhamh, 28. 
 A Bhicc indissiu damsa, 306. 
 A Chaisil, is dimbrig soin, 
 xxxi. 
 
 A Chiaráin, a cridhecan, 125. 
 
 A chubuis con, 314. 
 
 A Laighne, nom-lenaidh, 3047. 
 
 A mo ruire-sea, 38. 
 
 A rath a n-Hi gan cairi, 317. 
 
 Aeinis Senán tes ind ailen Arda 
 
 Neimidh, 63. 
 Aingil i ndealbhaibh ógh find, 
 
 lOI. 
 
 Alleluia Domine, 121. 
 Amhra ócbhudh bái i n-Hí, 30. 
 Amhra ócláech téit uann siar, 
 126. 
 
 Ard reileac na n-aingeal n-án, 
 104. 
 
 As doilghi leam iná in t-ecc, 
 135. 
 
 Atbér cofír foirglidhi, 130. 
 
 Bachlach 'san piirt, 31. 
 Bendacht for a ndaltuibh, 140. 
 Bennacht Dé for Mumain, 16. 
 Bidh Balla ainm in bhaili, 141. 
 Bliadan ar trichait gan acht, 
 
 Braonfind a ainm-sium artús, 
 
 lOI. 
 
 Bráth, ni becc a bresim, xviii. 
 Brenuinn breo betha buadhaig, 
 103. 
 
 Brigit bé bithmaith, 52. 
 
 Caeca for cet comlana, 122. 
 Carais Brenaiun buanchrabudh, 
 107. 
 
 Cédáin luid ludas tar ord, 316. 
 Cert gach righ coréil, xxix. 
 Cia dodechaid Colum cain, 
 311. 
 
 Ciarsa isiul robadh ard, 129. 
 Cléirigh filet forar lár, 28. 
 
 Clere fila for a lár, 306. 
 Cormac cain, buich neoit, 312. 
 Cris Mobhi, 26, 304. 
 Custodiantur regimina, 118, 
 355- 
 
 Dá Fhinnén, dá Cholum caidh, 
 123. 
 
 Darerca mu máthair-si, 119. 
 Dia do betha, a Brenainn sunn, 
 113. 
 
 Dia mbad mheisi budh ri réil, 
 xxix. 
 
 Doro at cenn do shéna, 68. 
 
 Eisséirghe Pátraic a nDún, 14. 
 
 Fa dírech o chinn go bonn, 97. 
 Fásaidh ferg don righain de, 
 312. 
 
 Fidchell Crimthuinn Niad Nair, 
 317- 
 
 Fil súil nglais, 310. 
 Foghar gotha Brenainn bhinn, 
 102. 
 
 Gignid (geinfid) macán dia fine, 
 
 10, 23. ^ 
 Gignid macán 'san tir thiar, 56, 
 Gle nolaighedh isin gainem, 
 
 316. 
 
 Hi CO n-ilar a martra, 317. 
 
 Indsaighfidh gala, 84, 
 Inmacan dotoet atuaidh, 15. 
 Is aire caraim Dairi, 27. 
 
 Laithe n-aen occ ionghaire, 
 355. 
 
 Macán Eithne toebfota, 23. 
 Macán gignither atuaid, 23. 
 Mac beruir do Fe[d]limid, 23. 
 Mithig damsa toirired, xviii. 
 Mobhi a ainm-sium artús, 100. 
 
 Mochta craibdech credal, 16. 
 Mu bennacht for na tuatha, ii. 
 Muimnigh dia nom-sáruighet, 
 14. 
 
 Muir n-ard n-áinbthech seoch a 
 taeb, 67. 
 
 Na tri coecat, 316. 
 NÍ ro, 55.^ 
 
 Ni téd anégen anaisgidh, xxxi. 
 Nochu cill acht fuath cilli, 
 xxvii. 
 
 Nónbur sin sil Conaire, xxxi. 
 
 Oc Ciarán roléghastar, 356. 
 Oc Finnén roléghastar, 124. 
 Ocht n-aeric na ndualach, xviii. 
 O Clud Cuiri Calgaigh cruaidh, 
 142. 
 
 01c bith arumptá, xxvi. 
 
 Quantum Christe O apostolum, 
 355- 
 
 Rodháil Clúain, 126. 
 Roíc gabair ^nghusa, 119. 
 Roshirset síl Muiredaig, 143. 
 Ross nDairbhrech cathair Mu- 
 chua, 141. 
 
 Seacht catha ro-cuiressa, 98. 
 Sé trichait bliadne co mblaidh, 
 345- 
 
 Silledh for aghaidh mBrenainn, 
 102. 
 
 Soer tri cóecca, 29. 
 
 Teamuir teach i mbui mac 
 
 Cuinn, xxxi. 
 Ticfat táilchinn tar muir meir- 
 
 cenn, 9. 
 Tir trea tholl, 317. 
 Toirrsi nocha maith in modh, 
 
 xxix. 
 
 Tri longa seolais in saoi, 106. 
 Tri muilt corcra, suairc in tréd, 
 
 lOI. 
 
INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 *^* The bare Arabic numbers refer to the lines of the Irish Text ; the Arabic numbers with 
 p. prefixed, to the pages of the Notes ; the Roman numbers to the pages of the Preface. 
 Words found in Prof. Windisch's Worterbuch have, as a rule, been omitted. 
 
 abac, s. m. dwarf, gen. abuic, BB. 35T b 50, now- 
 written abhaic, as in the proverb dhd dtrian 
 abhaic a bhod, pi. gen. 3776. See quotation 
 under hichrtipan. Another abac, cogn. with 
 W. afangc, 'Castor, fiber, Anglice a bever' 
 (Davies), seems to be in the gloss abacc .1. bee 
 abse, ar is a n-aibnib bit (for it is in rivers they 
 are), H. 2. 16, col. 88. 
 
 acht, gan acht 4747. Acht is glossed by gnim, 
 *deed' (Lat. acHwi), corp, ' body' and cottnia- 
 hairt, 'doubt.' And O'Donovan in his Sup- 
 plement explains it by 'condition,' 'stipu- 
 lation ' (J-.VLÍ. pactum ?). In the c\iQ\i\\e gan acht 
 it seems to mean * doubt.' 
 
 acnabad, a ration, customary portion of food, sg. 
 dat. acnaviatiji) 157. Compound: fri com- 
 acnabad{g\. contra consuetudinem), .Sg. 143 as, 
 do cho?nacnubud, Ml. 21 a ii hjtan chomacnti- 
 bud. Ml. 96 a 8. Acnaniacht also occurs in 
 Corm. Tr. 16. 
 
 ac-seo, p. 308, 1. 14, lo this ! ac-sin 4201 lo that ! 
 ac-sút, ac-súd 1305 lo yon ! 
 
 ad-águr 1572, / dread. Cf. attágar techt hi 
 cruaich cruind, Trip. Life, 1 14, 1. 26. 
 
 adám dét, my two teeth, ^^^"j. Soadliám brathair 
 is mo ben, my tzvo brothers and my wife, Lism. 
 124b, 2. 
 
 adart, pillow, i^-^^, 4457, 4493, but in 1948, 
 
 water-mark. See P. O'C. 
 adbar, matei-ial, cause, sg. gen. adhbhair 4350, 
 
 pi. n. adbara, LL. 218 b. 
 ad-eitig 3943, aidhéidig 3626, abominable = z.\ú\i- 
 
 edidh .1. granda, ugly, deformed, P. O'C. See 
 
 éitigh 2216. 
 
 *ad-regim, I arise, the orthotonic form of éirgim, 
 s-fut. sg. 2, adreis, thoti wilt ai'ise, 2660. 
 
 ad-rimim, / number, the orth. form of dirmiu : 
 with infixed pron. da, act. pres. sg. 3 atai-rimi, 
 imperat. sg. 2 atai-7'im, p. 319, 1. 19. 
 
 ad-rocuir 4036, for adrochair,y^// doivn. 
 
 ad-uathaigim : act. pret. sg. 3, ro-aduathaig 4870, 
 
 a denominative from adhuath, ho7-ror, detesta- 
 tion, P. O'C, whence aduathmar, horrible. 
 
 adusce 4378, seems a scribal error for ind usci. 
 
 aem for faem : ni ro aem in ri fair 376. 
 
 aesach 3404 aged, a deriv. of aes, ' age,' whence 
 also aosaghadh, grooving old, P. O'C. 
 
 agasta, awful, 4454, a sistcr-form,aigesta : cf. mi! 
 . . . CO n deilb adhuathmair is grannu 7 is 
 aigestu {or anmannaib in betha, Rawl. B. 502, 
 fo. 46 b, 2. 
 
 aibit, habit, xxii. 
 
 aibsigim 3883, cognate with taibsigim and aib- 
 seóir, a braggard, an ostentator, P. O'C. 
 
 aicciupt, aicipl, a lesson, accipt, O'Don. Supp. sg. 
 gen. aicipta 4049, aicciupta 4319, tech n-aic- 
 cepla, Mer. Uilix 143. This word (also aic- 
 ciucht) must come irom'Low'LaX.maccepturiufn : 
 in meum accepturium .1. meam lectionem, my 
 lesson, Bodl. 572, fo. 47 b. And see Ducange, 
 s. v. Acceptorius (maior acceptorio duarum 
 septimanarum). 
 
 aided gona 465, death by slaying; Trip. 250, I. 
 3, aided for oided ; gona, gen. sg. oi guin. 
 
 aiged-bdn 3791, white-faced. Also in Mer. 
 Uilix 52. 
 
 aigen 4275, gen. aighin, p. 302, 1. 28, a brass 
 
 kettle or pot, a copper boiler or caldron, P. O'C. 
 
 But on p. 302 it means an iron pot. PI. dat. 
 
 in aignib (gl. in patellis), Ascoli, Gloss, xliii. 
 áigidecht, 194, 253, 1442, 1713, 1716, aoighidh- 
 
 echt 2 ^c^, guesting, deriv. of oigi, a guest, gen. 
 
 óiged. 
 
 áil 2035, to entreat, .1. iarraidh. O'Cl. 
 *áilgidim, / desire, act. pres. ind. pi. 3 áilgidit, 
 
 3746. Seems cognate with ailgius 2389, 
 
 3312, ailges, craving, request.' 
 aim-reide, literally unsmoothness, but in 2473 in- 
 
 disposition, disorder. A deriv. of amreid. 
 aim-riar, disobedience, sg. acc. aimhreir 1859. 
 
 Hence aimriarach, Four Masters, a.d. 1601. 
 aimrit ( = an + brit?), barren, 4649, 4787, aimrid 
 
3^4 
 
 INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 .1. tease, P. O'C, pi. n. dogniter na ferunda 
 
 condat ambrite, LB., 38 b 32. Hence 
 aimrite, barrenness^ 4^49? aimride (.1.) seisce, 
 
 P. O'C, sg. dat. ambriti, p. 335, 1. 33. 
 ainechrus 2073, eiiechrus 2077, seems to mean 
 
 safeguard. 
 
 ainséis 4549, zmwisdom ? Wb. I4d 28 ; %é\s,path, 
 way, O'Don, Supp. ; gen. seasa, O'Dav. s. v. 
 Felmac. 
 
 aipthigim, / ripen, pass. pret. sg. 3, ro-aipthi- 
 
 ghedh, a denom. of apaid, rz))^. 
 2arh&, fence, 4109, airbe druad, xxxviii = erbe d. 
 
 Ann. Ulster A. D. 560. 
 a.ÍT-hÍB.tha.d, feeding, refection, mix. 1. 22, and Wb. 
 
 29 b 18, ar-donbiatha,y^^i/j- viii. 1. 28, arbi- 
 
 athim nutrio. 
 airchill 1849, airchill or oirchill, a reserve or 
 
 keeping', amh-airchill, in reserve or keep for me, 
 
 P. O'C. airchill .1. coimhéad, O'R. 
 airchinnech in muilinn 4169, the headman of the 
 
 mill. 
 
 air-digbad 3862 (ms. airdhidhbhadh), lessening? 
 
 airdigbhann, it lessens, O'Don. Supp. 
 airec, a finding, 2741, airec menman, invention, 
 
 conception, lit. mental finding, xxiv. 
 airechtas, -us 1877, assemblage, meetitig, sg. gen. 
 
 airechtais 1457, dat. oirechtus 1451. 
 airer, pi. -a 2519. airear .1. sasadh, satiety, fos 
 
 \_moreover\ \i\z.^,food, victuals, P. O'C. 
 airichthe 2363, for airighthe, felt, noticed, per- 
 ceived, P. O'C., part. pret. pass, of airigim, 
 
 whence ro airigset 4198. 
 airigech, p. 324, 1. 24, a scribe's mistake for airi- 
 
 dech ' poculum, cratera' =aredeg, p. 325, 1. 4. 
 airilliud 1309, \'^2^, property ? coro-loisced sum 
 
 conauli árilliud, LB. 26 b 29. In p. 30,1. ■^o,air- 
 
 liud is perhaps a scribe's mistake for airilliud. 
 airle, counsel, acc. to P. O'C, will, consent, sg. 
 
 acc. 184. 
 
 airleba, p. 321, 1. 26, for airslébe, hillside^ gen. 
 
 airslébi, LL. 243 b 15. 
 airles 2926, enclosure. 
 airmed bracha 2921, a measure of malt. 
 airne, a sloe, pi. n. arne, p. 326, 1. 13. 
 airr ter, mane ? forelock ? 2 2 1 7 , iar n-airrter 2221. 
 Sihenndze, furzy 3798, a deriv. oi aitenn, furze = 
 
 W. eithin. 
 aith-beoaigim, I resuscitate, requicken. 
 aithim, I revenge, 2dy b- fut. act. sg. 3. aithfed, 
 
 p. 310, 1. 36. A denom. from aithe (gl. talio). 
 aithinne 2907, a firebrand or coal of fire, P. O'C. 
 
 athinne, aithinne (,gl. torris, gl. fax), G. C.^ 
 
 aithisigim, I abuse, affront, disgrace, reproach, act. 
 pret. sg. ro aithisigh, 4717. aithisigid, LB. 
 229 a. The verbal noun aithisigud Wb. 28 a 9, 
 aithisiugud, LB. 167 a 13. 
 
 aithiusc, answer, 2281, 2977, but in 308 declara- 
 tion ; aithiusc mbreithre 404 seems to mean 
 proverb. 
 
 aitte 3665, for aitti buildings, structures. 
 
 alad, p. 315, 1. -iy, piebald, 2164, 2324, 
 
 all, n. cliff, a stem in s, sg. gen. aille, dat. all 
 
 2164, better aill, as in LL. 115 b. 
 allmar, adj. 2 114, 2128, meaning obscure. 
 aXlmaxsLch, foreigner, pi. allmaraig 3137, allmuir 
 
 .1. fri muir anall, H. 2. 16, col. 89. 
 aWma.! da., foreign, 3128. 
 
 alt 4834, a steep, height, cliff, P. O'C, suide coin 
 in ailt, Brocc. h. i. 
 
 amar, as, when, 2490. From immar. 
 
 amfann, very weak, acc. pi. acc. amhfanna 4890. 
 
 amm éicne, time of need, 3273. 
 
 ammo, 0 my I p. 321, 1. it 
 
 an-abuidh, unripe, immature, 3072. 
 
 an-airchius \^<^2 , unselfishness? unseemliness? the 
 anoirches, gen. anoirchessa, of LB. 197 a 63, 
 617 b 7. Cognate with the adj. of which the 
 compar. occurs in LL. 53 b 6, ni hairchisi th'o- 
 par, or si, andá opor in lochta as a cuit seo. 
 
 anbail, very great, O'D. ; vast, huge, P. O'C But 
 cohanbhfail 1485 must mean something like 
 * quickly.' 
 
 ancaire, anchor, 3777, 3780, angcaire 3782. 
 
 anfabrachta, consumptive, 1440, 1444, 1468. 
 Cognate with anfobracht, Corm., P. O'C's an- 
 forbhracht, a wasting or consuming of the flesh. 
 
 anfabrachtaide, consumptive, 4851. 
 
 anforlann 4822, anforlond, overwhelming force, 
 LL. 222a, O'Don. Four MM., a.d. i 2 25 (p. 2 24). 
 
 anforrach (?) 4239. 
 
 an-forus 4894, the opposite of forus = P. O'C's 
 
 foras, sedateness. 
 an-forusta 1 556, the opposite of forusta = P. O'C's 
 
 forasta, sedate. 
 angbuid 2216. fierce, ruthless. Trip. Life, 48 2,1. 2. 
 anm-chairdine, soul-friendship, spiritual direc^ 
 
 tion, 145, 3880. A deriv. of the nt-stem anam- 
 
 chara, whence also 
 anm-chairdius, soul-friendship, spiritual direc" 
 
 tion, sg. gen. -a, 2035, sg. dat. 2480. 
 anm-choimet(anim + co\met)i S)2'^,soul-protection. 
 anmforlunn 4822, oppression. Seems a scribe's 
 
 mistake for ammforlunn = immforlann. 
 annóit, a parent church ? O'Don., Supp. sg. 
 
 gen. trian annóite 4531, p. 358, 1. 6. This 
 
 word is written andoit, BB. 266 b 35, andoóit^ 
 
 Book of Armagh, 18 a 2. 
 annsa, dear, compar. annsa, dearer, 2992. Hence 
 
 annsacht, affection, P. O'C 
 antacad 1603. Perhaps an error for andagud? 
 an-testa 4537. Cf. ainteist, * a person not qualified 
 
 to sufficient attestation,' O'Don. Supp. ; ain- 
 
 teastach, not to be credited? P. O'C. 
 
INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 3^5 
 
 apdhaine 2049, apdaine 2531, 2884, aipdine for 
 abbdaine, abbacy, 2048. 
 
 apstanait, abstinence, 2455, 4900. 
 
 arafiad 2180, Colgan, Acta Sanctt. 534, renders is 
 arafiad duitsi by ' est in tua manu isti necessi- 
 tati succurrere.' Similar phrases occur in \Vb. 
 4 a3 (is farafie duib), 11 d 5 (barafie duib), 
 25 c 9 (is ara fie dúnn), and in Palat. 68, 
 fo. 4 a (isarafia dom, gl. numquid manducabo 
 carnem ?). 
 
 arái-de 862, 4689, for all that, nevertheless, 
 howbeit. 
 
 araidecht, charioteering, 426, a deriv. of ara, 
 
 gen. arad, a charioteer. 
 arán, loaf, pi. dat. aránaibh, 3599 ; arán eoma, 
 
 barley bread, 2734; a. cruithnechta, loheaten 
 
 bread, 2735. 
 
 ard, high, compounded in ard-dingna 324, ard- 
 eclais 3958, ard-ecniud 735, ard-esbul, chief 
 apostle, 33, ard-guth 3425, ard-nóeb 735, ard- 
 menmach xxxii. ard-rath, high grace, 4721 , ard- 
 sollomun, high festival, 323, ard-sollamain xix. 
 
 arm-glan, having bright weapons , 4816. 
 
 arose mbréithre, a proverb, 4083 = aithiusc brei- 
 thre, supra. Cf. ba ár[o]sc insin la aithrea (gl. 
 benedictio domini super vos de institutione 
 patria) Ml. I36a5; and see Cormac's Glos- 
 sary, s.v. Inrosc. 
 
 arra, payment, tribute, gen. arrad 2088. 
 
 as, jnilk, .1. bainne, O'C, sg. gen. ais 1687. Cf. 
 Old-Lat. assir, 'blood' (?). 
 
 2iS-so,f7-om this, p. 307, 1. 6. 
 
 astrolaice xw, astrology Q), astroluigheacht, O'R. 
 
 at, a tujHor, p. 327, 1. 23, att bronn, O'Cl. s.v. 
 comaille, att 7 onfisi, LB. 142 b45. 
 
 ataire, in the cheville ro ataire, 2108. 
 
 atar-le 795, 799, it seemed to her, atar-lemsa 1628, 
 it seemed to me, atar (= ad-dar?) cogn. with 
 indar (?). 
 
 at-damim, / confess, I admit, atdamam pennait 
 forainn 2166. The end. form is attaim. 
 
 ath-chuingid, p. 358, 1. 10, re-asking, requesting 
 = athchunchid, LB. 248 b. 
 
 athlam 3796, i. ésgaidh, O'Cl. nimble, active : 
 better, perhaps, athlom. 
 
 ath-nuidigim, I rc7ic7v, act. imper. sg. 2, 2569. 
 
 at-naigim, I give, s-pret. pi. 3, atnaigset 86. 
 
 atóibim, I am connected with, leth atóibe, a con- 
 nected passage (literally * side that adheres ') 
 17-18, 1124. 
 
 au-dercc, red-eared, p. 319, 1. 9; pi. nom. f. 
 óiderga. 
 
 bá, good, ba linn 187^. 
 bacaim, I hinder : nir bacad dibh 3208. 
 bachall, f. tonsure, sg. acc. 1955. 'Cid airmm- 
 bertar lib ? ' ol Fiac. ' Dubthach do bachaill,' 
 
 ol seat, Trip. Life, p. 190, 1. 4 ; do bachdill .1. 
 
 do berradh, H. 3. 16, col. 526. 
 bac-lam xxvi, mancus, sg. dat. baclaim, Laws, i. 
 
