Columbia 5^nit)er^ttp intljeCitpotllftDgork THE LIBRARIES COMPLETE HISTORY OF IRELAND, FROM THE FIRST COLOxVlZ/VTION OF THE ISLAND BY PARTHALON, TO THE ANGLO-NORMAN INVASION; CfOLLECTED AND ARRANGED FROM THE MOST ANCIENT HECORns OF IRELAND, AND FROM AUTHENTIC roREiGN UKiTcns ; BY ir.E REV. JEOFI KEY KEATING D. D. VOL. I. Pj»nte» ay John BARLo\r, No. 1^, Bolton-street- 1811. f I? u s f e ?i s 91 I ^]i. (c o jtjotucfo ■o'u5-o^djl? biixnzdmU ccjgcjijcle-. »*«««4Bi ttti ) 6lljOe ?CjJ» T14 cup ] cclo 1 TnB,^)le ^^dcl)t allow that the invaders, whose names are all Nor- man, spoke the Irish language, an o})inion by no means probable, Perha})s the family's founder may have been named Etiemie hy the Normans ; Fitstephens by the English, and by the Irish Mc. EtiemiCf or Cctiennc or Keating, by omitting tlic M, as was the case with respect to the Cannons, Codies, Kennies, &:c. oriii^inallv, naveven still in someparls of Ireland, called Mc. Cannons, Mc. Codies, Mac Kennies, &.c. with the word ]Sfac, in Irish lUctc (pronounced like mock,) a son, prefixed to each name. From some written documents of the twelfth cen- lury, it is evident that such olthe family as accom- panied the Anglo-Norman ex[)edition here, were (ailed Keting, Ke^tinge or Keating; for so maliy \ariousways the name was spelt. Thu^s we find Ilalis Keting was one of the subscribing witu'ssc-. iii LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, iii ill a charter granted by Henry Do Montmorency, Lord De Marisco, to tlie Cistercian jS'lonliLs of Don- brody- Abbey, an edifice whose venerable ruins still arrest the traveller's attention, in the county of Wexford, nearly opposite the river Suire's confluence Avith the united streams of the Neore and Barrow, between Ross and Duncannon Fort. By this instru- ment it appears, that among many other immunities conferred by Marisco on the Abbey, he granted it also the privilege of being an asylum or sanctuary for the protection of malefactors, &c. It is dated so early as the year 1179, that is about ten years after Marisco's arrival there. And can it be sii})posed that those intelligent Monks would permit an\ adventitious nickname, deduced from a frivoloijs occurrence of a few years existence, and consequcntl^)- not yet fully established by common usage, to be annexed as a witness to their charter? This family's chief, in common with the other itivaders, soon ob- tained grants of extensive estates. The above Halis, or Haley Keting, got possession of Baldwinstou n, in the county of Wexford.* Other branches of them, perhaps his descendants, were proprietors of the estates of Kilcowan and TuUoghbardie, in the same county. From those sprang the various septs that afterwards spread themselves over the neighbouring parts of Leinster and Munster. In the turbulent reigns of Richard tlie 3d and Henry the 7th, some of the family distinguished themselves by their opposition to the English govern- ment. James Keting, Prior of Kilmainham, ren- dered himself peculiarly obnoxious in this particular. He usurped the government of Dublin Castle for many years : and on being accused of alienating the lands and sequestrating the property of his i)riory, had one Lumley appointed in his place; but Keating kept possession of Kihnainham, and cast Ltmdey into prison ; ♦ Of the same house was baron Keating, of Kilmananane, Co. Wexford,, who was •ummoncd to parliament in •■ 36:. vid. Rot Berminjham Tur. iV LIFE OF THE Al'TflOK. prison ; notwithstanding liis cause being espouseil and himsi li" patronized by tlie then Archbishop ol Armagh, by the Principal:, ot" llie Order, and by the king of England. Keating after associating himseh' with Lords Kildare, Killeen and others, against the crown, was outlawed and exempted from tlie terms of the general amnest}', grantctd in 1482 to Killeen and most of the rest ; because " he was the chief incendiary in instigating and abetting Lambert Simncll s reljellion." It was also provided b}- Act of Parhament that "none but an Enghsh- man should be ever after appointed prior of Kil- mainham." Of this stock there were many respcctal)Ie branches in the county Carlovv, at Cloonagh, &c. as also at BallymuUen, in the Queen's county. In this latter shire they must liave been formidable opposers to Queen Elizabeth's government, as in 1591, "^ the whole sept of the Keatings in that county nas attainted." Narraghmore in the county of Kildare, celebrated for the c^it"0-lll]le- '{-\X]izer, " o)' hundred iJwusand tcdcomcs,'' of Irish hospitality by foreign tourists, this century past, is the family mai:ision of another brancli of the name. Maurice Keating, Esq. its present repre- sentative, is equally distinguished forsimilarvirtues. It was in the pounty of Tipperary, however, that this fainily was n)ost numerous, previously to Carew's presidency oyer Munster. The Nicholstown family survived that desolating era, for e\ en in the reign of Charles thr fjrst we find a daugii- ter of Richard Keating, Es(|. marricMl to a represen- tative of the ancient I'amily of the Walls of Coohu\- niuck, in the county M'aterford ; and two years art( r, in ]6.'J8, a daugh'er of John Krating ol" Ni(;liolsto"v\ n, allied to llie l^verard fan)ily, near Feu-thard. Robert Keating, usii:-dly stiled Baron Keating. LIFE OF THE AUTIIOrv V Keating, was tlie representative of tliis house about the middle of the last century. He was son to John Keating, who in his youth embraced a military life, and died at Annapolis iji North America, in 1718. Of this family's other spreading branches, the most reputable, about the commencemeni of the l6th century, were those of Shanbally,* Llogliardan and Balh^mooney, in the same county ; and those of 33allincholiigf in the county of Cork. M'ho were at that period equally distinguished for their virtues, as for their various alliances by marriage to the most respectable families in Munster and t.einster. From *Michael Keating of Shaubally. Es(|. hail by Lord Dnnboynt-'s daughter, John, who was married to Miss Kearney of Cappagh, a cousin to Lord Ormond, by "horn he had issue, Mieliael, Maurice and Brvan, witli a daughter marrieil to Mr. Duller oi Kilcommon, grand son to the celebrated Sir TheobaUi Butic;-, and nephew to Lord C ahir. ?.Iichael married Miss Burgh, sister to Lady Viscountess Ferrard, lived at Mellictnt in the county ot" Kddare, and was member of the Irish parliament till his death. Rev. Tohn \\ . Keating his son, is dean of St. Patrick's at present. Maurice Keating, Esq. married Miss Mandeviile of Ballydinc. This is a family mansion pleasantly situated on the lel't banksof the river Suir, nearly half-way between Clonmell and (.'airick- years past. Their progenitor in this country was descended frtuii a Norman chieftain, who came to England with William the Conqueror. His eldest brother was among those patriotic barons who v-restcd the great charter of liberty iVom king John at Itunnymede. Mr. Maurice Keating lived at Dnrrow in the county oi" Kil- kenny, and had by Miss Mandeviile muny children, of whom Miss Alicia was married to Edward Bushell, Esq. Miss l-llleu married first to Mr. Kellett, and u:)\\ to Hen. Young, of the C'ty ofDublin, Esq. Francis whodicd young; Michael isyetminiaiiicd in Dublin; and Bryan married to Mivs Keilly of You::!iall, .'/rand daughter to Robert Sheeli^'of BallinclioHigh, couiuv oi' (Jork, Es(j. t Bryan Keating the youngest of Jolin's sons, married the ♦laughter of the above Roger Sheehy, and lelt issue Robert JShcehy Keating, V>n. tfie pres^n.' proprietor of BalJin-'GiioJiig, who Vin LIFE OF Fill-: AL i nOE. of this memoir, whence he derived his iu.ormalion. he candidly acknowledixod that it was onlv from vague hearsay. The iraditioii, however, among ap;ed persons ai^out the ])Iace oi" \\\> nativity is, lliat li;^ studied in France. 1 his is inx'frai^ablv ascrrtained by a cotemporary, yet anonymous autiior, in an octa-io vohnue written ai;ainst Demj)sler, tlir Scottish kidnappt.-r of Irish saints, and entitled Hibermacsiveantiqniorls Scotlae viudiciac a(h'n\<;us immode.fam Pane /as in Tlioinae Dcinpstcri par G T\ or " A vindication ot" more ancient Scotia, or ireiand, against the shameless fuhrication of the saint-stealing Dem])slL'r.' "* I'he author oi' this work, who " with good reason" accorthng to the learned continnator ofAVart', " is snpposed to be I)a\id Kothe," the ca- tholic bishop of Kilkenny, a man even in arch- bishop Usher's opinion of uncommon < rudilion -, in enumeratinL^ tlic learned men of Ireland that then flourished, particularly mentions Doctor Keating as "an iii>linian of singular distinctic»n in literature, and as a Doctor of either 'riiouloMS' all extraneous obiecls for rendering' the Jiieuioiuliv e iuvnilic - more efficient, there were no wiiiilows tor the admission ol' Fight, but a candle was introduced at a seasonable tniie, as uccasiuii required. The students were discriminated into ria:jsesj accordijij; to the genius and progressive ini|)roven)ent of eat-h. To caeii class a theme \vas proposed w hicli wh; to be ready at a certain hour on the nextihu, brougiit in, read, commented on, rcciifieiF and submitted to the rigid examination of each of the bight r classes, till its merits were finally appreciated by tlie profess*, j-. and anothi-r suljject of greater dilli(uiry givLMi in return for mxt ni'dit's composition and contemplation; i'.ft.er tlx; completion ol t\ni^ii severe exerci-es the students dined together ; iiere loo there was a display of youihlul talents, as they v\ere to sustain a poetical conversation during meals, or be altogether silent. On .S;iHn-da\ s and festival eves the students went let the ii>igh- bouring gentlem«'ns' seats, wliere they were cordially rcc<:ivftJ and hospitably entertained till they were summoned back to resume tiieir studies. Besides gratuitously entertaining the students during the vacations, ihenobdity and gentry considered thcni-:elvf s * This work \v;5 prjnt.d in octavo at Anlw rrp in \C^l. LIFE OF THE AUTIIOTl. i>i or of Bourdoaux. His words arc "■ inmnncri sunt alii ob singularein doctriiiam, in primis academical tmumerandi ex qiiibus aliqiios hie odjiciam qiialcs sunt; Ruber I US Barry, Geofridiis Ketiii, Mauritius Datcy, Peirus Bnllev, Sic. S'c. Burdegalenses et Tholosani Tlieologiae Doe/ores. Find. Ilib. page 35 ; uliich iiiii)ort>i tliat " there are many other Irish- men equally illiistrious for their profound leaining^ and worthy of beini:^ ranked with the first acade- micians, such as Robert Barry, Geoffry KetiNG, Man. Daly, Peter Butler, &c. ike. Doctors of di- vinity, who obtained tlicir academic honors at the universities of Bourdcaux and Thoulouse." OntlieDoctor'sreturntohis native ccMmtry, about 1 he year 16 10, he was sent on the mission to the parish of knockrafian, between Cashel and Cahir. Here he gave unequivocal proofs of his impartiality and ZQ?.\. In various parts of Ireland there are some time-ser\in'^ priests v.ho delay the piib-lic service on Simdays and festivals, as long as they can, B consistently tllcmsch'es (such liie moral iiiflr.encc of m:ui) perticularly obliged to send in all sorts of provisions to tho school, so that Uie profL'ssor was abundantly remunerated by perquisites as null as by landed property.* ill the country -schools of such partsof Munster and Connauglit as have not experienced the ill elrects of party faction, rack • rents or military la,\v, many vestiges of these customs still exist ; thus younrj men from eighteen to thirty years of aire resorted from Connaught, Leiiister, and the north-\vest<)f Ulster, a^uell as from the contiguous counties of Munster itself, to the rls-sical academy of a Nunan, a ^lacurten, a Don-^ghanCliariin, i.i the Gountv of Chve ; aCantlon, an O'Sullivan, and a IMnlhiii:, in the county of Cork, as \\e!i as to the matiiemutical schools eijually celebrated in tKe same districts. So numerous and s.) a!»le bodied indeed were the students of these acadeiuif-, tliat they often contended in hurling matches with wliole parishes, and were generally rrnvvned with victory. Though thry w; re usually branded with the appellation of poor scholars, they were bv no means such in reality. They were the sons of wealthy an;i respectable laraiers, who after learning the rudirnciUs of (>reek ;»n,l ■^ Vide dUsertai'ou preHxcd lo Clanricl;ard'3 ^.'c;noV5, an LIFE or THE AUTHOR. jsericms matters ; he afterwards, on many occasions, found himself at a great loss, as he had to negociate jbusiiipss of national iniportance \; ith gentlemen who \vere iar less intelligent in llu- English langnage than he was in the insli. On snch occasions he wonld use ihe same methods which he took with the titular bishop of Clogiier, ihe- great favorite of Owen O'Xeii, and successor to iha*: general in thecojumand of the Ulster forces. Tuis bishop he brought over to the king's interest, and gained his entire confidence by a con\ ersation carried on between boih y)arties in ]>rivate. The Duke always spoke in English and the bishop i!i Irish, as neither understood the lan- guage of the other so as to \ enture upon communi- cating his sentiments in it with any degree of accu- racy or p'recision." 'I'o hear one of the Dcctoi's sermons there came a lady whose maiden name was Lallan, then married to squire aSIocler, of Mocklerstown near KnockraiYan, an easy, good natured man. She, mtoxicated with the va n ]>raises lavished on her by designing de- bauchees, iu n. '.vv io iij:ist!vr;liLu\\ iili Englisliinen, or such as studied in that cMuiitry. Since the ifl'oiination, it was also the policy, thoug haii >i!iivei>iiy was cstabiiMticti licie, to exchide all snch of the native Irish as ci.nionned noLtoth(;cstablislicdn;li<;ion, from all classical l^.irniii.,'atl)oin(;; itsvibiccftcitjreek, Latin aadHebrcw teachers to t!.c rigors of tlic penal la\vs. hi this |jredicann;nt the young jiiicst> oi irclaud were necessitated to complete their lollcgiate siiidi'js in the universities of ypain, France, Italy or (jcrmanv. > As fioin the i)eri!s and privations llie young clergyman was lo i:2uler^o for the Sj)iritiiai cfhhcation of his countrymen, he was i oMsidcred as tiie property of the public, consccpiently v\ lien initiaud into orciers, he was permitted to celebrate Mass in every }iart of the diocese; and be his parents ever so well able. [(> allurd hiiii pecuMiury aiil, ihe vj-rious congregations collrxted a sum of money to enai)le our young mi.-;sionary to go abroad and pro-ecute his theological studies. 'I'hc reader will I'eel the liecess;ty (>f the present digression, as thereby lie u ill be ma- b'ed to a;)preciale many customs still prevnilnig, ubirii to thr Mij.eificii.l tourists will appear barbarous, !^avai;e and inconsisl- em N. tb civilii^ilion. LIFE OF THE AUTHOR. xiii baucheeSj tbr her ])crsonal charms, excited such sus- picions among her censorious neighbours, as caused her to be the common topic of conversation in that part of the country. Tlie priest's discourse hap- pened to be on conjugal fidehty, and whether by accident or purposely, is immaterial, the eyes of the congregation were directed towards this lady during the sermon. This so irritated her that she, tliinking the clergyman pointed at her particularly, vowed vengeance against the preacher. Among her admirers was the earl, who was then lord presi- dent of Munster; he was at that time in Limenck, to him she hied and tendered her complaints against the devoted but innocent preacher so strongly that horse and foot were in motion to bring him in ; whereby the doctor v.as necessitated to withdraw from the mission to av^oid the impending storm. To oppression or adversity we are indebted ibr the most celebrated literary proviuctions of ancient and modern times. Homer's indigence necessitated him to sing his immortal rha|; odies in detached poems ; what but the loss of his tarm roused the energies of the Mantuan bard ? Ovid s exile. Bacon's degra- dation and Raleigh's confmement were, in their con- sequences, beneficial to the literary world. Content with the temporary applause of a popular preacher, doctor Keating would have beei] probably consigned to everlasting obhvion had not a price been set upon his head by the president of Munster ; whereby he was obliged to relinquish his professional unties, and withdraw for a time from the Catholic mission. The Doctor, instead of wasting his tin'c in the sequestered glyn of Aherlagh, near Tipperary, as has been erroneously stated in the LIFE above alluded to, "changed his garb and name, and in thatdlsglli^3 went, according to the dissertator's account, to the* schools and habitations of his favorite bards," to vvhoia he Ziiv LIFE OF THE AUTilOK. he was a welcome guest from his profound knowledge- ill the ancient language of Ireland, as well as from ♦lie celelji'ity he already acquired by his Irish clegi- acal poem on the death of lord Decies; his satyric poem of the burlesque kind on his servant Simon, whoni he compares witli the ilksstrioas heroes of ancient times: and also from his two largep and more serious vrorks in Irish, one i)artaking of the])oipmic cast of the times, against tiie late reformation in religion, entitled e-Oc],\x;'/t f5)itu cttl tt)f|i)-o, "A key to tlie shield of the Mass," or a defence of the ca- tholic religion ; a title seemingly adopted from St. Jerome's preface to the bible, which he denomi- nates " Prologus Clypeatus." To these may be added his other moral work on practical piety entitled, tiie *• Three winged shafts of Death," Z)\) b}]\'i,iWltC-- iXH ^Cl'jf, nearly on the model of the "'Imitation of Christ," attributed to Thomas a Kempi.s> all which the Doctor wrote with some other lighter compositions before the history. Among the bards and seanachies, he began to rolleci materials for this work; nor \Aas he confined to the bards alone, for some very aged clergymen of his own persuasion informed a friend of the transla- tor's who lived many years in Cashel, that during this persecution the Doctor found the most unsus- pected and safest asylum, even among the president's mostintimateProtestant friends in and about that city, while employed in perusing and translating from the various records both in their own and in tlie Catholic libraries then existing there; and thatthey aftervvardi. generously recommended him to the protection of their literary fri< nds in Dublin, with a request to aflord i.im a sinular asylum, and facilitate his ad- D'.i'^sion to t/lie college manuscripts there. After some stay in Dublin he travelled through ^he various other provincci in Ireland,, during which tour. LIFB OF THE AUTHOR. X^ {our, ** His Anglo- Norman extraction," as Abbe Ale, Geoghagan observes, " was no srwall obstacie to his nndin'taking-, tor notwithstanding his being a Catho- lic, and a ciergynian of their own conmHinion j yet t-iich were the prejudices entertained against hino, that many, especially in Ulster and Connanght, re- iused to aid or communicate with him, or aiibrd him any documents ; a privation which has prevented his history from being so con:ipleteas it otherwise might have been." The anonymous Dissertator, who took every oppor- tunity ot" depreciating the Doctor's work, and pre- venting its publication in English, as being the great njagazine from which he intended to draw materials for a substitution of his own on the same subject, informs us that the Doctor spent only two years writ- ing it; so short au interval, however, seems too in- iKlequatc for travelling th-ough the other parts of the nation, consiiltingoriginal works in various languages^ transcribing, arranging, and methodizing materials^ and completing the whole. The truth is, it was not so precipitately compiled. In his yjreface to the work he informs us tliat he " was advanced in years;" and from the work itself it is evident that he wrote it in the reign of Charles the fu'st. Subsequently to Sir Carew's removal from the pre- sidency of Munster, the Doctor was a coadjutor t® Eugene O'Duiiy, vicar of Tubrid, adjacent to the })lace of his nativity, between Cahir and Bally- jioreenj as is ascertained from an inscription over (he door of the parish church, which imports that '■* Eugene O'Dahy, \ icar of Tybrid, aad Doctor Geoffry Keating, built that chapel in 1644," and that with the permission of parliament, as is men- tioned in a letter from the Kev. John Ileron, p. p, of that place, v.'ith a fac simile of the inscription in ISOl. This singular indulgence from d parlia- ment. XVI LIFE OF THE Al'TJiOE. meiit, then after the insurrection of 1641, busily employed in imposing pains and penalties on the Irisli Catiiolics, must have been, without doubt, obtained through tlie interference of some of the Doctor's friends high in power. | Of Tubrid he afterwards became parish pries*. The life of a Catholic clergyi^^an on the country mis- sion in Ireland, however laboriously spent and incessantly finployed, in ushering infants into the church, instructing the growing youth, marrying the adult, hearing confessions, administering the sacraments, ofticiating on Sundays and holidays, impai ting spiritual comfort to d\^ing ])enons, and reading his bre\iary at slated hours, is necessarily attended with such a similar round of duties, as can neither interest the biographer, nor entertain the readrr. Even in these respects we have no further particulars respecting the Doctor. The time of the Doctor's dtath is equally uncer- tain with that of his birth. The Ivev. Peter Walsh^ the author of the Irish remonstrance, who lived near his time, says the Doctor finished his history in his old age, and died a little at'ler Charles 1st. had b( tvi proclaimed king, which happened in 162.>. This, however, is a mistake, as the inscription in Tubrid shews he was alive in \6\A. Collier, in his biogra- phical dictio;:ary, says Uc fniished his work in 1640, and died in I6o0. With him nearly coincides th^ author of the dissertation, who says " that he might live till 16o()." The Rev. Mr. Ilearn, pari.sh priest of Tubrid, in his communication of ISOl, says, '-the Doctor's remains were buried in hybrid church, but after the most minute in(iuiries, of his sepulchre he could find no trace," •J- Perhaps tlie pernii'jpion may liavc hcen granted by tlic Irlih parli.'i- Mvnt, or supreme council then siliiiij in Kilkenny. With LIFE OF THE AUTHOR. XXT 'knowlcflge of Irish : the want of this has rendered most of tlie etymological ex])Ianations of Martini us Vossius, Junius, Menage, Aldrete, Littleton, Baily , and Johnson, resi)ccting the derivations of Greek- Latin, Italian, French and English Avords con- temptible, ridiculous a,nd absurd. This is now fully acknowledged, yet, haw is it possible that the 'Celtic branch of the French national institute or the patriotic members of the Gaelic Society of London, or of the Highland Society,- or those of the Irish Academy of this nation, can obtahi any knowL^dge of a language still inclosod Avithin the sooty envelopes of moth-eaten, half rotten and illegible manuscripts? 'i hough this inconvenience has been often felt and iatneuted since the invention of Printing', yet little has been done through tlie agency of the press for the Irish. Language. The present work will tend to remedy that complaint: This, with the aid of the Grammars of tlje Language, especially those lately published, and a complete Irisli Dictionary now nearly ready for the Press by the Autlior*^of the following trauslation, will form a complete appara- tus for facilitating the study of this ancient Tongue the acquisition oi whicli is far from being so diffi- cult as some l]a\e erroneoui.ly supposed. All scho- lars ''from Ganges to the Missisippi's mouths" have heard of the revered general ^^allancey's profound knowledge of ihc Irish Lana:uaj:e, Without any acquaintance v;ith the vernacular Irish; without the assistance of proper elementary- books ; several gentlemen of this City are allowed by good judges who kuow it both by precept ai)d practice from their infantine age, to have attained such a critical knovv ledge of this ancient Tongue as has astonished many of the more iutclli- geiiL Ii-ish Scholars. I) Of XXVI LIFE OF THE AUTHOR. Of the Irnnslation the Editor takes leave to ob- sene, that had his view been solely directed to the ostentatious agrar.dizemcnt of his name, by exhi- biting iiis Author's original in the meretricious decorations and captivating embeliii^hnients of stile, be might ensure some degree of praise ; but could not render the work uselul to such philologers as himself, who may wish to make the Language the subject of their study and investigation: lie has tlierefore presented the Public witii an Kuglish translation which may be depended on lor accuracy, precision, and a strict adherence to tlic verbal interpretation of his ^\utlior. Tiic Inscriplion over tJic Door ef ihc diurch of Tub rid. Y/( Uiighial Latin. ^ llius ni Lnglish. ^' J? ORATE pro AiabO P ^ Pray iov the souls of ^ \S Lugenij Duliy vie. ^^ lather Eugene Duiu", ('i ^ de^Jybiu I etD. Duct ^ vicarof'I y brid, and the ^ 6 Gall. Keating huj9 ^ learned Doct. GeotlVy ^' {X Sacellil undatou .ec ^ Keating, of thisCiiaptI u (A no et pro oi -9 ahjsTa ^ tiie ioundc rs^ and also ^ n sacerd. quam iaici.s ^ lor all otliers, as well ^ w 'p»o;u corj a in » od ^ clergyaslay-men,vvliose ^ ^jiact Sa. A'.' Don! ^ bodies in this Chapi I w w l(i44-. ^ lye interred, ii'44. ^ FOR?f J s Fe^s^ ORJNN. VOL; i. 7))0pfbfj^0LaiC leteOOi** f]tmf))i"Da6c c^)te- f^^> "DO liiCfctf •0*^511^6, ft f uap^e-ctt) 50 tceagrtiaim IjudUcii ct6 b6, no oc;ict6 cctpctjlt )i)f, 50 . CCr-Otlct -DO'n T?|10)t15 CUdf, tt) ^ilOmctj-D ttjfl fui3^)lc)[7, no ) a"D(tri -^0 ■ nict)n)fC|iectcM)Z7, dgdf d)|i fe-)le- no ) ti-o)nl'6 ^ctn €-0|io)p )i]ci}ii, "c«o iis^)|t d cc ui 11 ct)f Y^e^jH,) ceo HI a) ii If) )i to,?;. 6')0"O tcu5cfDd|i uctj:(3i {nt){ iiur< ctof as '0}1D)ii5 e)le "f.xn e-0]io)p) ]iitiu{ 50 f ct]5 cm ujiijotd .fjti •D'J-ibCM ^j^c-jie agdf 0)11)5 ) {rn.';VocitttX)D tt^df ) ii5ci0T}vtlvt)5 '^)ttrini, titi|i I;D)i Uo ti)"D "00 CvtlM)^!^ "00 5a6 aoti -Oct zcoc^ctt) ■D'jdi'.^tct)^ iie-)r:e- Oji|^it gctn co)|iCd i^o)c6liiii "00 Cdi5ci)|tc "DOj^ -Oct cc65a)ftrn |ie bitotmax) «ff-D .d5af tticto)ii& "tdp, 5)t)e-cfD itj baon ti)t) Ti]ob fo iofscdii le C|iO)>i)cil) iiucfD-5^?alt net 7)ci)nif)|^e-{c-, i -D^dinnbeojn net Vom^y\^t t 1^)|l dtl CllCf Vctteticjti)ct)ii jrMp)|t, |ie- t^e ciijg 6ecc bljctjdjti; i -co ^tt^ ectfi cjii, rii5 ^';E<^{ '00 ?)o)te-ctt) te-o ^ tc)|t y^-o)t iiibat) luct)rjT)e -oo Z7)at) )'Muacvt)ji ^; 6^|i, "DO r4.ii5e-ct|iaD "bop Y<^j>i Y^ci|icn) r'^'CtjCijl 6*11 b^e-vill perceive, that when Antiquaries relate thisfiict, disgraceful to XVI r)ri){te 'nd f)ii ^, T)ct tnbttt) tiof to Z^j^t) i if b^e5d6 T)o SUfiabo i -ca "De^tittni ^ii)l)-D be)c ) ti-'6-)f>)i}, T 5U|t ^)0f d6 jf tid Mite fx\b^)icp ;"* •7 nm|i -fjti "DO rfiO|i^ii T5o fectii.r^T^.d)Zj e)Ie- cOj5Cfi)6e, T)o fC|tjoLi 50 nicd|it)diid tiiiredf- T)d-6 ia iiuti-D-?5f^atl T)0 fc^.joD ^ 'Q:)W 4- ^0115 Cbditibftenfjf, T TO 'oeMctiM cofct6 to bjig^5- iirjax) Cbct)tibf\c-'if)f Yt^-)ii, tiiu^ i||ie- id 519 btjdjdjn ; tn^ ^'v^)iCf Cd)ti|3)on ti-d 6|io)ii)c fdti -Dd|id cab: TO*ii Td^u tQ)d|i, rH^ tt 11-db^, 5U|i db g- 5rttd--ni4;d f d |i j 4 'e^ti)T) dti cdii fjn. 5)t)C'D ^iiii^ cednti 50 ludjTbCi) pot]crio}i)con 1 ^OHonoceii^jf ■] -oiiotis e^te- TO iiudr>-'5bdtldib dn 5joUd-ni<^d -{o to de^-c n-d ^ijc5 ^ '<3^Hji), ^ f titti Y<^) i 1 5Uft i fOjn'ic- till 5fc-ct|i5uf fo, 11 j -jivtjb <6ii jij 4 2llbct)ti TDO c)Yi'b ScvTC |iO)nir, tigit^ rviu|t '>Tf'6edftrd6 fe^jn j tl-dMt(ld)i) C-^'^Ct}, " /iVj: Scotorum,'" Xd ^iiti ^ ccfjt 50 |idi5 ^ttTcu|V d)T;e ^ -rtd ScnrdjZ? ) M-'e^t^jf) "7 ) ii-2llbd)ii, -| iij i:^iiwff-Od dif cj ■DO Z?j )f ^d cumdccd ^))i, "CO ^e-jc ^d ^^of- 6a)H d5 T?j05 2Lfi<:.r|i. '6-1|*ri) K^'otif 50 ccircr<6)T) le-o i ti^-o d rejit jsf ubj^e^^){ ^dM 26. cdb. ro'ii -Di^d iibil "C»*^ f^^- ^^i^if^ n iiihj^dr) 4- 't^jj^l'O; c(5 fo m^. d -oejii, " -njo^t ** tiTS '^IftC- )ijdni -ftt c'tiiiidcx co)5C|ij6e-."* Cb)5 Y6f Cdnib|te>if)f y^)ii te-jf dM n^t) f)n fdJi 20. cab. nmjt d ti-dbdj/t, « -do Z?j '<^?>e- " f<0('t tr{ JtHitUdgdt) dH lljte C)t1)"D •* co)5C|'.)ce.''t 21^ lid b^)ia 7?ottitciiac."t 21 "Dej/i Camb^ieiifK -f^^^' 9 CiXb, * Cum suumllomani imperiumundiquc propagasseiit, multi })roculclubio ex Hispania, Gallia, Britannia hie se reccperunt, ut iiiiquissiuio Romanorum jugo colla sub* ilircerent. XXV tate ever possessed authority in Ireland, until the Enghsh invasion: nor is it to be supposed that the Britons could lay claim to any authority in the island, when the Romans themselves never dared to do it; and so far from Ireland being sub- ject to the Romans or any other foreigners, that she was a protection to other nations from the oppression of the Romans and other powers. Camden, in liis book called Britannia Camdeniy gives the following testimony, " When the Ro- " mans had extended their empire on all sides, ** many, no doubt, came over here (to Ireland) ** from Spain, France and Britain, in order to " avoid the intolerable yoke of the Romans." From this it may be collected that the Romans not only never cauie into Ireland, but that the people of other countries there found an asylum, and were protected by the Irish. This same Camden says, confuting the opinion of these who imagine that the Roman power extended to Ireland, " I can ** scarcely be induced to believe that Ireland was " at any time under the dominion of the Ro- ** mans." Cambrensis in his ninth chapter says, that t Egoanimumvix irjducere possum, ut hanc regionem in Romanorum potestatem uUo concessisse tempore cre- daui. ixvi T))olcct'j-D ct)i -dLc nicfD ) ii-'tf-)tt)T) 50 cCcr ati Chsit)))ict]l pap)|ioti ; 5)T)C-d, 11 j '^'jo|t 126^ fo, ii)iia)l i^^i'^rcc-c^ca^n Td e]f fo ) ccofip 11 j .fCd)|ie, T f5{ inctn iJuf ^ollii^ jf an •C')om- ii-D)ct)5. ?l vc])\ ^\ui 7 cab. niu|t it tC|ia<:- cobalt fvX11 ^ju>ilct)ri -DO jtl^ -CVTMe l)ctt -DO Tacdjii, an cdti pxjtd^ a ^olc 110 1 ^ 1^^'Q:]^p\n icd)5 ^0 -do tu^ 21 "oejii Cdmbf^.enfK f^^ ^^ cab. an cati bj-o •ciib^)-D ollant tie -oe-natii >^e)Ue- d)|i d c^ejie. t/o vr^t^jid rt)H di) fo, ii^c b-fu)! l(o)"b no l)C)|i, -(fn^iif 510 ^-fMfC)t)?nie, ]|\)f 110 an^tdc, d5 dec Ie)f ai|i a»i riu^re)|; {I, t f(3f jf Y^ltuf 50 lutjb r'y)^'^'^^^^)^^ '^i^ '"'^ {rnciijb 5a>i d fariiajt {o ^0 TDt^rc' f'fif ro c'f lie dgdf y-f^f -on ^u^t j ccdj^r. XXTIl that it was customary with the men, after the decease of their brothers, to take their wives in marriage ; and he also says that tythes used not to be paid in Ireland until the arrival of Cardinal Papiron ; this however is false, as we shall show hereafter in the body of the history, and as will also quickly appear in the Preface of this AVork. lie also asserts in his seventh chapter where he treats of the natural curiosities (wonders) of Ire-, land, that there is a well in Munster which makes SI person grey upon washing the hair or locks in it; and that there is a well ift Ulster which iri like manner prevents greyness ; yet there are h(> such wells in Ireland, in our davs, nor do I think there were in the time of Cambrensis, but these won- ders are set forth as a colouring to his falsehoods. Cambrensis alo says In his twenty-second chap- titx)ti m) 7?uci)rtc ^1)5 B^c-)y:>iC- j, ci^ctf ^ct 1)^) j>ijeciii •DO i 110 gcfOii: le 11- ci Dg-dt, dgdf d ZJc-)c df jcfi) iid ^eotd df d liitrtid)!? 5dti -fcjd)ii tio d^ini r-)le- Td 5C-df^at) dj^e; djdf 50 tiojunedi) 11C^-D rij5 ^)viejt cCoiuijII, i)id)lle- te fii)j;e d)ri 6110c: ) ttie-dfc iici^dl 1 o)|ied6cd d c'|tj6e- f^jn; d^d-f CcojfCdc "D'ud){t)b d 6^156^ -co fffdni ) ii-d Y)dj;>iu){C- 50 ftdjc 11-0)1^)5 i>ibct)ii j H-d I'djrtl, d5df dJI Cdll -co t»d)led-D TDO fl J5 6)111^)1 GCoiid)U 5, df c-dt) d rejrtedt) r^jf, " cedtmuf XaXI is evident tiiat the Barrow has i'ts source in the eastern ])oint of Sheve Bloom, but the Suir and Nore flow from thesideof Slieve Aldiun, otherwise called Slieve Barnan, in the territory of Carin. He sa3'^s also, in the twenty-fifth chapter of his account of Ireland, that O'Donnell,* king of Tirconnell, used to be inaugurated with the fol- lowing ceremonies ; all his vassals being assembled, upon an high hill, in his own territory, a white mare was killed, and put down to boil in a great cauldron in the middle of a field, and when suffi- ciently boiled, the king used sup up the broth with his mouth like a dog or hound, and eat the flesh out of his Viands, without the assistance of a knife or any other instrument to cut it; then he divided the rest of the flesh among the assembly, and afterwards bathed himself in the broth. This is evidently an impudent fiction of Cambrensis, for the annals of Ireland expressly mention, that the ceremony of inaugurating the kings of Tir- connell was this; the king being seated on an eminence, surrounded by the nobility and gentry of his own country, one of the chiefs of his noblffs stood before him with a straight white v.%and in his hand, * The O^pQiinells were hereilitarv toparcbs of Trr- connell. ** i5ticfb tettnt Cdnib|ie-H«f :f "00 tucfo net bfi6^)5e fo, ^ w:-i dgctf niOficC)i ojl'e ]))ii6|te-)-Dce ^o{ 50 tc)u2?fia"Od5^ Uftjf [e- '6-jftl.T) -f:ulctti5 -DO |iJ5 c)ii£-;t cCoiictjil an ii^f i?d|^- iJvt^fDct rt),. -00 I'udjtltrctf Cctltlb^cHflf, -DO i(;e;c dj^t djqje djje-, "j dn ciic-j-dL'jii Cdcot.cc- i itUjirit)!! txcd, 6 d)nif)|t p.trfidjc 50 5db.ttc^^f '^<^\.i, te-acccncic r'd fCdl^U 5)t)rcf6, >1) Yl^f^ "^<^ "f^^J "^"^^ ^^t^lS 50 Z?^u)t fectr.^iLf 'd))te-aini ')i-ct ^y'5'^^ B|tCciict6, giijimucbcfD te ?2ortirtiica.)5 ^^t)C- t)'j, 1 "CO bet co-frtlctjt •Ctt nibcfD 5 Bbr^u~uf -DO 50)rif )t):- 5» B^j luct]"DY^eit"D )vl C^foi|t, Co|tne^lju{ Citcjcuf, X)ov6}\u{ Sjculiif, 110 Bet).! 110 feitn- vj-D^ ej5jii ejle- C|ic ct'O 6 b>fu]l it n focitl-^it Britannia i it^vC^f tllU|t llcCtl ^)nf t:(5)5 ci^ea-o t) b>^U)t iljlDVI it CCf^^CQ- ^^)H, lljOfl L'|0)15- ■Mitt) jitTD "CO Dc-)c ) ii.ctjiiZJY^)of 1 ii-]onia-o •V9 XXXV Spencer in his chronicle say«, that Egfrid, king of the Northumbrians, and Edgar, king of Britain, exercised a jurisdiction over Ireland, as \vc read in the thirty-third page of his history. This, how- ever, is manifestl}' false, bcc^ausc the records of Ireland declare the contrarj^ and besides, British writers themselves confess, that the Saxons did not leave them any old writings or coins, from which they could obtain a knowledge of the his- tory of those times which preceded the arrival of the Saxons; for Gildas, an old British author, says, that the old monuments and coins, and conse- quently the ancient history of the Britons, were destroyed by the Romans and the Saxons. Samue! Daniel agrees with this author on the same point, in the first part of his chronicle, and also Rider in his Latin Lexicon, treating of the word Britannia'; who further sayj{)n 5U|i dZ? o'li re-ds cdll cttujc '^/dgrlidcgd-rinid Uldi), ino VI^C-vt5)Ad ^ dii fc^dfrii fo, iiccjt ^u^d 9/<^5- tiidcgdviiiid UldX) "DO tcacz 6' 11 c.7dj cdll iiid|i -fjn, T)0 ii5^j)i fdtidfCt)n dti ^ocd,t, jricc 9'/d5>iidC5dnntd' CudCrimriidfi, iio Ud 9^dc- ^dniiid Cdjfibftedc, dgdf nid|i r\^c o tc-a^ Be-il 1 SajCwtjZ; cctc, tij bft) ^e-ctcd]ti "DO f^ol e-jiiedrfiojn 1^. 2I11 TDd|td c^iiejl Ctdnti cSujdiic-, d rc-jft ^ufi ah 6 cc-d5 ) Sd_x^)^ '0(^ tigdjfiitiredft iy^jy/zt- fcCijisd-odjt ; 5)"D(rat>, nj bjojidim 6«3/wr d?;df Supne-, xxxvu things ill the ancient history of Britain, nor should we be surprised to find Spencer equally destitute of information on the same subjects. It is a matter of surprise that this writer should undertake to trace the genealogies of some noble Irish families, and assert that they are of English extraction ; he particularly notices seven noble clansof Gadelian race; namely, the Mac Mahons, SvVeenies, Sheehies, Macnamaras, Cavanaghs, Tooles, and Byrnes j and says^ Jhat it is from Ursa or Bear, (English sirnames,) the Mac Mahons arc called, and that the words Bear and Mahon are of the same signification, and consequently that it is from the English house of Bear that the Mac Mahons of Ulster are derived. My answer to this assertion is, that it is just as reasonable, from the etymology of the word, that the Mac Mahons of Thomond, and the O'Mahonics of Carbry^ should descend from thence, as the Mac Mahons of Ulster ; and since they do not derive their origin from the English family of Bear, neither do the Mac Mahons of Ulster. But the fact is, they are of the house of Colla-da-chreegh, son of Eohy Duivlein, son of Cairbry Liftechar, of the line of Erevon. The second family, the Sweenies, he ^ays, are of an English house called Svvyne, but Sweeny and Swyne arediiFerent names, and con- VOL. I. f sequently XXXVI 11 rtictc Syjbne- ; iter 50 Y)u)TiCc ]f -co clric-jt crttigttt?^ ; 5pC't), iij -^jo|i t)0 fo, 6j|i, )f 6 wtie -V'il b ' rD]iitciT> TO hc-))\ ^ an njt) fo, m^ a n-ab^- 5U|t at frf^cajl I37i]ora)njf) na cii) ^ocajt vx?. 2t)|t ^r-f a "ce-j^s 511 ft ab ]onaf) brt)n ^ co)llclc» '^^^bixm 5iift ab )onai) b^tjn ^ co)IIric, 5)"bl't), fx) ti*f\ bfocdi b|i)n a vc-)}\te-il B^ianajj, ace 6 a)nni 65l<6)^ -Oij^ li'ajnni B|tanni'>?j. 2ln ■b^a np, a "oc-jf, ^iirt ab ;cnai) ♦cot' a^ctf *crocdc% ctjttf p.U|t -.tb iiajt) f)n a rejoice 7me fjn ){ bftg^aj;a6 lM|ia>tia|l XXXIX seqiicntly the Sweenies cannot be a branch of the Enghsh family, but are descended from tlie O'Neills. He says also, that the Sheehies are of Anglo-Norman extraction ; yet this is an erroneous assertion, for it is apparent that they are of the line of Colla-uaish, and owe their original to Sheehy son of Acton, son of Alexander, son of Donald, from whom the Clan-Donalds of Ireland and Scotland. He says again, that the family of the Macnamaras are also of Anglo-Norman ori- ginal, and are from the house of Mortimer in Normandy; this too is a mistake, for it is certain that the family of Macnamara has taken its name from a person called Cumara. The proper sirnam* of this tribe is Hay or Hugh, and they are of the posterity of Cashen, son of Cas, son of Connell of the swift horses, and are of the line of Eiver. He says in like manner, that the sirnames of ByrnCj Toole and Kavanagh were originally brought out of Great Britain ; but the evidence he brings in support of this conjecture is not true, since he affirms that these names arc from words in the British language. In the first place he says, that Bri?ime^.ns woody i admitting that Brin is the same as ivoody in English, yet the name of Bvrne' or Brany, is not derived from bririy but from a pcrs«n Arliose name was Branny. Secondly, he MV!?, xl wM Cbi)buftfc gutt ab 'j an 9)b1t)C- Vvt cAi)t) r^OT)ci "DO Sblci^iigc, nidc Z)C/d, hi]c Lo]t ; 5]-DCt), 11) Y^^Or^ to ijn, 6^', to jie^)^ ctn Lf- xli sa.ys, that tol means killi/y and that the name Toole is thence derived, but the family has the name from a person called Toole ; for which reason the conjectureof Spenceris ill-founded. Thirdly, hesays that Kcevan is the same as strong in English, and that the Koevanaghs or Cavanaghs are so called from this word Ka3van, My answer is, that Kaevan means, * a person mild or comely,' and that the family of the Kavanaghs obtained its name from Donald Kavanagh, son of English Dermot; which name Donald himself obtained from his having been educated at a place called Kill-Ksevan, or Kevin's Church, in the lower part of the Province of Leinster; this family too, according to its pedigree, is a branch of the Kinshelas. Moreover, these three tribes are of Gadelian extraction, according to our ancient history, and are of the posterity of Cahir the great, king of Ireland. It is surprising to me how Spencer could venture thus to speak on a subject of which he was in utter ignorance ; unless, being a poet, he allowed him- self, as was usual wath him and other poets, an unbounded license in poetic fiction, adorning his compositions with flowery language, to deceive and amuse his readers. Stanihurst asserts that Meath was the portion of Ireland that belonged to Slanj^, son of Dala, gonof Low; but this is not true, for according to^ xlii hX 5ct5^U, n] itct)5e to 91b jre- df) j ii.ti)ni^))i Sbt.t^jij;:, ctcc , vt ca Ittjrfi ^e l)U)f>icac, 50 lM)nif)|\ cudia)t •De-)jier|i b:i)/,r SbUjugc-, -| -oa il:-))i fni, ^u^i ^^15^1) '^^ »^ijr' ttOT)(t Tin, ^ guji tti-* iiit)t) 4 tidlTDcesj; vuu\^x ShLa)ii5r, )ie |irt)t)Cc'Ci|i *] i,e)C5i)f), to'}! Ic-)c c)a|i -do Bl)ect|i5,')ofd6 1 {J 11 ) tro'dtdjl) iid b'6-)tirTJ, 50 ti-al?^ 5U|i db fdM ^}un\d)n d cCt Rof ni)c Cy)^i]'^, "1 50 11-db^ ^U|t db cC'^c-dt) tio |o^tob))if) dii 9)b5"DC-, ) ii-djdp Cbdnib|ie»if)f 'fCjii, ntcc 5-"'P^i <^^^ 91b')"6e nid^t (:o]-si^-d, -7 1 xliii to tlie Book of Conquests, ^leatli, in the time of Shiny, consisted but of one tract of land in the neighbourhood of Ushnagli, and did not extend iarthcr till the time of Toohal the A\'ekome. And where he asserts, that it is from Slany that the town of Slane is called, and consequently that Meath \\ as the portion he obtained from his brothers, he might with more Justice have affirmed that the province of Leinster was his, diiid that from him the Fiver Slany (which flows through the middle of Leinster to Wexford) obtained its name; and in like manner, that from him was called Duva Slany, otherwise called Deen-ree, situate on the bank of the Barrow, between Carlow and Leighlin, on the western side of that river, and tiiat it was kis fortified residence, and that there he died. It is not to be wondered at that Stani hurst was ignorant of these circumstances- since he had never, seen the records of Ireland, from which he might have obtained a knowledge of the ancient history of the Kingdom ; and I am of opinion-, that he did not take much pains to enquire into ttem, since he appears so utterly unacquainted with Irish affairs as to assert that Ross Mac Trooiu lies in the province of Munster, and that Meath was one of the five parts, or provinces of Ireland, contrary to Cambrensis hkriself, who does not reckoR xliv Scctn)bujifc 'd-)|ie-, 50 ii-oean teat "d'y'j^ic- jail ^ le)c, T d^ ie-dit Q]ic- td' 'e-jr^fi) f )vi stance the Earl of Kildare, who married into the families of Mac Carthy Reevagh, O'Neill, and other Nobles of Irish extraction; and the Earl of Ormond who is allied to the families of O'Brien, Mac Gilla Patrick, and O'Carroll ; the Earl of Desmond, who is related to Mac Carthy More, and the Earl of Conacht, to O'Rourke; not to mention Viscounts or Barons, who were of as honorable extraction as any peasant that ever was within the English territory. Therefore, I cannot discover any reason, why thej^ should not contract alliances with the nobles of Ireland, VOL. L g unless xlvi cll'rtincijg. YU|tct)lectn'i "Dfiiijti5e- i-)Ie- *oo ij) *p.iccr?iict|i T)"t^)H)o>icct)Z7, ■vo{C]\]ob 50 itiafhqjrl'^ d)|^ ji)onc'ci)Z7 djge-, tudft vo ^ep Io6c j ccujljiijZ? y')1^e tally r^e -nxt^i "o^i^i'C'D \eo dti 5^i TCj|t, dti cdtf "00 fmdgdT) U-o du ^'u)|i]OT) -00 i)j d5 ^jqr- ^d*D fta cjttc- r^ottijDd, "I d reiii "Od ^Ihix^ -DO tCv-^SiXi dii 5^;i ue to 5Id)^^r-D 5, 50 mbtrtiffrt) -niviji (o-n |i)d "OojZi'edfd net ■Oit^fTge rdft cCti5d 5. C]\e-1Cd. 2Ul CC-, Ut>10//iO, -DO jllj JdbclicUf cnjofcdnivfl, ,)f leo/t Ie)f umladz -] T))fle-T)' xlvii ynless that from a mean opinion of their own ob- scurity, they did not conceive themselves entitled to form such illustrious connexions. I think, that from the injustice of the account which Stanihurst gives of the Irish, his testimony should be rejected ^ because, it was at the instance of persons who abhorred the Irish, that he re- presented the people of Ireland so ignominiously ; and I do believe that he immediately imbibed an aversion to the Irish, on his arrival in England where he went to study, and that he was big with it until, after his return to Ireland, he fully vented it in his writings. As a notorious instance of the hatred he bore to the Irish, he finds fault with the English colonists for not expelling the Gaslic Lan- guage from the country, when they drove out its ancient inhabitants; and he says, that notwith- standing the encomiums bestowed on the Gaelic, whosoever makes himself acquainted with it, will soon acquire the uncultivated manners of tliose who speak it. What must we infer from this, but that such was the malice that Staiiilmrst bore the Irish, he regretted that the English in their conquest of Ireland acted rather as Christians than as Pagans. For wiiosoever makes himself master of a country in a Christian manner, is content with the submission of the vanquished, ^nd with planting colonies of his own country among jvlviii ^^^d)i tfn ^Y^-vTitjT) d cl<6)tce-ctrt lc)f, i *f::Ai- l^jri) u 1 T^'VTfljOT) iillclT) o)Ie -DO cu/t tut)-D ^^^jM TD'ctjqrjtit) tid cjfie, ij gaOttlcuf cfijo^c- ro il)vi Uilljctm gctiialcuf ict Sct^a^ZJ, -H^jofi rtiu6 cCtiSct net Sa^otiitc, -do D^j gu^i ^ct5) i/wi biiciiCriitictf cucijre, ■) ci)i te)t)of fC|i5obtct. 0]|i, irj '\\xp djft ciimu-f TOfaH i rCuwct 1 ti-d |idt)A-odji, T "Cd tej^rjTDe- "do 1d-o, 111 ivi;5 cu)5fc- dige- oiifict; ^ nirfctjtn •Od ii^)f\ fill, 5Ufi db loridT) "O'djl T30 dj; "D)nio- idt) dM -Dft ndt)d)ii -oo luat) t>tid|i, "} -Dii^l d}i "Dd)il "CO t))niol^dX) -odc t'-Dd)5 -{it d ce)le; 6jft, mufi tivx6 fe-)"D)|i le)f dn •oatl bfiCcurg^t) "DO •oCiidrii )"0||i dti T>^ TDdC, "DO Z;^J5 iit(6 y:d]c)OT) cCccd|i t)joZ?, nid|t dii cce-otid itjO|t 5' Y^ej-ojit le-)^)n)i, bfiejcCMnidf -oo -De^ctudtti d)|t d11 "Oct Cldt)l]11 |tc^dni^ct)t)Ce-, "DO ZJ|l55 ti^fi C'v^ t^jdrtt 11 d tt73djft ] 11- d itd^dTDctfi ^C)i^o5cd, T ^6f iict|< r-vrg iid })oltdrtid)ii -odii h* Cld-Dditi idt?, -00 hi((]t, 5u^ db 5 dii "^hidy T)ll5 dhittijii '^d cedHpd "0)1 ]0f •o6)Z?, •] to |ii ro b) )f)cc ) H-.tlI6TD guft ^uniti i-oo jej5)ni -ojccjott aji " -vite 6j>irt) -Oct ^^dcttttiij; ct)fcc- 50 TXJiitff- •Dtt."* 2L5 fo xx) ^C')ii rtH caL\ cr-Dfict an ^u^iX{'^cd)^i)i -00 hc-)r\ 4- i ran "oa fC[\^oij fc-jf )oii PW 11^^ |ta)Z) uctjn ajge- 4- cni<^ru5a"D "OO "D^^aiuni 4 ffncuf tkt C|ij^ef), ^ ^t^b X)o V\X]m fcfi^a- iJctt). ?lii "Oiici btVZ^a^t), TO ^5 ^^ vail ^tjneolctc ] icrn5vt)H net c5|te, ) .it-a ^lajZ^e fCncuf -J fCn-o^lct >ict Cfijce, ■] 5ttc ^^vFfinc "Dij: tt)C)5; j ; ■] trniti f jn n)oj\ 5'y?)T))|i le)f '^jof -fCn-octlct -Md b'e-)|tlT) -DO Dejc titled to be esteemed an Historian, In the fu'st place, he was too young to have had time to examine the antiquities of the country-, whose history he undertook to write^ Secondly, he was utterly ignorant of the language of the country, in which the records and ancient history of the nation, and its inhabitants were preserved ; so tliat it is not possible that he could know any thing of the old accounts of Ireland. Thirdly, he was unqualified, because he was ambitions, and was pulled up with the hope of obtaining preferment, througii Ivl fe fcr^y Z;at) 50 bote i 'c^-)|1jt); -^^af fic r)f) Mctj(tC- )1C- fciiji^^jf) 4. m'6\toif ]te ii-tilof Bd|tcot]iiuf dT) f ; ^ITbedX), "DO iie^jft fc-d>icuf d lut l/d)|tedii -do fc^rd|t cu)tle "I -fedcr ccerc bl]dt;d)ii )X)]\\ tei)T). 0)ti, ) ccjOT) Cft^ cfe bljdjdjn ) tfTDjdjj; lid -Cjljotnid, rfuijc Pd|irdI6ii j n-'C-jiST), "] ) ccpr^, nVjle ^ rcc ccerc Mjatdj-n idri Ivii t^irough the means of those who excited him to calumniate the Irish nation in his writings; but when he afterwards entered into holy orders, he promised a recantation of all the malicious false- hoods he had related concerning this country, and I am informed that it is now printed, and published in Ireland. Stanihurst says that the Irish in battle, or when fighting amongst themselves, cry out with a loud voice, Pliaro, Pharo, and he imagines that it is from the word pharao, the name of a king of ' Egypt, that it was used as a war-cry ; but tlie feet is otherwise, for it means, * take care, take care,' desiring the other party to be on their guard, just as a Frenchman says gardez, ganUz, when he perceives his neighbour in danger. It is asserted by Doctor Ilanmer in his chronicle, that Bartholinus was the commander of the G^Is, on their arrival in Ireland, and it is Paralon, (or Partholan) he here means by Bartholinus j but, according to Irish history, there was the distance of more than seven hundred years between the coming of Paralon, and the arrival of the Milesians in Ireland. For, Paralon landed in Ireland about three hundred years after Noah's flood, and it was one thousand eight hundred years after the flood. jf -DO b^entnY^xnx) Ctitti-oe^n, ){ c6^i6iiffiy\l fdti -vrte' ** fCti6uirt6 iiij 2lip{cot na I/C^|il."i) ICft fjola-b an C|^e)"Dfwi cctcfiljce -{dii C|/)c ^ tcuf, no fu^. uct)tfi pba~|ia)c j ii-o)te^ttM iia |DU|i5ar6fut ; f -oo m^ pet ^eic 50 le-)c bl)iic'\75ce iiCic e ail "Dajia 'psz]\a]c vr, l-ua)t}t'-(" -fjannirr^ a fua)r\ purt5aro)|i pi}acfta;c ajjt tzy{, ^cz ixw t^jLTD p?)acfia)c ; 6)f, c]ot)u{ ba y'^^'DJii 50 nibat) e an -Daita par^iajc -co tibd-b a)|i tcff j, ,7 50 |ia]^ tirt ccvz 50 lei;: bt)aj;a;ii 6' 11 am ^a^i fc^ijob Cvti-fa^ijiif aj^t p])U|i5a'D6)jt pac|ta;c, 50 bajnifjfi an -oafnt )^c\.Z)\fld]t[^ '&]^l'rj ; 5;^, -co ile)|t ail r^fLncii^it, tij Jictj^r, 1 bftajrCf a6c c)|i ?l5u{Cj»! nivtMdc tig yoKuf, v''»i^'frtn, d-f ^'rncnif ^(f-)|it"iS, 11^6 |ia)b cu}\ d5 dft'Dlfbo^ Cb.nirc-fiLJATfie- d)ft ^Ie)|i C^lfiCf^, 50 bajnifift Ujtl)a)vi iiu.ttiajt, T Ti'dc )\^]b cujt vtcvt a;i rjiac f))i '^6-]v, td Locldf)dc, Td ii50)ficj ;Vo)iinaiiT)], "7 f6{ C|ic- tiC>ii5ti)t) i^e- 5«o)t)rUTZ3, CU5 ^d^D^e^jn *^ci ^)tid6c dfi"orfi?