 124; acc. fem. baclaim, p. 328. 
 bágaim fri, I quarrel with, baghaidh 2095. 
 báid, love, 3020, baid bráthairsi 3277. 
 h^ú, place, 778, a by- form oi baile. 
 bairnech, angry, viii, 1. 23, 3534 = báimeach .1. 
 
 feargach, O'Cl. from bara, anger, gen. barann, 
 
 in Wind. 
 
 bal, white, bright (?), 2523, <pa\ós' Aeu/fós, 
 
 Hesych., Skr. bhahite. 
 ban = 7^7, in compounds : ban-airchinnech, 
 
 prioress, 1436 ; ban-altrann 3014, ban-altram, 
 
 feviale fostering or mtrsing, P. O'C. ; ban- 
 
 gaisgedach, <7///ac(7«, heroine, 4S31 and p. 360; 
 
 ban-taircetlaid, prophetess, 1 704 ; bantairsi 
 
 1201, midwivcs, is perhaps a corruption of 
 
 bantairismidi. 
 básugud, to put to death, 2167 and LB. 6 b and 
 
 189 b = básaghadh, P. O'C; verbal noun of 
 
 básaigim, LL. 171 a 12. 
 bee (MS. beg, rhyming with tred, i.e. trét) 3377, 
 
 may be a scribal error for bréc. 
 bechtaim, / certify, assure, cindus rom-beclit 
 
 inso (?), p. 327, 1. 3, lit. how has this assured 
 
 itself? 
 
 beicim, I roar, shout, s-pret. pi. 3, robéicset 3108; 
 
 The * béicthi ' quoted by Windisch under 
 
 béccim is a mistake for léicthi. 
 bélre, bérla, bunaid, language of origin, 2538. 
 bendchopur in derthaige, the conical cap of the 
 
 oratory, p. 335, 1. 12. 
 beogolach 3647, seems a scribe's mistake for 
 
 boegalach, dangerous, but may be a compound 
 
 of boo, alive, and golach, wailftl. 
 beoil, meat-juice, p. 302, 1. 19. 
 bert, a robe worti by kings or bishops, bert espaic 
 
 uime, Lism. 66 a. 2. dat. sg. beirt 1610. 
 bét, mischief, hurt, p. 324, 1. 24. 
 bethamnus, livelihood, 1491, food, provisions, 
 
 O'Don. Supp. 
 bethugud, feeding, nourishing, 1S62 = P. O'C.'s 
 
 beathaghadh. 
 biait, the Beatitude, acc. biait p. 323, 1. 25, pi. 
 
 acc. biate p. 323, 1. 23. 
 biast-cat, monster-cat, 3797. 
 
 biathaim, / feed, act. pres. ind. pi. 3, biathait 
 2914, pret. sg. 3, inti rot-biath sib, LB. 162 a. 
 
 bile chuill 2387, a sacred tree of hazel. 
 
 bisech, increase, profit, 3013. 
 
 bith, in compounds, ever : bith-aitreb 3872, 3908 ; 
 bith-beo, ever-living, 880; bith-blicht 3131 ; 
 bith-bren 3641 ; bith-brón 3638 ; bith-buadach 
 2462 ; bith-ciamar 3641; bith-dilse 2365, 4177 ; 
 bith-dorcha 3641 ; bith-fognam4i77 ; bith-fota 
 3642 ; bith-garb 3641 ; bith-múichnech 364« 5 
 
 3D 
 
386 
 
 INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 bith-nua xvii ; bith-sálach 3641 ; bith-scíth 
 
 3848 ; bith-uar 3641. 
 blaedad 3640 = blaodhadh, shouting, bawling, 
 
 hooting, P. O'C. W. bloeddio. 
 blaisecht (from mlaisecht) xxiii, tasting. 
 bláith (from mláith) 2743, smooth, gentle. 
 blath (leg. bláth?) seems in p. 319, 1. 5 to mean 
 
 colour. So in the compound blaith-édach, 
 
 Lism. 117 a 2. 
 \Az.\\i-rcAn, flo'wer-S7nooth, 3857, 
 blede 4419 = bledhe, gen. bleidheadh, a gold or 
 
 silver cup, goblet or chalice, P. O'C. From 
 
 AS. bledu, patera, phiala. 
 bleithech (from *mleithech) T980, 1982 = ble- 
 
 theach, a kilncast, what is ground at once in a 
 
 mill, P. O'C, deriv. of bleith, infin. of melim, 
 bloingech, Sidj./at{7), pi. n. bloingecha 4561 = 
 
 P. O'C.'s blonacach, from blonac,yi?/,W. bloneg, 
 
 or O'R.'s blainiceach, from blainic. 
 bo cennaithe, a heriot (?) cow 4531 = bo chendaith 
 
 p. 358, 1. 6. 
 bóban, 4471. 
 
 bochna, sea, p. 349, whence tarbhóchnach, trans- 
 marine, O'B. 
 
 boimm do arán, a bit of bread, 2734. 
 
 boithine, xi, 11. 8-9, htct, is, like bothán, a dimin, 
 of both = Lit. butas. 
 
 boladmar, odorous, 3857, deriv. of bolad. 
 
 bolg arba, a sack of corn, 4162. 
 
 borrfad, a swelling i^), 1456. In 3042 it is = 
 P. O'C.'s borrfadh, violence, rashness, fierce- 
 ness. 
 
 braissech, praissech, gen. braisce, acc. braissig, 
 p. 302, 11, 5, 9, 16, 18, 20, ( I) cabbage, (2) pot- 
 tage. Like W. bresych, from Lat. brassica. 
 
 braithbeimm, a mighty stroke, pi. n. braithbeim- 
 enna 3120. Cf. P. O'C's braithbheartach .1. 
 morbhuilneach, appertaining to weighty blows 
 or strokes, braithbheartach .\.mórbhriathrach, 
 * loud-spoken.' 
 
 bras, quick, acc. sg. f. brais 2 121. 
 
 bráthairse, brotherhood, 3277 ; báidh brathairsi, 
 fraternal affection, MR. 186. 
 
 brecc-sroll, speckled satin, sg. dat. 3078. 
 
 breit (breid) ciartha, cerecloth, p. 310, 1. 19. 
 
 bréntatu, rottenness, sg. dat. bréntataidh, 4872, 
 
 bresim, breisim .1. gáir, H. 3. 18, p. 51b, shout, 
 uproar, xviii. 
 
 brethem coitcenn, arbitrator, 2532. 
 
 bretnas, the British language, Welsh, sg. dat. 
 bretnais 2538. 
 
 brogaire, pi. gen. 4585, the name of some 
 plant. 
 
 broin F., 3230, a large company, O'R. 
 
 *broth, gen. bruith, p. 305, 1. 6. This corresponds 
 
 with the brait ofLH. gen. of brat, mantle. 
 
 Hence broihrach, brothrachdn. 
 
 brú in tellaigh, edge of the hearth, p. 314, 1. 12. 
 
 brugh 1964, .1. baile, P. O'C. 
 
 bruth, gen. brotha, a mass, 189, .1. caor, the mass, 
 lump, cast or charge of glowing metal in the 
 forge or furnace ; also a wedge or piece of 
 metal redhot from the forge, claidheamh seacht 
 mbruth .1. seacht gcaor, * a sword of seven heats 
 or refinements,' P. O'C. 
 
 buaball, buffalo, corn buabaill, * a bugle horn,' 
 pi. gen. 3128. 
 
 buaile, the boss of a shield, xxxiv. 
 
 búan-chrabud, constant devotion, 361 1. 
 
 búidh 2743, grateful, thankful, dutiful, pious, 
 P. O'C. O. Ir. bóid or bdid rather means 
 * fond.' 
 
 búirim, / roar, bellow, s-pret. pi. 3, robhúirset 
 3107. The verbal noun is búiriud, Saltair na 
 Rann 877, whence búredach, LU. 91 a 3. 
 
 bunad-chenél, original kin, sg. gen. -eoil 31 71, 
 -iuil 3173. 
 
 cacha-n, whatsoever, 1308. 
 
 caer coraxzxz, focus, 737. Cf. cummalem, ol Medb, 
 
 acht na robat isin cháir chomraic itaat, LU. 
 
 57 a 7, in choer cómraic, LB. 108 b 20. 
 caibden (= co + buiden ?), a troop, company, 
 
 195 1, caibhdean, coibhdean .1. buidhean, 
 
 P. O'C. 
 
 caiche p. 322, 1. 37, %vhol coichet, whose are? 
 
 LU. 104 b. 
 caidhi, who ? 3224. 
 cailches, a twist if), pi. gen. xxx. 
 cáin in maige 2895, the tribute of the field (?). 
 cáin-chrabud HZ^.fair piety. 
 caindelbra, candlestick, 2001, 2004, from Lat. 
 
 candelabrtun. 
 caire F., a host, 3586 = Goth, harjis. 
 cairpthech, charioteer, dual nom. 2281, from a 
 
 stem carpeto. 
 caitin, dimin. of cat, a cat, viii, 1. 9. 
 cannadas 12 13, from Lat. pannus (?), seems some 
 
 sort of covering for the head, 
 caplait 1362, Maundy Thursday, from capil- 
 
 latio, * capillorum evulsio,' Du Cange, clerics 
 
 having, apparently, been tonsured on that day. 
 
 Cf. Goth, kapilldn, i Cor. xi. 6. 
 cara, armus, the shoulder of an animal, 2092, 
 
 2093, the leg, ham, or thigh, P. O'C, who 
 
 cites cara muice, a ham of bacon ('a gammon 
 
 of bacon,' O'B.), sg. acc. caraid. 
 casair, chasuble (?), 3972. 
 cassáit for cossóit, complaint, 1276. 
 cath-búadaige, victoriousness in battle, 1548, 
 
 deriv. of cath-búadach. 
 cath-réim, battle-career, 3954, caithrém, triumph, 
 
 military sway, P. O'C. 
 cat-phiast, cat-monster, 3802. 
 
INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 387 
 
 céimm conalbais 3069. 
 
 ceithem, a band of troops, sg. dat. 4053. 
 
 celtchair dichlethe 2828, celtair talman xxx. 
 
 celtar comga, LU. 79 b 20. P. O'C.'s cealtair, 
 
 •a mask, hood, vizard, or disguise.' He cites ! 
 
 cealtair draoidheachta, *a magic disguise,' and ' 
 
 refers to dichealtair, 
 cenél, cinél, bunaid, original kin, 46, 42. 
 cenn seta 2044, 2323. Cf. dochuaid i cenn in 
 
 chetna chaiptill, Goidil. loi, o dochotar . . . i 
 
 cenn taispenta ind immuin, ib. 
 cennacht, headship, 2330 = cendact, LB. 4b. 
 Cenn-cathach.iZ na/iieforFinnchua scrozier, ^lo^,. 
 cenn-ger, sharp-headed, 3663. 
 cenn-lá, lit. supper day, dia dardáin cennla 1437, 
 
 Maundy Thursday. 
 cennus, cendus, headship, p. 308, 1. 37. 
 ceolan, a bell, p. 311, 1. 1 1, deriv. oi ceol, * music' 
 cercall, hoop, pi. n. cercalla 2824, dat. circlaib, 
 
 LL. 218 b, from circulus, 
 ces, sorrow, gan ces 4781. See O'Cl. 
 ces-lom, bare . . . (?), 4560. 
 cesnaigim, complain, act. pret. sg. 3, 2694. P.O'C. 
 
 gives the verbal noun as ceasnaghadh, whence 
 
 the adj. ceasnaightheach. This cesnaigim seems 
 
 cogn. with Lat. queror questus, as another 
 
 cesnaigim, I question, is with quaero quaes tio. 
 cétach 4775. See O'Don., Four MM., A. D. 
 
 1225 (p. 219) note, brugaid cedach. 
 cetaigim, / permit, act. pret. sg. 3, roceduigh 
 
 2023, and see 2891, 3199, 3451, denom. from 
 
 cet, ced, permission, 2337, 2404, 2444. 
 cethar-dúil, the four elements, 4622. 
 cethar-raen, crossroads, 6},^. 
 cex 2487, for cesc — cest, cq%\. = quaestio. P.O'C. 
 
 has cease .1. fiafraighid, ceascadh, a questioning 
 
 or enquiring. 
 ciabor 3367, a viist, haze. P. O'C. has ciabair 
 
 ciamhair, misty, and the dimin. ciabhrán, a 
 
 light fog, mist, haze, drizzle. 
 ciall, sense, reasoti, ben do cheill 707. 
 cillecan 778, dimin. of cell, churchy from Lat. 
 
 cella. Cf. crideccan and daireccan. Reeves' 
 
 Columba, 288. 
 cingt-id,y?/?/! day before the ides, 740. 
 cippe ■y^ioi, palisade, deriv. of cepp = Lat. cippus. 
 cir-chorcra xxx, bright purple. Cf. cir-dub. 
 clár cíartha, a waxen tablet, 3698 {clár=-K\rjpos). 
 cléirchecht, clericatus, priesthood, 3059. 
 cleithescc 2117, meaning obscure, 
 clethe 3932, upper part, roof, gen. sg. gol cecha 
 
 clethi, Saltair na Rann 3939, clethe cenn, ib. 
 
 5871. 
 
 clethmor 4764, having princes or heroes, from 
 cleth f. (gl. tignum), P. O'C.'s death, a pole, 
 wattle or staffs metaphorically applied to princes 
 and heroes. 
 
 cliabán 4010, cradle. P. O'C. has cliabhán éun, 
 
 a cage or bird-crib, dimin. of cliab * corbis.* 
 cliathan eite xiv, lit. breast of a wing. 
 cloccach, clogach, p. 311, 1. 13, having bells. 
 cXoichén., pebble^ xxxix, dimin. of cloch, stone. 
 clupait p. 310, 1. 14, and Lism. 167 b i, for 
 
 culpait, and so in Lism. 167 b i, hood (?). W. 
 
 cwfl, or perhaps from colobion, dalmatic, 
 clusal = clausula, pi. dat. clusalaib 3629, 3789, 
 
 clausulis (?) amal bid hualailiu chlausul adbch- 
 
 lostu (,gl. uelut in clausula pompatica), Ml. 
 
 4od 17, whence it would appear to have been 
 
 masc. or neut. But in LB. 223 b 38, the acc. 
 
 sg. clusail shews that it was fern, 
 cnáim, / gnaw, fret, corrode, act. b-fut. sg. 3, 
 
 no-chnaife 2184. rocnai dáil achoiss, Trip. 
 
 a 242. P. O'C. gives the verbal noun as 
 
 cnághadh. 
 
 cnám-gobach 3652, hone-beaked, bone-snouted ; 
 
 cnáira, bone, cogn. with Kv-qurj. 
 cnes-chóil 4750, thin-skinned. 
 coad cnó 754, a mess {dish ?) of nuts, cuadh .1. 
 
 biadh, P. O'C. ; or is coadh borrowed from 
 
 KvaOos (?). 
 
 cobach, tribute, p. 313, 1. 33; cobhach .1. cios, 
 O'Cl. 
 
 codnach, lord, 3207 ; gen. codhnaigh, Mart. Don. 
 122; codhnach, a lord, ruler, governor ; a 
 guardian, patron, protector, P. O'C, who gives 
 also the deriv. abstract codhnachas, and the 
 verbal noim codhnaghadh. 
 
 cóelach 572 =caolach, the roof wattling of a 
 house under the thatch ; caolach slat ; cro 
 caelaigh, p. 310, 1. 9, a prison, crib, or cage 
 for malefactors, P. O'C. 
 
 cóem, dear, fair : comp. cc3em-chethra,yá/;- cattle, 
 pi. dat. 4557 ; cóem-ch\ú, fair fame, 4729. 
 
 coemthecht, travelling along with one, compa- 
 nionship, attendance, 266 ; coimthecht, \Vb. 
 i6d 2. 
 
 cóemthechtaid, fellow-traveller, companion^ at- 
 tendant, pi. n. -i 234, dat. ib. LB. 73 a 9. 
 
 coibdelach, >('/;«wa«, 1922, 1925, gl. consobrinus. 
 
 coibge 662 (where the MS. has coibdhe), pro- 
 perly context (con-fige), but in 662 text. 
 
 coicce 4537, seems the pi. nom. of coic .1. run, 
 secret. Conn. 
 
 coicill, a sparing, saving, o,o^S =coigil and coi- 
 gilt, P. O'C. Verbal noun of coiclim ; conar' 
 choicled nech a máthair no[a] athair, Saltair 
 na Rann 4141 ; coicles (gl. parcit\ LB. 38 a ; 
 rocoiclestar .1. roairlestar. O'Dav. no. 
 
 coillide, sylvan ; mil choillide, ivild honey, 206. 
 
 coim, gebid in mac fo a c. 2025, 2027, 2393, 
 2396, 4318. P. O'C. has under ri?;;/, 'waist,' 
 fa choim, 'private'; a gcoim na hoidhche, 
 folach fa choim, 'concealment.' Cf. do chlaideb 
 
 3 D 2 
 
388 
 
 INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 fot choim, LU. 75b; calg det fo a choim, LU. 
 68 a 
 
 coim-lepaid, a Joint bed, 2517. 
 
 coimmite 4671, ^'j'^d, attendants Q), comitesi^). 
 P. O'C. has coimhide, ' a train or retinue, 
 waiters or attendants,' with aspirated m. 
 
 coir chrábaid, arrangement (lit. justice) of de- 
 votion, 3613. The gen. seems corach (cong- 
 bala corach for in popul, LB. 160 a). 
 
 coisceim (= cos + céim) a footstep, 1200, 4899, 
 pi. n. tri cosschéimenn, Mer. Uilix, 61,67. 
 
 ^o\\.ztxúx, convent {T), 1580, 2352. This word pro- 
 perly means communis, koivos, but here seems 
 equivalent to coenobium, koiv60iov. 
 
 collaidecht, carnality, 717, sg. gen. collai- 
 dechta, LB. 164 a, deriv. of collnide, and this 
 from colinn. 
 
 com, the waist or iniddle, the breast or trunk 
 
 of the body. P. O'C. See coim. 
 com .1. coimhed, covering, protection, p. 328, 
 
 1. 35. The dat. sg. cóju (hi com airgit gil) 
 
 occurs in LB. 233 b. 
 coTi\2i,gift, bribe, subsidy, 3037, 3038, in chóma, 
 
 LU. 68 a, sg. gen. comhadh, P. O'C. 
 comaigthe, foreign, 733, seems a corruption of 
 
 co77iaithche. Cf. comaigtech (gl. alienigena). 
 comaigthes 2898 seems to be a corruption of 
 
 comaithces, foreignness, and then unfriendli- 
 ness, unneighbourliness . 
 com-áirmim, / reckon, pass. pret. sg. 3, rom- 
 
 comhairmeadh-sa, 1583. 
 poni-aittreb, co-dwelling, LB. 39 b, sg. dat. 
 
 comaitriubh 2202, but comaitreib, LU. 33 a. 
 cpm-cluiche, xx. playing together. 
 com-dál, a meeting, assembly, convention, 2309, 
 
 gen. -a 2601, So the simplex dál, gen. ddla. 
 com-dlúthta, equally closed, co?npressed, 3041. 
 comlud, im comhlud na desherce, 3923, fri comlud 
 
 a cath 7 a comlund, LB. 123 b 29. The cor- 
 responding word in LB. 66 b 11, is coxáus. 
 commarbae 4539, meaning obscure, 
 comna = com?nunio, 1868, 2489, 4529, 4532, 
 
 gen. comnae 4471, dat. comna p. 358, 1. 2. 
 comnacal, needments (?), 1899, 1905, 1908, p. 338, 
 
 necessaries for dwelling in a place, Beatha 
 
 Sheanáin, p. 10, P. O'C. 
 comramach 4210, trophied. 
 com-réid, equally sjnooth or level, 3606. 
 com-rithim,/rw?2 together, rocoimhrithsat, 4846. 
 
 coimrith, a running together, P. O'C. 
 com-sined, a stretching-out, continuation, but in 
 
 xxii a contention. 
 com-sód, conversion, 232, sg. gen. comshóthi, 
 
 LB. 249 a. 
 
 com-throm, equally heavy, even, 3605. Hence 
 the abstract nom. com-thrumma, Saltair na 
 Rann 5760. 
 
 condailbe p. 303, 1. 1-2 ; connailbhe 3276, love, 
 
 friendship, O'R. 
 condeirc, 4365, affection (J). B. has^(? deseirc, and 
 
 condeirc seems a scribe's error, 
 confad 3799, 'confadh, rage, fury, madness, 
 
 voraciousness, rapacity, greedy appetite. CÚ 
 
 confadh, a ?nad dog ; éun confaid, a vulture, 
 
 raven, or other bird of prey ; confadh na fairrge, 
 
 the raging of the sea^ P. O'C. 
 congain cridi, grief of heart, 280, 1464. O. Ir. 
 
 conguin chridi, Ml. 32 c. 11, sg. gen. congaine, 
 
 LB. 168 a. 
 
 congna, horn, antler, pi. dat. congnaib, 4137, 
 4139- 
 
 copán, cup, sg. gen. copain, 2736, dat. as in 
 chopan-sa, LB. 163 b 38, pi. dat. coppánaib, 
 LL. 243 b, copanaib, LB. 233 b. 
 
 cor 3 3 78 J in the cheville ba caom cor, state (?), 
 ttirn (?). 
 
 coraid, sinners, 2200. So in Fel. Prol. 66 ; deriv. 
 of coir, sin. 
 
 corónaigim, I tonsure, pass. pret. sg. 3, 2631. 
 corpán, p. 317, 1. 6, and LB. 84, dimin. of corp, 
 body, 
 
 corr, pi. corra, 3662, epithet for a h\\\, pointed (^). 
 corr-clérech, p. 311, 1. 29. 
 corrsuide, corrsuighe, p. 312, 1. i and note, 
 cortan, behuren, beschlafen, p. 327, 1. 6. Cf. Lat. 
 scortum (?). 
 
 craesachad, eating gluttonously, 2737, crcLes, 
 gluttony, craessach, gluttonous, LB. 67 a, but 
 crois cupedia, Wb. 9d. 
 
 craithim, / shake, for croithim : pret. sg. 3, ro- 
 craith, 2212; ru-s-craith in pelait uile, 'the 
 whole palace was shaken' (lit. shook itself), 
 LB. 7 b. 
 
 crann suaite, a mixing- stick, p. 302, 1. 18. 
 crannda, wooden, 3730. 
 crannoc, a goblet, gen. pi. p. 307, 1. 30. 
 crapaim, / shrink y contract, act. pret. sg. 3. 
 
 rocrap 1433. 
 crebar, a leech, pi. creabair, 3652; creabhar, 
 
 creadhar, a woodcock, also a leech and a kind 
 
 of fly called a bloodsucker, P. O'C. 
 crech, host, army ; pi. n. creaca, 3656, a scribal 
 
 error for creacha, pi. of creach, .1. sluagh, O'Cl. 
 
 Hence crechach 2130. 
 criata, earthen, clayey, 2184, deriv. oicrS, ' clay,* 
 
 gen. criad = W. pridd. 
 cridechair, cordial, familiar , viii. 1. 7. 
 cridicán, heartlet, 4204 = cridecan, SP. iii. 4. 
 crolige, agony (?), 3123 = crolighe, croli, Laws, iii, 
 
 p. 472, 11. 8, 9, 13, 17, p. 474, 11. 5, 7, 9._ 
 crosán, 3736, 3748, and p. 352, a mimic, jester, 
 
 buffoon, or scoffer ; a lewd, obscene, ribaldrous 
 
 rhymer, W. croesan, P. O'C. 
 cruad-lomm, hard-bare, 3792. 
 
INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 389 
 
 crumach,/«// of 'Worms or reptiles, pi. crumacha, 
 
 deriv. of cruim = W. pryf, 3663. 
 crumther 2705, 2710, from prebiter, Low-Lat. 
 
 form of presbyter. 
 cuarta 2872, 3060, 3127, 3 151, a due (received 
 
 on a circuit or visitation), cuairt (?) p. 314, 
 
 1. 5. ; 
 
 cuchtair 4426, kitchen, biathadh mis ... on 
 chuchtair, Book of Rights, 36 ; cuchtar (gl, 
 caupona), Sg. 63 a, 
 
 cuclaige 2326, stumbling i^'). In LB. 130 b the 
 word seems to mean the oscillation or upsettittg 
 caused by the stumbling of beasts of draught : 
 boi tra in áircc testemain for cuclaige moir 
 oca tabairt do Jerusalem, carpait hi cuclaigi, 
 LU. 91b, and the verbal rachuclaigetar a cri- 
 deda, LL. 176 b. Cf. the reduplicated pret. in 
 Saltairna Rann 7765 : Ro-chichlaig cech duil, 
 'every creature shook' (not 'wailed,' as er- 
 roneously rendered in the preface and glossary). 
 
 cucnecht, cooking, p. 320, 1. 29 = cuiccnecht, LB. 
 49 a. 
 
 cudnod 4542, to obey promptly (?) = cudhnódh .1. 
 
 deneas no defir, haste, speed, hurry, readiness, 
 
 willingness, promptitude, P. O'C., who cites 
 
 an chreach do chudhnódh na ngiall, inas deach 
 
 do thriath na dtuath. 
 cuibhdi 4058, compar. of cubaid, becoming. 
 cuile, cule, storeroom, p. 321, cuile fmda, gl. 
 
 uinaria cella, Sg. 35 a, 12 : dat. sg. culid, p. 
 
 321, 1. 17. cuiloe (gl. culina\ Sg. 51 b. 
 cuimce, narrotvness = cumhga, 3660, sg. acc. 
 
 cuimhgi. 
 
 cuitechtna, companies, congregations, acc. pi. 
 1528. P. O'C. gives the nora. sg. as cuideacht 
 and cuideachtain. A fern, ia- stem cuitechta 
 occurs in Mer. Uilix. 
 
 cumaim, / form, shape, devise, cumait, cumaid, 
 461 1, rochum 4625 ; pret. part. pass, do hiurn 
 glas ro-chummad cathbarr, ' of blue iron a 
 helmet was formed,' Salt, na Rann 5767 ; verbal 
 noun : do chum p. 302, 1. 4. 
 
 cumngaim, / am able, 608, 1412, 153 1, the en- 
 clitic form of conicim, pret. sg. 3 nar-chum- 
 aing 229 b. 
 
 cumrae, sweet, ami cumrae p. 326, 1. 13 ; bolad 
 
 craeb cumhra, Lism. 1 18 a i. 
 cumtaigim, / build, pass. pres. sg. 3, cumh- 
 
 duighter 2467. 
 c^xm^};\2^\^x%, cotnradeship , 1567. Qi. fcr cumtha, 
 
 ben chumtha. 
 cumthar, is bestowed, 3060, cognate with coma, 
 
 gift. 
 
 cúnnach (Brussels MS. caónnach), moss, 2402 = 
 the Highland cóinneach, and cognate with 
 coenna nucis (gl. nauci quoque quod putamen 
 nucis significat). 
 
 dag-éraic p. 319, 1. 16, a good eric or mulct. 
 daidche p. 350, at night = d'aidche, as dadaig 
 d'adaig. 
 
 dáilim, / agree to meet, pret. sg. 3 rodháil = 
 dalistar, O'Don. Supp., 4237. 
 
 dalbh, 773, .1. draóidheacht, P. O'C. ; but this 
 meaning does not suit here. 
 
 dám duilech, a greedy party, 271 1. ddm =« 
 hanos, drjixos. lience 
 
 dámach 43S8, multitudinous (7). 
 
 damgaire xxxvi, 3108, a herd of stags, where 
 -gaire seems cognate with 0-70^0, grcx, and 
 Skr. gnhna. The origin of the place-name 
 Druim Damgaire is thus given in the Book of 
 Lismore, fo. 129b 2 : Dodechatar da«£» úixaig 
 in choicidh ar deisib/ ar triaruibh fijrcnocaibh 
 7 ior tulchuibh impuibh dia hhiegad, 7 atbert 
 each re chele dhibh atát daimh dileann 7 
 cliathbez-nadha cét inníu i Cnuc na Cenn, 7 ita 
 damghaire shochaide 7 forngaire zhXiiaig, et bid 
 he a ainm o aniucu brath, Druim Damghaire. 
 
 dámrad 3013, a troop. Compound of ddm, 
 supra. 
 
 dana 4712, perhaps the ' dana ebraice iudicium ' 
 
 of H. 2. 16, col. 99. 
 dánatas, boldness, daringness, dánatus, LB. 52 a, 
 
 gen. dánatais, 3043. 
 dar-linn, it seems to us, 1376. Cf. atar. 
 dásachtaigim, / go mad, pass. pres. indie, sg. 3, 
 
 -aigther 96, denom. from ddsacht, ' madness,' 
 
 ddsachtach, ' insane.' 
 dathugud, dyeing, colouring, 4065, infin. of 
 
 dathaigim, a denom. from dath, colour. 
 debrad 2246, meaning obscure, 
 decar, a marvel, pi. dat. decraib xxx. 
 dechruth, dat. sg. p. 326, 1. 12. The meanings 
 
 given by the dictionaries to dcachradh [anger, 
 
 arbitration) do not suit here, 
 dedgair, vehement (^), 2699, = O'Clery's deagh- 
 
 dhair .1. luath ; P. O'C.'s deaghair, quick, 
 
 nimble, agile, active. See Saltair na Rann 
 
 5598 i^ba gnim dedgair co a naimteib). 
 deg-feth, goodly appearance, p. 302, 11. 21, 22, 32. 
 deinmech,z'az>i,3645 =deinmheach .i. diamhaoin, 
 
 O'Cl. 
 
 deisebar na gréne 1 885 = deseabar gréine, O'Dav. 
 78, seems to mean the beginning of autumn 
 (tus fogumhair, i892\ when the sun enters 
 Libra. Cf. Skr. dakshindyana, * the autumnal 
 equinox.' 
 
 deithbir .1. adhbhar, .1. dlightheach, P. O'C, 
 who compares W. dedfryd, verdict. 
 
 deithitiu, deithide.i. friochnamhno cúram,0'Cl., 
 gen. deithiten 3705, 4488. Hence deithidnech 
 P- 3^91 Sj^nd the verb nom-deithidnigther-sa 
 (gl. sollicitor), Ml. 29 d 7. 
 
 demnach, devilish, possessed by a devil, 4855. 
 
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 INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 demnachda, demonic ^ diabolical, 3650 ; drong 
 
 demnachda, Saltair na Rann, 8329. 
 denmnedach, hasty, pi. n. deinmnedhaigh 1374. 
 
 denmne .1. luas no dethbhir, P. O'C. 
 denus p. 349, 1. 28, the space of a day, daytime, 
 
 pi. gen. in adnacul cethri ndenos, Salt, na Rann, 
 
 7626. 
 
 deolaid : co deolaid 2372 =in-deolid (gl. gratis), 
 Wb. 26 b. 
 
 deoraidh 363, seems a mistake for deolaid, 
 grace. 
 
 depracoit = deprecatio, 4495, depraccoit 2699. 
 
 See diprocoitech. 
 derb-sethracha 4639, pi. of derbsiur, own sister, 
 
 with passage to the i:-declension. 
 derg-lassair, red-flame, 3181. 
 dess, right, proper, 1909. 
 dethbir, difference, 4255. O'Reilly's deifir. 
 dian-athirge, swift or vehement repentance, p. 
 
 307, 1. 22 = dianaithrige p. 308, 1. 1. 
 dí-chéillide, senseless, 4526. 
 dichracht, fervour, ardour, 143, deriv. of dichra, 
 
 fervent. 
 
 di-chuibsech, unconscientious, p. 307, 1. 25. 
 di-chumaing 3640. O'Donovan, Four Masters, 
 
 A. D. 858, renders treablait dichumaing by 
 
 * oppressive sickness,' whence it seems that the 
 
 dt- here is intensive, 
 diic viii, 1. 22 .1. doiligh, O'Cl., is perhaps = 
 
 diing, * impossibilis,' G. C^. 862. 
 dil 2559 = diol .1. crioch, P. O'C, who has also 
 
 degh-dhiol, ' a good end,' droich-dhiol, ' a bad 
 
 end.' 
 
 dilghitu for dlighitu, yW/zV^, sg. dat. -aid, 631. 
 dilgidche, forgivingness, 2454, deriv. of dil- 
 gudach. 
 
 dilican 4206, dimin. of dil, ' dear.' 
 
 dilsiugud, abandonment, transferring ownership 
 
 in perpetuum, 1541, sg, gen. dilsighthe 1537 ; 
 
 dat. du dilsigud cesta Crist, Ml. 74 d 13; 
 
 verbal noun oidilsigim, a denom. of dilse 2328. 
 dim-bal, unwhite, dusky il), 2522. See bal, 
 
 supra. 
 
 dim-brig, weakness, xxxi. 
 
 dim-buaid martra 2328, the opposite of buaid 
 martra, victory of martyrdom. The negative 
 prefix dim has not yet been explained. 
 
 dina, gen. 2287, meaning doubtful. 
 
 dine déidinach 4743, the last generation or age. 
 
 diprocoitech, prayerful, 2 740. 
 
 dire seoit do mainib, lán-dire, p. 358, 11. 7 and 
 15. dire, due, fine, wages, payment, O'Don., 
 is = W. dirwy, mulct. 
 
 disdre, fierceness, hastiness, 4537, from discir.i. 
 eascaidh, quick, nimble, sudden, P. O'C, 
 who gives also a corrupt dirrisc. 
 
 dithramacht, dithrimecht, xv. 
 
 dlomad 2591 ; dloma, refusal, p. 313, 1. 31 ; sg. 
 
 dat. icca ndlomad, LB. 71 b, 291 ; oc dlomad 
 
 LB. 169 b, verbal noun of dlomaim. 
 dluimh solusta, a luminous mass, p. 313, 1. 10. 
 dlúthaigim, I put close to, press, rodlúthaig 2026. 
 
 A cognate dlúthaim also occurs, 
 do-airthetar 522, they overtook, the orthotonic 
 
 form of tairthetar, LB, 175 a. 
 docair, difficulty, hardship, trouble, 1886 ; sg. 
 
 dat. doccair, LB. 7 a ; acc. docair, LB. 196 a. 
 dóchaite p. 308, 1. 20, the more /z'/^^/j/ = dóchu-de, 
 
 vs^here dóchu is the compar. of dóig. 
 do-findaim, act. pres. ind. pi. 3 dofhindat 2642, 
 
 compound of do- and findai^n, ' I know.' 
 do-idnaicim, / bestow, orthotonic form of tid- 
 
 naicim, j-conj. sg. 2, doidnais p. 304, 1. 12. 
 do-imm-urc, I constrain, orthotonic form of tim- 
 
 maircim, 2dy pres. pass, pi. 3, do-r-imartus 
 
 3619, where -tus is for Old-Ir. -tais. 
 dóini riagaldai, regulars, religious persons, 3395. 
 doiré dia n-armaib 3250, a wood, or thicket, of 
 
 their weapons. 
 dolaid, burden (?), charge, pi. dat. dolaidhib 2982. 
 
 dolaidh, harm, injury, detriment, P. O'C. 
 do-milis 3665, unsweet, pi. gen. LB. 253 a. 
 do-olochta, p. 367, 1. 14, for dofulachta, intoler- 
 able. 
 
 dorus, in-dorus, before, 2348. 
 
 do-solachta 3566, impalpable, v. solagtha, O'R., 
 but leg. dofolachta (?). 
 
 drant, B., which usually means * snarling,' cor- 
 responds with craes, 2229. Compare drant- 
 mir, Corm. s. v. ore treith. 
 
 droch-chairt 4527, a bad manuscript. 
 
 drolmach, a vat, tub, LB. 63 b, 32, dromlach 
 1514; sg. acc. drolmhuigh 316, 2701 ; pi. n. 
 drolmacha LL. 54 a, 34, P, O'C's drolbach 
 or drolmhach, Deriv. of drolam, LU. 19 a. 
 
 dronglach, a water-vessel, 1379, ^S-^S- 
 
 dronnmor 3652, having great humps (J). Cf. 
 dronnach, LB. 161 b 66, hump-backed, 
 P. O'C. 
 
 druim tar ais 15 16, topsy turvy, lit. back over 
 
 shoulder. Cf, druimm dar druim, 
 dub, dark, obscure, compounded : duib-inis p. 
 
 353, 1, 5 ; duib-néll, a black cloud, Trip. 246, 
 
 1. 15, pi. dat. duibnellaib 2771. 
 dúilech 2"]!!, greedy, desirous, covetous, P. O'C, 
 
 who has also dillach and the abstract dú- 
 
 lacht. From dúil, desire. 
 duilesc, á kind of edible seaweed, gen, sg. duilisc, 
 
 2331, and p. 340. P. O'C has also duileasc 
 
 abhan[n], broad-leaved pond- weed, smá. duileasc 
 
 cloch, stone-laver. 
 duillebar, leaves, 4809. 
 
 dulghena, remuneration, 1577 = duilgine, Ml. 
 56 b II. 
 
INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 391 
 
 dun-orcuin, manslaughter, 2165, dunoirgnid, 
 
 manslayer, 844. 
 dúr-chraidetu, hardheartedness, sg. acc. -aid 228. 
 
 Cf. dúr-chride, hardhearted, LB. 172 b. 
 duthair 1458, the opposite of suthair, pleasant, 
 
 cheerful, j?ieriy, P. O'C. 
 dúthracht, good will, dat. pi. 2033, where it seems 
 
 to mean voluntary gifts, offerings. 
 
 éczmt, bewailing, 4772, 
 
 écáinim, / bewail, complain, groan, ro-n-ecain, 
 228. 
 
 ech buada, 2090, a race-horse. 
 
 écnaÍTC, prayer, intercession, gen. ecnairce 4529. 
 
 eicin, 1013, P. O'C.'s ' eigin, some, certain, 
 
 duine eigin, so?ne one.' 
 éimdim, / refuse, icar' heimded 1243. Qi. for- 
 
 émdim. 
 
 éimech 4552, P. O'C.'s eimheach, quick, ready, 
 7villing, from eimhe, quickness, readiness, and 
 this from éimh .i. esgaid, O'Cl. 
 
 eipistil = epistola, pi. gen. eipistlech, 154. 
 
 eistecht, hearing, 4892, from éitsccht. 
 
 eitim .1. baoghal, P. O'C; gen. etma, danger, 
 p. 320, 1. 38. 
 
 eitirecht, eidiiecht, p. 310, 1. 5, hostageship. From 
 eitire, hostage. Laws, i. 118, aitire. 
 
 enech, an act of bounty, 357, 1. 14. 
 
 enfaitiu 4541, meaning obscure. 
 
 englais, acc. 2701, gen. sg. englaisi 2701. 
 eanghlais, poor, small, weak, raw drink, 
 P. O'C, * small mixed drink, as milk and 
 tvater, etc.,' O'R. anaghlas F., i. hogxuash, 
 2. milk and water, Highland Soc. Diet. 
 
 én-snáithe 2390, a single thread. 
 
 eochair, edge, 4419, where oemair is a scribe's 
 mistake. Compounded : eochar-glan, 3709, 
 pure-brinked, eochair .i. imeal, a brim, brink, 
 border or edge. Hence eochair maighe, P. O'C, 
 and eochair-inilibh , Four MM., a.d. 1592. 
 
 eolus, often used for eolussliged, seems in p. 310, 
 1. 10, to mean tvay, passage, or aperture. 
 
 epaid, a philtre, gen. eptha 1480, pi. n. aipthi (gl. 
 ueneficia), \Vb. 20 b 20. 
 
 er-chraidech, earcroidhech, p. 312, 1. 7,2, perish- 
 able = ercradach, LB. 39 a. Cogn. with erchra, 
 irchre, urcra 2383, interitus, defectus, irchraidis 
 3714, ar-chrinim I perish and erchrethe, O'Cl. 
 
 er-lamaigim, make ready, prepare, act. pret. sg. 3 
 roerlamhaigh, 1461, denom. from erlam. 
 
 er-lathar 2241. Meaning obscure; cf. cubaid sin 
 fri erlathar 7 fri ruin na screptra, LB. 56 b 
 41, itát irlathair dhiadha inntib, Lism. 67 b 1. 
 
 esbal (for apstal), apostle, 627, dual nom. 624. 
 
 esboc (for epscop\ bishop, 820, pi. dat. espocaib 
 850, pi. n. esbaic 1019. 
 
 espocoide (for epscopoite), bishopric, 422. 
 
 essim, I seek, imperat. pi. 2, essid 4143; eiseadh 
 .i. guidhe, P. O'C 
 
 estud 588, estadh 4501, etsud Trip. 256, 1. 19. 
 
 étaim, / find, niisn-etfaitis, 2227. Root {p)ent, 
 Goih..fin]>an. 
 
 etar-cnugud ( = etar + gnagud) 4610, understand- 
 ing. Cf. ro-etarcnaigestary'^.noiz.xá\.),Wí.^2 b'5. 
 
 etargnaid, intelligible, p. 326, last line, ceist nach 
 etargnaid, ' a question that is not easily solved.' 
 
 ethar, ierry-boat, but pi. n. ethra 2227, seems 
 ships or barks. 
 
 étla, penitence, 4541 (where occ etlai is misprinted 
 oc cetlai), ettla fri haes, LB. 7. i marg gen. cen 
 SÍ1 n-etla SR. 7199; pi. dat. iama hettlaib 
 athirgi 6876, eatla and ealta, penitence and 
 prayer, P. O'C. 
 
 étlaide, 3790, penitent (^). Atchondaircsium na 
 gnúisi aigcdbána ettlaidi muintire, Mer. Uilix 
 51. 52, atbélat éc etlaide SR. 8183, imriadat 
 cohéttlaide 8391. 
 
 etran, dat. etrain 3094, eadran, interference, inter- 
 position, P. O'C. A formation from Ir. etar = 
 Lat. inter. 
 
 faigde, begging, 1425, 1488, O. Ir. foigde {=fo-^ 
 gttide). 
 
 faiscre, some kind oi cheese, (.1. cáise no mulchan, 
 O'Cl.), pi. acc. faiscre grotha 393, nom. 484. 
 
 fál, hedge, fence, 4847, W .gwa'tul. 
 
 falum = folomm, empty, 4707. 
 
 fatha = fotha, ground, foundation, 4654. 
 
 fáthachda, prophetic, 2656, spirut fathacdai LB. 
 221 a, o fheraib firenaib fáthacdai, LB. 228a. 
 
 fedraissi, knowest, 2298, a cornipt Mid. Ir. form, 
 from fetarais + siu. See Windisch Verbalformcn 
 mitdem r//a;-a/iVtV'R, where he divides/^í/m/j-j/. 
 
 feibh \\!iO&i\\%s.. goodness of wealth {^), 61, 2368 ; 
 feibh .1. maithcas no saidhbhreas no feabhas, 
 goodness, wealth, Hches, P. O'C. loche. 
 
 feidil, constant, steady, 2105, 2743. Hence feidle 
 cofistancy, and feidligim, 2196, /persist. 
 
 feidm, effort (scithfeidm, fatiguing exertion ; 
 trénfeidm, a mighty effort^. In 2558 a load, 
 pi. fedman, Ann. Ult. 821. 
 
 feisir, thoit wilt know, 2299, s-fut. of fetar. 
 
 feodaigim, I wither, act. pret. sg. 3 rofheodhaigh 
 4858. In feodaigid in tene in crand, LL. 150 a 
 21 , it is transitive. 
 
 feraim, s-pret. sg. 3 ro ferastar 1361. This verb 
 generally means / pour, I give. But here, 
 apparently, I supply abundantly. 
 
 fergugud, being angry , ^^^6, verbal noun of fer- 
 gaigim, denom. from ferg, anger. 
 
 fersa, verse, 275, 2656, 4035. 
 
 fertas, nom. dual; fertais, 3495, 3498, the hind- 
 shafts of a chariot (?) . 
 
 fetal (leg. fethal as in B?) 2463, where it is 
 
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 INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 glossed by mincuis^ a word equally obscure to 
 me. Can fetal be cogn. with fetan and min- 
 cuis (rectius minchuis) mean a little pipe ? 
 
 féth, appearance, p. 302, 1. 22. See degféth, olc 
 feth fil fort, LL. 117 b. 
 
 fethech 3661, meaning doubtful : cf.feith .1. gair- 
 bhe, roughness, coarseness, rudeness, P.O'C. j 
 orfeith, a boggy stream, O'Don. Supp. 
 
 féth-fairge 3184, a calm sea, féth, 1709. 
 
 féthnaigim, / grow calm, pret. sg. 3 rofethnuig 
 3623, fethnaigit, LL. 218 b. 
 
 fiad (for ^dil), forest, 2485. 
 
 fichda 2218, and LL. 109 a = fiochda and fióch- 
 mhar, angry, froward, peevish, P. O'C, co 
 ^Q^íáz., furiously , LB. 161 b, deriv. oifich. 
 
 fidach, shrubs, copse, brushwood, 895, sg. gen. 
 fidaig 897. 
 
 find-choelach, white wattling, peeled rods, 1572. 
 
 fir, truth, la fir Fiadat, 2106, B. 
 
 fir, z.^y = verus, in composition : fir-ailither 586, 
 2743, 4497, fir-athardae 746; fir-amnas 2219; 
 fír-cblérech 4553 ; fír-chumthach 4474 ; fír-dia 
 4623 ; fír-fínemain 2469 ; fir-iasc, gen; fír-éisc 
 viii, 18 ; fir-liaigh 2470; fir-uisce 2183. 
 