\f5 Cbdticertb-vTii), ^ -n'j jtiffdjiti 50 rid)5 cufi d)^e- o/|td ^)ti ^qn, inieft 'ile, "] 5it|^ crgajb >tia)n)fr)|A e)le ) Sajxajb, lix]m |ie- Ue{c-{C-jfcefi, T)a ti50)|tcea|t Bangoit ; -] -ca rcL'^rtiat) to ^aiiHie|i a ^o^i ) cce-)H vo'n \C')iteo]^ gufi BbrtCctiac Coiiitall, ro cc^rii'^CT Ta yie)|t f)ti ) cce)lt 511 |t oj^ttritciif Ta ^^'vtI- ai|i nict]ti]{qr^ BI)LT)c>[|i Utat) to tct ) cclu TO BI)|if(:>iac^Tr>, a I of Cbonijajll to Dejc ■D^ob, tio 5u|i ciu T.i)! C'Vitl Brf)ca)|i Utai) 50 cciij|i>^t) j tc-)c 11a nict)fi)fr|irca a cti ) Sd^ajb, Ta|t ab a)ii-ni BaTi50|i e. 21 Tejr^ ^)ct}ini?)i, 5UJI claf) bafraj/iT to ftj5 La)j;rT), f uj^f a, f (oiati, ^ Ulcaji j 5)t)r6, 50 Y^r^jT^r^ jf claT) T*?lot) bri)ajii, ^1^5 ^^urfian jaT, to ji^-jji tKon'iffncTrf 'fi-j^l'titij ->n^ fo "DO iiiO|irtri TO bftc-ct5u)?^ o]le- to ^anniefi a 5 fcf.-jcbat? 4 'C^1r)1), ^j-Dirat) le)5Y^LT "Djoni lTitnia)ii ojp.d nj jf ^'^tj'ce, •DO bt^^S 5^ nibat) tjOfTa tir a hiat) ii)te jat). 21 Te)|t Ixix Rury) O'Connor assumed the government of Ire- land at that time, which was four years prior to the Enghsh conquest. lie says again, that Cowell (Comhghall,) abbot of Benchor, in the extrerhity of Ulster, was born in Great Britain; 3'et that is false, for we read in his Life, that he was born in Dahiarry in the North of tJlstcr, and was of the tribe ofDahiarry. Ihe reason, howeverj tiiat Hanmer wished to make Cowell a Briton was, because it was he who founded the Monastery Of Benchor in Ulster, which was the mother of all theMonasteries of Europe, and who also founded another Monas- tery in Wales, at Bangor near Westchester; and if Ilanmer could make the reader believe that Cowell was a Briton, he would also give him to .-^mderstand that the great fanie of the Monastery of Benchor in Ulster would contribute to the glory of the English, by reason of Cowell being their Countryman, or that the illustrious fame of Benchor in Ulster shoitld be entirely given to the Abbey of Bangor in A^^ales; Ilanmer farther asserts, that Fiirsa, Felan,- and Ulthan were illegitimate children of the king of Leinster ; but in truth, they were children of Hugh Bannin, king of Mu'nstcr, according to the history of the Saints of Ireland. In like manner, Hanmer tells many other lies in his account of Ireland, but, as it would be too tedious to mention them all, I shall ccjise to pursue him any farther. TQL. I. 1c Johp 'd-^l^jT), iii-^)^i*De "D'VT-ne-, rnu|t ii ttiuj-o y^)h 1 >^ t V'ft'J'D ** ) ii-'OMro)tCf." ^llfajHi cijr^ dn ccf crtiat)T)0 ^0)niC^ te )3|i)o?M-|:ollccii, iii<|; 'tx ccfrnicTtiH ii)|t ici ii-ia|tlctt), ci5ct^ net ii-iictfcit V ) e, 1d ; -] ^OfiKOJi '■bo '{C]\)cd 50 f^isiriiaji :3 'ejm', 6\]^, bjot) 50 |ii TO tie/io)-De-, t rt^|i ^ii|tajlCtfi ^(ojiie cjle, its Ixifi John Barclay, speaking of Irelani ^ijcijujlbct jjilfiioit "DO fCitftuj-Dc- -00 cojitieaiD 'n-a frajji. )S jcfo, pincfjxo, |i)cijli 5ctc fj ^1)1)6- T)0 cii^ flof," )omif Jiitc i^'jctjt) 4ni|Uif c^-'C-rfa, 110 tti)t^4-'otVd fan fc|i)5)i^. 21 rejft -^5f, ^o ii-otjjcC'ii -DO 'fCi|;tt)t)e be^dfit ^ Lftct, cojii^-lfca, bfi]ac:|ia, T 5)ijonia 5^6 Y:o)|iiie- -Cct ri-ti)rjjrf) f !-''£■) ft)of)ac tdo 6uri 4 lice ^\)m)o«- cuii)icv5cfD "DO TD^dJiani a)|i tii'jl)ectfu)Z?, ti6 lo]\-^<^]]\icz ii iictc c?3jfi tne-af -fcafttij-De- -on tadd)j\z id|t ^]n ^ fct?;d)^c 50 -n-a gctojT), ^ ^,o it-d K^i i •Oiiotig to cW)]\ Gr)i^]OT) "00 clf^cctt) i, "I -DO c)ct5Cii) 50 fcjo^fru ctqccttiia^t ) ti-Cfu>iilct cojccrjof) "OO cruft ) le)c iid ii-'6-)|t)0T)d6 itup Cfte- bea5XM -oo t)cto)Me -oottirjuce, ■pj^ojfgcc- -Dei tigiictcrgar. 21 DC-jfi CctnipjOM fail -{ejfjOD cctjbpjl •do'h cbe^cfo ITDart -d'cc ^c^, 50 tnb^-o 'e-lr^joii- ti)5 corii fo6tic-j"Drtie-(tc T fjii, jo-ntif 5]be tijT) it t)e)|i)-D tt ti-iia6cct|ttt)ri, -o^ -bociic-i-Dce- ^, '>fu^{cd-cit ^tibu]it ct5 it fu)t)jU5d-D f jti. ?l5 ^0 ittt {ce-ixl, tiict|t ct C((, 50 f\ic(, T pi'TDrtri i-6-)ri)i) 50 ij^)f cu)ttc- T mjli^ btjajict^fi 6 fO)»!; i Y^^f 5Uft a I? Y^)Of "DO 5ctc x)ii]>ie 5U|t ttb c-o6ct)fi pe-d-Ddfi, Ujme fpi >HectfvT)n guj^ &ftea5 'bdb){ iacz j tcftj v6{u]'b a cct ^ct^i nibi^ejrCn'uiuf' zna]tc- ] n-'e-jr^ji). 2Ui ^^tfo -V^ob, an catidjfoe- -do cCcc -^^ Dfiajup fO;1) -DO b') djfl dfl '^'^e-ttfl.ttlM )T3)fl corti- tMl)|t(t)C|t)Z), -O^ tigctjiimp 5o)U Gavelkind, iri.t|t d ■n-De-ciii~]f\ tid coni- inb^i, 11^6 ffujt c^tjo6 ^dii bj6c jf iid6 TDe^vtncdii indld)|ic d)|i c^p ttial^c ^ fCd)-o iict Cjijce. tl^ir^ -{l^ iij jictbd-Odft Met C|i^) ii6]f d)ri tid n-oit-Drjat) fdti rMb^ejcCrtnicif cudjce, 5ii|i l-;n5)0"bari eir^joTTiijj ctjrt ^o^ai) "] dj|A £ro)iibl)occ -oo De-jc yo)^ ^ctc TDct 6jt^36 -o^ob, joi)uf 50 t)ib']-oif as iH^jiiidT), dft at^5d)ti, i a5 Cfit'cdt) 1 -D'oUdniiictjO 'C-]]Koy) dii ro6a)t -do i[;j d5 ca)J;Lc(: -oo'm Cvt^^micd^o -do h) ]"0)fi rfmior^ lid ])'£-)|i)ni) dii Trail {p\, vo liievtfcfDctji juj^ t*djti6)0f fici cttj -.1(5)^ r-o t:* OifOro^^"^* ^^1t* Ixxx ill " people tlic most patient of all miinkiml, and ** seldom despairing under the greatest dilliculties." Spencer says, that the Saxons originally received their alphabet from the Irish, aiid consequently, that they were unacquainted with every branch of Literature, until instructed by the learned of Ireland. John Davies condemns three customs sanctioned by the Irish laws : First, that the Tanist (brother of the deceased, or the second i« the succession)' should inherit before the son of the lord of the estate ; secondly, the partition of the estate among the brothers, called by the English, Gavelkind, by which the land is equally divided among them; thirdly, receiving a fme for murder. In answer to this I must observe, that there is no country in which the laws and customs do not vary, ac- cording to the changes which take place in the situation of its affairs. So these three customs were not established by the law of the land, until the Irish fell into broils and conflicts in every part of the country, killing, robbing and plundering each other in such a manner that the Nobles and learned of Ireland, considering the calamities that were approaching from these general dissentions throughout the Island, thought fit to establish the tluree customs abovementioned. First, they con- sidered Ixxxiv tictni bi. f/)o^ h* l-)t)j|i ^6f gctti icfD an C|tjoc j ^jibe-cit), :ej-C)ft -f^f wd|t dn 5ce^"Dnd, gdn dn e)|i)c -oo be-]t dti buti dn Cdn -{jn, ^)|i •ott nid^itJdi) iDujiie nedcb dn cdn f)n, tjo ^^ixbdi) cunidji^ce fan cbfijcl) -00 bo '^]vix{i, T TX) bfijj ndcb b]ot j\yii dti Tfid|tlJcd d5 dn ngdol, n^)0|t Tbljtre-dcb d "^fujl "DO •bO|tcd"D, sjibe-di? "oo or|trj cttjn 0/<|tvt Ixxxv sidered it expedient that the Tanist should suc- ceed, in order that erery tribe in Ireland might have a captain capable of leading them to the field, and of protecting their country and pro- perties : For if the son were put in his father's place, it might probably happen that he would be a minor, and of course on that accbuntj inca- pable of defending his own country and patrimony from hostile attacks. Nor was it possible in Ire- land to dispense with this second custom, namely, dividing the estate among the brothers: for other- wise the rent of every country would be insuflicient to pay the number of soldiers necessary for its defence; but when the lands were divided, the brodier who had the s*Ballest share, would be as active in endeavouring to defend his country, as the chieftain himself Again, it w^as impossible to avoid receiving a fine for murder at that time, for if a man murdered another, he might find protection in the next country j so, as it was impossible for the friends of the deceased to cause him to make a recompence or compensation, they, as a punishment on him, put his relations under tribute; and because his relations were not privy to the murder, it would be unjust that their blood should be shed, yet they w^ere amerced, as a TOL, h , m punishment Ixkxvi dfiftci -rti\t|i Y))ictcbcr5/ t)d Z>yoT)cf6 xjdjb, -] ^6{ f<6)|ife- -00 be)t fii, fe)H, •] 5ac i, 50 i^cLc ccujfteaT} bc^cct^c "Otc iro^'Vini jaiD; •] '^^f ){ ^ an to- ^?tD e)te td'cc j:|ie)Z7. ]{ ni6)re- ^6{ -do ^ra-odi) na be-ctl- ifonct fo -co 6o)nif itTD j n-'"6-)|t)T), mdti -do otttJ'vTjjo-oaii uctjfle- e-)r^]OT) ctYniOT) ^ conia]|ice •DO 5e)c ni5, ntt a) ft na ■oalcamiij ^otlania -do Z3)ot) aca, "D'tt •Dco)|inie-af5 a ^(pctiiiBat) /!icuf 'e-)|tjOT) "DO loftg a)5e, i, ^ i, ^Ct)CjT)^f 11') CY:5f)-DC- teo jdT?. 2J)oc ^eoc ii 6ejtt, lut ti]|t -^u^xdjlpn] nie •DO fu)t tie '{oci6|ict6 -DO t^^c -] cot?iuct)fle ^ac ^.o]j\ne- T)^ ii)Cjt; 5, "DO "Dol ) ml\xt^)l M ipctjt), ct5 ca^ctjiic jorn.fo motet r^t^ itu|t cujltjo-odfi 0|i|ia, -] imJ 'fC-jn -vo ftn-^balla)/?, •00 ii^jft mo ZnuictTDctfct; -] iiitc rit 50 niotsti^ ^n ^oi) le)f 5ctc fcciftu)-bi- -oji fcji^*^^^^'^^ iiuj.t)5bctll fcafiujre- -ore fC|t^oZ;aT) u)]\^e, 1 H ^^H O^' '^0 b]^]o{''^'o )ti)fe )tc- f c|ijoi?ctT) net fcct)fic-f) a)^i e-)|ijoT)c\rZ), ct)|i ntep net Cfiudjge -DO jaZj )ne ^ttn ii-ectgc^jft "oo gtij- cea|t ia{ |te iiT^ ]>itt ! -oo'n f ?);ta)Mc, TX)*tt e-d- •Od^le-, "oo'ii 5lx:Ufinid)tt, 50 fl5M-Oftiif, 50 Sd^0j5 T foO b2Ubdjti; >ndri )f ^olhif df d?» inbriotld6 d r^ dg d>i tcdi)d|\ j 11-^ fcrijoDdt) '^edcd pbdCfidjc, Clx^hinib C)IIe, •] Bb^'jjjTDC J nil?^dftld\ xcv the account I give of the Irish, because I rhieny speak of the Gadthans,* and whosoever thinks l4>at I say too much of them, should not supyjose that it is through partiaUty, praising them more than they deserved, since I am myself of ancient British extraction; and if the country be praised by every historian who treats of it, so its inhabitants are abused by every modern English writer, and for that reason, and being much grieved at the injuries done to the Irish, I was incited to write an History of Ireland. If then, a true account were giveii of the people of Ireland, they would be found as commendable as any nation of Europe in three things ; namely, in valour, in learning, and in a steady adherence to the Catholic faith, As to the Saints of Ireland I shall not boast of their number, because every European author cx^n- fesses that Ireland produced a greater luimber of Saints than any other country of Europe ; and they also acknowledge that learning extended its empire so widely in Ireland, that she sent forth 5(wurms of learned men into France, Italy, Ger- many, Flanders, England and Scotland, as ap- pears from the preface to the book containing the lives of St. Patrick, Columb-kill and St. Bridget iu * i. e. Tlie aboriginal Irish, tlie posterity of Gal or Gadelus. XCVl titicctrtiujt, -DO ZJ/t^S 5^ liglaiiccto) ) ^V^f Uct)f te, e-a5U){e, ^ Otlctriittn tf-lri)of} ; H]OX) a ^jd"DH>Tf) f)n ia ii-<6f, LeatJd)t cortictjnifjOfnbdccit, Cc-ctDd|t ■o)tni-fe-vtii6ujf, le-ct)iifc-ctti^Yif, dii Le-d^ct|t -ort 1150)11- rjOfi c6irt dHnidii), ^vii{tie^]^, ttidft d c^ CdC 71111^56- f)ncj\u)me-t 0)j]t) iid ccufidt), Cdc Cbjt;of).i, Cdi -Tioficoiuii:, Cdc ??u^-nd |t)oj, Cdc 9;^ui5fdtid If, Cdr fjhnis^ r^^^> Cdt 9'^bu)5C- cudtupig T i)i6fi^ii ejle -oo fca- }tu)ZJ ti^c tua)t)>!)om di^ fo. "DO i)e)c bd;t^>icdniu]l, ttid^i -oo h) d{ qotm "Dec c^rc oUartt |ie {edticuf -^5 co)Mit-d"D fedn- ciufd >id b^fijof), T cotrjdt) 6 ud)fl)5 e-)|i)OT) dg 5dc iCT) fCctc nia^i cu))\t)o^\ fjof jf an T?e^);ii t^^'^^imijc- "j jf lu -ouctucujZJ a, ccc cunic.t aft|ict, T K ^ K ^ctc "Dctrii ^iij^e- fjtf, nccc Z3«^dj;ct)ni ti5 cectcc.rte bvxjtijoni tivi n-^t)vtj;ct)n ; , ■] iDa ccu)|t)Ti f5^f ti ZJejc 1 5>^tcticjnf -)\) <2fin 130 Dri|iini Mjd jdjn CI their iTC'Qnls in their respective incursions. ; yet none of these evQi' plundered Ireland, according ^^tp Canibren^is, who sa3'S tiiait Ireland Was Always free from ' the' Incursions of enemies, Tdv Vliom :, . : ■•.';- '(,0 ,?■f^. • ; '.• ^ • ■ "> ■•: > . •■'V .vtjieit history gr iiutiqtjitves could \)p dtstrpyed, vhlch wiis iiat',t'^i<3 pase with aivy-pthcr pj^oplc in Europe; ;\vb'ercfoa-e I humbly conceive that- the history of Ireland^ is more to be creclit^d, than the histpiy of ahy other European nation, mor? especially as it has been, from time to time, arranged by S,t.,p^trigk-^ia4f.^l^ hiy S^^^^^/P^ Ireland. -,■;': .■,!.. '^~i'rr-. ■ -,^' -.'j Qbserve Reader, hpwever, that I have macl-e'a change in the number of yisarfe attributed ^o the reigns of a few 'of the pagan kings of Ireland, and have ,v^ied .ft'om 'the account given in the Booiv of reigns, ?ind the poems founded upon it j and my reaspn is, because I do not find them to agree in the number" of; years from- Ad,am to the birth of Christ, with the accounts of any foreign writer of authority whatsoever;,, and again, be-. c?.use there appegirs an mconsistency in ^he num- ber of years allotted to spmc of t^iem , for in.stance, .Sheerna the JLoiig-hyed,' to, -w'h^"^: are assigned 1.30 years ; biit \ve read in the old Book of con- • quests that Sheerna was 100 3-ears old before he assumed the government of Ireland, and if I made VOL. I. o iffrn Cll Cbo^ctic 6i, 6)|i 97o)t^)cic jti- •CO 9)^^<5m, "o^ ^i50)|tc) LdZ^ficfD lo)ii5fe-dc )rt) DO ti^oJAib Qr)j\pr) )t)ct cc|te)-D&ctni, "j t>iec;f\T)M imc Cfte djtiZj'^jo^ >i(t fe-ct>iCdT) "DO t^n)c d>i tiidlctj|tc djjtjni •(p\ -DO TD^dlldni, dCC Cfie- dJI^-^jO^ lid ■0/tOjH5c T)o fcjijob ^d-o ) >i.d ii"D)d)ti, -od ^j 5d)l t)' edtd"D(tjii dcd d6c ^cfij^iieo)jied^~ d»ii^)ii •DO -De-dUdTii. 2l5df i>id|i po r|\c^)g)ot?d|t 'G-)|t)0MV1 "DO 5bi.ltl^?J5 gdll dH '>f^\6)i\{d -^djU "] }\c drtico)niedt3 f^'M CfcdllCl^f DO Jitedtiifgd'D, td^t CCdjH cm liiiTl reign 1.^0 more, no one would believe me. Therefore I allow liim twenty one years, accord- ing to the poem which mentions his reign, the propriety of which must be obvious to every reader. Coffy Cuil-mra is made tci reign fif- ty years, yet we must allo^v him but thir- ty, for Moria, daughter of Scoria king of Corca-duivny, fell in love with Mayne, other- wise called Lavra Lyngshy, whilst lie was in exile,* and married him on the death of CofTy, and bore him several children ; so that if Coify feigned fifty years, she would be sixty years old when she bore children td Lavra Lyngshy, and since this could not be the fact, it was impossible for CoiTy to hare reigned fifty yearsj In like manner for other reasons, I would change the date cf tlie reigns of some of the kihgs of Ireland befol'c Christianity. Yet I do not attribute this confusion oif dates to tlie unskilfulness of anti- quaries, but to the ignorance of transcribers whose only science was penmanship. Moreover the Irish, since the English got possession of the kingdom, have neglected the triennial examination of their records, which they were accustomed to make, and the professors of history have neglected to * This Maync or Mwayne (Maon) v.uij Grandson to CofFy's brother, and was obliged to iW into Iranco irv ^he early part oi' Colfy's reign CIV ttO -D^Y^rcjctjl d ghiciufi tie^riiceacc fte- 6^)le -do jii'j-o tiTb tia b^e-)ji]of) a)ft iin ti-rtjitearfi cce"Dfii c-vj-octri ba|iaiirctnici)t If fO)5f) c)5-Do'ii i {eaiicuf e, •] ■f^f 5U|t itb vtrtilttt) )f itt6 DO cu]]\t] ) iiic-.t[)ct))\ |i]f lid iHctcctjL) -^^jtanid TO [i'jo'D dcvt 'q. ^^t>^ K ^t^*-" ^^i^ cv'nicct ) iiiecfDdffbcicc •D;Xii0 ZJjOT) a)|t u)ilctniuf oUd>tirtii ^1^5 ^]Wx) ^e)>i, a5cif Salcct)|i Cbciifjl, no 6fto)ti)c C?)0|inm)c 9)b;c Cu)l)OT)tt)if, ^ Salcdj^t lilt f ctii -DO C?)fto)}i)c 2loii5ufi-tt cvu not to be wondered that some Irish Antiquaries sijQuld differ m the same point. Yet I have not found any computation more correct in my opi- nion, than fliat pf those who reckon 4052 years from the Creation to the Incarnation, wherefore I intend to follow the best author who comes near- est to this computation, in the dates of our Mo- narchs, in their proper j)laces in the mfirgin of this M'ork. If it should seeni surprising to any one, why 1 adduce so niany poems from the Shanachus (or ancient annals) as a proof of my History, my reason for it is, that our historians composed the greater part of their works in verse, in order that the history might be the less liable to alterations, a.nicu]5ce a^ t tiialttjfic ] fejtb coisi 6ri1.c^ fectii6u{ct i itiBftectcct)ti 50 ?a2tt?ct)ij, 'e^l"D)fi "Dg ^^(opealu)^ , line U'jcein, rinc FjnrilBailr, Tnie Fjieftlay, line F]iir|liiiui1r, niie Fm5()t)iini)iy, line C^criu, liiu BeABiu, mjc SccItua, mic G}temc)iT, line Irejinioio, line ?(^r]tsi, lino IiUaK^, line Bi'DUi^, line Jttyeir, line Naoi. 'jr. -^c. c:a|\la "Dctrii rot ro'ii Cfl'jjc- j ii-A ccojllrcAo, ') ]j- c t5U]ne tjo ^<\]]mi <\n t-a]nni fjn ts], o^lsOC t)o riiujnt)]^ Njn rfijc P(.']l, TrAnjc UAjt* no BjtAt; Tivv liG)}>)on, ^j ajjv rccAct ) n-Gjjjjn t)6, yiu)]t 'n-A h.on TDO)]te cojlle j, acc "^.^a^ n-CAltA Ariu^jn. 2. ?^n t)A)iA liAjriTn, * cjt'ioc tia jfUjneAoAc^,' o he)t ) 13j:u)r»]ot), no ) cc)i)c na rrjjj jun ro'n oorfiAn ro T)) FIISTORY OF IRELAND. M»9e»< CHAPTER I. ►»«0»t« Of the diJjheiU Names that -were given to Ireland. 1. JL HE first name given to Ireland was, Inish na Veeva, i. e. the woody Isle, and the person by whom this name was given, was one of the subjectfj of Ninas, son of Pel who was sent to explore Ireland, and on his arrival found the country one entire forest, except Moy-nalta alone.* 2. The second name was, * The remotest counfri/y' from its being at the end or extremity of the tnree parts of the world then known. f 3. '' - *" See the Topography at the end of Vol. j, wherein the old Trhh names •L places occurring iu this work are exp'aiued. , •J" It means " The country of the Hesperides," see Ar; c.-dix ij lie ]f pe T]n Fhe^ mbolg p* ^ryo'n o)leAn t)'* n^ojiitjoi^ C)^er4 no CAtTojA A Tiojp. }S ii]me meapup «n r-ii^'OA}* p]n, *^ ^1^)S b"^!* *)^j5)f^"o>^l> pl]Oct BliAojib)! 51a]p ip An o)leAn pjn peAlao Ajmpjjte ] nT))A]r) Siij^u iriAC GAp)tu liijc 5sO)Pjl ■o'jonApbAo Ap An C)5]pt, ^ vo bejjirjoji ■pop ^ejie t5*Ainm A]]! Ati Gj^ipc 6ji gluAjpjooA]* BaojcjI. ^jocAo, )p ] ce-opujio 6o)tc)on iia SoAniao "^np Ab iijme gA)]tmf joji Gj)4e t)], 6 Ajnm da bAjn]^jo5nA oo ChuAcujft De DAriAT^. Gjpe, )omo]^]io, jngcAn DeAlbAojt p* liftjnm T), T jr J P* bcAn t50 tHac Bpejne t>'A n^ojjtr:) Cgrujt, ya jijg A]]t Gjjip An tAn rAn^AioAit mjc %]leA» jfice. BAjnjtjogujn t)0 ChiurujB Ue DAnAfi, oa n^ojjtt) FooU, jTA b(^n 'oo rriAC C^dc, ts'Ajt li'Ajnm t))i)op C^^ujt. 6. ^n pe]p)ot5 hA)nm t;o)|ife^ t)'6)j»)fi, ' BAnbA,' 6 BAjnjijO^n^n t)0 rhuArujb De OAnAfi, t>'A n50}}ttj BAnbA, jp J pA bgn t)0 TTiAc Co)ll, o'aji b'Ajnm tjjljop Garuji. Na r.j»] l*j5^e oo ChuAcujb De DAnAii no bj j )plA)f )(>p e)|i]n 5a6 yte mbljA^Ajn, "] ]p «^ Ar>bA}t pA n^ojjirjojj 6]]ie t>o'n oilen njpA rii)oncA jni Fo-oIa no BAnl)A, oo 6l*J5 5^1* *^ ^ F^l^ "* ^"* ^^J* B'Ajnm Gjjtc, oo buo jij A)|v ^)^)^ <^" bljA5u)n rAnjAOAj* mjc "^Ojh^o jnte. 7. ^n pecrmAO bAjnm, * )n)p Fa]1,' •) ]p }ao Zunr^ Oe DAnAfi fu5 An t-Ajnm. pjn u]];|+e, 6 clo)/-. ru^APay* Ico 1 n-G)H]n, o'a n^ojfjfj An L)a FajI, ) Ajnrn c]\c vo gojjif) O), clot na cjnc^innA, .i. Siixinn fatalc oo bt;])* Hc(.T,o]t Boetjup uj^tpt- ) prA)]t nA hV^lbAn, AjAp pA dor j AJ-J* A JtAftAOAl* bOApA, OJjl XX) ^^')"''w^ fj F* 5*^ "i^^' ^"^J* COJIA 117 3. The third name vas, ' Inish Al^a^ or the noble Isle, wliich name was common in the time of the Bologues, (I' if Bolg, or men of Bolouje.*) 4. The fourth name was 'Eire' ; so called, s.iys a certain author, from /Eria, an old name of the Island now called Crete or Candia. This anthor is of this opinion, because the posterity of G.xl Glas (or Gadelus) inhabited that Island for a long time after Sru, son of Eusru, son of Garl, was banished out of Egypt ; .■Ere was also given as a name to Egypt, from whence the Garls had emigrated. It is however the general opinion of ouv historians that it took the name of Eire, from a queen of the Thnha-Dedannan,t whose name was Eire ; she was daughter of Dalway, and wife of Keahoor, sou of Grian (the Sun,) who was King of Ireland when the Sons of Mila (or Milesius) invaded it. 5. The fifth name of Ireland was Fola, from Fula a Dedanite queen, wife of the son of Keacht^ whose name another queen of the Dcdanites, who was the wife of Eahoor, son of Coll. These three kings of the Thuha Dedannan held the government of Ireland alternately for one vear, and the reason that the Island is more fi-eqnently called Eire than Fola, or Banba, is because it was the husband of queen Eire that was king of Ireland, the year, the sons of Milesius arrived. 7. The seventh name was Inish Fail, so called by the Thuha Dedannan, from a stone they brought with them to Ireland, called Lia Fail, or the stone of F^itc, the Saxum fatale which Hector Boetius speaks of, in his history of Scotland. This stone was enchanted, for whenever tht^- Irish were assembled at the great council of Tara (or Ta\ir) VOL. I. C • tc^ * See Appendix 2. \ Dedanite Sorcerers, See Appendix 3. 118 c6]i3ori T«ft ^'P]^ t'^'V^'']'] ^^ <*]^iini* ChoncoTjv\]]t ale, 6i]t rvn t>o ini^Ati C]\)oy^- ^& fo ■oeip-ne]i<\c- 45 4 j-ujciu^a-o gnit ah (Vn clojc yin feOll^tjo]^ J nil' Fa 3! t)'ej]i]ri ; Aiiidjl reii pi))- r\v)l, Tvia^ }'\\]\ ujlo yoji Cj]t)vi. 8. ?(n- c-ocniiAo liAjnni < 'A^u)C]n)|',' ^ ))' ]At5 cUn* "lijleo ru5 <\n t;- -oojb an r-o]Ien, Acx A]]! cojToajlei' miijce, ^onar) ujine j-jn tu^acait 4(,Mijc.jn}|' :(]i lV4]nni Scora, jn^en PliajKvo Nccronjbu]- ; no ]|- iijnic nijaoait 8rorj(v ■o't^inm iii|t]tc, "CO 15]Vj5 ^u]i ab jan yejn cjiie Scuit5 o'n ScjfiiV. 10. ?Cn tiejciiiat) hajnm ' IIil)trni;i,' -j ]]- jar* m}c •^^jlc-i rii5 an r-ajnm fjn uiiijie, w^j'ooo a •pc')|»)'o rjfong 5ii]v'b 6 alSajn a -vv ]-an e|-[)a]ii, •p'a nt;{)]}ifo|t Ihcrw:, ru^fait Hiberiua a}]! C]]i)fi, a TcD+jtt 'o]\i-rn cjle b"l*''> o Cj^joj^ mac '■^s.jloo 50j)ifj(j]i Ilibcriiia ib] ; a^c co'"''^ A r^cjl^ Co]tmAC namifa mac Cii)l]ana)n ^'U*''' ujme •oejlJfjo]! Hibcrnia jtjvv o'n jjocal 3bcii ,1. 3s|f,jac. 11. '-^n r-soniiiat* lia3iini 'ocaj ' .Iiucinia' t>o jic'iji I^rolcmcui-, no Juvcnia to iu'3lt Shol]nn]]-, )io I cm a to i'!e3]^ ClauTjaniif, no Vi riiia no jirjjt (.'iiiTarjiip ; mcj-ii3n) TiAC Ijyu]! TO ci'jll j-an Tcjy)]f a t^% ]v]]\ na hu^TAjtvijli TO 119 to elect a king-, it used to make a loud noise Mhen the lawful successor to the throne of Ireland sat upon it : But it has been silcnt.ever since the time of Connor, for at the birth of Christ, all the false Idols in the world were struck dumb. The following- quotation from the poet Kinay,* will prove that Ireland received the name of Inish Fail from this stone : 'This stone which lies beneath my feet Froiu it is stiled the Isle of Fail, Great Ocean bountls on everj' side The Plain of Fail, the Land of Eirin. S, The eighth name was ]\Juih-inish, which name was given by the Milesians before they landed. For when they ranie to Inver-Slany, now called die bay of Wexford, the Thuha Dedannan with their magicians assembled opposite them, and practised enchantments upon them, so that the island appeared to them only like a vapor,t whereupon they called it Muih-iuisli, or the Isle of vapors or fogs. 9. Its ninth name was ' Scotia,' so called by the sons of Milesiu!?, from their mother's name, Scota, who was the daughter of Pharaoh Nectonibus ; or perhaps they stiled it Scotia, because ihey were themselves of the race of Scot from Scythia. 10. The tenth name ' Ilibcrnia' it received from the sons of Milesius ; some however say Ireland is called Hiber- nia,/i-oni tlie Iberus a river in Spain, yet others think, it is fromEiver son of Mila, or INlilesius; though the holy Cormac Mac Cullenan is of opinion that it was so called from the word Jber. i. e. western. I 1 1 . The eleventh name is Juvernia, according to Ptolemy, or Juverna according to Solinu*;, or leraa according to Claudian, or Verna according to Eustathius : I tliink how- ever that there is no meaning in the distinction these au- thors * KInay or Kelieth O'Hajtajan. ' ' •}• N'cl>!ke a pij, as many suppose : See the real account in App:ndi.\' 4. J See .Appendix 5. 120 t>0 Vejc <,n yocA)!]^] Hibcrnia, U% Oc;}5]a xjo fiejj^ Phlu- rAifcuf, pnAji, ]Mr\op]io, O^isja / ojIcjAn jto-A}ii'A)t5; j 7r ^"£r^<* «*" t-Ajnm •o'ejjijn j-jn, fo b]iJ5 511)1 Ab cjaH 6 "oo liAjrj^e^ a)]! ttuf j, -] ^iqt rtb pj^tye An p]j>eolup « tA A5 A j-^ncAoujlj A}t trAliijb A ]-f>n 6 ct'ij' nA n -Ajnipop «jAjo ) nojAjo. ])() 5AC pojn oA noCAjinAt) aj]i C)]>jn ]<]«m j-oH. i. J) O c PAftfalon no iJo]n Gjtie 'n-A ce]f}i) mj]>)B pj^ A cer)tait TnAc. Cliu^ An ccAn ihjp no'n niAc x>a]\ iyA)nnr C]i, niAjt A tA A bjriijl 6 Ojlef Ne^t) ) Tt\\A]yco]iT UIat?, 50 h^(c-cljAf; LA)i;(^n. 01115 xjo'n tfApA niAc t5A]( B'Ajntii Opbrt, A R.-u)l o *^lt-c\)i\t 50 hojlen inoj* An Baliiidji;. rimg An tjtpp ]to)ri t)o'n nuc •oaj* IVAjrini FcAfion, 6'n ojlr^n nioji 50 li^'c-iljAt ni^npuj^e A5 "SajIIjI'). riui^ 411 121 tWsmake, for they knew not the deiivation of the i^or(]> and therefore everyone gave his own conjecture^ from whence proceeded the ahove variations of the Name. 12. Its twelfth name, according to Diodorus SicuUis> Vias Irin. 13. The thirteenth name was Irlanda, so called in my opinion from Ir, son of Milcsius, who was the first of the ISIilesians tliat was buried in this isle, from whence the island received that name ; Irlanda signifying the land of Ir. This we have the more reason to believe, because the Book of Armagh mentions that this isle was called Ireo, that is the sepulchre or grave of Ir. 11. The fourteentli name according to Plutarch wa* Ogygia, which signifies the most ancient isle ; this was a very suitable name for Ireland, because a great length of time has elapsed since it was first inhabited, and because the antiquaries possess a perfect knowledge of its ancient history from the earliest period of time. CHAP T E R II. Of the several divisions of Ireland. ,-.P.A IJI ARALOX divided Ireland into four parts, between his four sons. To Er his first son he gave tlie first share, containing all die land from Oleach Ncid, in the north of Ulster^ to Dublin in Leiuster. To his second son Orba he gave that tract from Dublin to the island of Barrymore- The third portion extending from Bar^yIn'n•e-Islaud to Ahaclia-Mearee (na\r CMarin's bridge) jiear Gahvay, he a.>»Jgne(i 1 ao on cei^}nn)i>vo ]U)]u oo'n niAc v-\\i h\\]T\m FcifjnA, trivij* d ra 6 'Aieojuij^e 5,0 hOjloc Nfjr. 2. C}i)u}i ru))]'^c "00 cK^ 1111)13 Nejrhjo co jiojn Gj]ic g-o>»^tV 'n-A rrji] nijj^jb, BeorAC, Sjmeon, •/ BjijorAn- BftBup Beorac o riioj]!]!!)]" 50 Bojii. bAlnij' Sjmcoii o Bhop 50 EoKic Clion^Kv])', lajrii ]ic Copcii)^. fcABup BjijolAti o Blielac Chon^lA)]- 50 Co]]i)Ttj]' ■) rruAjj-celJr ChofiAct. 3. Cu)5 m]c L)eU n))c Lo)c, t5o jioju t^)]ic 'n-A cujg mjujB erojjpo, t)'0]n ]f buAjnc ro ]>]iict> Ajjt (^Jl^jri }t]A'ii, ahia]! a -roHAm 50 bpOv5 t?A v]\- ]o. C]5 rAml)]tciipi' Irii' ah ]<())ripi, ]-An TeljAjt ]to j-cjtjoli ro t-ua]iaj-j;V)a]1 '(-'jlijofi; niAjf a n-AbA)]t : " ) ccu)5 Hijjtjlj ]omoji)io, be zj],\c. (onirponiA " CO pojueo An cjiioc yo a nAilur, niAjt a ta An t^* " '^OuinAjn, (cuAcTiiunjA 'at Oei-riiuiiiA,) \.A)5)n, \liAf, j CoMAcr."'^ ?t5 ]'o <\n cu]5)o]^ r<:o)]*ec tjo ^aIj ct^uu]' tia ccojjO'rj'O r)'ye]m]BBol5, SlA)n5e, bAii, Sonf,An, bOAfiAn, ^j Ru5]iu)t)e. Do 5Ab SlAjn5e coj^er* LAj^on 6 "01i)U))co'o- ^t* 50 CuniAj; n* Tr)tj n-ujj'ce; ro ^aV) FAVi co]5](>f CocAt) ^Bj»*t)]mA]6, 6 Chumaii n* rrji^ n-u]|-co 50 BcaIac Con^lA]]- ; ro ^aIj Spn^Afi c6)j:;or ConjisO) riijc Oa))k', o BhcAlAG ChonalA]]' 50 I.ujnmcc ; ro ^aIj BcAnAU co]5)or ConAcc, o Lujninec 50 Djiob^);' ; ro ^Abllu5]tu]t)e co]5or UUf, 6 DIijkjIj^ojj- 50 Djtojror-AfA. ^4^A TA go n-Al)iiu]r nijr ro \\a yonr.AfiijT) j:iijrb jiojn cjieAnAC ro IV] aj}^ ^Jl*)'^ )^)1* ^I'j niAcujb C'cjinKvrA mjUjcojI, ro TIliUAriijB "Ue DanAn, nj liicApijiu ^\i]i jio)ri£rAi» 'G)]^c £to]»i»o ; act: ][■ j mo ccAryAr ^n]i'h r^'-^FS^^ V'*^]^)r 5*^ }te mhljA^Ajn ro bj orojiji,*, ro * In quiiMHif enim pnrfionceinster, from Diogheda to the Meeting of the three waters: to Gonn belonged the province of Eohy Avra~ roCs extendinij from the meetintj of the three waters to Bal-r lagh Conglaish : Sliiingonn possessed the province of Cout ry MacDarry, extending from Ballagh Conglaish to Lime- rick : . Gannan had the jjrovince cf Conaclit, from Lhnerick to Drovees-h : and Pimy possessed the province of Ulster from Drovet^sJi to Drogheda. I'hough some of our antiquaries speak of a tripartite di^ision of Ireland aniong-t the three sobs of Carmody iMilveol, one of tlie Thuha Dedannan, [ cannot be induc- ed to believe it, but am of opini(;n that ih<>e })rince . held the sovereignty ;Uternatcly for a }ea«; as we men, tjoncd 124 ftp A rclI5f^^]t G)]te e pjjt ejV)e]i •] ejitemon : hA]ll)15 bu6 t>ei', '] ^Jl'BJp-pj*'©* t»o tcojtujn ^to]\]\x\, As, C)bei» ; "J <\ )fn}l i\]' ]']n hwh ruAjib Ag ej}i)onion. 'Speo n) hj j-o \tof\ x>o ]^wr> ornjijirt, drhd}! c)tU]reocATn ) n-\']n po'71 c]t]c. . .5. Do i^ojn, 3nio|t]to, Co]iirino jijne t)un «)!* A ■zo fco]tA]n fjtojtjtA tso Tci^]on t)o Cbofi, 7 ]]' t)C yjn ranjc len Chuin t?o f AbAjjic A)]i An T,rj)Ti buo fiiA]t) .i. An riijjt 1ia]u)5 Con, 'j luf. ^^ilio^A A)]> An lc)f bu"9 ri:;i', <') ^Olio^i^ NuA^At. Tayi con c (Ml A ^ujt < I'llH'^'r '"'<^ fi^'^cr ]»AnA]-A no l^juet) *)^ ^Jl'P ] Ti-?,S*M* I'i'^r "^^ i*^')l* ^')1'^ "*^ n^AbAlruf •1 HA 12.5 ^ioned above, when shewing the reason why this countr}' is more frequently called Eire, than tola or Banba. 4, It is tlie opinion of some antiquaries that Ireland \y^s 4ivided between Eivcr and Erevan in this manner: the whole country from Dublir) to Galvvay southward, and Eisgir-Reeda, the boundary between them, belonged to Eiver;^ and all from that northward to Erevpn. No such division however took place, as we will shew hereafter, but the Island was apportioned thus : the two provinces of IVIunster were assigned to Eiver ; the pro^•inces of Conacht and Leinster to Erevon, and the province of Ulster to Eiver son of Ir, their brother's son ; and some of the nobles who came over along with them, were severally re- ceived by them into the^r own districts. 5. Carmna and Sovarky also divided Ireland equally between them : fi'om luver Colpa near Drogheda, to Lime- rick in Munster northward, belonged to Sovarky, who built a palace or fort in iiis own half called Dun Sovark}"; Carmna took the southern half, and erected a strong hol4 near the sea called Dun Carmna, which is at this da}- oalled Diln- vie -Patrick, in De Courcey's countiy. C. Hugony the Great divided Ireland into five and twenty parts amongst his twenty-five sons, as we shall men- tion hereafter in our account of the royal race, ^ ^'-^i-i, 7. Conn of hundred battles, and Rlowa Nooet, divided Ireland equall}- between them ; all from Galway and Dub- lin northward, Eisgir Reeda being the boundarv, was left to Conn ; from whence the nordiern part of the country was called Conn's half, or the share of Conn, and the southern part Mowa's half, from Mowa Noqet! Although I have set down these seven divisions of Ire- land in clnonological order, and according to the several VOL. I, D conquests 126 ■) 114 n-A)m]-]o]i, in^vii'co y^llyjoc Ai]i s| coj^c^ n\<\c Del* Tfi)c Lojc, .1. co]^ c6]j;c~6<\ r»o •rev^niviri oj, <\i>M]1 j*o, ^5 Ijrt^ a r* ] n-ll]j*nec, 50 tr4n)c Cu<»r<»l CecniiAjt ) n-6]|t)fi, -] t;u]> ben mj}^ "co ^<^c co)K;e"6, -] guji'b •rjob pn "oo jijne %)r)e mAji yei^An buji^o 'oo ^ )rc. 21 III rtuj' r4b]Kun roj-Ac rio'n ^^.^bj-ce, ^ "oeandm y*)Xr\G)y o j»c)]t n* nBsO)t>cl, 1 ■^o inb30'6 yco]^ -^An rljge, ^An ymv^cr, ^An cAjn 6 ncAc ] n-Cj^jfi, Acr 6 K]^ ^))i)on Am^]n. ).S (-. Ijon a ycVAin ocr rrji")ocA '0CA5, :j T]ipcAt) brt]lc yAn rjtpcA "ojob, ') t>A i'C]|*]*)5 'C'c-a^ yo]io)n ]'An bA}le t)0 jte)]t an ry^ncuj'A, ') ye yit'it) Acjta pn ryejyiijs. Zy) yjcj-o -j rjtj c6x> yc)rl»)f^c yCAjtoin yVn 127 (Conquests, I shall however return to the commoft division of the Country since the days of the Boiogues ; because^ as above mentioned, the division into five provnices made by the five sons of Daki, son of Low, continues un- changed to tlie present time. These five provinces cen- tred at a kirgo stone at Uslinagh, until the arrival of Tiioohal the Wclcunie in Ireland, who cutoff" a part from each province and formed Meath, wliich he appointed as liiensal land for the Monarchs of Ireland, as w6 will make appear in the account of Thoohal's reign. CHAPTER f II. Section i. Of the Suh-Divisions of the Prcvinces, 1. Of Meath, i SHALL begin with Ivleath and descriljc its territory the lirst; because, according to Irish history, it was the men- sal land of the Monarchs of Ireland, and exempt from the laws, government and taxation of every prmce in Ireland, except the monarch alone. It contains eighteen baronies or tracts of land, thirty cantreds in each barony, twelve plough-lands in each cantred, according to our Shauachus or ancient records, and one hundred and twenty acres in each plough-land; so that every tract con- tained 128 ccji:]ie f]C)r» feji'i^^c j-eA]to)fi j-An "-^Ope ujlc loo pejjt 5*co Bjiomtivip clvvna Nejmp in50]}tf) an '^(.>h]'6e, 50 hAjmj-jji chuAf a]1 r^crniA])* It-jt benAt) me]6e to ^ac coj^eo Ic]]-, 50 iTogjtnAO Afi Whjibep ] n-A ]f ujl oct rtjijocA •oua^ jHte. ^5 j-o to -^eojtAnACt n* '^^j-oc \\-jy ^^^ coj^e'onjlj, ttiaji fo oji'oujg Cua^aI teAcrrfiAjt, .1. rriA]^ fe)r> 6'n r.SjoTiu)fi ]'0]{j ^o h?(r-cljAf, ^ 6 ^r-cl]At 50 hAbujfi Rj^c, •) o aIjiiju Kj5o j-jAji 50 cluAjTi ConpAC, 1 ocluAji) CofijJAC 50 hVif; *Ti mu)l)n Fhi^Ancu]5, -] 50 cumA]+ cIuatia h)o]»A)}HD, iV^Aj" *r TV* 5^ C6cA]i ('hA^jtbjio, 1 o ChocAp C'liAjpbjic 50 cjtAriu]5 be3]-)lle, 'j 50 Djiomcujlp, ■] 30 B]o]>}tA, -] ^uj- <\n n-ATjAjil pe jiAjtJ^oit Abujii CA]tA, 50 j'ojee An rSjonAvi but) tuAp 50 lo5 ll)b -) nA hojlcjn ujle ])' rc/n %!i]r'C' JAD, 1 An -SpMAu wj\c ^o loc Bo-r^cj]!^, -J Aj- ]Mn 50 "^Ocofujl, 'J Af ])n 50 hvit-TuAjn, A]- j*]n 50 j-cA]]»ft UAcrAp- "Jo> "I ^*r YV^ S^^ OjHi]m VgrAn, aj- pn 5 > i'0]cc ah '^^^1035, *r 1']^ S" cumA]^^ cluAnA Go]]-, -) aj- ]-)n 50 loc o* liAn, [t clui\n,\ lh\j]ire. Occ ctj^ioca ceo rica^ a ra ]*v\n "^ttijoe, mA]» a ra 0; tjtj tieAS ) ccojip r\e))t ^ac ionyjle, cu]5 ri^jocA ) mB}teA5nni]5 mbuj^j )i' mebrtjji e le heolcu]13. C}t]oc VOipe )nooprtt> ocojb ') cjijoc B]iji5 50 m6]t-^n.o], o Sli]onu]n n,\ ncAitjv-o* n^Un . 5^ y*l]'*fcG -00 yeoAHiAjt. 'J CAijtbjte 50 n^i.vn ljiia]f>, 50' Ijon 50 ]-sO)T-jb ii<\ nx3Am, "Do Ii0)fie-6<\n ^Olij-oe re, ConcoljAjt -) Ojljoll rft|»AC "o'jrjojt •6)ob, 7 <»n ler o]3tfe]iAc ou'n j-jojt ejle, ^ "00 Ton ejc mjle y(']y]ipc ycjiojn a ta ] cConaccujb ujlo. J- 131 From Lou;j;]i Bo-deirg to Birr, From Shannon (Mst to tlio se:i, To Cumar Cluanirard, And so to Cumar Clonard. 'There arc IS baronies in Meath, thirteen in IVIeath properly so called, and five in IMoy-Bra, according to the poet : Thirteen tracts there are in IMeath, As evi+,'0]'c|^ct4 •'feA)il>v ]r>j]» -CA tjji.oj ro clinrtciijli Oe Diniann, CprnelUc *] Con ro'n co)5P"c. .1. Cujti ]"necc^ Uji^Iko]]- ; r\\^ to Hijiie mac Con]ii\c nia^ SajnB 1 j'^nruAfvV cTojjTpn o Fh]OTi\c 50 rcriiA]]^ Bhjio^tv njAT, •) ]]- 1 Cjniacajn a jif]05phoj^rr. 3. Do jto)fi t-oj^jf) Ukp an yo. Coj^^T UlaT 6 DhjtoTxo]]' ^o liJiiBcji Colpa, cujg rjt]oca Tca^ ^ y)C]r, no e^ ]tJ5 eji^jonti ] nDjnii}05 x)0]l) ; Da ccrr *]|t yjc)^ ci'tr 5v\ll 50 lA]5n)b leAtriA leo a luill^ 6 TiA lAj^rijb f)n ^An ojl ib)oB "CO liAjrimnj^et) LA]5]n. Di ])l)ltjOTTi-Tori^pho]it fto bj ) LA)5n)b ) n-A ccl^6- rAjTDJj- Rp^A LA]5£r> cothnuj'oe, .1. Djnjtj^ -j Na]- LAj^pn, 5 Do jiojnn Chojgj'o Gocup Ab]nM^]iuAjr> j-otni. Coj^po GocAjt) AbjtA'6iiuA)'6 .1. 6 Co]icii)5 -] 6 Lxijmiicc poj]! 50 CumA}i riA T.T]s] nu)yrc, cujz; r|t]OCA -otw^ a]}^ ■j:]6jt) A CA jnnce, ocjc nibAjh; j j-c^cc )f)cjr -j no) ccet> bA)le bjAtuj^ A TA junto, ]-c ccrr aja^ fA riijlc tsertc ]~rjj-]^)oC y$]iA]nn A -A pn "--J^MiTTiAjn ro)]t, 'i fa jijo^jjhojtr comnuj'oe tjo bjoo Ag l^jo^ujb An coj5pj-j, m<| a tA Dun- ccpoz, '] Dun-)AfCUj5. C. Do jiojnn Choj^j-o Choh}it\jlc j p^cr lS;5f 4. Of the Division of LdnsttT. The Prowiice of Lcinster, from the strand of Inver- Colpa to the Meeting of the three waters, consists of thir- ky-one tracts of Land, and 930cantreds; niakmg 11,160 plough-lands in the entire province. It was called Lyen pr Leinster, from the shining broad-headed Lycns which the Normans brought with them to Ireland when they came over with Lavra L^-ngshy : Lyen however signifies a £pear, and because C'offy Cal-mra, king of Ireland, \\'ai; killed at Deenree with one of tliese fiat broad-headed spears which tlie Normans brought over, the province re- ceived its name from the^^e \Yeanons ; of which the follow- ing lines are a proof: Twelve hundred and two thousand Pauls, With spears broad-headed hither came, From which, a fact indisputably true, Fair Leinster had its appellation. The two royal seats of Lcinster, in vvhich the king^i cf the province used to keep their court, were Dee;iree and Naas. 5. The J)ivision of the province of Eohj A-vraroe. The Province Eohy Avraroe, reaching from Cork anc[ J^imerick to the Meeting of the three \yaters, contains thirty-five tracts or districts, and one thousand and fifty cantreds, making 12,6G0 plough-lands in east Munster, in which tliere are two royal palaces where the kings of the province reside, namely, Dimgrott, and I)un-eesky, 6. The Division of the Province of Cojivr/. The province of Conry Mac Darry from Ballagli-Con- glaish near Cork, and westward from Limerick to the westerly shore of Ireland; contains 35 district's and ^050 cantreds, makii)«jf 136 }f jC)o 'J noj ccitT b(\ile bjAru]^ a z'\ jnnro, ft' cctc ■] If ).ir> TA jt)05pho]tr coninu}5fc 'no bjoo A5 ]ijo5U)15 ah coj5p ]n 3 riAlloT, Dun-cclvt)]tc •) Uun-eoCi\]]j-iiiit]5e. Oj|> t)* j'ljocc no bjoo } ]'c')lb ^}^ ria co]z;^-6 ]'0 %hunh\ii, .1. ]"l]occ Dajjijnc -j ^•I'joct Dc)]t5fjno, 50 hrtjmpjjt Ojljoll.v Olujm, x>o bj to j-]]oct Dlu'j^t^fjnc, ro ^»*b ccnmij* an , fA coj^ec* ].v]J ii-]0njba'6 iiijc Con a hCj]t]nn no, no bj no I'ljocc Uluijjijne, -j no yA^ujb (V z; a j-Ijoct: yrjn cennuj- <»n nA cojkO-oo j-ojn a iiaII, inAjUe ]te fe^uj^ocr ^aca jie n^lun no be)f a^ ]"1}0Cl Go^ujn iii6j|t, mjc OjIjoIIa Oliijm, •J A^ j'ljoct Cli()]nnA]c Caj]-, An nA]tA rtiAc n'(^]ljoll ai)^ A p:u)l |']]Ocr ] )f'»*]^'IV '^''^ ^"Ibl^ /?^>umAn. Ip ]An- na <'of]>A p]ijoni-bA)ke riiAp yA ]»jo5pbii]]fT; comnuj^ce no iijogujb An nA coj^en '■^^'binnAn, 50 liAjmy]]! Chu])c yA'n CC03II no bj rjmrjoll An njtoniA y^n, mA]f a 7 A mii]c'inc Rig Gjie, CjoKjn yA hajmn no, -j nuijcjne H]-5 '^A^huycpujne rj]tc .1. U]nniniiA, Dujinuipe yA bAjnni no, •) no biinAjt a^ Ajrjnc nA -ciiIca ypn ]iA)re z.v]v vAfy- benAnn6]b"nolb hnn rum-^lAn ]iiy An n^ju'-jn, jbunlijimo )nA ccol nA ccMiAlAnA]i ]i]Aiii, -j ) A5 b«;nnoAn luv rulcA, 'j A5 rAjniv.-'-jju' f^ArjiAjr no tcct Ann. )A)t jyjllen n'a rrj5,]b TAjv A n-A]y xx) iiA miijcjnjb, n()crii]n ^ac njv ni flrAf•AnAJ^ n\\ ^*)F'-1*'"''^]^'^ Y^'V^f *l l»K'*'^>M* "'^ yc('\Uiv y]n ^o Co|tc niAc Liij^ncc, "j rj^ ^An yujl'cc 50 Sjor- irimpn, 'J no jijnt- ]oflj;-plio|tt Ann, n'A nsojjjfon l.]"]' TiA lajc]niy6e, ■] A]l^ mbr/if ] n-A jt)^ 'AiuiiiAn nn, jj- Ajjt An cc^iij5, jtt* ]iA)nr(\j rAjmj^ V\u\x:]u\y': j ji-]ui.i, np=;lACAp A rjoj- 1;)7 ^x^alclng- 12, GOO plouiiTh-lauds in west ^Minister. The t\i-o rnval rosidencrs of tiie ancient kings of the province wtM«? Dun-gUirrv and Dun-eoghir-vaee. These two divisions of Minister were go-verned by two faniiUes, namely, the descendants of Darriny and Dergkinny, until the time of OlioU Olum, who was of the house of Dergkinny, and who after having hrjnislicd Mac Con, who was of the posterity of Darrinnv, out of Ireland, assumed the government of hoth j)rovinci'S, and settled icnpon his own issue, liMving ilic posterity- of his son Owen the Great, and Cormac Cas his second son, to succeed alternately to the sovereigiUy of the two provinces of iMunster. The four royal seats above mentioned, were the palaces in wlilch the kings of INInnster resided, wlio governed that provhice till the time of Core, son of Loo-ee,* in whose reign Cashel was first founded ; the name of the place which is now called the rock of Cashel, was Sheedrum, it Avas also called Drum-feeva, from the extensive wootls about it in tlie time of Core, lliere came about that time two swine- herds to feed their pigs in the woods about this hill, namely Killarn, herdsman to the king Ely, and Doordry the herdsman of the king of IMuskeriy or Ormond, and when they had continueil on the hill about a (juarter of a vear, there appeared to them a figure as brilliant as the hun, whose voice was \nore melodious than anv nmsic they jiad overheard, aiul it was consecrating the hill, and pro- phcs\ing th.e coming of J*t. Patrick. The swineherds having returned to their homes, related what they had seen to their masters, and' the story soon reached Core, son of Looee, who repaired 'AJ^b'^^u delay to .Sheedrum, and built a palace there, which is called Lis na La^chree, or the fort of Heroes, and being king of JMuusler his royal tribute was ■" Or Louie, acconling to the French pronunciation. J38 j-]n, 6)]i )]' jon^nn cajj-jol ■) cp\- 4]1 ; ajl, )on)o]»i»o, u Ch4j]-]ol, 7. Do iiijon-ju))nn "Ouiiumi o jtjne LugvVjt) '-^^ienn, in*c ^'eri^uj-A nij)t)5, rhjc F)]t cu])il), m}c ^6o5A ca)}ib, mjc CoitmAjc CIia)]', yc]tonn cloj-pjni •Oii byujl 6 ejctj5c 50 Liijmnec, 'j tio cu)]* le))' ah '•^tiuniAjn V. ; 'j jp e A}iim ^o]];rj •oo'n yejun yjn b^bpejtAnn Lu^Ajt), '] TO IVjot) ye ya)]t A5 DAlccAjy ^Ati ppp gAn Cti]n A5 jtjo^ujB 63]i)onn ajji. ^n ta]ia m]ii r)'(v n50)]ife|i "ll}tmuniA, ]]■ c A yar) o bhAb]iAn 50 CnAiiicojll 'i>hjobjtu)X3 <^|JAnn, ') ]y e A rAjtyrA 6 B(.'A}ri-yin Gjle 50 ho]l(^n u} Bh]t)c. ^vn rjioy nij]!, ti'A nb^^j^rjo]^ meoon '^■^biiniA]n, 3y e A yAt) 6 ChriAificojll 5,0 Lua^ajh DlicA^uj'r, ^ ])- u A Icjfjot) 6 yJ]Ab Cjbljnnc ^o yljab Co)!"!. '^'n cuj5e6 nijji, 'o'a i>^o]|if]o)+ J-jrimiiiA, ])' e a yAo 6 Luacajji Dbe^ujo 5^^ y^Ml^s^' yj-l' '1 * ^^^IM''^* *^ B^C^Ti u<\ RuAcrA ro Sjoniijnn. JS ujnic 5iV]|tnif;)o]t *^^uinA x>o ipa 00)^)06 ^(.^iniiAn, W) b]»)5 511]^ aI) niu j )nA con co)5)o-6 Cjlc ) n-C]]i]nn, 6)]t A rA)t) cu]c; r]»]OCA ocA^ Aj]t yjcjt) }y ^ac coj5)0'6 "po TA c(>)j;]o'6 'A^urriAn, '/ ^An an ujpc'c yjti } ii-;onco)5)o'd I'jie ] n-Cj]t)nii ; Ojjt ta^ conn 50 n-Ajtunjwjoji a fc "Ok-A^ 1 y]ce no bi'jf; j ccoj^joio IUat', nj jiAjb a^c a t])j 139 was received on this rock, now called Carrie Patrick^ wherefore tlie rock was named Cashcl, i. e. Cios ail, or the rock of tribute ; ail is an old Ga-lic word, signifying ft rock. 7. Slib-Divisiims of Miinstci\ When the family of Olioll Olum got possession of th^ "wo provinces of Minister, they divided them into five parts, called the five Munsters. The first part, called Thomond, extends in length fromCuclmllin's Leap* to tiie great road of Ballaghmoi'e in Ossory, and in breadth from SUev Eichty, to Sliev Eivlinne. Although all that tract from Sliev Eichty to Limerick was anciently a part of Conacht, however Looee P.Iann, son Of Aengus 7^ee- reagh, son of Far Corb, son of Mowa Corb, son of Cor- mac Cas, made a conqTiestof it with the sword, and added ittoMunstcr; this tract was called the rugged lands of Looee, and was possessed by the Dalcassian tribe exempt; from all taxes or tribute to the kings of L-eland. The second part called Ormond, extends iii length from Gow- ran to Knawhill near Tipperary, and its breadth is frOitt Bearnan Ely to the island of O'Bric. The third part is railed middle Manster, its breadth from Sliev Eivlinne is to Sliev Keen. The fourth part^, called Desmondj, extends from Sliev Keen southward to the sea. The fifth division, called west IMuUster, extends from Luahar Daee westward to the sea, and its breaddi is from Glenorouchty to tbe Shannon . The two provinces of Minister are called in Gaelic Muwa \. e. greateri, because they are of greater extent than any other province in Ireland, for there are 35 districts in each \Vhichismore than there is in any other province in tJie island. For though we have reckoned thirty-six in Ulster, yet it contained bat thirty-three till the kingdom was di- videi f The mo'jth of tlv: Sli.innon sj cUcd. 140 t]tj t)i.'i5 -) yjie ]nntc 50 hAjTnj-jff :ia rco-j^o-h^Cf 6}]> ^eo CO Lajjnjl), tni\|> a zi, 6 Loc an <'"0]5]r» 50 yA]J'5e le co]5]o6 \ihi> ] cconi.o)ii ]n5]ne Choncolbajit lujc Nej** •o'fAJivjl n-c. Cuj5 rjijo^A *| no) ]f](^]X) ~]i]oca a -a ] n-C|)i]nTi ii]lc ; De)6 mbrtjle 'j t)iv fjcjo ^) cuj5 cet) '| cujg iiijle h\\)\e b)Aru)5 a))r(J. ru}^, eybo5 '| Caybo^. <\ t.t j n-C'jjijn, 00 jjejit ('lh\inrc]n. v^ t(\]o cc]T]ic liVi']i'co]-]K)]3 ] n-G)]t)fi, nu| a cA;, '?(|»c>C]-bo5'^(]tDmaca, P)i]onip,\)6 na liC)]io;;n u]U', 9i'|it50]-- 005 *?(f-A-cl]Ar, '^vltceylxj^ C'ha)p]l, '] ^i]*wi'bo5 cliiutmiw ]y y^'n Pjt]oniirA3t) a raj'o na hO>vj'i)o)c; j-o ]-)<^]- ; Gwybo^ nvv "Cjjce, no 00 j»e]lt Chv\nir)Cjn, (3tt|-l)05 *<'vjl niv injjiori, .1. Ujynt^c, 6j}t ]]' o 'olijS giil'' a]) j 0 b^^jj+oc ajl n.\ ^jl*9.'^ ^jj 'I b'^lP^fii^ ^^J'S ^^* cco]C,er>' m.^ an cecTn* r] ; Gaybo^ Dliujn-r)v\-ler-5lAy, Ca]'1)05 Clilocaj|f, Caybo^ Chu]fi]}U', CAj'bo^ ^(jiracA]^, GA]-bo5 llv^rbof, Caj-bow, llAflni, Ca]'1)05 D1ia]1 niocajp, Gajbo^ OIiojjK.'. y\'frt-el)af: a riv Gaybo^ ^jllj^K?-•DAloc, 6i»ybo5 FpytnA, Gaj-bo^ Oj-|tAJr>r, Garboc i.cjrgljnnc, 'I GAybo5 Cli)!le-ri<|A. Fa *^jtt5oybo5 CI)A]f)l A tA GA]-bu5 Cl:jlk'-"oa-VnA, Gaylio^ Lujmnic;, Cayboj; ]nyc C'liArAjij, GAfl)o5 Cli>lle KjouAbjtAC, GA]bo5 )n)I)5, QAibo5 1-oj-a C}t(', Gapboc; l'hii]irr!Aj)i5c, 141 vided irttd provinces : then it was that Carbty Neea-ar,* king of Leinster, gave up to the province of Uisterj ^hree districts of his own province, namely, from Loch au Ooga to the s,ea, in consideration of receiving in marriage tlie daughter of Connor Mac Nassaj as will appear in the se^ quel of this history. In all Ireland there are 185' teni:o- ries or tracts of land, containing 5,550 cantredsj in w il.h are 66,600 plough-lands, according to the ancient mea- sure of the Irish. It is however to be observed, that an acre, according to the Irish measure, is twice or three times larger than the present English plantation acre. Of the Archbishops and Bishops of If elands There are four archbishops in Ireland ; the arch- bishop of Armagh, Primate of all Ireland^ the ai-chbtshop of Dublin, the archbishop of Cashel, and the ai-chbishop of Tuam. Under the primate are the fbllcfwing b'isliops, viz. the bishop of Meath^ called by Camden.the bishop Ail na mi- reann, i. e. Ushnagh, for Ail na mircami or the boundaiy stone is the name of a stone at Ushnagh, so called from its being the boundaiy between the provinces, from each of which a part was taken from Meath, it was also called provincial stone ; t^ie bisiiop of Dundal^alhglas, the bishop of Clogher, the bishop of Connor, the bishop of Diilmohar, and the bishop of Derrv; The archbishop of Dublin has under him, the bisiiop Glendaloch* the bishop of Ferns, the bishop of Ossory^ the bishop of Leighlin, and the bishop of Kiidare. The archbishop of Cashel has under him, the bishop of Killaloe, the bishop of Limerick, the bishop of Inish- Cahy, the bishop of Kilfenora, the bishop of Emiy, the VOL. I. F bishop * Often stiled Carbry Njeanar, (hiadhoar,^ 142 GAj-boj ChopcAjge, e»fbo5 Ilujj- u* cC»»)}»b]ie; Ajop F,\ ^}t'o£j-bo5 ^hu(vm* a r* Cij-bog Ch)lle mjc Duac, Gyvybog %liuj5e-eo, ^Aj-bo^ e.>n»6 Ujfi, GAj^bo^ Chjlle j,|CAjjt, e«na, no jii))i ChAmoejn, Ati catt tso hojtOA)5eo PA cejrite hWptsgfbojj ] n -ejiijTi 1152. Do 6u)}t m6 ni6)»tA, a6t; JAt) Ajit n-A CCllJt AjJ» ccul, 'I cujio ejle Aji^ n-A ccf^n^Al da dejle -o'job, •] a]|* n-A ccu}» p* con-g]"bo5, m^ a tA Ljormojt -) I'ojirlAjit^e yA con-^pbo^, CiuAjn -] Coj^cA]5 f A con £i'bog ejk-, 'i tnup j-jn tsojB o toNN 4. t)o ShujibjusA'o nA liCjjijonn Ann p. IS c j"U)t))U5AO A tA A)ft Cjjtjnn ; An Gj-pAjn "oo'n 1c)t: ilAjt tcAj- t)j, An Fh)^A)nc co'n U;]t to)]i i^y 6j, An BJijt^-Ajn rh6jt oo'n lejt; tojjt r>), •) VtlbAjn w)'n lejt rojn fuAjts, I ATI r-A)5£n t)o'n lejt €)7Ii duniAt) u)^e A ZA f] t>$llVriV, i to fcjit %hA^nuf, oj; fCjtjoBAD Ajj* Ptolofneuj-, j;- ccjfite ct'jme ^o Icjr t5o'h dj^pr Sl^jAntJA t»'A n50))tc)0]t Zodiacus a tA j n-A \c]i]oxi ; ^ A t)C)j> An pg]* c^onA ^ujt Ab yc 4iua)Jic tJCAg 'j cj<) c^jHiitinA bjop A)i» pAt) j-ATi 16 jj" fAjcc ro'n BljA^Ajn 143 bishop of Roscrea, the bishop of Waterford, the bishop of Lisn)ore, tlie bishop of Gloyne, the bishop of Cork, tlie •bishop of Ross, and the bishop of Ardfert. Under the archbishop of Tuani are, the bishop of Kill- vic-Duach, the bishop of Mayo, the bishop of Enachduin^ the bishop' of Kill-ecrhar, the bishop of Roscommon, the bishop of Clonfert, the bishop of Achonry, the bishop of Killalla, the bishop of Conaiiin, the bishop of Kill-mo- riuuch, and the bishop of Elphin. The four archi episcopal iices were erected, according ^ Camden, in the year of our Lord U5£, I have mentioned here from Camden many bishops that jdo not now exist, and for whom there are no sees, being either aboUshed, or united to other sees under one bishop ; as for instance, Lismorc and Waterford are now united, Cork and Cloyne in like manner are under one bishop, and s«k of the rest. Section 4, Of the Situation of Irelv pn Icjt buo ruAjo ; 1 ]r ^ F*^ 6)<)t]0i-in 6 04 Jin u) Tsie}t5 go clojc vvn StACAjn, -j ll tv rruapuj'cBvtjl Ufjrft 50 j-ole)ii, •] nac e j-o <^]V ^ zzu-^zA Ypy, rtcx ] fcuj- 54\Bi.Ur:u)j' Biill iep hojifcuj^jo't) /I Hi tru)- "CO cjturiij^^t) ^i'tjani An ]"e)]-g-6 1* p^ojp C^jn 1 A j-jiip CAlmivn* ; ^n 'oejcnuo blj^gajn pjcjt) ro I've ?tfnv)iii '00 JHi^at) ?(bel *| 4 fjnjt Delbojtw ; ] cc]on c6d 'I r)i]OCiix5 bljA^Ajn no jie ^'r4]iii jui^aip iSeth, CO j'u']H na n-Gabjuij^ertc, 4im)l Icvvgrnp o flptr. Slicjr ]i\t) njlc, 'j TO brtf AT? yljofer Cl)4]n iijle yu'n nt5]I)fi ; •J ]]' c yat) 6 cpufiigcvt) ^>t)i\)m 50 tijljfi, to |»c]p na n-ertbpuj^e^, 1G56 bha jn*, ^oTiflT a3|ip fjn 4 TCjp tin pjle 4n ji*n ]*o : 145 CarnTce-Neid to XJlogh an Stacain, and its breadth fronj Invermore to Irrus Downun. I'he reader is to obsene, that it is not through neglect that I do not licre speak of the counties, cities or towns of Ireland, but because Cam- den and tlie new English chronicles have given a full account of them, neither is there a proper place for speaking of them, until we come to mention the invasion of tliq island by the English, by whom they were arranged, CHAPTER IV. Of the Creation of Adam our frs( Father, SCf. i(c. Ai .DAi\I was created upon the sixth day of the age of the world ; and when he had lived fifteen years he bego.