 focerd menma thairis 1997. Cf. fochejrd a men- 
 main airi, LU. 130 a 15, act. pres. indie, sg. 3 
 of focherdaim. 
 
 fochadach, having tribiilations, deriv. of fo.chaid. 
 
 fochair, i fochair 260, am fochair, along with me, 
 a bhfochair a chéile, altogether, P. O'C. 
 
 fochon 4583 = O'R.'s fochan, young corn in the 
 blade. 
 
 fochtais 21 1 7, dixit, ro-focht, Lism. 97 b i, */veq. 
 fodailtech 2^^^, patient (J), I have not met else- 
 where. 
 
 fóebrach, fóebhrach, sharp-edged, 2218, pi. n. 
 
 foebracha, LB. 251 b 78. 
 fo-gabaim, / find, orth. form of fagbaim, ica 
 
 bhfhaghbaithe 2647. 
 fo-gantaid, servant, 293, a corruption of fogtiam- 
 
 thid, cognate \7Íihfognítit I serve, s^pret. pi. 3 
 
 rafhogainset, LB. 199 a. 
 foghlach, 2139, instructive, V. (SC. Cf. fogailim, 
 
 / teach, instruct, O'R. 
 fograin na bachla, the point of the crozier, 461, 
 
 rochomraic a fograin ri talmain, LL. 102 b 22. 
 
 dara fograin, LL. 267 b i. A dexisf. fograintte 
 
 occurs in Merugud Uilix 58. 72. 
 fóidhi 1 251, is = foighi (gl. epulum), Ir. Gl. 
 
 no. 815. 
 
 foiditech, patient, enduring, 1694, 4880, for foi- 
 ditnech (?), a deriv. of the n-stem foditiu, 
 toleratio. 
 
 fo-intreb 72, small gear, furniture, Tú^. 10, 1. 12. 
 foirb, land, 43. 
 
 foircsi, look, appearance, 4463 = foircsiu, Laws, i. 
 238,1.14. 
 
 foire 534, meaning doubtful. 
 
 folartnaigim, / suffi,ce, act. 2dy pres. sg. 3, nos- 
 
 folartnaiged 41 1 ; consuet. ni fholartnaigend, 
 
 LB. 193 b. 
 
 follamnacht, ruling, 2741 =follomnacht. Laws, i. 
 26, 1. 17. 
 
 follus'pectach, manifestly sinful, 3755. 
 
 folmaise 3206, opportunity (?), .1. faill, O'R. 
 folmhaise .1. saill, fatness, etc., P. O'C, who 
 perhaps misread faill, ' opportunity,* as saill. 
 
 fo-menim, / guard against, I beware, imperat. 
 pi. 2 fomnid, 347; fomnid-si, Wb. 33 a 15, 
 part. fut. pass, foimnidi. Trip. Life, 42, 1. 19. 
 The verbal noun is foimtiu, dat. do foimtin 
 (gl. ad cauendum). Ml. 43 a, 16. 
 
 for, infixed pers. pron. pi. 2, nach-for-tair, 348. 
 
 forair, summit, top, end, 3932. So in LB, 66 b, 
 cléthi 7 forair in forcetail, and in Lism. 67 b 2, 
 forair 7 suim na sualach fasas on firinne. forar 
 (gl. finis est) Ml. 56 b, 46. 
 
 foram-rith 2971. Here the foram seems = foram 
 Jagen (?). Windisch ; forum, motion, O'Don. 
 Supp., and foramh in the chevilles foramh 
 ngU, foramh ngrinn, foramh ndil, P. O'C. 
 
 ioxk-aiz., advanced, proficient 331 1, forásaim. 
 
 for-burach, forborach, excellent, elevated, lofty (?), 
 3926. See 3 Frags. 220 and Petrie's R.T. 105 
 and cf. vTr€p(pcpr]s, superlatus. 
 
 for-écnech, foireicnech 1912 = foiréigneach, vio- 
 lent, forcible, P. O'C. 
 
 for-lámus xxxii, government, sway : forlámhus for 
 leith Erinn, Book of Rights, p. 50, rogabsat lu- 
 daidi nert 7 forlamhus for Jerusalem, Lism. 2 b 2. 
 
 forlunn (in anmforlunn, q. v.) = forlann, 'force, 
 power, crushing, oppression,' P. O'C. 
 
 for-luaimnech, bounding, 2219, a deriv. of forlu' 
 aim .i. firléim, P. O'C. 
 
 formna, abundance, f. a dána 2303. 
 
 formna, shoulder, f. na fairce, viii, 1. 10, dat. 
 formno 4458. 
 
 for-rúsc, 2224, upper rind (1). 
 
 forsaide xxv, meaning obscure. 
 
 fortamlaigim, I prevail, 3015, a denominative of 
 fortamhail, strongs P. O'C, who gives the ab- 
 stracts fortatjihla and fortanihlacht. The verbal 
 noun fortamlugud occurs in LB. 168 b 62. 
 
 f-ósaic for ósaic = Lat. obsequium, in the sense of 
 service, see Phil. 2. y:), foot-washing, 1622. 
 
 fossad-lár 3141, f longpuirt seems to mean a 
 stationary camp. 
 
 fossaigim, / rest, stay, dwell, pres. ind. sg. 3 
 fossajgid 2988 ; verbal noun, fosugud, resting, 
 staying, 3058, 
 
 fostacht 3867, security (?), also in LU. 34 a 8. 
 
 fo-thoscaigid, successor, pi. n.fothoscaigthe 4627, 
 ÓlqX. fothoscaghthib, Trip. Life, p. 6, 1, 25. 
 
 íngá.Q,fiesh2uorm, p. 351, 1. 7. This is the High- 
 
INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 393 
 
 land friJe, áimm. fr)iieag, \x.frigit, LU. 90 b, 
 
 frigead, YBL. col. 320. 
 íúÚi-bexX, gainsaying, 4298, pi. n. frithberta, LL. 
 
 220 a, verbal noun of frisbiur, ' obnitor,' Sg. 
 
 22 a. frithbheart .1. curinaghaidh, an objecting, 
 
 O'Cl., frithbheartaim, I object or gainsay. 
 frith-folad, wages, 4532, friothfola fior, right or 
 
 due, wages, stipend, salary or pay, i pi. frith- 
 
 folta fiora, P. O'C. 
 frith-rose 2224, seems to mean reverted, doslais 
 
 tara toine 7 lomortar a caither frithrosc, Harl. 
 
 5280, fo. 67 a ; tarrla frithr/^j-c feicheamnuis 7 
 
 fergi tUirro in o\(\(\iie sin gicr marbsat a chcili 
 
 hi fiadhnam na féni, Eg. 1782, fo. 20b, 2. 
 frith-set 4459, obviatn. So in LB. 175 a, dode- 
 
 chaid i frithsc't na n-apstal. 
 frith-tagra p. 315, 1. 35, argtiing against. 
 fuacarthaid, proclairner, 3920; fuagartha, pro- 
 claimed, published, P. O'C. 
 fuacraim (fo-od-garaim"), / proclaim, pass. pres. 
 
 indie, sg. 3 fógarthar 3013. 
 fuailfed 4867 = fuailfeadh .1. foluamain no lu- 
 
 aimnighe, a leaping, skipping, O'Cl. 
 fuascalad (for fuaslacud), to release, to ransom, 
 
 1520, fuascail, fuascailt, ratisom, P. O'C, 
 
 fuascladh, a redemption. 
 fuaslaicim, / open, but in connexion with a 
 
 sword, I draiv, 287. 
 fuigled, 2138 = fuighleadh .1. rádhadh, P. O'C, 
 
 dcriv. of fuigell, word, jitdo^mcnt. 
 fuilide, bloody, 2219, ticfa fleochud fuilide SR. 
 
 8029, and see O'Cl. Cf. fuilidh .1. dearg 
 
 amhail fuil, P. O'C, deriv. of fuil, blood. 
 fulacht, a cooking-place, xliii, and see Petrie's 
 
 Tara 190. 
 
 funnraide, to stay, to a^uait, 1945 = fumaidhe 
 
 1 041, .1. fuircach, P. O'C, and this for urnaide, 
 
 irnaide, ernaide. 
 iixx, preparation, 2357, oc fur ra'anma dia breith 
 
 i flaith Dé, * preparing to carry my soul into 
 
 God's kingdom,' LB. 183 a 9. 
 furrthain, siijficiency, 2921, 3197, 41 79, furthain 
 
 and forthain .1. sásadh no daothain, P. O'C. 
 
 gabim, / I at tribute. \o\.-^-x\\:^ 1 591, gab- 
 
 sat ailgius de 2389, geibh ind uiscjui 2O76, ar 
 mirbuil didiu as gabtha do churp in Choimdcd 
 dul isin tegdais foriatta LB. 195 a, 42. To 
 this verb (cognate with Goth, giban), belong 
 roghabh 1761, gabail salm 3406, and the forms 
 given in W'indisch's Worterb. under '.i. gabaim 
 ich singe.' Cf. the Lat. use of do for announce, 
 tell, relate. 
 
 gabul mara, a sea-inlet, i486, also gabul fairge. 
 Hence gabhlán mara, a small creek, nook, or 
 inlet of the sea, P. O'C 
 
 3 
 
 gair brevis. In ba gair nis-leceth, p. 321, 1. 25, 
 
 gair means neai-ly, almost. 
 gairb-driuch, bristles, 2212; lit. rough (garb) 
 
 hair : driuch croicinn agas fionnfaidh, the hair 
 
 staiuiing on end, P. O'C, Gr.Opí^, gen. rpixóí. 
 gairtigim, / shorten, ^^'jz,denom. of gairit,' short.' 
 gar-mac 4705 ^gormac, ' nephew.' 
 gart, Saltair na Rann, 2767, 3078, 6607. Hence 
 
 gart-gal, sg.dat. gartghail 2134, and gart-glóir, 
 
 SR. 4527, meaning doubtful, 
 gas bilair 4788 = gas biroir, Fél. Ixxxix. : gas 
 
 .1. géag, a stalk, stem, or sticker of an herb, 
 
 P. O'C. 
 
 gataide, thief (gadaidhe, P. O'C, gataige \Vi. 
 
 perperam ?\ 1673. 
 gerdnach 3648, from geardn, complaint, groan, 
 
 P. O'C, il-geranach, LB. 252 b. Ved. jdrate 
 
 crtdth n, Ohg. queran, scujzen. 
 gerraim, / cut, hack, pass. pres. ind. sg. 3 gerrtur 
 .2S99. 
 
 gilla gái xxvi, spcar-gillie. 
 
 gillacht, boyhood, 2526, Corm. s.v. colomna áisse; 
 
 but also serznce, attendance, P. O'C. 
 gillaidecht 4648, gillaigecht 68, giollaidhcacht, 
 
 the same as gillacht, P. O'C 
 gimach 3651, small-eyed, lobster-eyed, P. O'C. 
 gimhach 3862, an epithet for hills, also in LB. 
 
 253a; P. O'C has giomh, 'the hair of the 
 
 head.' 
 
 glaedad, shouting, sg. dat. 3640, 3655, glaod- 
 hadh, P. O'C. Better perhaps spelt gloedad. 
 Cf. the dat. pi. gloedaib, LB. 55 b. Cognate 
 are glned, SRann, 6794, and glaedim, ibid. 
 1290, 6554. 
 
 glaisin, 7i'oad, 4066, 4071, and p. 354, sg. gen. 
 glaisne 4063. 
 
 glan, pure, com p. glan-bail, 2132, pure good- 
 ness ; glan-edbartach, having pure offerings, 
 2740. 
 
 gleo 3582, usually fight, here seems to stand for 
 gleodh, decision, the veibal noun of gléim. 
 
 glésta, tuned, xiii, part. pret. pass, of glésaim ; 
 see Ir. Gl. No. 719. 
 
 glóire, glory, 20, 4322, a by- form of gloir, bor- 
 rowed from Lat. gloria. 
 
 goib-ger 3651, sharp-beaked \ comp. of gop, gob, 
 beak. 
 
 goibnecht 3785, a smith's trade, smithery, sg. gen. 
 
 gaibnechta, 916. 
 goirt-biad, salt food, gen. sg. goirt-bidh, p. 310, 
 
 1. II ; goirt (gl. acidus), gortigim (gl. sallo). 
 golfadach 3636, also in LU. 33 a. 
 golfartach 3647, LU. 33 b, golphartach SRann. 
 
 876. This, like golfadach, is a compound of 
 
 gol, ' wailing, weeping.' 
 gorm, blue ^ha-t. formus, acc. sg. f. guirm 3633. 
 gormaim, / colour blue, 1 become blue, 4080, 
 
 E 
 
394 
 
 INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 gortach, hungry (gl. famelicus), Ir. Gl. 620, pi. 
 dat. 4887, deriv. of gorta, hunger. 
 
 gothach-goirt 3648, sharp-voiced (?), gothach, 
 vocal, echoing, resounding, P. O'C. 
 
 grádmaire, loveliness, deriv. of grádhmhar, ami- 
 able, and this of grád, love, 3867. 
 
 gréchtha 3647, a deriv. of gréch, shout, screech, 
 shriek, outcry, P. O'C. 
 
 greim, in the expression rogab greim esti, 53, lit, 
 ' had profit out of her,' seems to mean ' fell in 
 love with her.' Colgan has, for the corres- 
 ponding passage of the Trip. Life, 'hospes 
 autem eius formae captus praestantia : ' gebid 
 . . . greim n-ailithre, has the profit of [ = avails 
 as] a pilgrimage, 718 ; facbaim gréimm, Mer. 
 Uilix 150 ; ni fuigbet Ulaid mo greim, LL. 
 109 a. See also maith-greim. 
 
 greim riagla 7 ecna 3958. 
 
 greim rigda 296, royal power (J), Cf. gremmaim 
 
 (gl. vigore), Ml. 31 c i8. 
 gres, guest, p. 319, 1. 23, greas, a guest, visitor, 
 
 P. O'C, who compares W. gressaw ; pi. greasa 
 
 .1. aoidheadha no lucht en-uaire, O'Cl. 
 grib, grif quadrupess pennata, H. 2. 16, col. 114, 
 
 gen. gribi S. Rann, 921, irovngryphus, pi. nom. 
 
 gribha 3651. The griffin and vulture each called 
 
 griobh ingneach. The comp. gribgal and the 
 
 adj. gribda occur in S. Rann 938, 7195. 
 gris 2222, better griss (?). See S. Rann. 
 gruamdacht 4463, sullenness, gloominess, deriv. of 
 
 gruamda (gl. acer), Ir. Gl. Nos. 384, 1065. 
 guaire, hair, bristles, 2212, 3798, .1. folt, O'Cl. 
 guala, gen. dual gualann 3498, where it seems 
 
 to mean not as usual shoulders, but shafts of a 
 
 chariot. 
 
 gudamnach, spectral (?), 3648, seems a deriv. of 
 
 gudemaiit ox guidemain .1. fuatha 7 mórrígna, 
 
 Corm. Gl. and Rev. Celt. i. 36. 
 gii-forcell, false declaration, witness, Wb. 13 b, 
 
 sg. gen. -ill 51 ^gu-forgill, LB. 165 a. 
 guilbnech, sharp-beaked, 3652, deriv. of guilbne, 
 
 pi. acc. inna guilbniu (gl. aculeos), Ml. 122 b, 
 
 8. 
 
 ian 2952 .1. soitheach, a vessel, P. O'C. ; sg. gen. 
 éine, Laws, i. 106 ; pi. n. éna, dat. enaib. 
 
 iarcain 4080, the ' after-dye ' (?). 
 
 iardaige 3052 =iartaige, result, LL. 230 a, iar- 
 daidhe and iardraidhe, remains, posterity, re- 
 licks, remnants, vestiges, P. O'C. 
 
 iarmerge 861, 4198, nocturn. 
 
 iarsma, remnant, xxv. 
 
 iasacht 4148, a loan, gen. iasachto, Corm. B. s. v. 
 Grith. 
 
 iascach, j^^/zm^ (?), 1039, Trip. Life, 146, 
 148. P. O'C. gives only the meanings \. fishy, 
 fishlike, 2. fish. 
 
 idlacht, idolatry, xxiii., deriv. of idal. 
 
 id-laicim, pass. pres. ind. sg. 3 idlaicter 2813, 2814, 
 verbal noun iodhlacadh, to bestow, P. O'C. 
 
 \^-rí2XQ.\m,l bestow, s-pret. pi. 3 roidhnaicset 1926. 
 
 imm-altóir 1633 = iomaltair, an outside altar, 
 P. O'C. It probably represents the Latin 
 superaltare, OÍ which Ducange says: 'bifa- 
 riam sumi videtur, nempe pro Ciborio, quod 
 altari imminet, et altari portabili.' 
 
 immarach, imarach, 939 = iomarach, iomurach .1. 
 imleach, bordering, edging, brinklike, P. O'C. 
 
 imm-chor, a bearing or carrying, fer imchuir, a 
 carrier, porter, bearer, 4367 ; fer imchair in 
 leinibh (gl. pedagogus), Book of Lismore, 
 76 b 2. Hence the verb immchurim, I carry. 
 
 imm-eirge i898 = imirge, imirce and imirghe, a 
 removing, a flittijig, P. O'C. 
 
 imforaidh 4228, seems to stand for immforraidh, 
 gen. sg. of immforadh a comp. of imm and 
 forradh, gain, emolu?nent (?), Highland Soc. 
 Diet., O'R.'s foraigh, wages. 
 
 immochar 4046, carrying =immoQhm LB. 188 b, 
 20. 
 
 immorchor 4481, íTíírrj/m^, verbal noun of immor- 
 churim. 
 
 imrn-remor, very thick, pi. n. imremra 2220. 
 
 immresnech xl = imresnach LB. 251 b, emulative, 
 deriv. of imbresan, imrisan 2894, = '^.ymrys- 
 son, ' contention, dispute.' 
 
 imm-theiched xii, escaping. 
 
 imm-thrumme, ^r^^wawrj/, sg. gen. 251 1. A cogn. 
 adj. immthromm occurs. 
 
 imm-uamon 3306, great fear, dread. 
 
 imtha : a ben imtha-si 799 : ben imtha glosses 
 pellex in Sg. 68 b, 9. Cf. acc. pi. laichessa 
 imtha, Rawl. B. 512, fo. 42 b, 2. The imtha 
 is probably cognate with imda, ' bed-room,' 
 * bed,' so ben imtha in 799 may mean chamber- 
 woman. Hence imthach, adulterous, SRann 
 3175- 
 
 in ait (for indáit), than are, 2351, 2435. 
 in-bhar, in your, 3852. Cf. infar srethaib, Ml. 
 
 20 d 9, where Ascoli has hiisix srethaib. 
 ind-airithe 2352, manifestly, airithe .1. deimin no 
 
 follus, O'Dav. 49. 
 indalim (?), / wash the feet, act. pret. sg. 3 ro 
 
 innail 53, 1279, 2617, for ro indail, ionnlam, 
 
 / wash, bathe, cleanse, P. O'C. 
 indeonad, a cooking, xliii. Cogn. with inneoin. 
 
 As to the Dagda's inneoin (cooking apparatus), 
 
 see the Book of Lismore, 154 a, 2, and Petrie's 
 
 Tara, 190. 
 
 ind-fethmech, meditative, contemplative, 2455, in- 
 dethmech 2649, deriv. of indfethem. 
 
 indis, innis, inis, a milking-place, 98, 115, 1967, 
 p. 320, inis, a place where cows are brought to 
 be milked, P. O'C, citing Beatha Sheanáin. 
 
INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 395 
 
 ind-loeg, in calf, p. 502, 1, 7. 
 
 in-dorus, in front of, 929. See dorus. 
 
 ingantaigim, I admire, wonder at, xxi, 1. 16. 
 
 inmarda, biada inmarra 2519, biad olardai in- 
 márdai, LB. 215 a, derived from itwiar 
 (obsonium), Mart. Don. 1641, whence also 
 inmaire : rorecht ho methi 7 inmairi, Ml. 20 a. 
 
 in-molta xxii, praiseworthy. 
 
 iret 4488, meaning obscure. 
 
 iris an tsoscéla 4358, the sti-ap by which the satchel 
 containing the gospel was suspended : iris, a 
 suspe7ider for hanging a load by, ex. le hirsibh 
 a scéithe, P. O'C. 
 
 i-sunna, herein, 2587. 
 
 itadach, thirsty, 4887, deriv. of itu, ' thirst,' gen. 
 itad. 
 
 laarg, fork, leg and thigh, P. O'C, sg. gen. 
 
 cndim na láirge 2080; da loarcc (gl. duarum 
 
 furcarum) Arm. 12 b i. 
 lachtna 2321, 2^2^, yellow, P. O'C, brat dub- 
 
 lachtna, LU. 112 b. 
 \z.tch.á!Lc\\i, heroism , bravery ,' },oi^?> ,(^cú\ . of laech- 
 
 da, 2145, and this from laech = Lat. laicus. 
 laindrech, bright, shining, 2142, cogn. with 
 
 laindcrda,lainnerda, S. Rann 2928, 2934, 3022, 
 
 8077. See Félire, Gloss. Index, s. v. lainnrech. 
 laithide, daily, 4489, deriv. oilaithe, ' day.' 
 lám, hand, fri láim, in lieu of, as substitute for, 
 
 p. 314, 1. 10. 
 lámdae, handiwork (?), gen. lamdai .1. gresa 
 , 2934-5- 
 
 lán, full, compounded in lán-airpheitech 4500 ; 
 lán-bind 4500; lán-cennsa 4463; lan-edpairt, 
 a full offering, 4494, where lanpartaib is a 
 scribal error for Idn-cdpartaib ; lán-folartnaig- 
 thech 4496 ; lán-saethrach 3847; lán-tene 3662 ; 
 lán-toltnaigthech 2741. 
 
 lasc 4643, from *lat-co,a.s Lat. lassus, from *lat-to, 
 hence \2i%c'^,looseness, taxation, slackness, P.O'C 
 
 latrann (from Lat. latro), pi. gen. latrand, p. 
 358, 1. 16, acc. latrandu, p. 319, 1. 16. 
 
 lebenn, leibheann dia sciathaib 3250, a bulwark 
 of their shields. 
 
 ledb 4052 = leadhb, a piece or patch, a leather 
 clout, P. O'C 
 
 leitmech, eager, greedy, 3650, 3667 = léidmheach, 
 .1, mian[gh]asach, P. O'C, who has also the 
 abstract léidmhighe .1. mian[gh]as= leitmige, 
 LL. 217 b. 
 
 lem, elm, sg. gen. leimh 2678 = lim, Trip. 84. 
 len, hurt, len claoine 2146, acc. cen labra len 
 
 2137, cen len, cen erchra form, LB. 376, gen. 
 
 leoin 3206 ; lean and león, destruction, 7-uin, 
 
 downfall, P. O'C Hence lenai?n, liunaim, 
 
 S. na Rann 1726, 2686, 5267. 
 
 lesc 2665, 3032 (gl. piger) Ir. Gl. 382, loath, 
 
 P. O'C. 
 less, rogleset in les, 2030. 
 
 letarthaige 3186, deriv. of letarthach, cogn. with 
 mod. leadradh, and leadairt, ' a striking, tear- 
 ing, cutting,' P. O'C 
 
 lethnaigim 3003, / expand or spread, but here 
 / scatter. 
 
 letortid, p. 321, 1. i6 = leth + torud, half produce. 
 1Í 3587, meaning obscure, 
 linn in muilinn 913 ; linn in proinntige 2091. 
 lisdacht, importunity, 1590 = liostacht, Highland 
 Soc. Diet. 
 
 1Ó 888, meaning doubtful ; lo .1. uisce, water, lo 
 .1. ribe olna, a lock of loool, P. O'C 
 
 locaim, / flinch from: locuid ... in cath 3230, 
 locadh, a flinching, failing, P. O'C 
 
 logaissi .1. brégi, 3093. 
 
 loilgech, a cow which has lately calved, pi. gen. 
 
 3350 ; iilso spelt laulgach and lulgach. 
 loinn-eolas, joyful guidance ; lonn, joyful, glad, 
 
 merry, P. O'C 
 \o\se, fla/ne, 1043, 1694, also luisse : loise and 
 
 loisne .i. lasair. 
 loiscnech, burning, blasting, 3662 ; loiscneach, 
 
 the same as loisceauta, 'fiery, blasting, burning,' 
 
 P. O'C. 
 
 lonn 2089, 2112, 3649, .1. diumsach, O'Dav. 102. 
 Hence lonnus 2095 = londas, Ml. 29 a i. 
 
 losail, collective of lus, herb, sg. dat. 416. 
 
 lua(?) p. 304. The gloss (.1. brat derg) stated 
 by Dr. Todd (Mart. Don. p. 274, note) to occur 
 on this word in LB. fo. 118 a, does not appear 
 in the facsimile (p. 235, lower margin). 
 
 luaigim, / buy, ransotn ; raluaig-si in mac, LL. 
 226 b, 1. 34 ; roluaid moghud na cumaile 1190, 
 should probably be I'oluaig m. n. c. 
 
 luaithne, a particle of ash (luaith), 1 26 
 
 luaithred, ashes, 161 ; luaithreadh and luaith 
 reamh, P. O'C. 
 
 luamaire, pilot, 2077. Hence luamhaireacht, 
 navigation, sailing, V. O'C, rather 'piloting, 
 directing.' Cf. comas luamairechta a tengad 
 LB. 160 b. 
 
 luchrapan 3776, a pygmy, pi. n. = luchrupain, 
 LU. 2 a, litchorpain, Laws, i. 70, gen. line luchor- 
 pan lerda, Rawl. B. 502, fo. 45 b i, a dimin. of 
 luchorp, pi. n. luctiirp, Laws, i. 70, and cf. the 
 gloss Nan .i. bee, ut dicitur nanus .i. abac no 
 lucharban, O'Mulc. 828. 
 
 lucht, a charge, weight, p. 319, 1. 33, and in Brocc. 
 h. 1. 27 (al-lucht saille) and 47 (mir . . . dind 
 lucht), from *tlucht = O.Welsh tluith in or 
 maur-dhiith-ruim (gl. multo vecte), Juv. p. 90. 
 
 macc-firt, a miracle wrought in childhood, pi. 
 dat. macfertuibh, 132. 
 
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 INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 machtad, wondering, marvelling, 1988, 1998, ba 
 machtad mór lasin escop LB. 190 a, ba machtad 
 le, LB. 193 b, commonly machnadh .1. iong- 
 nadh, O'Cl., who also has machtnadh. 
 
 machtnaigim 3762, 3874, I consider, verbal noun 
 machtnug^íí/, Laws, i. p. 34, 1. 11. 
 
 mago 321, 1. 25, for macha, mi I king-place. Laws, 
 i. 84, 1. 32. 
 
 maidm, rout, but in 3253, a routed army. 
 
 maille, moille, delay, lateness,^},^*], deriv. of mall, 
 slow. 
 
 mainches nun, m. soscéla xv. 
 
 mainchine, service, 1018, 2039, 4233, 4246, 
 
 4801, 4842 ; manchaine 3492. 
 maindechtnaige, negligence, slothfulness, 1418. 
 
 a deriv. of ?naineachtnach, ' negligent, slothful,' 
 
 P. O'C. 
 
 maistreth, a churning, p. 321, 1. 28. 
 
 maith-greim 21 12. See greim. 
 
 mám, handful, 4323 ; mám, a fist, also a fistful 
 
 or handful, P. O'C. Cf. W. mawaid, both 
 
 handsful. 
 
 manche 2363, Trip. Life, 344, 1. 3 ; mainche, 
 
 maintenance, sustenance, support, P. O'C. 
 maoi. See romaoi. 
 
 margreit,/mr/, 38, from Lat. margarita. 
 
 martralaic, martyrology, 3754. 
 
 mebais 4051, usually supposed to be a gramma- 
 rian's word like meabhadh .1. briseadh, P. O'C. 
 But it stands for jnemais, which may be the 
 aorist of a desiderative verb, root mat. So 
 selais, im-selais may be aorists of a like verb, 
 root slag. 
 
 melaim, / enjoy, b-fut. sg, 3 nos-melfa 2268 ; 
 
 mealadh, enjoying, having, holding, P. O'C. 
 menmanrad, xxiii; determination,CogQ.á 
 
 Gaedel re Gallaib, p. 72, 1. i. 
 menmarc 20"] i, desire meanmarc .1. smuaineadh, 
 
 Leb. Lee, Vocab. .1. aigne, mind, thought, 
 
 fancy, P. O'C, citing Leabh. Gabhála, p. 
 
 13- 
 
 merge, banner, 3078 ; meirge .t. bratach, O'Cl., 
 an ensign, standard, or banner, P. O'C. 
 
 mi medónach fogmair 4441, lit. the middle 7nonth 
 of auttimn, September {?). 
 
 mianaigim, I desire, pret. sg. 3 romianaigh 1368, 
 imperat. sg. 3 mianaiged gréin na firinde, 
 'let him desire the Sun of Righteousness,' LB. 
 250 b ; mianach, longing, desirous, P. O'C. 
 
 midbaid, mulct, xxvi, where see note 7. 
 
 midbolg 2223, belly, midbuilge, Rawl. B. 512, fo. 
 69 b I. 
 
 milide 3856, 3862, sg. dat. fem. milidi LU. 33 b. 
 
 pi. dat. cona mbolthaib milidib, S. Rann, 480. 
 min, 4183, meal, but in xxi. dust. 
 minastralacht, p. 338, a formation from the late 
 
 Latin ministerialis. 
 
 mincúis 2463 ; P. O'C. has mionchúis,^? í'Wíí// cause 
 
 or motive, which cannot be the meaning here, 
 miniugud 4182, mincing, conminution. The 
 
 verbal noun of minigim, whence ro-minaigy 
 
 LB. 176 b, minigiher, 196 a. 
 minn, reliquary, 3268, pi. dat. minnaib 4366. 
 min-scothach (MS. vam-'iQ.Q'i'a.Qk^, smooth fiowery, 
 
 p. 332, 1. 28. 
 miscaith, miscaid, curse, 2327. Corm. and 
 
 O'Dav. 104. 
 
 mochlaigib 3729 for mochlaidhib (?), maculatis. 
 moch-trath, the dawn, 2493, 3009. So in Three 
 
 Fragfuents, p. 24 ; táinic madain mochtrath. 
 
 Hence mochtratae, 'matutinus,' Ml. 21 c, 6, 8. 
 modh, caom an modh 3433, modh, work, duty, 
 
 ix, 1. 10. 
 
 móin, bog, n. pi. móinte, 3663. Cf. mointedn, 
 ' a bog, or turbary, a moor or fen.* 
 
 moltán 488, a small wether, a hogsel, dimin. of 
 molt, P. O'C. 
 
 mong hair, rnane ; comp. mong-mas 3580, having 
 beautiful hair, of the sea, crested: moing- 
 \.enúáe, fiery -haired, 3642. 
 
 mór, már, great, enters into the following com- 
 pounds : — mór-adbul 4768 ; mór-bachall, 
 great crozier, p. 314, 1. 2 ; mór-briugaid 
 2468; mór-broscar 524; mór-chatu, sg. acc. 
 -aidh 4245 ; mór-chumachtach 199 ; móir- 
 mírbuil 79 ; mór-dal 1875, sg. dat. mordail 
 1874; mór-ghair 523; mór-glóir iiio ; mór- 
 innocbail mo ; mór-léignid 3322 ; mór-maith 
 2782; mór-méile 3392; mór-mírbuil xxi; 
 mór-popul 2063 ; mor-trét 4040 ; már-nert 
 592, great strength. 
 
 mossLV, filth, sg. d. -air 3634, cognate with mosach, 
 filthy, LB. 253 a. W. mws, 'fetid.' 
 
 muchna 3642, gloomy. 
 
 mudu, mudha 2314, 4629 = mudu, LL. 81 b, 26. 
 
 mudha .1. mu dughudhno básughudh, O'C. 
 múichnech, adj. stifiing(?), sg. dat. f. (bith-) 
 
 múichnig 3642. 
 muine dresa 2607, 2609, a copse or thicket of 
 
 bramble. 
 
 muinter, I. familia, Yi. famulus, pi. dat. 181 7. 
 muir sea, comp. muir-mil, sea-beast, whale, 2223, 
 
 W. morfil ; mur-chat, sea-cat, 3745, 3752, 
 
 3793, 3834; mur-choblach, sea-fleet, 1802; 
 
 mur-gae, sea-spear, harpoon, 1641 ; mur-traig, 
 
 sea-strand, 1946. 
 
 náit, nor are, before a pi. 377, 2200, 2998, 3008, 
 4564 ; náid, than they, P. O'C, is for ináit. 
 
 nasc, pi. ac. nascu 1908, collar, chain, tie, band, 
 P. O'C. 
 
 nascim, / bind, perf. sg. 3 nenaisc, p. 319, 1. 16, 
 s-pret. pi, 3 naiscset, LB. 188 b. 
 
INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 397 
 
 neimed 478o = nemed fgl. sacellum), Sg. 13 b. 
 neimnige, virulence, peevishness, 2227, where the 
 
 Paris copy has wrongly, ndeimnigi : deriv, of 
 
 jteimnech, * poisonous,' \Vb. 7 c, LB. 251 b 70. 
 nem, neamh, the Mid. and Mod. form of the Old 
 
 Ir. negative prefix 7ieh\ nem-forbann 4617; 
 
 nem-thoirsech, unmotcrnful, 3858. 
 net, nest, gen. nit, Arm. 17 a 2, pi. acc. nitu, 
 
 p. 344, 1. 25 : W. nyth, from *nizdo-s, Lat. 
 
 nidus. 
 
 niam, brightness, hue (?), niam theined p. 350, 1.6. 
 niam-glaine, bright purity, 3868, LU. 34 a. 
 nime, ix, 1. 22, shortlived (J). 
 nimidech for nemidech, dwelling in heaven, p. 
 
 nó-chombáthad ^2g^ , foundering, shipwreck, lit. 
 
 sh ip-drown ing. 
 noem, naemh, naomh, the Mid. and Mod. Ir. 
 
 spellings of O. Ir. noeb, holy ; comp. naemh- 
 
 bachal 481 1; noeimh-ibar, holy yewtree, 
 
 4727. 
 
 nós, usage, 1626 ; dat. sg. nous, pi. noisib, Laws, i. 
 pp. 12, 208. 
 
 nuall, shout, cry ; compounded : nuall-faeiltech 
 3858, nuall-guth 3636. Hence perhaps naul- 
 lach 2124. 
 
 núna, dearth, famine, 1970, gen. sg. .1. gorta, 
 P. O'C, who compares W. newyn, Arm. 
 naun. An older form is naúne, Laud 610, fo. 
 97 a 2. 
 
 oca, ica : oca rabhadhuis denumh 2357, ica raba- 
 tar iarraid 1390, 3S43 = icca ra'butar iaraid 
 3838, ica tai Icsugud 1422, ica tai iarrad 3728. 
 
 óc-dam 3794, a young ox or stag. 
 
 ocse p. 327, 1. 1 1, meaning and reading doubtful, 
 
 oentuime, celibacy, xxxiv, 1. 23 = ocntuma, LB. 
 187b; oentamha, I>ism. 124a 2. 
 
 óeibelteóir 3942 =aibellteoir, O'Dav. 50, whence 
 O'Uonovan (Suj^p. s. v. aoibhilltcóir) got the 
 meaning * thaumaturge' But it comes from 
 óibell, 'spark,' and seems to mean one who 
 quasi per scititilla/n sou breviter elucidat. Sec 
 Ducange s. v. sciutillare. 
 
 oldáit, quavi sunt, p. 303, 11. 2, 3, 4. 
 
 oil = noWós in compounds : oll-bladach, greatly- 
 famous, 3288, 4280; oU-nia, a great champion, 
 P- 317- 
 
 ollamain gobann, master-smiths (oUam, goba\ 
 2931. 
 
 ómnach, afraid, xxiii, deriv. of uamonj/^ar, pi. n. 
 
 bat homnaig duili Dé dil, S. Rann 7763. 
 onchu, a leopard, 3799. 
 
 orba N., heritage, land, 1895, i896 = forba 1897. 
 
 orcel 2i7o = oircel, /^'i?^/;^//, I>aws iii. 242. 
 
 orda do bradan, a piece of salmon, 2735 ; orda 
 
 de mhaide, a short thick stick, gen. ordan. 
 
 Tuc Caoilte beim cloidhimh fo a cuim don 
 
 chailigh go ndearna da ordain cottroma di, 
 
 Feis Tighe Chonáin, P. O'C. 
 óúc = obsequium , footwashing, p. 326, 1. 31 = 
 
 f-ósaic, supra, 
 othair, sick, duine othair, 271 1. 
 
 pairt, particle, sg. dat. pairt 501. See Irish Nen- 
 nius, p. 208, 1. 4 and note. From Lat. pars, 
 partis. 
 
 pendaim, I do penance, act. prct. sg. 3 rophend. 
 The corresponding noun pendait, gen. pendaite, 
 occurs in LB. 6 a. 
 
 peta sinnaig 1654, lit. a pet of a fox, peta cuirre, 
 a pet crane, 4iS6 = petta cuirre, LB. 216 a 57. 
 peata, a petted animal, P. O'C. ; petal auium 
 (gl.altilia\ Harl. 1802, fo. 45 b ; pettai sut no 
 inn aigi chena? LL. 67 a 41 ; indat pettai sut 
 no indat éoin chena ? LL. 67 a 51. 
 
 pis,//Vi-^, pi. pisi 84 ; pisib 81. Either from W. 
 bys, ' finger,' or from Yr.pihe, Low-Lat./^a'a, 
 pctium. P. O'C. has a ^\vc\\x\. piosan. 
 
 poc, buck-goat, sg. gen. puic 1630, 1632, acc. 
 poc. 1634, pi. n. puic 1632 ; P. O'C. has the 
 dimin. /íJíV/w. The Old-Irish form is boc. 
 
 poind 3720, a point [of advantage, profit, use), 
 from Yx. point. P. O'C. has poinn, 'much, or 
 great deal, abundance,' which seems wrong. 
 Compare : ccn phoind tarba do ann, LB. 145 b, 
 ni boi poind doib ann, LB. 201 b, ni bia 
 poind doib ann, LB. 202 a ; ni bid ó\diu poind 
 don teiched sin, Lism. 2 a 2. 
 
 pólaire, writing tablets, 96S. 969, 4057. From 
 pugi Hares, whence also Old-W elsh poulloraur. 
 
 popa 426, or pupa .1, máighistir, P. O'C. From 
 Lat./i»/a, ' an inferior priest.' 
 
 prim, borrowed from 'L:\i.primus, compounded in 
 prim-aicde xxx ; prim-apstal ; prim-chathair 
 4255; prim-coitchenn 3322; prím-fáith 1798, 
 3342; prim fáthacdae 3319 ; prim-long 3183 ; 
 prim-proiccptoir 2744-5, 45c 2. 
 
 proindechad, dining, 2081, from praind = pran- 
 dium. 
 
 putrall, the hair of the head, 4568, .1. gruag, 
 O'Cl., pi. nom. pudralla, Lism. 119 a i, dat. 
 pudrallaib, LL. 268a I. P. O'C. has a dimin. 
 puirtléog, ' tuft.' 
 
 rachall, windingshcct, 1041, .1. brat mairbh, 
 P. O'C. O'Clery's racholl', but recholl in 
 Rawl. B. 502, fo. 58 b I. 
 
 rain: a aon rain 3373, meaning obscure. 
 
 rathach 2130, prosperous, deriv. of rath, gen. 
 ratha, prosperity. 
 
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 INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 rath, gen. raith 2113, w<a!o-,?i' (tuarustal), O'Cl. but 
 
 in 21 13 rent (?), subsidy (?). 
 rebrad 4832 =reabhradh, gen. rebartha LL. 230 a, 
 
 a skipping, playing, or sporting, P. O'C. 
 rechtaide in 3320 seems to mean lawgiver. In 
 
 LB. it is an adjective meaning relating to the 
 
 (Jewish) law. 
 recles (= ro-ecles?) 2694, gen. in reclesa 2585. 
 reilgi, relics, 2185. relce 2775, pi. acc. 
 reim-dechaid, preceded, 1197, pi. 3 remidechatar, 
 
 LB. 72 b. 
 
 renim, I give away, grant, sell (Trépvrjfxi), redupl. 
 
 fut. sg. I ririup. 324, 1. 30. 
 riachtanus a les, need, 1602 : so in LB. 244 b, 
 
 75 : riachtanas, want, distress, necessity, 
 
 P. O'C. 
 
 riagaldai, duini 3395, monks, deriv. of riagail = 
 regula : regulares, monachi, Ducange. 
 
 riaraigim, / do ones will, act. pres. ind. pi. 3 
 riaraigh.it 2914, pret. sg. 3 roriaruigh 4835, 
 4837. The verbal noun riarugud occurs in 
 LB. 37 a, 29, riarach, submissive. 
 
 riaraim, / do one's will, imperat. pi. 2 riaruidh 
 565, denom. oi riar. 
 
 righ-rath, royal grace, pi. gen. 773. 
 
 rinde 2402, 2408, 2410, 2413, is = Nhg. Rinde, 
 and means (like rtisc^ a basket made of bark. 
 This word occurs in the Laws, i. 150,1. 10, where 
 it is rendered by 'rods.' In O'Curry's Manners 
 and Customs, iii. 1 1 7 it is explained as ' a round 
 wooden bucket.' 
 
 rithimm = rhythmus, also spelt rithim. 
 
 rithoirg, = rhetorica, p. 312, 1. 34. 
 
 ro- {^=prd) intensive prefix to substt. and adjj., 
 ro - duine 4774, ródhuine, nobleman, peer, 
 P. O'C. ; ro-garb 4569, very rough, pi. ro-garba, 
 LB. 251 b. ; ró-lonn, very fierce, p. 312, 1. 6 : 
 ro-techta, z^i^ry lawful (techte), 2136 ; ro-trom, 
 very heavy, 4003. 
 
 ro-maoi 3578. Here ro- {=pro seems the inten- 
 sive prefix and maoi = O'R.'s maodh, * moist, 
 wet.' Root miv (?). 
 
 roim, 2636, roime, before him, 2546, 3214; 
 roimpi, before her, 2421, 4079, 4685 ; rompa, 
 before them, 2970 ; romamsa, before me, 
 3288. 
 
 roisc, cu roisc, till ends (?), 1979 ; con-roisc do in 
 taspenad sin do dénam, LL. 280 b, 32. 
 
 rón-gae, seal-spear, 1641. 
 
 rúam, cemetery, sg. dat. ruaim 21 11. 
 
 rúamnaim, / grow red, s-pret. ruamnais 2858, 
 ruamnad, LL. 244 a. 
 
 ruathar, onrush, 2130, gen. sg. ruathair, LL. 
 240 a. 
 
 ruithen, radiance, acc. sg. 3402, gen. pi. 3428. 
 Hence the denom. ruithnigim, S. na Rann 
 7537. 
 
 rúsc, hamper (made of bark), p. 320, 1. 37, gen. 
 ruisc p. 321, 1. 18, pi. n. ruisc p. 322, 1. 3, W. 
 rhisg, rhisgen, Br. rusken, ' hive,' Fr. ruche. 
 
 sacarbhuic = sacrificium, 643, 1567, 2347, g^^- 
 
 sacarbaice 2403. 
 •bk^b, false, comp. saeb-foircetlid, a false teacher, 
 
 pi. n. 1513, saeb-ruisc 4142. 
 saeglach, aged, 946. 
 
 saegulda, secular, 4860 = saegulta, soegulta, LB. 
 