^ Cain and his sister Calmana ; in the thirtieth year of his age, Abel and his sister Delbora were born, and when he was an hundred and thirty years old he begat Seth; according to the Hebrew computation, as we re^d in the jB«)lichronicon. The Genealogy of Noah to, A^am, iCc. Noah was the son of Lamecb, son of Mathusalem, son of Enoch, son of Jareth, son of Malaleel,. son of Cainan son of Enos, son of Seth, son of Adam ; all those w-ho sun-ived the deluge are descended from Seth, for the entire posterity of Cain were drowned'. .The distance of time from Adam to the deluge was, according to the He- brews, 1656 years; wherefoi-e the poet obsenes in the following distich : The 146 ft]}t fe ct'-ov\)b ')I)n o" fuy ronidjn. ^■^ ]'0 ]ie jac n'oii]!!^ 6|i pp Noe fAr lyic ^Jl ; ^aUU'I noj cct't* ; Noe "cc)c mbljAJna ]p ti* yK]ti Ajjt iioj rcec. *»ii4|t ro coTici]]>c )omoji]to Dja pljocr. .Sbe)f wg ©y] ra]t a rjonina yejn, ruan t>o t^jrjn x?6jl) j^^n cvinmpc: )n4 clonmup x>o •ocAnAm )>c pl^pcr l'hA)n l^olu]5, ) najt co]nii;<»'p pjAT <\n yogpcv pin, ro cu}^t aw ipjle 00 b>\rAib H4' n"ou)jnot) u}le tTiAC A5 Cftm, ') ]]' t5Jol) YV^ Cuj- -) Ceyl«5 C]nj']ot5 6 Clnvm ttkvc Noi', * T^^~ lf)^l^ T>]oh 6 Shem, ]j- eA^ 6 JAjrer. *) lucr na h6o]ipA n]le, "j ]r t50 fl)oct "^(.ihAgog m]c Irtyec luct r\A Sc)t]A, -) ^b hA)|t)C,T;e n* ^I'p^*^ ^o 5^^ ^)Pc jAjt nT))l]n ii)A mAcci)B ^^bjl^t>, Amujl yo)ll]-cocAm 'ca ^ly ]"0 ) ngABAlu^B Gjjijon. K0OQd«> Do ^aBaIujIj 6j]1)0fT yt]A flDl^fl ]-OM#^ ^ ©e^JJ]© cu]X5 tio ii,v ]'Q^ncAt;n]T) ^nji a!) jaw r]»j hjTi^ioriA ChAjn colu)5 t)o Ajrjg A]]i r-up ) ; ^oiia Tii re^^At) ]']n A TA Ari liivii ]*o, lej^rc] j-ah ruAjn ta]* aI> rOj'AC ' fnAjiU]- J SAltA)J> CllA)]-]],' 'jC. C)ij h}n5J()nA ^ 0)11 jie Set niAc V^^ajiii, . At) coriAjJc BunbA <^]]\ rruj-, )!' mgBAjyt l)om a n jom^up. ^ "oejjt LgaBa]! "oiioiTiA fncccA 50 mbAo BunbA Ajriin nA c^AO pspic t)o ^ab e)]ie jjja iit>]l]rl, -| 5u|t ,vb uAjf e A r* BAnbA A]jt ej]i)n. Co^a-o ]omoii]to bon rAnjc, -f '}»1o feok'D le h-o ben c)gc tje i\n jfu)5^6 yrejn 'j a )ng)on Ct^fA]]* piiAt) j"An ajjicd'a cCsOiiniAo A]]t An 'Ojlju, A •cubAjjtT: Noe nac H:u]5(^t> jtia a jngjon. Do duA)6 Bjof, La6]»a, Fjonncnjnn -j Cej-A)]t ) cconiAjjile an j-jii ; tjcAnr^ mo doriiAjplcp Ipj, 'j ^'^Trtji') 'oo t)CAnrc ah Iajhioj* |»)U lojng^f t>o ib^-AnAni, %]^QP njo]v b'poj^ t)6 gi rjtAc t)0 t)0cp«6 An "ojljofi : tJO l*)n(£>6 long loo, 7 rc'jo ]-]AtJ -*^Jf Tnu)p. '^(g^r )r <-^ ^j'^" ^^ 6u<»n.j Ail, .1. Bjor, Laojia, Fjoiir.cujnn, 151 of these men was Laia, from whom Ardlaran has its namf. These people hved forty years in the countr}', till at the last they all died of some distemper in one week. From that to the deluge, a space of two hundred years, Eiriu ^-eraained totally uninhabited. Others affirm that Eirin was first discoyered by three fishr ermen who wcic diivcn thither by a violent storm from the coast of Spain ; and bcinfr pleased with the island they went back to Spain for their \v7ves, and jn their return were overtaken by the deluge at luver Thuha, and all drowned: their names were Capa, Lainy, ^and J^uasad, as the po^t observes in the following distich : Capa> Lainy and pleasant Luasad, Came a year before the flood, To Banba, isle of beauteous women^ The gallant heroes acted bravely. Others again assert that Casar, daughter of Bih, son of Noah, arrived before the deluge ; wherefore the poet fc'ung this verse : - -t; - ■' Casar daughter of the constant Bih, Fostered by Saval, Ninual'sson, Was the first heroine that arrived In Banba'p isle before the deluge. If it should be asked what brought her to Jijirin, the reason was this; Bih sent to Noah to request of him aij apartment in the ark for himself and his dy-nghter Casar, to preserve them from the deluge, but Noah denied the request. Then Bih, Lara, Fintan, and Casar consulted togetlier what measures they should adopt ; take my ad- vice, said Casar, we will, said they; then apply t6 an idbl and forsake the God of Noah. Whereupon they applied to an idol who desired them to build a ship, though he knew not at what time the deluge would happen : they then (itted out a vessel and put to sea. The persons that went 152 jib jn^'jon <:(V)V)jri. t^j5 r)^e eile Icjp n, i»5ap 50 n-* r)(),j ye]*. ]]' iVn Livojid * tiv AyicUpjion, -j ]]- v. ctAr niiilj CjpjoH e, 00 JK'j]! n(V •ojfojn^e )iii ]u; loc Dcjji^riqjic ; o Ceynjjt .^ojittjo}} t:<|n Chcf]UAC ] cConacrujb, rj»)<\llu]ip- ^r D^' S*^, ^"-"^ rn<;)niiic .1. cuin^ nA rrjfj n-n)]-cc, iijt: 4 g;u]l )-u4jncm Sjujitc ^j Cojjic j Boftl)A ; pojnj-o Afi yjn An. c»0{;,\p )ui;jon n-a rr]!] juvfmjb cro]i]to^ juig FjonnTrujnn iC'oyajjj Ic}]- T rS^^ 'niiii ^('ar inajlje jijft ; jtuj B]or BA]i]tcvn, lc)y •) yrcc unni tl-cv^ mc^jllc ]fia ; jiiij Lrt^jiA l^vil^A, lii)!' j fr mni pcvv^ iniV}^ <:on ]»]i>, 'j jm^ 50 1k\]io- Uojtan JUT, '^i p^*)l^ yi'-jn hay rtfi y)n. Fjlloy Balba -j PA yc uinv> "qcitp; 50 Coya)|t ,v]i)y, cujpc^y ("CPUl^ yct'.vl* , 50 J'jor, •) rj^; B]or "o'yjoy FJijonrnjn 511]* jtoinyJA'o n jtompcv * Lai^n)T). Zc]-o Cep\]i» 50 n-A baiirjiact ^a cu]\ Ce]']i, ■) "jjc ca^ -oc')!* All \]\e <»T) j»Ann j-o : ]]• ]AO r)n y\]\ ^^-l\^]]^ bnr.rA, A iT-OjS'i^*^ *^ ii-]iiifecrA • rj jiA]b Acr yrcrnni]!! iiama IKUAjb ^UJ- Al^ f(f;_^fl»ACA. Bjo-b A j-joj- ^^^•o A ^(^S^ojl* iw^- "W PfJP P)J^3")5 cu]]i]in All ^AbA]l]'j Chei'jiAC j-jo]-, jua a)n t;AbiV]l ejlc Tv*\]i luAjfoms] 50 ]to yo, Acc '00 b)i)£ 50 |fUA]iu)' ycjVjobT-A )»6inAm ] ]-oi''-^£biin]b -jAt) ; •) p'.y r\) rui^ym o]onui' yu^A'o.j vX |'encAt>A iivv j-c^aIa yo ajji An riio]n5 f-Aiijc ) n-Gi]t]n ]to)ih An tijljn, ACT iTiun ) n-A lef:Anu]b yjf c ^Cx\ fu^ ■66}b ]at, jie l:«|n a bejr ) r-A bpA^AfiAj^jb •66}B, no nuuiAl) ) lociijb cloc yn^At?^ yc|i4obf(!, jA-o, }A]t rt j^A^A-o nA t>]l]ne. 0]]i v) lijnfiAyoT^e •^n]^ Ab e AW F]onrii]n I'lt) no bj ijep ah •ojIju am, tx:) »iiA)]iyc'6 •o%-ji' TiA v]\]T\c, TO bjt']5 50 }yuil An yc]i)oprujt n-A A^Aio yjn, niA]^ a n-AbA))i hac rx^CAp 'oo'ii T?]i()]n5 ■6.onrA ^.\n bArAo aL~ otr.-^ nA bVvj]M:e Amv\]n, ') ti) ijob yjn Fjon-iijn. ^'p ne]riiy)]t]nrc avj yu]r*]iiJA6 a ta aj, •ojiojn^ no ycncAnAib a]}i Fb)orirA]n ©o iiia]trA]n ]-»e Vjil nA Tjljnt', in.| a n-Ab]»Ajt) ^uyt TilA)l1(^t3^| ceryt^ j rrcjr)te TiAi^-oAjb All -cMuiAjn ]u* Vjfi nA t?)l)ne 4. Fjoilnijii, Fo]ton, Fojty, *^ '"?^nro)o ; Sl^C"^ ^ ^'■'■lt^-^^]Vy ^^ mcAp jii)! a1) ) yo c^AtiyAjt) nA Titojn^c ly u^'o^j-da yAii yen^uy: ujioc \■^y^ cuj|i)-Q vi^-c^ T'A]|i]5re jy An yoncuy ah np yo jionniju 155 bumstancc ; Bih corrstilts Fintan, rvliereiipoh tlicy dhitkd The women amongst tliem ; Bih took his number to Sliev Baha, and died there. As to Bill's soniglioj they came upon his deco'ase to Jbintun, who liowovcr tied trom them out of I.einster. Casar with the seragUo retired to Casar'» Wood in Conaclit, v.here out of grief for her husband's abi^ence, and tlie death of her father and brother, she broke her heart. This happened but six days before tho dehige ; as tiie poet observes i« the following lines ; And thus their mortal course complete, They died and from this life departed. One solitary week alone there way Thence to the Hood of forty days. Let die readers observe that I do not set down this in- vasion by Casar as true history, nor any of the other in- vasions already spoken of, but merely because I have found them mentioned in ancient mannscripts ; neither can I con- cei\e how our antiquaries obtained these accounts of those wlio arrived in Ireland before the tk)od> except it was from those aerial daemons or fairies who were supposed to wait on them in the days of Paganism, or that they found tliem engraved on stones after the deluge had subsided. For it is not to bi' supposedj that the fintan who existed before the iioodj was the same person that li\ed after it, because 'it is contrary to Scripture, which mentions that all mankind perished iu the deluge, except eight persons only who were saved in the Ark, and we know that Fintan was iiot amon<>' lliat number. The evidence of some antiquaries who sup- pose I'intan to have lived during the deluge is false* wJiere they sav that tliere lived at tliat time> four person^ in tlae four quarters of the world, namely Fintan, Farran, Fors, and Andoid ; but let it be observed that d)is is by no means the opi'iion of the best Historiaiis. For which r'easou. a cej'tain 1.56 jtorhujTl ) IsOjP, ■OA yojll]-jUj;AD tiac rt}^ pe Ic v)p)nc <^n cj*ejojm v\ ] n-ejojc',- F]oriru]n i»e jriijnjot) 50 l)ecr, A^A]' v^)it?6}t) i^e t5eij*ccitr. "Sjo A))trh]t) fcncA-oA fju, nj A]](ni]on CAnojn cuBA}r) ACT Noc tij ] r-A]|tc 'j' c.oifin«r) n-Aiiir/An. IS tujjre A J' |-)n iiac c^ryujo co)fc]ofi 00 iiA |encA'ru]l> Fjofirujfi no ah r]tj^ e]le do ViiApem*} ra^^niAjfrujn yre r)0]trAo TiA -ojljne -j -o'a he)p, ^]W'6 ca n-vvb]iA"6 sOn-rponCA-)'6 m^ c^otnnAti Ajp ^]<<-"3S sufv bATAo Fjofi-ujn m^ oin le CAC jTv'm nr^jljii, 'j 50 n-oojtnAt) Dja A]^BcorAt> Ajjt Tci ^"Jr D" ^^ CvOinnAO '| lo cojifieAta j'ceAl ^ jinT-^crA ha j-fri 50 hAjm}-)!! PhAr]tA]c -] tsA cjf f)n 50 liA^mpjii Fheinejn ihuj^e bjle, nj iuj^jm cjoiiup but^ ejt^jji a coni-pn^AncAC ]'0 t50 iijt) "00 6e]lt: yen pa hGo]^jiA, ] a injoficA ]te Tjfi Fhjnejn ^ 6 fo)n ]\\e x>o cua^sJ •ojton^A' ^gJ^fSnu^^fe tio 6jAt)Aj]i)b ^ •o'yellj'AiiniAjb •] no ticojn)!) r^nujce cjle jta t]\)ocA]h o]\^•ziO]^c^ nAhGoppA noThiuiAiicle^j^ejcorhrjno}!, •) to te^Aj-c ]-col ccojrtjon, -j a fiAn nAC bjAt) ajJ» a lo]*^ Tjeji-cjubAl t'j5jn le jfuj^yjo IvOjo no Ijrjjt 'n-A nibcjo luAo no jomjtv^o a]]> Ilijorirujil, 'j a iIijoiifA ro p-jijoljAr^ nej^e cjIc a ca ]tc a pj-Ajcj-jn ] n-)inii , '/ yoj- nA<'; pAjc]n) lomj'tAD Ai}i J^'lnoncAin i bp|t')iii-relj.\]» IjAfijnrAriiAjl 41}* bjt, j-vOiljTn, TJA jj^^jjt yin, nac yuil Adc jrjfij'ccAl pjlj'o^crA j-An IFjoncuin uo luA]6'"(>^J 00 riiA]icuifi jicj* An t')l}ri 1 «'a lu'jf. 157 certiiin writer }ids noticed this circumstance in the folloxving hnes, to she^* that it is repugnant to rehgiDu, to say that cither Fintan of any of the other tlu'ee survived the deluge : The names of four whom t'oiitHve the dehige, The Deity permitted, just arc :iis resolves, Were Fintan, Farran, Fors tiie righteous fair. And Andoid son of Kahor. Fors he pla.;ed m easierii climes, Farran in the chilly Nortli, Fintan e>^ctly ut setting sim^ And Andoid in the South. Though Antiquaries mention those, Vet sacred canons do allow To have saved tlieir lives, but Noah, . His children and their wives, in th' Ark presei'Ved. Hence we are to infer that it is not the genera! opiniort of our Historians, that Fintan or the other three we spoke of, lived during the deluge and after it. Yet if any his- torian as a defence of his falsehoods, should assert that Fintan and the rest were drowned in the deluge, but that God restored him to life again, in order to preserve and relate the history and travels of his ancestors until the time of St. Patrick, and after to the d?vs of Finncn of Tvloy-Bille, it is beyond mv comprehension how an event so wonderful could be unknown to all Europe, since in the time of F^imen, and often since, numbers of celebrated divines, philosophers, andother wise and learned persons have gone into the polite countiies of the Continent to instruct tlie clergy and laity, ajid establish public schools ; it would be nugatory tliento say that none of the disciples of those nien would lca\'e us any piece in prose or vei"sei making mention of Fintan, since \ve have still extant so many of their writings upon otlier subjects ; Neither do I fmd qion- tion of Fintan in any old book of autliority ^t all, wiiich induces me to believe that the whole story of his sur- viving the deluge, is but a poetical fjction. vor,. T. H Ida 158 B)t)§,t> nj Abjiujm 11AC ]u\]he. r>u)fie cJijorJA cjAn^ofrA 4n }!e trgcr Pho cct)U)B blj^v^Ati, -j gac nj'o but* cuuiv;]!! lejj" pc]r» ^u}! t*)r"^"]r ^"^ )'har]^v]o c', -j poj- ^a^ beol- 03"o£f ruA]]t 6 n-A j-3npo]fu]b 4ji> iia liAjTnj'jopwjb t>o cuAjt) jjopie pcjn, -j f^ol]ni 50 jiAjbe ]]t)ll, rio i>e)|i -oiiojnje pe f^ncii]*, T ro pt]\i "rjiojn^e ejle RoAnu]* .1. Co f^ncuj* Cjjijofi, 50 ^^ojl^fj Roivmij' no Ronann]' "b'Fhjorjcujnn ; Acc ^j'o Aj]t "CO bejit Civmbjietif]]' RoAnup ni4]^ 546 h}ie)5 c)le o'a cl Roadu]- Ajft Tojiq ChAiTibjienf]]' mA]^ Ajnin a)]^ Fhjorirujn, xjo ^1^)5 5"1* *^^ *^ CATr>b]>enfjf ]]• rA]ib tAriA t)6]b le pci^jobAo )\o]bfoncu]]' A]]t Gjjip, fl)]i Afi a-oBa]^ tiac jfujl A TTiAlA]]it; tso ffieo]>A)5e ACA. )f c6l»u]t)e <* rfigj* giijt «b A)]4 Ch.o}lre t)0 bc)]tfe4 Ronanu]', tnA]i cu}}*)r) fen^ ^5*^31^ rPr 3^31* Ojbpg^cAjlj PhAr)iA]c ^uji fipjob j-c //w- /or/iti HiherniiP ex lioano, scu Ronano. Jj- 6 jomo]tlio T'lojuot) An u^t5A]]t ■)Y ^HAr "oo rui» op cjofi ^ac o^bjtc "oa j-cjtjobAfi ncc nv| jj- yollnj' "co ^-ac 1c^cOj]i clcccuj* u5t?Aj}t to Ve5At). ^'S'.vr n'] ^-jo]* t»o Hitnmcji ) n-A '^po^njc m^ 6 •oejjt ^Ul* Ab ni6]i An m^j* a ta a^ Bcojioohijb Ajjt j-c6*Iu]b Fhjofirujfij TA n50]]>jon pejyjon RoAnup, inA]* a tiej)tjX5i ^up poltA'o ]rA ojljn c, -j ^m]; rhAjji j nr>)A)6 ha iDjljonn rujUo 3p t5A rnjle bljA^Ap, -j 50 jiu^ Ajjt PhAr]iA)c, 1 ^up ^Aft bAV-c^t) UAjt), T suj> iu>tc jomAt> j-^ncupA -j 50 p-iiA)!* 159 I do hot however deqy, that at the time of St. Patrick's arrival in Ireland, there was a venerable old personage who had lived sonje hundred years before, and gave Patrick '^n account of every thing he remeiiibered himself, and ^Iso tl^e traditions which he received from his ancestors concerning former times; him I take to be the sanip with the sage whose name, according to pur historians, was Thuan, son of Carrill, or according to others, Iloanus or Keelthe (Caoihc) son of Honan, who was above three hun- dred yearii old, and rolated to St. Patrick several historical facts. This Keeldte is properly the person called Roanus or Ronanus ; for we do not find in any history of Ireland, that Fintan was called by those names ; though Cambrensis^ along with every other misrepresentation of his lying his- tory, calls him Roanus. And as he wrote Roanus in his chronicle, instead of Ronanus, so every modern Enghslj >vriter who treats of Ireland, writes Koanijs, in imitatioii of Cambrensis, as the name of Fintan ; because having no better guide, they looked upon Cambrensis as dieir polar star* in writing a spurious account of the countr)'. It is the more probable too, that KeeUhe is the same person with Ronanus, because old authors place amongst the writ- ings of St. Patrick, a work entitled, Historia Hiberniaj; ex Rwano seu Ronano ; and every one acquainte(i with books well knows tiiat it is generally the sinunne of the author, Ithat is prefixed to his work. Hamner falsely asserts in his cliroui(.le, th^tthe Irish hol'^ in high estimation die^e storie-s of i intan, whom he too calls Roanus, since diey assert that he perished in the flood, and lived above two thousand years after it ; that he met with St. Patrick, rccei^•ed baptism from him, and related to him many ancient events ; that he died about a year after * LiteraUy the Bull of the Herd. 160 fj-'iKvjit brv]' } ccjonn blja^iivV y\]i rroj^^cr PliArj^Ajc ^ n-ej)!]nn, ■) ^nj^ h*t>na)C5^t> lajrii i+e ioc R)B j n-Uiniiu- »i-! ]-:;}t)obrvi e]]tc, -j nj l^jm jo ycjtjob CAmbjieny)]' RoAnuy A]]t rcuy, 'j ^uji yAguib TAn Voyii5A'6 A5 a Vojt^Ajytj'ojb a yojn ]lJe i'. R^iXX 1. tio'n ce<^T5Ab*vjl po J^jnneo yojt Cj]i3ir,i ]a]> nr>)ljr'tn. Qi /^^X ccA-o 5AbA)l "00 ]i]rm^t; ujJJj^e o'c)y rjljonn, XiO jK•)]^ •ojiojn^e "oo iiA yonC(\t5(i)b, AriiAjl h^^-i yAn ruAjn t!r u]it}ie, vo bj»J5 nAC rc^itnu)!:) ye cuiiin»i]oe jnnre; A5 yo m^ a 'oeijt An tiiajti : ^oiiA niAc Bof]nn id'a y)y, ■Su}^ ben yvAj* 3 FD'^i^'J]"' Kus 161 St. Patrick's arrival, and was buried near Lough Biv, in Ormond, where he says there is a chinrh dedicated to him by his own name ; and tiiat his name is to be found among the Irish Saints. But it is evident that no antiquary ever spoke of, much less committed to wTiting, such a story as Hanmer relates ; for there are three persons to be noticed here, insveail of one only, namely Fintan, whom Caut- brensis calls Roanus, Keelthe Mac llonan, who was baptized by St. Patrick, and Ruan, to whom was dedicated Lora, in Ormond, near Lough iJeirg-yeirc, not near Lough Riv, as Hanmer asserts ; however I shall lose no more time in tracing the falsehoods of Hanmer, or the authorities he cites. Finally, 1 am of opinion that it was for Ronanus that Cambrensis wrote Roanus, \yhich worcl has been re- tained without correction by his followers to the present time. C II A P T E R Vf, •Section 1. 0/ the fnt cohmizaiwji of Ireland after the Flood. JL H E first peopling of Ireland after the flood, according to some antiquaries, as we read in the poem \yhich begins thus, " I found in the Psalter of Cashel," I do not think wrjjrtb}- the name of a toloni/ation, because no stay Ti'as made in the Island ; the passage is as follows : Ayna, son of Bih the wise, Soldier of Ninus, son of Pt-j, Came to Eirin to ex])lore. And pulled a tuft in Isle of Woods. A hand- 162 pO n'olp5^ &*^*)^ '^^ r^ibajjit <^]\\ ei^cc]t\\j])joih TD'ejj' r)jljnnc. R^NN 2. ]Jo bj Gjjie, jomojtjjo, ] ii- d 5Ab(V]l; <\riujl Aj-bciir c]jt fjii, 5U]t ATin yo : V( hocc yf^ccrho^AO cejm ^^An, '-J^bjle *] no) cceo bljarAri, O })c V(t)A3ib cuanriA ca)p, • bo cjn ?(bj>AhAm <} n-ArA}j^. ^j-oet) nj lu';!-^]]! -^un Ab yjpinn^c ccAt-j-Ao nA c|to3n5e * ^^jT* 5'']* *^ } 00301111 PA bi)A5Ajn A3]i iiijlc o't-jy iiA P3ljiine t«r3c pAjrtoIdn 50 )ie3it3nn, -] )At) A5 a *t)niA)l 163 A handful of its gra^s he carried off, And so went hoiiie his tale to tell ; Thus this possession perfect and conrtpletei Was the shortest ever taken of the isle. This messenger is said to have arrived in Ireland about one hundred and forty years after the floodj but on ac- count of his not having made any stay in the country, I think his expedition should not be termed a conquest or invasion ; and therefore am of opinion that the invasion of Paralon may more properly he reckoned the first after the deluge. Section 2. T/ie Invasion by Paralon. Ireland was an uninhabited desert for the space of 300 .years, until Paralon, son of Shara; son of Sru, son of tsru, sbn of Frame nt, son of Fahaght, son of Magog, son' of Japhet, cairie to take possession of it ; as the poet thus observes : After the Flood three hundred years, A tale of truth it is I tell, All sncred Eirin desert lay, Till Paralon's arrival. This induces me to believe that it was two and twenty years before Abraham was born that Paralon came into Ireland, and in the year of the world 197S ; as the poet observes in, the following distich : Seventy years and eight complete, Abbve a thousand and nine hundred, From time of Adaui, virtuous, fair, Till birth of Abraham our I'ather. It is impossible that the opinion of those who say that Paralon arrived in Ireland one thousand and two years after the deluge can. be correct^ since they allow that lie was m 164 5up jliin \ All reAtjjrao t)e)5)onn46, '] t5i f»6))* ]')n ]]• jnih^jT* ^ujf - n-jAf^Un n^ojini n^le', I n-)nnbjo]t ycjAr^Un Scejne. ^(^ yo An buj-ocn cahjc le PAjirolon ] n-Pjiiinn, .1. a Cj^n, D^l^nAjr* a hAjnm, -j a r}>)up niAc .1. Uujjiui'oe, Skjh^e, LA)5ljnne, ^ a rr|J]uli ban, / m)\e no yUiA^ m^i ion }t]u ; 00 jtcj]v Nennjuy, -j aiiiajI a loi,rA]t 3 SalrA)]t Ch<»)r]l. )y e Ajr colon o'a Ti^ojprj SA]nie}t, 1 '00 mAjtbAo le PAji'rolmi 3 rjte ca© |>e n-A nin,03 .1. Dol5nA3-o, fo jt3no- m35n3oni 3>e n-A ^ioIIa ^€311 .1. Tof5A A A3nm, *) ati rjKvf t>o co3}»35 PAjtfolon 3 r]u'p An nij^niOTh j-3n, nj T-A3tl(;;ciip t?o jVino, Arc a rubA]]it v,o TTibAt? co}»A vijtb) )]f nA hA3nl)C3]>te y3n t5;) bi'jt Ajp •}^e]n yu\ \\]]\hcr], 1 An ysO]l]'>nn t.i a Pha|»f>)l63n, a yj, ■c^\\]\ Ab yt-jtiiji mjl 00 boTT 1^3111 )jg nin.o], no It^^tnTiAcc litjTn JK- l5;riAl5f, no b].>]r> Iv'vjtji jw yiAl, no yr* )jl Ia)"') )!C U5 In the island in the time of Abraham, and that Abraham xvas the eighth in direct descent from Shem, son of Noah, inclusive. For it is very improbable that in upwards of a thousand years after the deluge there should be but seven generations, and therefore I think that the first opinion is more agreeable to truth than the latter; so that we may weli suppose that Paralon reached Ireland about three liundred years after the deluge. Paralon began ii;s voyage from Migdonia, in the mid- ^\e of Greece;* and took his vv^y through the Mediterra- jiean, steered towards Sicily, and leaving Spain upon the Fight, arrived in Ireland ; after being two months and an half at sea, he landed at Inver Sceine, in the west of Munster, on the fourteenth day of IVIay, as the poet thus observes : On the fourteenth day, being Tuesday, The}' brought their bold ships to anchor, In the blue fair port, with beauteous shore, Of well defended Inver Sceine. The persons that came with Paralon to Ireland, were hif Tvife Dalgnatj and his three sons, Rurj', Slany, and Lay- linn, with their three wives and a thousand soldiers ; accord- ing to Nennius, and as we read in the Psalter of Cashel. The place where Paralon fixed his residence was at Inish Samer, near Ernp; so called from Samer, the name of a dog which belonged to Paralon, who killed it through jea- lousy of his wife Dalgnat, who prostituted herself to her own servant whose name wasToa; and when Paralon re- buked her for this base act, she^ instead of offering any ex- cuse, said that ho was more to blame for her improper con- duct than she was ; and do yoa inmgine Paralon, added she that it is possible to leave honey near a woman, or new milk near a child, or victuals irear a hospitable person, or '^'^^' ^^ I meat 166 CAr, no d]|im no ojjtnejf Up, ^c j-j)]!, no y^]i ] hej) j n-u(,ijl U mn^o), l<^mnAcr U mAc, ^5] t) i(V |:]*J, CA)inA l, -] lejp ]']n jiu5 maj>ba-6noj |njle jte lia)n-tpccrThU]n -cjob } TnJijn erajjt. v^jpinj© ciijr -00 ria bu^r^iAjlj ^abajl ejlo a]|^ ^jl>)ii }to]ni Phajtcolon, .i. ^Aljajl Chjocajl, mjc Njl, riijc F>a]]»l> liijc Uarniojji, ) mbljA5,vn -o'eji' iaf* rjo rAbAjjtc oo Ch)oc<»l T50 B|n.i)A)» fjn piia]}^ SU)n5e ah c^-^jiaitiv^o A]!^^^ o'a liiujfirjjf bAj-, 7 J r'j^*^ SUngA -00 hAi)nA]c^D e. > ccgfi bljA^nA t^a €]]' rjn X50 tomAjom loc LAj^ljne ] n-ujb itiac Ua]]- bng5 ; Lrt)5ljn rriAc Paj^coIojti ah cuj^^o p^jt r>o iiA huA)j"l)l) tAnjc le]]', ■] An -jiac •do bj a yejiT: io'a to^b*)! co Ipg «n loc jA f]]i ; jp X5e pjn sojit-^ji loc LAjsljile t>). ) ccjon bljA^nA t5* e))' pjn coifiAjcin Ioca heActjiA ]t?j}> fi]Ab ^ODUjjtn, 7 fljAb FuAjrj ] n-Oj|t5]Allu]b. Jaj» yjn rorfiAj^m Io^a Rugjiujoe, m^ Ap bArAo ^ pejn, j-An "BIjA5A)n 6eonA roifjAjtbm Ioca CuAn. Nj puA)]t, jmojjjjo, P^f Alon A]]» * cjoTi ) n-e']jt]n oitz v]i] Ioca -) noj n-Ajbnc. ?^5 fo AnmAfiA ti* cc|t) lo6 a)]! rruj- .i. lot Lujmn)^ j TiD^^p'iuniAjn, loc FojpDjtgifiAjn Ag 7:}»Aj5lj aj j-ljAb ^jp 7 %uifiA)n, -] Fjonloc Cg]iA j n-]ojijfup DoThnAo ) cConn- Accu)b ; ATTiAjl A tjejji An pjle : 'C]\) locA AjrilVle ArhAjp ^] no] n-A)bne n-joniAjj-, loc Fo]|i-6]i^iiiu)n, loc l.u}Tnnj^y Fjonloc ]ltpujj'. ^5 fo nA no) ti-A)bnc, .i, BuAp jt/jjf DhainAjiiijoe a^'aj- DHaIjijada, .1. An Ku-a ; BejibA ; Rujifrt(^, .i. Abujnn Ljpe ]t)jli iijb Xejll -] LA)5n]b; Uoj ) '^uniajn, z]i{'. ^huj-cjiAjxje 30 Co])cu)5 5 ^^]SZ^y .SAniAjji, 7 ^uajo 7 cCouAicujb, 169' Three hundred men competed his host^ From Uamor's land they came ; Soon after that the)- left this Hfe, In one short u'eck being all cut ofY. Seven lakes burst forth ia Ireland in the time of Paralon j namely, Loch Mask in Conacht, which overspi'ead the jplain of Lergna ; Loch Con, which broke out three years after the battle with Keecol, and covered all the plain call- ed Moy Cro ; Loch Deichiot, which began to tiow about twelve years after Paralon's arrival ; and a year after died Slany the fourth conuiiander of his army^ and was buried at Sliev Slanga. A year after that was the eruption of Loch Laylinny, in the country of Mac Uaish of Bra, Lay- linn, was the fifth in command who came over with Paralon, and when his grave was digging, the lake sprang fortii^ whence it was called Loch Laj-linny ; the next year Ldch Eachtra broke out between Sliev Mourn, and Sliev Fuaid, in Oriel. After that burst forth the lake of Rury, in which he himself was drowned, and in the same year happened the eruption of Loch Cuan. Paralon found upon his arrival in Irelaud but three lakes and nine rivers: the lakes were Loch Luininy in Desmond, Loch Fordravan at Tralee, near Sliev Mis in Munster, and Finloch Cara in Irrus Downan in Conacht : as the poet thus observes : Three extensive wond'rous Lakes, With thrice three pleasant rivers. Loch Fordravan, Loch Luimny, And Finloch on Irrus' bounds. The following are the nine rivers, namely the Buasbe- 'ween Dalnarry and Dalriada or Kuta ; the Barrow; the Rurach or Liftey between O'Neil's country and Leinster ; the Lee in Munster, running through Muskerry to Cork ,' the Sligo, Samer, and Moy in Conacht, in the country of 'J'>"iaclna. 170 tcjp 6oj,A)n ; Bj]i Lee ^ CjUe ; or^n, 'A5uv>jt', J cc]on ce)f;ftc mblja^an )^ cronirtj'^m "^ujfrolA puajjl PnAjC£t) e ; )Y ujme SO])jfe]t fgn niag ce tiac pAi-Ar co)ll j»)ATTi *)]> ; ]f "jTne soij^f^i* m*^ n-e«lt<» re, ro B]t]5 5u]i Ab Ann no tj^t)])- c<^^^U]t 6]]ienn -o'a n^^Jjan- ^o]iAf>. 1 ccjonn rjtjoc.vt^ bl)A5Ajn )a]j tr^cr PAj^rolojn n-Cjjtpn "CO t-A5 j-c. ?( idojiij-o loiton^ 00 fencAtiA)15 ^np Ab "c^v nijle *) fe cro -) octr mbljA^n* y]C)-o )0CAt mbljA^Ajn nil)ccrA, bA yA]' y]i] i;)AnA]rjj:ecra, ]Alt n-eo b) o recc PAjvfolojn 50 rATh A Tnu}nnrj}»e, 'j rj^ An jrjle Gocajo ua Hojnn ]e)f An njx) ccconA, m^ a n-AbA]]t : C}i) cct) bljA^Ajn, cjA fcif)^, 6y ■oiijn^' t!]Aifi]u r)UAjp)5, r>o"u SAfimj^ 5lc]V»]nn s^opAjs f>j' G}]>]nn ^oplJ5 uaj-ajI. 171 O'Fiaclira of the North ; the IMourne in Tirone, and the Bann between Lee and Ely ; according to the poera Wjhich bc<^insthus : Adam parent source of Man," &c. Lee, Buas, Bann, rapid Barrow. Witli Samer, Sh^ro, Mourn c, Moy, Lift'ey wat'ring Leinster's plains, These the streams in times of old. iVboutfour years after the eruption of jNIurhol, Paralon died in the old plains of Moynalta of Howth, and was bmied there ; this place is called the old plain, because no tree ever grew upon it, and the reason why it was called Moynalta, was from the number of fowl that used to flock thitherto bask themselves hi the sun. The death of Para- lon happened about thirt}' years after his arrival in Ireland^ Tliis event took place, as some antiquaries affirm, in the year of the world 2628 ; although I am induced to beheve from what has been said before, that there were only 1986 years from the creation of the world to the decease of Para- Ion. Others imagine tliat there were five hundred and tvyenty jears between the death of Paralon and the dcr struction of his people by the plague ; but the general opinion of antiquaries is against thein, for they allo\v that Ireland lay waste but thirty years from that event uv.til the arrival of Nevvy ; as the popt thi;s observes : During thirty years entire 'Twas void of valorous hosts. After they died in one week In crowds on the plain of birds. We are informed by the Cormac Mac Cullenan, in the Psalter of Cashel, that it was three hundred years from Paralon's arrival till the destruction of Ids people ; which is confirmed by the poet Kiohy O'Flinn, who says : Three hundred years, well we know. These polisii'd prudent heroes. Lived in ha})py fertile fields Of noble ancient Eirin. Froixj 172 ^^j' ^ac ii)t! -OA nt>ub)t blja^Ajn jojp Xi^y Phrtji- f<»lo}n, •) r^ih <» inu))iTir)ite ; ') nj h)nrhefr>a 50 mbejc Gj^te *]li njrju^AO su)lit?,6 'i cu]5 ceo bljA^A^n, ') ^An to txojnjl) ]nnre act cu)^ n)jle ygii, *] ce)r Jte iTijle ben. ?^5 j-o all ]»o}nn -oo i'*)ng,r^ cejfjie m]c Pa]tfolo)n ♦}^ Cjjfjnn, .1. Git, 0]»b(V, Fc^ytonn, ') Fej»5na, -j t>o ba'o^j c^cji-^A cconianmoniiA <\5 mAC4jb^\>)let) -da cjj- j-p. ^5 ro cen* An ]to)n ut, ariKV]! a oeijt 6oc<»]r) u)"o- O'n ^^ cu]^ cdliTiA rojicvn nAC rjm, yiiAiit _F^iib"* vci^<*" y<»irn"5- 1 n-e]|t)ii ye]ii, n) y, yA cxnh c'u]tAtA An c^tYo 6j Ajge ; Beojjt Ajnm wn jf]]i 00 ^Uc r>>ojne rriir ) ii-ej)i]n ; Bpeo^* nuc SgnBot* CO jijne corripAc m.t a)|* rcup ] n-ejjtjfi ; Fjoj-, Goluj-, -] FodrhAjpc, a cftj t)]icO)fe ; %uca, '^;^]ie ScojrBcApl* ro TABpAt) jrc-jn -j cua^-a Te oatiaH Jie cejle, -j a tsuBpAt?^ 5u]> aB 00 pljocr V^iliA^og txjjB l^c A)]i Vet. '^( t)e]}i)D 'oiton^ ejle gujj aB no pljoic An TTIJC 00 vaqUjB i-*Aj3ori x>o Nc3in)o'6, to "■•S^^IB ioc Da3Jtb]i^.c, *] I06 ?^3njn o 1^15 loc ?t3n]fi, ya fji^ "] If tio iia locajb ]-3n \\o can an y3lQ An jivvfifo ; ' Ce3f]ie loca 3:0 Ijn lo]]i. t50 X)\\\\tz r^ FbofU no]imoji» ; loc l)a3]tT)3i£C, loc mBft£nu3fi mb3fi, loc '^Ouinjieani^, loc %]^^]U. }\ tufga TO ^a^ b^n Ne3Tn3T 3na ^)n3n mac Nc)mjt> 3 n-e33i3n, ') ^aca a3nnri na mna, •/ pan r.]a b]3a5a)n iDCa^ 3^ tro3^)OCT; tc)3B 3 n-Gjiijn \\'^^\]^ fj ^^X^ 1 ]X ) CA^aca ceaT nna3ir) 633^300 3a3t rrccr Ne3ni3r» 3rire, '| ij- ua3rc B033tfjo]t ?^]iTm4ca, 0331 3J' an to ]iacna3C30T j. Do roc,BaT Ta jijo^jiiaf Ic Ne3ni30T 3 n-Ojiijn .1. 3ia3ic CU)nc3c 3 n-U3lj n3allain '] 3ia3r CIj3ombu^3f 3 Se3nine, ce3r3te yny- yn\o^^]\o^ '4;>haTa)n ri.uin3t(^nia3]i T'Fii'jr(K.]*^u3b 177 Nevv)'^ course, in his voyage to Ireland from Sc} thia^ was through tlie Euxino sea, a small sea that comes from the ocean, which is the boundary between the N. W. part of Asia, and the N. E. part of Kurope ; the llhipheau Mountains too, arc on the N. \V. extremity of Asia, according to Poinponius Mela, between th*i sea just mcniioued, and the Norihern Ocean. He left the Ripheau mountains on iijs right till he got into the north sea, and F.urope on his left till he reached Ireland.* The following was the strt'ugth of his fleet and number of his people, namely, thirty-fcjur ships, whh thirty men in each. These were commanded by Nevvy and his four sons, Starn, larvariel the wise, A inn in, and Fer^-us Red- side. Four lakes sprangforth in f reland in Kevvy's tin)e. These areLoohBrenan, on Moyasail, in Hynelan, Loch Munrevar overMoysola, in Lcinster. At the end of ten years after the arrival of Newy in Ireland sprang forth Loch Darvrv, and Loch Aiiuiin, over Moymore in INIeath; for when th^ grave of Ainnin was dufi; it was then sprang Loch Ainnin over the land ; and it was pf these lalves that the Poet jjung the following strain : Four lakes of wi(te swelling flood Burst o'er Foia truly great ; Darvry's Loch, |^oeh Breuan fair. Loch Munrevar, and Loch Annin, The wife of Nevyy, whose name was Macha, died before his son Ainnin in Ireland, in die twelfth year subsequent to their arrival here; and she was the hrst why departed from this life in Ireland after Xevvy's settlement ; from het Ardmagh is named, for it was there she was burietl. Nevvy erected two royrd mansions in Ireland ; the fort of Kinneh,iu Hy-Nellan, and the fortof Kimbajh in Shev- ny. The four sous of Madau Thick-neck, of the Fomo- riauik * From this it would appear that they came ove(«!aiul from the Euxinc sea *^ the Northern Ocean, and sailed from thence to Ireland by the north* ern Passage , 173 X)0 t6z^\\)h ]tA]-t cjiicjc ] n-a)n 16, .1. Bog, R0605, RujBne *j RcDATi, ojpc l.j^e t»' £^U 50 ct:)^]:)^)]- aj]> tog*]! n* Jtar An r)A}»)ui]i„ •] VA TTijle TO tM3]n]b rriAj^ am }t]j-, pjjt yjoji -j liiiM)). Do Y)] Tiojup -J Tnc]uiiTc in6|i Ajjt clojn NpjrhjT j n-ejjijn 6 Kh()niA]icii]b ) pojajt bAjy Nejrhp, Ag Tjoguilr: n* ccAf TO ^ll3p Ne)m}OT opjtA tti^ to ViiA]T^m^ cuaj-. '^^0|K. 179 iians reared foit Kinncili in one day ; their names were Bog", Rovog, Ruvney and Rodan ; and Ne\'vy slew them the next morning in Derrylee, lest they would resolve on destroying the fort again ; and there he buried them. Twelve plains were cleared of wood in Ireland by Nev- vy. These are their names : Moykera, Moynera, Moy- tultully, Moylurg in Conacht. Moytore in Tyrorfe^ Leckuioyin Munsier, Moybressaiu Lcinster; Moylooee in Turtry's country ; Moysherry in Taffa ; Moyshevny in Dalnarry; Moy Murhevney in Bra; and Moy Macha in Oriel. In these batdes Nevvy subdued the Fomorians. These were navigators of the race of Cham, who, sailing from Africa, fled to the islands of the west of Europe, to avoid the descendants of Shem, and to make a settlement for themselves ; fearing these would enclave them, in ven- geance for the curse pronounced by Noah against Cham their ancestor ; for they thought by maldng a settlement remote from them, to be secure from their oppression. On this account they came to Ireland and were vanquished by Newy in three battles, viz. the battle of Slievbloom, the battle of Rossfraehan in Conacht, wherein fell Gonn and Gaunan the two leaders of the Fomorians ; and the battle of Murvolg in Dalriada or Ruta, where Starn, son of Nevvy, fell by Coning, son of Faevar, in Lehitllactmoy, he also fought the battle of Cnavross inLeinster, where there was slaughter of the Irish, led on by Novvy's own son Arthur born to him in Ireland, and by Ivcon, son of Starn, son of Nevvy. After this Nevvy died of a plague in the island of Nev- vy's grave in Leehan's county in Munster, now called the island of Barrymore, and witii him two thousand of his people, men and women. After Nevvy's death grea^ tyranny and oppression was exercised over his followers, in Ireland, by the Fomorians, in vengeance of those defeats by Nevvy which u'e liave just related. More 180 ^o}>c }mo]t)^o TTiAc De}le -j Coniijf.j ttiac F;obAj)», 6 J>(»")B lo)n5)0p, "] jar } n-a ccunimijoe ) rrojt Chonujn^ t>a ^.ngojpfe]* CojiJjTi]]-, 05 tAljvtc cjopw na hCjjign a)]i dUnujb NejTiijri •/ y* I16 mc-ivo ah cjoj-* |-jn .1. f* rrjijAii clojiie •) £r,j -] blf^cTA yep n-C)j^)on r)o T;)ofiUco n'ljn c]ni]tnf^cr4, -j o'jm t>o r)Ot)Ucat) 50 "^^^ojtc 7 50 Conu)n5 ^o Co]]i]n)y ; -) ban- iTMOjt o'a ri^ojjitj L)a5 ^5 r»\ba6 n* eand y)n a]]* yet) ^)Pjon ; 50I1A-6 r>* D^i^bvi-c ]jti .\ -00)]^ An yjle An jiAfiyo • '^n CAjn yjn ]\6 ciimAt) ah, rpj IjJvcA, nocA Lui^An ; IjAC viAcrAJlt bAjiie blgccA^ )y IjAC nijne cliu)r;ii(^ccA. An ^Ji£.y y)o}icii}b. ]S ujnie 00 goj]it") Funiojuij^ fjob .1. ■D]ion5 tjo b)ox) n-A lucr> yo^lA A))t mujji jap. count) A)pe yjn a oejiif^jt y6ihu}tu)5 }tju .1. yo riiujltjb. Do bA©^ ]nio|tito t]\) r> -J jAjt n-ujpce, 3j^ e IjoTi f-jA^ujt) 6 A rrojj ciikfiA Nc)mju t>* to^ojl. Ro 181 More son of Dela, and Coning son of Fitvar, from whom is named Tor-coning on the northern const of Irelr.io, who had a fleet, and resided at Tor-coning, now cidled Tory Island, or Inis'htore, exacted the tribute of Ireland from the Ncvvians. The amount of tliis tribute wa.-. two thirds of the children, and corn, and cattle, to be brought to them every yearj on the eve of Sanian, or All-hailows, to Moy Kedney, between Droveesh and Erne. This place received its name from the frequent usage of palying this oppressive tribute' upon the same plain. The Fomorians im- posed anodier tyrannical exaction on theNewians; namely, three nnieasures of cream, Hour and butter, on every hi- bitation, to be conveyed to More and Coning, at Tory Island ; and this tax was levied throughout Ireland by a female receiver, named Liag 5 in confirmation of which the poet has the following verse : Tlf oppressive tax thus devis'd Three measures not mode ra'e, A measure of cream, from richest milk; And a measure of iinesc flour. The third tribute, most severe, A measure of butter mellcw. The people of Ireland incensed and afflicted at the griev- c/usness of these oppressive taxes, and exaciions, at length resolved to oppose the Fomorians in battle. — These people were denominated Fomorians, i.e. sea-ro'bte'.* or pirates ; for the term signifies powerful at sea; or seafaring men. The Nevvians had three able generals at this period; namely, Beoha son of larvanel the wise, son oi" Neny ; Fergus Hedside son of Ne\Ty ; and Ergl&n son of Beoan, son of Starn, son of ?\evvy ; with his two brothers, Mantan and larhact; and the number of their forcesvvjstliirty thousand at sea, and thirty thousand by land ; as the poet sets iorth m this stanza : Sixty thousand, bric-ht the force, As well on land, as at ea, Such the Nevvians' power rnar.a'ci. To level low the Tower. VOL. I. L The IS2 Ku co^Iad An zv]\ Ail ]•]!!, I ■oo tu]r. ConupQ ^o h-A filojii. )*i ]'jii, ]iiiu]i))o, trt^jc 'A>o}»c niAc Dejle iucc rpj jfjCjo 10115 u'n ^^j:]iA]c 50 cojitjiiji-, 50 rcu^At)^ cIaHa No)T(u:_6 'j Forho)m]5 cac ah, ^ujj coih-fujr^'o^ ^e ccjle l^t AjU J(^C, 'J 5U]^ bATAD 5AC sOll TUJ m^jlJA'O X>]oY) ACC 'A150JIC 'I be^An da bujcjii to ^aIJ j-clb ati ojl^jn, o)]* Tijoji timjlU]^ j'jad ATI j-Ajj^^c A^ c^cc yutA Ic ruj]»e AM cAtuj^rc. Joniif riAC re]»no 'do cIahujIj Ne^ni)© an Ijon DO bj y-An cAfu^A-o ]-)ti Djob act: luec con bA]]>ce ) n* }tA]lj rmo^AD tj»ejnj:e)» m^ ;on i^e t}i]^ ^^OJT^'^ ^^ clAnu]b >ie)ihet>, ni^ a ta Sjmeon bjj^c, mi,%c SrAjjin, riijc Nejniot), 'J lobAAC, niAC Bcorujg, rn^c l^bAjneo]! jtajd, ni)c Nejnij^D, 1 Bp]ocAn HKoI, iTiAc Fli£{6]\S, )\' ] coiiiai]»1c Aj)t ^ cjfijot) Ico rjijAll A liGjjtjn a]}» rcjfcr> ]U\^ ah Ai)b]ui)D DO bj A5 Fomopcujb ojtj»A, 'j do bAD^j yocr inbljA^nA A5 A Ti-ollmu^AD jtc hucc nA h£cr]»A ]-jn. Vi^ai- oUrhujjcii^j* Lojii^ef l<-]f ^AC t:.x)jj'£C tjjob -j rejtb fujltjon Do'n Djtojn^ tAn]c le NejmjoD ) n-Gjii-jil, 'j d'a j-ljocr lejp ^ac }j:^)t DJob, 1 fAnujD luce DJob d'a n-t'*]j' j n-Cj^ju, .1. DCjcnob^j koc DO i-'A^bAD^ A5 b'*^^)'^ ^U-i^'Mr 'MP **'^ ]'1^''"1 '^^ clAnujb Nc]lfl£D DO JTA^bAD*:} JTA ihi.^i'Ajnc nA ffoniApAC flj A hA)tju5AD 50 hAjinfjjJ yep inBol^. Cf]D ta3)]'ec Do"n rji^uj* fiiA|- vjo }fii)]t)ti li')|-, .1 Sjmeon bjiCAc, mAc SrAjjui, injc Ncjiii^^o, dj'ii &ii]te)5 .1. do'ii C}»AC)A, -j )|- All i-jn DO bAD-^ yA D\o)]*y), •) ][■ uAjD r»ui5,Ar<^ y^l» liliol^, AiiiA)l A DCAfiAin CA ej[' yo. l3e)D An dajia cojjy^'.; DJ'>b .). JobAAc niAc Beociij^, ) ccjtjocujb tuAjy- C(i\^z nA ijOonpA. V( DCjjtjD nltong jio ]-(^iicuy 511}* Ab 50 fleOTjA DO CUrtJT) •] ]j- UA)D DO yjuJAt) CUArA DO DAnAfl. Ci'jo An cji^y ^**Jjr'i.'^ •!• B]>)orAn in.ol ni.\c FcjtciiyA Ic-jr- 1 nrj The Tower was then demolished hy them, and Coning fell, tor^cthcr witli his people. After this, however, More son of Del.'), cunie with a forre of thirty ships from Afiica to Tory Inland ; and here again the Ne\"Mans and E'omorians engaged in battle, the issne of which was that th.ey fell by mutu.il sliiughtcr ; and s'i<:h of them as were not killed, were drowned, except More and a few of his followers who took possession of the; Island ; for, from the obstinacy of the fight, tlie}- perceived not the tide coming nnder them; and of all the Nevvians who were in this 'conflict, none escaped except the crew of one havk, amonnting to thirty stout men, with three Nevwian chiefs; namely Simeon Brae, son of Starn, son of Ne^'A•y ; Ibaah, son of Iai*vanel the wise, son of Nex'Ny, andBritan Mael, son of Fergus Redside, son of Nevvy. On escaping fiom this conflict, they formed a resolution to leave Ireland, to avoid die insupportable tyranny undet which they groaned with the Fomoriaas, and took sevjsn yea;;s to prepare for this emigration ; each chieftain fitted out a fleet, and was accompanied by some of those who formerly came with Nevvy, and some of iiis own descendants; and others remained after them ; namely, ton leaders whom they left to exercise sovereignty over the rest of the Newians, so left under the thraldom of the Fomorians ; and who continued to inhabit Ireland to the time of Bcilogues. Oueof the three chiefs f\bove named, Simeon Brae, son of Starn, son of Nevvy, went to that part of Greece called Thrace,* withhisforce, and there they were under oppres- sion also; and from him the Firl)olgs derive their origin, as we will mention hereafter. The second chieftain of these, Ibaah, sou of Beoha, went to the regioi>sof the North of Kuroj)e; some of our historians assert, that it was to Ba-o- tia he resorted, and iVom him descended die 'I'lmha Deidanan. The third chieftain, Britan 'Mx\, son of Fergus Ked.sidi", * Many,ancient Gcograpliers considered Thrace a part of Grcf cc. 184 • "pcji^b, nijc Ne]metN, 50 ffu)]t)ri lc)i" -50 DoB^ -j c;o bLpolS^ If 6 Ijon (\n Citl)hi)5 ro Bd'o^ na tvOjpj^ ]te<\ifii'»i\jtotc j-jn •clAjfie Nejiiieo ^.^)^t ^^^^ e^cz\^^ pn joji^ Vup^ 1 B^ j cu]ucn Tn.ol ■) a ro}»5 ) n-a t)}'A ^1bOJl1r«;]^ An ]-l]Ocr-]iAni ^a]^ ]^|^eAf;A ; inAC An leif.-'De}]tj5 t3o'n le^-mu)^., 6 rrAjtj B]ig.rnu)5 An bg.rA. If coini^'oe A ifi£|- f}n t>o bqc yjltjnec, vac ]r\mQ\-xi( •^u]t a1) a Bhpuruf SAjjtinfoit '], 6]]t tJA mbAr uAjt> )f cofriui)! j,n]i Ab BpurAnjA tjo goji^fpe ipj, -j yop jj- niQ po mucA-b A bAjnm le clojn Blijturuj', t)0 jte3|i'"?\^onomo7 renj'ji', ni^j £o rcuj Lve^juir mAc Bhj|ucup;j V<«51*)<^ •o'Ajnm A)]t An ni))! JtAjnj^ 6 ye'jn t)o'n Bb]i£rA)Ti nid)}i, •) CAmbe]v An •oAjtA niAc rug CAmbpjA ti'Ajnm ajji An m)\\ |iA)n]5 e yrjn. ^IbanAC-iif ah rpey roAC cu^ ^IbAnjii, t3'A)nm A)]t An nijjt ItAjn)^ c f e]n ; ^bAj* An r-j^rii^ to cUfiujB Ne]ib<^t) fn]]*)^ Ag Ajr)U5At) ejjijon r>\')]' nA rrajifor- f]n, t)0 Bau^j a^ a ccom-nibuA)r)H^r> a^ F6ino)tu}l) 6 Ajni]-jjt S" 'i^^j^TJl^j E*^ JiorrAjn •00 fijocc Sli]nn'o]n BhjiPjc, 18.5 Hedside^ son of l^ev^■y, went with his force to Dover, an4 Jardovar, in the North of Scotland, and dwelt there, as did ^ts posterity. The naval force of these Nev\ian chiefs, on ^his expedition, both in ships, barks, boats, and barges, wa? one tliousand one hundred and thirty vessels; and Britan jMal settled as we said, in the \orthof Scotland, and his pos- terity continued to iiihal)it diere, until the Crujhni or Picts jventfrom Ireland to take possession of thatcountrv, in the time of Erevon : Nay, holy Connac iNIac Cullenan asserts in his Psalter, that it is froni i\m Britan :^Iiel, the Island of Great Britain takes the name which it bears to this day; and in this the ancient records of Ireland a^-ree with him, according to the poem which begins, « Adam parent source pf njan," ^&.c. dius : Britan unsullied pass'd o'er sea, Gen'rous son of Fergus Redside, All the Britons, a lasting fame, From him in truth are sprung. Another ancient poet confirms the same fact where he says, Britan MctI of ptincely birth, Ot nol)le lineage surely sprnno-; Son of the Re^side from teciijoy, From whom all Britons are deriA'd. The truth, of this is the more probable, as it is nqt to be i^upposed that Britain is named from Brutus ; for if it were it would then, in all likelihood, be called Brutania; and moreover her name was rather obscured by the sons of Brutus, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth. For accord- ing to him La^grus, son qf Brutus, named that part of Great Britain, nhich fell to his lot, La^gria, and the second son. Camber, denomiuatcd his own division Cambria; while Albatiactus, the tlnrd ;son, called his share Albania' As to the remnant of the Nevvians thatremained inhabitintr Ireland after the chieftains already mentioned, they were sorely oppressed % the Fo:noriaus, from time to time, until the Sec- mbljAgn* tieag jp tort-ceAr", j>e A n C2[bmL, /^^ )R Tnbc)c t.0 flpO.T, Sli^meoin 6iie)c j-Afi nbjtejg J. *n rj»ftC)4, ]p]'-) xh6]\ o\\]\,\, ma]lle ]ie Bejf 45 rocii]lr nA rAiriian *j 43 co^lJAjl ujjte, •/ 45 4 h)omt;up j mboljAjB no j pcujlj le-^4)]t ]»e 4'cn]i 4)]i '''poSAjB (Moc 50 bejr j n-4 hujp jnrojtruj'o t)]- Do ^aB, rjtej- 4n mljpop |-)n, hjton 1 ro]]ip] '] mjoj-rui* jtc 'Bpt'A^iijB jvixii, -j iejr j-jn t>o jijn^r^ fo coni4]]tle <;n "oocpujrc' pjn ©'yagBA)!, -] to ^4B4'o.| ^-U)5 mjle !o ^o)le tJjoB, -) "00' ^nj-o l)<)r4 tso n4 bol5ujB no rto na r)Acii)B lof4)|t jrc mbjr)]i' 45 r4j»p4)n5 ^"^ ''^']^<^'> no )f )4r» lon^A jtj^ Bpeaj '00 ^4t>A6 leo, 4in4]l 4 Dcjp cjn t.^)tom4 ]-noor4. r4n54'P4jt 4 )i)|' ) n-0])t]nn 411 pljocr ]'0 Shjrneon Bhpjc, ) cc)()iin y6 Tril)l]454in nped^ 4]^ '64 ci'o o'l'jp Nejnjptv -co ^aB^vjI Gipjonn. 187 the return of die descendants of Simeon Brae, son of Stal-fi, son of Newv, from Greece. A period of 2 1 7 years elapsed from the coming of NeVvy into Ireland^ till the arrival of the Bolognes, as the post says : Two hundred years and seventeen^ Are truly to he counted, Since Newv from cast arriv'd, O'er sea with his sons of might. Till sons of Starn also came, From bleak and dreaiy heights of Greece.^ CHAP T E R Vllt Of the cojiquest of the Bologues. \l^ IIILE the followers of Simeon Brae remained, as we mentioned, in that part of Greece called Thrace, the population grew very numerous ; and the Greeks subjected them, to great hardship and slaver}^, obliging them to dig the eartii, and raise mould, and carry it in sacks, or baf^s of leather and place it upon rocks, in order to form a iruitfui soil. In consequence of this senitude, a gloomy sadness and grief, and a rooted aversion to Greeks took possession of them ; whereupon they came to a resolution otshakingoffthcyoke, and live thousandof them assembled, and made boats out of the leathern bags, or wallets, in tvhich they used to cany eaitli ; but according to the book of Drumsneachta, they seized ujjon the fleet of the king of Greece. These descendaiUs of Simeon Brae, returned to Ireland about two hundred and Mxteeu years after the invasion of the Island by Nevvy. Tliev *" \. c. Thrade, a rJigged conntry. 188 %z, YO riA ruD]]-)5 co bj o]^p^ a^ ri;ir ] n-Gjjfjnn r>6]B, mjc Oj^id ni)c Lojc, rfijc T^cra, liijc u)i)l)UiV]t>, mjc Oto]}>b.. Th)c BojjT^np, m)c Ojpf^^cra, ihjc Sjnieojn, riijc ^O'ol^^j"' Tnjc BeoAjn, ttijc StAjjin, liijc Xe)ihcr». 'j LjobjtA A n-anniAiirtA ; Aiii.Vjl a ■oe)]i An ]p)le : P\iA-o b^n ShlA]n$e nj CAtn Ijb, Gtoa)]» ben "oo BhAnn 50 tiqOjI. ^nufr ben hSi^n^Ajn ha fl^^, Cnu^A ba bgn 'Shcnujn ^Icjjn, L)ob}iA b(^n llu5itu]"6e An ]\o]u. 'f. tlojnjn An coj^e]^ ^-"Jf^^- 1']" I-'^l^ mBol^ Gjyte j ccoj^ itAfujb ^ro]*itA, tvifi4]l A t)ab}tAm^ jiouiAjn, aJ UbVjlJi: Ajjt An rriK^y jjojil ca no^j^nAo a]JI Gjpjfi ; A5 j-om^ a oejji «n fjle : Co]5^r^)]']i; ) truy An rj-biA)^, jtAnj-At) ) ccu)5 I3vMTbA mbuA}n, ^enA^l, Ru^ytujtse, jicjm n^!e, Bam, S^n^Afi, a^at SIaiti^c, )p t)o'n coj^e^ niAc yo DcU 50 n-A ffujjfjn &o)]+fig]f f]|t Bholg, f)]i DoriinAjn, -j SA^lcojn ;, y)1* Bhol5, jmopjio, 6 TiA bol5ii)b V^fftjn CO bjo6 aca pan n'Sjtej^, f;o)]>f5]> y\-o. F]]\ DomnAjn 6 nA 'oo)bn<; 00 T:o61a]-ojp ) n-ujjv ]ie n-A h)omc r)0 Bjot) A n-^m aj coinArii cajc An tA'n t)0 Bjrjp A^ t>eAnATh a ff'^om* y^jn. Cujg,' a Vej^^ojn, ^n]t Ab a)n ^AbAjl "00 ]^]1^c An coj^eji niAC p]n OeU, j gujv a cjp pjn ] n-loiquip Domnujfi ; B^nAiT -j Ru51tu3r'C oja bvOjnc ] n-A t>]A]t) p]n ) rr]ic\6t: Ru^ihijt-c.. ?^j)i Th'ii]rir)]> .ShlA]n5e ho•j]^ty>]^ T?*|loojn; aj); in'qrirjn 189 They had five commatiders in their vo3'age to Ireland, Slan\-, Rurv, Gonn, Gannan, and Shangonn, or Shannon, the live sons of Dala, son of Low, son of Tea^ht, son of Trivua, son of Otorb, son of Gosten, son of Orheaght, son of Simon, son of Arglan, sonofBeoan, son of Starn, son of New}'. These had with them their five wives, Fuad, Edar, Anust, Cnuoha, and Livra ; as the poet thus informs us : Fnad was wife of Slany, •'tis fact, Edar wife of valorous Gonn, Annsi! wife of Shangonn of Spears, Chucha wife of noble Gannon. And Livra was the wife of Kury, &c. 'These five leaders of the Bologues divided Ireland be- tween thcin into five parts, as we obsen^ed before when speaking of the third division made of Ireland ; the poet also thus obs^vpi; : Five chiefs in front of the host^ Old Banba in five divide, Gannan, Rury, gen'rous so;il, With Slau}', Gonn, and Shangonn. These five sons of Dala, with their followers, were called Bologues, or men of Bolg, Fir Downan, or men of Oman, and men of Galian ; they are stiled Bologues, from the boigs, or leathern bags they made use of in Greece ; Fir Downan, from th ; pits they used to dig, in order to obtain mould for the Bologues, to be placed on the rocks. The men '^f Galian were so called tVom the ^a.", or spears which they used as weapons of defence, to protect the rest when at work. The reader is to observe, that this conquest by the five sons of Dala, is reckoned but one conquest, for they a,ll arrived here within one week ; Slany landed at Invcr Slany on Saturday; Gonn and Shangonn the Tuesday fol- lowing at Irrus Downan ; Gannan and Rury the Friday after at Tracht Rury. The followers of Slany wer.3 calk-d men of Galian ; the followers of Gonn and Shangonn were VOL. I. M . nameu 190 '( Shpn^vVjn •oo bc]Hro]t y)]t Bholz;, A)|t nni]nr)]t Bbenup -) 'Ru^jiujtje rio be]|ifcv\]i y)n Oomnon ; ') <\ x:c]J1]-d cu]o ro iiA fencAoujb ^iijt ab a^ ]nb)0]4 Domnrtfi, j ii-jsj r:u )te coj^^-o Chonacr, ran^at)^ an rjaf jpo ] rrj]^ 50 rr]i](\n on co)5g]i meA5 A]i> i'jcjr j:Ar> yUjf-^rA yo}t mBol^ a)]i Cjytjfi, ^ ^^]o]v 5>\b nee t'a n^ojii]: jt»p p] G^ftjonn ait )n]j- }i6ir.pA, roriAo ii)me fjn a ■oej)* yjle t')5]n ah jUMin j-o ; 8e bl]Ai,iiA "ouAj ]]• TA r>e]c, y]]t Bbolg o]- BAnbA T^ojn-Vejf, ^o ro-)re^r riiuAt; t5e t>o'n t)]te3n)j, 5U}^ ^Abj-At? \i)le Gjjicjnn. Po iiA cc'30 j>jO^,n]b TO j,Ab C])te aFi yo y](ii'- 0, '() ^Ab SlAjn^o, niAc DcIa, liijc Lojc, ylAjrep C)i>]oii l)l]A5ii)ii, '] y-A be ti.')r»-jij5 Cj)i]«)n e, j yuA))* biiy 3 nOjn- ]\]i., .1. 3 nnniiA Sidjnc.c. Do 5a1j l\iii,ituit5C, niAc UoIa, ]*305Act 631130^ rA bljA- 5A]n, ■^u]\ ru)- yAii bju'iz; 6y 6031111. Do ^Ab bAu 1 FonAU |ijO~f;Acc C3ii3on 003^110 bl3A5nA, z,\\]\ eA5Ar<) ro fAiii 3 H" iionugn ^A^hjre. "Oo ^Ab SeAii^AU pjo^Ai^c Cjjtjon tu35 ul3A5nA, 511 jt ru]~ Ic F]ACAr> ccjnnyjohAn. Do ^Ab K3ACAt) ce3ny)omn, mAc StA33ni, 111130 IUr5itu)t»e, iM)c DoIa, it'in^Act C]i»)()ri cii)5bl)AJ;nA ^ii}* ni)r lo HjohaII, TTiAC »^mi]Ti iii)t: DcIa ; ] (jfiyjonA ro bj a]]^ ycitu)!) Ci]i)on jui ii-A Vjn, ^onAr u3nK' y3n rii^Ar p3>\(A'6(3ny]or)An Ajp. Do named Rologiics, and those of Gannati arid Rury went by the name of Fir Downan, (or men of Oman ;) and some antiquaries assert that these two princes, wiili tlieir third of the army, landed in Irrus Downan, and that that place has its name from them, yet these five sons of Dala, with their whole arm}', were known by the general name of Bo- logues.v Thirty-six years the Bologues held the sovereignty of Ireland, and before thenl no one possessed the Island who could properly be called king of Ireland, as a cer- tain poet observes in the following stanza : Twice ten years o'er ten and six-, In Banba reignVl the Bologues, Till the Dedanites arriv'd, And seiii'd upon all Eirin. J©609C=— — CHAPTER ix, A)i account of the first kiiigs of Irdand. s LANY, son of Dala, son of Low, was the first monarch of Ireland, he reigned one year, and died at Deenreej otherwise called Dilva Slany, Rurj', son of Dala, reigned two years, and was killed at Bru, on the Boyne. Gonn, and Gannan reigned four years, and died of tlie plague at Frawin, in Meath. Shangonii ruled five years, and was slaini by Fiacha Whitehead. Fiacha Whitehead, son of Starn, son of Rmy, son of Dala, held tlie sovereignty of Ireland five years, and was killed by Rinnal, son of Gannan, son of Dala ; in his time the Irish were remarkable for their white hair, on which account he obtained the name of Fiacha V/iiitehead. It i final, 192 Do $>\B Rjonnall, m^c Benujnn, jijogAcc ej)»)on f6 mbljatna, ^u]i iu]z le hOjti^i^n j ccAt GpiOjBe. Do 5j05 rejc iTibl)A5na ; -] nj j>A)15 pej^f ujnn )n* rsojnjonn }»e ti-a Vjnn, j yoj- n') fh^jb con BIja^ajp ^aii Ttigj- ^an rojtA-o ) n-A )"»t', ■] }]• j n-A A)!!!}-]]! -oo cujjtgo t'5c6j]» 1 fljnt3Jj5e a]]^ cciii j n-Gjjijnn -j ■oo hojtr)U)^ga Tolj^te T^]kbfA rg]i)-cnu]fe A])t rT;u]' ; -] 'oo ru)t: j-e le tjij mAcujb Ncjihjo, ni]c Bao]IsO), ) ccAr; riuij^e Lu]]i^i>, CgfAjjb, LuATii, ^ LuAcjia A n-ATiTTiAnnA ; ^ ■)]- 6 ja p] *]t^ p^ftujlS Bolj jie rgco Cluur t^^ nAnann go hGjjfjnn, 1 ]f ] yA ben "CO CajUcc p^gn 'v^(,iliA5iT)6j]>, p-j^ CAy- pA]ne, •] ]i' (^ jonAO lArfi, T 6ocAo mAc G]}ic yA }t) -D'yejuijl) B0J5, "} r)0 bjtjf^t) t^o Goce)6 mjle tsjoB 6 ttiaj^ Cujjir^o 50 rpAjg Gofujle ^ rx'S bi^nAt) A Vattj "00 NuAt)Ajt> AjjigjonlAni yAn cat; yjn, jonnuy 50 }^A]be OA le)5oy ye^r mbljA^nA, -] gujt cu]]ter) lAni ^^n^oP *]1^' S^TiAO njmc yjn ro be]|tfeit NiiArA ajji^jooIaui <\jH. ^(.'SAy An b^vAn tj'yojiujb B0I5 160 fe]ino 6'n cc*€ y]n X)o cuATv^ Ajyi tejfjo ]ie cuArujb t'^c 'b'Anvinn gujt liAjrjg^t) leo V^jiujnn -j Jle -j RAclujnh ^ jiiyj BaH ^j joniAt? c]!6)n Ajjt c(5t)riA, -j •00 ^orhnAyAt)' jcihn'cA 50 hAjTnyjit n* cco)g^t)AC 00 hc]t ] bylAjf^y Gj}»jonn, gup -rjl)]]»yjAt5 nA C]^u)ni]c; .1. nA Pjcrj Ay nA hojlcAnA)^j )Ab, 50 rtAn^Ar^j x,'f]oy CliA]jtl)]ic njAoysl^ .1. Y)t l''^)5^"> 5^ ff"^)K^1 yej^Atin a])i g^AUAlruf ua)6. Bjr>e~p "oo bj to rjJOjme Ah Cjoyi t)0 L) o]i]t* n^ y(-AX)At)«j a pulAnj -^ tc,)t> yJAo Ay 1-96 Rinnal, son of Gnunan, governed Ireland six years, and fell by the hand of Ov\ en, at die battle of Creev. Ovyen, son of Shangonn, son of Dala, reigned four years, and was killed by Eohy, son of Earc, at the plain of Murhevny. Eohy, son of Earc, son of Rinnal, son of Gannan, reigned ten years ; daring his time there was no rainy or bad weather, and every year was blessed with fruitful har- vests.; in his time too, all unjust and illegal oppression was done away in Ireland, and fixed and invarialjle laws first promulgated. He fell at length, at the battle of Moy Tuiry, by Casarb, Luani, and Luachra, the three sons of New}-, son of Bavu'ee.* He was kinfj of the Bolooiies, when the Thuha Dedannan arnvf the imposts so intolerable, tliut thev applied to Me} v, ajid * Badhraoi, i. e. Druid of Radii, god of the w/iid. "f Others say an hundred thousund. t C'.vbry Xevanar, Ncsa-ar or Nccn.'jr, . 194 i>6]\i, ^oriAt) } pii ]Tnj]ice ttioc n-\lArMii6]jt ; ^ion^up jmo)ijto m^c. "llaoiiiojjj \\\ ]i]i, o]i]ivV toj|» ; •) ]j- une, '?nio]|i, ■) •od ^aBa-o "ountii ^ ]nf] mA)u leo ) n-ejpjiui AiiiU\]-6 fjn ^iqi 'cjb]n^'n le ConccuUjn *j le C6n*ll Ce]tnAC, '| le liUllrAcujlj <(]]i cet>n rlions ]ie i-en^uj- ^uji a1) T)'ye]tA3l5 B0I5 ha r]»3 0311^6 <^ ^A 3 n-e)}f3nr\ tiAC t)0 Bhco3r5C 111313, ms| a -^3-0 i^AT)>u3'6c ShucA 3 cCunnActA]^; 113 rhA3]»f35 3 ccpjc 6 ffa3lw;e ; •) bA3l3U3n LA35en ; 31' 3Ar) jmtecrA yf^ji mBol^ 50 f03ce ]'o, 00 ]ie]\i An rSeTichA3r) .1. CAnu3t)e 60(1135 U3 '^lu)3l- coTiA3pej ]'An ttUA3n x>A\i a1) roj-AC An J*;^■nn yo ylof : F3y^-Bol5 BA04 fonn ]te j-^1 I n-3n3]' ni63]i niAC '^(.^jleo, C035 ta))p^ rAn5A^Al^ Aim, A tvi l3oni YV^' ^ n-AnniAiui Do 5ABA3I ChuAc r>e OAtiAnn yo^ ej]»3nn fonn. Jl \3 «)]< fl30(;r An riicy ^v03f35 t5o ]-l3ocr Ne3ii)eo 00 CUA36 A311 £ct}t(i A h<^3}»3nn 3 ii-p3A36 to^Ia zu]lH ChonAjn^* niAjt ll I know. C II A P T E R X. 'I'he coii^M'^f of Ireland hy the Thuha Dcdannan, S(c. JL HK Thuha Dcdannan, are of the race of the third chieftain of die Nevvians, w^ho emigrat^'d from Irelancl after th'e demolition of the tower of Coning; naniely, Ibaah, sou 196 tfi]c Nejniet) a z'\)T) TuvvfiV re Tvtnann ; -j ]]' e vi]t ^ h^ >^r 'iijenj-e)', miv]^ i)' taj^Kv yiv n-Am j-jn 50 rrAn^A'Cd caIjK^c moji 6 cjijc n* l^j]>)rt ro i6e<»niJTr» cot;u]"c o X)]ot> <\y tia rhajiac ^5 CAru^At) jie luce n* '^jlt]A •6j'a rroiluApacr rjte "lornftt) ^ejnrljoectA ; T rrivj rvi^AOij luce r.A j-^}/*)*) o'a n-rt]|te i^n]i (vb ]o "6u}t a]]i TA]f]iec ah ajiuioj^, -j cuA)lle CsOHfAjri'no f-ArAX) z^e cojtp ^ac mAjfib tio'n 'ojiojn^ j-jn no bjon A5 Afejjt^e cuca, •) a nuBa^nr, mA'p n^mn* •CO 5njn na cu]]ip no ro^IuA]'Acr, 50 nneAnrvOj a cclojclo ] ccnuTiiiA]b no l';\fA)|t, ^ na ml)An u a n-A)f.bconAn tJA ]i]\i]b x>o "oeAnriO) riAC ^ejlDnJi' da cujpp no VafAjji- r|»uA)llcn cucA, rj^jn luce ha S]}ija no tu]i ad CAr* lete victory. Tli^y then drove sUikes of asli through the dead bodies, as vieliave mentioned, and they immediately became worms. After this the Syrians pursued the inha- bitarits of the country \Vidi unopposed slaughter. As to the Thuha Dedannan, when the}' saw the natives dius. subdued by the Syrians, they all fled through fear of them, out of the country ; nor did they stop until tliey arrived iii the land of Lochlin, where diey met vvith a kindi reception VOL. I, N from * Or the Prophet. 198 l.oeK\f1, m*^ A IJpiAj^Ar^ f^jke 6 luce v.a c]i]te A)]i jom&© Ttuymj- yjn, .i. Nu*t)]io, cejtjte CAr]>a6<», no cgr> X>e)t (Vg mun»\'6 jorirA -o'vOj- 6)5 n* c]i3^e. *?('5 j-o rtnmftfiiv ncv ccAfjuc, F'* » 5o)]if£l» ■So]tjaj- ; Senijap ]'an cc*f pu)^ n'a nsojjif £}i '^bu))t]ftf ; ^0*j*r r^" ccvvf]i«35 "d'(v n^oji^r^l* Fjnjjtp. ?^b]Allu]o go ruA]j-cgnr ^dbAP, aj" a^ comniij^i-jAt) f£ct mbijA^n* «5 DoBa}*, 'j a^ I^-ooBa]*. Do Bit5^ 6e]fjte j-eoj-oe'uAjfle «CA, f.u^A'?^ leo A]* nA cAf]iAcii]B ju'-AififtAjWC, m^ a t* doi 6 FAjljAf, -) )Y t)] b 50 hA)mp]]t Chon6oBn]}i, aiiiajI a ■oubjiAnisj }ioTfiA]fi, 'j jp tDo'n clojfc f]n SAjl^mr^jt cloc n»i qTiemnA, 6]]t 130 TJ) ) ccjucAti X)) 5)be A)C ) n-A mbjoti nC]p : Cp^-b Scujr, pu)}t Ati y]T^fe} mun bur I'JIca^ An [••jp'ojnt*, 't>lj5jt) FlAjrop "00 ^Ab.\)l. ^jjt n-A rii(^p ro ^jnfer Sen]* an Buajo j-jn ro Ijejr ft^ An celc]c pjn, ]^ n5Al5A]l i'lejjtr ha bvvlban r*Fhg)»5u|* Tfi6jt mAc GaJjca, -j )^ n-A cu]» jtojnie p)5 ro 5A]}mi re ;^jn, cniiap yjop ] nrAj' a r^jibpAf^ ^hujpcejtCAis Tfi)c Gajica, II jc Ca^aC '^hujnjJ^niAj,!. ro jjol Cjjijmojn, 199 iram t'ne inhabitants, for the nniltipUcity of their sci«nc6s and arts. Their Icuder in this expedition was Nooa sil- verhanded, son of Ecta, son of Edarlaav, of the hne of r^4ewy. Tiiey even obtained four cities, or at least per- mission to instruct the youth of the nation in them. Tlie namesoftliesc cities art' Falias, Corias, Finias, and Mnrias; in these the Thuha Ded4nnan established four professors to initiate the youth of the coiintry in the ^•a^iqus arts arid sciences ; the names of these four scientitic professors Mere Moris who taught in the city Falias; Erus ^^ho presided in Gorias ; Semia? in Mupas ; and Arias in the city Finias. After they had continued a long time in these cities, they passed over to the north of Scotland, where they remained seven years at Dovar and lardovar. The}^ possessed four precious articles of high value, which they brought with them out of the abovementioned cities; namely, a stone from Falias, called the Lia Fal, which used to roar undesr each king of Ireland upon his election, until the time of Connor, as we mentioned before ; it was also ca,lled the stone of destiny, for it was destined for it, that v.'heresoever it should be placed, a prince qf the Scotic race, i. e. of the descendants of Milesius, should possess the sovereignty pf the country; as we read in Hector Bqetius's history qf Scotland, where he says : The Scotic race, a no])le tribe. Unless prophets false predict, Where they find the stone of fate, Empire there they' ve right t' ajssun^e.* The Scots being persuaded that thisstone possessed suclt, power, Fergus the great, son of Earc, haying subdued the kingdom of Scotland; and being determined to have him- §elf proclaimed king, sent an embassy to his '^brother Murtogh, son of Earc^ son of Achy thicknetk, of thelihe \ ;"■■,', ^ of * Nl fJlat fatiim, Scoti fjuocunque loeatuin Invcniciit lapldem, rcgiiare tcnentur ibid^in. 900 TO 54))iTn rt- ; 'j)i,>]n)5 an c]oc in,j ]-)n C; -j ro feAH^nieb Rij ?^lbAii 4}t^ ATI cclojc T5C. ^S4f )r ^ *^^*^ ■ou)ne "^'M^ v;'^)liTno6 ]t]5 "Lilian no cj^ii^t> Scu^r e, *j )r6p z^ covJ go cruj;rin) I^jo^a '^Iban ajjj cn}r» tjo Ch)ni)r;necu]V) .i. r* P)crj, ]-iil -TO j^jo^ac l>ii5,U]', nia]]'£6 nj ii ) ■nojdp, jio ]i:v)ni5 ^^^ *^ir ri" »o Saxa)B, 'j 50 ffujl J li-jum yvvn r,\^f.o]if ] ti-a Tif;v^))niirn]^ Kj SAx»\ti, A]Jf r-A t;aoa]]»7: a h?^lbA]n 50 liAjmoconAO A '^^'•«>i)n)yro)t Scone, '/ ]y c ah ei'At> GoBa]^© jtj Saxah vu^ lc]y j ; jonnp gnu yjoiiAo rAjtn^Ajjio nA clojce yATi Jtj^ yo A^ujTi oiiojy, .ta'^CU''"'r' ') ] '^"'^ ArA))> \{) SCuxmny r.in)r tio cppt) Sc.u^r, nt.j A TA ro yljot^r 'A'ibAjne, iit)c Cu)]»c, riijo Lu]5TPC, fAnjr'o f?)V)on liiAC 'Al^jler' GAypAjne, ^^^ gujJ j^aVjat^ F>^]1'"''i |'1^ nA Svwoii a)]i An ccloir )(rAiiijiA]nr<'. — vt'n- *OA]iA yt'AT rujA-Cs^ TiiArA nt' TAnAi'i loo ] n-C]]t)H, An rlojroni to cIoClA l-u JA]f liiniyATA, j ]y o ftliO))i]Ay ciij^AT^j e. ><,'n r]»^y ycAT, An rj-lo^ to Bjot a^ Lu^Ajt) lAinyATA ]u; bA^.v^T coniloin, ) }y Ay ah cc<*p, i'0])»c An Da^ta, "i )p u ^>bii]|t]Ay rn^AT (*. '-Ji'^ yo yii)f]U5AT A]]t iiA no)f]V) a V^wBliAnisj }toinn]n, atiia]! lht,rvj ) IoIkj ^aLaIa Xj'Ajjtj^fr, yAP TnAinyi! ) n-o m40]6eni rihvV'oniAn aitiac, AnUh>ru iiA n-^r^-CAf-luc, ]ie n^AjtniAn jf iuA~6 lepA, ■AnmAn puAt> b*c ]*sO)J^-V£)'A. SNiojjijrjop yjle Fa)1)»|' -pep, Cpu]* ) nBo))>]Ap mAjc-nicjn, SejmjA]* } '■^<.Mi))t]A|' •o]Ofi trjAj-, Ccjrj>ft «p©B this composition as //^r mast difficult under tht sun. The following are the princijial rcfiiiiiitcs ia this kind of vcisc : 1. Jwew syUaMes in every Jine. 3i F.vt-ry stnnza to make a perfect sense by itself without any tiepcii.- • lance on the following one, 3, The last word of every second and fourth lines to exceed tliat of tlic first ami third by a syllable; as in tlic first stanza, the first line endi with a word of one syllabic, and the second with a word of two; 60 also in the fourth stanza of this poem, the third line ends witij a word of two syllable?, and the fourth necessarily ends with a word of threu. 4» la ?vcry line two /)riw/rt/ words, cither noun, or verb, must begin with ' a, vowel. 203 Tiiuiia true their treasures bring And Ip'ic lore and learning, Spells and charms and cv' ly art^ Hell's own arms, wicked witchcraft, Iar^•anel ag'd, prophet prime, Son of Nevvv, deft, divine, Tli'hero doughty, dread in deeds, Read in routing ne'er recedes. ^echagh's sons, brave, firm their fame. Bold he led as both became. From yokt) not sweet, taunts and teen^ With ticet to lands of Lochhn. ' tities four of noted name, Long tiiey rul'd with sway supremo, Eager here they arts advance, Deadly darts to ignorance, Gorias great, FaUas free, Finias, JMurias, main, might}', Far and wide has flow'd their fame. Noble pride these towns twice-twain, Moris, Erns, famous, fair, Arias, Shemias, sage seVere, Long to live in lasting verse We give tiiese masters matchless. Moris taught in Falias fair, Krus in Gorias gleeful, Shemias taught in Murias msetej In I'inias Arias austere. Fou: & Vowel, or vvitL tlie sa'r.e con5onan»^, as hre and Ua-r.ini In the ist 3taa2U both begin with /. jth. There must be some kind of rhyme or correspondence at the end of each hemistich, as between bring and learrirg, g. In the tw» last lines of every stanzi, tbere must be a rhyme or jineling between all the principal Words, as in the fT=:t stanza, heWs «a cc\oinriiAr. ZT'.u.'aiciA, Jomrur* <^hu>ic -oe -oiViiAn ]^ ccv\]feni yocc rnbljagan trj]* loojB lu«n b6*lrjtie j ctuo jtjrtcc Gjjtjfi A-onioll, "DO butt ^leo rjtoni a^ a co)v< ceo PA lon^ A5 a loj-cAt). Da G)f fjn tDO cuj)»et»A]t cuArA ce xsanAn ceo r»]t;o]6errA ] T1-A rrjnicoll ]:e)n, yco r)ij Ta ^<^ n^ Vojjt "o'.onriujTie t)'foiui)b B0I5 ]An 50 ]uii5At)A]v SljAb An pl^ujii, 1 cujjtjo *r r?" t£crA iiATA 50 bGocAr* niAc Gjj»c, j ^o mAjrjb jf^]\ mBolj t)' ]A]iu]r> itjo^ACtA Cjpjofi no Vej^i^i •oujlV ft^jn, no CATA "d'a cjon ; -j r>o coiii-TTiopAt) iijmo j*]n cac rnuj^e Cu))teo t^y le y^lJujb B0I5 ) n-A^Ajo DiuAi cC* ©AtiAft, T •00 bjijf^t) r^'j-ojiAjb B0I5 n\r\ ccAt fin, guj* ni.\l'K. D . <205 Four great treasures bright they bring, From afar t' isle of Eirin, Brazen cakh-on, stone and spear. Sword alone for death decreed. Tlie Lia Fal from Falias fani'd, Stone that Eirin's prince proclaimed } From Gorlas came glitt'ring glave, Of bickering Looee long-neif.* From Finias o'er sounding sea, (lame spear of Looee lordly; From Murias, great gaudy prizej Daghda's caldron, strarige suipritie. King supreme of mortal men 1 Protect us prince of heaven ! Thee who calmly suff'redst slight. Alms and lustrous deeds delight. After the Thuha Dedannan had continued seven years in Scotland,^ they removed into Ireland, and landed on Monday the first of May in the North of Ireland, and immediately set fire to their shipping, as the poet obsert^ei in the following verse : Each chieftain his vessel burn'd, When they landed in noble Firing 'Twas a piteous sight to see These hue vessels all in smoke. After that the Thul-a Dedanoiui formed a magical mist about themselves for three days, so that they marclied un- perceived by the Bologues, until they reached Sliev "an laron, from whence they sent embassadors to Echy, son of Earc, and to the nobility of the Bologues, to demand the sovereignty of Ireland from them, di' to try the fate of a battle. Upon this the battle of South Moy Tuiry wa^ fought by the Bologues against the Thuha Dedannaji, in which the fonner were defeated, with the loss of ten VOL. I. O thousand * i. e. long-landed. 206 Tn,}b(»i t)C)c mj]e ojob, iviiiajl * t5ubjtAui»j tuA)- ; *) x>e]6 TTibljugnA jrjcjo 6 cat ^iihuj^e CiijjJ^r) rortj- 50 c-j-lu*)^. V( ^ejjtjo 10^0115 }>e j-eATicii)- guji Ab 6'n ttj^juit m 'ojtonj ojob ida iiqOJIic) iSuAf, "bo bjo'6 aJjj Vcjp^ UAjyle •) c^nuj]' yc'onA, joHAfi jmujtito tuAtAC -j rj5oitnA ; -] ]j- cojtujoe j-jn xxj ho dpc]t!(^ThAjii mAjt 50 crugt^ ca bAntuACAC Ajjt Bhtcojll, •] Ajjt DbAnAn 00 bj j n-A n)bA)nrJ5g}inAjb aca, aiiiajI a ■ocjjv an yj!c yAn jiAfi yo : Bcco1^i 207 thousand men, as we mentioned befoie; there were thii- ty years between this engagement and the buttle of IsForth Moy Tuiry, as the poet thus observes : Thirty years, well we know, r'rom the battle of South Moy Tuiry, To the fight of Moy Tuiry North, In which fell Balar of mighty hosts. Some antiquaries are of opinion that it was from Brian, luchar, and lucharba, three sor;s cf Pannaj), jaughter of Dalway, sen of Ealaluui, son of Neid, son of Indy, /ion of Alia}', son of Tliath, son of Tavarii, spn of Enna, §on of Baha, son of Ibanh, son of Beohagh, son of Jar- vanel the wjsC; son of Nervy, the people of whom we are speaking here, w-ere called Thuha Detlannan ; because these three, namely Brian, luchar and lucharba, were so famous in the necromantic arts, that these Thuha or sorce- rers called themselves after them. The following verse^ fromapoem beginning, " Hear, ye learned, without delay," is a proof that these three were stiled the gods of Dannan ; Brian, lueharba, and luchar great, Three deities of the Dedanites, They fell at Mana o'er th6 raging mainj By hand of Looee, soa of Eihlen. From Dannan, the mother of these three, th^ two hill^ at Luahar Daee in Desmond, are called the two paps of pannan. Other antiquaries are of opinion, that the Thuha Dedannan are so called, because they were three distinct tribes. The first tribe was denominated Thuha, and consisted gf the nobility, and leaders of the colony ^ for Thuha, means a lord or i)oble: jfndthisis the more credible, because Bcchoill, and Dannan, two of their ladies, were called Ban Thuhas, i, e, female Thuhas, or ladies, accord- ing to the poet in the following lines : Bechoill 208 Bt'tojll A]ib)o\) t]ie jn^Anruj- \f<\pi, iiijcNl'J'o, ■] '^Otviidnaii niiiG ?^llo]r>, liijc CvvlACAjn, iri]c Delb.o]f. Sv3 m]c Ohe\cr aii Ijac, LucrA]n ah ysOji, j CA}i»b]ie ah yjle, ruAC UiijiA, ii))C Cnjltcjll. B(]5itco, niAc Crt^ubpt; cajtcju^ Tii]c rAbii]i»n. I'jAf A niAi- U^lbsO]fj ■) a imac OlUin ; CajccsJ, I N(M'ru)n, TA niAc NAiiiArr, ifi]c Cocajt ^Ajjfb, ib]c 'OuACTO]ll. SjofrnAll niAc CAjiibjtc cjtuim, rbjc GAlcniA]]«, iii]c DeAlbsOjf. G)]ic, ForlA; •) BAVibA t]\) h)nj;enA I'Iijaca «i]c DoUxojf, ih]C O^niA. Cjjinjn jn^i^n CArAjilAjni, m»vrA]]t riA m])An fjn. '-^ c; yo ma rji) bAjiiotc no bj a< a, .1. BArb, '-Js^icA, ■) ''-Jin. Oatuiu j Bi'iii]!!, ah ta l)AT»ruAfAc ; •) BjijvjP bA)iij.-)Ic. V15 ]0 n.\ ])AnruAfA( % ]'0 t?o bAT. Fc •] "sN?n a n-AnnmnA, -j )]• iiAfrt yjn Ajnninj^vcit '^0A5 Fcnion j-ah 'vOinfiAjn. Ij' AC* y6|" TO bj Tjiiv^nj rf)]io ■ 6 }>A)T>r«^jt rite)rpj|ino ''-^''ibunv.vn. )j* C)»}TinbcAl, Tliiu]riC. jCApiiwiI ha r|i) CAjnrr. '; y\- -c I b}i]. |)6iijb, £i09 B^'ohoilJ, and Barman, lovely fair. Killed were tli*?se two Ban-Thuhas, The evening of their spc\h at last, Has come by pale aerial Demons. The secon4 tribe were called Dee, or gods ; these xrere their drai or priests ; therefore the three priests abovemeiiT iloned, namely Brian, luchar, and lucharba, were stiled the three De-Dannan or gods of Dannan ; they were also ttsteeiued gods, from their suq^rising feats of necromancj-, as we observed before. The tliird tribe, which obtained the name of Dedannan, were those who were skilled in arts, for Dan aigniiies art, and from their Dans or arts, they vyerc called Dannan. The followin;!- were the most noted amongst the Thulia Dedannan, viz. Eohy Ollav, otherwise called theDaghda, Ogma, Alioid^ Breas, and Dalway, the five sons of Elahan, son of Neid, and IMannanan, son of Allqid, son of Dalway. The six sons of r>alway, viz. Fiacha, Ollav, Indy, Brjan, luriiar, and ^iicbarba. ^ngns, Hay or Hngh, Carmad, and Meer or INIidhir, the fonr sons of the Daghda. Looee, spn of Cein, son of Dianccacht, son of Easarg, son of Xeid, son of Indy. Govnan the smith; Creidny the artist j Dianccacht the physician ; L.uchtan the mechanic; Carbiy the poet, son of Tura, son of Turrel ; Bcgreo, son of Carbry Cat-head, son of Tavarn ; Fiaclia, son of Dalwa}', and liis son Ollav ; Caicer and Kectnn, t\vq sons of Nawa, ,son of Eohy the J{ongh, son of Duachduli. Siieeval, son of Carbry Crom, son of Ealcvar, son of Palway ; Eire, Fola, and Banba, three danghtersof Fiacl^a, son of Dalwav, son of Ogma; l'',iniin, the mother of these ladies, daughter of Eadarlaav, Bav, IVTacha, and Moreean, were their three goddesses. Dannan and Bechoill, the two Ban-Thuhas or ladies ; Briget tlu^ ])oetess. The ladies of tha two royal professors were Fe and Men, from whom Moy Femen in iSIunster has its name. vVmong them also was Triaree Tore, from whom is called Trelherriy, in Munster. Creeyin^el, ^rinny, and Cas^ ad, the three satyrists. They defeated the Foinorians 210 .7 ciiuAc "oe ranAn An yo. Do 5aB Nuaca vvjji^i;;^^!^!!!, niAc GActin^, ihic Caca]!- ivvjm, riijc OjiTAn, liijc Jorir.oj, riijc 9^1I.O], iii)c Ta]?, }t]05ACc 6)]»]()fi rjijocAt> hl]A5A)n, ^w^ tujr ] ccac nuij^e ■Cu)]tet> ruAjiB le li6AlArA}n ttiac DclliAjf, j \c BaIaj* b*}kV')mneAC iia Nej'o. Do 5aB B)iCAp, TTiAc CAlACAjn, liijc NejT), rJTjc }otixj,oj, mjc ^(ll UrhyAPA, niAC DjAjricecr, iiijc Caj-ajjic; T»]t)C, Tiijc Nc]T, iii)c JonTsO), yrjo^acr Cjitjofi ceAc|(ACA'o bljA^Ain ; '] 31' 6 (-vH Lu"^A]t) j-o o'ojfoiij^ a)nAC OA]lren *]]♦ rru|-, mAjt iujiimju^Ar 1)1)a^iia A])* cliA)lr]n jnjen ^OliAg- »h6))i, ]»)5 GA|-pA)TU', tjo Imt) l)on r'CocAjt) niAC Gjnc V]t> ^oe]^S]0^^^c Fli(^]i-mbol5, -j yA hyn •oa ejy |')n to'eocA'© ■^^Yi TDAC DuAcoojll, rcO]]-eAG "00 ChuATAjB X)e tJAiiAfi ; 'J }|' Icjf An mno hojlet) 'j xsid lef»i]jeti Lug*]'© laThJTA'oA ^o be)t ]iVA])tTn "to, -]■]]♦ itiC-)1DC]' JtJA Lli^llAI'i*, ') CAj'OCJ'fOA]' t>\\ Cjp, j CCO pillljlo j- ^n clujre 'o\\ n^ojjir] OljiiijiiAocj-, •) jy 6'ri ciijihnju^Ap f]r\ TO fnp Lii^,A]r> 5())]ifc|t lA'ii;nApA "do ('•Allujn Vvgujr, .1. TiAj-At) no cujihtiju^A-d) Lv'i^A, A)]t A }fujl rejl ^ejBjof) i'hi^'OA)]^ jn-iiiTTi; 'j DO ru]t le rfiAc Ce]ll ] cCson-Djiuim. Do ^aI) ATVD%t5"rA mojt ttiac DMB.ojf, ifijcNejti, jtjogAcc C)|tjon yccrTTiOTpAcc bi)A^A]n, 'j no (^a^ ]"An bjtvii; -oo 5AjTi r]»6 An u}tcai]t to rejig CVjfljoT) A]|t } ccat; 'vJChuiic riijjieti. CocAj-D ollAr^ Ajnm ojlj]' An DAi,rA. Do f,AT) Doir)sOf, TTIAC QgniA bP]*)"*-')?)!"' ^'M^ GaIat-ajti, riijc D^lB^ojf, TTi)C Ncjr, jt'ioj.Acc ejitjon cc-jc mhljA^iiA •^\\]% rn]z le Fjaca a ifiAr y<^)n. Do ^aV) F]aca niAc Dribujif, |»i)ib|jA^- 714 j^ujt tiijt: le hCuraTi 3 n -jo niB) jc, • " ' ^ • ■ Do 211 Fomorians in the battle of North IVIoy Tuiry; and before that, the Bologues at South Moy Tuirj-. In the first of these battles Nooa lost his hand, and in the latter his head* . Of the kings of the Thuha Dedanmm. Nooa, siherhanded, son of Ecty, son of I'darlaav, son of Ordanj son of Indy, soti of Allay, son of Thath, held the so*»'ereignty of Ireland thirty years, and fell in the bat- tle of North Moy Tuiry by Ealajian, son of Dalway, and Balar tht Powerfnlj grandson of Neid. Bieas, son df Ealahan^ son of Neid, son of Indy, bOii of Allay, reigned seven years in Ireland. Looee Longhand, son of Dianceacht, son of EasargBrac, son of Neid, son of Indy, reigned king of Irclahd fbrty years. This prince first ordained the assembly or fair of Taltin, in annual commemoration of Take, dauohter of Mavore, king of Spain, who was wife to Eoliy, son of Earc, the last king of the Bologues, and was afterwards married to Eohy the Rough, son of Duachdall, a chieftain of the ThuhaDedannan ; by her Looee Longhand was taken care of and educated, until he became fit to bear arm?, and in commemoration and honor ofhername he established shames at the fair of Taltin, which were observed for a fortnight before and a fortnight after Lammas, in imi- tation of the Olympic games \ from this commemoration the calends of August arc stiled Looliasa, i. e; tlie nasa cr commemoration of Looee ; on which day is now celebrated the feast of St. Peter's chains. He was killed at leupth by Mac Coll at Ctcndrum, Daghda the great, son of Dalway, sort of Neid, reighed seventy years ; he died tit Bru of the wounds he received 'from darts thrown at hiiii by Ceiiilen, in the baWe of Moy Tury. Eohy OUahar was his proper name. Dalway, son of Ogma the observer of the Suuj son of Ealahan, son of Dalway, son of N(,"id, was kin-T of Ireland ten years, and fell by the hand of Eiaclia his own son. Eiacha, son of Dalway, reigned ten year? and svas killed by Owen, at Ard Brae. Thf- SI'S Do 5vvl)p\o T]i) m}c Chc(\]>mi\x3(\ injl-Beo}! nuc An Dvt^rA A. Tnv;c CujU, niv\c Ct^^cr, *] mAc Sju'-jnc a ii-Anniori<\, jfjogtvcr Cjj»)on t]t)o(;At3 hljiJ5a]n, -j ]5 50 n-ertcc n-iujllo, niAc CujU, m4c Ceact, rriAc ^]k')ne. CaiH]]- f]n vij ]io]n rporiAC no 13] earoiijn^ rtcr ]'e4lu)5cat;r flA)r]]' 5AC )tc ml)l]iV5i\)n v\5 g]ie}ne no t\i) TTiAcujb ChgJtmAni*, no Ditjg z^u]\ ^h Coll, ') CeAcr, •/ 5jt]*n jTvv nee (vnajira i)0]h. Coll r|ta p ^n, no irua]l^ TTi]oc, 5^5 An p^ji, Coll 4 '©)*, UA An Dii^nA iiajj nub, BAnl)A a bon. r,erun rcAil, r]K'An a f}to]n, ^.ejt ] n^jioin, Fo-cIa a ben, ni6]{ n-e6r ]io njtiijn, Ceucc jto cjtejo. Ceruii c^orh, com A ^ne, yA ]\o|t e, C]\ii'. A brn, ben j-jaI j, 'SpjAn a ne, '^OvMiAiiAn mac: L)]t on loc, mo j-jji ]'ltor, Ojlibpon A rjnm, ]-^ cccn ccAr, eA5 An e^:. Do jic)]> ShftlrjiAc ChAji'jl ][• r.jtj bljA^nA t^j-nA no nii ci'n yAn ]:lA]fo]*A CuAt nu nAnAU A]]\ GjfijFi, A5 ]o )utni) nejpn)iteccvS a)]» ah Ajjieih fo : Seor mbljA^nA nocAo )p ceo, An r-Aj)>^iii I'jn nocA b^tez;, 00 ChuACA ne nAnAn 30 n5uj', oj* Gjjtjn <» n-A)in ylAi^QAp 213 Tlie thrco sons of Carmad Milvcol, son of tlie Daghda, namely, Mac Coll, IMac Keacht, and Mac Greine, rcigne<4 thirty years ; some antiquaries siippose that they divided Ireland into three parts ; so a certain poet thus observcK: Kiriii, isle of niany thousands, In tluee parts lier land divide Mac Coll, Mac Keacht, Mac Greine, Nobles great of mighty deeds. No such divhion, luwever, existed, but they held tlie sovereignty alternately for a year, as we obsei-ved before when speaking of the names of tliis country ; they were all killed in the battle of Talten. The reason why these three iionsof (^irmad were stilcd Mac* Coll, Mac Keacht, and Mac Gicincjt was because Coll, Keacht, and Grian, or the Sun, were the gods whom they adored. Coll then was the deity of Mac Coll, but Eahoor was his proper name, and BanUa was his wife. Mac Keacht too, Keacht was his god, 'I'heahoor his name, Fola his wife. Mac Greine had Grian for his god, Keahoorhis name, Eire his wife. The proper nametooofMannanan wasOrbshen, fromhim LochOrbshen was so called, because when his grave was digging the lake burst over the land ; of these was sung this historical lay : ' li'ahoor great, honor'd he, fierce he was. Cull his god, Inight Daghda's son, Banba his wife, Thcahoor bold, strong in tight, fierce in war, Fola his wife, of wondrous deeds, in Keacht his faith. K eahoor fair, fair his form, noble he, lure his wife, gen'rous she, Grian his god, Maiiuanan, son of the sea, power/ul flood, l^rbshen his name, after hundred fights, deatli he met. J According to the Psalter of Cashel the Thuha Dedannan held the s()\ereignty of Ireland in all 197 years, of tiie truth of which calculation the following vers:- is a proof: One hundred years and ninety seven, jMost true the coinputa*ion, Tlie Dedanitcs, a valiant race, Held the chief sway in Eiriu. * Mac here signiljes a Priest, see Vallancey's Vindication 496. •f- Ci*-eine i» the genitive case of Grian. + He was kJlIcil by UiUenii Fasvarderg, son of Cajcher, at the battle of CvUen, VOL. I. P 2i/\r ce2\7:> ie2iB2w, *f>t090t Vii\ U'4R^ TRVtCX. — •••<9l01<«**- Do tojig^vjpecr cjiijo Sciijt 50 jrjtejm Jiphet -jc ONNUS 5o-cr)oc]r4o Ijn bunAOAf £}n)r) Scu)c xso Io]t- 5A))1£ct; 50 }:]tc)ih .1. 50 Japher, «n ojAf nuc )f 0]]tr)^ytc4 ro bj Ag )(vpher, rr j-^^nCACAjB i)n]6 Scujr a t* x)'j:)ACU)5 cjicobpccojl^-o cjnre tia n-UApAl c'pvp 6 '^lu^jo^ to VlA t'i\ TiwO]HfepC)n TpoTTiA ]'Ti5^6rA,'i]'ulrAn)cPacjJA)c 1 n-C)H)ri T(i V] , 50 juT)i»TA)> tp)ii|t nivvc iV5'AiA505, n>A|t a ta BiiAf, Jb^Af, •jFAfAdcA; 6 Baa^ rinjc Kcnjuj' Fa]»i'U]T, nnj-^]* 6)n]i B^taI; () )h^tol6n to Ccat ^aB Ojjijri ]a]i nxsjljn 1 B O O K I P A R T II. CHAPTER I. Of the tracing of the Scotic raccio their founder Jdphet, ilc. To enable us to trace the Scotic race to their founder Japhet, it is to be obserxed that his two sons Corner and >Iagog were the most celebrated. Moses in the tenth chap- ter of^Genesis where he gives the genealogy of the race of Japhet, asserts that Gomer had three sons whose names were Aschenez, Riphath and Togarmah ; yet he mentions not particularly the sons of Magog by their names. More- over, as it is on the historians of the Scotic tribe that it is peculiarly incumbent to trace the lineage of the prmpes sprung from Magog, and particularly of the race of Fenius Farsa, we will here set down a detailed account of the descendants of Magog, according to the book of invasions, particularly denominated the record of Drumsneachta, an authority wliich existed before the arrival of St. Patrick m Ireland. This states that Magog had three sons, name'y, Baah, Ibaah, and Fahaghta. From Baah descended Feinius Farsa, the ancestor of the Gadelian race ; from Ibaah sprang tlie Amazons, Bactrians, and Parthians ; and from I'ahaghta came Pavaloi?, who first settled in Ireland after the dijiuge, ^^, 216 y-l)occ <»n Fhiiracra ]-o rinjc 'A'rjK^ m6]t 100 6ini* P»inon]»\ p* n-a ]-mttcr, 'j 00 bj c], cojih-m^i-CvVo irlajfjp DA IloTTia, *) 'co pcjtjo]- -j r>o •rjl)j}t ViciijlLW, ■] tug pm hllnj t^o B) ] ccoc vo A)ft )ufrini«\nii]' Impjp. Ij- 6"ii Scjf]* yoj* rancAt^.vjv Lonc;oh,j-oj, Him^Ajti, *| bor) ii)!e. Ij'p'n Scjf]* m^]* vvn cc(!'TnA Daihi], 6 l^^)^^r]♦ DAunjvi yftn Gvi'crtjlt^, *j ij- 1 A}nm n* rj)»e ) n-juni ^qiiilja. )]• o'li Sijfj\rv)]i BucariATiiip, lojt5 ccjo c)ti]6 to f]on]-<-a]n bt^jr on6j»ac "o'ejp rjljne jat). *-^ Teji* Joannep Bajt()n|uj' j-aii y. cab. "oo'n t5A}ia leB^ t50 fcjtjob ©0 bcapAjb 4n lijle cjne, najt clojtH^o le hajttjrlajfe]- ajjibjr; luct nA Scjrja, -/(Voe]}* loj-ephup gujt ab *?iiA505)c]\t loAnnej- NAUclejiU]* 50 rTran^Arajt t>vO)n« *}^ flpc^ HA ScjcjA k' ncciinao gn'jonia jto ihoju. B]o6 « fjA^nujf] ]-]n A]jt Hejiocoruj' fAn 4 leba]t, m^j a n-Abu)]i ^u]^ t))bj)]orA}t lucr nA Scjrj* Dajtjuj' p] na I'l-jij-ja aj; «n Sc'jrjA z<) nifti'Iu]5fec. Bjot) 4 FJ*5nii)i"] H'l *))♦ Juj-- tjnup ) n-A fTa)]t majt a nocran appacru]' nA n^nji^in -co jtjTK^r^ lucr na ScjrjA, ^ 45 j-o b)i]Af }u An i'ista)11]j, " Do ** bAt5A|t no ^nat lucr na ScjrjA ^An cuiriACt coj^cjtjoc loo *' buajn ])]u, nJ}tn*^ b^ *' mA]'lii)5r»^c l)a}^)uj- )i) na Pe]»p]A ap An ScjrjA ; tq " n)Aj>bArA)» CjiKip 50 Ijon 4 pluAj^, t)u IcjppcjtjopA'b loo ^' Zophjfton 217 as well as Nevvy son of A V^B^jt, ^u]t db o'li )}-ocalj-o Scj-jA t;o j-ljoct ^hjO)-6]l 5lA]f, "J JO {f)oj- D4rhj nj c6)u Bojll to t:Abui]tc «}]< dn -Djiojnf 4 ra ag d]rju^ » t^; C>e(;}U)py to j,Ab ylA)r^y ha b'%Vitj;)V] 5s06a1, ^)T£T n) yc')T)it I'jii TO bcjc yjl+jnec, to \)\\]i ^o 7i-AbA)jt -S, %g\ijTjn 5u]i Ab 6 uAjji TO fjoni'CAjn ylAjr^y lu Tjtojnse 219 •' cutoff in like manner Zophyron, ilie general of Alexander •* the great, with all his forces ; they had heard indeed of *' the Roman jjower, but never felt it" From these words It may be conckided that tiie Scythians retained tlicir groat valor and courage to this author's time. It is asserted also, in the 37th chap, of the first book of Policlnonicon, that it is from this word .Scythia, tliat the descendants of Ga>yal or Ga.'l Glas are called Scot^, and as far as 1 know, it is not more proper to call present English inhabitants of Ireland Goill or Galli from Gaul or France, from whence they came, than to call the Ga?ls by the name of Scots, because tiiey originally came from Scythia ; for this reason it is that the descendants of Fahaghta, son of IMagog, who obuiincd so- vereignty in *Gothia, Tlwace, and Achaia, viz. Parabn, son of Shara, with his people, Nevvy, son of Agnavan, from whom the Nevvians are denominated, the Bologues, aud the Thuha Dedannan, are called the Greeks of Scy- thia, because they were originally from that coxintry. In luy opinion too, the reason why the descendants of Gsel, son of Niul, son of FeniusFarsa, are particularly called Scots is because it was this Fenius Farsa and his posterity that ob- tained the sovereignty of Scythia ; and that Niul the jounger son of Fenius, came in for no division of icrriton', lik*' the brothers of Fenius who got possession of countriea, whence they and their descendants were particularly denominated ; on that account Niul enjoined his posterity to designate themselves from Scythia, by perpetwally calling themselves Scots ; whereas they had possession of no ten-itorx', and Niul had no other property left him by hjs father, but tJie benefit .of the sciences and various laneuatjes ; leaving the undivided sovereignty of Scythia to his eldest son Nenual. Some Latin authors assert that Gitl was son of Argus, ot Cecrops, who v.as king of the Argives, but that cannot be the fact, because St. Augustine informs us, that tliat family began * i. e, Sicily, see Vallancey's Vindication, p. aSSi probably it means the country of the Getje, a people of TUract, 220 rjn An ran oo jtu^ao JacoI), j cci^u o.\ bljv^^Ajti tjcAj; jp pjie <»))* ccjrj^e ceo o'^ip 'ojljiie, •; yop xso jte)]! ati u^tjajjt cet>iiA Tiiic }i ]*)n ^ujt Ab ) cceu G(S7 mbljA^nA nY'jp 'Djlpe, -oo ci^jocnui^po^ >"'*)^£r '"•* bA)cmc. ^cc C(^nA nj yejfjjt pn oo bcjr; p)]i)noc, "i a jtAo 511]^ Ab o ^i]i- ^uj- no 6 C\'cpoj)j- DO f)ocf At) KocaI, 6-\]i a rc))t Hecto]* Boetjup ) ]TA]it iiA b^ilbAii, 'I lobA)|* ^Ab^Kv (^)]i]()n ii^le, j,u)i Ab )u; Vjn %h<())i'] 00 be)f, j-An Ggjpc ) ccenui' clo]?ie Ij-juel 00 b) Scojojl j-An Ck;^))?. VvS^f p'>l" a t)e)]i)r nA I'^bAjjt ^AbAU 5ii)t Ab piv'n Ain j-jn jiu^ ScorA, jn^en Plu>]»aj Cjn^- c)*)]', B^oaI 00 N|ul niAf Fe)n]upA 7A)trAp, ni]c Baaf, ni)c "^A^o^, 1 Ji' e Ain j:^ r;jor.|-CA)n "^O))]-) cf^ruij- r^.'onA tJO WAnAin A]]t clojii } j-}ie)|t j-jn j;o i\-AbA)]t ^n)i Ab pian ScjrjA, ■( ]Ar nA ]'C£c ; ]Ar, jmojqto, ah rAn T:a]5T-ej^ Aj)t p6n An yocAjlpj f^jjon e, b) rh no dH j n-A Dcjji^o, n'.,| a ta po, ]Ar no )ad; Sjo^t) An tah pcpjobr^ »n jroCAlpo 'Sfjr)A, n] bj cj n-A Ia|» ni>} but? cojjt ) n-A pAiiiA)! do con'i-pocAl, ] pop nj bj rli nA Dh j n-A Dejjii^D, -j ta jiejji pjn nj pujl «ct; b^ATiiiijl ^<\n b^^Anrijp, a rh<^p 5u]i Ab jriAU ScjrjA do pi.')]t pAMApAjn Bx))f')l5;% '] TTAlAin nA pc(^c. JplA^ m^ An cccrnA, ati pujoju^AO Ajjt BhsOjtjjl do to)- ■o^cr 6'n nBpr)^ do ju'j)i buriAOApA, a jtiiD 50 ntbjAD cop- niujl^p A5 pljocc Bhwjrjl j n-A nibcApAjb, ]) n-A nopnjb -J J n-A crlti)C)D]b J1C bju'A^Ajb, jujnic pjn 50 iVA)beo}vriO) S'4» 221 began to reign about tlie time that Jacob \vas born, wlucH )5- t50Ti)4, yjp Bhoig 6'n cjjacja ') cuvvtrt re oaiifln 6'n ?tc*j*, m^ A }pu)l Beor)A -| oArajjt ha h'^ijrne. vbAr>^ PA no)]' r.'o iia bcApv uo ha n"5)»tA5AC niBolf; no bi JiotnpA J n-6jj>jri, -J A ifA^biijl A])^ Ajfjre aj^ a ]-1)occ ts'A Ti-i?)f, 5pn 50 ](AbAr^ ycjn fAn nbjic'j^ J*]*ib, nA B^ocaI, riA ncAC cjle ra rrvinjc jJompA. 2t/V* Z)2U?2l C?l6)2)jL. ?i'5 fo j-joj' ro rAl<»)b Fcjnjnj-A rAp]-Air, yon atajj^ 21 I R mbejr n'rhepijuy y^ipiji; n-A jt]5 Ajjt ah Scji-^a, t)o riigj- Y)v]t ^o )to coIac 1]' nA bjlbojilArajb tAjt eji- An cojTfi-mei-CAT) r^lA CjAn Jtojiiie jjn a)Jj ^^^ ro^^x,tu]\) a^ Tojt nA BAbjlone, ro bj t>'A r65bA]l r.]»e UAb*j le jie -oa fjcir bljAJAjn A5 Nymnot) 50 n-A ]*Anru]b, 6]p ]*ul fvinjc An cojin-in^pcAo Aj}t nA rc^ngrAib A5 An Top, )]• ^on ronc;»v flTTiAjn cojccjOM ro b) a^ nA rsOin]b ro b) a]]i nujrAjn aia 6 ^rAib AniiAf, '| ]]' i' A)nm f(J)|t)r u^rAjjj nA ^sojrjljo -h] ^u]]»r]5£lMi, Aiiia)l A rcjjj An y)lo yAii jiap jo: 5(>)ltr;)5^'jni A^nni ah beApU, r'j bj A5 .ini\c \J(' Tt-'j^-t^jt^nA, , •( A5 j']ol VioAjin UA]]i, j»)A ccLuhrAC AH r;iji> NcnijtuAjf. Ij-^r 5A))?in)o nA bu50Aj]> LAjrne rj I)ti5iiA hiiniAHA .i", xv> Nj^njiuo 213 Greece ; for, the several invaders of Ireland after the de- luge, except the .Grcls and Nevvians alone, set out from Qfeece ; so Paralon proceeded from Mygdonia, the Bo- logues from Thrace, and the ThuhaDedannan from Achaia, near Beotia, and the city of Athens. For which reason, though the Gals did not upon their arriyal in Ireland ob- s^erve the luamiqrs and customs of the Greeks, yet they might have act^uired them from such of the Thuha Dedan- nan and Bologues, their ]iredecessors, iis yet remained iu tlie country, and left th(?m to be observed by their posterity, although they never were in Greece themselves, nor Garl^ r.or of their predecessors, .C H A P T E R II, ^in account of the proceedings of Fenius Farsei, Grandfather of G(el, S(c. JI? ENIUS Farsa being king of Scytlria, was desirous of jjecoming skilled in tlie various languages that sprung long before his tirjie from the confusion of tongues at the ' Tower of Babel, which Nimrod tluough pride spent forty years in erecting ; for, from the time of Adam till the con- fusion of toqgues at that tower, there was but one univer- sal language amongst mankind, this language is called by }rish authors Gortiyern, as the poet observer in the follow-, ifig verse ; Gortiyern the language named, Which the skilful, noble Adam, Formed by God, and all his race Used before proud Niuirod's to\ver. This is called by Latin ^vriters Lingua humana, that is, l^e language of man j but when Nimrod and his brothers ;Utempt,ed oo :^4 t;T£,n5cujl3 t>'4 trojjtniedro 6 cjijocnujftt) An t\\^\s fu rjonj-cna-o leo rjte-uabdji, tso bgitAo an T§in^A -OsOfiv^ yUsjv^'o^j 6 ?^t)Air. Pjol) an Ijon to Vxtr^ Ag rojljail an ruj]i ; 5)'c^o •CO pn ]-) ^5 C)V)j^]t nwc Srtjlo ') 45 a rjiejB, jonu)- ^ujv ]ujnmn)J5;,r3 uaif j, ni,4 50 rru^f^eAbjt* ujjt j re rj'i PJlK'o^"r T"1^"P* ^^ ^^)^ *)B^ F^P 'I *S A VCo)l ji' An ron^^^p eabjtA. OaIa FejnjUj' A)}t mbejf too iiiin Ajre bejt coIac jj- nA h]Uk'Ai»lAjb, aiha)! a rubjiAmsj, cuii'Qr ^'^ rc]r'^]f>^iAi F'^'^b I nn y)C)^ ^*)i< * copuj* pt-jti f A c}tjocA]b eA5|-AnilA nA trjij jtan |;o t?o'n poiimn 00 bj *ll* Ajqu^A-o'An rAn f)n, ') rug ojijtA pAnAnnijn a nuijc ■prcc nibljA^nA, £o jpotloniA^ ^ac <^n t)job reti^A nA cjtjce ] n-A nibjAt) y<^^]n au y^^ nn ; -j ] cc^fi feet nibljAgnA rjlljo r.j A 11-Aji' 'oo'n ScjrjA, •] tejo Ju;)n]uj' leo 50 nmg 8cnA])i in^xin ]ic lijonuo t^'o^Ajb nA SrjrjA )^ Jf^itT'^jl <*" '^J<' f* ■}-)ne Ajc;e .'i. NchuaI ) crrnu]- ) n-A jonAo pjn, auiajI-^ ■PC)]! Aii pie,* i-an wiAjnfe : Do lujD Kejnjur ^\ <^'^ ^<^FJ'*i ' ■ yo]i |-aii ]-liiA5Ap, T*^]* o]|ie5t>A, Oj^iiAj'o, folAc, • b]tUTnj^, buAOAc. I;a ha)n-b£)ilA b'»] r<^" looniAn, \X\<\ CO gAbj-AP, TA bLMjvli TeA5 vMl* f^l^j KK)'"' rAn |to pCsij-Ati. Scol rii6j» le Fejnjni" a^ p5lu)m, ]:<;;p AOAniJiA efnuj'o eolAr, ATi 5AC bg)tiA. ' ,1. 'o^ivolTni'.jiie of.na. 225 iiaomjucd to erecjt tlie tower, tlieir language was rendo]i^b}j]Af|ii\c, no e,o)jib]iefAC (Vn Ju-oeA, no )au nn\c N^itia, AmAjl a tcjlt An j:jlc ]'An jian yo : 9v^ ]-o AnniAfiA nA j-UAti, s\ ci^jj-A ]t]b 50 iU)-Viuvf, SsOoaI niAC Giifo)]! 50 niii]', jA]t mAc NeniA -j Fenju)-. ^S ]*o m.j A •cc]if yjle ejk; a}]» An njt) cccr«nA ; F^^in]!!]" An fjco) yitefAc, b.n'TAl, ]]' CtO] CiO)nb]iof,\r, r]i]ii]i t^() rjiob i"c)i)b)n ]to1, tDo Irn t^'nJ>-t']Tib i'** n-u^rvj. If ]A-o An r]t)ii)» po r)0 fcjtjob ] cf]iAn-rA)bl)b A]b5)r)>c TiA TTp] bj)it']ri)-'5eA]tlAf), m^J a tA Ov\b]tA t'lu-j^ij', ■) La^- tsen, •CO iU*))j ni^ cujjtep Conjr.olA nA yo^lAnu yjoj- t' j n-A UjtAjpop- Tjo j'cjtjob ) li-*]inj'}it Cholujni C)lle. ^C t>e])i An T-u^r'^ ceonA ^up Ab v Njon niAt- Pojl, ni)c N)ni- jjor, y* bAHrylA)f yAn r>oiiiAn An "rAn yjn, a '^0]]^ yoy 511)* Ab y»"n Am yjn pn^Ar N]ul .1. inAC rAnAjyre Fhein]nyA T^r"]5' 'I ?''l^ V'>)1M& '^'"t')'t3'-'r ci'rnA yjce bl)At,A)n 6y ((^fi TiA ycojlc |)n ms) c^mc A])* An niAc yjn jMi^ao ro t>o bc]t CoIac iy MA bilbvAjtlAjb ; Do "0|»)5 511)1 Ab j ccril ta bljA^Ajn ' ' i.r 2!27 Our Shauachies assert that it was sixty years from thft building of the Tower of Babel, till Fenius with his school came from Scythia in the north to the phiiii of Shenar ; as tlic poet thu< observes : Three times twenty years complete, So all anticiuaries say, Till Fenius set out from north After* th(3 days of Ninu-od's tower. Feniits fotirided a school for the \arious languages at tiie plain of vShenarj near the city called in the book of Drum- sneachta die city of Athens. Here all the youth of the neighbouring nations assembled to be instructed in lan- guages. The three learned persons who presided over the school were Fenius Farsa, Gfryal, son of Eahor, of the race of Goiner, and Khee the eloquent or of fair decisions, from J ud ca^ or lar, son of Nca a ; as the poet thus obser\ es : The names of these learned sages, (iuickly I will shew you, \\\'re Ga-vai, son of pleasant Eahor, lar, Neva's son, and Fenins. Another poet thus expresses himself, on the same sub- ject : Fenius, a sage most learned, Ga;yal, and Khee, friend to truth, 'I'hree who taught letters in the school, And sliew'd tlie true sense of authors. These three iriscribed on wooden tables the alphai)ui.s of three principal languag'es, viz. Hebrew, Greek, and. Latin, as we are infornied by Canfala the learned, m his Uraicept, or grammatical precepts, written in the time of Colunj Kill. The same autlior says that Ninus, or ?sin, sou of Pel, son of Nimrod, was monarch of the world at thai Time ; and remarks farther, tliat Niul, the second son of Fenius Fars;i, was born aliout that time, and that I'enins continued twenty years as president of the school, in order that his son uiigliL become perfectly skilled m tlie different J:inguages. JSioce it was in the forty secu:*!'d year of the reiiiu '228 jr -oA jjip x>o jU]i^Y ^1^ "^'^^ P*-")^ * t!0}|i)t> t>}ion5 )ie j-eniui- T)o |'U]i5jU5e)c Tiibl)<\5ncv t:a ejf f]n ,»)!♦ itia]^ S^tia]]* ful w r)ll 6"n j-co}! co'ii Scjrja, 6)H a ccji^jo ha yencAtiA u]le ^uji Ab y]6e bl)A5A)n w CA)t Aj- con ha j-co)le J^e rr^cr t^ A)f t)0. '^>^i-A]ni ^roj-, Suj* <*!-> ] cc.on ca BIja^ajp )f r<> jrjdjr A)it t)A t6x> t)'e)i- ha Pjlefi r>o j-uj^-ju^At) ah ]-coUe re)Ti)ur <»)^ ni*B ^eriAjis 00 j'tcjn ah <»jl»)m Ajnifjl^e t)0 £n'j Bel^mjn ) n-A cjtoinjc, ni^ a n-AbA]j< S'^P *^^ "^ ^r *^ t>oTTiA)n, nr]le -j oct ccC-o •] fc bljA^nA ruA^ •) -oa yi(]"P ati rATi to fjoni'CAjn Njon niAc Pi'jl ^-oylAjrei- 100 ^aIja]!, joriAnf y)Ti CO jt^)]* «)j»)ni TiA n-eAb)ni)5£C, lcnr>j Ic Bt-l^min, i 5ul» Ab TTijle -] ye ceo -) ye bIjApu loeA^ jp "oa y]c)z t>o ti otuy ooiiiAin &oo')l)ri, "i c'^ji'^'iP '^'If D" ^»v V)l)-V^Ajn ly TA yjcjr r>o yU'vjf^y N'jn ^co cAjf^r. yul -60 f]OTiyc-AiTi Fcjniny iin ycol, pnuy -oa \t6)\t y)n 5u]» Ab ] ccen ta bl)AwA)n ]y t»A y)C)t> A]]» -CA cer> t)'cjy ma x^jlen 00 f jonycAjn ], ■) 5n]> Cv\if yjce bljA^Ajn oy -<'l'''=^"5"*'^ m^J A rA yj ) n-A cnjj co-CA'jbV in.j a ra 1.)<'a]»1a ha Icjiie, bt-A)tlA HA iF)ls;o, beAjtlA C.\-o,jyc^tA, bc'A]tlA L( )bj6(-, 'C BnArbt'-AjilA, -j A hA^nniHju^A-o' ^o cjiire oa jic]p y)H iiAp yi-jH ; ^OHAo ^ bh.ot)Al thac CAfoj)* t;c\i]kmfo]> KcjoH^ ti), ^ TiAC 6 Tih^otiAl fcUy, ahkv)! a •oc))()'o citoH5 v]\v ; ■) yoy )p rjic bAp jK- BvOoaI niAC C*Afo]p, ru^ Niul thac f'(-]H]ayA y^yn]^, 'SvOoaI <\j]i a ni>vc ye)H )ui^ Scorcv jti^ph i*h,\]tAi> CjTijcjJjy "00, ahia)1a 'oc]]i C'rHy.olA ha yoz;K\niA yAH "L1]ia1- c(^\ir. Bjci^o, ]j- cVyr ajji iii"o.ja]b cju'-o o )yn]l en yucAlyvv ?.ocaI ; A t)C)J> BucAHAHiip ^ii)k .\h tVn jyoCAlpv 'E,or)i)Ti, .1. 229 J-eign of Ninus, son of Pel, as antiquaries inform us, that tlie scliDol was establi-ihed by Fenius at the plain of Shenar, I therefore suppose tliat he continued there during ten years of Xinus's reign, and for the space often years after, be- fore he returned to Scythia, for all historians inform us that he spent twenty years presiding over die school before he returned. I am likewise induced to believe that Fenius founded this school at tiie plain of Shenar, two hundred and forty-two y ears after the flood, fromihe computation of Bellarmine, who says in hi.'i chrdnicle that itwasintlieyear (Jf the world 1^36, that Ninus, son of Pel, began his reign, which allow-:, according to the Hebrew computation which Bellarmine followed, 1 G56 3ears from the beginning of the world to the deluge, to which we are to add forty-two years of Ninus's reign, that were sjient before Feiiiusl)egr.n his school, so thiit according to that calculation he founded the school 'M2 years after tlie flood, arid spent twenty years in liianaging if, ten years of thb reign of Ninus, and ten years afterwards. At tlie expiration, however, of these twenty years, Fenins returned to Scythia, and established semi- navies of leai-ning there, and nj)pointed Gscyal, son of Eahor, as president over them. Ferdus then commanded Gnoyalto regulate and digest the Ga-lic, or Irish language, into five parts or dialects, as it now is, vi;^. the Fenian, po- etic, historic, Theban,* and common dialects, and to name them generally from himself; so that it is from Gieyal, son of Eahor, that it is called Gxlic, and not from Gaeyal Glas, as cithers inriagine, It was also from friendship and affectiori for Gieyal, son of Eahor, that Niul, son of Fenius Farsn. gave the name of Gseyal to his son whom he had by Scota, daughter of Pharaoh Cingcris, as Canfala the learned men- tions in his grammatical precept?. It is a question however, among authors from whence this word Cieyal (Gaodhul) is derived ; Buchanan says, that it is from the words goethirii VOL. I. R noble, * Usually translated the physlciaas' dialect. See Vftllanccy, 230 .!. u4)*a1, -] 6'u j£ocal]U, ijl, ,1. v!j](', A T5C)]tre]v a,o;^v\l .;. uapAl ujle ; no 6'ti [fOcal eftl)j rrny, niOjH j jfoglujiii, ^ j 11-^511^, ^ ]|' n* rc^n^hvf?': 53^9^ A oej)i)r> lu I'c^TiCrttiA 5uji <\h ujmc 50)i»f(£]» Rot?^! re, tV]\. rcorfipocali-o .1. j^ju -j lojl .1. 5iii\tMi)grco]|» im li«i3na, 6)]» Jj* )On An Bjieajrtd phjlopphoj- .1. 5jiaouj5feoji> ^^^ hi^^uM pe x>ujno £5nv\)ric. DaIa Fejnjiij-A y^fUj^ n) hA jf]t)]'tc|» t;o clo)nr«o Bojf; «]5e A(i- lojAj- niAC .1. NirhuaI -j N}u1, Aih*)! ^ t>C)ji An yjlc fAH ]»Auj-o : Dii TTiAC A5 yejnju]-, jrjojj r.uh, NVniiAl )p N)iil A)t n-ACAjji, >tu5A'6 Njul A5 An crop ro)}i, N^nuAl p-An ScjrjA pcjAr^lojn. '-^V)I» mbcjt cA IjljiA JAjn ]f fjcc t)'Fiie}n)Uj' } If-Ajfop nvj> ScjtjA ].j rt)lI(^o 6 niA5 Sc^nAjji, •oo f]oma]r., -j c ])c liucc ^4Jf> }'^'*)'^5ir "* ^cjCjA 00 N^nuwl, An niAc p.v pjnc Aj^e,- •j njojt yA^ujb A5 Njul An niAc yiv huj^c acc focAlA)5 jnce 50 ppuAj}> bAf p'pp porv. a I R nibcji T>o N)Ail «)mpj]t )mcjAn aj, pcolAio pool fcojrign fAn ScjcjA, tjo cuA)r> a ilu w) Vejc eolup* 7' t^jriA pA riA citjo6A)l> ) ccojrcjne, jofuif a)1» nit')o n ^rii^ Scor.; zrt'^ i-ctUri 115(1]';), ]njen j-jaljaj-OA i'lio)tajfi. ]•»]! Lpoj-ao Scor* to Njiil cnjiiop ycoV j n-a yiijxje ber, ro bejt ] ccoiiujmj'jft )ie ^Cv(>)!') ail, ^^u]* ab feacc niblja jna •o(^\w, T cejfjie yjcjo aj]t yecc cct'o 6 rjljn guy an am yiji gab •^si^jyj cpnuy clojne JyjKJ!].- ^"jCjy 7ru] jiugao ^i'pphaxat) "00, ama)l It^gr^j yan ]| cAh. wn ^c'ii(*j-j ; iijme yjn nac cu]}ife ) cconraVjajin, go '^'ca-oyAo Xjiil iTiJciijTi 6'n tAjt to ylajfry Njn ifijc Pt'jl, Aihajl a t^ubnamus Cirit, near the Red Sea, and ga^e him also in marriage his own daughter Scota, as Giila Kevin, in a poem beginning " Gaeyal Glas from whom descend the rJacLs," thus observes ; Tlien to Egj-pt's land he went And reach'd the valiant Phuraoh, And married Scota of no few charms, Pharaoh's generous lovely daughter. After Niul had married Scota, he erected schools at Ca- paciront, to instruct the youth of Egypt in the sciences and various languages. About this time Scota bore him a son who was called Gseyal. It may appear strange, perhaps to some, that Niul, who was the fifth descendant from Ja- phet, should be cotemporary widi Pvloses, since it was the space of 797 years from the deluge, to the time that ]Mo- ses took upon him the command of the children of Israel. But I answer that it is not incredi!)le that Niul njight have lived some hundred years, for in those ages, men lived a long time ; for instance, Eiver or Heber, son of Sala, the fourth in descent from Shem, son of Noah, who lived 464 years, and Shem himself who lived 500 years after his son Arphaxad was born, as we read in the eleventh chapter of Genesis; therefore it is not at all improbable thatNiulshould live from the forty second year of the reign of Nmu.s, son of Pel, to the time of Moses, as we mentioned ; and it is still 234 'iit'bujjf) ; •] jrop ^p lu^.vj'ce ]p jncii)iife ] n-p^Anru]- i»n triAf ypn *n njt) d Tejjt '-^^Apjannp Sco-ni*, m^ ,\ n-dbajit ^u]* ab J ccjofi vOn BI^a^a]!! tii-ag <*)]+ jrjcjt) ^jjt tjij c6d ts'ejj- Cjlen f*n)c cojiitmej-cao lu rrengtAo fAn BhAbjlon, •] to jiejjt m^ i»4m.^ fuAj- gujt ab c)Aii pV)]- coih- mbudirei^f-a iia BAb)Io]nc jiujad Njiil, njine ]-jn ]]• jn- c)>e]©-e ujrAjjt frncuiw tjnjo Sciiic po Icjr .oj]-) Njii^l niAC Fejn)uj-A y4M«V]S> '| 50 ]tt\jb 11-a y^jt coin v^jnipjiie 45 '^IvO]!') ]-vvn Cfjpr. DaU N)u]I, vijii mbcjf, aj ^jrju- ^Ao ) cCapacjjton- U]ni ]te '^(.