 35 b, 175 t). Like saeglach, a deriv. of saegul 
 
 = saeculum. 
 sái-escop 212, sage-bishop, sái = súi, gen. suad. 
 sáilechtu, expectation, p. 302, 1. 12, verbal noun 
 
 of sáilim, pres. ind. act. pi. i sáilmit, p. 302, 
 
 11. 14-15. 
 
 sain, separate, especial, { = W . han), in compounds : 
 sain-grad 3941 ; sain-richt 3140; sain-sercach 
 1842. 
 
 saith, wealth, p. 316, ionnmhas, O'Cl. 
 
 saithe 3657, a swarm, host, army, multitude, 
 P. O'C. W. haid. 
 
 sál, sea, gen. saile, leg. sáile, 3771, a neut. s-stem, 
 or is the nom. saile, W. helydd (?). 
 
 samlacha, semblancesij), banner s{J),2,o*j*j,V. O'C. 
 has samhlach, similar, resembling; but this 
 meaning does not suit here. 
 
 samrata, summery, 3402, deriv. of samrad, sum- 
 mer, ba hetrochta he oltás sollsi gréni sámrata, 
 LB. 232 b. 
 
 sámud 874, gen. sámtha 2767, sámhadh ,1. coim- 
 thionol, a congregation, com?mmity, or society. 
 
 santugud, coveting, desiring, verbal noun of 
 santaigim. 
 
 scáiled 3177, 3860, scattering, dismissal, dissolu- 
 tion. The former passage — leagar scailed doib, 
 seems to mean literally, ' let scattering be left 
 to them,' verbal noun of scáilim. 
 
 scairbighe (scairbjdhe ?) 3256; P. O'C. has 
 scairbhe, scairbheacht and scairbhidheacht , 
 * toughness, hardness, firmness,' but the con- 
 text points to some skin-disease. Cf. perhaps 
 Lat. scaber, scabredo, scabrosus, or Eng. scurf. 
 
 sceirded 3713 = sciordadh, a squirting, issuing, 
 or sallying forth, P. O'C. Seems cogn. with, 
 or borrowed from, the English squirt, the 
 etym. of which is obscure. 
 
 scemdacht 3185 = sceamhach, yelping or barking 
 like a fox or dog, P. O'C. 
 
 scithlim, disappearance (?), 204 : cf. saint 7 mian 
 . . . . na glóri díoesi cen scithlim, cen ercra, 
 LB. 256 b, 83, in da dunad iar scithlim a fe 
 ^2^^ú^,Macgnimartha Finn, Rev. Celt. v. 202, 
 1. 33, roscuiredh in scithlim druidechta bai 
 forro dibh, Lism. 134 b 2. A corruption of 
 scichlim, Rawl. B. 502, fo. 41 b 2. 
 
INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 399 
 
 scoaire, brewer, pi. dat. scoairib, 2820. From sco 
 
 .1. linn, O'Dav. 118, 
 scoirp, scorpion, 3651, the eighth sign of the 
 
 zodiac, Saltair na Rann, 219, 252. 
 scolaidecht, schooling, scholarship, 4103, from 
 
 scolaige, scholasticus, p. 333. 
 scoloc 4234 a farm-servant, pi. scoloca G. C.^ 
 
 xxi. 
 
 screpul 4779, screaball { = scripulus) .1. sect pin- 
 ginne oir, seven pennies of gold, 2832, screabal 
 3151 ; screpul comnae 4470; s. óir no argit, 
 p. 307 ; screaball bathais, the fees for baptism, 
 P. O'C. ; screapul todhuisgidh, Lism. 45 b. i. 
 
 scripad, scratchi?ig, scraping, 3654. 
 
 secda, 3659, i6b6, dried up, withered: secthi (gl. 
 fomace durata). Ml. 48 b 3 = seacata, hard, 
 frozen, P. O'C, who has also seacán, * a hoar 
 frost.' In the Tripartite Life, p. 222, 1. 7, the 
 dead Garván's people take the mantle from his 
 face, conid-fuaratar secc, and the cognate verb 
 occurs, coro[s]ecsat a lama imma claidbiu, 
 ibid, no, 2: seccais a lam immon claideb, 
 S. Rann 7105. 
 
 sechbaid 2271, error, mistake = sechfaid, sech- 
 maid, error, 566, for sechbaid. The phrase in 
 566 and 2271 also occurs in the Tripartite 
 Life, 228, 1. 25 : Ni sechfaid a ndorigni an 
 ben, no mistake is what the woman has done, 
 and in the Voyage of Macldtiin, c. 12 : Ni 
 sechbaid ... in promad sin, no mistake (was), 
 that trial. P. O'C. has seachmadh . i . dearmad, 
 forgetfulness ; also error, mistake, dip-ession. 
 
 seche, hide, 4259, sg. dat. seichid 4261. 
 
 sechna 31 19, 3862 =seachnadh, ati avoiding or 
 shunning, P. O'C, where the dh seems an 
 erroneous addition. Verbal noun of scch- 
 nai?n. 
 
 sechtuibh 3292 = sectaibh 3295, dat. of sccht, 
 seven. 
 
 secnap = secundus abbas, 2553, 2557, 4539. 
 Hence segnabuidhcacht (i.e. secnabbaidccht) , 
 
 ,p. 308, 1.33- 
 
 séimeth 297, offspring, ra a shil 7 ra a séimedh 
 Forbais Droma Damgaire, Lism. 134 a, 2. 
 is a fognam bias a sil 7 a semed tre bithu. Trip. 
 Life, 38,1. 17, where the contraction is wrongly 
 extended. May be for *-scgmcto cogn. with \V. 
 hau, * serere,' heuodd, ' sevit,' and Lat. segcs. 
 
 seis, ro-seis, 2067, act. s-fut. sg. 2 of ro-saigim. 
 
 selat, selad, 3743, 4427 = sealad, a time, a luhile, 
 sometime, sofnewhile, P. O'C. Cogn. with scl, 
 2528, 3787, 3849- 
 
 sén, a charm, 2284, 2289, scan, blessing, pros- 
 perity, P. O'C. From Lat. sigmwi, 
 
 sen, old, in the following compounds : sen-brén 
 3646; sen-garb 3653; sen-scribenn 3672. 
 
 seng, slender i^i), stately i^), 3365. 
 
 senserecht, sinnsirecht, seniority, 2539, deriv. of 
 senser. 
 
 senta, inveterate^ 3625, 3646, 3653. 
 
 seol, course, 2129. 
 
 seolais 3589, seolaid gaeth é, 3163. 
 
 sept-it, seventh day before the ides, 805. 
 
 serccoll, p. 316, note 4, .1. feoil, O'Cl., pi. sercla 
 (gl. irritamenta gulae), Sg. 63 a 11. 
 
 serg galair 2794 ; searg, dryness, decay, withered^ 
 ness, consumption, P. O'C, who cites nir dhea- 
 laigh taobh re deargadh do, acht a searg sior- 
 ghalair, Caithreim Chongail. A denom. verb 
 sergaim, verbal noun serggad, occurs in Saltair 
 na Rann, 7279, 7294, 8209. 
 
 set, likeness, 2464. 
 
 set (MS. sent) anamcharat 2930, a teacher's (or 
 
 confessors) present, 
 sid, peace, comp. sid-athair, p. ^^1, peace-father. 
 
 Hence sidach, peaceful, p. in, 1. 29, p. 312, 
 
 1. 3. 
 
 sidalgid, pacifier. 3921 ; corruptly, sithajgid, LB. 
 66 b, sidaigthig^ LB. 248 a, should pro- 
 bably be sidaigthid. Cf. sulbairigthid Cgl. 
 lepos), Sg. 676. Cognate with the verb 
 sidaigim, siodhach, pacific, siodhaghadh, paci- 
 fication, P. O'C. 
 
 silem, p. 341, sower. 
 
 síltóir, a sower, pi. dat. síltóiribh, 1505, 1508. 
 sinte, stretched, extended, 3659, part. pret. pass, 
 of sinim. 
 
 sir-, continual. Compounds : sir-beogolach 
 3647, leg. -boegalach (,?) ; sír-brén 3659 ; sír- 
 debtah 3646 ; sír-decsiu, long-looking, sg. dat. 
 -sin, p. 325, 1. 28 ; sir-dubach 3665 ; sir- 
 fegad 4868 ; sir-gaire 3384 ; sir-marbthach 
 3646-7 ; sir-shaegul, ix, 1. 33 ; sír-scíthach 
 3646 ; sír-silte, continually dropt, 3666 ; sir- 
 thene 3638,3643 ; s\x-iio\.2Lch, ever quarrelsome , 
 3646. 
 
 sirthe 3659, meaning obscure. 
 
 sirthech 3364 ; P. O'C's sirtheach, that begs, 
 
 craves, seeks, asks^ demands, co sirtech, sollici- 
 
 tously, Rev. Celt. i. 38. 
 sithe 4539, meaning obscure, 
 slaetan tromgalair, xxvi. Also in Laud 610, 
 
 fo. 145 b, 2, slaodan, cough or cold, O'R. Cf. 
 
 treaghait tromghalair, Lism. 152 a i ; serg 
 
 galair 2794. 
 slain, acc. sg. 3372, meaning obscure, 
 slán, salvus, comp. sldin-crechtach, healed of one's 
 
 wounds, pi. n. -aigh 3127. 
 slán 2976, indemnity, sg. gen. im tobach a slain, 
 
 Laws, i. 192, 1. 12. 
 slatra, /Wí/. .1. dana, Leb. Lec. Vocab. .1. láidir, 
 
 O. CI. coslatra 2589. This glosses co mbrassi, 
 
 Fel, June 19. Samson slattra, S. Rann, 
 
 5365, CO slattra, 5573. Hence slattratu, bold- 
 
400 
 
 INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 ness : tria slattrataid, through boldness, LU. 
 35 b. 
 
 slatt, to rob ; oc slait 1971 ; roslatsat, they plun- 
 dered, Ann. Ulst. 836. Cognate with slatt, 
 
 ' a rod ' (W. llath) ; slat riogdha, ' a sceptre' ; 
 
 slat bhroid, * a goad ' ; slatadh, ' a switching ' ; 
 
 slata[f\m, ' I switch,' P. O'C. Hence the Eng. 
 
 slang word to slate. 
 slúasat, sg. gen. sluaisti 3163, where it means 
 
 a paddle, sluasad, ' a shovel for ridding clay or 
 
 rubbish,' P. O'C. 
 smér, blackberry, pi, gen. 1891, W, mwyar. 
 snáth-égne xxx = snáthéicne, LU. 81 a, i7, snáth, 
 
 thread, but what is écne ? 
 sním 2483, 3689, distress. Hence the adj. 
 
 snimach, S. Rann, whence the abstr. sjtimche. 
 so-char, better so-chor, sg. gen. sochair 743, 
 
 profit, advantage, emolument, benefit, P. O'C. 
 
 In the Laws, i. 52, 1. 19, sochar is glossed by 
 
 cor comloige. 
 so-charthanach c^6, amiable', carthanach, /í?2/m^, 
 
 friendly , affectionate, charitable, P. O'C. 
 so-chlann, goodly children, acc. sg. 2143. 
 so-chmacht, possibility, p. 325, 11. 32, 33, deriv, 
 
 of sochma, possible. 
 sóer-clandacht, noble lineage^ sg. gen. -a, 743. 
 so-foircetal, good teaching, sg. gen. -uil 2469. 
 sog 401 1. Perhaps P. O'C.'s sógh, happi7iess ; 
 
 also, good cheer, good fare. 
 so-gnim, a good deed, a laudable action, 2466, 
 
 3943, pi. dat, sognimaib, LB. 252 a, 252 b. 
 so-indscne xxv, oratory, innscne, speech. 
 so-mesctha, intoxicating, 3162. 
 somul, in somulrith carpait 3088 is obscure to 
 
 me. 
 
 so-óla, good to drink, 3162. 
 sord .1. glan, 967, from *sverdho-s, bright (1). 
 som na hatha 262<^, furnace of the kiln. 
 sor-túaidh 4264 for sair-túaid = soir ba thuaidh, 
 
 north-east, P. O'C. 
 so-thoirsech 3660, lamentable. 
 spongc-áible 2973, pi. dat. sponcáiblib, LL. 
 
 267 b ; sponge, spunk, touchwood, tinder, 
 
 P. O'C. Seems identical with sponge, sporige. 
 
 Cf. Nhg. ievLtr-schwam?n. 
 sráinim, / rout, rosraeined in cath forra 3252. 
 
 The verbal noun is sróined, sráined in LB. 
 
 46 a, 57, 72 b ; sraeined catha 3267. 
 sréim, / cast, fling, scatter, pres. ind. act. sg. 3, 
 
 sreidh (sréidh ?), 2135. 
 sreth do rámaib, a row, or bench, of oars, 3574, 
 
 3581. 
 
 sriab, streak, stripe, 4065, 4069, acc. sreib 
 4067. 
 
 srón, F. nose, almsa as cech sroin o feruib 
 
 Muighi 3272. 
 sruith 2022, venerable, 445. 
 
 sruithighecht (i. e. sruithidecht) p. 308, 1. 38, 
 
 seniority. 
 
 stoil xiv, XV. The usual explanation — a stole, from 
 Lat. stola — will not do here. Possibly stoil 
 was the name for a harp-cover. 
 
 suaite 3659, perhaps = P. O'C.'s Ji^azV/^/^,* kneaded, 
 tempered, mixed.' 
 
 t infixed pron. for s : rot-biat 2544. 
 taball ciartha, a waxed tablet, acc. sg. 3704, from 
 Lat. tabella. 
 
 tachar 3658, .1. deabhaidh no comhrac, a fight 
 or fray, a battle or skirmish, P. O'C. 
 
 tachraid 4305, a verb corresponding with the 
 docuirethar of B. 
 
 tagut (leg. tadat ?), thief, pi. gen. p. 358, 
 1. 16. 
 
 taghraim, a calling, 2109; tograim 2 114, for 
 
 togairm, O'Don. Supp. 
 taidbred, beholding, visioning^ xi, 1. 28, for taid- 
 
 briudjLL. 232 b, ni fetait ar nderca-ne taidbriud 
 
 na tadhall forro, Lism. 1 1 8 b 2 , dat. dia taidbriud 
 
 7 dia ndescin, LL. 234 b 14. 
 taire 2108, is perhaps = O'R.'s taireadh, praise, 
 
 commendation (?). Cognate with an adj. of 
 
 which the comparative is written tariu in LL, 
 
 54 a. 
 
 tairisis menma fri 3035. 
 
 tairisnigim, I have faith or trust, tairisnigit 3150, 
 imperat. pi. 2, 3547. A denominative from 
 tairisin, yizzM, trust, confidence, P. O'C. Cf. ta- 
 raisnech (gl. confidiens), Ml. 58 c. 18. 
 
 tairmesc[th]aid, hinderer, preventer, 3920 = 
 tairmescthaid, LB. 66 b, 251b. 
 
 tairptech 2215, 4783, j^riJ/z^, mighty {^)\ dorat- 
 sidhe turrac tairptech ar na treinferaibh, Lism. 
 117 b. I. 
 
 tairsech, lintel, xi, 11. 24, 25 ; but in 1200 and 
 
 p. 306, threshold. 
 taiss (?), taisse (?), a relic, pi. n. taisi 2775, 3148, 
 
 gen. taisse, 2441. 
 taithesc, answer, gen. taitheisc, 4538 ; acc. tai- 
 
 thesc, Wb. 27 c. 29. 
 tanag 484, a kind of cheese, grus .1. tanoch, Leb. 
 
 Lec. voc. ; sg. gen. tainghe, LB. 215 a ; dat. 
 
 oc ithi blogi do thanaig, LL. 125 a, 19; pi. 
 
 acc. tangea (gl. formellas), Regina 215. 
 tangnach, treacherous, 3650. 
 tangnacht 4051, .1. meabhal no feall, O'Cl. 
 fraud, malice, or treachery, P. O'C. ; written 
 
 tagnacht in Ann. Ult., 914, 942, 963. 
 tarasair 1075, 1891,//^ stayed, from do-air-siasair. 
 tarcaid, he offered, 4676 ; pi. tarcatar 4174 ; pass. 
 
 pret. sg. 3 tarcas 750. Here rc is from rg. 
 tardot, over thy, 1420. 
 
 targabál; transgression, trespass, pi. gen. 2461, 
 
INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 401 
 
 sg. nom. largabáal, Wb. 9 c. 19, and acc. tar- 
 
 gabail, Corm. s. v. mat. 
 tarradais, thou hast met, lit. overtaken, p. 306, 1. 
 
 30. See doairthetar. 
 tart, drought, gen. tarta 2375. 
 tas, for das, infixed pron. them, 3880. 
 tathchor maic for, p. 327, 1. i, to return a child 
 
 on someone. Cf. co ro tathcuirem, LB. 47 b 
 tathonn, we have, xi, 1. 12 and Félire, prol. 217. 
 
 So tathum, / have, tathad, they have, O'Cl. 
 techt pi. techta 3664, an epithet for the seas of 
 
 hell. In the Irish Maundevile miiir techt is 
 
 the Dead Sea. O'R. has a tecuhd, ' innavig- 
 able,' which may be our word, 
 techtaide 3616, seems pret. part. pass, of O'R.'s 
 
 teachdaim, I condense, close. 
 tegad, warming, heating, 4431. 
 teicemaid, he will happen, meet, 3456, a redupl. 
 
 fut. sg. 3 of a verb tecmaim, whence tecmuidh 
 
 3436, inferred by the mediaeval Irish from 
 
 the j-forms of doUmaingim. 
 teistemain medónach 4143. 
 tene senta 4425, hallowed {or charmed) fire. 
 tesbach 3146, heat, warmth ; a formation from 
 
 tess, heat, gen. tessa, LB. 37 b. 
 tessaigecht, warming= P. O'C.'s teassaidheacht ; 
 
 sg. gen. -a 591. Cognate is tessaigthe, toriid, 
 
 S. Rann 159. 
 tessarcud 1678, to relieve, save, deliver, teasar- 
 
 gadh, P, O'C. Mid. Ir. verbal noun oi do-ess- 
 
 urc, end. tessaircim. 
 test, tcstimofiy, 4284, scribal error for teist (?). 
 testugud, bearing witness, 217 ; tcastaghadh, P. 
 
 O'C. Verbal noun of testaigim ; pret. sg. 3, 
 
 ro thcstaig, LB. 184 b. 
 i\a.cha.\T, troublesome, 1383; .1. doiligh, O'Dav. 
 
 122, .1. feargach no teinn, OA. peevish, angry , 
 
 froward, sore, P. O'C. lichair Sg. 41 a, is pro- 
 bably a scribal error for tiachair. 
 tiachtain etarru 2102 ( = tichtain ettorra, B.). lit. 
 
 coming betwecjt them, falling out, quarrelling. 
 
 Compare the phrases, batar cosidamail noco 
 
 tarla etori o . . . imman muic Slanga, LU. 42 b; 
 
 tarla etarru, LL. 242 a ; dorala itir Luicet 7 
 
 Aed mac Morna isin chath. Rev. Celt. v. 197. 
 tid-naictech. bountiful, munificent; P. O'C.'s 
 
 tiodhlaictheach. 
 *tim-ochar, to carry, 181 7. Qi.imochar. 
 tinne de or, a chain or link of gold, p. 348, 1. 3 
 
 from bottom. 
 tin[n]e sailli. a fiitch (?) of bacon, p. 319, 1. 23. 
 tinnesnige, hastijiess, 3182, a deriv. oi tinnesnech 
 
 (gl. festinosus). 
 tinnscra, bride-price, 11 59, where, however, it 
 
 seems to mean a payment to which a wife 
 
 legally quitting her husband was entitled, 
 tinsanaim, / drop^ pret. sg. 3 rothinsan p. 349, 
 
 1. 28. The verbal noun seems tinsaitiu ; dat. 
 
 tinsaitin, LL. 159 b, 2. 
 tintodach, translator, 3321 = tintathach, G. C. 
 
 25 ; deriv. of tintud. Ml. 40 a, 14 ; gen. tin- 
 
 tiida, Ml. 45 d, 2. 
 tinud vii, 1. 3, verbal noun of tinaim, / vanish. 
 
 To this belongs tinside, 'evanescent,' LB. 38 b. 
 tir na mbeo 2578, the land of the living. 
 tir urlann xxiv., demesne (?}. 
 tirech, as an epithet for water, 2127. 
 tirus 20i3 = turus 4592, a Journey. 
 tisana, beneath, 4738, tis. 
 
 tiug-chotlud, last sleep, 402. A compound of 
 
 tiug, 'end:' so tig-bae, tiug-flaith, tiug-laithe, 
 
 tiug-lccht, tiug-lomrad, tiug-sái. 
 tochaisceim, folloiuing, 1123, 1132; acc. hi 
 
 tochoisgim, Ml. 37 a, 20. Cf. the verb doro- 
 
 choisc, ' secutus est,' Rawl. B. 512, fo. 21 a i. 
 tochmaircim, / woo, act. pres. ind. sg. 3 toch- 
 
 maircid 2797, dcnom. of tochmarc, 2794. 
 tochus, wedlth, sg. gen. tochusa 2368, cona tho- 
 
 chus tectha. Laws, i. 40, 1. 18 ; eneclann do 
 
 each fo tochus, ibid. 42, 1. 27. 
 tocra 2567, desire, togra, 2680. 
 todemaib 2762, qy. for todcrnamaib, pi. dat. of 
 
 todernam (gl. supplicium), Sg. 133 b, pi. acc. 
 
 todernama 3894. 
 toeb, side, gen. taeibh 4749, but ióibc in LB. 
 
 251 a 68, na taibi in the Irish Maundevile, Rev. 
 