^ujn jtuAjr), 'j yi nibejf; 00 Bhcooal A])t n-A Ijjteji: 6 Scoca, ]]• au ]-)n 00 tiloc^ mjc )p)iArs4 mjc )j')ucl ) Jfo^up r>o, re)t> ] ii-a nT5Ajl ts'* ri-AgAlUrh, J t'a yjoj- c)* ro bj An. Ca]»lA ViA]ion t50 Tet-rvO]T5 An rpluA]^ ji]]-, j 'o'jn)]- j-ccaU ihAc n-Jj'jJvvl -j Q\\o]j-) T)o, *] riA JT))oitbujle yjA^nujj-ecA no jmj]^ rjA a)]^ PiiAjfAO ■) A]]t A fluA^ rjie t)U)3]ii-e clojne )j'jtail. Oo ton^A]! jnio)i]to N)iil 'j v^Ajion comAu 'j c^at-iuo ]te cejle, 'J t)0 yjA]:|JM)5 Njul t)0 vtApon ati jiAbAr,} bjAt^A na lojnce ttCA, -j A rubAjjic foi' A ]*A)be -oo cpu]fn^cc j 'oo n'lAjf^p ajge f ejn, 30 mbjd-o ujle Ajjt a ccunuf ]-Ait. Cinjc jniojijto. An ojcce ]s{ ]-)n -) rejo ?U)»on ^'^ ''«*^^-'^)r)» ') '"'i )iMr '^^-' '^•^ CA]]i5p)onA ru5 Njul 00. JmriijA N)m1 jtAjnjo go po)ce x ih\\y\T,]]ie •] "00 ]fl}p 5AC njo ro -OvilAjb inac ii-)]-)>%t^l t)6)b. vvgA]- j-an ojooe ct'rnA tajiIa TiArAUt njiiir r>o BiOibAl niAC Nju)l,| e A5 pnATi), jup c]tcACi:nu)5o§o jiAjbejngUAji-ljAjp. \i x>e)]i]r) r)]ton5 e]le f,ii]> Ab 6'n ffivp^c tAHjc o'a c p^crnu^At> ) n-* V»2bu)t^. Vi t)uV)i»Ar>4 a ihajfir)]* jie N}ul «r mac ro Ijjiejc leji' ) noAjl '^Mi*ij))p] 511 jf> 50 Dh)A, -) TO j'A]t AH rplac tjo bj ) n-a lA]ih Hjp An cc}«^'ir. 51.11 rlAuui^, 6 A"ii!Aif« yjn ; j a nnViA)]*:: 235 ?lill less lu he uondeied at, that Niul should exist until the? ♦imc of Moses, if we may credit Mariaiius Scotus, who aay^f that it was 331 years after the flood when the confusion of tongues happened at Bahilon ; and since we have already shewn that Niul was born a considerable time after that con- fusion,- we nmst therefore give credit to what Hfcotish writei-54 j;ay of his age, and of his having been really cotcmporary with Moses in P^gypt. But to retiu'n^ during tiie time that Niul resided at Capaciront near the Red Sea, and after Scola^ had brought forth Gxyal, the children of Israel escaped from Pha'a'i^i and came to the Red Sea, where thcv en- camped near NiuTs residence at Capaciront. Niul being informed that the Israelites were in his neighbourhood went to enquire and inform himself who they were. Aaron met him outside the camp, and gave him an account of the chil- dren of Israel, and of Moses, and related the wonderful miracles wrought by God on Pharaoh and his host, in con- sequence of the bondage of the Israelites. In the mean time Niul and Aaron formed a mutual friendship and al- liance, aiid Niul offered him food, and told him thathrs corrt and other provisions were entirely at his service. Night ap- proaching, Aaron returned to Moses and informed him of the offers of Niul ; Niul too went home to his people;, and told them all he had learned of the children of Israel. It happened that upon the sania night a serpent bit Ga-yal, NiuFs son, whilst he was swinuning, by whtch his life was endangered i others assert that the animal came out of the wilderness and bit him in bed: Niul's pcoi)le advised him to bring the youth to Moses, he complied, and Moses prayed to God, and laved his rod that was in his hand, upon the wound, and it was immediately healed ; Moses then foretoltJ that wheresoever any of the posterity of this youth should inhabit, no venc- mous 236 ^ico^p <»n <»jr ^-d b)ij5 ) nar4]l^ njiiie an 50 bjiar, -] 0x) -] ^Iaj- Ajji iin iflejfc ro bj y* ii-A V(i)in ycjn, aji» bjiA^itJo 'SIkoj-o)!, ■]5U]i an rrii]n rtji^in, BvOtial TriAC N)n)l 50 nr>e]^nu'jii, ^up )An nafA)]* j;An coy, ye n')0}t 15'u]my no Ve)i;ey. ^'n r') t,Uy n) recuji, ne, no z^u]i yO]}i 50 tnA)r '^0^»3yo> j;onAO ©6 a r.; ?e)]i]o oltonj Cjle 511)^ ab iijme 50)|iff,|i bd proving that it was Moses that relieved him, the following- verses were Antten : Whence so named is Gaeyal Glas, The blooming portly hero ; AV'hence Gieyal Glas is then derived Vcw truly know the story. When bathing in the boist'rous wave, Generous Gaeyal son of Niul, The serpent greedy wounded, Nor easy was it him to heal. The green spot left him not, Till Moses kind relieved; Hence iufornied men still deem, That thence he's tcrm'd Ga»yalGlas. Odiers assert that he is called Gaeyal Glas, from the gi t'cn colour of his arms and armour, as the poet expresses it in the following verse : Scota bore to mighty Niul a son, Troni whom many mighty tribes have sprung; Gjuyal Glas the Hero's name. From greenness of his arms ani armour. From tliis Gaeyal are all the Gaels denominated, as the poet »ays in this stauza ; VOL. I. S Feini 338 f e)ne 6 Fhejtijiir ao b^jirA, BvOjojl 6 Bhoof^cvl 5U]- ^A)trA, Sciijt 6 Scora. 55^*^6 A r>ej)»]T3 tjjionj ejle ^uj* Ab ujme rujAO Sc6tA Ajji nuiAjji 5h<»)cjl, 100 B)tJ5 ju}* Ab tK) tp^x) Scu)c 6'n ScjcjA ArAj]t BIkojojI .1. N^ul, -j z^ap ch Jioj- aca da nin* t»o flofiAib 6 n-A }f£yiA)b. cujg tiac j p am ScofA yA b§n t)0 BhAlArii id'a n^ojjif] ^jl^-b GAj-pAjne, *] jinc; p>)p^]* ttiac- t)0, o)\i jngen PIiajiao Cjn5c)t)i' ]:;i mAfA]}* t)0 blKOOAl, 1 Jr <*)b« ^ bvf^ mjc Jj-pvel j ntu)))*)-]. Vi'n PhAjtAO c6AonA t'Aji b'jn^i^n b^n '^)Aj» j*jn e, -J PHajiao Necconjbup pA liAjnm •60. Imtup Kjul jmoitjio A t>u5Aj}tt jie %«)jj"j 50 mbjAo ^taIa PIiajiao Cjn5- ^i*}r ^}r r^i" ^i*« pji^e t»o tAbAjjit t)o. ^OAjfs^o, aj» ^-^]n> cj^jaUj-a IjTie, *j t)A jiojd^m An cjjt t>o r^n^A))* Dja t^jfi, to 5^bA)]^j') pojR rj. No niAt) mAjt l^^c t>o BeApAm ^°J^5Sr PbAjtAo Ajji t)0 iumuj* jrep t>ujr, jejpj^ jontA 4)]* '^")1* 5*^ ff^r*Tn cjonup fc^pAm yejn -) PhAjiAO pe cejlc, Jf ) n" comA)jtle Aj)» *)♦ C]n N]ul. Do cu}]i£T> rj«A, m')le ]:^]t n-A)»mA6 ) ncAjl fiA lon$ lejp, *) tu^At* CO ]At) A)jt A iiumAj- jr^'jn -j tej-o jofltA ^o |f Acu)b ^njoriijtAb An Uoj ^ nA iriA}iA(% m^ a tA po|-clAr> nA mAj** Jtojrh ^^ha))^ 1 j»e)m tlo]T\ )f)»*el, -j a olup^o j n-4 ^tiJAj'D A]p PhA)»rtO, '1 A}]» A j"luA5 Id'a ITlbATAO. Cpj j:)CJO )mo]ipo, mjlc co)p)t)e -j cto^AtJ nijle m^cA^ a Ijon, aiiiajI « t>e))) CAcr^ur ^ CiunAjn, «)itC)n^6 RopA cj»e, j-An pAfi fo x>o b^nAt Af An ruAjnfApb topA^, ''^'oujncnAd cc|»e]t) 1^ cco)p/' S^pcAio ntjle t)job T.A ccoji-, c«0£At> tn}lt niA)»CA6tiia))» )niA]i6, jtof }<»luj5 ujlc 3 n-tOTuiAjp. S&dx «39 Feini are from Fcnius nam*d, No f'orc'd meaning; Gaels from Gasyal Glas are call' a ; Scots fiom Scota. However others assert that Gjeyai's mother was called Scota, because his father Niul was of the Scotic race from Scythia, vrhere it was a custom to call the women after their husbands. You must know that this was not Scota, wife to Golav who was usually called Mi la of Spain, and who bore him six sons. For the daughter of Pharaoh Cingcris, whoheld the Israelites in bondage, was the mother of Gieyal. • But the Pharaoh, whose daughter was the wife of Mila, was the fifteenth Pharaoh after him, and was named Pharaoh Nectonibus. Niul meantime informed Moses that Pharaoh Cingcris's resentment would be directed against him for his favorable reception of him. Then Moses said, come ^hh us, and, if we reach the countiy which God hjith pro- phesied for us, those shalt get a share of it ; or if you choose we will give you Pharaoh's fleet, at your own com- mand, and set out to sea in it, till we shall know how we and Phai-aoh will part each other. Niul took this determi- nation. 4 A thousand armed men were then sent to the shipping, and they were delivered into his power. He went on board and saw the deeds of the following day ; i. e. the opening of the sea before Moses and the children of Israel, and its closure after them, upon Pharaoh and liishost by which they were drowned. They amounted to three score thousand foot, and fifty thousand horse ; as Eytus O'Coonan, Archdeacon of Roscrea, asserts in this stanza, taken from the poem be- ginning thus, " Whoever thou art that bt.lieve not truth." Sixty thou:iand were on foot; Fifty thousand high on steeds ; The Storm of hoist' rous Red Sea, Involved them all at once. Seventeen 240 ru i-an jf^jun cce-on*, ojit n) ji^jBe e^Ki an j^Mrtn ci'attkj, -j 'pq ^jrjj ^yxx^, an. DaIa flraj n* IiCg^pre, jmoitpo, jaliiir »* <^jr j-jn Phapao )nrM),i plajVp na hesjpre oY-j,- Phaiiao Cingcj^jr fcoB*ra6ro baf<»» r«n m..j]t )iua)6, 50 Pha)uo Necronjbnj-, 4n cfij^et* \t)i ^45 J nrjajD Pliajt^o C]n5cjij]\ 'e«-'^«e«i:j»~. 2lyV Ce2lC??2l?;2i:2) C2L6j:Z)jL "Oo'fl ] T)^pba-6 PO jijnePhaiito Jnrujji aj|i fljoc- B^j^jl %rilS Phajiao Inrujji, jajt ,-jn -, |J cianaf, \j. j , •, t^'pjne ^40jt)jl ,1. an cajHts^j- co jionrAO ItL! (JamjB |,-p,tjl. Do comoiiat) ujme yp cogar) leo | cc'..)n.' 4)rnu; F^r jl ^uji bj^n^bar) 50 ba)mt5t'on<»c a be~jp- j»o. Tj:; r.mar W'aj.-jngham lejp po p^n IgB^ e'i nj; j.^t Ipopjsma, m.j a n-abajji «' Ja|t mbafat> *' lucrA n« e^ipc'; j-an mu);t pnajo, an rjiong too'n rjji '*ieo ni.p t i nci'jj' ©o jirKii^-ar. tuinc nayai t'ajHjsre 241 Seven hundred and ninety seven years after the flood it was when Pharaoli was drowned, as we mentioned above. When Niul then saw Pharaoh and his host drowned, he remained in that country himstlf ; for he liad no appre- hensions after the di'owning of Pharaoh, and his children and Uneage grew 'till tliey were able to bear arms. Some time after this Niul died, and Gwyal son of Niul, and his mother took possession of the countrj'. After this a son was born to Gocyal in Eg}'j)t, named Easru ; and at a subse- quent period he too had a son named Sru, and they had possession of the land and inhabited in it. As to the Egyptians, Pharaoh Intiir took the sovereignty after Pharaoh Cingcris was drowned in the Red Sea. In- deed every king of Egypt, from Pharaoh Cingcris's being drowned in the Red Sea, to Pharaoh Nectonibus, the fif- teenth king after Pharaoh Cingcris, was called Pharaoh. •nGt** C H A P T E R IV. 0/ Pharaoh Intur''s banishment of the Eace of Gaej/al froin Egypt ; of their chitfs and of their adventures. HARAOH Intur afterwards and the Egj'ptians remem- bered tiie old grudge to the descendants of Niul and the Raco of Ga^yai, i. e. the fi-iendship they formed with the children of Israel. They then made violent war on tlie Gaels, who were thereby reluctantly banished out of Egypt. Thomas Walsingham agrees with this in the Book caiieJ Hvpodeigma, where he asserts, *' When the Egyp- *' tians were Jro^vned in the Red Sea, those of the country *' who lived after them drove out a certain chieftain of the " Scvthiaa ♦42 " T^^l^Sr "r * cc§n. ?C}]t mbejr t)o Al jrojn, ^An tep ■00 BjicA^AjB Hecto]* Boer)Uf, •] yop ^An 6^X5 oa B^Atiilvjjb na nuAtt BHaII yciijoBuf <\]\y C'jj^jfi, fu^jlg]- gu]* *b e BvOioaI y€]r\ rinjc -co'n SpAjn, o]]* -co ju'jjt j:)li)R« f5_ii^.uj-A HA hej]i»^n fA)* Ab co)]* ij^ejrinujn f am njo j-o, ]]- fjojt ^u)t ab j-Aii G5)pc JU15 Sc/)t:a jn^^n PHajuo Cinj- cj«)j* bu)DAl, •] ji* jfitc 00 iomnu}5 50 jfUA))* bAj, *) nj 6'n n^iu' 15, m^ a oejitjt? t>jton5 e)le, rAnjc, dtz a Ar^jjv o^ b'AjniTi Njul lAiijc 6'n Sc)tjA, •] c^ 65,1! 5,0 n-abAjji An c-u^rjAji p, t>o hAjlIe)t>£t) At,u]n, 511}* Ab x>o'n Sp4)n rinjc an eujne uA]'a1 00 ruAjiD§,mA|i, nj hgo dec xso'n Sqr)A 'CO iuAjo, '] )]* € An cuj^^t) ^lun iocaj uA)t> ) nuaf» d'a n^ojpc) B]^A-feA mAc D^^atA, pAjnjg •oo'n SpAjn ajj* CCUJ-, v^5 ]-o j-ujrjju^Aio An rf^niAt) A)]t .1. "SjoIIa, C^oriiAjn f^Mp Ab e Sjiu mAC GA]*jiu pA rcojf^fc a^ rpjAll 6'n G^ipt ftjji An Q,6t;iiA fo: Sjiu mAc Gaj-ju'i rh)c "SvOjijl, A]i i-£nafA]ii, jluA^jrvOjli-b, _ e t)o Vu)P po tuAjo 6 A rojj, ^■j]i yiir mA]J4 jtUAjn ]*omoi)^. Liicr rofjiA long Ijon a fUiA]^, Aj)i yur» niA]iA jtoiiio)]* ]tuA)r«^ taII An 5AC oK^AcljA )i- <id tide, In each fair vessel yon w as stowed, Four and twenty men with wives. ObsenethatitwasSruson of Easru, as we mentioned, that was leader in this expedition, 'till they reached the Isle of Crete, where he died. His son Eiver Scot took command af the people 'till they reached Scythia } wher«fore a certain 244 ft ttejj* ^S°i t)*(ii)]t)5fe ^ujt <»]) e ^)Vj£ji Scoc y^ ^-^jf^^ t)ojB p*n ru]iu[" fjn, ^ gujt db 6'n RrojiAjnm t>o 15j ajit .1. Scor, 5A)]»nir£)t cjn^t) Scuit; co Bvajrelrtjlj, joiian jnioj^iio, Scot CO jtejjt U£oi»]jt o'(\)ltj5re -j ]'oj5t)CojJ», ojp nj jiA)& ) n-A cotn-4jmf)it p£)» bo^A xso b'f£]^l» jriA 6, 'j 6'n jfOjKvjnm I"jTi l**p)5 c t)0 j-louAt) An j-ljoic tAn)c uA)r<, 'j t50 cl^dtao leo boga m^ Ajjnn A]p A)^l<)r ^* f^'^ B^^F **" <^)"^r)^ tioc)- 5£'i*)5 l£^ * r^)5 ^^ ccujriine p6)n, fc,)i)£.-6 n) V^^nprtm b^A- TTiAjI )l, Tn6 X)C]i *)]♦ creac* 6'n Scjrj* •oojb co jieji* a mbunACAj-A. Cujg a V^sfoj]* ^uji ab jr^i^ convojr) co %)hco)n 5;oca!, -) CA }ic)i* j'jn 50 ]iAjbe cejfj^e pjijo bJjA^Ajn c'iojf An ran co bAfAo Plivt]uo, -j 50 ]tA)b An cetpAThftC 5lun uac p^jn rjoj-Ajjin-A bi>e)f, m^ a ca Gjbi-i* Soot:, mAC Sjiti, ni)c Q^ypv, rhjc 5x))c)l, pil co f j^jaUac^ nri)c Jj-pocil r]»ej' An mu)p ]uia)C. '^Oefujc cjiong co ii* pi^n6Aiu)b ^a\i Ab ce)t)te cec '| ca p)C]c bljA^Ajn 6 biiAib PhAtiAO i-An*?drciojfie'-^>jl^cjn-Gj}tjn: •iTiAjl A ccjl* An pjle : C(i-}tACA }i- icj^jic 6eAC, CO bl)A^na)b n) h^unu^hji^A^, 6 ro6r CuArA l)e, co}»l') l)b, rAjt mujncjn niApA |toiTiA))>, 5;vi]> 5v>b|'Ac pcjiiin c-yn nuijp nieu, mjc '^Ojloc J cr]]> ii-Cjjtrn. ^tz cgnA CO i»ej|> An A]]»]ni co 5n) An I^bAlt jiAbilA T\) j:ii]l utr j-^cr mbl]A^nA cca^ ^£1"^** ^^ ^P] ^^'° ^'" cpAt pA)* 5v>b '^cojj-j c^uup ilajfu; JfHr,iloi» j ti-Gj]V)f?,' "I 5a|» ub t}») cet) l)l]v^z,v\)n ro V^l^^J <» [Ijocr ] jvlli G)|»^ny •] 511ft *b ritjocrtr bljAJajii r>o b) (3]i»o ] ti-a y\j-.>c 50 recc .v ceo jr'vit) fUiL^jw riA clojilc j-jn iJjj» Cjitjfi, '| [c bljitn* "oca^" **)!* V)"^]^ ^^ bio,} Fipbol^ J }}'l«)fe|-, 1 riiArv> Uc Danap r]»j bljA^riA rcfOA 00 oa cco, 'j )te cu)» an A]ni|-)H ujle ] r-u)ii-pujm, jp ccjii^e y)£)ri <»jj* ifijlc blja^Ajn an njnijjt ]onilan 100 ^njo 6 ojljn 50 rojrpcr, liutc ^ijif^o ] n-Gj)>)n, 1 x>A fj'^acr^ *ri c-ai]t^rii yo ji)^ na px^^ tnbljajna r^a^ 1 ^ejtjte fjijo *jj> f£cc cceri lao lij 6 ^f'jn 50 bajuncuj- '^hojjj'j Ajp ilojii Jfi»*£cc (ilojne vCjl^u j n-Cjjtjfi adc fj^cc nibl]a5n4 •0645 tepo* r>o tjij dc"t5, 'j oi jiejji yjn )p bjtea^ac an dcaoyujo tuap, * oej)> gujj ab j cccn oa y]tyo &]]% ccjrpe K'-o blja^v^jn lo'ejf ) n-ejjtjfi. ?v oejjijo t>)»ono ) but) •6^p j-otl Ajogn, lam oep le Cappabana -j larh 61c Icjp <»n ^rja fO))>j *j lain cle tjmcjoll brno ruajo 6j, *) ap pjn TH 5<^ ^]" I'lejbe lljphe fan le)r; c)»j ruajo oo'n ^p]a, -) j'An i«)lTfiu)n 6 6^p j-cajiup an Go|ta)p •) an Vfj-ja )te cejle, 1 ap fjn oo'n Scjrja. Bj6^t> rij he pjn }>u)n x>o gab S]tu *b ^r)*li 6'ii ^5JP~ ^o'" 'Scjrja 50 lu6c cgf Ji* lon^, 'j tjt)ocao 3p gac lojng ojob, acr 6 bun pjiota Njl, <»j}t ^-JCu]]» cCojjijijan, 50 Cpeta, jo }»ej]> U5t>4jj» an rp^ncupa nai b) Vic>tdannan wanting three years of two hundred, Now to snm up th^e whole tniic makes ]080 year? frt^ui the flood to the coming of the sons of Milesius into Ireland. And if from this calculation be deducted, the 'J97 years that %vere from tjic flood 'yo the authority of IVIoscs over the children of Israel, it is evident that there is from that tjrae, but seventeen years deficient of three lamdred iintil the arrival of the sons of Milesius in Ireland. Therefore the above opinion is false, that it was not at the end of two score and four hun- dred years after the elilldren of Israel went through the Red Sea, that the sons of Milesius reached Ireland- ' Some antiquaries assert that the direction taken by Sru gon of Easru, and his followers, was thrqugh the Red Sea, S."E. into the Ocean, having Taprabana on their right, and Asia on their left Eastward, alid leaving it North rocmd about ; and thence Westward to the point of theRliiphean, Mountains, in the North \V^est part of Asia, and in the Si ut lern Strait that separates Europe and Asia, and thence to S ;ythia.* However, this was not the rout that Sru took in his emigration from Egypt to Scydiia, with the crews of four • ships, each containing thirty persons, but from the Mouth of the Nile in the Mediterranean, to Crete, now called Candia, where he abode sonie ttme, and there died. He also left there some posterity, which ri-niain to this dav ; and hence it is, accordir.g to the ancient historian, that, like Ireland, no serpent exists in Crete. Thev thence e^ni- gri^ted to Scythia, led byEiverScot; and whoever woulci asseit * See Appendix lo. 248 •po'n Scjr]4] lojnjnojn-g^f^nj pjojt rot, ©)b)»]5r>o jie))ma }*on* t>o bj Ajji ap Sc)-)4 4n ran i-)n, J)l«ni)f£]t fl*^^^ TanAy; d]]» a)bn)T) ha Scjrja oo jiej^t dn Tr]-cncii|-a baJt^»nr^»^rll.* Iie|tot>oruj- j-^n c^'^-juiTKiplfibaji, m-jp a n-Abijjt : " Sjuir. CATiajp c6ni|j()jfi^p an '-^i']* 6'n 6o)ia)p ajjiifij^fe]^ c )o]]> p.^ j-jiorajb d ra *5 lu6r na ScjrjvV-'* ^BAf ajJ* jtoccAjn oo'i. Scjr]a pojb, fAjtia cogvi® -] cQjnbljcdc ^ro)i]ia yejn •) * Ccomb)i4)r]ie, m^ ara f]<^rc NcYiuajl rihjc FejnjUfa P""?(t,Tion mac Cajr, 4n cujset) ^lun 6 C'jb^jt 8cor d miA]*, o lajrh ajrej-aj^ ^jnojn. Jomtuj- clo)Tie Rejrlo)]^ riijc Rjfj''* ^4W* tiJAp rn^c aj^c m^ 4 ra N^nual -) R]V)ll> "] r]rtolajiD flu45 ) ccope fl^cr* Bho^jojl ts'a nrjor^bat) ap an r)]t a]le '] com*f]n6lu)« jrjne ^ajjT")!, -] rjt)a!lv»)r) t>'vOnbu]^)fi aj- an trj]t r)ie cjtjd na ccjoc-Voj|-g^c, t)'a Tigojjtfcjt ^mapoiie|*, 50 hjni^Il m4]^« Cajpp. 'Babujo lojng^p an ran pjP 50 nrg,6ar^ a]}< tnu]j» «mad 5U]i ^abat^i rjn ) n-ojlgn a ra aj]^ mu)]t ('ha]pp, .ajc 4]t coriimi)^ pjat) i:§,b bl]a5na, '/jp jao 7a ra))p)j cojb *)\i an ^ccjta pjn; v^^non, ) 6 jbe is oa thac Chajr, riijc- ^^jnamujn, injc Beoaniujn, rfi] cGjb£)> Scujr, m]c S)tu, m)c 6aj*jiu, ri))c ^ujjfjl. Uo bar)Ap mac a^ Gjbeji mac Z^y .1. Cajc^p ) Cjnj ; -] yuajp ^gnon bap pan 0)'«^n p)n. Cjtjallujt) cac j cc^n blja^n* 249 assert that it would be impoisible to reach Sc^tbiaiEromEgj'pt io ship or vessel, should consider that according to the divi- iiion then existing otScythia, the RiverTanais was accounted one cf the Rivers of Scythia, by the respectable History pf Herodotus, in his fourth book, where he asserts, "The River Xana.is divides Asia from Europe, It is enumerated 3.S one of the Rivers of Scytliia." When they reached Scythia, however, a war broke out between them and their relations, the descendants of Niul, son of Fenius Far^. They continued this warfare, for the sovereignty of the country^ for seven years, until Agnon, son of Thath, the fifth generation from Eiver Scot downwards, haply itilled his relative Reflore son of Riffii, of the race of Kenual, who was then king of Scythia ; as Gilla Ka;an ft Varies \n the following lines : ReOofe and Agnon, both, Contended seven years ; 'Till Reflore fell, in jglorj-'s field. By Agnon's conquering arm, Concerning the descendants of Reflore, he had two sons, namely, Nenual and Riffii. These collected a host against the posterity of Gacyal, to banish them utterly out of the country. The Gadelians assembled, and in a body ieft t^e country, passing the territory of the seared -breasts, who are called AMA20NES, to the border of the Caspian Sea; there ihey took shipping, and set out to sea, till they Undedin an Island on the Caspian, where they remained one year. Their leaders on this expedition were Agnon ^nd Eiver, the two sons of Thath, son of Agnavan, son o.f Beoaman, son of Eiver Scot, son of Sru, son of Easru, son of Ga^yal. Agnon had tlvee sons on this expedition. These were Ellod Lavfinn and Lavglas. Eiver, son of Thath had two sons ; Caicher and King ; and Agnon died in this Island . At the end of a year they left the Island, the crews of three ships, and three score persons in each ship, and every .•j.bnvA^ yiu zt^ej f£]t ibjoB. • Scji'^jt rAO]]-£c ■i:>o]h a)}* ah ^ccjJa Yjn v;o cru^Aio,} ucc aj]* an cCvOliiui]|t 4 ta 6 muj)» Ciujfp ]J4}> suj- rcii CA]ion)a ] mn]]\ Pojnrjc, ^ajt Qoninii]^l')v\'o IjIjajajti •) )»A}ce an, -) }]• An j-Anojl^n rjn pLiA)]* CjV)e|t niAc Za]z, -] LAih^U]- uuc ^(^nojn bAj-; ^ rjjjAllujD A]' fjn cgrji^ '<^)rec n)oli .1. GaIIojo, LAjnipjofi, Cjn^, 'j CAjceit. LA]tU nrmjjtf-judojn A]]t An mw]]i jiompA, ■j-oo cAno.o]f ceolco iU lo)nj^]-(^CA]lj no lij 45 rjijall t:aj>|-a, ^o ccujurtjr cooIax) opfiA ^ 50 Ijog-oj)" yejn oj»)ia v5'a mA)i- .V)At>, -| )p e lejfsr CO 1^)"^ CA)ce]i, t>]\^], a))> y]n, ccjjv •00 Ve JAr> ) n-A gcluAj-A^^b, 50 n^c clu]nr)jt' An ceol •o'^gl* cooaIca lejr- *^*Ai» n" "oojb §uit ^^B^t)^ cuAn a^ Jtjn j-le)'Be R)phe rua)tJ, -j if ah f)n to ji}ne CA)c.e|^ ■j:A-]pr]ne tiojD, nAjt IVjonAo coriinuj^e •6o)b a)n a]c ^o jtocrAjn (?)]V£fi, ^ riAc )At) ycjn loojjojcjr^t) ), acc a ]'1)0CC. CpjAlIup aj* pn z,o pAn^Ar^ ^or]A •] r^U 50 ]*A)T)e mAC 0)}f6e]]ic A5 Lajiti- rjon -o'a n50)]it] C)?>o]t "Slunyjon, •) t)0 conmuj^r^ |-l)ocx Fihtf))6)l y-An r))t f )n rinocAt> bijA^Ap, *] to yvtnAr^j luct nSjob <\n 6 |-o)n )lle, v;r.nA6 t>vi wpbAo j-jn a inej]t BjoIIa CvOniAin ^n ]\'\u po : r|t]OCAo l)l]A5A]n |-an rj|ij*]nj yAuiijo luce t)]()b rtii fO)n, J5O r,T:) 'De)]i<^t) An roiiiojn. Q'.'befAp Tl»on5 cjle le fo^t up fujt Ab cojatd ai]i rt't bljA^Ajn CO corimuv^pat) pl]Ocr 'Sli^jfjl pan oorjA, j )p j Y)u ceryAt) jy y]|i)njie, ojii ;ip yollup suj* CAjfcc^j Ajenic I^hvOjcjl OCT nz^lu)nc c'a n^c^nclrtc pAn "Bor],!, niAjt a ta 6 Cjbeii ^Injnppfi 50 BjtACA, mac ■Oo5ArA, ni)C CajicArrt, ,ii]c '-viUojr, iii]i' NnACAt, nijo Ncniu]!, nijc Cibjiic, injo ^'j^'Jl* B'^TM"']'*' V^'B'*^ r^'^ B'^^t^A, ^hy L:\yuy]T\, An ceo rct))poo I5t rvery third man had a wife. They had six leaders on tlili expedition. They faced the Strait leading from the Caspiari "Westward to the narrow sea that comes from the Northern Ocean, and as they reached that sea, a storm arose upoii them, which drove them into an Island called Caronia in the Pontic Sea, where they resided a year and three months. It was in this Island Eiver son of Thath and Lavglasdied. They emit^ruted thence underfour chieftains, namely, Ellod, Lavhnn, King, and Caicher. They met Mermaids or Syrens at sea, and those chaunted music to the seamen, as they were passing byj by which they were induced to sleep, and then they would fall upon and destroy them. Caicher the priest's remedy for this, was to melt wax into their ears to prevent their hearing the music. — So they sailed until they landed at the point of the liiphean Mountains in the Nord), and then Caicher prophesied to them that no place was a settlement for them until they would reach Eirin ; mention- ing at the same time, that it must not be themselves, but their posterity that should arrive tiiere. They emigrated thence to Gothia, where Lavfinn had an eminent son called Eiv6r Fair-hnee; they abode thirty years in this country, and some of them remain there until this day. In confirmation of this it is, that Gilla Calvin thus asserts ia verse : Gaeyal's fair, inform'd Race, Thirty years sojourn' d there ; Some indeed still there abide, And will 'till the world's end. Other histofidns arc of opinion that it was 150 years that the Gadelians resided in Godiia; and this is the true conjec- ture ; for it is evident tlKit the Gadelians spent eight gene- rations in Gothia, i. e. from Eiver Fair-knee to Bralia, son of Dcyaha, son of Erca, son of Aliod, son of Nooa, sonof Nenual, son of Evric, son of Eiver Fair-knee, (born in Gothia,) son of Lavfuin, the first chieftain of the Gadehans that came i3o'n tn)t fjn t)'A)cme BaJjojl, •) to bjtjc, nat 4 B' jrejtjjj* an uj)«£o f jn 5ldn t30 recr l(^i ^f^'JS "^^ t-jijoca-?. blj«5Ajn, ]r ri^pB Ijom gujt ab ) an i^acjrup ce)5c^n»»6 & za f)]t)T\^t; ft t)e)p)t> tjpon^ ejle le |-£n6up gujt dh rjtj ceo blj*5A]n do cotrmuj^pjAO ylptt Bh>x)]t5jl pn Bhorja, ^)D£t> n) he)0)jt f)n tjo be)c y^ltjnsi, t;o bjij^, t^ojie)}! n^ •njAbftlcuf, ftTTia)! ft tiub}»ftmA)t iudj*, r.ac ]t4}Be pmlaTi z]\) ten bljftjftjti, 6'n c}»ftt fa]^ bftt^o Ph^fsoo pr, u)U)|» Jtuftjtj 50 r;o)t>£6c ibftc %)lgt> ) n-6)li)n. ll)tne fin nj j:c)io)p An ^6ftOf ujt)f J TDO be)t ]p')|t)ri£6, x)0 bf^jg guj* 4b lear * r«)5 t)6'n ftjmr)]* f }n t>o j^pe-o^ y]ne Bcoojl 5*6 ru]i4i- r* *^t)eft]in4t>^ 6'n Ggjpc 50 C)ier<», 6'n Chi^ecft 50 Scjcjftj "J on Scjrjft 50 Bor}fl, 1 6'n Bhorj* ^uj- an Sp^jn, 6'n SpA]n 50 Sc)r)4, To'n Scjrj* 50 hegjpc -j 6'n C^jpr 50 Cjiftcjd, 6'n Cpftcjft 50 Borjft, •] 6'n Botja 50 hCftj-pajn, •] 6'n Cfti-pftjn 50 hCj)tjn. Do ^)<)ftll jrjne Bxipjl aj- nn BotjA 50 li6o Sjf)!; JuAr cgfytft lon^ fColtA, fUn, tejpjl 6o]ipA, 50 hGArpAjn. If 6 B]iAi4 I'ftprgjt BitAgAnrjA yan I'hof^rjti^A]! tn^ a }fu)l Dju)ce r.A BiJASanj-A. '^^ yo nA dejtpe rcojns tanjc m^c ?^llo]n riije Nenud)!, '^OAnr*!! •] Ca)(>ii, cejr)»e l!inanin.v rt'a^ j r^'ir^il* Aim\y ]\- ^ac Ifijns rjoft, -j tukAT^ r)i] niAt)mafiAai]t lucr nv\ cH)rt'iij)v rrecr ]-")]» t?o]b .1. 'vp n-a ■cj^tjf ]*]n o]i]t(t, •) Jtu^At) BjjeojAn mac l3]tara. 1|- t't an Bjicojan |-)n "oo Bjtjp jomat) car a))i an Caj-pajn, ■) jj- e loo ciiihraj^ no no rojajlj Djijo^anj-ja, la)Tfi ]»)]• an cC]ui)no, | ro)v Biijtcogajn y^n c'Ciuijnc }:«'jn. Bonat) iijme ]')n )io ro'n Biijlc j-jn eaUiii ts'ft ^5")^n ^^jk'^ 6a]'pv*)ne, *) ta]i c^fi gup b'e Bjle nujne fce]5enac ajjnfij^fpp vo clojn Bhueo^iijn r p*n ^uAf* majpi^t) a fcjjtjc ugoajjt an rp^ncuj-a gup ab e B)le mac ]:* fjnea^ Bjteojan. '^OMF^T iniojtjio, tso pljocr B)»eov;a)n, 1 *jl* Tigabiijl iie]]t- u]Mri6j]» na Spajne loojb, rapU mac a c-)]- )-jn t?o ]^y^c 4n \i]i, re ro ^hjlec yan Scj-)A, 00 ej|^]5 y)mvvo A)fj[' le]p ) n-u jnjt) n]Bi-e|t5ac •) \i\c-\ yops\ t>ut),'cvn4Tiii*vvn cc)]C, lofiuf rpjo j-jn 511)1 511*0113500^ lucr n* ciijce 5 ) n')ii e, ) m^j ru moru)^ An 1^15 Replo)|t rjn t>o 5aB p:;!* e 50 rrjocf at) 5<<^3l§,'6 ii-a a^aj-o ]-.e biiAjn )»j05AC-A 11* Sc)rjA 6c, ^ ro ^05A)1» ra X))b-\r\ pn '?si)lcr t>o mA'iBar, ^ij oen 50 |iA)Be ]C ] n-4 cl]ATfiA]ii A)5e. '^0^ r»o Tn^Bab lc)re, •] Itjj- pji) cuj;iO]- c-ni)riiU5At> 'jcomfjnol a)11 A ifi-;]n-)lt t>) e|- yejn ■) r:5 aj)i nuijH 50 Ijon r]i] ;ncjo 10115, •^ ro rtijAli 50 ite]m-b)ji^c a]|^ i-nu]]» Coi^pjAn 5.) i>A)n)5bun ]-]totA N}1, 1 A)]t ^^?/^ 3 ^^1l^ <»n n" "°°' "^^ ^-^'JI* ^£^-4 ^^o PhAjiAO NecTonjbur ida ftijj'nc])" 6 ycjn ro -ecr, r^o'n cjm 'I cu)l»£i- AH ]i]5 r^cr-A ) ccojfie ^, y* mA]f cIap, Hcplfj))^ n)on bo )i6 ATibpfi; \io ycii]c 50 c]>iiA)-6 6'n r]|t t-aII ; 50 r)iur. Njl 5') ipuAjit yj^iun. ru}^ A T^5*o)it 50 1iaBa>c4J An •c]Ay nriAC ]^U5 S^n^p^^n Royk)))t ro '•>'(ih)l£r, in^ a ri UoFi ) ^]]^o6 F^^bi^uAr mAjt «)n "|t)j- A5 T-ocr ro'n f^5)pr ]a]i n-05 a mAr^ yAn Sc)T)a. C^Ia yi'n Am yp co5Ar moyt jrjjt }*hA)»AO ] ytj^ n* hGrjopjA, ro p)nc PHajiao rcojj-g^G yluA^ ro '^b^ler, )^ mj^f A c)tof<\r,rA •] a CAlmAcrA, j ccojfie fluAjj nA hGr)op)A, ) ^'"b F')" ■) f'^'^f ^* hC'-jop)A )omAo cAf -] cojnblj^cc ri ci).c- t^i I* t'jpjs j( niAr Ajf^y le '^Ojler 'j 50 nrj^r Ar a Aiti ■) 4 oyjir<;ftcnf ^a nA cjtjodAjB, }onu|p ^o rtinjc re j-jn S57 tion, ar^d the kin^^ made him commander in chief pf Oio §cythian army, and gave him ip marriage his daughter Sheng, who bore him two sons, Donn, and Arpy Fevroc. When Mila resided some time in Scythia, he had great suc- cess against malefactors and robbers inthe country, insomuch tjiat he was greatly beloved by the iniiabitants. But when the king Reflore perceived thjs, he was seized with appre- hension that Mila would come against him, to deprive him of the sovereignty of Scythia, and he therefore plotted to put him to death, notwithstanding that he was his son-in- law. When Mila heard this, he took an opportunity to put to death king Reflorp, and collected and assembled his own faithful adherents, and put to sea with the crews of three score ships, and set out straight into the Mediteri-anean, 'till he arrived at the Mouth of the Nile. Whep he landed there he sent an embassy to Pharaoh Nectonibus, telling him of his arrival, and the king answered his embassy. When Mila appeared in presence, he received royal wel- oorjie, and land of inheritance was allowed him and his people. It is. to verify this peregrination of I\Iila from Scvtliia to Eg}'pt that GiUa Kevin vvrites this Stanza ; Mila brave, of great descent, Slew mighty Rellore, never weak : He quickly fled the hostile land ; On bank of Nile he lands obtain'd. The reader is to observe that the two sous that Sheng, daughter of Reflore, bore to Mila, namely Donn, and Arey Fevroe, accompanied him into Egypt, their mother having previously died in Scythia. There happened jit this time a great war between Pha- raoh and the king of Ethiopia. Pharaoh made Mila mar- shal of his forces, from his opinion of his braver\' and con- duct, against the host of Ethiopia, He and the Ethiopians had many battles and conflicts, wherein Mila was so suc- 4;;p6sful that his fame and re Down spread through the na- tions, 258 Sornig PhdjiAO a jnjon y.'jn n-A mn^] -oo, -^ Scot a b'^]^^£P' ^mjHSjn. •] CO Va^Ajjj jiocmjn riA he^jpre, x?o '^]ki'b x>o cu-jp xj'\ fpji tJeA^ t>o ri* hogujV) oo Bj ) Ti-,i yodajft ji jn t'fo^tujm pii)m6^,m T14 be^jp-e ^o liejr ro 540. vOn cylj cljj-re.] n-4 cejjio ):ejn j cc^il n* j-eic mb!j>A54n 00 com-' J n-ejjijfi CO j;i']^oj|- 4 I'ljccc p4] -ep 50 bi:mc4p,\c, -j ollamujs^^]! r))j yjcjo long lejp ^up 6u)j» l.-u]}t«^n yhu\]^ lonra -^cejlf^Bftup TOO Pbajuo. r}i)AlInp jmojtjto lejp j-)!! 6 bun jjior* Njl »\)]i mujji rroijijijAn 50 rt^njc j rrjjt ) }»u54t) Jp TTiAc VO)l(^c. CpjAllup ap p)n 50 tiO)l<^n c'* ngojlt- f£p Borja, d r* pAn ffAjpse Ciojl tejo fan ^jst'jn buc raajo -J 00 jijne j-gl coiiinuj^fe an p}n, ^ohvAc Aii co pa^ ScotA rriAc CO c'a n50]pt) Colpa ad clojcjm. Cp)Alla)c Ap |*]n fATi tcol but) ruA)c pcApup An GopAjp' *j ^p)A pe ce)le, •) lA]rh cle pjp An eo]tA)p pj^ 50 painj^ CpujfjnruA)ic ]>6 prt)D'-ep ^Um. '^jps-^p jmoppo jmgll ftA cpjce p]n Ico, ^ cpjAllnjc ca c)p p)n UjtTi o^f pjp ap mB]iorAjTi mojp 50 pan^Ac^ bun ppof a Rejn -j Ujm die p)f An ffpAjn^c pjAp buc cpp jup gAbpAO cuau ca e^p pjn pAU B)pcA}n. ^jp pcxrujn c^cpa pAn cp)c pjn cojb, r]5)c A BpAjfpe c'j:A)Ir)U5A'6 pe '^)!^c ^ nocru)c co Tia ^or) 50 n-joniAc s^crpon c]\e co bcjf 45 commbuAjpijc UA cpjce pjn j UA liC^ppAjne u)le. 9^)p nA clo]- pjn co ^(ihjlpc CO ciijp rjnol Ajp a pAfirujb ycjn ypc nA hGAp- ' pA]ne -jAjp ccpiijpjii^Ac ) n-.on UfAjp cojb, rpjAllup Ico •J Ic l)on An coBIaj^ co chuA]c lc]p yejn pAn rjp j n-Af;A]C v\ n'Fo''] '} nA n-edrp(vn 50 rru^ cej-^po nucTTiAm cj'a^ • 2o9 tioBs^ that consequently Phiiraoh gave him his own daughter in marriage. Slie is called Scota, as being the wife of Mila, who was of the Scoiic Race. She bore him two sons in Egypt, namc'ly Eivcr Finn, and Avergin. As soon as Milesius reached Kgypt, he sent twelve of the young men in his suite to learn the principal arts of Egypt, until each was expert in his own at the end of the seven years that Milesius resided in Eg}"pt. Milesius at length reflected that Caicher, the priest, had long before prophesied to his ancestor Lavhnn, that it must be in Ireland liis posterity must obtain established sovereignty. He then equipt three score ships, supplies them wuh crer\-s and takes his leave of Pharaoh. Setting sail then, from the Mouth of the Nile, into the Mediter- ranean, he landed in an Island bordering on Thrace. It is called Irena, and it was there that Ir, son of Milesius was born. He thence proceeds to an Island called Gothia, - in the Strait leading into the Northern Ocean ; and he de- layed there some time ; and there it was that Scota bore him a son, who was named Colpa the Swordsman. They moved thence into the Northern Straight which separates Europe and Asia, and passed on, leaving Europe on the left till they arrived at the land of the Picts, named Alba. They spoiled the border of this country and pro- ceeded after that, leaving Great Britain on the right, till they arrived at the mouth of the River Rhine ; and S, W. with their left to P'rance, and landed at length in Biscay. When they landed in this country his relations came to welcome Mila, and disclose to him that the-Gothi and ma- ny other foreigners were harrassing the country and all Spain. Upon hearing this, Miia summoned his own ad- herents throughout Spain, and when they were assembled, he marches at their head, with the forces of the fleet he had led to the country, against the Gothi and foreigneri» whom 260 54T) y^jn 50 n-4 5)^4)6)1-)^ m^ 4 t4)o cUfia B]ieo54]n rhjc Do bj yi'n dm j-o t>a mac 10^45 1 jrjcc 45 '^'^jl^"^, arnAil i tjcjji dn f jle. ClijO^d-o mac •] t'U rridc, P) i'4)n)5 D)ob, -oejriijn l)n, jdj- -olob pan Scjrjd .1. Don ] ^]]»5^c-]:(^b]iudr> ; *] Scotd )n5^n Phdjtdo Necronjbup i^ug dn pc]p£]t cjle rjob, m^ d ri ■ojAp pdn 65)pr .1. C)b»^]t-p)()fi -j '^innjii^jn ; )p d)i» mujii Chjtdcjd ; Calpa an clojojm pdn corjd ; ^^jiafidn ■) 6j)ieTfi6n pan todljpjd : ^))t j5pdp co'n rpljocc pjn Bh]b.j ojlo pup 00 bj dcd, m^ re jomd-o nd ccojnBlecr: rvjU ^uOji]'.* -j na tior) j ^ac cpong ejie ^^crfton pc )iabat5jp bjidif, no C]d CO cii]itp)6c c'd bjidjf, j )p j cojna))tlc d)i» ^ C)np<^r, Jc nridc Bjtoo^ajn, ni]c Bjiafa, t50 bj ) n-a cujne SAlpC2,mu)l, -j pop fo bj nsmijo, coUr, jp na l)«^Id6- nvijb, CO coga ]\c cul no b|»d)f o)le)n na hCjii^ri, ] ]p t'"- djr d]]t ^ f■.)^u^c^J d]]t an ccorhdi]ile pjn dj; rop Biteo^ajTi pdii Bhdljpjd. Jp ni.j p)n r.jla rojb Jc co cu)t 50 hC)]»)n, 'j nj ui^ d ce)]no 'o)ion5 cjlc, ^iijt ah ) nrllujb njiiic o)t)ce 5ejThit]6 CO cpndjjic cu linillac tuji* Blijicosajn j ; 6]]i 261 fi'Jwm he defeatec] in 54- hattle?, so as to expel th.em •utof Spain ; most of\Ahich he luidhiskinsmon, thefons of Dro- jjan, son of Bralia, held in tiovercignty. Mila at this time had thirtj'-two sons, as the Poet {»ays ; Tliirtv sons and two ilad Mila of fairest hands i None of these, we certain are, But eight alone reached Eirin. There \fc'ere 24 of these sons born natural children to |iim before he went from Spain to Scythia; but the two wives successively married to him bore the other eight, bheng, daughter cf lieflore. King of Scythia, bore two pf them there, namely I)onn, and Arey Fevroe ; and Scota, daughter of Pharaoh Nectonibus, bore the other six ; two in Kgypt, Kivir Finn^ and Avergin ; Ir in the Sea of ThracO ; Colpa of the Sword in Gothiaj and Aranan and Eiri- von in Galicia. Upon the encrease of this i-ace of Brogan son of Braha, they were of sutiicient power to cop^ with apy one in Spain i and from the greatness of their superior valoif they un- dertook to establish more sovereignty in another quarter. They had another renson for tliis too, that a scjarcity of pro- visions happened at this time in Spain for 26 years, on account of the great drought of the seasons ; and from the numerous conflicts which happened between them and the. Gothi, and eveiy other foreign people wjth whom they contended in defence of Spain. They then consulted together what country they v.ould explore, or whom they would send to reconnoitre it; whereupon they determined tQ choose Ih, son of Brogan, who was a valiant man, and also well hiformed and intelligent in the sciences, to re- connoitre the Isle of Eirin. This counsel they formed at Brogan's tower inGaUcia; and thus it happened that they sent Ih to Eirin ; and not as some others assert, tha^ he observed it like a cloud on a winter's night from the top «f Brogan's tower 3 for there was acquaintance and inter- VOL. I. X coursti mBolg, r ]-ul jtu^Ati )r mac Bjieo^ajn. DaU )r ]molt]to ollmuj^f ^]t loii^ lejf, ■] cujii^f t]i] c,o^i-o Ivo6 ro5fii -p'e, ■] r]i].\llui" A]]t mii]]i ^o y^u-^av^ ro'n k-jf fuajt) tj'Gjjtjfi, ^u]\ 5cvl)AOs| ciun ) mb)i^nt]ucc TTio Neptuii, 10J4 TA mapa, 'j tj iijTicr»j na reniAjn rpocru^ tjo ; K')]* j-jn rart5,aT>j "rpon^ ro Vucc na t)i)ce ro TAbaj]tt ]»)]• } Sco)rB(^)tla .1. ) nRajoejlj, 'j tso jliesujjt fC)|*)ii j-an r£,n- ^uj-6 ceon* y\-o, ') 4 tjubiijj^t b''l* ^^ ^^ '-^''i^&Ob ^^^J*' yeju AriiiV]! ran^ar^pr, '] 511]* rnA)l t50 b'e tjojbqn. s( rip riA pen- Ctt'oa Ajii Vojtj DA h4jT-c|-)n ]'i 1 ] n-ojtnuSAt'; ^onA^ 6'n TilBvOrAl ]-)n ]tAjt)re]t f^^jfel^ ]i)f An ScojrbeAjilA, AniA)l * *ouB}^Am,j ciup Jf TvOj-CA jmoi^jto to bj An BujidaI p a£ iniinAo ]'Col ccojrceri j-An ScjtjA jnA t>o f)t)AlJ Nejni^t) aj]i 5cr]iA 6'n Sqr^A 50 liCjiijn, -] «'>f e An Sco^rbtAjtU f^ r^n^A co)rcen yan ScjrjA An ryiAt ■oof|ijAll NejTn|^v Ajpe, 100 i^ej]t nA ]-(2ncA-6A6, jf e An ScojrbeAiilA jta r^n^A tjl^j* TO NejniQ,^ -) t)'A pijjijfi A5 r^cc j n-Cjpjfi loojb, •) c^ jJeji^ ]")n 5<*<^ bAbalciif TA trAnjc iiAjri Ajp Gjjijfi, no r*'* f\]Oct ; nj A)]nb)ni m]c '^bj'co tsAjt ri^ngA tjjl^p An Scojr- bL'A]ilA, 6 00 JA^njb Kjul An S( j^jA 'gnp An Amp. Cig RpfCAjt^ 26s bourse previous to tliis between Eiiin and Spain, since Eohy, son of Eaic, the last king of the Bologues, married Take, dangl)terofiMavore,kingof Spain; tiiey used then oil ieiiherside to practise trailic and comuierce, and an ex- change of their wares and valuables, one with another ; so that the Spaniards knew Eirin, and the Irish were acquaint- ed Willi Spain before Ih, son of Brogan, was born. Ih then prepared a ship, and ii; was rrianhed with 150 j)icked men ; and sailed until they arrived in the North of Ireland, and anchored in the swampy harbour of Moyihha. As Ih landed, he sacrificed to Neptuiie, god of the Sea, and the demons made bad prognostications for him ; on this some of the natives came, who conversed him in the Scotic language, i. e. ih Gaelic or Irisli, and he answered iheni in the same tongue; a,nd said, that he was descended of Mag g a3 they were themselves; and that the Scolic language was his native tongue, as it wai their own. The Historians, accbrding to this passage in the Book of Con- quests, assert, that the Scotic language, called Gaelic, vi-as the native tongue of Mewy and his people, and conse- quently of the Bologues, and also of the Tnuha Dedannan. This indeed is credible from what we mentioned above^ that it was Gaeyal, son of Eihor, at the request of Fenius Farsa, that regulated and arranged the Scotic language; so that it is from this Gaeyal that the Scotic dialect is named Gaelic, as we said before. This Gaeyal was teaching public schools in Scythia, before Nevvy emigrated from Scythia to Eirin ; and as the Scotic \v;.'s the general language of Scythia when Nevvy moved thence, according^ to the ari- tiquariesj the Scotic langu«ige was the proper language • of Nevvy and his people on their arrival in Eirin; and hence of all his posterity, not to mention the sonsof Mi!a, whose native tongue was tlie Scotic frony;he rime thatNiul left Scythia to the present day. KichardCreajh, priipite 264 Rpj*C4po Cj'r.&ljAc, P}i)Ofnj:A)t> Cj{»^n, Icjj- ad njo fO f^l5 j njriAf u^rto ) n-0)|j)rv ^' 6 tg.icNejriijor)tjoc »\;h j-e ceo bIjAJAjn ]fe gujf c U«nau a Jmrup* li "00 f)'*y!**^Jb ^'^ ^71' D^' A)Tmi n£rr f}n r-jla frj)i < ]H criip ^u\\ <\b )n]|* CaI^a jta hAjnm r)o'n' ^^)^' *)5i^J*<^' 1*^ ^V] "^)c C eitmAOA '^'ijiBcojl, mic atV Drt^oA, t>o ^6j ) jfiajcgf jn-e u)i» jgJuj^^it ^ac ]te nibl)*- ^Ajn, fliriAjl A x5ulj)iAni^ tuAi", 50 tr^lA AYi t)»At |-jn ) n-0)l(£(i Nojt) ) rt Ajpc^jtr UlAt) jar, -j jao ] n-jmpgfAn ]>e cejie pA i-eATAjft a j-^n. rpjAllup Jf, jnioftjto, A]|t n-A clop j-jn, m^ iv rrj>ji\n pa i:()j}tne cahjc ) n-* Vojn^ Icjp ; ^ m^ rAnjc co Vaca)}* ci jn ■ re)iTnAr>A, pAjlrj^jo Iiojme, ■] po]llpj5}^t) pA-t jia p^oj coihnujce no B^AfiATh ]i>re, Arct t:)1)a11 T\]i Ajy t5'A ^j}t p'']"- ^J'^'o Tn) jio^i r]ienA6 ; -). le)|- pp tjo'grti) <»5. uioIax) ta hCj^tgn, 7 a "puIjajhc ^uji" B'«^qC<5))» ^o b) }iTii»effln groiqiA 7 Ijonmajjie ha hjfjfc pA rh'jl 7 pA th^f ; JA j«i'c -J pA VAdt ; pA )f; ^ pA ^)^ ; 'i mep^oACc a hAjtseojp *)j> tgf -J A)|i puAdr, 1 A t5ubA}|'An-A))»e * Gallica lociitio est in usu in Illbf rnia, ab adventu N(mc(Ii> anno 630 a &i]uTi«» io hunc us<}ue diem. wf Irt-Linil, agrees to this circunistance, in the book which he wrote of the origin of the Gaelic and the Gadehan peo- ple. Thus he says, ** The Gaelic has been constantly used *' in Ireland, since the arrival of New}', 630 years after the " flood, until this day. " According to what we have men- tioned, it is improbable that Ih o.nd the Thuha Dedannart conversed together in the Scotic language- As to Ih, he after this asked thcni the nanie of the coun- try, and who was then in sovereignty there. These peo- ple, whom he first met, disclosed to him that Inis Alga was the nuuie of the country; and that they were the three sons of Carmatl Milveol, son of Daghda, that held sove- feignty in ita:lternatelyyear about, as we mentioned before, i\\\a v^eie then at Oleach-Neid, in the North of Ulster, and in contention with each other concerning the wealth of their ancestors. Upon hearing this then, Ih went on, ^ith Md thirds of the crew that came with him in his ship,- and as he crime in presence of the sons of Carmad, they received him courteously, and disclosed u!nto him the cause of their contest. He declared to them, d» the other hand, that it ^vas throitgh stress of weather he had come on shore, and that he meant not to delay, but to sail back to his own country. Ho\f ever, as they thought Ih to be learned and experienced, th^y chose hira as Judge in the dispute between them ; an'd his decision was for them to divide the wealth into three ecjual parts ; then he began to praise Eirin ; and declared that it was wrong fot them to be in contention with each other, while the Island was so abundant of honey dnd fruit; of fish and of milk ; of ve- getables and catti ; while its air was temperate between heat and cold jandhestill added, that if the country were divided in thrceptirts between them,thatitwa3sufticientforthe main- tenance of them all. After this', Ih titkes his leave of them, and goes witli his hundred soldiers towards his ship. The sorjsof Carmad however, sharply noticed the greatness of the praise ^66 tJA Jtojdet) lejj- t)ol t)\v cp)t jrejn, r;o rr)oK)j<*o pniao fluftjj le]r t>o SA^i)l TiA hCjii^fi, T ]p e njo A]|» "00 5 '^"ll* '»^<> ; 1 ju}^ hAtiriAjcet) ]'An GAfpAjn 6, ^ Tz^]j-h^r\<%v> a 6u)iip -oo tTiAcujB "^i-^ji^r) b'A n5]i£ria5AO ]ie rect p'a ■o)05>\}1 50 ii6j)t]n A)]! (iiojfi Ch£]>me))t)r) ni«j ah ccexsriA 00 p(']]^ «n ]e>JA)]t gabilA ^iiP <^^ ) cc^n tji] nibljA^fiA *)}» cejf:)tc y]t]'o A)]i t>A ceT> ]^ mbATAt) PliAjJAO T;aTiQrt"o^ mjc ^jlgT* ) n-Gji^^ri, '] T5A \i6]]\ f)n rjo^ b\'p)}^ BsOoaI t)0 beji j n-A AtA)iJ A^ Cjbgit no a^ e)|i^>fi6n. )f folluf poj- no jtt-jji Choi»mA]c j-An Ajp^iu ^lun tji* ^nj-o 6 BhAUrii o'* n^o]Jite|t'^)lgt5 CAj-pajne, pi hAf;A)it r)'e)b^p-)Xi'Cj]i^ri)6n, ]jo Noe» tiiit yy€ BvO^aI yA bAt*!)* ijoib, ^vg fO ah 3P)n^lAa, rhjc ^IIojt, mjc Nu.\icar, ?Ti]c N(£nu be tjo Tejgjrgt) ]-C4)]> |Iecco]i Beot)U|" xso >h£j- yao 50 ]"«))l§^n fe gup ^ Bu)jo)l ^IbATi ]-eoc 4n IB^ooaI 6 rc^iTi^a^*! ei]terniu)5. 'Sjccp )p 16]t l)Om u^-o^ b4?^ ^^Ibi^nuj^." T)^ BeoA lejp An njo j*o fan ccaxs c^b)o)l oo^n lcb.| r)0 fra)]* ^^Ujj-e PA Saxati, mil a n-AbAiii, " ) ccon j-eUn A)ni|-)|te *' t)0 ^Uc An Bhj^etAjn j n'ojAjt) pa mBjiernAe -j ha bPjcc, *' An r]i£f cjnet) 3 ccujt) no ) mj|t nA bPjct cjn^-? t>o fujAll " A hCjitjfi m^ ion Jie n-A rrcojj-gi; IleuoA, x?o ^I'l^muj^ *' J ^^Y^ "* bP)CT; )onA'D j-Ujtje -oojb y^-jn, le ca)]»0(;^|- no *' le liA)]im A tA ] n-A j-ejlb ^uj- ap Am i-o." "^r ]-o jp jntuj^f.e t50 jiejH BhecA 5u]t Ab a hGj]i)n co ^uao a j-l)0cr An o fop, j 511 ft Ab rjob 5A]]tmf^if Scujr. V^jj yo yoj- m^ A tsejjt Humj:)ict»uj' iipo^ B]ii^fnAc, " V^ ta a *' ■ogjib AOA pe)n, -j aj cac 511]* Ab cIau t5'Cj]i£ncA)b pa "Scujr, ■]5u]i <^ho'p \q\j.i t»o fcujob A]]t tuAjuifcbajl PA hGjiieu, t>A yojllj-jnjrto 5uj> Ab U69 tsoulf is as follows, accordin;:^ to IIolv Corniac Mac Cullenan. Galav, soil of Bilcy, son of Brogan, son of Braha, son of Deyaha, son of Eiv:i, son iti' Alloid, son of Nooa, son of Ncniuil, son of I'civric (}!as, sou of I^iver Fair- knco, son of I.iiviinn, sou of Agnon, sun of Thatli, son of (^ganian, son of Bcoman, son of Liver Scot, sou of Srn, sou of Kasrii, son of Gaval Glas son of Niu], son of Fonius Farsa, sou of Iniath, son of Magog, son of Japliet, son of Noah. ^^''lloever would read Hector Boetius's History, would (suppose that lie is of opinion that it was from some other Gteyal, difl'ereijt fron^ the Gfeyai from whom the Gaels of Ireland are sprung, descended the Gaels of Scotland. However I am satisfied with what a respectable Scotch author, named John Major, says, when lie asserts that it is from the Gaels of Ireland, that the Gaels of Scotland have descended. Thus he says : " I assert for such reason ** that from whatever people sprung the Irish, the Scotch *' are descen Je(l of the same stock." Bedc agrees in this circumstance, in the iirst chapter of his Ecclesiastical History of Britain, where he says, " In some time Bri- " tain received, after the Britons and Picts, a tliird race " in the Pictisii division ; a race that came from Jreland *' under their leader P.heuda^ who firmly possessed, among " the Picts, a settlement for themselves, hy friendship or ** arms, which they retam until this time," Ilcnre it is to be understood, that, according to Bede, it was from Ireland the S'cotic Race went, with their leader Rheudato Scodand^ and that their posterity exist there ever since, and that they are the people named the Scotch. Thus also saith Hnm- fredus, a Welch Author, " They themselves, and all ** others, are certain that th(;' Scotch are descendants of *• the Irish, and they are called the same name by us the ** Welch, i. e. Gaels." Cambrensis, in the 10th chap, of the third division of the book he wrote, giving an account of Ireland, explains that it was in the time of Niall of thei VOL, i. Y niiiQ 270 Ab ]ie V)n Xc)ll noj iijjallii]^ ro Tie]- ■] ifl.i]'cr ^IVC'^ ^- ciur^j l"C)[-c]t mac '-^siujjirrcij^ ]iij, llla-r to ll^Ml)^^)n, 5,11]^ JScorjA 'o'iijnm <^]]\ 'silbajn rt]]^ rruj-, -j 511)* ab o'n cflo^ii yjn J«)5 Uld'T S^Ml^'^i^?:!* C)nor> Scnjr ■o'V(lbv\nca]T). ?tr; ]-o Tii«j a re)]t a^ labv>])ir rt])* an cclojil]-] ; "^ '| »\]- ]]n i]* iia"«v tjo cltu)!^!^^)]!^^ ') ro fc'»]l»"iQo 50 j-pcj-jjlra cjik;;.^ Sciijr TO BlivOjrielujb Vi'lban 6'n am )-jn ^ti]- ] n-)uiii." l);vtc an "oa iVj-o iitO]-<\i' Hi-crf)]* Beorjup ) r^^^Ml* ^'* hVilhan, an ("can n)f> t^job n\j f-^jkr ti^'l* *'' ^vOOvtl ]r»i hara))t rn rl(<)n '-JObj'eo, »mi ra]t.v iij'r m,j inc|"<»j" v;n)t ab 6 t'.ooal ejj;]n cjU' fan- ■f aT,j y)^^e b^O]i>][ ^^^ h^tlban, [oc, an "S^ooal ^) rran^acsj p.)c *"»'0)lo6 k']» ^abao Cjjijn. Vi TDC]]t Biu''rt'naniii-, I'l jr^ajt ^ilbanar, ]-»\n j'rajjt ]io ]-r}ijob rt]]t ?)le-ri ; -j r>o l"ie)}K pAJi lojj- ii'jr, rivv jiciipin jj]]* ]'jn. ?in c>.'.\t> ]»C(»)nin "rjob rrisj a n-eo.ni\f> <\n cu]t> po"n l'b]i4]nr, jie J^'vj'oroii 'Svillja LujT^unc'ni'jp, rp] cea"o nijle yeit jup^t^'i^^, J ujnie yjn ^njt coj-ninjl ^11 Jt bjiiift: ]'j yojjtne uajfe T'*]r)iit,>v6 }u\ liOjjJon nio'n_ J^')i)ia)nc b(]c l)')nin,| yA t>ui)n]b an rjiac pjn, jna no'n Spajn 6 r^a1lfar^^J nijc 'Ai)!r6. Oii bjjj^ yjn ]p jnriijjfc j;iijt ab yiiajiac an jn'pOn yo iu))i(;y Jbii-bananup pjoy *^5^ ^tl'i^^S'*? ?^'i' '*^' "^' l^l'"*)'"^" ranc;rtr>j ni|c Wijlexj "CO j'tcjji A nijiuiAriipv*. V^ii Tv^Jia ba-jiariujl bsOranrv^ "OU 271 Tirje hostages l)t'tiig 111 tlif suvcn-ignhcjf Ireland^ tljatl)»e sis soils ot" ?..Liii:ig}i, Kiii^; of Ulster, wont to Scotland, where they i)btaiiied sttcngih and sui)reniacy ; and that ui)out this lime that Alba was iirst named Scoiia ; as well us alsu iluiL it is liuni these sons of the Kiuij of Ulster the Albanians are called tlie Scottish llace. Thus he says, speaking of these princes, "Ami hence it is that from '' them that the Gaels of Scotland have descended, and *• are peculiarlN denominated the Scotic llacc, from that " time to tins day." According to all we have said, two .things asserted by Hector Boetius, in his History of Scijtland, ure ntterh iiuirue : The hrstis, that wherein he imagines that Gayal was the father of Alila, and the second is where lie supposes that it was from some other Gu:.ya], different f/um G;\ yal the aiicest(jr of the sons of Mila, who subdued Ireland, that the Gaels of Scotland descended. Buchanan, a Scotch Author, in his History of Scotland, asserts that the ■jiis of IMilacame from France ; and for this, as he thinks, he adJhces two reasoiis : 'I'he first of these is that in which he states thatPVance wasso populous, that that part of itcalied Gallia Lngdunensis would furnish 300,000 ellective men ; and thatit was therefore proliablethatit emitted fordi hordes to take possession of Ireland ; namely the Gaels. ]My answer to this reasoriing is, that this author knew not at what time the sons of Mila arrived in Ireland, and that theiefore he was ignorant whether France was populous or waste at that e[)()ch. It does not necessarily follow therefore, that they came from France, even Ihough it w ere as thickly inhabited as he stales at the time of the comiiig of the sons of Allia into Ii'elaiid ; for why fehonld France at that time be supposed »nore populous than Spaiil, wh't^ice the*!uiisof Mila came. Therefore it is easily understood that Buchanan's reasbniucr t J prove that Milesians originally came from J'Yance, is fee- ble and inconclusive. The other weak and vi^ionary sup« position 27i3 t30 Be})! z,n]\ )r), no b)i)5 50 ipu)!]^ yocujl I lujiic)!) -j r-vojcjl^c foTifl/i'; ni4 i* t* t>]i)j' -] ti'm, a rvi )onan ) lF]ia]iicjj-, •J J TiB40]t))'l5, *] b^5<^p ojle "t'a ccoj-riiAjl^p '>(^o y|'Oc;]»i> ■A3'I> (»n jjei-i'iTi ro 50 iri;]l)"r ]:ocii]l rt'i' ^ac a))n -5^115,11)13 <*)!♦ <*T^ JSs<*"° r<*'^ ceriKviiut) ipjn ro'n ^lu)]■6e)l5 }ie j»A)r)teyt 13<^]il*v rejbjtjo, 6 si]mj-i)> r"c)n]i;]\v }>»]»fU]5 j Tjuftp, -) m.-} y)Ti 4]riA]i A crtp j:o u]! 6"n IFjiajncfp )t\rey * t«)o yocrt)! 6'n Spajpjp, o'n n ertTA)i)|-j 6'n n"S|it)5)p, 6'n Ti-G(v1jprtj 6'n Lrtjren, 'j 6 wv^c ppji^'T'p' 'I iV]nc jat. ^b^r ]r "i<^pe TTiefujm |]n, m.j v^ rej]> Sej-^, rfln vejrc'T' Ji^B^j t)'* ftdjjt, ^uf> «]) 6 Ojleanujb ni]j'l)b na FjiAince. 'r P"'^£r*<* fc"l* ^'c ")l£^i ^'^ ^'^Jl'C'*^ <*" t-ojlgn f]n Ay fl'ji f]ij"All>iTi| n<^ t))i Gojip* An ran j-jn, -j ■^n]i b) An &hsO)fe!5 y(\ t-gn^>\ t)0 iiA t)j»v0)fjl) c^onjt, no niAi" 6 '^OhAnAjii' t30 t]J)AllAt>4 jj- yoUup ^ujt b'j An &h^o)'6gl5 yi ^£"5* ^j'^r '^" D" "^" j»6)]i Ojtrellrup, A5 UbAjpc a))^ 'WhAnAjTi, iti,j a n-Abaj)). ** BnAfu)5)o *en5A nA Scor, no au alkojtsi^i^ a zx\ jonAU." t)S jtej]i p)n ]te Vjn beyc A'g munAtj 00 iiA o)»:o)rjb pAji ITjtAjnc, ]p copniujl 5Uf^ cogbA-o^ «p 65 nA FjiAjncc, 6 he]t ) ccAjcugifi nA n-ojmAo, pujin ej^jn ©''pocAiAjb nA 5jl5e 7 50 |^ujljx> *]]♦ tAjrj-oc j m^pc nA Fj»Ajncjp; 6 j-o)n jlJe. ^ t>ejl» CATTixsen, pAn l^b^ o'a ngojjii^jj Bp-jTuriyx CAm"oen), 511}* ftb m6 00 fcSApc'ojp nA ■o|i«)j-fce pA'n Am pjfi jiosition hb makes, in support of liis conjecture that it was from France the sous of ISIila came to hcland, is that some J^rcnch and Cache words are the same ; such as Dris'^ and i)un, and a few others hkc them, that a:re the same in Frencil antl Gaehc. j\Iy artsver to this reasoning is, that there arf. words from every %vvi':ten ianguiige in ^he fourth di\ision of the Gaelic, denonnn^ited Bearla Theibi, since the time of Fenius Farsii dourfwards ; and licnce there arc in it, words aswell from the Spanish, the itahau, the Greek, the Hebrew^ the Latin,' and every other principal tongue, as from tlie French. Hence then it is no proof of the Gaels coming fron\ France, that there are af6w words the same in French and Oaehc ; and even these few, ! am of ©pinion, were taken from Ireland to Fran<;e. I am the more confirmed in this opinion, because Ctesar says in the sixth Book of hisConi- ihentaries, that it was from the British Isles the Druids resort- ed France, where they became judges, and enjoyed great Hmnunities and privileges ; and were held in high respect by the principal men of France. It is very probable that it was from Ireland especially that these Drukts went to France ; particularly as Ireland w,ls then the spring and source of i)ruidic kno<^ledge, and that the Gaelic was the language of these Druids,' or if they wciit from Anglesea,* it is well known that Gaelic was the native language tliere, according to Ortelliusj v/ho,' in speakingol Anglesea says, '' They use the Scotic tongue, or Gaelic,' which is thesame." Accordingly when the t)ruids were instructing in Gaul, it U likely that the youth of Gaul, from their intercourse with the Druids, took up some worils of the Gaelic, and that they fcvcr since are incorpbr^ted in the French language. Camden, in the book en'tided, Britannia Camdent, says that at this time the Druids gave more oral tlian written instruction * of tlie I5l5 of Man. 274 t-)n u r^^afc bcjl t>\v jx-uUjb, jna u j-c]t)Vi]r!. ?vob^ cjl^ yoy Aj- n^lJ b'jn^r.a'o pocujl fevOjrjl^e to V)i^]r } nic^rii riA F}»A]nc)pj, rti}* liiL'jt! rtn Ct\)o]U'jni "O) Ijj ar; 0)iJpn- ciijlj }te I'ficvnciijli, o)]t a ^^*]1* »^ii LnT)»| ralJAlvv, v!i]t b'jn^^n "CO ji)^ j•Y»^]l'<•e ja bf,ii r'hi«>)iu.' iiiu|i, y>i }i4)tt)j»)5 ^Jl'en, •/ CO ciu]6 <\ii r- Ju?A)TiC|-) rn talKj)! iiejpc iiA F)>a]?ict'. Do ciujo Cpjoiiifiiii, iuac i')ora]^, •po f-jol Gjbej», X30 bj Tt-A iij5 <^)l'efi, ro ^Abijl iu'i)ir. ©o'n Fh]»(\)nc. Do cua]o ]:6i- NjaII iio) iic;ia Hnpc', <»j»t5p)5 Cjiiru, t5A o)]- ]-)ii, ro ^>\b.;]l iic)]»- ua ]'')t.v)iict', ^n]v in-jbAt) A^ rl'^'^ Lii5,.v]]» jmu ff}»a)n(' c K'- li(*orMr» niivc GanA Cjni-plu)^, jtj^ Laj^oh, ro jn']|t riiojiic.o jf pencup. Do cuajo jroj* •^ojij^ cj!o to bj ,<)]♦ C))tiri .1 DA)rj, niAC FjAciiAc, lo'jAjtjut) }M*)]ir, to gAbi)! ajji an ffjiAjnc, til]! tilA}ib (\o]v fc'jurjcc j-ad Icjf. fojit ru'ii FhjiAjnCj lAjiii jte j-ljAb V(i{m, c. ^V tejjt nuj am ccc'tiiA Co)»hol)U]' rncjrti]- 50 ]>A]b ]io)ri •) CA)t>i»ein ctj^nnj^errA jt5)]» Gjpjn 'j ATI I"h]»A)no. Do j'tejii , -J ^iijt Ab nap ']u)ibre]» B]i)rdfi]A ]'.e B)ie''o 6u]o t^M cqtoinjcjB yejn, uj-roc oji]f a 'J RoiiiAiui)5 ) n-A "6)A)-o ]-]n, no)t>2.l5 joTiAfi 411 me]o a -4 6 Ajnifjit BhiijorAjii ^ATi mA!A)]ir t>j. ^(n TA]t4 IjaoB^ A]- iuc jn^nAO )oniAt> yocAl t>o Be]f; joiiAn fAU Bbii^rA^ii)]- Y yvsn bh;o]t)e]l5, 5]on ^11)1 Ab o'n mBjtjorA]!! rAnjAt?,! iTijC '-v's^jjloo ) r.-Cjiijn, w ^11)5 &iil» ^^') ^JP*-' K*^ ^"^^ ■^l'^)" "^^ BbinotAiiAjb i»e Vjn ^AC letrpopi TA lii]t>eT) o]»iia to rjjjj-c iia IIqjyiaiioc no XiA Saxahac, no ^Ac oitojn^e ejle -oa n-jmiiCT yo)iine)ir ojtitA, jouuy 50 trjsojy yo]]nte ]omr4 50 n^A mnj}i^]» •} ^o n-A Tnujn-jft A])! re)fot) 1 n-C^jlijfi ibjoft, 50 tru^ojr iiAji'le TiA hCjp^ri ytl«4n A)]t yeo a ccuAjirA r.6jlj, -j An yl]ocr TO f)^et> iiArA ]te V)n a noeoiuijsectA to ^•(S^lAnifo)} All Shu)]Tij5 leo, 'I A tAj® bA)lre ) n-e)it3ri 4)niiini5ro|< llACA, 1114 4 tA &114J5 114 irtB]t^rTlAC, "j Puil TIA mBjl^tllAC T- 'I M ^'J"i^ ^"'" Bbjior^M^i ^^ib, to V/jot jotiiat yccAl To'n B^opejlw; ai]i ^uAru^AT aca •) 45 4 yljoco t'a u-ejp po i'lej^t 4 iiTubltAiiuj n| h)riui£yrA 50 hcj^t^n-Ac, ^uji 4b (Vii niBiiorAjn tahsatsI iii)c ^Ojlij^o a)1» trup, r^ con 50 jpijlp yocA]l ]onAn4 BbiierAjiijy i ] n^.sOjTejls. "^jbe 4 "C^4]Hi ^77 reasoning is, tliot it i"s no ])vo()f tlmt tiie Gaels first came from Britain. lM)r tliis ilicre iirr two ro;isons : First, because 'Gaelic was tlie native lungu-.iii^e of Britan, sou of Fergus Ued-sido, scju of N^-;^v\, and that it is from him Britain i^; so called, according- to (.'orniac i\Iac Cullinau and the book of the iu\asiqns of Ireland ; and that it was in Britain h-fi and his j)Ost<:'rity resided, until I>irevOn, son of iNIila, sent theC'ruihnij^otlieruisee.iiled I^icls. tosharei\lba(8cot!and,) \\ith theni : afterwards Brutus, sou of S,vl\iu«, if sonic of their o'.ti^ chronicles be true, cuuiti in upon them ; next tlie Roir?uus ; thcu the hjaxons and J)aucs; and last of all "William the Conqueror aijd the Normans; insomuch J.ha.t such oppressiqu of foreigners came upon them, that it is no wonder that the Seotic dialect, the native tongue of Britan arid his race, should be suppressed. IIoweAer the little remnaiit of it that exists without utter extinction, particularly what has not been altered since tjie time of i3ritan, is the same widi the Irish or Gaelic. The second reason wliy it is no wonder that niany words shotijd be the same in British ynd Irish, althouj^li it be not from Britain that the sons of Milu came to Ireland, is because that Ire- land was the dernier resort of the Britons during the time of their several o^jpressjons fiom the Eomans and Saxons, or any others whose force jthey felt; so that many crowds of them, with their fanulies and adherents, used to fly for re- fuge to Ireland, from the nold.es of which lljey obtained lands during their sojournment; and their oiTsprino-, while in exile, used to learn the Gaelic language ; there are also towns in |reland denominated from them, such as Graio-- na-mana, Dunmanway, &c. and when they returned to Britain, they aiul their posterity ha(I many Gaelic words in use. According' to what we have said, it is not probable that it was from Britain the sons of jMila first came, nhhouHi there be some similar words in British and Irish. If anv VOL. I. Z woul^l^ f Sec Vallancey's Viodication of Irish History, ]>. zpg. 2/3 ©eitjtfto jro)' ^up db coj-niu)! na tJi c-ami]t, -j 'b.o]rjl ) 0-4 n6]"A]b ■] 3 11-a nihijapvjTj jie ct']ie, o])t nuj V))0|- an bsOjrcl neTTicoriui]5-£C ya Ijjari fo (■v\lja)]ir ] n-<\]]-cc nap, )]"ii'irJi)n bjoj- o ro)'6pcT: 6'n rnBetykjrij, <\cr ]p nio )p puj6)u^rt-6o 4]y> Ajfj'oeToBejr ihajl(V t>ub]t^^m^J riiap, jca j^ejji p)nnj hjnrii}5fc ap na Ju'pi'inajb jicanijivXjrre %;u]> tvb 6'n mB]iora]ti niu)]> rdn^v^r.j pijc *4',b)ie'6 Aj)t rrup. bj^ot) }p ^rf']^])* ^o y'jl'jrtec 4 j»ao go n^cc<^^^J r*j»oji5 CO pljoc- 13h}^oo5iV]n vv hOjjijfi 'o\i]r;iii,,\6 na B}io"»vi» mO]]ie, Tii^)t>rep B[i)5anrep; -] jp c6}tupt' |')n '00 rhep ] n-* y]P]ne, me)|t a nibimA'oapa, na Bpj^antep, -) 511)1 \ Bjieran ir'a n-lU)pl]b 50 n-a nuijpep •] 50 n-a ninjnrjjt ] n-ejpjn, ni rrup a t)e;jp cup rjbpro 50 hCjpjn le Oobnjn mAC^^celyper pjg DO 279 '.Vduid assert too tint the Welsh and Irish have resemblance to each other in their njanners and customs, for that astliC irishman is prompt in giving food without payment, so is thcU'elchman. yVsthe Irishman also hasarespectforthe an- tiquaries, the poets, the bards and the harpers, the Welch- man respects them equally ; and they are likewise similar in many other usages. However this is no proof tJiat the Gaels came from Britain, but is a stronger argument that the Britonsj as we said befdrej vvere denizens in Ireland ; and it is not probable, for the foVegoing reasons, that it is from Great Britain the jNIilesiails first arrived. But it can he asserted with truth that some of the race of Brogan went from Ireland to inhabit Great Britain; namely some of the chiefs of the Brigantes who came with the Milesians into Ireland. These are their names, Brcia, Fuad, Murhevnejj Cualgney, Cuala, Eivleo, Blaa and Nar. According to Irish history, the people called Briganles are of this race. This is to be considered the more true as Tomasius in his Latin dictionary observes that the Brigantes, or descen- dants of Brogan were an Irish people. . A Spanish author, named Florianus De Campo, speaking of the His- tory of Ireland, says that Brigantes are of Spanish origin ; iand that it was from Spain they came to Ireland and Bri- tain, All we have asserted is the more probable concerning the intimacy of the Welch and Irish ; and that Ireland was their resort of protection ; as Caradoc, a Welch ^uthorj asserts in his chronicle, as well as Abian and many other British writers, that many of the British princes and nobles with their followers and people used to com^ fo Ireland where they were received arid entertained with affection ; and got lands to inherit as we said above. Doctor Harmer especially mentions some of them. First he says tliat E U win, son of Athelfred^ banished a king of Britain, name ! Kadwallin 280 x>o X)j i\)}i on inB)»oXt\jn r>»| li'Ajnni C\\T?t)All)n \ li>oi|* r'o'n rj5e]inv\ G35, -j 30 jp^^'-jf* 5'^^'*»m'^ 1*]]' 5^ ^I'ti^'Vt" *^Ti> 7 rrtjn, m<} <\ -a Vvnolo '| Cotiati, 50 heijijn, v'r, / yoj- crtp|i£ni ■) cuihc<»6 6 CjpnficuiB. ^^ ^«-')T* "^o'n r)5o]ina 1054. Cajn^c j n-CjjtiTi (VTi blja5la Pcmbpoc, jn^en %hu]]5fe]ttuj5 n] Bhpjv»jn, jiji; Gj^en, '•?^ D. 1101, -j ro poyrto «n niipA hjn^en ro Jie 'A^a^nuy, mac '>\jia)Ir, ]%)z^ na n-0)!en. J n-ajrnyjiv yoj- An ceats Hen|i] j jijo^acc ShftXAn, T)0 Bj pp)onpa o yejn, -] fop ya penmatajii, "j^up up n)Ac fcujncthj ya lia)nTn to, ^j ya ben Ojpennac y^ tnAtajp "60. ^t,^apy]n ro Bjoo jomAvi e4)t*]»)ih, CAjpcepd, 'j cleaninupii, jTjjt shcojocakiiB 'i n»i Eji^rnu]^. Jonup "ca jicjp yjn nac joncujp jomao yocal jonaii -00 Bejt ) n-a tt^n^fajB let Ajp V(^t, •] copniA}I$^p ] n-A Tnbcapu)B -] J n-A nopAjB pe ccjlc, 5)on gup Ab 6'h inBpe- tAjn trtn54t>^ &40]t)]l pjftrii, t50 p^}p a mbuna'oiya. >V t)ejp tJamrten, map an cccrina, 511)1 Aj-jjeo^ na Bjjjganrcp jp riA tjpjij po yjoy to'n Bhpgrajn Tfiojp, m<\ a ca, cp'joc Yopk, cpjoc LrtTiCApcep, cpjoc DujiliAnj, cpjoc Wc]-cm6planr, •jcpjod ChuVnbeplnnn; ijpocjinjn jup rtb oCjpjfi rocua'c.j ri* 28 i Kiidwalliii in the year of our Lord G3j, and tli:it he was there khidly received, and got reinforcements by whicJi he (jbtained iiis own sovcreii^nty again. He also states that two British princes came from Britain, natnci}- Harold and Conan, to Ireland, in the year of our Lord, 1050 ; and that they were affecti(jnately received and protected hv the Irish. Me also siiys that Algar, Karl of Chester, fled to Ireland, and the Irish sent a luist with him, by which he recovered 1) is territory, in the year of ou>- Lord one thousand and fifty four. Another British prince, liahled Blethin Ap C-oiian, flt;d to Ireland in tlie year one thousand and eighty seven, aild received hospitable entertainment. Thus tiiey continued in alliance and intimacy, iVom time to time. We read in Hanmer's chronicle, that Arnolph, earl of Pembroke, married the daughter of Murtagh O'Brien, then king of Ireland, in the year one tlionsand one hundred and one, and his seco'nd daughter was married to Alafuusj son of Harold, kii!g of tile Isles. In the time too of Henry 1. king bf England, there was a prince in Britain named Grih'in Ap Conan, who alwavs boasted that his own mother and his grandmother were Irish- women ; and that he himself was born and educated in Ireland, according to the same author. There was also another prince in the thne of Henry 11. nanled Biridus,. son of Gon'ethj \vhose mother was an Irishwoman. There- fore there \Vas much intercouse, friendshijj ant] alliance between the Irish and Britons. Hence the number of simi- lar words in their languages, and the similaritv of their manners and customs, though it was not from Britain that levcr tlie Gaels originally arrived.* Camden also asserts that the Brit^antes inhabited thefollowingpartsof GreatBritain ; iiamely York, the kingdom of Lancaster, Durham, West- moreland, and Northumljerland ; and it is certain that thes6 Brigantes . * In three of my copies the greatest part of this aiul the precedent page ,is omitted, a* well as in O'Connor's translation ; But I find it in old copiev hy Mslcoiiry in i6i6, O'Keeflc in 1(^99, and O'lloolahan in 17IU 2S2 ■DO Ch' feo)l»] A]}^ rruj' j n-Cjjijn. )f c()}t ] n-G)p)no'n mBjopcujn, -] y6|' 5u)i(vbAjjivV fo ^gbAt) 50 yollup riAC pu)l 46c be^An le rjij ceAP bljA^Ajn 6 jrlAjref An ^huji^unrji]]' ]*3n a)JI ao mBperAjn Tn6j]t, 50 roj%cr Juljuf Si'|- Ati niB]igrA)n ?no]]i ; 1 ^SSN *& *" "5"°^ ceTnA tiac ]iA]b Act cuajj^jjtti Tii bljA^Ajn t5t' e)|i)n ; a^; fo m.j A Te)}« ; *' ^ rft)T mjle 1 occ cccat bljA^Ajn 6 io]-b^tc na n-ejit^fiAc 50 bAj' PhrtciMjc." Jonan pin jie jiaf, -j ^ujt ob tl») CCAT TeAg bljA5A]1> pul lUl^A* CpjOf" TAn^AT^ TTIJC •^^bjI^T] n-e)|t)n; 6)it bgn ah ta bljAJAjnTCAj -jcejciie yit'jr Ajjt dejfjie ccAT, 6 ^cjn Chjtjopc 50 baj- Phar}«v)c to iiA liocc Q8S Bngantes went fipin Ireluiul, as we said above notwithstand- ing Camdeu'sojiinioii, who asserts that inliabitants first came. frTmi Britain to Irehind; we should rather credit the History of Ireland, \\hicli is obliged to investigate and presen-e every event that has ever happened in it, than his conjecture, lo whom the History of Ireland never communicated its secrets, from which alone he could derive the knowledge pf what concerned Ireland. Canjbrensis says, in writing of Ireland, that it was by the permission of the then king of Great Britain tliat the sons c/ Mila came to Ireland frotu Biscay ; or th^t they were towed by him to the Or- cades, and that he sent a crew with them to inhabit Ireland, conditionally that they and their posterity should be sub- ject to hiai and the kings of Great Britain for ever ; and the nan^i? Cambrensis gives tliis king, is Gurguntiusson of Pelin. ]\Iy answer to this opinion is, that it is evidently false ; for whoever shall read Stow's chronicle, he will be convincecf that there is little more than three hundred years from the reign of this Gurguntius over Great Bri- tain, until Julius Caesar invaded it*, in the eighth year of the sovereignty of Cassibellanus, king of Great Britain ; and we read wivh the same author, that there were only about thirty-two years from Julius Caesar until the birth of Chrisit; so that according to Stow's calculation there were riot full four hundred years from the time of Gurguntius to the birth of Christ. Yet Holy Cormac Mac Cullinan, and the Book of Conquests of Ireland, assert that it was about 1300 years before Christ, that the sons of IMilesius came into Ireland. Poiichronicon agrees with them in this enumeration, where he speaks of L'eland. Thus he saj^s, " There are one thousand eight hundred *' yearti since the Irish came, until the death of Patrick."* This is the same as to assert that the sons of Milesius paaie to Ireland, 1300 years before the birth of Christ; for, subtract the 482 yejirs from the birth of Christ to the death * Ab adventu Hibernensium, usque ad obltura S, Patiicii, sunt anni iSoo. 284 iioct ccev»T5 t5e.\5 l)]]A5.i]n ur« rtijtiiie]' l^ol^clionicon no X)C]r o co)6ecc niAC ^*vVf'cr> ] n-C]]i]r) 50 l:*.*]- I'liarjiaic pa jW')]* ]-jn A ZA OCT Tiibl^A^na uijt f]!) CL'A'o pea^ 6 fo^-poc* nuc ?--? ^<^> V^]Y i')'<^)ii)'' Ch|)]Ofr, ]m»i|i ^ulMla, iijlton n-Ajni|-]]tA ri'ioroj'rorr mac'^^jleo ) 7i-0)j»)n c;o ^ejn ChjAjopr, TO ^el)f^ po yollup 50 ]t,\rjarajt m^c 's'-^jlcr ) 7ve]]t)ri tu]!lo-6 •) Tio) cceo bljAi.vjn ful ro ^ab ^ll)t^un^)U[• yU^fef HA B]ver<\]ne mojite. Do ]i>^]\i a nruVijiAm^ ]|- jrolliip ^ujA rtb b]tcA5 t>An b*iidnrn]- ro ji]nc C\MTib]K'ii]-ip ] n-4 r)U))r.]c, mT]or,A)l pa yoillbp)|ire yjn. VY TC]lt}T riijT TO Via yoncATA]b z,\\]\ vjt> ^oircen )io le co)ip a 4r ■CO tTiacujIj "s^jlet*, 'j x>o clojfi Bli]»eo^A]n ; -j m^yAjni, m* jte)]t j-)n, gujt Ab A]- ATI djt ccTiu fo f)t](vllArhjle6 r*n]c Scor^ m^j <.oii )ie n-A cloju ] n-C)]>jri, A3)i Tnbe)f: r)o'ii Spajn v\n taii j-jii j n-A ctiAm cojii^lecA 3t»)l* «n ffiij)i)n t)o bj j-ati Spajn f^)n, ^ jomAC ecriton tATlJC A CUA)fCgJ»t 71A hCoJtpi* DO ^Abv^jl nCiytC OjiJIA. t)AlA clojne ^jl^t) rjnolr^ r^uAj leo le r^tc ) n-ejytjn to "DJOJAjl )tC A}Jt clojfl ChglHTlAOA, -) t50 ^Abivjl Ciji^n ojiJtA. rjtjocAt) long Ijon ad coblA)^ r^o bj aca, -j rjt)OCAr> lx)t jf ^AC lo)n5 ^job, fcATi A]]i£m a mbftn jriA a nr^opc^fluA j;; )j- 6 1] .n rcojf^c tso bj ACA |ie cgliu]' y^tsniA '00 odATiArii, CA fjc]©, "00 jie}|t m^ k5'4 F**" cuA)n tjo jijne GochAt? lu Fiojn, t)A)f Ab cop AiS) '• tojj-ja riA lojnsp) rr£|^ %A^ E)i^5 ) %j6e ; Cuv\1a, rnAc Bjjeo^Ap, 6 JtAjor^it Sljrtb Cualafi ; CuAjljne, mac Bjieo^Ajn, 6 )»A]"6cen SljAb Cu<>]l5Tiej BIao mAc Bjteojajn, 6 )fU]l Sljab BlaomA ; FuAjt), mAC Bjteo^AjTi, 6 jpujl .Sl], mjc Bp]je; N^Aji, 6fpujl Kop-HA]t ftjjk ShljAb BlarunA ; '^(^.r^A, Fulman, QoanrAp.. 287 inaccessible strong holds. But this is not the general opi' nion of antiquaries, who affirm that they set out for Ireland from Brogan's tower in Galicia. And tliis opinion I think to be the most true, for we read in the Book of Conquests that itwasatBrogan'stovver they formed the design of send- ing Ih to explore Ireland, and that it was there Looce, son of Ih, landed after l^is return from Ireland with the body of his father to exhibit it to the sons of Milesius and the family of Brogan ; and therefore I am of opinion that they sailed for ^relan^ from the same place, Milesiiis having died a short time before. He being dead, Scota came along with her children to Ireland ; Spain having been at that time a bone of contention between the natives, and many foreign people who swarmed from the North of Eu-^ rope to canqner the countiy. But to return to the Milesians they collected a force for the invasion of Ireland, to revenge the murder of Ih upon the sons of Carmad, and to seize upon the kingdom. The total of their fleet was thirty ships, in each of which there were thirty warriors, besides their wives and attendants. T!ie number of chieftains who held command was forty, as we are infcj-aied by Eohy OTlinUj in a poem beginning " The captains of the fleet that o'er the main^ &c." Their names are as follow, Braha, son of Brogan, from whom is called Moy Bra in Meath ; Cuala, son of Brogan, who ga\ e name to Sliev Cualan ; Cualgn}', son of Brogan, from whom Sliev Cualgny is called; Bla, son of Brogan, from wiiom Sliev Bloom ; Fuaid, son of Brogan, from whom Sliev Fuaidiu Ulster; Murhevny, sonof Brogan, fromwhom Moy Murlievny ; Looee, son of Ih, who came to Ii-eland to reverxge the death of his father ; from him is named Cor- ealooee, in the south of JNIunster; E\linne, son of Bnigau from whom, Sliev Evlinne, in Munster ; Buas, BrcaSi and Quany, three sqns of Tiyernwavd, sonof Bree; Nar^ from whom lloss-nar, on Sliev Bloom ; SheVa, Fuhnan, Mantan, Ciiicher. 28S %bAnr,\n, Ca)c^ii, •) Sujjt^e, nac Cajcr^it ; C]t, ()]ibd, Bojfren ; SoljAjpce, nj ^ep nujii a .ud)i» ; Bjle, nur Bitj^c, ifijc Bneo5 ■] corhtjnoluj'o Cuata De DjTidnn ] n-A rrjmc^ll an ]-jn, gujt cu)]i^o^ ceo t5]iJ oj- 4 ccenn, jonnu]- ^ujt cajBpjtet) v6]h 511]^ Tjiujm mujce rcit ^Oiijcjnjp pe hCjjijfi, l^UAj^f^ji, )nio)tjto, le 'o)«vOj^^ct: Chu4r aj- pjn 50 SljabCjbljno, 50 tr4]tU F6t>lA «ojb <»ri, •] VJAyi'Ajtep^jvr.jpjjn a hapim ■p). lo'cKv m'ajtim, hjr>e 50 rr^lij G])ir c6]b pan ajrpjn, j yjapjiaj^f^p an yjle a bajnm r^j. Ojjtc in'ajmn, ^ pj, ^]p uajm ]ta)t>rrjt 0)]te n)p an cciijcpj. ^'^4p )r <*5 V*ir"»'jr *" "eif^p) ruap, a ra an jtan po jp an cuajn ca)> ab ropac, " Canani bimaoap na nFujoAl." Banba ) Sljab '^ Gjjtjn <»5 nutciAjV) Ciie)»nwt)A, <>cr j-eKtj- jecc ylA)r)p ^rtc pe iiil)]ja5>v)n vig 54c pep r))ol), •) )p e 4]nm niih\ J^ > G))Jc, KuoU, •) BaiiIja, T-pj,| ba)i urt Koc lancalnxii. r]»j mjc Ce-iMriAts; .1. Garnp, Ccrup, ■) F^rup 50 n-o fluvii, ippsOj^ecrA oppAaii. )4ppu)o injc'A^jletiCiir: no c^pr uni fcn ne).- vO^^J^S)" * nt>£p>}pA Tnbejpeo bper e^cojp opp*, a ruKpAr^ 50 niii)P]:)r»jr cpi^ t)pa)j5ecc e. ly ) h]i^t pug ^O^^Jl^B)" *)1* ^'°)^ '^^^jk"°> rp]<\ll r.j A ii-A)|- 50 hjiibep Scejne, no Slajne, ') ]at» pe]n 50 ]jon A fliiA)5 no t)ul ) n-A longAjb, j -out y^-b noj tcoH yun Tnu)]» adiac, 'j ta po)cor« leo toj^er r ] rrjp r»'Ainoeojn Chu<»tA De DAiiAn cepc ua cpjce wo bi-jr aca. Do buo, lop le CuArA^b De DATiAn )']n, 6)p "oo ibo|-Ar>A]t ^o r.rj()cyat> t'a nppa))5C(r f e)n ^ah a li'j^en rAp a ii-ajj' tDo'n cpjc'. ccrnA 50 bpAC. Jmruy clojiie "^A^jlet) rpjAllAjt) r^j a ^^-^]y 50 hlnbep Scejne, "j ti'jo y^Ati ] n-A Jon^Ajb yoT noj rcon fAn mii]]t An)AC ahiajI 00 optMij^ ^0''')1^5)" '^f')^^- '^*'^-i '^'^ concATsj v]\j)]te CluiArA Oe OAnAn )A'opAn Ajjt mujp, ro togbAT*} 5.or ^A]bfpc ^ejilrljf e, t)0 ru]p AnpA-6 mop Ajp ah niujp, -j A t>iibA)pr Don, niAc "A^jlor, ^iip K^of r>pu))5ocrA h ir^"^ *)* '^*n'''jl*5)"' ^'■ir ri" ^*'P V^jtailAn p>)f nA clojrK- |-jn >a mi^ ^n ^sor, r.ujrc]- V(p,vn.\n a)]i cl<|ii]b iia hijngc, ^njt iriAj^Kiti AiiiUjo 291 These were the thiee wives of the sons of Carmacl ; and some historians assert that it was not a triple division that the sons of Carnnad had of Ireland, JJiit ahernate sovereignty, cnch yeaV ahout, and tl)e name of die wife of him who governed was diat given totlie nation during his governinent for that year. Hero is a confirmation of this akeniate so- vereign tv ; Each oilier year these men held sway^ Each in fair succession ; EirC) Fola,^ and lianba fair, Were tlie wives of these three heroes. The sons of Mila moved thence to Tara, where the three sons of Carmad, namely Eahoor, Keahoor^ and Theahoor met them, at tiie head of their enchanted host. The sows of Mik demanded battle or a right settlement respecting the country from the sons of Carmad. Thev answered that they would abide the judgment of their own brother Avergin, and declared that if he would pronounce a false one they would destroy him by magic : Avergin's decision against the sons of Mila, was that they should go back to the harbours of Skeiney, or Slaney, and go themselves and all their host, on ship-board ; and set out nine waves to sea; and that if they should effect a landing, in sjiight of the Thuha Dedannan, they should have the swav of the coun- try. The Thuha Dedannan were satisfied widi this; for they expected by their spells not to suffer them to land in the country ever again. The sons of Mila returned back to the harbour of Skeiney, and, on ship-board, set out the extent of nine waves to sea, as Avergin had ordered. As the priests of the Dedannan saw them out at sea, thev raised a violent storm by magic, which desperately agitated the sea, and Donn, son of Mila, pronounced that it wr.s a magical wind; yes,says Avergin, and thereupon Arannaij, the youngest of the sons of Mila, climbed the mast, and, by a squall of wind, he was thrown down on the deck and .so 292 f)T\ 4. Le)i" pjn to t!^U]5 luaj-cAt) ^^s^ ^vjT>^x»)f e nn lon^ j n-* jiAjb Don pe cac, -j 50 ^]m-o ^o^ e]y t)o b^rAr) e yt'-jn •J luce HA Io)n5C ni^ -.on jtjp, m^ 4 c»v ccr]Kv]t Ajp y)Cjr< 160 ViOcimjD, ■] co}5ei( rsO)p$;c .1. Bjle, ttiac Bjij^e, V^jltec FgBjtiU'o, BuAn, Bn^f* 'jBuA]-6ne 'i-oi nnKO)^^^^-!!'*?^^^^ Arinip, •) ocr^ jte hjoni|iATh, '| CvO^ao niACcoTit ^ TAlrAcup ]p e A)t AJt bAtAt) )At) A^ nA l)uri>ACA}Ij, \ie ltA)6ro]i Trr Ohojn, ) n-jijr^ %iimAn, •] jp 6 Dhonn, niAc ^lijlf^n, to bAtAOAnn, 5A)pnii-o]t Ccc Dho)ri •cc. BonAo A5 pA)pne]p l3A)p Dhojnn *] riA n-uApAl 00 bAraT m^ UA Flojnn pAn jtAiin po : Don, )p B)le, ]p Buah a Ti ) ^(^c')!^ TiA pcvvl ; niAjtb 5 An yuh(i]i V^iKxmn. 15A)Sap Gji^emon 50 ccuit» ro'n lojnjep ni«} .on ]»)r Ia)'!) ^le ye \iQ]]\]u, 50 liA)n)5 bun Jnb))* C'olpA lie itAp^o]* D)»0)C£-o-AtA. )p ujme 50))jfo]t ]T\ho]i ColpA oo'n AbAjr; p)n, X30 bp)5 ^u]i Ab jfjrc r)0 bArAo ColpA An tlojrjni, mac ^(.^jlco, A^ rgdt ) ttjji An, pAn lojnj ) n-A ]tA)b Cj|trni6n. Jp yollup Ap p)n ^up bAriAo Cvj]^);;]* r'O clo)n 9i>>h]lo6 pit CO b^nAr^j pelb 0)i»en t>o ChuAf rt)li Ue DAfiAn, n\^ a cwin •n yjle pAn ]nT^ po ; "Do bA^Ao c'f'i)5<^|> T')ob p)n, CO rilACA]!^ niG|>A ''A^]l^f, •) ccuAnr,k)b C)]ko^ri n.^ (.v-.n: Im-'up 293 so killed. After this the roughness of the storm separated the ship in which Dona was from the rest, and shortly after he, with his whole crew to the number of four and twenty men of might, and five leaders ; namely, Biley son of Bree, Arey Fevroe, Buan, Breas, Buaney, and twelve women, with four servants, eight rowers, and fifty youths in training, were drowned. They were wrecked at the Sand- hills called Donn's mansion in the west of Munster; and they are so denominated from Donn, son of Mila there drowned. To record the death of Donn and tlie nobles who were drowned with him, O'Flinn thus observes, in the following lines : Donn, and Biley, and Buan, his spouse ; Dill, and Arey, son of Mila ; Buan, Breas, and Buaney found, Were at the Sand-hills drown'd. As to Ir, son of Mila, the storm separated the ship in which he was from the fleet, and she was stranded in the west of Munster, where Ir was drowned, and buried in Skehg Michelj as the same author asserts : Avergin, sage of these men, Was slain in Biletiney's fray ; And Ir in Skelig of schools ; Arannaa at harbour died. Eirevoa at the head of some of the fleet, left Ireland on his left till he reached the mouth of Colpa, now called Drogheda. This river's mouth is called Colpa's harbour, because Colpa the swordsman, son of Mila was drowned in it as he was landing in the same ship with Eirivun. Hence it is evident that five of the sons of Mila were drowned before they conquered Ireland from theThuhaDedannau's, as the poet expresses in this stanza : Five of these were deeply merged, Of the mighty sons of Mila ; In p]irin's bay's renown'd for songSj By magic of the Dannait's. VOL. I, B b ' j^ 294 Imciif riA tojio^n^e e)ie "co nucujli ^^.ijl^r, rv\n5Ar}:e)n 'j TimrA De Ot^nanr, )]-, xd'a n5,o)it- t£}i j n-jrtifi BleTi Frtjj', {vniit)! 4 t)C)Jt un yjle }'n* tio tujc Scor*, b^n '^t.^hjlet?, 'Dp t>o'n lejt riMjii) •oo'n 51^11 pjn * ra pj d-olrtjcre lijni jte mujji, ^ jp t>o pujojuJAiD A bajp, 1 a p.e]icw a caj-o an t)ii jiafi po pjop <»p <\n IrtOjo cetjnA : Jp in ccAt p]n pop, nj cedl, •pu<*3]t ScorA bap }p bjreag ; 6 nac ma)]ien ) ccij cajn ; puajjt jl£"6 -j CuACAjb De Danari, AthA)! a "oe^p an l ccrna: CcAD CA\r. m]c "^jlor, t;o mb]o3t«, ft)j* rtect A 6ppA)n ocrojg ; Aj SJjab ^ijp, fA mAnA ieojn, 'p ]ar< An t)]Ap ban ut) 'do VuA)renie]c cc^ad no chuAfAjb Di; OAnan, jcujjijd A |»<.on mADnriA An p]n ],tD, ■] ?,Abiip C)]ic .1. ben nijc cjicjnc, r< jj«jD ojtjtA, •/ T-jijAlhip 50 Cajlrju ■jiioctiip a Dvi]l do diojn Cl!e]IT»ADA, As to the other sons of Mila they landed at Inver Skeiney, that is, Eivir and his division of the fleet. He met Eire, the wife of Mac Greine, on Sliev Mish, three da)'s after landin'T:. Here the battle of Shev Mish was fout^bt between them and the Dedanites, where fell Fas, wife of Un, son of Ugey, and from her the vale of Sliev Mish is named the vale of Fas, as the poet asserts in this verse : Vale of Fas, so truly called> Without a contest or dispute ; Fas the name of her we speak Slain in this deep vale. In the same battle fell Scota, the wife of Mila ; and it is at the north of this vale she is buried on the sea side, and the two following stanzas from the same poem, are for ascertaining: her death and burial: In this battle too, 'tis clear, Scota died a violent death, Nor now alive in beauteous bloom ; She was in this valley slain. Hence northward lies her noble grave, Scota's in the frigid vale ; Between the mountain, sea at hand, Not far recedes from shore. This was the first battle fought between the sons of Mila and the Thuha Dedannan^ as the same poem asserts : First battle of fam'd Mila's sons, Here arrived from Spain renown'd, Fought at Sliev Mish, cause of woe ! The fact on truth is grounded. The two women we mentioned, namely Scota and Fas, and their two most accomplished Druids, named Uar and F^hiar, were the most renowned of the Gaels that fell in this battle. And although three hundred of them were slain, yetthey killed one thousand of theThuhaDedannan's, and entirely routed their army ; Eire then follows them, and goes to Tallin, and relates her story to the sons of Car- mad. 296 Cheltm4X34. Fandjr, jmojtjto, m)c 9<.^jleo *)]» TA]f pec an ^*JPj5^e 45 Aibnacajl 471 tsA t)p^], 4mej}» an rjle : 6 6]anu]V) an Dd^'Ovt t>0)ti, •00 TaUAjB Ciilrriv^ conilojn. Do cnjiij-em car 50 C4bn<», ■A]]i paV)114]1> ]nf] Bv;nl)4 ■ortjj ru}r t5e]c cc^t) C9,ri ) cc^ii l)n 00 ChuAra)!) oe ranafi. S6 c^ogrtD fcp r>Al» Tit» rmij]t le t))i<»)t)ect ChuAt De DatiaH, attiajI a t>ub]iATn^ tuAf, mg 4 t4 ]]i ) Scejlj %h]cjl, ^jtAnnAn Af An feol cjiAnri, iDon 50 n-A c6]^g]» r^)f£c A)}i n-A mbAcAO. Do ru)r£r>^ ]:6r occ Jijo^HA An, .1. rjAj- "ojob ms| o ^A^AtJ^i ]:6f t)}4f C]le •ojoB.i. bgn ) jt, jbgn ^hujjttejTnne, rii]c Bjieo^Ajn ; gonAt* ]At) yjn nA hocr jijo^nA, -j n4 hocx ^^o cAjl'gr^ -oo ]-lii45clo]rie ^i.^jler, of^ct ] n-Gjitjn r>6jb 50 ciiji C4r4 LAjlren. ^^5 p yjop 4nm4nA An m6)i»> • We learn from a beautiful lillle tMemrore poe ro, said t« have been spoken by her hu:banfl on llic rcca-lon, that, icing him coming also naked out of the water, not far from lici, and not knowing vvho he wa-;, she died through f«aj and shame* 297 mad. The Milesians however remained upon the field of battle burying their dead, and particularly attending to the funeral of their two priests, as we are thus informed by the poet : In the morn we leave Sliev Mish, Finding terror and rebuke, From sons of princely Daghda, Of sharp and valorous spears. Bravely in the fight we join'd, With the sprites of Banba's isle, Soon in heaps a thousand fell Of Dedanites beneath us. Six fifties of our valiant host. Of Spain's admired heroes, Bravely fell by hostile hands. And two good priests, sad the loss. Uar and Ehiar of steeds. Dear this bold impetuous pair. Grey flags hide tlicir naked graves, In silent tombs we leave then'i. Eight also of the chieftains perished at sea by enchant- ment of the Thuha Dedannan, as we mentioned above, viz. Ir, at the Skelligs; Arannan, who fell off the mast, and Donn who was drowned with five other chiefs : eio-ht ladies of quality also died.at this time ; two of them perished along with Donn, namely Buan, the wife of Biley, and Dil, daughter of Milesius, and wife and sister of Donn; ScHne, wife of Avergin, was drowned in Inver Sceine, a river in the county of Kerry, from her so called ; Fial, wifeof Looee, son of Ih, died through shame, because her husband had seen her naked after returning from swinuning ; hence the river lias been known ever since by the name of Inver Feile i. e. the Feal, or river of Fial ;* Scota also and Fas were slain at the battle of Sliev Mis ; two others also died, namely the wives of Ir and Murhevny, son of Brogan ; these made up the eight ladies, and eight chieftains of the Milesian host, who died after their arrival in Ireland before the battle of Tallin. Here foljow the name? of tjjc seven principal womeii 298 fejf)!* bAti ir ]re]M» tinjc le mdcujB '^-.^jlco ) n-Cjitjfi, co jtejit *n l^bitjjt BrtBala ; Scora, Ced, Fjal, Faj-, Ljobitd, OoBcv, T Scejne. ^^ p fujojujat) An tf^ncao , An 'ojion^ tjjob tanjc, j rrj)i le Gjbgji, Ic'p cuj]i£t) CAC Shlejbe %>jj*, rjtjallAj'o ) n-oA]! Gjjtgmojn 50 hJnbep ColpA, ^ m^ }tAn5A'o<} a cejle <^T^ fjn, •CO jro^liAtJ^ CAt A)]i cjtj mAcujb Ch^jtmAoA -) Ajjt ChuAr;A]b ©e cAnAn a]]* cecnA. ?(ct cgnA c>o cu)]tg-6 cat; LAjlr^n ecopjto, *] T)0 cuA)-6 An bpip^o <\]]i clojfi Chcitm.voA aj mAcu]b"--?*ijl^t> ; ]onuj- 5u]t tujt ^<.iAc bjtejne le h'^jriijpjjn, %Ac Cojll le hGjbeii, j '^^iAC Cecc le IiGjiienion ; auia]! AToej]^ An j-gncuj-re : Do ]to)tcA3|t '2\iAc Bjte)ne 5^1 ) rl^Ajlcjn le b?t)m)}i5£n, mAc Cojil le h6)b(^p An 6]]i, niAC C^tz 00 Vajiti GjjteTfiojn. Do ^ajt^tJA)! yof A tcjt) pjo5nA An .1. Cjiic, FooIa, -] BftTibA, ATTiA]! A 06)^ An yjlc fAn jufl p : FooIa le bGAtAn 50 nuajli, le CA]C£|t BAnbA 5;() mbuAjo, Gjlie pn le Su]]if e )^ ]-)n ir D*^ o)5ct;A An v\^]^]^ p^. 299 women wlio came along with the sons of Mila to Ireland, according to the Book of Conquests, viz. Scota, Tea, Fial, Fas, Livra, Ova, and Sceine. The following lines of the antiquai-y are our authority here, and in them we find the names of the husbands of such of these ladies as were mar- ried at the time of their arrival in Ireland : Seven noble women hither came With sons of great Miiesius, Tea, Fial, and charming Fas, And Livra, Ova, Scota, Sceine. Tea, wife of Eirevon of Steeds, Fial too was wife of Looec, Fas, wife of Un, son of Ugy, And Sceine, wife of Avergin. Livra of charms was wife of Fuaid, Widows were Scota and Ova fair. These 'tis certain were the dames Who came with sons of Mila. As to the Milesians, those who had landed with Eiver, and fought the battle of Sliev Misb, marched on to Eirevon, to Inver Colpa, and when they joined his forces there, they challenged the three sons of Carmad, and the Thuha De- dannan to a battle. Upon this they came to an engage- ment at Tahin, where the sons of Carmad were entirel}- routed by the Milesians ; insomuch that Mac Greine was slain by Avergin, Mac Coll by Eiver, and Mac Keacht by Eirevon, as we are thus hiformed by the historian : Mac Greine grea*>was slain In Taltin by Avergir^ IMac Coll by noDie Eiver, Mac Keacht by hand of Eirevon. Their three queens were also killed, namely Eire, Fola, and Banba, as the poet thus relates : Fola fell by noble Etan, Banba by victorious Caicher, Eire then by Suirgy slain. Thus died these tamous three. Great 300 T AJJ1- mbejc 45 lenamain na puAj^e 00 fluAg ttijc '^^^hjlgt) t.o f lud5 mac '•^Ojleo.!. Ci]a]l=,ne, ttiac Bpeo J4]n, (V]]i Shl)o Be)f, A)}t a ccumAp p^jn aca, Jiojn^)- 6]%]^ j ejponion Gjiie £-o]t]4A ; -] t>o jiej}! ipjtojn^e jie i-£ticu]', )}• j j^o]n DO I'jner) eroj^jtA ; ad lejr ruAjt) t50 be}f a^ Q]\f^- ■riion 6 Bhojn -j 6 Slijtub Bjiojn buo ruA)r>, -j An reojiA ceon* but) •ocf 50 Z\r,n Chl]ocr,A A5 ©jbeji. A5 |-o m^ a ticjjt An ]-^ncAo A]]^ An l>o)nf) : '^)]\ An lc]n fuA)©, lie>tr ^An 15]i6n, gATnii* An yl>^]t C]ji«j;m6n; 6 .Sh]nib bju)]}!, buATAc an Jioju, rAp 5AC bii)r)n ^o Bojfi. Gjbejt, mAC %)!et> 50 ])Af, t)0 ^aB An lejr; •oejj-coiirA^, 6 Bhojfi i:uA]jt, ]:a ce|t7; An J^ojn, 50 CiijH jn^jno Bh^nujn. TejT, }Tno]ipo, cojje]* t)0 phpjrififcojj-^cujB fluAj^ tIiac C^^ijlg.D le hCjjijinon a]]j a \h]]i yi'jn •oo'n iiojn -j 5AbA)r> p£]»A]n uA)t), •] -po jijne ^ac noc •ojob •nunphojtt j n-A jioju ye)n T5o'n ygJiAfi. '^^5 p ^A, Sol)A]]ice, ] Su}lt5e. ^S P V^T "* l^j'^Si''*)^^^ ^o to^bAri le hC]]iom6n, lie n-A cojg^p r.oj]-cc, A]jt trup r*o f o^aI) ]-e ycjn Rajt BetAjt) }n-"5j(jji5^"ojiojj- ajji Bjiua^ nA Fe<>)pe j n-0|-iiuj5e ; "CO 301 jGreat numbers of the Thuha Dedannan were also siain, and the Milesians following them in their flight towards the North, lost two of their commanders in the pursuit, name- ly Cualgny, son of Brogan, who was killed at Sliev Cualgny ; and Fuad, another of Brogan's sons, at Sli«v Fuaid. CHAP T E R VII, Of tJie division of Ireland between Eivcr and Eirevon, A. .FTER the banishment of the Thuha Dedannan, and when they had entirely leduced the Island, Eiver and Eire- von divided Ireland between them. The division, ac- cording to antiquaries, was as follows; the northern part, from the Boyne, and Sruv Bron was assigned to Eirevon, and all from that southwards as far asTunn Cline, tQ Eiver the historian mentions this division thus : The northern half, an happy choice, chose the princely Eirevon, from Sruv Bron, a hound exact,' 'cross many tracts to Boyne. I^iver, Mila's prosperous son fixed upon the southern half, from cool stream of royal Boyne, to Tunn of Gaiinan's daughter. Five of the principal chieftains of the Milesian host at^ tended Eirevon to his part of the country, and received lands fi'om him, where each of them erected a castle or stronghold upon their own estate. The names of these five chieftains were Amergin,* Gosten, Sheya, Sovarky, and Suirgy. They erected also the following princely pa- laces : In the first place Erevon built Rath-Bahy, at Ar- gedross, on the bank of the Nore, in Ossory ; Amergin VOL. I. C c erected ♦ ©r Ayeigin. 302 CO ro JaB ):5|- ?<^)m)|ij;]n CujiIac -)nF)))t rhujit ; ©o togVj^vu le SoBAjitce Diin Sol3a)|»ce ; to rogBAo le Se^A 'Oun De)li;]fif], j ccjijc ChxiAlari ; to ro5t)rt-6 le oo]]'ren Catajp ejle -oo ii* r^ojpecAjB rA]r)]c le mAcujb '?<;b]le'6 ; -jrpjocA c<5At5 Choj^cAlu^Ajt', |-An '^'iurhAjn r^|-, ru^A-p.^fo Lii5Ajt), mAc )re, mAc Dg]tl)i^Ar<| 4 p^riAr^. ]]' mu)-oe TTiepi)iT) ah ceAr>pii]-6 fjn no 15e)r pnJjnec, ^n\i ,a1) ] Laj^tijB t.0 r»] pnjomVon^phojtc Gjjioniojn ,1. Rajt BetAjt) ; •] fo]' 5ii]t a1) ]*An '^^iurfiAjn 50 bunAtsupAC rx) Ajr'jjer^ fljucr G)b]]i, ) j-ljoc- Gjjioinojn ) cCoJiAcrAjb ) 1 LAj^njb, ~i fljoct Ru5}iA]6e, liijc Sjrjijge, tA)n]c 6 Gjbois m^c lis TTijc ^jl^p, ] n-UIrA)b. O'n Ru5}iApe Y]n )mo}t)io, fcA]|tinre|i cIaIia RugpAJoo 00 n* pjoit UllrACAjb, 1 t,CAni|tiiA)'c, 'j i cCjAjnij-oe ^■^<.H'iniAii ; ') niujnrjft Dliu]b)n)|<, no pljocc ChAjjtbjie C'ln)f-oGA)]» n jc C'orcnjpl), no pIjocT: LaBj^aj^ Lo]n5p)j, 1 mwfr]H Rj''jii, no j-Ijocc CljAf>o)ft rnoi]-', 6 Laj^iijB rAn^An^ 503 erected Turlagli Inver More ; Sovarky built Dun Sovark) ; Sheya raised DxXn Delginsi, ia the territory of Caalann ; Gosten built Cahar an Nar; and Suu-y erected Dun j.dar, Five also went with Eiver, namely, Caicher, Mantaii, JUi, Oigy, and Fuhnan. They in like manner respectively erected palaces. First, Eiver built Rath Eovan, m Leinster; Caicher, built Dun Inn, in the west of Ireland ; Mantan founded Cuvda Carrick Blary; Rath Ard Suird was founded by Er, son of Oigy ; and Rath Carrick Fayee by Fulman.* Other historians are of opinion, that the division of Ire- land made by Eiver and Erevon was thi^s : the two provinces of Munster belonged to" Eiver; the provinces of Conacht, and Leinster to Eireyon ; the province of Ulster to Eiver, son of Ir, son of Wila, and to some other Milesian chiefs; and the district of Corcalooee, in Desmond, was assigned to Looee, son of Ih, son of their Grand-uncle. This latter opinion I am inclined to think the most correct 5 because Rath Bahy, the principal residence of Eirevon, was in Leinster, and also because the descendants of Eiver, resided originally in Munster; those of Eirevon in Conacht and Leinster ; and those of Rury, son of Sheery^ a descendant of Eiver, son of Ir, son of Milesius, in Ulster. From this Rury, the name of Clanna Rury is given to the real Ultonians,t and ail their descendants who went into the different provinces for the sake of conquest, for instance, the expedition of the Ciar.na Rury into Leinster, i. e. the descendants of Conall Carney who went into Leix ; the posterity of Fergus Mac Roy, who settled in Conmacnc, in Conacht, and in Corcomroe and Kerr}% in Munster ; the family of the Dwyers, of the race of Cai'bry Cluhecar, son of Concorb, who was descended from Lavra Lyiigshy, and the fonuiy of the Ryans, of the * Fifteen copies, all that I have been able to coUite,. omit the pabat bnilt by Oigy. -f- Men of UUter. 504 rAngftt)-! ro'n ^<^hunu]n. I]- cjan oY-)]' iia ]Jomr)0 pySc ^]^KY ']^)V^^'^^ ^J]^ ^)P)'^5 rvinjA'o^ iitv y6})iT(e ]'}n \ r}t) ColKv go n-\Miu- liiajn, 5U}t 5l^b^JT^J }0}iari jii-e, JpiteVjii Ijcveajc '-Jii^n]!- Jecrtjn X)0 bejc j iijo5acc ^(.^umAn ra)n)c C»\).}tb}te '^upc, r>u)nc uApitl rjo ]'lpcr C]]ieiTi6)]i, le "oan 50 K]acvjn. )p gpot) C4 ejp p]!! ranjAD^ cu}o xdo p-jol 6)b]|t, ni^ o'n -pio)* , ^on* Te y]n ]»A]n)b i'ihacc 6]irAn A5 le rriAcujb %jlgo ) n-Gjujn, -j CO benar]to)m, Jie a Jtijoreit C£nu)|» ] n-juii', •) ]p 6 TIica, jn^^n Lu)5r£C ^ojprgjt, rgniAjp "oo'n rulA]5 j-jn .1. '■^..iup lca. Do bAt5oTi-iho]=;, •) Dpom-yjnj,]!! j-,»n "^iuifiAjr. ]]- au j-jn riis;^^ cat tp);* CjBej^ 1 GjiieMion ] ti-11]T) Fa)lje, 4]]i l^jnij B]1]oo^^)n, «gin nj-of ] : Do ini)ri]'<^'o Baiil)A ^.^n Rjion CjlV]* A'Go]';i c|ter> ]:a]i cnjj^co An cac moji A)i» G)15e|i le hGi]iprh6n. Jncopt) uA]m 6cO]rj]'] yjn An yivt yA nr>eA]tii* An yjorigo)! um tp) o]ioniAntii"5 ^An Tpeji-H ly yt a|ti» -00 bj 1 n-C)lteiri._ Djtojm K]nj;]n, -pjtOjm-CUyAC c^]r\ "p]iO]m BgrAio ] cCofiAtrAjb to'a ccoynATn yjn, nj jiAo ^U', rujAt) An r-Ajt yo a Gj^yj. Oo 5(\b G])i(^Tiii6n, ]<| mbc]r; ] ccoifiylAjf^^y Gjjt^u |ic iiG)T>^]i y(^t5 bijA^nA, yVA]toy jomUn G]]ien ccjfpc mblj^^nA rvc'A^ o'ejy vnAjtbfA Cjbn^ ] ccac v()l»b1'^l''^ir' fo }ie)lt tjjiojnge ^c y^nciiy; aitiajI a T;C]]t An y)lc ynn jjjfij-o ; C€)'jie 309 possession of the three most fertile hills in Ireland, namely Drum-Clasa in the territory of Mainy, Drum-Baha in Moy-Mayne, and Druui-Finneen in Munster. They, in consequence of this, came to an engagement in Offaly, near Bru Bridan, at Tolmr, which lies between two plains in the district of Geshill. In this battle Eiver was defeated> and he himself and three of his generals slain ; namely Suirgy, Sovarky, andGosten; as the poet thus observes : Eiver brave and Eirevon^ shar'd, and happy Banba rul'd j without strife or war one year, 'till their wives aml)ition seiz'd. The wife of Eiver of fights, vow'd imless she got the hills, of Clasa, Bih, and Finneen, not to sleep one night in th' Isle. Eirevon, Milesius' son^ slew Eiver, an hero brave ; In Geshill's land his dire wound on Moy Smerhan he receiv'd. The following are the words of the poet T^any on the same event : Ye learn'dof Banba noble, know ye yet, or can ye tell, why was urgM the dreadful tight by Eirevon 'gainst Eiver. I shall tell you from myself of this fratricide the cause, 'twas for three deserted hills, most fruitful of all Eirin. Drum-Finneen, Drum-Clasa fair, Drum-Baha too in Conacht, For their defence, sad to tell, was vvag'd this war, ye learned ! lCire\6n having reigned one year along with Eiver, held frhe entire sovereignty of Ireland fourteen years after the death of Eiver, as some historians say, at the battle of \rgedross : 1'lius the poet observes in the following ^tiyiza : VOL. 1. D d Four 310 C'e)f)te bljrt^riA oca 5 ]to clop 0'6j)>om6n ) n-j a|t tu]z G)hc]\ lomUn. ^}"0c> !]• 3 ccar)):a)i6 cojrrpn ha poncax? n*c ) ccAf Jf ]»e V)n Gj]tem6]n ro it]net5 na ^njonia f^ rJ'^l" ' '^1 * tii, cat Chujie C(v)ce]i> j ccen blja^na '^'v]\- m(> V)n50-r<| noj inbitopnacA 'Gjlc, -j lillr]»j jiipena ua n-Ojljolla ycv rjjt ) n-ejjtjii. ^ri rjtef blja^ajn oiv ejp pjn t)o fujr Fuiman •] ^(iaiiran, .1. njap ra)]pec wj miijnr)ii GjB]}j le hGjjtenion ) dcac Bjte^ujn ) ffjtf^nuijn. t>o Ijn5et5 ^^^ Rcjn, loc Fjonrhajse, loc ^jtejne, loc Rjac, ^ 'A^a^ m^ojn Ainm An liiacAjae r^ 4 rr4)nj5 an loc, loc Da cioc j La)5n]B, j loc Lco^ j n-IJllrajB. ?^n cerpamaf) hljagajn ] •00 tia r.o)i-ocii)>) CO b] aj^c ; ru^ A]|t r^iip coj^^t) Laj^en no Chjjjornfajn Scjatbcal, oiijne iiApAl o'jA'jirii^ pejt mBoI^; ru5 p6p cojget) %anian 00 cejt]te mAcajb C)bj}> .i. G)>, 0)»ba, F^noH, •] F<^]t5na ; cu^ « }ijp coj^eo ConAdn X)0 311 I'our years aiul ten I've heard, Eirevon a monarch reign'tt after tight of Argedross, where fell the noble Eiver. It is however the common opinion of historians, and as I conjecture the truest one, that Eiver was slain at the battle of Geshill, as before observed, and not at that of Argedross. It was in Eirevon's time the following actions took place, namely, the battle of Cool-Caicher, a year after the death of Eiver; and there it was that Caicher, a leader of Elver's people, fell by Avergin, son of Mila. In a year after, Avergin fell by Eirevon in the battle of Biley- Teiney, in Cool-Bra. It was in thjs year also that the nine Brosnas of Ely burst forth over the land, and the three Unsheans of Tirollilla. The third year after this, Fulman and jMantan, two chiefs of Eiver's people, fell by Eirevon in the battle of Breyun, in Frav^iin. Eight lakes burst over the land in the reign of Eirevon namely, Loch Kimy, over tha|tf)lain named Moyshreng, Loch Boy, Loch Baa, Loch Itein, Loch Finmoy, Loch Gi'eiae, and Loch Reeah, over the plain named Moymain; Loch Dachy, in Leinster, and Loch Lee, in Ulster. In four years after this, Un, Ean and Ethan were slain in the battle of Cowry, in Meath, by Eirevon ; and their graves were raised there. In the same year three rivers called the Sucks burst out over land in Conacht Son^e antiquarians assert that it was Eire^ on that divided Ireland into four provinces, amongst some of his chieftains after the death of Eiver. First, he gave the province of Leinster to CrifFan Skeeavcl, a nobleman of the Bolognes ; he also gave the province of Munster to the four sons of i^iver, namely, Er, Orbu, Farran and Fargna. lie gav€^ the 3V2 TO Un nuc Uj^e, •] •oo GvjtiMi, x>].\\- *vO]f?^r T-4]n]5 \c]\' 6'n eAj-pajn ; vnA\i An cceoiu loo yitSAjT) 115 Gjljcp, nuc If ] ffl^rer ej]i£rii6)n, ]moji)to, ran^ar^ <^'l'ii)''")S .1. Pjcrj, fluA^ ro fiijdll o'n TpacjA, ^-j liC)ii]n; "\ x>o I'u'j]^ Cho)ima)c nu(- Cu]leno tilui-o -j t)'* Cli)iu]fn^»Hi]b bO ]ta]b An jijj r)(\nA]> niJon^A io'l]a}|'l]V) iitv BjJenajne, 'o'.v ii5<>)}>^] ruttf-Y<0] t)e]5colAC n'o bjon A])t ^mu)b Cbuat* Kjonj* •] no yhjAj-pA)^ no Ch]K)pnAn c}ien An lei^^p t)0 ncAnAn ] n-A5A]n njino fljim nA njiojn^e iln no TiujngniA]^. Cufif^j Icr, A)t (3)iofnv\n, rp) c^jAn bo lii^ol yjon n'A ccpun, -j cujtf*^ An htz DO fcebf^ uAtA ] log a))^ 1^ ah n^Acajjie ) n-A ccl^cr^ l]b bejr Ag coriijiAC J^)ii, 'j yojAjp cat oji]tA A)|t Ch]i)oTncu]n. C)i)onifAn ycjArbCAl rf jto gAb, no y;o|iAn A]jt a cu)iA, NpcrujTi ViAjt ?K)ng|i]-, I.f^i^An, )p cjtopnAn. 315 of Leinster, under Eirevon at tliat time, and formed a friendship with them. The leaders of this expedition, were Gud and his son Calihian ; and the motive of Criffan for forming friendship with them, was that some Briiisli nobles, named Feeys, were establishing themselves in Forth, at both sides of the mouth of the Slaney. These people had all of thcni poisoned arms, so that whatever wound, whether large or small they inflicted, the patient received no i)enefit from medicine, but inevitably died. Criffan learnt that there was a Druid highly informed among the Cruihni, named Throsdan, who would give him a remedy against the poisoned arms of the Feeys. He there- fore asked him what remedy he should employ. Get milked a hundred and fifty white cows without horns, saj's Throsdan ; and let the milk be thrown into a pit, in the middle of the plain where you usually fight these people, and provoke them to battle there ; and each of your people that is wounded, let him bathe in the pit, and he shall be healed from the poisoned wound. Criffan acted accord- ing to the advice of the Druid, and proclaimed the battle of Ardlevnachta against the Feej-s, and there defeated them with bloody slaughter. From this fact it is, tliat this is denominated the battle of Ardlevnachta ever since ; a^' ^he poet sa3's in the following lay : Ardlevnachta in the southern clime. Each learned asks the name, Whence the soil so cali'd can be Establish'd still from Criffan's time. Criffan Skeeavcl was the king, To save his warlike host, And protect them from the poison'd shafts Of savages desperate, fierce. Six Cruilmeans sent by God, Came from Thracia's ciime, .Solan, L'lpra, Nachtan brave, .'^uguS; Lehan and Throsdan. Thi-'se 3\6 Ro Tjox^nujc Djvv iSo]]'), t]\{^ ^iip, t)* n-joc 1*111 5e(t}ijo)ii orjiu]' T1A n-ATrtC pec,rnio]V) t5]i.O; iiv^ cCjni)rnec, n)o]t bV'A^cojjt, r]»j (\Oj;i\o 1)6 rii.ol 'oo'n rhojg no bleo-oujn ) n-a)Ti-ciit;(>)5, Do cu)]je6 An cat 50 co rtHii'D An car ^o cAlniA Ajfi ArArii]!) A)»t*-lJAnbA. DaIa riA cCjinjfnec ah pjn, ni^ A ta bur, j CArlutJfi A tfiAc, cujjtjr) jiompA rgjir LAj^en to ^aBajI, •] m^ tio cuaIajt e]]iem6n ]-]n, nnolii]- fluA^ Ijonrn^, -] rjg o'a n-jonpAj^e, -j iti ^^IbA ] nnjuj,, A5 A pcAlbugA-n 6 bAjiAn^up pleccA nA mban )nA 6 bAjiArirup fl^ctA nA \^^]^, 50 c]t)C ah bef a ; T^u^ G)}i^TTi6n A]|t An n-cAcr; pjn r|tjii]t ])An r6]b .1. ben Bb]te]f], bjn BhuAjp, -] b^^n BhuA)5ne, ■) ^Abup CArluAn, fA AjtntsOjpj'C no)b, ben njoB no yejn. CiJ]Allu]n An pjn 50 C]iu]r)Tir!iAf, •) no ^ab CAfluAn nop- ha cpjce ]')n, •] JTA he ccAnjij^ VtlbAn no Chjiiijcngcujb v, AniAjl Ig^r^j ) SAltA]]'. ChA)]']!, pAn nuAjn nA)> Ab ropAc, << ^( eoiciv ^IbAn ii]I<'," A5 po m^ A nc)|t a)]j an njoj-j : ClUijfnj-j, no ^AbpAn, yi rrajn, )A]t ttoif^cc A bO||!enibA)c; ; no ^Ab njob am ("jmjcjnclA))). CafluAn 317 These, in his power, th' Almighty gave To save from anguish sharp of wounds, And protect them from the poison'd darts Of these savage, fierce despoilers. Wisely instructed, such the skill, Of the great Cruihnean sage ; Three times fifty kine to milk, ' Off the plain into one pit. The battle then was fiercely fought, Near the pit with milk replete ; And tiie fight went brave against Banba's fierce Invaders. The Cruihneans then, namely, Gude and Cahluan his >son, determined to take the sovereignty of Leinster. Upon information of this, Eirevon assembles a numerous army and marches to meet them. When the Cruihneans per- ceived that they had not sufHcient force to encounter him, they made peace. Eirevon iuforms them of a country north east of Eirin, and desires them to settle there. They then requested of Eirev6n to give them some of the ladies who were marriageable, and widows of those chiefs who were killed in the expedition from Spain, according to Bede in the first book of the ecclesiastical History of Britain ; and they bound themselves by the ties of sun and moon, that the sovereignty of the Cruihnean country, now called Scotland, should be rather possessed in right of the female than die male descent, for ever. On this condition therefore, Eirevon gave them three women, namely, the wife of Bress, the wife of Buas, and the wife of Buaney. Cahluan, who was their principal leader, took one of these iiimself. They then departed for the Cruihnean countiy, where Cahluan seized the sovereignty, and was the first king of Alba, of the Cruihnean or Pictish race ; as we read thus in the Psalter of Cashel, in the poem beginning, *' Sages of Alba alii" Thereafter Cruihneans seized the clime, From Eirin's plains going thither i Six and thirty kings supreme, Of tbf "p. swayed the Cruihnean plain. VOL. I. E e Cahluan 318 jneof Ao •ccojR go cumo]|j, All cuj^ cAlrriA CoTiprv\nr)n. ^cr 6enA fAnup ^jtoj^tiATi, tjuoj^, *j 4n co]5e|» Cjiujfnec e)le luAjor^p [-ad Iaojo tuAp, j Ti-C)}t)n "oV)p CliAcluAjn, $0 jfU4]]^^io^ FS!**'"' ] "iS?*t^^"<*)& '^^)oe 6 Cjiteriion. >m cerpAnut) bljA^Ajn cca^ tj'ejj- bv^jp Gjbjji pi<»)P GjpeTiion bAf ] "-^]]>&P^lnA)ce6 ^. SAn bljA^Ajn deonA r>o Vjn^ An aBujii r>A}t Ab Ajnm «n G^fne p* tjjt ) n-^o)b- NejII) •) to Vjng An n)n "o'a nSo)}tf-^jt Fpc^o^Al ]:* tjj* ]r))p DaI n-a}tu]t)e -/ DaI RjAt)*. ^ %. 