 Celt. vii. 363, 1. 34, which points to the .r-de- 
 
 clension. So does the dat. sg. toib 2069, 
 
 taeibh 2046, 2691. \V. 
 togairt, herd, herding, togartach, herdsman, 
 
 dairymaid, p. 321, last line, 
 toghdacht, í-/;íj;V<?, 2907, togaidecht, p. 321, 1. 26 ; 
 
 Fel. Ixiii. Cf. toghtha, ' chosen.' P. O'C. tre 
 
 thoghdhacht, 'willully.' 
 toi 2974, silent, dumb. 
 
 toich 749, a natural claim or rights P. O'C, and 
 
 see Wb. 9 a 13 : 29 d 13. 
 toichim tuinne, advance of a wave, 3181, = tu + 
 
 ceim, as trichem from tri + ceim. 
 toirithnigim, / relieve, act. pres. ind. sg. 3, torith- 
 
 nigid, 761 ; denom. from torilhin, relief, toirith- 
 
 nus, relieving. 
 toirrchius, pregnancy, foetus, 2993, toirrches 
 
 3007, deriv. of torrach 2804,= W. torrog. 
 toisc, business, errand, 2964. 
 toll na comlad, 1975, keyhole, lit. the hole of the 
 
 door-valve. 
 
 toltanaigim, toltnaigim, / please, Í7icline to, con- 
 sent, act. pret. sg. 3, roioltnaigh 257 ; ro-tol- 
 tanaigestar (gl. placitum'i, Sg. 7 b. 
 
 tonn danatais 3043, tonn diadachta 3045, tonn 
 cailig oiffrinn, p. 317, 1. 15. 
 
 torathar comairli 4682, lit. a monster of a counsel. 
 
 torruma, to visit, to attend on, 1234, 1266, 2663, 
 
 3F 
 
402 INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 3991, 4320, 4657, torroma 4373. Verbal 
 noun of torromaitn, whence rothorromad 
 4882. 
 
 tosca 3172, cognate with /<?2J<r, q. v. toscai eimilta 
 ele acum, Lism. 44 a, 2. 
 
 trachtaire, conwientator, 3325; one that treats 
 or discourses on a stibject, P. O'C. Hence 
 tractairecht, Sg. 145 a, 4. 
 
 trathairect 1976, handling, attending Q^. 
 
 trehlait = tridu/atio, sg. gen.treblaiti, p. 304,1.31. 
 
 tre-bliadnide, three-year- old, 3794. 
 
 tre-denus 357, 1. 8, a space of three days. See 
 denus, supra. 
 
 tregdad 2962, piercing, bo7'ing, verbal noun of 
 tre-gdaim, cognate with tris-gataim (gl. foro), 
 Sg. 54 a, trecatim (gl. foro), MS. Lat. 11,411, 
 (Bibl. Nationale) fo. 125 b. In 564 tregdad 
 seems a scribal error for tregat, colic. 
 
 trell, a while, 1246, gen. trill ; in cind trill fodai, 
 LB. 221 b. 
 
 trén, strong; comp. trén-dírgad p. 339, 1. 4. 
 ires, Jight, v. troimthres. 
 
 trethan, foot ; comp. trethan-garb, rough-footed, 
 
 4731, treathan .1. troigh, O'Cl. 
 tre-tholl 2^62, full of holes or graves', treatholl 
 
 p. 317 ; tir tretholl .1. relec, Rawl. B. 502, fo, 
 
 58 b I . Cf W. try-dyllu. 
 treóraige, guide, 4673. The cognate verb tre- 
 
 oraigim (ro-m-treoraig, LB. 7 a) and its verbal 
 
 noun treorugud (LB. 162) also occur, 
 triamar, pi. triamura, 4567, sorroivful (?). 
 tricce 3182, activity, agility, P, O'C, ; ar threisi 7 
 
 ar thricce. Three Fragments, 24 ; a deriv. of 
 
 trice, S. Rann 1926, 5325. 
 trichemruad 2973, LU. 80 a, 5, redly rushing (J), 
 
 an epithet of fire and sparks, 
 troit 3658 ; troid, a quarrel or fray, P. O'C. ; 
 
 dognid troid, they encounter, Ir. Nennius, p, 
 
 116. See trot, 
 trom, heavy ; compounded : trom-lassair 3639, 
 
 troim-thres 3639. Hence 
 tromdacht 1591, 2668, LU. 5 a 15 = tromdhacht, 
 
 ' gravity, seriousness,' P. O'C. ; and 
 trommdae 2573, pi, n. msc. tromda, LB. 164 a ; 
 
 tromdha, weighty, grave, sober, P. O'C. ; co- 
 
 tromda LU. 82 b 8. 
 trompa, through them, 4609 ; so tromhat, through 
 
 thee, Lism. 94 a, i . 
 trostán 2446, a long staff or pole used by pilgrims, 
 
 LB. 213b and P. O'C, dimin. of trost, gl. trabs, 
 
 Sg, 70 a 4, tres na trosti, LL. 236 a, from W. 
 
 trost-en, which, again, may come from Lat. 
 
 transtrum. 
 
 trot, quarrel, pi. troit 3658, pi. acc. trota, LB. 
 120 a 6, dimin. trodán, 'skirmish,' P. O'C. 
 Hence trotach, 'quarrelsome,' LB. 251 b. 
 
 tuaith-gerrtha 2975, badly mangled or muti- 
 lated (^.)', tuath in compounds: ' sinistrous,* 
 ' awkward,' P. O'C. ; as in tuaith-c heard, ' the 
 magic art,' tuaith-chleas, ' an awkward prank 
 or trick,' P. O'C. The gerrtha must be the 
 pret. part. pass, of gerraim ; cf in-gerrtha (gl. 
 lacerandum). 
 
 tuaraid 2470, seems act. pres. ind. sg. 3 of a verb 
 * tuaraim, / provide, cognate with tuare, pro- 
 vision, food. 
 
 tubaim fri, I oppose, gainsay, rothubh frind 2255, 
 cf. fo dáig na ro tubaide fria enech, LU. 
 130 a, cognate with tubha, a contradiction 
 or opposition, V .O'^C ; but cf. Ancient Laws, i. 
 269, 298 : tuba slóig fo mendad, 'the attack [?] 
 of a host upon the house.' 
 
 tuicsinugud 461 1, cognate with tuicse, gen. tuicsen : 
 tuigse, ' skill, judgment, understanding,' tuig- 
 seanach, intelligent, judicious, P. O'C. 
 
 tuidmide, infixed 3879, tuidmithi (gl. iniixae) Ml. 
 58 a ; tuidhme .1. coimhcheangal, P. O'C. ; fri 
 tuidmi na suanemun, S. Rann, 4278; co 
 tuidmib na drumslaite, S. Rann, 4892. 
 
 tuil-brén 3664, epithet for seas of hell. 
 
 tuili 4783, prob. for tuile, flood. 
 
 tuirthecht, an account, loii = tuirtheacht .1. 
 airmheacht no scealaidheacht, P. O'C. ; acc, pi, 
 tuirtechta, LB. 33 a. Cognate with tuirthiud. 
 
 tuirthiud, story, account. O'Cl.'s tairthiudh .1 . 
 sgela should perhaps be twirthiudh. So dat. ni 
 dia thuirthiud, LB. 169 a. 
 
 tummtha, dipt, pret. part. pass, of tummaim ; 
 coinnle tumtha 1995. 
 
 turad, dry weather, p . 3 30, 1. 1 6, . i . sin tirim, Corm . 
 
 tur-bród xxvi, .1. brised, H. 3. 17, col. 27. turbrod 
 cairde, breaking a truce. 
 
 turcnom xxxvii. Seems = turgnamh .1. togbhail 
 no ullmhughadh O'Don. Supp. and here to 
 mean the preparation of, or collection of mate- 
 rials for, a banquet, cogn. with ur-gnam, frith- 
 gnam. 
 
 uaimmbrechtrad xxx., lit. stitch-variegation. 
 
 uain, tÍ7ne, leistire, nochan-uain 1561. 
 
 uais, noble, 4208, .1. uasal, O'CL, who gives the 
 compound uais-inghen. The dat. pi. occurs in 
 O'Dav. 80, s. V. dociallathar : ochtaib uaisi(b). 
 
 uar, cold=^ . oer (^ex *ogro- ?) occur? in the fol- 
 lowing compounds : uar-chrabud, cold piety, 
 4579; uar-chris, 2724; nar-uisce, cold water, 
 3006, 3024. 
 
 uasal-sacart, archipresbyter,'j2fi, 811, 837, 1865, 
 
 3944, 3995, 4345, 
 udacht, 2885, a will or testament, P, O'C. = 
 
 aidacht, edocht, Book of Armagh, iSa 2 : au- 
 
INDEX OF IRISH WORDS. 
 
 dacht, Corm. ; sg. gen. aidechta, edechta, 
 
 Ann. Ulst. 552, 1044. 
 uisce ernaigthe 566, water of prayer^ holy ivaier, 
 
 usee oiffrind, 2162, water of mass, i. e. water 
 
 used for mixing ivith the sacramental wine. 
 umaldóit, humble service ; luidh F. forsin n-umu- 
 
 loit 2564 ; roerail fair umaloit 4045. 
 únad, to cleanse; d'folcad 7 d'únad 2921 = 
 
 d'únadh ocus d'folcadh, Book of /eights, ed. 
 
 O'Don. 222. A cognate word unach (leg. 
 
 únach ?) is in Corm. Gl. Tr. 166. 
 ur-char [= aurchor, irchor, erchor] d'aithinne, a 
 
 cast of a torch, 2907. 
 
 ur-clad, a great mound or dyke, gen. sg. urclaide, 
 2217. 
 
 ur-daingnigim 3002, / confirm, establish, O'R. ; 
 
 but in 3002 strengthen. 
 ur-éirge, rising up, 1880, 1881. 
 ur-grána 2220, for urgránna, valde deforme, 
 
 O'MoU. 99. 
 
 ur-mor, the greater part, 4720, irmor, Rawl. B. 
 
 502, fo. 57 b I, sg. gen. ermoir 3318. 
 uronna (^for ur-ronna, ur-randa?), portions, 1256. 
 ur-thorad viii, 1. 2},, produce (?). 
 urtlach, lap, sg. gen. urtlaig 81 ; pi. n. urtlaige, 
 
 note to Félire, Jan. i. 
 
 3 F 2 
 
ADDENDA. 
 
 P. XV, 1. 15. There is another copy of this story 
 
 in Egerton 92, fo. 30 b 2. 
 P. XV, 1. 21. There is an imperfect copy of this 
 
 story in the same MS. fo. 17 a 2. 
 P. xvii, 1. 3, add and a third in Egerton 9 2 , fo, 30 a i > 
 
 whence it was published by O'Donovan in 
 
 the Journal of the Kilkenny Archaeological 
 
 Society, 1858, p. 453. 
 P. xviii, 1. 13, after this insert fo. 53 a 2. A poem 
 
 on the eight canonical hours, beginning Ocht 
 
 n-aeric na co\aia\. 
 P. xix, 1. 3, add There is another and somewhat 
 
 fuller copy of the Irish pseudo-Turpin in 
 
 Egerton 1781. 
 P. xix, 1. 18, after saints insert There is another 
 
 copy in Egerton 92, fo. 31 b; and an 
 
 abridgment in LB. 187 b. 
 P. xix, ]. 20. There is another copy of this tract 
 
 in Egerton 149. 
 P. XX, 1. 7. This legend is better told in the 
 
 Lebar Brecc, p. 37, col. 2 : see Rev. Celt, ii, 
 
 382. 
 
 P. XX, 1. 10. The Tale of the Two Children is 
 also in Egerton 92, fo. 26 a 2. 
 
 P. xxii, 1. 10. Another copy of this note is in 
 Egerton 92, fo. 30a 2-30 b I. 
 
 P. xxii, 1. 16, before * Beda ' insert ' Boetsius.' 
 
 Pp. xxiv, XXV. The Tellach TemracA,' {a.im\y of 
 Tara,' here mentioned, is a bardic name for 
 the people of Ireland. See Annals of Loch 
 Cé, i. 474, n. 2; seel Tellaig Temra, LL. 
 2i6a 25. 
 
 P. xxvi, 1. 24, add It corresponds to some extent 
 with the story in Egerton 1782, fo, 38 a 2- 
 39 a 2, and with § 1 2 of the Vita S, Rua- 
 dani. Codex Salmanticensis, coll. 324-328 ; 
 and see Petrie's Tara, pp. 101-103, and 
 O'Curry's Manners and Customs, ii. 336- 
 337. 
 
 P. xxviii, 1. 5. Compare Lives of Cambro-British 
 Saints, p. 509. 
 
 P. xxviii, 1. 21. See more as to the battle of 
 Cúil Dreimne and the druid's fence {airbe = 
 erbe) in Petrie's Tara, pp. 99, 100, and the 
 Annals of Ulster, a, d. 560. 
 
 P. xxix, 1. 9. A fifth copy of this poem is, ac- 
 cording to Dr. Kuno Meyer, in H. 3. 18, 
 p. 41. 
 
 P. xxxi, after 1. 8 insert The piece ends with a 
 description in prose and verse of the happi- 
 ness of Ireland during the reign of Conn 
 Cetchathach ; and the rest of the column is 
 filled with five lines of prose beginning : 
 Gebe lenadh ail bheth maith denad comairli 
 Arastotuil (Whosoever desires to be good let 
 him act on Aristotle's advice). 
 
 P. xxxii, 1, 2, add The note on the three Cries is 
 from the Dd BrSn Flatha Nime (Two Sor- 
 rows of Heaven's Kingdom), Book of Lein- 
 ster, p. 281, 11. 8-19, 
 
 P. xxxv, 1, 16, after 106 insert dindi another in the 
 Book of Ballimote, p, 247 a i, 
 
 P. xxxvi, 1. 5, after ii, insert 212-215. 
 
 P, xxxvi, after 1. 20 insert : The story ends with 
 the murder of Fiacha by Connla in order to 
 heal himself of leprosy by bathing in the 
 royal blood. See O'Mahony's Keating, p. 
 342- 
 
 P. xxxvii, 1. 4. There is another copy of this 
 
 poem in the Book of Ballimote, p. 172 a 9. 
 P. xxxvii, 1, 10, The same story occurs in the 
 
 Book of Ballimote, p, 255 a 34. 
 P. xliii, after 1, 19 insert It is little but the prose 
 
 framework of twelve poems, which begin 
 
 respectively thus : — 
 
 CmWenn, ba hadhbha fiadhaigh (fo. 152 a 2). 
 Esteachtt bee on bim nar dtost (fo. 152b 2). 
 Ar mallacht ar mhnai Irgail (fo. 153 b i). 
 
ADDENDA. 
 
 405 
 
 Dámh trír thancatwr ille (fo. i 53 b 2). 
 Fulachtt na Morrighna anall (fo. 154 a 2). 
 Deichen dorín bir Deichin (fo. 154 b 2). 
 In fuil uaib aderat frium (fo, 155 b i). 
 Ac so in íeri a ngenir Find (fo. 156 a 2). 
 Cnucha, cnoc os cind Life (fo. 157 a i). 
 Ingnadh in fis tarfás dam (fo. 157 b 2). 
 Baile na righ, Ros Temhrach (fo. 158 a 1). 
 Ni maith aniu mh' irlabra (fo. 158 b i). 
 
 Of the fourth of these there is an older copy 
 in the Book of Leinster, p. 207 b. 
 
 P. Ixxi, 1. 4, add fo-cerd 1997 = 0. \x. focheird. 
 
 P. Ixxvi, 11, 1, 28. Since these lines were printed, 
 I have learned that Prof. Windisch dissents 
 from Prof. Thumeysen, and regards fetar 
 as resting on an old compound vid + dha, 
 comparable to Skr. formations like vidam 
 cakara. The / in fetar would then cor- 
 respond with the t in cretim, ' credo/ from 
 *cred-dhami, and in {do)-rai, ' dedit,' from 
 *pro-dadat. 
 
 P. Ixxx, after 1. 32, insert PI. 3 dorimartus (leg. 
 ■tais) 3619. 
 
 P. 21, 1. 686, after treas insert [mudh], and in 
 1. 712, after shet insert [choss]. 
 
 P. 59, 1. 1948. After this the copy in Laud 610, 
 fo. I a 2 has : Nos-fega tairis rí7;;-aicce ba 
 lán in muir dia eis, ' he looks over at it 
 and sees that the sea was full in behind 
 him.' 
 
 P. 240, 1. 31. The Ulaid stooped their heads in 
 charging. Compare Annals of Loch Cé, i. 
 342, 1. 26. 
 
 P. 296, 1. 6, add and in Jocelyn, Colgan's Sexta 
 Vita. 
 
 P. 296, 1. 33, add There is a similar tale in the 
 Life of S. Winifred, Cambro- British Saints, 
 p. 521. 
 
 P. 296, last line, add and two remarkable cases 
 are recorded in the Annals of Ulster, at the 
 years 738 and 783. Fergus Glutt rexCobho, 
 sputis uenenatis maleficonim hominum, obiit. 
 Flann episcopus sapiens, abbas Inse Cain 
 Dego, ueneno mortificatus est. 
 
 P. 297, 1. 7, flesh' insert and cf. the follow- 
 ing lines in the Divina Commedia (Inf. 
 xxxiii) — 
 
 Sappi che tosto che 1' anima trade 
 Come fee' io, il corpo suo 1' é tolto 
 Da un demonio, che poscia il govema 
 Mentre che '1 tempo suo tutto sia volto. 
 
 P. 303, 1. 36. The MS. cited by Dr. Todd was 
 probably the Book of Lismore, in which, 
 fo. 44 b I, there is a version of the legend. 
 
 P. 308, 1. 30, add A scala aurea by which S. Ai- 
 duus ascended to heaven is mentioned in the 
 Cambro-British Saints, p. 246. 
 
 P. 313, note 5, aí/í/See O'Clery's Glossary, s. v. 
 Dolmha. 
 
 P. 317, 11. 18-21. This obscure quatrain stands 
 thus in Rawl. B. 502, fo. 58 b i : 
 
 Tir tretholl 
 
 oca facbat rig recholl 
 
 abb cet [cell] custoit rothonn 
 
 cenn i cocholl sroil sechonn. 
 
 * A grave-yard whereat kings leave a 
 shroud : an abbot of a hundred churches 
 whereto cometh a great wave : a head in a 
 cowl of satin beyond us.' 
 
 P. 319, after 1. 10 insert With the * white red-eared 
 cow ' mentioned here and in many other 
 places in Irish stories cf. the tarti gwyn 
 eskyvarllennyc of the Welsh Laws, i. 6. 
 
 P. 337, 1. 4. There is a fourth copy (im- 
 perfect at the beginning} in Laud 610, 
 if. I a-5 b. 
 
 P. 337, 1. 29, add They are also mentioned in the 
 poem printed supra p. 135, 11. 4556-57, 
 'without a brugaid (landholder?) who will 
 give tithe of his herds, of his fair cattle.' 
 
 P. 337, 1. 31. That children were actually sold 
 under stress of famine see the Annals of 
 Ulster, ad a. 964, and the Chron. Scotorum, 
 ad a. I II 2. 
 
 P. 340, 1. 15, a/Z^r Compare insert the murder of 
 Emand a Burc, Anna/s of Loch Cé, i. 626, and 
 
 P. 340, 1. 25, insert 2390, ' in his single thread,' 
 i. e. as we should say, * with hardly a stitch 
 of clothes.' Cf. can én shnáithi, Ir. Maun- 
 devile, Rev. Celt. vii. 76. 
 
 P. 348, 1. 2, add In 2237 seems used to mark 
 out a boundary. So in Iceland, saj's Vig- 
 
4o6 
 
 ADDENDA. 
 
 fusson, * a man started at sunrise with a burn- 
 ing torch and followed the course of the sun 
 round the piece of land he wished to claim.' 
 P. 348, 1. 4, after 3012 insert There is a similar 
 story in a note to the Annals of Loch Cé, 
 i- 363. 
 
 P. 348, 1. 30, add The expression scj-epul each 
 
 sróna occurs in LL. iii b. 
 P. 361, 1. 13, add One of them (an ech uisci) had 
 
 intercourse with a priest's daughter, the 
 
 result being the mil Letirech Dalláin. See 
 
 H. 2. 16, pp. 242, 243. 
 P. 368, add to article ' womb : ' child speaking 
 
 out of, 347. 
 
 P. 378. In the article Dál Ríata, after 314, 
 
 insert nearly coextensive with Argyle, the 
 
 Irish Dál Ríata is 
 P. 381, col. 3, Tricha cét na soillse is now Lecale 
 
 barony, co. Down, Annals of Loch Cé, ii. 
 
 230. 
 
 P. 383, col. I, to the article adam dét add adam 
 aed, adam braicc, adam rend my two eyes, 
 my two hands, my two feet, LL. 238 a. So 
 adar-n, our two, LL. 186 a 23. 
 
 P. 385, col. I, insert arra, payment, tribute, gen. 
 arrad 2088. 
 
 P. 385, col. 2, to the article biait add In pp. x, 
 xii, and in lines 1095 and 4846, biaAt means 
 the 119th Psalm, Beati Immaculati. See 
 Rawl. B. 502, fo. 44a I, where that psalm 
 is said to bring a soul out of hell at the 
 end of a year (dobeir in biat anmain a hiffurn 
 hi cind bliadne). 
 
 P. 386, col. I, insert hohkvL^calf, but in 4471 the 
 name for a bell. 
 
 P. 387, col. 2, to the article casair add bor- 
 rowed from Old-French caswe. A similar 
 native word is cassair, ' brooch : ' in de- 
 chiult cen chassair trit, Rawl. B. 502, fo. 
 59a 2. 
 
 P. 388, col. 2, to the article confad add Conbadh 
 inna con, Ann. Ult. ad a. 775 
 
 P. 391, col. I, to the article erlathar add From 
 the following passage in Rawl. B. 512, fo. 
 66 b I, erlathar seems to mean dispensation : 
 air is tria érlatar 7 comairli nDé (gl. supema 
 enim dispensatione). In p. 214, 1. 19, there- 
 fore, yÍ7r . . . read by dispensation. 
 
 P. 391, col. I, to the article estud addT^iXs seems 
 = istad in the compounds istad-luc (dat. sg.) 
 LB, 219 a, and prim-istad. Battle of Moira, 
 p. 198, 1. 21, and isdad, O'Donovan's Hy 
 Fiachrach, pp. 280, 282, where it is rendered 
 by ' mansion.' O'Brien spells it phonetically 
 iosda, and explains it by * house,' ' habita- 
 tion.' Can it be a loan from a Teutonic 
 stadi, whence Nhg. Stadtl 
 
 P. 394, col. I, add Idal, Idhul a Jew, x, 1. 23. 
 This word (O'Reilly's /wí7) frequently occurs 
 in the Irish Maundevile, pi. n. Idhail, gen. 
 Idhal, JRev. Celt. vii. 75. 
 
 P. 399, col. I, to the article scolóc add : In Mac 
 Conglinne's Vision, LB. 214 a, scolóc is used 
 as synonymous with timthirid and gilla. 
 It seems cognate with O.N. skdikr, A.S. 
 scealc. 
 
CORRIGENDA. 
 