2752. Do SABfAT) rjt) TTt)c ejji^mojn t)i ^j]* p)" I^jo^ACt; Gj)t(j^n ry»j bljA^n*, '^iujnine, Luj^ne, -j LA]5ne 4 n-AnmAilA, •] oo Ba-o^ ] ccoriipUjfc^p 50 bAp ^hujmftc ) *>5u)5c}iuA6An ■] 5u)t m^^AQ Luj^ne ) LA]^ne le mAcuj.^ C]V)]\i ] CCAt ^(jtoAlAopon. 2755. Do ^aBao^ ce)^pe mjc GjB]]t .1. Gujf, OjtbA, F(£liAn, ^ ^SP5"* I*Pa<*ct; Gjjt^n , TTiAC Gjjt^mojn, jjjoJAdc 6]]i^n t>e)6 mbl)A5nA, ojjt nj jiA)Bc pljocc Ajft An tcpjuj* c^pBluiAj^ t)0 Bj Ajje DO but) p)nc jni (5 p6)n. Ci»jpjp pjn ♦n TAn p<>]n)5 Jj^jaI pan jtjoJACc -j t50 ^a^ ojliBgpc 1 AjipAicup ]ie A)p, t>o m^bAt) dejtite mjc 6jBjl» lejp m^ A tA e)i, OjtbA, FgjtAn, 'jF^iignA, j nojoJAl a t)A 6g|ib)iA^ no m^BAD IcopAn. Do jjejibjoo pe muj^e r^rtg a cojH j ri-ej}t]njjplA)fgp )pjA)l;A5 po pjopA n-«nmAm,^A5pej6£c J lM))tK; '^*<»b-Ne)l)u ) LA)5ii)b; %A5-comA]]i, ^AJ-pele 3 n-^o)B-ne)ll; ^Ag-pAnujp ) cConA^cujB; ^Ag-n-jnjp J n-lllit#)B; %)A^-lu)n5e, •) ^Ag-mjoe j cCjAnA6tA)B; Wd^-ctir } n-'?fo]b-mAc-UA)p; ^ABPSI^^^^IB^ 1 n-Ojjt i;AlIujB; %A5-pofjn jp n* h)^tj)Aj5; ^AJ-cobA) j n-^o)b- S\0 ' »^ Cahluan was first king of these, And this I'll briefly tell, The last sov'reign of them was, Uedoubted hero, Constantine. However Throsdan the Druid, and the other five Cruili- neans named in the above poem, remained in Ireland after Cahluan, and obtained lands in the plain of Pra of Meath, from Eirevun. In the fourteenth year after the death of Eivir, Eirevon died at Argedr-ross, on the bank of the Nore, and there was buried. In the same year burst forth the rjvcr named Enney in Ee Neill, and the river called Freowle sprung from the earth, between Dalnary and Diilriada. A. M. 2752. Th^ three spns of Eirevon afterwards possessed the sovereignty of Ireland three years. Their names \yerc Moon e}'^, Looney, andLayney; they were in joint sovereignty till the death of Mooney at Moycrogban, and until Loony and Layney were slain in the battle of Ardlaron. 2755. Er, Orba, Farran and Fargna, the four sons of Eiver, held the sovereignt}' of Ireland but one year, and were slain by I rial the prophet, in revenge for the death of his twq brothers. 2756, Trial the prophet, son of Eirevon, assumed the sovereignty of Ireland ten years; for his three elder brothers left no issue. Besides, when Trial came to the royalty, and assumed the government and power, he slew Er, Orba, Farran and Fargna, the three sons of Eiver, in vengeance for his two brothers slain by them. Sixteen plains w^re cleared of wood in the reign of Trial : these are their names, Moyreit in Leix, Moynelly in Leinster, IVIoycomer in Ee Neill, Moysanus in Conacht, Moyinish in Ulster, Moylung and Moymee, in Kinetty; Moytecht in Ee Mac Uaish ; Moyftirnvoy in Oriel ; Moyfohin in the western districts ; Moycowa in Jveagh ; Moycow in Ee Neill ; 320 e,cdc ; %45-cuTndj 1 n-^o]B-ne]lI ; %A5-cu)le]:er)a ; 'i-*^> T^<»r Biijjiec ] Slecru)13, Rrtjf: Locajt:. ] n6lvii-C4]tn. ?in lil^rt^Ajn ri ejp ]-]n ro Vjnser'^ iu\ r]t) liAjbne t)'* n^o]|tfe]i nd r]tj Fjon* ]:* f))» j n-UlltAjB. ?^n Bl]<»^,a]n ri e]p ]-)n 00 B)i)|- 3ji]<\l cer|i)oVi cdr ^^jioa jonrhdjc ] zZchz<\, m<| (Vjt tu]c Srjyine mac Du)B, wn raju caz, cut r^fiiTiuj^e rug ]ji]a1 tj'p'jrii.jCdjB, A]r »} tujr; J1J5 FoTrid]tcu)B T'djt bVynm e)CTi;e e)c-cen. '?Ai r]i£]' cdf, cat- Locmuj^c ) n-.^ f ujr Lu^ytocrtidc ^o^yejhjj*, An cerjiAriiA© cAr, cac Cujle tn^rA, mj ^ Bjijp to cefjtA ttiacujB 6jbj}i. ?(n TApA bl]Ai;A]n x>a ejy pjn puAj]^ Jj*]*! bAp j mujj %UA3t«e, •] t50 liAtmAjceri Afi e. ^. "^y 2766. Do ^aB ejrjt]Al mAC IpjAjl jajx), Jijo^dcc Gjlieii fjce bljA^Ajn. Jp jie Vjn ad GjtjijAjl p] t50 benAO Y(^cz niACA))ie a cojU ) n-Gjjijn, m^ a ta, r^nrriAg ] cCoFJAcrujb ; mA5 Ljo^At -j mAg mBelii)^ ) n-o '^^(onAcn)ACA t', pAn (j]-, rriAC FolloniA^n, jtjoJA^c Gjjtrfi ca3^*'o mblja^na. Do b]ti|- rtn Tj jepnriuj- j-o y^tz CGAr* pjcg^r) 1°^ Fglkjl, } TTjp eoi,>j]n, r 4n. loc ]-jn, J %a5 Fu]n|')-6e 4)nm 4 t>Ar ) it-^4t> "opong J»e p^nciip 50 iia)T> Cjjte p^cc mbljA^nA ^ah S25 A.M. 2816. Tiyernvas, son of Follavan, reigned fifty* years. He defeated the posterity of Eiver, in twenty seveti battles. In his time nine lakes burst forth in Ireland, viz. Loch-key, which overflowed the plain of Sulchar; Loch Nallinn, in Conacht; Loch Nairn; Loch-Noor; Loch- Saylen, and Loch Gavar, in Meath and Bra ; Loch-Foyle, in Tyrone ; this lake burst forth upon Feval, son of LoduD, and ihe plain over which it flowed, was called Moy-Funsey ; Duv-LcwJi of Ard-Cianaghta ; and Loch- DavuU in Oriel ; together with the three Black rivers of Ireland ; Fubna, Callan, and Torann. This Tiyernvas was the first who discovered Gold ore in Ireland ; and Inhayan was the name of the artist who first refined the gold for him, which was melted in the plains on the east of the Liffy, It was in the reign of Tiyernvas also, that cloths were first dyed purple, blue, and green in Ireland. In his time too, ornaments, fi-inge, and borders were first used on dress. It was he likewise who established in Ireland the custom of using one colour in a slave's garment, two in that of a soldier, three in the apparel of military oflicers, and young noblemen j four in that of a Brugha, or one who had lands from the crown for die maintenance of a table for strangers and travellers; fiv£» in that of lords of districts, and six in the dress of an Ollav or doctor, and in that of the king and queen. Tiyernvas and three fourths of the men of Ireland, died at Moy- Siecht, on the Eve of all Saints, in the actof worshippmg the Arch idol of Ireland, Crom-Cril. It was this prince who first introduced the worship of Crom-Cfu, as Zoroaster did in Greece about one hundred yeai"s after the arrival of the Milesians in Ireland ; and it is in consequence of the adoration of this Idol, by the men of Ireland, this plain in Breefney, is called Moy-Siecht. Some antiquaries say, that there was an interregnum of seven years in Ireland after * OtUeri say sereatjr years. 324 Pis ^iJM]c. 2870. Do 54IJ Cgpmiu •) SoBa]|tce, •d.\ tfiAc OjBjijc, tTi]c GjBjiJ, jijogAcr Cjjien ccr)i,\^,a-D Mja^a^n, -j y* hjao ceAcjtj^rc G)}i^n ri' llIltAjr) ]Ar», -j x>o ito]ri^r<4 6j]))n £~o)ipA» dniAjl 4 fubpam^^ fudj-. Do rujr Sobcijiice le liGocrto ^j', mvvc Conmcojl, Itjogdct; Gjn^n yjce blja^Ajn. )j- ujme 'oo gojftfj Gocv^w Fcob^sUj" ibe, 6]ii pa gUr seA fiej^, -j ]p e tDO cujp n* cdfa po ]t6mu)n ajjt fjol Cjjtf^niojn .1. (' peer. mu]5e A cojU) n-G)]i)ri lefj-, m^ 4 rS, "^Oa^ SiTK^rpAe, ] n-iOjl) FA)l5e ; "^a^ LAj^ne t'^'^ac; Lujus, j cConAcrujb; %A^ lemnA. *%)i5 Njotiajji, '^iiig FuboA, -) 'A^a^ r^» ^AbA)l ] n-0))i5jAllAjb ; *] 00 fiij* An c-GocAtj ]-j 1a FjACAt) LAbnii)ne, i ccat Cli^niAn. 2930. Do 5Ab FjACi-n LAbj^ajTie, mAc Sm)o|t5,ii^lI, fijoJAcrr GjjK^ii cefp* bljarnA yrjrgr^, no j-^cc mbljA^iiA 4]}i rpjocAf, t)o )u')|t •ofiojn^e ejle l»e pi^ncup. )f ) n-A iplA)f(^y 00 V)n5(^r,j nA rj»j liAjbnc yo [-jo)' pA rjp .1. Inbc^ji Flejfce, Inb^jt ^^ap^e, ) Jnb^]* LAbjmjfie 6 jiAi'brelt F]4CAri LAbftiljne jt)f. )]• |ie n-A Vjn pop 100 bpi'irr, loc Gjpne pA fjji, '| '^^^*& Bphajm A)nni An nucAjjte r^ a rrAjn]c An loc. Ip e mAC An FhjACAtspA .1. ^otigup Ollbiirtriar, 525 after the death of Tiyei'nvas, and that it was Eohy Fievarglas, son of Conmael, who assumed the sovereignty after him, nevertheless this is not true^ for the Regal Roll says that it was Eohy Edgohaj of the race of Looee, sou of Ih, who assumed it. A. M. 2866. Eohy Edgoha, son of Darry, reigned four years, and was killed by Carmna, son of Evric. 2870. Carmna and Sovarky rul^d forty years, and were the first of the Ultonians who reigned in Ireland; they divided the kingdom between theni, as we have already* observed. Sovarky was slain by Eohy Mann, son of the king of the Fomorians ; and Carmna by Eohy Faivarglas, in the battle of Dun Carmna. 2910. Eohy Ficvarglas, son of Conmael, held the sove- reignty of Ireland twenty years. He was called Eohy Faevargias, because the two javelins which lie used were blue and sharp-edged. He engaged the posterity of Eirevon in the following battles, namely, the battle of Luahar Daee in Desmond; the battle of Fosy*da-gort ; the battle at the Meeting of the three waters ; the battle of Tuam-Dregan in Breifney; and the battle of Droni- Liathain. The following seven plains were cleared of wood by him ; Moy-Smeraghin Offaly, Moy-Layney, and Moy- Lorg in Conacht, Moy-Levna, Moy-Ninar, Moy-Fuvna, and Moy-da-gaval in Oriel. He was slain by Fiah3'-»Lavrinny in the battle of Carman. 2930. Fiahy-Lavrinny,t son of Smirgoll, governed the kingdom twenty-fouryears, or, according to oth'er historians, thirty-six. These three rivers sprang forth during his govern- ment, the Fleisg, Maing, and Larne, from which he is called Fiahy-Lavrinny. Loch Erne also burst forth in his time, and the plain over which it flowed, was called Moy- Gannan. >Engus OUvuagh, son to this prince, defeated VOL. I. F f in * See page 1155. •f Or Fkcha, or Fccaliy I^viinny, or I.ar;»y. $26 iia f^nBh;ijotA|n)b co B) ) n-^lb.\)n, ') )i" e on r-^on^iip j-A oo ciijp ^Ib* jra I'TTiACr ncv nh^'oal <\]]\ zrxnf ; F^ cen 50 ]i(t)15 c)oj-ca)n 05 Fco]felii)b o]ip<» 6 Apipjt C)}ienic)ii, )fi)c 'A>jleo. Lu<»)}i]Tn ra cecvr -] cco5 bl].\5A)n ■c'e^y tTiAca ^jl^o ro recr 3 n-ejjtjn ro cn]]ie-c ^11;a y* ]-r>n»cr: 7 yi c)of na noujral, le ^^ong,up 01lV«irt-6ua5, "| t50 jiejii riiojn^e e)le bljAcajn ^ y)ce. Ip u)me 50)jtfg]t ^(ongup oUrhuc4)t» "oe, 6^0 fpocalpa, oil .1. moji, *] muca ; "oo bpj^ ^ujt ob «j5e tjo bac^ na mvica pa mo ) n-Cj]i)n j n-a5 n-'^o}np5]A6 3 Laj^njb, ^^az^ 6ujle C4ol 3 n)Bo5a3nc, ^olrijag 3 cCftlljtu36e, '-Ai^S mucj^ojnie 3 cCor\acra3b, %a5 luaifiA 1325036, I'^AS ^jtcu3ll 3 cC3apu3xSe luacjta. ^^S*r3 ccar Sle3be Cua t50 m^bar ^^ongnp 011maca3ib f63n le liGfia mac Ni^ctajn t»o '^Ol4U3tTme^CAib ; *] 4 t»e3|i3t3 01130 00 ria p£n(at5a3b ^uj* ab e Gm tx'^^t^nac 3r pjlH^JBe loo p6]\i PA t)UA3ne "Psj «)) ropA^, "V.'on^up Olltfiiu-a)© ar bat," <»5^p }"r ^Jb '^^ l'<'jni P305pu35e kjp an cccanpaci c^rna. V(. %. 2993. 3^7 in many battles, the Picts and ancient Britons who had settled in Alba. It wab he who first brought Alba under the dominion of" the Gadelians, although since the days of Eirevon, they had been tributary to them, ^ngus brought Alba under the power of, and tributary to the Gatlelians, about two hundred and fifty years after their arrival in Ireland. This Fiacha defeated the descendants of Eiver in four battles, viz. the battles of Fargy, Gaily, Mount Femen, and the battle of Mount B.algadin, whjere he was killed by Eohy-Muvp. A. M. 2954. Eohy^-Muvo, son of Mofevis, held the sovereignty for 21 years, and vvas slain at the battlp of Cliagh, by iEngus-Ollvuca. 2975. j^ngus OUvuca, son of Fiah3'-Lavrinny, held the sovereignty of Ireland eighteen years, others say twenty- one. He is called Ollvuca from oil, great, and muc*, pigs, because he possessed the largest swine, in his time, in Ireland. By him the following battles were fought, the battle of Clery, the battle of Sliev Calgy, where Baskin was slain, the battle of Moy-Ensky, in Conacht, and the battle of Glass Fia^han, where Frahan the prophet was killed; and one hundred battles agamst the Picts, Bologues, and tlie inhabitants of the Qrcades. Three lakes burst fiarth in his reign, namely. Loch Enveihe in Oriel, Loch- Salcadan, and Loch-Gasan in Mqy-Lurg, In his days the following plains were cleared of wood, viz. the plain of Glin-Dercon, in Kineal Connell, Mo3"-.^nsky in Leinstcr, Moy-Cool-Csel in Bogany, iEl-Moy in Callry, Macroom in Conacht, Moy-Luaghra-Dea, and Mo3'-Arcul in Kerry, This prince fell in the battle of Sliev Coo, by Enna, son of Neaghtan, a Momonian. Some historians say he \\as siain by Enna-Argha in the battle of Carman 5 this opinio4i is the most correct, according to the poem beginning, "i^ngus Ollvuca died, &c." and the Regal I^oU also airrcs- ponds witli it. A. M. 299^> r\ 328 9(. %. 2993. "Oo ^Ab en* ^Jlunio, Jtjo^ACC '6)jtefi j'ecr mbljagiiA yicetj, ■) ]\' e co jijne fcejt "o'pg]uijB 6j]ten ]rt-o. Do tujc j-e ] ccac lUj^nc le Rofecrttc m<\c 9si;o)n. 3020. Do 54I5 Rofecirtc mac SJtisOjn, co yjol G]|t^m6)n, jijo^rtcr (^j]i|^vi cu)5 l)l)nA mac ^Jlttjij, ytpjacr Gjji^n cu]^ Fjl)a5na, 51111 niv|15at> le n-A Tfi»;c pc'jn e, \te ii-a Vjn ] n-Gjitjil, 50 jfaji-Cjoe 1 Ccopnu]B jar), •] no m^Tjat) an Fjacan j-o le "^iiujnemon mac Cajp clocuj^. 3070. Do 5al) '4siu]neTrion, mac Ca)]' clocu]^, no fjoj CjBjji, jijo^acc G)}ien cu)^ Llja^na ; ') ]y e an %'bujnemon fo no o]inu)5 mu)nce, no flaljfian 6]]i a]]i ztuy ya Bjia5rt]n na n-iuvj-al ) n-C)]t]n, -j no ea^ j-e no iam j ^ojg 3075, Do 5aB ^illn^ji^ojn mac ^Mjjn^mojfi, no fpl e]lj)|t jijo^ac* Gjiig^ii i-cc- mblja^na. J)- ]»e n-a Vjn no cu)l>en yajnona 6]]i a]]t ^Ucajb na n-iiai'v\i ^ rri'ij- j n-Gjjtjii ; ^ no m^Ban le liOllan^ Fonla e ] ccac Cemitac. 3082. Do ^ab OUain Fonla, m Ollam Fonla ne, no Bjtjj ^o ]^'»)^> n-<» oIlarM } n-^^na^ ) n-eoluy ]te ]i^cru^1j, -^ j»e nlJ5T:)b n'opnii^an ) n-GjjijH ] n-a jie, p ) Ipla]l^ bar j n-a r)5 y^jn. If Icji- no fijn^n yeij- rrm}taA rtjii rru]' ] n-Gjjip. lonau )nK)i»]ta Fcjy r^nijiac j lijo^najl co^rqon ania)l ph)oi> ajf^ buAviArr aj ]»]"5<^]^> 1 *5 r')^ejtmi]l) Cjiteri. Do Wp-b yoy t>o tiop ) ure))- rerii]iAC, 5jbe tio xjeAHAO e)C,£n, no ^ojt), •oo lJUA)l^r> ti^c no ts'jmp^o ^m A]]t, bAp "OO TAbAjJic t>o, -J w;An n^|»c aj an )iJ5 pejn, jnA A5 o snjfj Afi p)n ^o refi <»5 lijo^AjV) Ani]iA G]]i%p. Do jij^Tie Cat-^ojh cl^rhnAC rejp |ioc.;()Tfi nA j»)5-rheAm}tAC rAP^A^o^ le]p, peiitre t)e, Tl)^ ^lyS'^ S^ ho^nbAile. Tft) Ia it)rt Shi»u)U)n to ^yit'Ap rpj Ia p -a tjaj^ pA 'oejjBeAp t)o'p rpltiAg, )to buri rjomolJ tjO)^ A5 pjopol |t]p An p^rrriiO)n. ■F«An ^ojr, IP ^6f pnAii oil -jmoi* .1. j-Ujnce ifi6)» t>o bj 45 546 a)n o'pgiiujB Gjjtgn J n-4 yU)t]OY- If 3 crj^ %hjot)Cui 5AL4 jtu^; t*. 3143. Do grtB 5e]t>e OIlgorAc, mAc OlKvTfiAn FooU, t>o ]'l)occ )}♦, tfi)c ^jlet), ]i)o-^^cz Gjpen ^eACC mbljA^PA iDCA^. Jf u)nie bOjjirei* bejoe OIl^orAC t)e .1. pA ni6]t ^ur ^AC , TTiAc FjonAccA, 'oo ni<}BA6 e. 3160. Do 5aB F]ACAt5, mAc FjonAcrvt, "oo |ljocr; J|i, Jijo^ACC Gjyten cejcjie bl)A5A)n a]]^ T")^)^> b"l* ^'^F ^^ BgimsAl. 3184. Do 5aB B^pn^Al, ttiac Bt'-joe Oll^vifuj^, t^o ]-l)oct )}i, jtjo^Acc Gjjien -oa liljAgAjn xsca^, ^u]i tujr le liOjljoli. 3 1 96. Do 5Ab Oj! joll, TTIAC Si Anu]ll, •00 j-ljocc J jt, ji jo^rtc c GjjieAfi ]'e bl)A j,nA ncAg, ^ujt t\\]r, le SjojtnA. 3212. Do ^Ab SjOjiriA ^^^aIac, itiac Di'jn, t>o j-jol GjjigTTiojTi, jtjogAcc Gj}<(^n bljA^Ajn a]]i ticjio, AriiA}! A "Dejyi An ygncAjtb j-ah 'ouAjn t^ Ab roj-Ac. "C)pe a}it?, ]n)f tia }tjo5," 'ic. If ii)me bO]]ife}i SjojtriA f^o^AlAc r^e, Ajjt jat? TiA lie yuA]}t r^ A Vucc coiriAjmfjjje, 5UJ1 r.ujcle RorecrAc mAc RoAjn j n-^jlljn. 3233. Do ^Ab llofgccAC ttiac RoA]n, tjo fjol G)b]|«, jijogAct GjjieH feet mbljA^riA, gu}* Vojfc rejnc s^^Iajh j n-oun SobA)]>ce e. 3240. Do ^aB Cjl]Tr», ttiac Rof^cru]^, jijoJAct Gj]i£n con bljA^Ap ATTlAjr, ^\i]\ tu]T, Ic bJAllcAjr). 324J. Oo 5aB B]AllcA]a mAc 0]1)o11a Olc^ojn, t)o fjol G))i^Tfi6p jtjo^Acc Gjpen noj mbljA^nA 511)1 rujc ) ><.iA]i, ^A^UAjwe le b'^(jtt jml^c. 32.50. Do ^Ab '^nz Jml^c, mAC Gjljm, tio jjol Cjb]|» jtjo^Act Gjyi^n tsA bl)«5Ajn aj]i fjcj'o? Bi'l* ^ujt le Nuao- A]t Fjon Fa)I. 3272. Do 333 A. M. 3127. Slanoll, son of OUav Fola, assumed the 50ver«ignty of Ireland, fifteen years. He is called Slanoll from rl*n, health and oil, great ; the people possessing in his reign the most perfect health. He died in the palace of Meecuarta;* some say that the disease of which he died was never known. 3143. Gciya Ollgoha, son of Ollav Fola, of the line of Iv, son of Mila, reigned seventeen years. He is supposed to have heen called Ollgoha, because the people of Ireland had loud voices in his rcigu. He was slain by Fiacha, son of Feeuaglita. 3 1 60. Fiacha, son of Feenaghta, of the line of Ir, reigned twenty-four years, t and was slain by Berngal. 3184. Berngal^ son of Geiya Ollgoha, of the line of Ir, reigned twelve years. He was killed by Olioll. 3196, Olioll, son of Slanoll, of the line of Ir, governed the kingdom sixteen years. He was killed by Sheei'na. 3212. Sheerna the Lotiglived, son of Dein, of riie race • of Eirevon, was sovereign of Ireland twenty-one years, as the antiquarian asserts in the poem beginning, " Noble Eirin, isle of kings,'' &c. He is called Sheerna the Longlived or aged, in conse- quence of the length of time he lived, beyond all his cotemporaries. He fell in Allin, by Rohachta, son of Roan, 3233. Rohachta, son of Roan, reigned seven years. He perished by lightning at Diln-Sovarky. 3240. Flim, son of Rohachta, reigned but one year, and was killed by Gialcha. 3241. Gialcha, son of Olioll Olkeen, of the line of Eirevon, held the sovereignty of Ireland nine years. He wa* slain at Moy-Mua, by Art Imle}-. 3250. Art Imley, son of Elim, reigned over Ireland twenty-two years, and was slain by Nooa Finn-Fail. VOL. J. Gg A. M. 3273. * At Tara. •j' Some copies hare (%:er.r^) others thirty. 334 3272, Do 5<»^ ^uAt)A Fjonpa}!, nuc ^]allIc4^A, ftje^Acc ^Jl*£n rsr^*'o bljA^Ajn, no ro ]t6]]\ t»i»o]i-ij;e ejlr, y]te bl)*54]n, ^iip rujr Ic Bpejyjijr;, nuc ^(]]i~ Imlj^. 3292. Do 5j;AT TO jiine. 3348. Do ^Ab DuA^ p)ori, mAc SeTnA }on^ii)T, }*jo5Acr Gj)ien cu)5 bljA^riA, z^\\]i riqc le %u]iieTAc Bo1k]iac. 3353. Do ^Ab'-A^ujp^TAc Bol^jtAc, niAC Sjn.cop Bhftejc, JijOgAcr G)]ien ce")f}>e bljA^nA, ^\.\]\ ru]t le liGfiA re]i5. 3357. Do t,.\Y) CTh\ T9,]»w;, mAc DuAcy]n, jtjo^Aic GjjieAH TA bljA^Ajn TCA^;. }y u]Tne to bf>])itj Cha Te];^ 6e .1. tpJ»5 A o]nec .1. T^ii^ A B"^')r- 'r 1*^ ^"'^ ^1^' ^^ buA]I^T A]p5gT A}jt rcuy ) n->Vi]^j;i^Tiio]y ] n-Gjj»)fi, -j yuA]]> y6 bAy to iA'ih *]]» SIi1]a1j %;i-, ^o yo^jiujTe m6]jt m^ Lu^rtjo I^rofi, indc Gna t>cj)t5, tJO j-jol G)b))i, i^jo^acu Cjjien ^M0] mbljA^n*. )p u}nie 50)]tfg)t LugAjo 3^ron fe, joncvfi ),j-ibun -j-ouboon, ^otia r]t6 ■jrolc iDutt^on t5o Bejf o\\ -D'j:o]U]iiTn dj)», 5ii]t ni^ljdo le SjojtUih j jvajr Clorajjt r. 3378. Do ^aU SjojtlAm iriAC FjU, •co j-ljocc Iji, jijo^Acc JOnAU ]•)()]♦ -J JTA-PA .1. UlUA pATA X>0 Vj) A]5f, 6j]1 tJO ]-0]Ct>]]' A loii Va))f) All ralAiii, -j 6 n-A feprtih ; ] ]f le CoftAO UAjjicef DO m^lkri 6. 339I-. Do 5^15 Gocdt) lli\]]icef, mac Luj^'occ JAjioojn, |tjo5Aic Gjji^n "OA BljA^Ajn tcA^. If ujme "oo ti*^]l*^) €ocAr> Dv^jiu'^f x^e, ccfA ^iiaju tJO Ijjoio li-A I'ojnsjoj-, jonAM ]nioji]n\ cepv ■] nsOnio^A no oo^r.^)]. ^g*]' t»o tj^js 50 jiAjlje ]'t)f]on t5A BIjA^Ajn a)Ji mujjt 'je A]]t tjeojiujr^cc A hGj)t)n, ]i* aitiIajd x>o ^njotj, pnjpen 'o'a Tfiujnrjjt X)0 cu]i )p n* C£fU)B j-jn, co cjiecAo ]m)l c;aca c]ijce r^ a T15AbAt', •] riA lieAtiAlA DO TAljAJltC le)f }p TIA cefU)B f)W, ;guf ATI lajng^i* ; ^oriA 6 ha ccfUjb j-jn ©0 Ven Gocad U<}cep t)e ; •] no itisjBap le hCocap FjATOTfiujne, •) le Conu}n5 BsBaoloc e. 3406. Do ^aB Gocad FjAtJiimjne, -) Conujng B^^^^Ia^, tiA iiiiAc DuAC CgrnjtAC, jtjo^Ac- Gjjic^n cu}^ bljA^n* ) ccoriiflAjrgj- t)6)li. Jj' ujme gojiiri^jt GocAr» F'JA'omiijne i>e, -oo V)]!] 5 50 nv;nAfii)tet) bejr A5 j-ejl^ •] A5 yJADAC yJAomjolnjb aUta, j mu)nj5)b, no ) tcojllrjB ; -] no ru]?: An c-GocAt) j'A le Lu^ajd lAiiirel^^. 3-111. Do 5a15 Lu^Ajo lAn!t)Q]i5, niAc Goca]6 uAjyi^o^f, ]»jo5Acr Gj]ien fi^cz nibljAgnA, jp ujme do 5ojptj Lii^Ajt) JAnicg^t^ t>e, DO bjt)5 co ]tAjb t] no bAll ro]»5 <\]]t 4 lAjm, 5:, i]i fji]r !e Conii]TiK bc't;o5^^c. 3413. Do ^aB Conujn^ bo^^^JAC, niAc Duac reATn]tAt, *n]c'^':i'ijji«j^DA)5bol5jiUj5, JtjogAcc Gjii^nDe)f mbljA^nA. Jj- <;jrnf 5(ijpf-2]i Coninnc; begp^Uc rr, txj h]^)-^ v^^ 5^3 t Colgitujc, -j le F]ACAti p^-jn. 3434-. Do tal) KjACA-o Lul^i^Ar, nuc \0n)]tet>u]5 Bholg- ]Hi]D, t50 j-jol 6)jjerho)n, ytjo^A^c Cj]i^n \(^t- mbljA^riA, 511)1 ruj- le bOjljoll jrjon, niAC V^]]ir, ) mBujpjn. 3441. Oo 5a15 Oj1)oU fjon, mAC ^ftr, fo y-jol GjBjp, ] ^]P5etMT)<| c<} mii)}t y^t) fpcr mbl)(»5nA. H 3450. T)o 5Ab CodAt', mAc OjljolU yi^, "oo [-jol Gjb)|», yijoJAcr C)}irn y^oyr. inl)ljA5nA, j njoji Trj^ ad Jij^e 0' ^jt^f^tMTh,], i>tz TO jtjne fjor le Dua6 Lacjiac. 50 rcojtAcc ^]*5£'^^'"'nAC ?C)nc CbljAc. 3437. Do 5v^b vv)ft5,ct^rn^, mAc SjojtUni, to yljO(;r Jfi, ifijc '?\p Ia)5'6c, ttiac Cocac, rhjc OjIjoHa yjfk 3480. Do 5aB Duac Laoj^ac, mAc FjAfcAt) ColgfiAc, tjo j-jol Gj]ieifi6)n, ]i)o^>\cr Gjjt^n rejc mblja^nA. ly u}me Sojjtfrit Ouac Iaojiac ■6c, jonAn jmopjto, Iaojia, -j Iuac <*5i*<^> "jl* I'l taBjuo CA)]i-oe 'oo i\2,c )^ nocAriAib cAgcojuv, 5An c o'a^Pa An 00 TtvrAjji, ^onA -ji)"o y)n l«A)nj5 An yojtAjnm a]]* \ 'j 00 nivjbAo le Lu5A)o lA]5'6e e. ?^. %. 3 100. 339 stlled the Fearless. He was moreover a man of great bravery in action, as tlu' poet obsery-es in the ibUouing verse : Conung noble, firm in fight. Him no man coukl e'er atfiiglit, Tiiick as rain liis darts he deals, Quick he's slain when Art assails.* A. M. 3428, Art, son of Looee Lavyarg, of the' line of Eiver, governed Ireland six years, and was slain by I'iaclia Tolgra, afid his son Duach Lyrach. 3434. Fiacha Tolgra, son of Murrougli Bolgry, of the race of Eire von, reigned seven years, and was killed })y Olioll Finn, son of Art, in Bmrin. 3441. Olioll-Finn, son of Art, of th^fe Une of Eiver, ruled over Ireland nine years. He was slain by Argadvar, Fiacba, and Duach, son of Fiacha, in the buttle of Ova. The people of Munster assembled withEohy, son of Olioll Finn, and Loo-ee, son of Eohy Fiavuin at their head, and banished Argadvar beyond the sea for seven years, 3450. Eohy, son of Olioll Finn, of the line of Eiver, ruled seven years. He did not yield the government to Argadvar, but made a peace with Duach Lyrach, until Argadvar returned from exile, when he and Duach Lyrach ■ jointly opposed Eohy, who fell by them about that time, at the fair of Any-clia. 3457. . Argadvar, son of Shocriav, of the posteiity of Ir, reigned twenty-three years,t and was slain by Duach Lyrach, and Loo-ee Law, son of Eohy, son of Olioll Finn, 3480. Duach Lyrach, son of Fiacha Tolgra, of the line of Eirevon, ruled the kingdom ten years. From the word l<^r)J1^A, (y<^, speedy punishment, he is called Duach- Lyrach ; for no person on the commission of a crime, received any lenity from l)ini, but was instantly punished ; hence the sirname Lyrach, was acquired by him. He was killed by Loo-ee Law. A, j\I. 3490. * See note on Irish versliication, page zso. •j- Some authors say ih'.rty. 340 ^. %. 3490. Do 5rtB Lu^a)-? L^i^ce, ti:.vc Gocap, 'Co j'-'jol Gjftjp, jtjo^Acc Gj)»en j-ecc nib]]ft5na, ^ii}* fujt le h^oo Ruvvo, TTivVc BAoiijjtn. >< -oej}* )nc ro Dhajfte Dhojrhrjoc, 50 mbejc nio'n clojn fjn, re)r> Dijjie Tj'pioy <»n •o]>iO) cecTi*, -j }:iAf]tfl]5£r tie cJA o'n cujjejt to i;^l)AT yU)r<^r Cjjt^n. rjtj^ll ) miijiAc 50 Ldjllrjii, Ajt iin tjuo), m^ n-a liivipac pa'n n-ionac, -] c^agap y)|i G)]ipfi *] clan "Diijjte ) n-a T]a]T, 50 ]ian5aT^ Bc-jnt'Tajji, ^ujt cu)]i^t> ceo t>]»a)]i;ocrA ]T]]t niaca]!) Dhajpc "/ ]:)]\ Ci|ien. Tji jalIu]T mjc Ddj]»e ) nT)a)6 an lsO)5 ap pjn 50 Oal niopcopb Laj^on, •J c^ruj5gp Lii^ajT Laj^Te an Ico^, -j m^biip ^', ^ona o'n Icog pjn 50]|ireft Lu^ajt lv\ii,Te .1. Lusajt 1^5fA tc. Jp ajjt an Lii^ajTpj a ta an pjnpct-al pjljioecrapa, m^ a n-a)f}»]pre lejp na TpiOjrjb, 50 mbao pi^, aijt Gjjijn Lu^ajT Laj^Ti-, mac Dajj^c Do^mfj^. ^. ':J0. 3197. 341 A. M. 34-90. Loo-ce Law, sonotEohy,of theraceof Eiver, governed the kingdom seven years, and was slain by Hugh Uoc, son of Bayarn. The hook of Etymology of names savs that this Loo-ce Law was one of the five Loo-ees, sons of Dary Dovhach. The same book liovfever asserts, that a certain Druid prophesied to Dary Dovhach, that he would have a son whosi; name would he Loo-ce, and he would govern the kingdom of Ireland. He afterwards had five sons, each of whom ho named Loo-ee. When these children had arrived at years of maturity, Dary went to the same Druid, and enquires of him, which of the five Loo-ees should obtain the sovereignty of the kingdom ? Go, savs the Druid, to-morrow with your five sons to Tallin, and there will come into the fair a beautiful fawn, and the wiiole assembly, together with yoursonsj will go in pursuit of it, and whosoever of your sons will overtake and kill It, he shall be monarch of Ireland. The fawn arrives on tlie morrow, in the fair, and is pursued by the men of Ireland and the sons of Dary, until they arrive at Howth ; there a magical mist separates the sons of Dary from the resr. They continue the chase thence to Dal-Moscorb of Leinster, where Loo-ee Law overtakes and slays the fawn; hence he acquired the name of Laighde or Laoghdha, Laxv or Lai/. Of this Loo-ee is told the following romantic tale, that, while hunting, he met in a wilderness a very deformed hag, on whom was an enchanted mask; that he went into bed, where she took off her mask, and afterwards lippeared to him like a beautiful 3'oung woman. This hag, in whose embiaces Loo-ee was, alleggrically signifies Ire- hmd, in as uuich as he first underwent hardships and diffi- culties on her account ; and thereafter enjoyed happiness and wealth. Notwithstanding the book of Etymology of names affirms that Loo-ee Law was son of Dary Dovhach, yet I do not suppose that this Loo-ee Law, who was king of Ireland, is liie Loo-ee mentioned in the above work; though the Druid had foretold that Loo-ee Law, son of Dary Dovhach, "should be monarch of Ireland. VOL. I. H h A. M. 3497. 342 ^. ^. 34^7. Do 5<»l) ^OTJ jtuAt<, m(>c Bv\fu)}4n, -oo f-ljocr. 6, no -oo jic))! tJjiojriQe ojle, oc- n)bl)A5iiA j:)cjo; gujt fu)t t50 tixxh ] ii-6^o6}tuAr) mac B'a ccjlb, -] f ii^»]I* jArpn ] ccojli cjaTiMjp J n)Bu)yi)n «5 bjtujf fn))«r ollra. F]rtf]irt)5]» ckn Djoroitb* ]-rev\lA fj, ■) rnp,ir<} m]|i tjo'n l)jrt)t) rj ; iiocruj- ]-j]'] 5o l\ifA]|t yojt n-UUt) 50 h-e(vm4jn jAr, ■] y}Ay|<*lt^£r '^^ nie yjn pAj-ofgjt t^AiniijM .1. eomujn, jijy ati liAjf. No )y tijnie bOjpf^yt CAmii)n nj, 6 Carhujn %aca, ben Cb]iii)n Hijc 9^t>nArti4)n, •) yi ht]j;cn loo'n rnr\co] yjn t'a bAnToeojn, -oiil ro cojmjiijr ]».> l)ecu)b ChoiicubAjlt 11)5 \ll4r, gnjt ja)tu]5 jAt?, ^ j r')]t]tAC ; •) ] <•( en ta ycjtjhc pv.-^ yj niiic -j jri^en. ?^b<*r Tii^ ft mAllACc t)'ys|tiijb UIat, 5011A re y)n CAjnjc An • f^yn.oiien oj^jiA, "] 00 b] An (e]" y]n uppA |ie TjH n^oj jij^ .1. 6 Chon'Al'-^, 50 ylAjf^i' '^vihii)', riijc Kocjjojcc. Vi. Vi,>. 3566. * Som; 'Ar'fe Fmao; others c^r:ivnia ; in Grlic it i' picnouncfd ^zin Or 345 Dihorba, tlijsguised like a Leper, Iniviiig first rubbed herself over widi the dough of rye, and found them in an unfre- quented wood in Burrin, boiling a wild boar. They enqtiire news from her, and gave her a portion of the food ; she relates to them what news she had. One of them observed that the leprous woman had beautiful eyes, and that he had an incHnation to embrace her; and thereupon retired with Macha to a distant part of die wood. Macha binds, z.nd leaves hinj there, and returns to the others, who en- quire where she had left the man who had gone along with her ? I know not, she replied, but do imagine that he is ashamed to come into your presence after yielding to the embraces of a Leper : no shame, said they, for we will do the same. Macha retires with each individually into the wood, and binds them all; and brought them bound to- gether before the men of Lester to Evan, and enquires of the nobles how she should dispose of them ; they unani- mously declared that they ought to be put to death ; not so, replied the princess, for that would be contrary to law, but let them be liberated and be obliged to build a palace for me, which shall be for ever after the royal residence of this province. ^Thereupon she took from the mantle which was around her neck, a golden broach, and therewith measured the foundation of the palace, which the sons of Dihorba were obliged to erect. Hence it is called Evan, from eo, a pin or a broach, and mujn the neck*. Or it may be so called from Evan Macha, the wife of Grain, son of Aynavan, who was reluciantly obliged, in a state of l)rcg- nancy, to run against the horses of Connor, king of Ulster, which she outran, and at the goal was delivered of a son and daughter. She gave b.er curse to the men of Ulster; whence it came that they were continually afflicted with the pains of labour, during nine successive reigns, namely, from the duvs of Connor, to the reign of Mai, son of Rochry. A. M. 3566. 54() %. Qvi. 5660. Do 5 U)5-be, -oo fjol 6]b)it p'jogdcc G)lien yjce bl]rt^<\]ii. Ij- u)me SO)]»foi> Recru)^ Rj^-oeiic; -66 .1. bun ]\)^ vojiz, CO V)] «)SC) 1 )r ^^ /n5,o]ue m6\i •ou hu^Ijao t', ) hojo^aI * li)a)me a, "^Oac* '■i0on5jui4t>. 3.5^6. Do ^A^ Jii^ojTie %5)6]t, mAc Gac4.6 Biu-onj^, -co fjol Cj]ionio]ii, ]r]oi,A,ir G)]»en cefjjA^An blja^Ajn, no r]t]OCi\"o t)0 )i''']]t •oitojn^e c]le. )]' u^nie 50j]ir^]» lu^ojne mojt -66, t30 B}iJ5 5U]t ni6}t a rl*J^Gr> ^11* ^" ^) ^""l* *11* •jleAnii]!) l^rAjji eo}>pvV nj^.^, 'j r)0 Imr^ ci'lBSl* *)1* VJ^J'* t)0 clojn a)v;e .1. r]o ^<\^ w;<\c ion ©job y* J'ejt bupg_n ■) n-rt •6)4]6 jrqn, 'jan ran r-o bejjifj f;o]icu*)iir 6j}<£n leo, niij A ml))o-o mivc rjob ]a]t) ] nojajo jotlui* c^**^ ^'^^ * tcuQTvOjp 4^a]T!, 50 ccdjctj leu ro tijAjt? "j 'oo Ion aH. "^^ •ru5ar<| y)]4 Cjjien ]-]n r'i n-Ajjie, ro curtT^ tJO cejpijonj an iooca)|» pn le](- An ]\]i, lti£,A)ne, T }f e np Ajjt rt]» djrino* joc a)}^ Ve^, 6]|ie DO i^Djn j ccu)5 ]iArui]b f)cer, '] a injii j:e]n t50 ralK\]iir no t^i>c Aon ro'n t\o]f\ j-jn fj, *] jan Aj> l)}Kji- ro i^£c •o]o'6 crtj^^in a]|v cii)t5 a cr^le, ni]S Na)lt ; Rajshc, j '-?0o]5 RAjjne ; Najtb, ) *^o)5 NAjpb; Cpn^pa, ] n-Vi]ji5;)0'olKJ]p ; Tajji, j '^bo)5 Cv^}qtA; T.\\-\Arj 1 trpcjfcjiine ; j-jt-n, ] LuAdAjji ; B^-o, ) eCluAjn S47 A. M. 3566. Rechta Reeyarg, son of Loo-^ee La"v^', of the posterity of Eiver, ruled the kingtloin twenty years. One of his arms was red, and thence he is siiled Heey^rg. He was slain by Ugony the Great, in revenge for the death of his nurse, Macha-Mongrua. 3586. Ugony the Great, son of VxA\\ the victorioiis^ of the race of Eirevon, reigned over Ireland forty years, or thirty, as others assert. He was called Ugony the Great^ because his dominion was great, having all the western Isles of Europe under subjection. He had twenty-^fiv€ children ; twenty-two sons^; and three daughters. When these children had arrived at maturity, each had his own retinue ; and when they nrtade a tour* of Ireland, where one son happened to be to-night, on tiie morrow came another, and thus one after the other, wherever they went, until all the provision and stock was consumed by them. When the people of Ireland obserred this conduct, they went to the Monarch, and reported the ginevance, when it was mutually agreed, that the kingdom shoidd be divided into twenty-five portions, one to be given to each son, and tliat none be permitted to enter upon the portion of the •ther ; as the poet observes in the following verse : Ugony formidable, illustrious, Banba to him gave great concern, Hefairlv divided amongst his children, Ireland into five and twenty portions. Here follow the names' of the children of Ugony, and the district of the kingdom allotted to each; and fifsl of the sons. Cofi'yCael-mra, had hjs portion in Bra; Cofty-Murhevnev, in Murhevney; Leary-Lorc, in Liffey; Fulney, in Feve ; . Nar, in Moy-Nar; Rayney,. in IVIoy-Rayney ; Narv^ in Moy-Narv; Kinga, in Argedross; Tar, in Moy-Tarra; Tria, inTreherney; Shen, in Lu.^char; Bard, in Clon- Corca- *■ Literal!)" afrce tour, :, e. Hying at fret q««rters wbercvfr tlity went. cCIiiAjn Cho)»ca Ojce ; Feji^uj' ^ruoj, ) rc]iir da nDeifc ; 0}ib, ] n-vtpne ; '^>ia)n, ] 'A>a)nriioj5 ; Sanb, ) '^oj5 ^'oj; %al, ) cClju ^lu)!; GocAjr, ] SeolTh(>]5: LAfc, ] ^>j6e ; Lv05, j Ljiie ; CojtAn, ) oCojiaH. Do'u rf>j4}i jTijjon bljAJv^jn, rriAjp Jte Vjii GocAj-b Kcjttljoc ro Ijejt n-4 j'tj^ Gjit^n. Jp c GocAjt) Fe]ol)oc tjo iiojn c6j5et>.v Gjjis^n jt>]]5 An "o}to)ii5 I') pjop. ^115 cojfet) Uli\'6 oa I'lie]i5'ip mac Lr)oe, rug coj^o'o Ldj^en -oo Roj-a mac Fe]>5iipA F(\]]i?;e, rii^ •Oiv c6)5^t)%iimrtn -ooChj^eitnAC Ct-j-oB^mc ) too Obf^gup. t!u5 in^ An cct-'aotiA cojfco Clionnaor -ov. -\i\u]i .1. o^jbiij-bjc inacFc)5, c'Co^ajo Alar, -) too I^lijne niAc C,'oii]iac, too jte)}t mo ni.jBv^to liijAjne niojt ] rreJAjj An cop5Ai]^, ^ nj ]u\]hc. pejn ) jij^e n-Gjit^n Acc 1a 50 lef, An TAn too nisjl^Ar \^ L^o^Ajjto Lojic (•, ] no)05Al A Af;A]i. "^i'. '>\i. 3586. Do i/Ab Lco^Ajpc Lo]ic, niAc JiijAjne ■^^^liojit, t)0 pjol Gj)i(>ni6)n pjo^ACc GjjJen "ca IjIja^ajh. C^pA)}* Clipiir-AC, jn^jon ]t]-^ F|tA]n^:-, b^n Ju^Ajne rijojp, rnAT-Aiit Lco^Ajjte lo]tc -j ChobtAj^ c.oil mbjigj. )p ujnic 5oj]tr£]t L«5A)]»o lojic -oe .1. jonAn lojic •) pjon^AJ, •] too {►jnc La)5A))ie pjihi^aI aju BliAtobcA^ mAC Gacac BhnAtortj5, ^uft •00 p)Ji too Vf^'i An p(i]iainm toc .1. L«)5A])te lojlc. )p le CobcAc ccol nib]*;;'^, a to^]il)]iArA]]i p'']n, too n)<|bAr LcoSAjln S49 Corca-Oiche; Fergus-Giiie, in the Desies Country ; Orb, iiiAyney; Ma-ii, in IVI-jenmoy; Sanv, in Moy-ce ; Mai, in CICi-Mail; Eoin', in Scolnioy ; Lahar, in Laharu}-; Marc, in Meatii ; Ltey, in Liney ; and Corann, in Corann ; his three daughters were Ailvey, who settled in Moy-Ailveyi Fayfe, in Mov-Feven; and Murine, in IMoy-iMi'-risce. Agre.:;ab!y to this Division tlie taxes and revenues of the crown were collected, in the reign of every successive king \\\io governed Ireland for the space of three hundred years, viz. from the time of Ugony until that of the Provinciaiists, who Houri:ihed in the reign of Eohy Feileach. By Kohv Feileach tlie provinces were divided among the following per.^ons ; to Fergus, son of Leide, he gave the province of Uister; to Ross, son of Fergus Fargy, the province of Leinster ; the two provinces of Munster he gave to Tiyernach Tedvenach, and to Duee : He, in like manner, gave the province of Conacht to three persons, namely, Feeyagh, son of Feig ; Eohy, son of Alat ; and Thiiuiy, son of Conr}', as we shall shew hereafter, in the reign of Eohy Feileach ; nevertheless that division of the children of Ugony continued, until all his sons died with- out issue but two, namely, Coffy Caelmra, and Leary Lore, from whom are descended all that exist of the race of Kirevon. Ugony was slain by his own brother, Baj/vca, ■ion of Eohy the victorious, in Tallagh-an-Cosgar. But Bayvca himself enjoyed sovereignty but a day and an half, wiien In^ was slain' by Leary Love in revenge for the death of his father. A. M. 3i)8G. Leary Lore, son of Ugony the Great, of the line of Eirevon, reigned two years; Kasar of Fairfonn, daughter lo the king of France, and wife of Ugony the Great, was the mother of this prince, and Coffy Cffil-mra. He is called Leary Lore, from tne word lore, i. e. murder, ho having murdered Bayvca, son of Eoby the victorious. He vuL L I i was 3o0 CO bj CobcAC 1 e »\3 rSl*5'^^ ^V^' pjlimao ]»e Lu)f(\)j»e 1o|k-, y* I»jo5«\Co O-jpeTi rio be)c 4)50, 'j m^ 'oo r iialv»}o L.o^Ajite e))')on ipo }'H']i etVjcpuA]^, ^v^jnj^ hujf^n <\]mirA t^'i 511}* r;|»u*5 t)\v 1j)>i\frt)j> rtii TK'jrhjorr ^nivcvvc t>o l))o6 u)r>ji\ v)]ic r>o Cobfuc^. DaIa Chobtu)^, TOO i^jnc con'i«j)]«Ie le rjKO] co bj ") n-A i"'H'V)]t cjonni CO 5ebat) a bpAriijp ]>e a Tfivjbifp. 'i'?.^ If |nt>ci\nrA rmjr, Ajt An Xipio], brtp bjtejge '00 V^jg^n cujrto, j^oul ] n-c]l)ti»om ATiiA)! rii^b, -j |tcaIa •00 cup 50 l.;05<»)pe rtjji ]')ii, -jTrjocpAt: *]P b^^An hajtMie r>oc jrjop, -j ah tah rjocpAp roo VAfA)p, luj5p)t) A}p ro (ojJi) roTO co cjiojrse a p^^nArA]; to jfe, -j 1hc«5 50 n-A lop T30 plo^A-D, •) TAnjc, tDo'n rejprgn fo ^Ab An letib, ^up biMiar* a vijUAbpA tje, iA)]* nibejr hAJb oo, pciojl^p CobcAc iiAjt) t'. rpjAllup AH l^nb .1. '?*.^)Ti, 50 CopcAXHijbne, ^^\i]^ i;6\hm\]t, pgl ) ipocA]p ScojjtpJAt pA IMS f'^^ cc]i]c yy}, 1 cpjAllu]- Ap pjn ro'n FhpAjngc 50 nnA6 ]»J5 FpAnj;c Ciojpi^d ^Ugl'US «»]l* * Tiii-.iiirjp ff, •) r>o t'jpjg ]oniAP Aj^jp le)p, }onup ^0 rfATijc PC pju 5') pAjbe )ompAc> ^ ojpr^pcAp * mop ' i. c. A person cntiiKd to siicccctl fo tTic fhrone ; for the Iriih Crown was nof hereditary. 351 was slain by bis own brother, Coffy Cffl-mrii, in Deenree, on the ])ordt;rs of the Barrow. Cofty pined away through envy of his brother's enjoying the throne, and upon Leary's hearing of liis decHning health he went to visit him, accom- panied ]yy his guards, ^^'hen CoHy beheld him, he said, it was sad that liis brother sljould always be so suspicious of him, as not to come into his presence wituout a military guard. Not so, said Leary, and my next visit shall be private, and unattended by any armed men. lie thereupon f.ook his leave of him. In the mean time Coffy advised with a Druid, who resided with him, how he should con- trive to kill his bf-other. The Druid said, you must feign yourself dead, and be put into a Utter as if really so; let Leary be informed thereof, who will come with few atten- dants to see yon ; and upon coming into the place in which vou are, he will lean over your body to bewail you ; then stab him with a knife in the lower part of the belly, and thus shall he be slain by thee. After having thus dispatched J.eary, his son Olioll Ayney was also killed l)y Coffy, who after the perpetration of these deeds recovered his health. He moreover had a young child, son of OUoU Aync^', brought unto iiim, whom he forced to eat a portion of the hearts of his father and grandfather, and also to swallow a mouse with its j-oung; in consequence of the disgust which possessed the child, he entirely lost his speech, whereupon Coffy permitted him to be carried away. The child, whose name was Mayne, wetit to Corca* Duivney, where he for sonie time i*esided with Scoria, prince of that country ; from thence he passed into France, with nine attendants, though some antiquaries .say he went to Armenia. His followers relate that he is heir to the throne of Ireland ;* whereupon the French king made liim commander of his forces, in which situation he obtained great reputation, iusomach tliat hi?;: fame was loudly spoken "^ of 352 VC. '"^i.i. SGI 8. Do ^alj CoBfac Cs'ol nib]t(^j, mac lu^ajne ni6]>i, t>o ijol ejiierhojr, ]ijoi;<\CT: ejiicrir)i]or.\'o bl) r^o jit^))^ lojioin^o cjle. )]- iiimc 503]tfc]» CoBfdc Cio! mBjie^ re .1. 50'^ r)»om oo 5aV) c rjit' ynjmiA'o ]ie ii- lojnjj-ec ] nU)n])J5 o)"6cc pcoln^ mop, ^ ^]-x>]o■^^\ a af.j -j a perirtrrtp "00 iTiijbaT) le]p |-]on. 3G4S. Do 5*1) LiBpAo Lo]n5|-£c, m.\.' OjIjolU ><^]ju', •00 ]-jol Gjjjpmojn, Jtjo^Acr Gjpt^ii ocr mbljrt^ii* idl-a^. Jy e njt) -oi rrajnjj unmn no, ajp ifit-j'o na clu •/ An torrA]y t>o Bj Ajp. Ollriuij^f^p le CpAjyrjne cpujrjpt;, o)p]rirec mo 15] yo 5pe)f;)B c^^nAnjlA Icjr, ni^jcon pc !;()jo (-(^nnuju, ] n-(\p riocr yj rjo^iijuo a '^]<>5pii)r) •DO ^\>lla)^J *j A]p pocrAjn ua FpAjngce ro ClijtAjyrpio yjric^y pojjt yjrtjn Ajp a cpiijr; An r^n p^vjnj^ ni0)p)t]Af, no '^Ji.'blKon ; ^Abny An U]]»G^ fp luf^apA, ]io lioj]ty]njon ChpAjyrjnc c, 50 nruljrt]pr, ^up Bjn le^y An l;o]n, ^ An popr ; "j A)p n-A cloy yyi n'A niiijnrjp ■) no CpAjyrjnc, no ^njncnAp Jijj; >p*jnw,c yA coitnATii ]'lnA]5 no cAljA]pr, no, ya r^tr, TO BuAjn A ciijcc yt;n nnu^c, 'j t;u5 ati pjc; Ijon coTjIii];); 7».) .J. t»A ctAn A;]i [rijo i-c'-At^, ^j rjijilhijn Ajp inujp, *; nj "" V 'uA))'I)I) Cj}i^n ) fi-A yocA}]i ah, -j Iqf fin rji).^ilu)r> c» rii^bir-j CoftcAft m^ Oiu \\)\- riA hiJA]i-l]13 pn. Jr aR fjn ■eo }:iAf)>u]3 r]t,o) t)0 b, ]-av) mi)]tu]j,)n, c)A ^o f'jne a>> cv^uin j-)n, An l.i]n5|-2,6, a)* ah fe]* Amu)^, An IaIja)]* AW lo)nc,re^, rt^iin T>\ij>-\j lABjtAjp, a)i ah y«p o)le, ^onA» T*s ]-)n t)o Veri Labjuii'o Lojn^refi ni.j yojtAjnm r>0 'A>h«)ii 6 f-0)n ]Ilc, *] )\' ]^]y to jioiiA'b lA]5ne l^rAn-gUpA a)}* Trup ) n-G))i]n, jouAfi ]mo)i)iA, Uj^ne */ flctA, Aijt a mbp)]- c)nTerAn^l4]'A ]A]ni]n, •) 6 iiA lAijnjV) |"}n S*]l^i""^^l* LA]i>)ii TO Vu6c Ch6]59o F>hA]l)An, \i}y a J»4)r>co|t c6^^^ LA]5cn ] nT]\i. ?t)]t Tn<|ljA'6, )mo]tjJo, ChoBcAj^ Cb')oni-u)t)e Ajjt Cv)ho)|i]i]Af, An \^mn Icj+ cujji^o Cf»A)fCjnc ti'A y)f>|' »o'n FhjtAin5c, to phof LABjvajts j, •] )]- j yi |^)05au A^^e An ccejn tjo rhAjj^. ))' e yAr yA nr^CAjo V' Ju^Ajne iJio]*, -j yi mA^ aj}* x5'a cio)Fi .1. La)5A)}ie Lojtc 'j CoUf a6 Col niBpe^, -] itiac mjc w)'u L^ogAjne lo{»c y)n LaV))»a~c l<)j^5|•m^, 5 loQ'n FhpAin^c, yec t>ul ) crjjt ejle, tvo bii]5 ^o jJAibc ]ufi cjrire coTnbA)t5e ]T]\i L^]p^]Y) ] ¥\^*^\^v^i]h; to hpis )rnoY\K^, l«An cjiice CA^At) a^ gAC v6)Z,cp ] n-C)]i^n oo"n lejt /:a11 rt'TAjfj^e, ni^j a ta p)]» fUriujb Xc]',l •] Vdhann]^, pjl^ ycjiAib '-is^uifiAn j SaxAn, )T]]i llllrA)b -] GAfpAjnji, jtJjjt ClionAcrA)b •) FJhjijocAjnjr), ■^ )oj}* I.Aj^njb •) FjiAngcAjb J CO ji^))* S^jjjAjn niAc ro)mA f Sec page i 2«. J Momer.ians, i. c. men of Munster; Ultaniatu, men of Ulster i C»»\ c6]5^t)U]13 -j m* cjtjocA iiv-jinfa^ore, 50 iiA^Be coprhiijlcr ) n-A mhi'-rtpj)!) gtoftpa, lee 5)'^'^'° ^j huA]6 rA]ii;5 '^i.'iAc-'SjollA-PlhirjJAjj, 6)]i TO j-c^ ]-c ]:e]n '/ CAra)]]i ]te cejle A^ Bj^pj-aI By^c, niAC P'jACAo FojBpjc, An cef pAnut) w;lun oeA^ 6 CiiAr^o]]^ j-UAp. Da TriAC jniojijio tso 15) a^ ah mByi^j'Al ]'o .1, Lu^A]o lo]f I'joTi, -j CoHIa ; -j '00 pojnc'o coj^oo LA)5Pn jx>]]i An "ojf ]-]n ; ni a1) TOpAC, " Xiojinj-en^up X;oTn Jilp} Faj!." -]c. Lii^Ajo ■)]- CuTAa ^An c|)'i->^, Da TTiAc 00 Bh]ief a! l)]i»»cnA]i, Op)Mi]5e 6 CIiouIa tu ccn^o? Lu^AJt) r<^TlACAj]t La]5 ^lun 6 CliAtvO]|t puAp pcA[»A]o ycin •) C'Afco])t )io < I'jio. Cacco]]! moji, uu(" lc)tii)ni)t5 y;ojiu}i=,lA]|-, rfijc CoitmAjc B^lrA B^or, ir.)c XjacojiI) iii)f: Concojtb. 'i\iM- tjo'n Concoi»l) fo CA]]ibpc Chi]fe<'-Aili, 6 }fu]l 6 Dnibp]]*, •; 6 Nv\f/), mAC CftjoiiirAjn, nijc Cua Chjni'^lu]^, An ]- ^lun 6 ChAf,0)ii A noAp, 'An5Ao^ nui]nr»^l» RjAjn. ?(n 10A|IA 357 conry, Chief Professor and Arch-OlKiv, or doctor of anli- quities in Ireland. From this ititcrcourse between the provinces and the aforementioned countries, ai'ose a resemblance of manners according to the friendship and affection ihey entertained for each oiher. The reader is to understand, that all the original tribes of Leinster, of the race of Eirevon, are descended from Lavra Lyngshy, except rhe O'Nolans, who are of the posterity of Coffey Cacl-mra. The following are the principal families of Leinster, viz. O'Connor of Falgy, with the branches sprung from him ; Cavanaghs ; Tooles; Byrnes; Mac-Gilla-Patrick; O'Dun; O'Dempsey ; O'Dwycr; the llyans, and all the branches that descended from these fuaiilies. From Cahecrthe Great, proceeded the greater })ait of the families of Leinster ; but Mac-Gilla- Patrick is not of his race, for the branches separated at Brasal Brae, son of Fiacha Fovric, fourteen generations; before Cahcer the Great. This Brasal had two sons, namely, Looee Lohin, and Conla, i)etween whom the province of Leinster was divided. Looee, and his descendants, had ttU that part east of the Barrow, and Conla and his posterity, all west of it. These sons, and this division, are thus no- ticed in the following linesj from the poem begiiming, ^' The acts and lives of Saints of Fal." Looee and Conla famed, Two sons of Brasal Bracnar, Ossory belonged to Conla of wounds, Looee was ancestor of the Lagenians. From Looee descended the O'Dwyers, who were di- vided from Cahecr the Great, in the fifdi generation before him. Cahecr the Great, was son of Feilim FirurMas, son of Cormac-(/alta-Gaih, son of Niacorb, son of Concoib ; Carbry Cluhacar, from whom the O'Dwyers, was the son of this Concorb, and from Nah3', son of Criffan, son of Enna Kinshela, the seventh in descent from Caheer the Great, are descended the Ryans. From Coffy Ca;I-mra, VOL, L K k the 3oS txvp* TTiv^c teriA, 'o')u5A3ne tfi6)t, jriif 6 Clion, ftiiiA]! cujjty^.'^ ]')o]' lOvV e)|' yo ] ccitioftfc<:o)l^t> riuvc %jle-6. Leu^ca]! ajft LaBjiAjo Lo)n5|'ec, 511)1 cuttia cIuai- cctvpujll no bj A]fi 4 cluAj-^jb, -j ujmc p)n gac <:oti 00 lijoi) mbjAo y]o\- ^^^\ hajnme j-}!! Aj^e, tuv <»-5 ^oii c}.!e. Fa gnrtr le)]' jmopp*, 6 yojn -no bej^jiAt) ^i^oa blja^rnv, m^ o cua1a]6 yj An cfiAUcoii t>o riijrjm Ajjt a mAc, tanjc t)0 ^ujoe An }^j5 AjA jAjijtujt) ajji c;An a iKOnriiAc to bAyu^At>.. •] 50 pA]b t]r TO yljocr. &^ll»vy J5 To'n TfiAca)ni, TO bj coj»mAc An jtu)n y]n A5 yJATAT j n-A cojtp, 5u]t b'e]5^n TO be)f ] luJTe orjtujy, 50 n«c 4 ^aB lej^ey A]]* bjor 5|4c)m t^^, ^ A]}t mbejr j [jat ] ccjjojlj^e to, rjg T]un) Tej^euh6 t'a yjoy, *] ]i"'jy]oy t'a niAtAjp 511)1 Ab roitniAc ycejl )tunTA yA HatB^ ^J^'Jf ^^' 1 "*^ b]A)T yVctn 50 nocrAo A jtujn to tiJT ^]5]n, */ A TubAjjtt ytjy, 6 to Bj T'y)ACA)b A])i 5*^ * t*^^'' "°o tiocrAT to Tujne, tuI ] cconi5<} ce]r)te |>)An, 'j rjlI^T <\yn a VA]rn Tejy, -j^An ccat- c)tAf) to rcj^oTfiAT TO t'ajaHttia "] A |tun TO T«^]59n )t)y. Jy e CL-AT citAfi rA)ilA to, )'0j1i^;c riiup, ^uji Ve]5 a jii'm ]t]A ; le]y y]n yc(')r)oy An ro))i)tc)oy cjnjy to bj ) n-* l»)»0)ri, 50 )u\)b(! ylAn to Tata])* a^ y)lIcT 50 r^c a riiAri-i)j ]t-\i Tcjj ni>u- n^ l!>\]nr]icr)fu)5ie 4 jiun, "po, -J benaj- d'olj^ c]iujre (i 6 phjll jrojt l.rtl)]ifl)6 lojic" .1. lort clua))' CApujU o'ri jtj^, t)0 ^aT) Ajrmejle ^' t]ie n-o T)'j <*11S T rAjyb^nup a cIuaj-a oj- o'Ti c^bAt), ^ cojjj'j^roii le ^Cio^cojib c, gonA ^Itt'j' <\n jifejom yjn tJOOeAnAifi -o'a itiac •cAjib'Ajnm coitl) 50j]o tujr le h^^on^u]- OIIatti. 3680. Oo JAb ?Con5U)- ollAni, nuc Ojljolbi B}»ACA]n, to f-jol ejneniojn, jijo^Acc Gjj^^n ocr mbljA^nA tCa^, 311]^ tu)r le Ipejieo. 3G98. Do ^Ab ])ie}ieo FArAC, mAc '^Ciejl^e ^(bolbfuj^, ]ijo^ACt G]]ien j-gcc niblja^nA. Ip iijnie foOj}ifo|t )[te]>e() T' ATAc TO, X30 bj»J5 ^^ l^<*)b r^' yarAniA]!, 5-;n|-nis| ; -j pv t>c]](eT TO riijc i^e le F^]tco]>b. 3705. Do gAb f"£|tcoj»b, niAc 9ti()5A-6ii]]ib, JijogAcc Cjjiofi ton bljAJAm tcaz;, ^iijv criji; le CohIa, 37 IC. Do^aIj ConlA c)tuA]T c^Ijat, niAc l)Uiieo V^rAjj, }ljo5A^^ Oj]ion cc]f jte bIjAJnA, ^n]\ .ij- ] TLt^miiujj;. 3720. Do ^Ab O)l)oll (•(i)-j.-)Ac!AC, mAc CdnlA, lijo^Acr jC-j'|;fjto)n5c ejlc, Jj^ ujme bO]jifQ]» *^onc;u]' tUjjiTnec 'be, o]]\ but) cujinfiec .1. h b^ fe6t)A)b uA)]'le n-(v fjmcjoU bA ]naifiA]l co mrtc 1*)5 ; 50 trA]ikt5^ )A]XA)|i£^A It]]', 50 rrugA-o.:} ] tr])t e, •] gujt cu]]i£'o.j ft]iv 0]IeTTiu]n 6. Do Bj yoj- mAc ]ie n-A liin^] phofOA Ag '?('on5;u]' Cu]|tm^c, CRa 9(]5n]oc -jta hApm •CO, *) }p UA]r) rAii^Afii ]']ol (•Cu]n U]le. ?^S<»f "oo m^bAo v^0Ti5U]' pe]n } rcoTf)]m]r,, ^o^^^\ 6 n-A lii^jbA-o ] r'Cenij»u]5 5A]|tre]t ^^onju]' Cu]]ttfiec UenijtAc r>e. 3803. Do ^aB CohaU CollArh]tAc, itiac G]n]}ipceo]l CpnijtAc, tjo f"']ol G]yieri)6]n, jijoJACt Gjjt^n cu]5 BIja^tia ; t,a)t ru]!: le Njao S£5Amu]ii. 380S. Oo ^aB N]a~6 .Se5Ani\i]n tdac ^■6AinA]]i Folrc^ojn, Ii]05Acr G]]ten j'^cc mbljA^riA. f y ii]mc SO)}tf e]> !^C5'^'Tiu]n •oe, joriAU ]-e5Amu]n ^ ]-ectTi<:0]n(^c, 6]jt yA m6}» aii Bjit;]]' rh^ojne i>o j-eoc cac, m<} rjb^lf ti* hcjlbe aUfa co taBajjip lActA 50 conpA ATTiA]! 5AC bo]n e]le j ti-G])J]u, rjie t^ji^ojj^CT; ATfiArAjt .1. Fl]ot)U]p AhAjnni; 'jt50cu)t;]'e Ic h-GfiA ?^]5i)(^6. 3815. Do 5aB GfiA ^^l^riei, m^c ^onguyA Cu]jnii]5 Xem)iAci;']05'tccGj]i^riGcrmbl]A5nA y]i:etj. )yi']Tne50])tfs,)» 6nA A. M. 3745. Ayamar, of soft hair, son of Farcorb, reigned five years, and was slain by Eohy. 3750. Eohy, of bushy hair, son of Olioll Crooked tooth, ruled eleven years. He was killed by Fergus. 3761. Fergus the Mighty, son of Brasal Brovin, son of .^ngus Ollav, of the line of Eirevon, was monarch of Ire- J'and twelve years. He is called jNIighty, because he was a strong, heroic, and mighty man. He was slain by iEngus Toorvey. 3773. i^ngus Toorvey, son of Eohy, of bushy hair, governed the kingdom thirt}', or according to other authors sixty years. He was known by the name of yEngus Toor- vey, on account of the shame he conceived for begetting, in a fit of drunkenness, a son by his own daughter. This son was named FiachaFermara, and was so called from being exposed to the mercy of the sea, in a small boat, vvidi many valuable jewels about him,, as became the son of a prince : he was met with and taken up by some fishermen, who brought him ashore, and put him to nurse. He had also a legitimate son named Enna Ayney, from whom are descended all the posterity of Conn, ^^ngus was slain in Tara, and thence is called ^Engus Toorvey of Tara. 3803. Conall Collavra, son of EdirskeolofTara, of the race «f Eirevon, reigned five years. He waskilledby Neea. 3808. Neea Sheyaman, son of Ayamar, of soft hair, swayed the sceptre s€ven y^ars. He acquired the name of Sheyaman, because his property u'as greater than that of any other person ; for, by the magic powers of his mother Fleeyus, the wild hinds came, and gently yielded their milk for him, like cows. This prince fell by the hands of Enna Ayney. 3815. Enna Ayney, son of yEngus Toorvey of Tara, n»led the kingdom twenty-eight years.; from his great libe- rality 3G4 Gm9^)JTieA ie, ptiitfi ^i'j^nec '] 65 ejnec, .1. ojr.ec jomlftn, 0]]\ ro Bpouvvo 5AC np ra nibjo-o j n-A Tajiii, -j t)0 tujc ]|-e le Cjijomfrtn CofcjiAc. ?<". ^i,\ 3843. Do5Al>C}i)OTfifafiCo]^c|tAC, ttiac Fe]t)l)m]'c Fo]pr]t]U]n, rfijc Fep5U|-A Fojt-ftnio )'u']]t r}»n]nK,c 0]lc yecrmo^A-o mbliA^nA, no 50 ipi](\]]t bA]- ] n-^^jji^jr^ljon. 3880. Do ^ab )onvirni<:j, inAc Njat) ^e^Aniajn, p'j'i^i'.cr Gjjign rji) bl]a f-l)0Ct J]i, |i]o^(\cr G)](en ^n T)l]<\j;Ain Tca^. Jj- ujme ^o)|tfg|t Bjie]-*! Bo-ojobAjt? •be, .1. b6>^]t m6]t fajild j n-6j]i]n ] n-<\ pK^jre]-, j ro rii]r rtn B]io[-ol j-o ]ie Lu^Aj'a LuAj^ne. 3894. Do 5.\b Li'iJAj-o LuAj^nc, nnvc b^na'oinAjif, jijo^ACtr €)]i£n cu]5 Bl)A^nA, ^ii]f tu]z le CohaH Cl<|in5nec. 3899. Do^AbConrtll CI<|]nc;ii^c, iriAc Ru5|m)r!e, ]tjo5 SJ'^S^ '^'^ ^<'5<*)I* D^^Ajo, An niAc; yA hoj^e t)o'n r]]-, Tecr ]:a bjiA^Ajo a "6£]ibiurAlltA DcA^A]^ m^ irojiajnm a]1». Do riijc An Dua6 |-o le FaccTia ]:acAC. 3924. Do 5a1j FrtcrnA FrtfAC, mAc Ca]j-, to jrljoct J]!, jijo^Act G]}ion j-u bljA^riA tJL'A^, 5ui» fu).t le liGocAji Fej-oljoc. 