 I. THE PREFACE. 
 
 P. X, 11. 23, 2^, for An idol read A Jew. 
 
 P. X, 11. 33, 36, 41, and p. xii, 11. 33, 36, 41» for 
 
 Beatus read Beati Immaculati, i. e. the 
 
 119th Psalm. 
 P. X, last line, p. xi, 1. 6 and elsewhere, for 
 
 clerical students read young clerics. Pp. xiii, 
 
 xiv, XV, for clerical student, or student read 
 
 young cleric. 
 P. xi, 1. for dreaming read beholding it. 
 P. xviii, 11. 27, 28, for Founded, apparently, on 
 
 read Translated from. 
 P. xix, 1. 2^, for comurda read comurtada. 
 P. xxiv, 1. 16, and p. xxv, 1. for manor read 
 
 Family. 
 P. xxvi, 1. 20, for I read she. 
 P. xxxiv, 1. "Jfijfor congaiter read conga i i ter. 
 
 P. xxxvi, 1. I, for another copy read short story; 
 1. \,for et seq. and the story read col. 2, in 
 which this event is mentioned, and the 
 saga. 
 
 P. xliii, 11. 8, 9, for an indeonad (gridiron?) was 
 made read cooking was performed. 
 
 P. xliii, 1. 35,yór of Comuir read of Comar. 
 
 P. Ixxxii, col. I, and p. Ixxxvii, col. 2, dele the 
 articles ailén, oilén, which, notwithstanding 
 Prof. Zimmer's opinion to the contrary, seems 
 an unborrowed Irish word. See Kev. Celt. x. 
 368. 
 
 P. Ixxxiv, col. 2, last line and p. Ixxxvi, col. 2, 
 
 1. }p,for sq. read sg. 
 P. Ixxxviii, col. I, 1. i'],for • \\. piun = />o/idus' 
 
 read From Fr. point. 
 
 II. TH] 
 
 LINE 
 
 5, for (inshor) read (n-inshor). 
 78, after roartraigh insert [in t-usce]. 
 
 152, for genealaig^ read gentalac/i. 
 
 157, for cona. cnamat read co w-accnamat. 
 
 171, for mhogaí/ read mhogazí/. 
 
 192, for im thecht read imthecht. 
 
 311. Almost illegible in the MS. After this 
 page had been printed off, the first three 
 words seemed on a bright day to be : 
 Fagaib do (be)nnai-///uin. 
 
 315» yi?^ (li(uisciu) read di(gh). 
 
 317, for . . e read uime. 
 
 318, for . . ba read doba. 
 
 321, for na ithfesa read naith fesa [i.e. náit fesa). 
 324, for 7 in, read , 7 in. 
 331, for . . read uile. 
 
 336, for uci read ucu't), and for the latter half 
 of the line read Dodeochaid ^\diu Vátraic 
 cu hairm i mbui l^ceghaire. Atb^rt \.ce- 
 ghaire. 
 
 11^, for for read ior. 
 
 TEXT. 
 
 LINE 
 
 374, /í?r the former half read', ica timurgwd 
 
 il-lanamhn?/^ [7] i n-adhrad idhal. 
 399, XioK.tyfor Aitt reail Aill. 
 446, woi^^for leg. read for. 
 459, for comdhi read co mo dhá. 
 471, for Muscraihi read Muscraighi. 
 481, for bimfad read bi^rnfad. 
 487, for doberbadh read doherbadh. 
 517, for imrulai read imrulaidh. 
 566, for síí-//mad read sechma/d. 
 568, for Dairi read Dhairi. 
 592, for t-soillsuighadh read tsoillsiughadh. 
 608, for in dairi read i ndxiri. 
 630, for an reintibh read a n-aiintibh. 
 637, read aingelacda ann. 
 648, for n-£Entuidh j-ead n-oentuidh. 
 677, for nul read dul. 
 
 687, for cniger read cnigther, and for hetho 
 
 read hats. 
 723, for re read ro. 
 
 735, for t-airdecniudh read t-airdecnuidh. 
 
4o8 
 
 CORRIGENDA. 
 
 LINE 
 
 751, for suithi read súithi. 
 757, for No read Ro. 
 761, for toirithnigh read toirithnighid. 
 819, for Degaid read Degi?. 
 854, for traird read Iraird, and for oxdMÍdx read 
 ordnidi. 
 
 900, for an Daire read a nDaire. 
 902, for romhuid read romhuidh. 
 920, for IS e read IS o. 
 930, for nech. read neich. 
 978, for conidh-herad read co ;z-idhberad. 
 1008, for Agaid (the lection of the MS.) read 
 Adaig. 
 
 10335 fo^ isin nusqui read isinn usqtii. 
 
 1 068, for quingcidis read quingctgis. 
 
 1097, for an gainem read a ngainem. 
 
 1 140, for Noeid/} read nemda. 
 
 1 2 14, for nero rmí/ níro. 
 
 1 25 1, dele the note. 
 
 1282, 1299, /^^ cmlznn read cuil?'. 
 
 1393, forni read ni. 
 
 141 3, for a[t] read a. 
 
 1420, /í>r tardot siiilib read tar do tsuilib. 
 
 1442, for in araile j-ead i n-araile. 
 
 1446, cuilw^ cuik. 
 
 1476, j'i?^ De read de. 
 
 1497, : Magh read i Magh. 
 
 1669, for itix read itir. 
 
 1735, for choibi-^^i read choihsin. 
 
 1774, note, 1. 2, for and read et. 
 
 1790, j^r noemh read noebh. 
 
 1802, note, for rohuighseat read roghuighseat. 
 
 1827, for corosfeg-ainn read coros-fegainn. 
 
 1867, for it read is. 
 
 1942, for Mechairbai read Mechair bai. 
 1951, yipr saighidh read saidhidh and cancel the 
 note. 
 
 2064, for fomuidhi read fz^rnuidhi. 
 
 2070, for coicca fer ^ read cóic deichnebuir 
 
 2106, yi7r fir-Fiadhait read fir Fiadhait {rectius 
 
 fir Fiadhat). 
 211 ■^, for farath* read fa rath, and cancel the 
 
 note. 
 
 21 17, for sochtais read fochtais. 
 
 2132, for gun glanbhail read gu nglanbhail. 
 
 2133, dele the note 7. 
 
 221%, for lasamazV read lasamam. 
 
 LINE 
 
 2227, for n[d]eimhn^i read neimhni^fi. 
 
 2238, for Aingel. lar coisecrad doibh na hindsi 
 
 doraidh read Aingel iar coisecrad doibh 
 na hindsi. Doraidh. 
 
 2239, for ar read as. 
 
 2294, for ioimich read toimech. 
 2389, for Ochtnr read Ochtur. 
 2442, for tois^ic/^ read tois^c,^. 
 2460, for rohadnizd read rohadhnad. 
 2512, for ;?-essidh read /zdessidh. 
 2523, for dia n-ainm read dian {rectius dianid) 
 ainm. 
 
 25335 fof cohinnfheith^c/^ read cohinnfheith- 
 mezh. 
 
 2572, for háthu read hachdu. 
 
 2667, for cumang ar nd(ul) i naicsighudh read 
 
 cumangar ced d(ul) i n-aicsighudh. 
 27545 ronertugh[ad] read ronertadh [MS. 
 
 ronertugh]. 
 
 2766, for intsamh«?7 read in tsamhif/^<?. 
 
 2767, for shámhízz^ read shamh/^a. 
 2861, for mor read mór. 
 
 2872, for Finn/?? read Y'vanchua. 
 
 2899, note, read MS. ansedhair^i/ha. 
 
 2921, for dunadh read d'únadh. 
 
 2964, for Bidh am read Bidham. 
 
 3013? for damhrú!í/ im theacht read da mhdthan 
 
 imtheacht. 
 3027, for ndz^cat read nd^cat. 
 3047, for Yinnchua : ' Na . b . so, a read Yinn- 
 
 chua na hriathra so : ^A. 
 3080, 3348, 3396, 3629, 3701, 3811, 3817538435 
 
 for iarrad read 'mrratd. 
 3091, for nar' read nár'. 
 3120, for Tair^zis read Tairwis. 
 
 3224, for cath. read cath (?). 
 
 3225, for curabh aissi read cu rabhaissi. 
 3245, for chomhlm read chomhlainn. 
 3252, for rosraemai/h read rosTxinedh. 
 3267, for srxmad catha read srgein^a^ catha. 
 3273, for in dam read ind am. 
 
 3304, note, 1. 2, for p. read ff. 82 b 1-88 a 2. 
 3428, for Tuithned read ruithn^. 
 3441, for rosoei trea read rosoei(r)tea. 
 3474, for cumdad read cumdaz^. 
 3570, 3872, for hetha read bethíZí/. 
 35835 for loinne[o]lais read loinne lais. 
 
CORRIGENDA, 
 
 409 
 
 LINE 
 
 3587, dele (?). 
 
 3648, for , cruma, croma, read . Cnima croma. 
 
 3786, /or na read [ná] 'na. 
 
 3789, dele the note. 
 
 3933» /^^ sualach read sualai^. 
 
 3953, /or Tocongazr read rocongrtíí. 
 
 3954, /or chathr^m read chathraí^. 
 4061, /or . . seiced read as eic^w. 
 4091, /or Fiachizr/i read Fiachraf/i. 
 
 41 15, /í?rhaidhib^íaí/háidhib (r^f/z^j' háighid?): 
 
 /or lobhrana read lobhrána. 
 4153» /or a xMiinter read Ninnzi/h. 
 4154, /or ricib ale read (sco)il. Acc. 
 A^19> for . . . read (sh)aill, and /or (mi)d read 
 
 (lin)d. 
 
 4186, /or pi»j-tea read p^ta. 
 
 4195, /or di^^hbidh read d^^bhidh. 
 
 4280, /or huaf/i/ read huasa/. 
 
 LINE 
 
 4378, /or domain read domaw, and cancel the 
 note. 
 
 4437 y /or innsan read riusan. 
 4440-41, /í?r .III. mis 7 ... a read vii mis 
 nama. 
 
 4477» for roráidh-sium read roráidhsium. 
 4494, /or lanpartaib read lán[ed]partaib. 
 4497» /or FirailithzV read Firailith<?r. 
 4526, /or dichéilla/í/i read dichéilh'ífi. 
 4541, /or oc cetlai read occ etlai. 
 4637, note, /or Liligd^c/i read \j\x\gdech. 
 4664, /or Rofhergí77^ read ^oi\itxgdiged. 
 47^, /or hliadni read hliadna. 
 4758, /or in doghuma read ind [r]ogh[n]uma. 
 4840, /or mh\ia.d/7i read mhliadna. 
 4845» /or aims^r read aimszV. 
 4885, transpose [é fein] to 4886 a/ter aidhilg- 
 nech. 
 
 TRANSLATION. 
 
 P. 149, 1. 19, and p. 182, 1. 8, /or the context of 
 read a. passage connected with. 
 
 P. 149, 1. 20, dele as far as the place. 
 
 P. 149, 11. 29, 30, /or sun arose read light ap- 
 peared. 
 
 P. 150^ 1. 11, /or of read day before, and make 
 
 similar changes in p. 170, 1. 27 ; p. 172, 1. 23 ; 
 
 p. 201, 1. 14 ; p. 247, 1. 14 ; p. 263, 1. 8 ; p. 
 
 265, 11. 4, 5 ; p. 278, 1. ii ; p. 282, 1. 16. 
 P. 150, 1. 22, and p. 153, 1. 6, /or Potitus read 
 
 Potitius. 
 
 P. 152, 1. 2\,/or he used to be brought, read 
 
 thou wast wont to bring him. 
 P. 152, 1. 30, see Index, s. v. greim. 
 P. 155, 1. 3, /or wild honey was brought read 
 
 He gave wild honey. 
 P. 160,yi?r goats, goat, read he-goats, he-goat. 
 P. 162, 1. I, /or ancient read venerable. 
 P. 165, 1. 12, /or ... Saith, read ' No mistake,' 
 
 saith. 
 
 P. 165, 1. },Z,for student read habitation. 
 
 P. 166, 1. 12, /or knowledge read sciences. 
 
 P. 170, 1. 24, * brand of battle ' (Mr. Hennessy's 
 
 3 
 
 rendering\ should perhaps be ' focus ' 
 
 (O'Curry's). 
 P. 171, 1. ^,/or mug read mess (?). 
 P. 172, 1. \,/or Baite read Buite. 
 P. 173, 1. 11; p. 175, 1. 28; p. 177, 1. 21, /or 
 
 chapel read great church {redes). 
 Pp. 180, 288, for Beatus read Beaii {Immacu- 
 
 lati). 
 
 P. 182, 1. 8,/í7r as far as when read where. 
 
 P. 183, 1. 14, yi^r dowry ríííZí/ bride-price. 
 
 P. 184, 1. 32,/i?r cowdung which lay before read 
 
 cloth cap (?) on the head of. 
 P. 185, 11. Z^-ZTi/or hospitality was shewn to 
 
 them, read a feast was made for him, and 
 
 cancel the note. 
 Pp. 186, \%T,/or kitchen read storeroom. 
 P. 189, 11. 27, 2^, /or If thou . . . desired read If 
 
 it were not disobedience to thee, I should 
 
 not desire 
 P. 192, 1. 4, dele of God. 
 P. 192, 1. 5, a/ier satisfied insert thereby 
 P. 192, 1. g,/or spell read philtre 
 P. 192, 1. ii,/or arm read inlet. 
 G 
 
CORRIGENDA. 
 
 p. 196, 1. 15, for credence table read portable 
 altar. 
 
 P. 197, 11. 1 5-1 7,72»?- clerical student read young 
 cleric. 
 
 P. 197, 1. Zl^for Lake of Milk read the Lake of 
 
 the Milk. 
 P. 199, 1. %,for furrows read ridges. 
 P. 204, note, after Colgan insert Acta SS. and 
 
 for 53 read 653. 
 P. 205, 1. i^yfor mayhap read surely. 
 P. 206, 1. 2'j,for attacking read plundering. 
 P. 210, 1. 7, for was displeasing read seemed 
 
 bold. 
 
 P. 210, 1. 14, for threatens read quarrels with. 
 P. 211, 1. 6, for was read contended with. 
 P. 213, 1. 2%, for swiftly r^a^/ vehemently. 
 P. 213, 1. 36,/^?;' rending (?) read reverted ; note 3, 
 
 for trench read dyke. 
 P. 214, 11. 2, 3, ' No boats {ethrd) could catch it.' 
 
 For this rendering I am indebted to Mr. S. H. 
 
 O'Grady; but the nom. pi. of ethar (gl. 
 
 stlata) is ethair, H. 2. 16, col. 391, and I 
 
 suspect that the true translation is ' No birds 
 
 could catch it,' ethra being perhaps =W. 
 
 adar, and cogn. with Skv. _patra, Y^g. feather. 
 P. 215, 1. 2, for broken read bruised. 
 P. 216, 1. I shall read Let me 
 
 P. 217, 1. \ifor seaweed read dulse. 
 P. 218, 11. 19, 25, p. 219, 1. 2, for holly read 
 
 hazel. 
 
 P. 221, 1. 9,/i'r commerce read commune. 
 P. 223, 11. 26, 29, -^'i,for sub-prior read prior. 
 P. 224, 1. 12,, for have been read should be. 
 P. 224, 1. 16, for will readwoxúá. 
 P. 228, 1. i^,for prior r^í/ abbot. 
 P. 235, 1. Z'^,for evils read violences. 
 
 P. 238, 1. 2, for 2ii the end of read hard by. 
 
 P. 240, 1. 10, for in heat (?) read of a herd. 
 
 P. 243, 1. 2^, for its fatness read their opportunity. 
 
 P. 245, 1. 11, for ruler read men. 
 
 P. 248, note 2, for Martyrs read Masters. 
 
 P. 249, 1. <^,for compact read turn. 
 
 P. 252, 1. 26, for to Sliab Daidche read early to 
 
 a mountain. 
 P. 254, 1. 24, for feeble read oppressive. 
 P. 255, 1. ^,for windswept read boggy (?). 
 P. 257, 1. 2, for later read thou seekest. 
 P. 257, 1. 33, for Why marvellest read What 
 
 thinkest. 
 
 P. 258, 1. zo,for rapidly read nimbly. 
 
 P. 259, 1. Z^,for extinction rmí/ lessening. 
 
 P. 263, 1. I, * wonderworker.' I greatly doubt 
 
 the correctness of this rendering. See Index 
 
 of Irish words, s. v. oeibelteoir. 
 P. 263, note 4, dele the comma. 
 P. 264, 1. 2 7, relations r^íZí/ relatives. 
 P. 266, note ^,for ingerim I'ead ingreim. 
 P. 271, 1. 24; p. 277, 1. 14, for farmer read 
 
 servant. 
 
 P. 271, 1. 26, for delayed read agreed to come ; 
 
 note 9, read fotruair. 
 P. 272, penult, line, for 4728 read 4278 ; 
 P. 272, note I, read rocob^ra. 
 P. 276, 1. 2e^,for Ichta read tchiox . 
 P. 276, note ^,for icht read écht. 
 P. 278, 1. 30, watch 7VíZí/ canonical hour. 
 P. 279, 1, 26, for Israel read Jared; 1. "^2, for 
 
 shrine read habitation. 
 P. 281, 1. 22, for equality of read so that they 
 
 shape. 
 
 P. 284, 1. 8,/i?/- Easter read Lent. 
 
 P. 285, 1. 26, for exception read doubt. 
 
CORRIGENDA. 
 NOTES AND INDEXES. 
 
 p. 293, 1. 32, for Potitus r^íZí/ Potitius. 
 
 P. 301, 1. 24,/í7r Echin read [F]echin, ana for 
 
 Echen read Fechin. 
 P. 303, 1. 3, before my insert the greatness of. 
 P. 304, col. 2, 1. lZ, for anguish read ailment. 
 P. 306, 1. 20, read cooperuerunt. 
 P. 307, col. 2, 1. 7, for more easily read from 
 
 this. 
 
 P. 309, col. I, 1. 1,Jor an galira read a ngallra. 
 
 P. 310, col. 2, 1. 21, for this read that. 
 
 P. 310, col. 2, 1. 44, for vengeance would be 
 
 taken read he would take vengeance. 
 P. 313, col. 2, 1. (>,for sandals read shoes. 
 P. 314, col. 2, 1. 12, before judgment insert the. 
 P. 314, col. 2, 1. for Araide read Riada. 
 P. 314, col. 2, 1. 12, for tribute read fleet. 
 P. 316, col. I, 1. 12, for coecat read cóeciiit. 
 P. 317, 1. ig^for trea tholl read treatholl. 
 P. 319, col. 1,1. 38, read fochruib ; 1. 39, accal- 
 
 laim ; 1. 41, a aslinge. 
 P. 321, col. I, 1. 25, read Boi ; 1. 27, heisi. 
 P. 321, col. 2, 1. I and elsewhere,/í7r kitchen read 
 
 storeroom. 
 
 P. 321, col. 2, 1. 2"], for ... to milk (the kine of) 
 read on a hillside at the herd of. 
 
 P. 322, col. 2, 1. }fi, for covered with flowerets 
 read smooth (and) flower)'. 
 
 P. 322, col. 2, 1. }fi,for ridge read top. 
 
 P. 322, col. 2, 1. ^o,for Whose read Who. 
 
 P. 323, col. 1, 1. I'j^ for 32 read 33. 
 
 P. 324, col. I, 1. 24, for airitech read airidech 
 (ms. airigech). 
 
 P. 325, col. I, 1. II, for alaile read alali ; 1. 13 
 for di- read dia ; 1. 29, read Brig ; 1. 30, 
 read Satan ina ; 1. 39, read hoviinihíís ; 1. 40, 
 for tir read dir and cancel the note ; 1. 43, 
 for sin read siu ; note i , for indluth read 
 inluth. 
 
 P. 325, col. 2, 11. 19, 20, for she sent . . . house 
 read that sick person who was in the house 
 sent a girl ; 1. 42, for * O Brigit, I .... to 
 thee ' read * Nay, O Brigit, it is not due to 
 thee ; ' 1. ^\,for that read this. 
 
 P. 326, 1. 21, for id[cir]co read idio (i.e. ideo) ; 
 last line, for Viac\v read nac/^ ; note i^,for bcdi 
 read bedi. 
 
 P. 327, col. 1,1. 3, read Ni attse ; 1. 6, read ani ; 
 
 1. 23, roráithat (?) ; 1. 25, Adgladadar ; 1. 39, 
 
 for leth read leath, and cancel note 8 ; note 
 
 Itfor agerta read agata. 
 P. 327, col. 2, 11. 3, 4, read How has this assured 
 
 itself?; last Vme, for in spite of read to 
 
 (contra = fri). 
 P. 328, col. I, 1. 7, read Fobith; 1. 8, praindi- 
 
 [gu]bsa; 1. 13, rot-baitsidersu ; 1. 17, bab- 
 
 tizauit; 1. 25, mbaclam ; 1. 28, dixeras ; 
 
 1. 40, tiagait. 
 P. 328, col. 2, 1. 5, for for read upon ; I. 21, for 
 
 lame read lame-handed {mancam). 
 P. 331, col. I, 1. 22, for uadhe read uad he, and 
 
 after Brigitam itisert cum ; 1. 33, read 
 
 dabaz'^. 
 
 P. 331, col. 2, 1. 21, for .... read\AxtVi the king 
 
 of Hi'ii Cúlduib did not take it from him ; 
 
 and now in his necessity he came to Brigit; 
 
 1. 2^, for brought in read put into. 
 P. 332, col. 2, 1. 8 from bottom, read that (the 
 
 hymn) ' Ni car Brigit ' also was made. 
 P. 335, col. 2, penultimate \\i\Q,for at read in. 
 P. 349, penultimate \h\Q, for bar jxad chain (or 
 
 link). 
 
 P. 351, 1. 35, for dadaig read daidchi : 1. }fi,for 
 
 at night read early. 
 P. 363, col. 2, for Beatus read Biait. 
 P. 364, col. 3, 1. \l,for 360 read 361. 
 P. 365, col. 2, for holly read hazel. 
 P. 3G5, col. 3, 1. 2^, for 347 read 34S. 
 P. 367, col. 3, art. Tawney, read ságara. 
 P. 368, col. 2, 1. 5, for 347 read 340, 348. 
 P. 387, nine lines from bottom, dele priesthood. 
 P. 3S9, 11. 2, 3, read daidche early, 3565 = 
 
 daidchi. Tain bó Dartada, p. 190, 1. 30: 
 
 cf. daiche .1. moiche, soonness, earliness, 
 
 P. O'C. 
 
 P. 390, last line, dele dloma and p. 313, 1. 31. 
 
 THE END. 
 
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