3940. Do 5aB GocAjt) Fe)t)l)oc, mac Fli]u, -oo j-jol 6)i»2.- mo)Ti, ]i)05ACc G)}i£fi ca bljA^Ajn pca^, BejnjA, 3115^11 Ch]i]oififA)ri, iDAf Ajp GocAjt) Fej'pljof . ly ujme bO]|tfcl> CocA]-6 Fo]t)l)oc -be, to y)]t)i, 50 ]JA)&e oputt Ajf An Ail, joriAn jmo}t)iA, pi'jTi]! •] yArA, pnAU yoy uc 1 ()|T1a, u]me yin )y )onAn pL-]t5l)oc •] yci-c)luc .1. i^at> opi>u' ; 6]\i n')o]t -ccj^lujti oj-nujo pe n-A cpope 6 '00 m^^At) a ttiaca lejf ) ccAr DhjfOTnA- cii]A]t) 50 RruAjit ]:e)n bA]-. Na t]ij F)nemnA 00 50]]tr3 TOO iiA itiacajB fjn, B]ter> Na}i, ) LocA]t a n-ATiinAfiA. 1]- ujme 50}]»r^]t iiA t jtj Fjiii^mnA njoB, 6'n yocAlj-o, Airiasn, •ei •cjukugA'o DAC n-A 4on^ l^Hb*^ ngc aca, A6t gu]! Ab ) n-conj^^r i^u^AcjA'D, -j Clojrirjon ]n5en GocAj-oUcrlj^tAp, fA nnvUA)]i t)0)b, ^ ti'<:on-ro]]i'Bo|tT: jtu^ f] ]Ar. )j- e An t-GocA)D Fejoijoc fo no pop 'j no oltnuj^ Coj^gnujg aj}» e)|i}n A!]]t ttu]', 6-)j» T5(y jiojn ye coj^^n ChonAct n-A zp) mjjtjb, ]n]]» vp]A6 uiac F^)^, GocAjn ^'Ur, ')i:)ne mAc ConjiAC, AmAjl a ■ouBitAm4 ruAp Cu^ pof c6]^£t) UIai* t»' Fh2.it5Uf, nrjAC Lejne. Zw^ c^j^en LAj^^n no IIoj-a, mAcF^p^ufAITAjiiQe. Cu^nA c6)5^n%nriiAn no Chj-^^itnAd t^AnloAfiAd, T no OhcAgup ; pruij- guii 6:u)]t Gjjte pv n-A I'fhAcc •] fA n-A 6j»nu5An pi^-jn ^o hpmlAn A))t yen a p'^J^JF' 5u|» tujc 3 TCcni]U]^. ^'ct 6cnA T(-\r) GoiA]n )^ j-jn ) cConA6cu]I5, ^ rjjjn nA r)>'] )»j j y)n, *) rj^j jvaHa ChonAdc ) n-A nA)l ; no y\pp GocA)n pnAn lon5phu)lic j*)o^ ] cCofiAdrAjb oppA no pejn, a nvjbA)pr Go^Ajn ^^Ut -j Fjn^^i nA6 rr]oB)»Ar;ci)|- yc)n y)n ro, -j bll^ ^>'F£M> '^'o * ^PT "t * cuaI^'ji- no tup iii)5e 50 r^rn)»A)jx 5Fc|' ]ie cejle. Do pjt^Vl'A]^ 6oc*)o {.-ejrljoc Xi\\ r)|JvO)r)lJ ca]z rejt CjtuACdjn. Do r)on|'cnAt> ah |')n, An )>rtjf leji- an n5AifiATi]tu]6 6 lojtjmp DoiiinAjfi ^ "oo i^jiiooAi* clojo n* jiACA ]']Ti CocAjt) ) n-con 16, Do ]t)Tijot5 ]:o)|i5n]om )A]i yjn ']nre, -) ri'^ 6ocrt|t> ]ijo]^«cr; Choriftct no Zh]T\e mrtc Conjtac, -) r>o phoj- a )ri5)on yejn .1. %et)B, ]J)f. Do mAjtB Tjne Goca)-© 9(Ur r^ c]f fin, ^ rug )t)5e DomnAfiAC r)'0)l3ll fjofi. Tug, jmoitjiA, ^^^i^tili cenuf jtATA GocAjt; 00 ChytuAcajn Cii]to)t)C))»5 .1. mar A)jt o .1. TiA ]'ecc >iiA]ne, 1 )[" c CopaII CeytiiAC, ajt^ mbeji n-A fenojjt ] cCjiuacajti, 00 rhA]ib OjljoU t5'u)tclan of the palace was tlien designed by the engineer of Irrus-Downan, and in one day was made the ditch of this mansion of Eohy, The building was then finished, and Eohy bestowed upon Thinny, son of Conry, the .sovereignty of Conipcht, having given him Jiis daughter Meyv in marriage. After this Eohy Alat was slain by Thinny, who gave the kingdom of Downan to OlioU Finn. Meyv bestowed Rath-Eohy on her mother, Croghan Creeyarg, and from her this Rath is now called the Rath of Croghan. Meyv continued a long time after wife of Thinny, snn of Conr}-, until he fell at Tara, by the hands of Moneer, called also Mac Keaclit. Meyv then held the sovereignty of Conachtten years, without public connexion with any man, but indulged frequently in private amours. She afterwards married Olioll Mere, son of Ross the Red, of Leinster, by "horn she had seven sons, namely the seven I\Iainies. Olioll was slain by the cast of a dart, by Conall Carney, then an aared man in Crosfhan : the men of Conacht how- ever pursued him, and killed him in revenge for that deed. There existed indeed, war and hostility for a long time, between the Conacians and Ultonians, when Meyv held the sovereignty of Conacht, and Conor was king of Ulster. In order, however, reader, that you may know the cause of this enmity, I will here relate how the children of Usna were put to death, in opposition to the guaranty or pro- tection of Fergus, son of Roy ; of Cormac Conlingas, and of Duf^a Dx! of U!'*w>r. On 570 ^A n-^n, jomojtj^o, t5a iioecAjo Concab^, Rj IUap, no CAjf^rii ple)t)e 50 r^c Fht'jtiljmj'o, riijc Da]11, ]-c6Al(»)t ^ngion Al<»]fi; -j t)0 fijne Ca-Ijaj-o, r)]»iO] to 1j) j-ap contrA)! an ran |-jn, ru^ -] rA]]»]inj)]ie co'n in^jn, 50 rrjocjrAP )onuo •pocajji -^ ■ojor* do'ti co)^£-6 "o'a ^ojpB- ^^)1^ "'* clop |-jn "oo'n Icocprtjrie, x>o ro-z,\\Ax>.^ ^ m^BAo 00 TAfA]]i. Nj T6Anr mjpc l)om j, -jrujitpet* A)]t o)l(^nTA]n ], 50 ]tA)V)e ii-a \uon tfinco) AgAm po gAjitm aji r-itvOj CatIjajx) rj. Dociijp ConciiT)^ ] Ijop o Conciib^. Cu5 Nu))pe ioncA pjp p)n, 56)^ ^^fB ^c]p e, o'e^U Chon6o- bA)|i. TjijAlJAp pejn -] A t)A bjtArA))* .1. ^)nlc ') "^)irAn, "j Oejjtnpe, ) rjt) (\05Ar. Koc m.j con ji)u 50 li'^lbAjn, Ajr 4 bpn^AT^ ♦ Sec this story at full length in the Transactions of the Gaelic Society, Vol.1, •j- PronoiMiced Derdrcy. This old word signifies alurpi, * The Iri3h princes always had a large es'abliihmcnt of bards, storytellers, musicians, and persons of both sexes, whose bueincas was to converge on varieus topics. 371 On a certain day* that Conor, king of Ulster, went to partake of an entertainment at the mansion of FeiUm, son of Diill, Conor's story-teller ; Feilini's wife was delivered of a fair daughter during the entertainment ; and Catik the Druid, who was then of die company, foreboded and prophecied for the daughter, that numerous mischiefs and Josses would happen the province on her account. Upon hearing this, the waniors proposed putting her to death forthwitli. Let it not be done so, said Conor, but I will take her with me, and send her to be reared, that she only may become my own wife. Tlie Druid Catfa, named her Deirdre.f Conor placed her in a fortress, aud a tutor and nurse to rear her, and no one of the province dare go in to her presence but her tutor, her nurse, and Conor's con- versation woman,;}: who was called Lavarcam. She con- tinued under this regulation until she was mam'ageahle, when she far excelled all the women of her time in beauty. It happened then, upon a snowy day, that her tutor killed a calf to prepare food fw her, andoiithe calf'sbloodbeingspilt in the snow, a raven stooped to drink of it ; and as Deirdre noticed this, she said to Lavarcam, that she would be glad herself to have a husband possessed of the three colours which she saw ; that is, his hair of the colour of the raven^ his cheek of the colour af the calf's blood, and his skin of the colour of the snow. There is such a man of Conor''s household, said Lavarcam, iianied Neesha, son of Usna. O ! then said Deirdre, I beseech you Lavarcam to send him privately to address me ; and accordingly Lavarcam discloses the circumstance to Neesha, Thereupon Neesha secretly pays a visit to Deirdre, and she communicated the greatness of her affection for him, and entreats him to elope with her from Conor. Neesha consented to this, though reluctantly, through fear of Conor. He then with his two brothers, Anly and Ardan, and Deirdre, accom- panied by »ne hundred and fifty warriors, made his way to 372 Bfii^itoc- mnco], •) 50 Tnl)Ar coji^ }:]0|' ro (ii]! cjijiA ^ a -rABAji^c «o'n tjji. Do be]]^ ConcuBsj .ott-a p]]- f]n A]|t jmpjtje TiA ti-uAj-Al, T rug Feit^uf, niAc Ro}^, ) DuBrAc x>io\ "UUt), T CojtmAC Conlo)ri5]0]- j ylAriAt) ajj* pcjn f a Be]r •ejljof nofli. 9(]1> nA liecxA)B y]n cn]]ief ^>li5iir, ttiac R6)5, F)ACA)T>, A riiAC yejn, ] ceojuc clojiic lilljinjoc, 50 tcug Ie]f ) n-e)]t)n ja-o 50 ti-a mbu)"6)n, -j Oc]ifo]ie ni<| ^n J^]u, •) nj liAjriJjoj--^ a Beg nv\ j-ccaIajB 50 jiocnjjn yA)rce tia heATfiriA •b6]Y). TajiIa Go^ah, diac Du}irAcrA> pUjt Fej^Timujje, ojtytA Ajjt ah }fA)rce 50 fluAg Ijonni^ TTiAjlle H)f, jte yg,!! '00 tJcATiAiii A)]t chp Uji'njoc Ajjt iro}»A)l)oni Cl)oncuBA)|t ; 'j ni)r ah BJAjltc cujuey yArAo flejge tjtjr. "^O^ to conA^pc K)ACA]r, mAC Fopb^r**' ri"' ^)"5]'M' P)l^ Oo^Aii ■] NsOJi), 50 rruz; GoJAn ATI r^A j-ATAt) A}p Fh]«cAp, t;"P 'i^B ni^ mx\ ]to Nii)ri-e]i Chon- duBA)p co]uiefc^ X)i ce)lc, gup fu)c S'Oajtic, rriAC CoTicoBA)]t, 'j r]i) ccAt) l'« riiujn-jn m«| ocA]]i -j •ojBpcjlJ^e ]v?j]t ah t5iv coj^et), 'J TO CAjfert^ f^c- mbljA^n* 4)]* !ie]t>lj, ^up cojltjicjot) le]]' j, 50 ]iu-^ y] r]»)u)t niAc t>\onr())pl5}opL: Tu, itinI aca, rja]^, "j Co]ic, ') Coniiiac, aiiiajI a re]]v ah fjle : ro]i]4Ac ^15 ] cCjtuAcAjn CsO]n, 6 Fl)o|iz;ii]-, iiA]t tu]ll rAf bl]A5,nA t'^j^ Tn<|bi:A clojne lill)pn]5, •] 56 mbAT b^^ ro^bAjl a cjri, no ^en 5A)pe TO tojoecr t:)()c6a A))t C-i^^n jiojmpc, ■) fi'iji rtj|t Choncubijt 11-iv "ojaj-o ; ojji n) jirt]Be o]ar a)jt rdlrhujn ]i- mo ta tru^ yu<\c jiiii ]ax"> <\)1» , ); cu])jyem yjoy <»n ]-o hay riA ri]i03n5e )y rejtycnujsre to iia ciijjaTajB to bj an }ic V)n ^-^OhejTbe, -j cnjT T'a PTa]a]b 50 cuniaj]!. ^(5 yo a]}t rri'iy 50 hajfgejt]! c)]i)m na bocrjia Ta rrajnjc bay Choncuba)]!. Noy )mo}i|ia to b)OT ya'n am ]■o]^^ afi m^ gyijoyaT a))t Tiicr j;a)yc]T yte mbc)r calma ) (((.ni'.iniijb Tojb, m c\\r\h\ •oo Laji;njlj, to mo Ve]5 Uo^Ajlie *j Cuiul cjiujn cj»ua)t> <»)5e, ■^S^ rdjfbenaf) 4)]i Ak)b cojrd^firt, in^ corhsirA biirtjre ^rtji'cj'o. ^0)^} co coficar'.^ oa ojnriijo tio bj ii^ Concub^ iTiL^aTO on cgnri r.C]i<0]b'oe)|i5 j. Cji] hrt|ni]i- ]mo]i]u TO bjoT ) n-Gv\thu)n pe Tjn Cl>oncul5A]]i .1. Bjt6jnbep5, ^I'^^j^^Sl^S? 1 C]iT^]i Bpojfibgjt^ jija, to ^J^J5 B<^ miijTjj' riA hofA)j» to b'joT )nte jta bjton *] ]riie]]'foc)iA ajjj a cii)"]* aj5c, ] nT6)5 cacta to T<-'AnAt1k ♦ Public buildings attaclicd to th» jiij^cc. 379 rise to a dispute between Conall Carney, Cuchiillin, and Learv the victorious, in Evan, about the heroes' badcje • 7 7 O » upon which Conall sent for the brains of Meshgayar, a vali- ant Leinster warrior, whom he himself had killed in sin- gle combat, which being exhibited, Lcary and Cuchullin resigned their pretensions to Conall, being convinced that neither of them had ever achieved so noble a feat of valour. It was the custom too, in those times, for an hero who had slain another champion of renown, to take out his brains, and having mixed lime tlii'ough them, to form an hard round ball, which he always exhibited at public assemblies and conventions, as a trophy of prowess and victor}'. Two fools belonging to Conor, took notice of the great estimation in which every one held this ball of brains, and immediately stole it out of the house of the Crimson Branch. There were indeed three houses* in Evan, in the time of Conor, namely, the Soldiers' Soitow the Crimson Branch, and the Red Branch. In the first of these were the sick, and thus it was called the house of the Soldiers' Sorrow, from the sorrow and affliction caused by the anguish of their wounds and diseases. The se- cond house called the Crimson Branch, contained the arms and valuable jewels, and on that account the brains of Meshgayar were presened there with other articles of %alue. The third house called the Red Branch, was allotted to Conor and the Heroes who attended him. But to return to the two fools, having as above mentioned, taken Meshgayar's brains from the Crimson Branch, they went to the green of Evan, and were tossing the brains like a hand-ball from one to another, when Keth, son of Magach, a Conacht champion, and a, ferocious wolf to the men of Ulster, came up and prevailed on the fools to give him the brains, which he brought with him to Con- acht, and whenever he came into contest with the Ulto • nians, he used to carry Meshgayar's brains in his girdle, in 380* oevtriAih rt))» UIlca^Ajlj; 63)1 •ooB) j '■rA]]i]tR5]]ie^e)j'5£^t5]t* •Oft Tsjoju)! pejn a]]i UllcacAjli o'ejp ft l>>*]f, 'j ro me|- ^ujt ab t)o'n jncjil tjo cjoe]:v\6 jrjojirto r\ft j:ft]['r)nc fjn ; ^onft'o Ujme j-jn 00 cl^irfto Ceftt jncjn "0ihe)|-5^'6]»ft tjo Be)r ft}ii pmc^ <^)56> ^o fujl ]ie nee ej^jw ■o'uftjj-ljb UlAt> xso ri) le. ce]r) ]m)jtito, Cer, 50 pluft^ Ijonrii^ mftjlle ]\]\-, no cfte^ftt) fllvvt?, 50 rrii5 rftjn m6]t 156 a yei»ft]1j Rf>)|- j n- Ullrftjl), "I lennjo OJ10715 th()]i o'lllI-Ail) 6; cj-iujnj^]-© ]:j]t Choiiftci: -oo'ti Ve)c '}:u]iracc Ullrftc. V'si.vjt too ciuvlajt) r]i>> Cgr 50 ftftjFje Concul^ j-ftn ro]m)cecr, cujjiej* yjop ^o bftncjtftcc ChoriAcr, too Ijj a]]\ choc, a^ pejfjoiii an Oft f-luft^, ft5o'n bAH-jiAcr, e))t^]op Cer, 1 no 5nj incjil ^Abhejj'^.it^jtA t)')ri)oU ] n-A c]iftnrAV)ii)ll \ie Concubij x>o riiA]»bAt> ; ^Jvil^ [fAjcpjii Che)- 00 ChoncubA]t, t)i)Alluj' r^" A]p ] .nope A mu]n')}>e fi^)Ti, *] Ag tMil ^o Do)]te DAb;ojf: t>o, ru^ C^r u]»co}t o'lncin '^hc)p- 5et)JtA Af A C]IAnrAbU)ll ] n-A t^jA]^, 511]^ bllA]l J Ti-A bA)t)op 6, 5up bl^jpot) A pcjcne co'n iipcubA))tn ]i)p fftn S8l in liopes of bringing some signal calamity on Ulster, for it was prophesied that Meshgayar would be 'revenged upon the men of Ulster after his death, and he supposed that this prediction would be verified by the ball of brains ; for which reason he used to carry the brains about him, in hopes of killing, with them, some of the Ulster nobles. Keth, however, with a numerous army, went to plunder Ulster, and drove away a large herd of cattle from the district of Ross, in that province. He is pursued by a great body of Ultonians. The men of Conacht assemble from the west to assist Keth ; and Conor, on the east, comes to aid the men of Ulster. But when Keth heard that Conor was in the pursuit, he sent to the ladies of Conacht, who were on a hill viewing the two armies, to request of them to entice Conor, who was a man of gallantry and afiabiiit}-, to pay tliem a visit; for the Ultonians would not permit him to join in the light against the Conacians.* Conor being informed that the ladies desired to see him, goes alone to them from the hill where he was, and Keth comes privately from the other side amongst the women, in cx- pectjition of killing Conor. However, on Conor's ap- proaching the ladies, Keth arises, and places the brains of Meshgayar in his sling to kill him, but Conor, having seen Ked), retires towards his own people, and on his entering the wood of Daway, Keth cast tlie brains after him from his sling, struck him on the head, and fractured his skull with the blow, and die brains of Meshgayar sunk into his head; his people, on seeing this, came up to reli2ve him from Ketli. They immediately send for Finyeen, a skil- ful surgeon, who, on his arrival, declared, that ii the ball were removed, he would instandy die ; the attendants all exclaimed, we would rather have our king disfuj-ured, djari that his death should ensue. Finyeen then effected the VOL. I, N n cure, » Bicaiiic liij JOofUer -was* Conacht-princes?, 382 ySl^b ro TDcaiiAih, ni luj^e ]ie mmnj, n* tjul fl)H gc, na jrjtjocDuailre a jr.cjne jrejn, 50 -rejlgjrjoo an m^ll r)n ^^"jK)]n5e }ie j-^ncuj-; nia|t co cufujltc piopiio, clocloo ngihgiutac na n-oul, ■] upji-oubat) na SJiejTie j-an CAfcA Ian, V]'t].'l>AJ5gj' to Bhacjtac, x>]mo] t)0 LajgnjB -co bj j n-a yocajji, cp^o r»a trajnjc an malajjtc Kgifi^nafac ^)n ai]t jiona]!) njnie, •] ^alriian. )o|-c. C]i)opr mac Uc, a]( an "OJKO], a ra aj a V*a|'uj,af> a no)j' a^ iuoajQjb; r]iuaj; j-jn, ap ConciiB^, riv mljcjnp) } n-a lacajft iDo Tfiujjipjn a ^Jajbe rjonicjoll mo jtj^ 'o'a barugat)' 'J lejp j-jn tug a clojr^ni amac, 'j rejo ya -pojpe c()}lle •00 bj la^m jij]-, 5u)t gab aga gejilU'c, -j aga buajn, -j af£6 a oubajjir, x>h mbejr 1 mepc na n-)ura]t;)oc, gujt ab b yjn •Djol 100 bea|iar> o^pa ; ') a)|» inejo na 'oaj-acra t)0 ^ab e, ■oo Ijng an mell Ay a cen, .50 Tcain]c cu)v> 'o'a picju ) n-a t>jap, -] m^ I'jn 50 fjHiajjt bap; CojU lajmpjg, ) }f^pu)l> ■^^^^Jf' BO)r^)'*l^ '^f^'ti nuijne cojlle fjn. '^(^)p mbejr mapft •oo CliOTicubuy nee, an ran cu)p]oy pojifie, go ijuv\)llriri]anac, cejm no pocrnjn jy ajpoe )na T50 ycatyan -oo gp^mugat). ^'cr, g^^ cujpjo ugrajji an cygncuya yjoy an yta]py] Choncuba)it, '] gi'p b'yep c6ifia]myipe t50 Cjtjoyr 6 ; no pcjp yjpjric an ryonruya, nj pugan Cp'joyc go hajmyjp imc('jn 1 noj-^jo C'i;onciiBAj]t. op^n ]y arfilajn a ta y')p)ne 71 a 385 cure, but advised him not to indulge in anger j to avoid women, riding on horseback, and all immoderate exer- cise ; otherwise, by the repulsive motion of his brain, the ball might l)e cast out, and death vrould instantly follow. In this state Conor continued seven years, until the Fri- day on which Christ was crucified, as our historians affirm. When he perceived the unusual changes in the Heavens, and the ecHpse of the Sun at full Moon, be enquires of Bacra, a Leinster Druid who attended him, the cause of this unusual alteration in the appearances of the Heavens and the Earths It is Jesus Christ, Son of God, says the Druid, M'ho is now put to death by the Jews. How sad is this, said Conor; if I were there, I would soon slay al :tiat are concerned in the execution of my King; and thereupon he drew his sword, and went lo an adjacent wood, and hacked and cut the trees, protesting, that if he were among the Jews, he would sene them in the same manner; and by the violence of his passion, the ball fell out of his head, and some of his brains followed, so that he died upon the spot. The grove of Lavree in the district of Ross, was the name of this wood. After Conor's death, the throne of Ulster was offered to any person who would carry the body of Conor to Evan, without tiring on the road. A servant immediatel}- came up to Conor, whose name was Cann Barry, and in hopes of obtaining the king- dom, bravely lifts up the body, and c.irried it to Ardagh, at Sleiv Fuaid ; but he broke his heart, and instantly died. From this transaction there arose a proverbial saying ; when a person ambitiously aspires to higher dignities than he can ever acquire, that '^ he aims at the monarchy of Cann Barry." But although old authors give us this account of Conov, and njake him cotemporary with Christ, yet in truth Clirist was not born for a \on^ time aftei" Conor. The fact of the ^84 T\i€ Y^]\-tpe, 50 rigejnj.-j'oc C|tjOfr, An rrt)]tiinscvre r]oryar> yiutplcub An cjnp "oainA 4 hmBpojo An AjBjjtj'eojiA ; -j A]]t n-A clop pjn r>() Cllon6uB^|, T50 5a1j "Ortj-AC- 70)J«5e, aiiiajI a r>ur>}iAm>j, e, •) t)0 ^aT) r)ie combvijt) )ie Ciijo]--, i*5 tCl^P'^^ cojllc La]iii1jJ5, ) jtjodr nA n-)ot>Al, 50 jyiiA)]t bvip «o'n jfe^'om jjii. C)t>be)mo]i'lio XX) cujityet) ] n-jon^Ancup 50 jfcArpAr Bacjiac, no t]»sOj e)le t!A pAjb pAjAnc* bAp Cbjtjop- -do rAitngAjjte, cpet) ]rA}» cojiA "00 iiA S)b]lle, "00 Bj pAjv^nrA, Cjijopc \t}* n-* gejn, x^o jiejniJTAjcpjn ]nA 100 BhAcjiA6, no o'a pATfiAjl ejle j n)me pjn nj ojcpej-ore An pTA])t m^ pi). Fa rjKSAnpejt An Cet po, •) yi bjorljA b)or:yo5lAC a}}i UlltACAjlj 6 yeo A jie. La n-<»n C(i no^cajt) An C^r po j n-lllIrAjl> t30 tieAnAifi t))bye)]45e, m *)♦ (JonAl!, ■] ] nDJ05Al a nrscApnA m^pj tDo •d()Co ChoRAcrAjb, m^pB pA me. Jp ujnic a nuljAjji- pjn, t>o b)tj5 ^o nil)AO yapp lejp ]nA y!^^J^Jop Ojpen, koc cjcjn cjlc r\v jojit, joniip t\aL bjAjr) cl-'i a niApb^A Ajp 5^ pojo^alrvi l)orn o]ir ^o Bejc d5 rct ft'jn ]]i>c Conall }»e Bei-.lcojn 50 ccAjr-p^ow mAlftjjtr lepra r>'pA5a)l iiAjt) no 50 mujiiyer) e; \e)y f)n luj^^o]- B6]nf - fejn, to Tjn^ o]\]\^\, •] ins|bf:^ jAt) A -r]i]n]i leif, -] ■o')('enr. &)^<^'o )]' )oniTA ^c<^ atBaI o)le lej]- yo, TO yedTpujfe to coriim^ojTeni A]]i ChonAll, fU)5f)om To'n i-i)\i yo ^(tn c;i)t j'jof. xY)]t njbejf, pTioppo, t' Ph(2li*,iif a]]^ •oc'opu)T|^(;r. ) cConAcrA)Vi, rijil* ] ffocajft 0(l)jli(\ -j 'AihejTBe e ) 'A^'i)^ 387 not kill you, said Bealon, for you promise fair for death in your present state ; I will however take you with me, and try every remed}', and if you recover your illness I shall fight you ia single combat, and take ample vengeance for all the injuries and losses you have occasioned in Con- acht. He then placed him on a bier, and brought him to his own house, and applied remedies to him there until his wounds were heaJed. But Bcalcu observing Conull recovering, and his strength encreasing again, l)ecaine afraid to fight hun, and instructed three champions, his own sons, to murder him treacherously in his bed at night. Conall, however, suspected the whispering of this treach- ery, and upon the night that tlie youths intended to murder him, Conall said to Btidcu, that he must change beds with him, or b.c would take away his life. Bealcu then, though reluctantl3-, went into Conall's bed, and Conall lay in the bed of Bealcu, until the three champions, sons of Bealcu, approached the bed of Conall, and killed their own father, which whenConall perceived, he rushed upon them, and slew the whole three ; and beheaded them, together with their father, and brought tl>eir heads in triumph the next day to Evan ; wherefore, in praise of this action, we have the following lines from the Shanachus : Amongst the deeds of Conall Carney, The plunder of Mann, great the work. Three sons he slew of Bealcu Breifny And Looee a niigiity champion. Such is the account of the death of Keth, son of Ma- gach, aud Bealcu of Breifu}'. And although we might extol several other illustrious actions of Conall, we shall however on^t to mention them for the present. The Death of Fergus, son of Roy. Fergus, being in exile in Conacht, came to the mansion of Olioll and Meyv, at ]Mayeo, where their royal resi- dence 388 ^o hO)l)ll, 50 rrai>l<\ rjie mjolcojn no B) Iajtti ]ie n-(> CAjibrtr' j, -j lejj- j-jn ruj-jo]' Fcji^uf, 50 jju- Ajjt baj", 5U]t li4rniV)c]ori A)B ChofiAcr, c)icp An rcA]n jju^ Feli^uy UAtA, 'j cjtcy jAC rocAji ejle "oa n-og]niA)o An DuBlo]n5]oy .1. An yluA5 'oeojmjfectA -oo 6iiaj6 le Fejt^iiy 3 cConAcrAjB, *j y)|^ Chofucr yt'jn mojB, joiiuy 50 jiaBat^ nA t)jof a ^ nA ■ocAjfi t)0 jjjn^o^ l^t A])t l^r CA cejlc com mujj yjn, w;o j}-u)l)D leBA)|t ycftjobf-A oi»l»A, biiD IjoycA i»c A luAt) 1 bu«« yAQA ]ie A iFMr^'-^jr ^^"^ T^- Fjle 00 Bj A5 Cuncul').^, r>A n^ojjif j vVot) mAc Vvjiiin, •/ •00 Vj^cb A)ji ^^liA5Ajn .1. b^^n ChonciiBAjji c, a)|» ii-a yjofiaccujn 389 dencc at that time was ; an J one day uiuMi they were walk- ing On the bank of a hike that was near the palace, Olit^ll desired Fergus to go and swim in tlic lake, and Fergus com- pHed; Fergus being in tlie water, Meyv wa?i desirous ot swimming along with him ; and having gone iiUo (he water x^'th Fergus, OHoll becanic jealous, and conuiiatided his brother Looee Dallegas, who was with him, to throw a spear at Fergus, with w4iich he pierced him through the bi^east. Fergus on being wounded Came to land, and drew the spear out of his body and Hung it at OUolI, but pierced a grey- hoiuid that stood near his chariot, atid then foil down and immediately expired, and was burred upon the bank of the hdic. It was this same Fergus that killed Fiachna, son oi' Conor ; the redonted Gerrycn, son of Nilla; Owen, son of Durhaght, king of Fermanagh ; and many other iieroesand warriors, whom ue shall not mention here. It was he also who carried oft' the great spoils from Ulster, which caused so many misfortunes and dissensions between the Conaciansand Ultonians, .-io that the exiles who went into banishment with Fergus from Ulster, were seven years in Conacht, or as others assert, ten years, plundering and destroying the Ultonians, on account of the death of the sons of Usna ; and the men of Ulster on theii'part making reprisals upon them and the people of Conacht for the booty which Fergus carried away, and for every other mischief done by the exiles or followers of Fergus, and by the Con- acians themselves; insomuch, that the losses and injuries sustained on both sides were so numerous, that whole volumes have been written upon them, which would be too louff and tedious to mention, or take notice of at j^resent. Of the death of Lcarij the Victorious. Conor had a poet, whose name was Hay or Hugh, son of Annin, who used famiUurities widi Mayain,* Conor's wife; VOL. T. O o this *■ Some copies read Mungin, others Manan, S90 yiorirtctujn ]*]n r)0, aj- j bji^r; jui^ e, ■) riiTi5cir)^ ^ponj lejp A))* jrojjtAty ^" 1*)'^5 5"r <^^ ^^^ '^'^ barAt) ; a]]* ti-a yA)cj-]Ti f}n tjo jtccrajiie L^o5A)]tc V)UAt>Aj5, rc'jt) ^o Lco^aijic, •] a -oubA]]** ?iAC jiAjbe ] n-C))t}?i ajc j d-a nibajf yjoe ad \]\c act ) n-A * •6oiiU]-|-An; le)j- j-)iil]nc;}0]- J. Jb^b ]AO, 'l 51I1V VUj]l£.6 All fjlc JC]!, •] C'A^AJ- pejFl A})> An IalA}]! j-jti. BonA 3 fjn c]ijoc Lo ciiajo 9ti£ol> •oo curiinupe 50 hJnjf CJor]>Ari, a)}i loc Rjb; j A)j»Tnbe)t n-A coTfinn)t>e Aii f]r\ rj, but) ^e][- c} j yejn "o'irof ju'i^Ar) j"An rol)^ DO b] j nooini]' ha bjfip) ^a^a iriAjone, -j Ajjt ta* eloj' |-)n ■o'Fliojibuj'ce, niAc ConcubAj)t, tAjnjc U n-^on 50 huAi^njoc 'o'pjoi' An robA]]t, -^ -oo t:6inu)|- le pnAjfe. Ijn 6 b]*UAC An robA)]* ^uj- ah le)t: ojle oo'n loc, -j bejjtjoy- An tOTTiAp cet>nA lej]- 3 n-\JllrA)b; 1]XQP ^o 5n3ot>, ■za cuft3lle 00 cufi } rrAlrTiA3n '| cg,n An rj'nA)re ©o cen^Al r* 5AC cuA3lle r>job, 'j libAll no cuj» 03^* ttiuHac cuA3lle aca 'j e f e3n "oo f^i'Atri A5 An ccuA3lle ojle, -j bejt A5 j-jonlAtnAc Ap A C}tAfirAbU3ll 50 CtUgAt) Amup AJ{> ATI uth^ll t)0 bjO'O A3)t ba|>)4 An duAille, 50 mbuAjljotj <3. Do ciectAtS ah clu}fce p3h le3f, 3oruip 50 3»A]b coriicl3pre aj]», ^o nAi tcjbjOD A)}t ^An An r-ubAlI •o'Amup. cajjIa ~]\a 50 bl*o^ ** 6)j* p)n c6ifica3l 3'03]t UikACA}b, •] ChoriAC-A]S t>o 5*6 103^ oo'n rS)onu3R; a ^ 1n}p Cloc;]uTl, 'j -35 Fojibujcc A n-o3ft 3 ccoin6A3l nA n-\VlltAC, -j mA3'o3n ^a jiAibc au txi> GoriA3lic %(^rb t)A yorjujgAO pi^3n, AthA}! ]to 61^crAt) pAT^ r.ub^ ]iiArn}iA3t)t:e, *] lejp p3n t)o 503 clod t>']n3olI 3 n-A t:l»AnT;Abu3ll, 50 tru^ ujic^ xj'a h}onpii3t>e, gujt Aniu3p nA hcAtJAn 3, 50 {fUAjjt bAp A3IV An lAtA3Jt p3n, 3^ mhv]i octr mbljA^n* 'oeA5 -jcojqic p3t;3o 3 ccs^Mup ChofiA^c ij. Cu^Am^ ♦ nuAp 391 this being discovered by the king-, he ordered the poet L» be drowned in Leary's lake, and he was l)ronght there for that purpose at the command of the king. Leary's shep- herd seeing this, went and told his master tliat they could find no other place in Ireland to drown the poet but before iiis door, Leary immediately rushed out, and the Untel of ihe door struck the hind partof his head, and fractured Jiii* scull ; nevertheless he ran furiously at the people, slew them all, and delivered the poet, and expired upon the spot. Such was the unfortunate end of Leary the Victo- rious, Of the death of Mcyv of Croghaji.^ Olioll being killed by Conall Carney, Meyv went to re- side at Inish Cloran, on Loch Riv; and during- her resi- <3ence there, she used to bathe every morning in a spring, ©n the shore of the island. Forwe^ son of Conor, hearing this, came one day privately to the fountain., and mea- sured with a line the distance from thence to the other side of the lake, and brought it widi him to Ulster, where he used to drive two stakes in tlie ground, to each of which he fastened an end of the line, and placing an a})ple on the point of one of them, and standing himself at the other, he continually practised throwing with his sling at the apple on the top of the stake, until he used to hit it j this exercise jbe used until he became so dexterous, that he never failed a single throw to strike the apple. There happened in a short time a meeting of the people of Ulster and Conacht on both sides of the Shannon at Inish Cloran ; Forwee came from the eastward, in the convention of Ulster, and in the jMorning saw Meyv as usual bathing in the very same spring ;heinstantly placed a stone in l^isshng, and casting it at her, struck her full on the forehead, and slie instantly ' expired, after having enjoyed the government of Conacht ninet\-- * Or Cruaghan, «r Crftogban,* S[)2 niliejr n'»\ liicr coiii<»3'n|-)]ie 45 '?Ol']t>Vj -bo]]'), 5]fo-o yjll).) >ni a)]» Cooha)t) yc'jrljoc ^ jij]". ~]ij mjc -j rjij ii]iiz;]niia t>o !>j t\5 Oc)i\\)ri y(.']r.5 )C .1. B]ie]-, XAjt, •) LofA]!, ii,v r]i) nijc ; -j Cjfiu; ii»\fi\c, Clof jivs -jS'syx^V) ('i))MUH>»ii riv; rjij Iiju^joua, \. X)o 'hv^^^s\m a^f,\pvp a ]tjp itjjt C'lionr iiVu(, ) c'ii]]iy]<)ni Yyyy rtTipj cujr rW -ralnjl). Va h] ]nt,)(jn Cocajr SaiVjuj-oe ■DO flu nA(ra)V) A iii,\r.\)H, 7)a''\\ IVajnin Ncj'A, ^ tio v,Ai]jui)5o, rso j-Jjcicr I]i, rigc 'A^jljor, y^ h^>fa])» r>o, •[ iT.j na coj^eotij^ A5 J'M*)^^')^ reojfAM ^aca coiBlt* yA lejf, <4y AH rii5 CajJiIjjic NiAyejt Jijj Laj^joti j cconivOin ]njjne Concubaj}! r'ya^A)! ti-a nin.o] -oo yt'jn, A^^ m]\\ a ra 6 loc an coj^jo ) iTiB]te5ii)l), 'j 6 riioinAjp 50 yajji^e y.c coj^jo UIap, -j rji] tiijticA 6l-ao johiIaha ^^^s niijic I']!!, ATiu]! A rfc]]» An y]lr> : DiA ]JAnrA (■ 6]5 coj^)^ Gjn^n, , loijt TA niu]|i, mop An cer>, Ihij; r]ij r]i)n(;A ccad Io cujB}t]on C'oiirul)^, n) i'a)jlcnf; Deg. Fc)l]iii miAC]iofAc Ajnni ha l)jn5]nele jyuA))* na yocA])ip), •) TO <-uA]o 5'* liAjniii^APAc Ajii culoo le CohaU CcjinAC 6 'OaIa Chon( iiVjAjjt, rA|ilA niAc -j yjce A)b^> ') ^" l^'if^ cojtbAoroiontiiniinejyc^ejicii-AihAfAiit, SO)ni5 yj Cojtmac (..'oiilujn^joy r)ij, jonan ]ni()]i|iA, CojmiAc, '] Cojth-niAr, ^^ ^V]t b'M* *^ ^1<^' co)tl)At) 00 ji)ne CoTu'iibv) C'o)imAc )ic n-A iii',»fA)|» yt'jn i ^ Jp } nt)jol an ii)i5;nj()riiA yojn ro fiiAf.{ A ihrjc u)Ie 5An ryljocr ac- T-pji'i)), nis| a -a B^Ha 6 ]»Aj?rjo)t r'<^nr)»o)5e J Livjii* u jJAjtJtjojt LAihjvoji^c; j ftlAjyni." *IIc is rencmlly called Conor Mac Ncssa. Some write this name Concovjii* or Conqiiovar, other* Connor, or Conner. Th? Irish jjioriotmce it Conna- boor, and in sonic places ConXuvar. *Tis now in gL-ncral written Connor. •|- Sec pigc 14 r, an J fpr the extent of each district or harony, sec page i j;- 393 ji'metj- eight j-ears. So far we have digressed and i^ranched into an account of the heroes who nere cotemporary with Meyv, we shall now return to Eohy Feileach. This Eohy had , three sons and three daughters; the sons were Bras, Nar, and Lohar, and the three daugiiters Eihne Uaha, Clora, and Meyv of Croghan ; as the poet thus obser\-es: Three daughters had Eohy Feileach, loud their fame, Eihne Uaha, Meyv fair or Croghan, and then Cloi"a. We shall now go back again to Conor, and mention some of his actions : His mother was Nessa, daughter of Eohy !Salwee of Conacht, and from her he obtained his sirname ; * his father was Fachtna the wise, son of Cas, son of Rury, of the line of Ir, son of INIilesius; and when the pro- vincialists demanded the boundaries of each province to be setded, Carbry Neeafar, king of Leinster, in consideration of receiving Conor's daughter in marriage, gave up to Ulster all the country from Tara, and Loch an Coga in Moy Bra to the sea, containing three entire distrcts of land; as is thus mentioned by the poet : f lOirin into five provinces divided, From sea to sea, great the concession ; Conor acquired three districts more, A tract not small or narrow. Feilim of beauteous form, was the name of the lady by whom he procured this accession of territory, and she lasciviously eloped from him, with Conall Carne\'. To return to Conor ; he had one and twenty sons, and ia a fit of drunkenness committed incest with his mother, which produced a son named Cormac Conlingas. Cormac or Corb mac, signities ason begotten incestuously; and he was so called, because Conor committed corba, that is, incest with his own mother; but as a punishment for this horrid crime, all his sons died without issue except three, namely, Banna, from whom Bantry obtained its name ; Lavra, from vvhoni is called Lavree ; and Glasny, who gave name to Giasree ; 594 Bl<»]fne 6 i^-)o}t*'5U|-]io]^e ; 5i"r£-6 nj pi)l Ti(-i be* H «j}t j-ljocc DA 'o]tu]n5C f) ] n-Cji>jri a iir>)u. Conculu]^, m^c r\\(?:rne, aj- ]A'9 riiz; CAT- ?;onii]5 'A>iic»\ "00 01j(»1j»v11 ©jatiBujIIjoc, ttiac rtj]tr]t']n5 l,oi'K\n ; ba r)o ^^c^* ^o ^>\V>a]l C]]i£n, ^5 c6j5]()'6 Uiai vvp An rAn^Anajt rt]ii rriip, -j rp)4llu]t3 poinp* ]sj f)n 50, 'iuB]tAp UIa]© Jiju. 2)0 t»'af Ck'Jit £tn)c, rtijc CorcctihtjT). ^ |-e n'ln ]mo]t)iA ta rrajnyc a V>a]'. CuciiIaiu tso ciiA)tj *'7'^S'"1"^ ^'lif 1'?")'^' 5'^ ^5ArAj5, ,bAn5A]]•co•6^u^ t50 Bj ] ii-'^vilbuin, ■} r<»)i!a )nj)<)'n i\r\)T) ] n-'2ill)U]n an tap yjn rA]» •vo ChojncciiiAjn a)|» a Ajcofct-Alu]!"), ^o rrAjnjc "o'a irioj-, 1 j^ujt cuma]]-c ]•) y-t'jn ] VucuIajh jic cojlc 5o Chojticcu- l*jn, ]ajt fjro^lujm nnu t'a hiac, •] aj]* mbejf: jnjretjmA t)o, An ylAbiiAo 00 cu]» Ic]]- An mAc cuj^e ft'jn m^ coTTivjrA cjnce a)- a n-AjreonAo c. No, •00 j'te)]; r'jnijnge e)le, jot) ojp, '| a t>al3A^)tr )t)>v An ran tdo Bja-o a rilAC COTfj A]1]1ACrA •) 50 IjOnjTAO A nii^]t An ]or, A cu)* ©'a yjof pejn ) n-Gjitjii, -j fop ro ciijH rjtj ^c^j-a Ajjt An mac ]t]A tr^cc ] n-C)]t)n •oo ; aji ccao t^t-)]- x>y)T}, ^^^^^ j'^cpa^ ylJ5e r>o r«;;^nArii'o\on cu)tA]'r, nA tio cAjfiiijljo ]An -ooiJiAn ; Ati nAjtA Sejj', ^An a A)iini ro calJAjjic t]^o. uaiii.vn o\ori l:oc yAn bjofc ; An t:]i^i' ^ejy ^An coni]»A5 ^o]ny)Jt oa r]io]|') At).i. S5ACAC, r]i]Alluj-)n-G)|t)nr'y]0|'CJioncculA]n, yA hAiA)f» t50, 1 Aj]i jiocrAjn rjjie xjo'n inACioni, rA]tlA Condub^ 50 mA)r;)b "UlATb, ) noAjl, no ] n-ojpectAy a^ ri»A6r C)y) A)]t A d^fi, *] cu))t)oy Concul)<| ko6 oa rntijM-jjj, ■o'a n^ojjifj Cujnjpe, ■o'yA^Ajl yccAU uajo ; nieH,]»A c6-onA 6 Oionl^oc, -j comj^ujcf^lt leo ^o yuiljoc ]ic cejlc, 50 jiAjbe Conkoc a^ t)i4ofcA-c ChoncculAjfi, ftc- ^e'ji ni6|> a cpo'OACC, ) a cAlniAcn }n 5AC coiVilAn )i)Ajh ]to]ri)e yjn, ]onny 511)1 IVi'j^jon ro t5iil yAn Ar tjo b'yojjyc too, ^ a f>\V)vV]iir y,v 'oojia <\]Jj L<:05, mAc R]An ^AbpA, An ^a bolj^ ■o")nj(jl •00, 511]^ ^^''■1]^ ^1^^ cojip Cbonlcojc (', ^onAt) ni^yjn tAjnjc a bAy. Eii]5, A Vt'A5-^6))t, t)A ccnjjijri y)oy ApTyo, n^j •oi-) fnjt CutiilAjfi le clAnAjb CajIjcjti, -j I-Vjiojat, tuac I)Ani.\)n, le CojncciilAjn, 397 with child ; Cuchullia being about to return to Ireland, having completed his education in feats of valour under Scaha, went to take leave of Aifa, and having presented her with a chain of gold, charged her to keep it until her son arrived to man's estate, and then to send the youth to him with it, as a certain token by which he should know him. Others affirm that it was a golden ring he gave her, desiring her, when his son became so full grown that his finger would fill tlie ring, to send him to Ireland; but before his son should come to Ireland, he laid three injunc- tions on him : the first injunction was, never to give way to any hero or champion in the world ; the second, not to confess his name through fear to any warrior living; the third, not to refuse a challenge from the most powerful champion on earth. The young man however, having grown and increased in strength, and learned exercises of war and valour from Scaha, the female preceptor of heroes, sets out for Ireland to see his father Cucbullin. On his arrival he finds Conor, and the nobles of Ulster, in assembly or convention at Tract Eisi. Conor sends one of his soldiers, named Cunner}', to inquire who he is; who approaching the youth, demands his name. I tell not my name to any sintrle warrior on the face of the earth, savs Conlaicb. Then Cunnery returns to Conor, and relates to him this in- solent answer; thereupon CuchuUin sent to obtain some account from him, but received only the same answer from Conlaech. A bloody encounter then ensued, and Conlaech was overcoming Cuchullin, so that although his prowess and valour were great and conspicuous in all his former combats, be was obliged to take refuge in an adjacent ford, and call to Lay, son of Rian of Gavra, for his spear, with which h^ pierced Conlsech through the body and killed him.* If, reader, I were to relate here the death of Cuchullin by the sons of Caletin, and that of Ferdia, son of Daman^ VOL. I. P p by * See this story, and Cuchullin's lamentation over the body of his soa finely and feelinglj at forth by aa anciejtt bard, ta Mi«» irookc'f rcli^uet of Iriib poetry. 398 Co]nccul(Vjn, -j n* yccr %a]nc \\\ vUu "d'O]])!! mop, -yoo ^ihejDD, -J ]omA-o ojlc to cujirtmjV) cAlm* riAC ]ia, b3'^£'° maf m(t]r l^r a jfjoj- 50 y6)]»lcrAn r^'yA^A]!, le^f^ji lee Bjtji'lec ^(.^liu]5e %ii)]tfe]nine, Oj^jo riA ccujiAri, no rajn bo Chii]!), n rii ]ie jfAjcpn ) n-6)|t)fi A fixsju, 1 "00 ^sbA)|i but) 50 Ijonrf)^ A]p an T'iio3n5 ru^Ant-A t»e)imA'o t50 Chojnit], mv>c Dajfie, <*T^ro, ^An yA^njn a bAjj* ro cult ]-'iop, A)}t' mbejr ] n-A rjien to, 'j ] n-A y']o]\ c6riiA]m{-)]ie A5 ConcuBij, *jA5 nA cupAtJAjB. %opAn ^^AnAiiAC mAfAjji Chonjij, mjc DajJic, AifiA]! A -cejp An yjle yAn pAnpo : ^^ojian ^ A]cine rjoB, CupAjt) nA Cp^jBejinA^rje pA CboncuB^. Vi'n cajia bAjcme &AmAn]iu)B Jop^Ajy DomnAjfi, yA 0)1]U y]ori; -j An T"]tey Ajcme, CIaha Dggu)© yA Chojnjtj, niAC Da)}i], ) n-jApr^ %uniAn. ^ ye nj ttA rrA]n]c bAp Clionp) ; Cojm^jji^e to cuatj^ cujiA]5 nA CpAo)Be]niA]-6c tj'Aji^iijn ojlcjn nrnpA \\]rh ]ie b^ibAjn ©'a n^Ajjtfjop '-^^iAnAjfi, m^ a ]iA)be jomAt) 6)}t, * Curl or Curigb, i. c. the ro3'al cliampion, is pronounced Coorce or Curee; the genct;-e case i; Conrigh, and the dative Coinrlgh. Cii enter* iuto nnany Iri^h names, as CuchuUin, Cuconacht, Cumara^ &e. • • •}• i, c. Having lips like ahorse. "* The Ftaian kero«>, » body of troops commanded by Finnt son of Cotl. 399 by Cuchullin, and of the seven INIainies, sons of Olioll and Meyv, and of many other vahant knights not here mentioned, the recital would be a vas^and laborious un- dertaking ; but if you wish a full account, you may consult the Signal defeat on the plain of Murhevny ; the deaths of the knights ; the cattle spoil of Cualgney ; tiie cattle spoil of Regavan ; the bloody enterprise of Conall Carney j the convention of Evan ; the cattle spoil of Fleeyas, or other tales of this kind, still to be seen in Ireland, and you will there find ample mention of the above, and of many other knights and heroes, and of their memorable enter- prises and expeditions. I think, notwithstanding, that we should, not forget Curigh,*son of Darry, here, nor omit to mention the cause of his death ; being a champion, and cotemporary with Conor, and the knights. Tvloran of Mann, was the mother of this Curigh Mac Darr}-, as the poet thus observes : Moran of Mann, her honor pure, Daughter of Ir, sen of Unshee, Sister of Eohy Eihveol fwas she, And mother of Curigh, son of Darry. There were three tribes or orders of Champions at the same time in Ireland ; and before them, or since, therewere not of the descendants of Milesius, any set of men taller, more manly, more courageous, stronger, or more expert in feasts of valor and bravery than they ; f )r, the Fian of Leinster| were not so nuich esteemed. The first order were the heroes or knights of the Red Branch, commanded by Conor; the second, the Gawanree of Irrus Duwnan, § under the command of Olioll ; and the third was the Clanna Daee, in the west of Munster, commanded by Curigh Mac Darry. The death of Curigh was brought about in the follov/ing manner : the heroes of the Red Branch united to plunder an island near Scotland, called 'the Isle of ?>Iaan, where there § Called by M'Curtin, The Keepers of Irrus^ fee page 369, where this word is rendered £;i^/«f//-. The passage wss untortuniuly alteicd duiing the Editor's absence of a few days from town, aad should riin thus." The Rath or 400 T *)^5)'P) 1 )ol'Ti«))n)r, ^ jomAn rio j-eo'Ok^jIi uj tia cujiujx) a^ tjijAll pn Tujtur ]"iTi, cujjtjo]' e yejn rjte •oji^joi^cr ) mbjiej^ytjocc go rif^cAjt) ]'An comoa)!, "\ Ajjt mbejc A)]t tj A]]it)te An ojlejn iDojb j jfop^Ajj^ )|-£]i If<*l5>*> 'oo ni^f aoaji "cocaiimv)! ifjoit oo liejc oojlj ] n^ABrtjl ati oujn "oo bj j-ati o)len, m^ n* miiujnbe "oo bj 'g* cofnAHi. ?^j' An j-jn A iouDajiic Cu])'), to bj a pjocc jr)]t «n b)tu)c lacrnA, rii ffA^At) Jio^a j-eojo t>a )iA)b j'An tiun, go ng^ba-o yejn An xsun t)6jb; sellup CucuUjn fjn tjo, •] lejp j-jn cugAT?^ A n-ucc A)jt An oiin, -] yey» ah bjtujc Irtccna ] n-A trorAC, ^ujt pAptat) ah ]iot ^eprljtse co Bj A]j» j'jubAl A]i» 'DOjiup An ounujo leji", ^ujt lej5 cAd *r^£^' ^Mji iiAjifSjot) An tjun Ico, -j 50 tr^up-at) BlAtnu)t> *] A jtA]be to f-eo)t))b uA}fle An Ap (CjiiAllAjti aj- ]-)n j T)-6jH]n 50 jioccAjn GAifinA cojb, 'j ajji jtojn na peut) t)&]h jajijtui' ye}^ An bjuij- UcrnA jiogA fcojt), Ainail to b^llAw TO ; ©0 gebAjji, A]lt CuculAjfi, mAjyet), ^ ye, Ay j BUcnujo mo i'to^A TO iU yeoj'ojb ; to it05Ajn to iia yeojTjb ojle h\i]T, A}» CuculAjn, Act BUrnujT Aniiijn ; nj ^eb v\ mAlAj]tr, *1* TSP *Ti B}iu)r kirnA, lejy yjn ]Ajijtuy Cujij t^jtAc A]]* ' BhUtnu]T t»'yuAt>Ac, ^.o tru5 Amuy 6y ^yjol ii])>]ie, 50 jiug le)f j ) ccelcA)]* T]i, gujt psujb j r-A cjnijic cijjbjij^te Afiy^n c, jrt]; nibejijuT a yujlr Ic n-A clojreiii. Fort was thtn begun by the Cawanrcc of Irrus DoTnian, .nnd in cnc day they *ofiirklcd the ftEie ct this jtrcng hold of ILohy." ♦ Litcidly, he irflicted on him the fctttiiiig cf the five finalls ; thsi«a pai-lic iiJitjii ti£i.ifyiDi; that ht Lur.c! his cttk, Trifis :,r.d at.lKs. 401 tlsere was a great quantity of gold, silver, jewels, and many other valuable articles, and a lovely marriageable , young lady, who surpassed all the women of her time in exquisite figure and beauty, the daughter of the governor of the island, and her name was Blanaid. When CurigU was informed that the heroes were setting out on this ex- pedition, he transformed himself by magic into a disguised shape, and joined the party ; but when they were on the point of plundering the island, disguised like jugglers, they judged that there would be great difficulty in taking the fortress in the island, in which were secured Blanaid, tindthe valuable treasures of the whole island, on account of its strength, and the number of men who defended it. Then Curigh, who was attired in a coarse grey habit, en- gaged if he were to get his choice of the treasures, that be would himself take possession of the fort; Cuchullin pro- mises this, and immediately they attacked the castle, with the man in the grey habit at their head, who stopped the motion of an enchanted wheel that was placed at the castle gate, and let in all the troops, by whom the fortress was sacked, and Blanaid and all the treasure borne away. They then set out for Ireland, and arrived at Evan, and on di- viding the treasure, the man jn the grey habjt demands his choice of the jewels, as was promised to him; jou shall have it, says Cuchullin ; well then, sa3s he, Blanaid is the Jewell clioose ; take your choice of all thejewels, ex^ cept Blanaid alone, replies Cuchullin ; I will not exchange her, said Curigh, and thei^eupon he seeks to carry her oSt by force, and having surprised her unperceived, took her away concealed under an enchanted mask. WhenCuchulhn perceived that the lady was missing, he suspected that it was Curigh that stole her off, and pursued them directly to Munster, and overtook them at Sulchoid ; the champions engage, and a brave and well fought contest ensues, hut fit length Cuchullin was overcome by Curigh, who tied ^m neck and heels,* and left him shackled like a captive, after 402 H jfrtgljvi]! ChoTiccuUjn ten^ujlce auia)! A-oulJltAi-n^. C]j^ )Tnopii4, le]j- ]}n L«)5 mac 11]A)ti gAbjiA, -j ]'&lla]t) Af j-p 50 ruAjfcg)^- "Uivvo, bUjt <3r)5£t)Aii lft)Tii ]»e b^rmjB Bojfice <\)lt y^-o blja^n* ^ax\ T^tz ] ccomiDA}! jfg|t n-UUo no jup p^r pole ChoncculAjn, -] ) cc)on riA bljA^tiA ]')n tAjik CucuUjn ivji^ b^nujB Bojpce, t)0 t)}iu)Tn n* m(V}i4, 'j *]]♦ jtocr<\]n 3 ■ct]]\ wjId, lerup A)it 'i ii5A3ytf} tA3rbe3m, cati a^ %^c c\i]t rjob, gujt rh^B An t>u3B('An oe36)onAC -ojolj A5 Si+um Bpo3n 3 n-3' j^l)ojirA3l5 Gijtg'n U3le, ] ^uj* Ab AihlAio b* (:}'0]]\ p|n X50 •oeAHArn, CIaua De5U3t) r>ocu|t 'oo cnuAp ac,'|'oo c]ui3ri3ri5A'6 A jiAba-o^ t>o T3A5A3bc;loc n-A p^pAni 3 n-G3]i3nro"6eAnAm CAt^AC '60 pc3n : -j pA c}t'30CA3b 3nic3ArA C3j]iofi a jpAt) 6 Cho3nii3 ]»e recr ConcculA3r\ ta bjicjc pe3n 1a3i\ v(3Jt nA clop p3n, 3mo]tjiA "00 Cho3ncculA)ri 50 |ii\bAt5rd, and then as a sign of attack, that she would spill a lafge vessel of new milk that was in the hosise into the iivulet which flowed from liie castle througli the wood where Cuchullin was couceajled. Having heard this, in a short time he perceived the stieaju white with the milk, when, sallying out, they forced into the palace and slew Cufigh, who was aione and unarnied, and tool; Blanaid away with them to Ulster. This ri\ erthen was called Fin- glass, from being made white v\ ith milk. The bard of Cmigh, * wliof.e name was Ferkerthney, followed Blanaid into Ulster, in hopes of being able to killhcr ill revcngeforCurigli, and on his arrival found Conor, Cuchulhn and DIuaaiJ, with their attendants at the promon- tory of ■Cann-Barry ; tiie bard seeing Blanaid standing on the edge of"a steep rock, weut towards her, and clasping her in his anus, threw himself headlong with her down the precipice, and ihey were both dashed to pieces. A. M. 3952. Eohy Arev, son of Finn, son of Finlow, of the Hue of Eirevoii, reigned twelve years ; he is called Eohy Arev, because he was the iirst who had a grave dug in Irelaqd ; Arev. (A][>5.U!) means digging a grave. He was kiJled at length by Slicemal, a-t Frawin, inTaffa. A. M. 39G4. Kdirsccl, son af Owen, son of Olioll, of the line of Eirevon, held tLe soveveigntj' of Ireland six years, and was killed by Nooa Nect, at Allinn. A. M. 3970. Nooa Ncct, son of Sljena Sheevac, of the line of Eirevun, ruled half a year. He was stiled Ncct from the word «/.r which siguiifies snow, for his skin was compared VOL. I. Q 4 to * The Fileas were poets or bards, a.'id philosophers, ar.d wtll skilled in ^1 the learubg of the times. 406 pti^cTA, 6j\i no j-AmvvlrvO) gjlo 4 cne^y ]i}i" ati fnccr* : ^ no iujr An NuatiA yo le Co!i>v)]ie '^>boif, nicvr e)o]it|-ceo)l, ) ccAt CIpc, ) n-UiTi-fljion*. ?<. %. 3970. Do 5(\)Tie cjojicA)!! ^£115 n^^1°^^ A bpA^At) ^c]0}icA]U o)lc r]mc]oll 4 mgriojn ; 6]]i ay ja© PA r|ij F]n no jtjne ]te n-A nr5e]jibf']A]t c. Ciorju, jngjon CocAjo Fe)t)l)0c A hAjnm, a)]i mbejc «))♦ mejpce t)0]B, goTiA-o 45 yA]r^^)r *" ^njomA I'jn 4 ta ad ]i4n f gn6ii]-A yo ])0]-4i-4rruj5]:jr£it5ufi Ab]4nClorJ Na]i, yA corniA]l a jtA^Be e )t>j]t An •CA c]o]icA]ll, -) ]»e Lof^ A jtA)be (Vn ida cji)oy y)oy. ^y ATftlA]t> TO fii]r AnLu^AjT yo .]. Ip^joo Ajjt A clojTjom TO jf^ne, no Ay to curiiA a ciojne yuA))^ biy. ^. '^(.i. 4020 Do 5aB ConcuB^ ^1)Jiat])iiat, hiac Fjii Fbil^T, rii)c RoyA RuA]T, rh)c FejibUyA FaiIi^c, mjc \uATAr N^cr, jt]oiALC (?])t'^ri^oti bljA^Ajn A7tiA]n, '*<,]■ ujme ■00 407 to snow ; he fell by Uie hand of Conry More, son of Edirscel, at the battle of Clia, in Idrone. A. M. 3970. Conry More, son of Edirscel, held the sovereignty thirty years, or as others say seventy. He was killed at length at Breeyin Da-yerg, byAngkel the blind, son of Conmac, and by the sons of Donn Deasy of Lein- ster. A. M. 4000. Looee Reevnerg, son of the three Finav- nas, sons of Eohy Feileacli, son of Finn, son of Finlovv, reigned over Ireland twenty years; others say twenty- six. His wife was Darvurgaill, daughter to the king of Lochlin. He is called Ileevnerg from his having a red circle about his neck and another about his middle, and vv^ begotten in a drunken fit by the three Finns,* upon their own sister Clora, daughter of Eohy Feileach. This fact is recorded in the following ancient stanza, from which we learn that Clora, who bore Looee Reevnergto her bro- thers, bore also Criffan Neeanar to the same Looee, her son ; the lines are as follow : Looee Recvnerg to CrirTan fair Was father and was brother ; And Clora too of form divine To her own son was grandmother. It was supposed at that time, that that part of Looee Reevnerg's body from the upper circle upwards was like Nar, that part between the two circles was like Breas, and that the remainder downwards bore a resemblance to Lobar. This Looee put an end to himself by falling upon his sword; though some say he died pf grief for his children. 4020. Conor Avraroe, son of Finn the philosopher, son of Roijs the red, son of Fergus Fargj-, son of Nooa Nect ♦ Called the three Finnavnas, see page 367. They were sons of Eohy Fei, lc3ch by his own daughter Clohfinn who bore them at one birth, and they following thtir father's example committed incest with their sister Clora and begat Looee, who again had a son by his own mother. 408 CO 5(»)l»rj ConculjAjt ?i^]t}»uA]t> no, to hp% ^u]y aH pAlipao* jniAOiV no 15} a^ a f^)l)^> '■> '] V<^ ^^'}1^^'^ "^^ ^^jr ye le CjijorfirAjn N')At>nAj». 4023 Do ^»vB Cit)OTfir*)n NjArti*]), mac Lii)5r))OcR]al5- *^'0SP5j l^PB**^' ^11''^" r^ bl]v»5ni\ ^5^5, f An ClijtjoitiiAjn j-o ro ini^A-c ClDOSc. ^ Jf fc An CjijoriicAjn I'o -co ciu)6 )]• Au t.Acr]>A ojHojjiv; tA}t mu]it, r)A rru^ le)]' jCojtc o)]icrpfA, ]OTi-»>\n coaii- bAt) n-oyfoA, 'ipmAn lyjrc]!! ii-o]]), v;o rr]«j ceoA;B ^^m glojnpe )fire ; -] 50 lejnjr -i-Ajr-t^iiiA)! 50 mb)Jecr|iArN6]i'6A, rug clajr-joiTi cAtbuA'cAC Ia],- 50 n-]()l *]P5P ^J^tj' ' r'Sb "^* ^^'^^' ~^u],mo)rer» Jicinc. ^ 409 Nect, reigned one year only. He was stilod Avraroe from his red eyelids. He was killed b}- Criffan Nceanar. 4023. Criffan Neeanar, son of Looce lleevnerg, reigned sixteen years. He is called Neeanar, i, e, the abashed heroc, from ?J'eca iin heroc, and Nar, shame, because he was ashamed of his birth, being the son of his bro- ther by their common mother. In tiie twelf;h year of this prince's reign was born our Saviour .lESUS CHRIST. It was this Cridan who went on the f\nious exjiydition beyond the sen, and t)rowg!it home with \\m\ .several costly and famous curiosities, among which wore a gill; chariot; a gold ep chessboard inland with three hundred transparent gems ; a bear.tiful shirt or mantle enibroiuered with gold ; a victorious sword prnamented with a \aricty of serpents, inlaid with gold ; a shield eniFosscd with pure sliver ; a spear from ^vhose wound no one ever- recovered ; a sling that never mi.ssed the mark; two grey • hounds'.vorlh an hundred Cuwals,* chained togclher with a silver chain ; togctiier \\'vA\ many other precious tilings '.vhich we shall not iiere mention. Cri.O'an's death was oc- casioned In- a fall from his horse, which proved fatal in a short time; and others add, th?t ithnppened about six weeks after his return from hi^ expedition, at Dun Crifliip, jiear Howti). END or VOL. I^ * Clival or C-jmul means the vaiue of three milch Cows* -^ INDEX TO VOL. I. dftLNAGH Madia, account of the battle of, 595. Ale, first introduced, 175. Alfred, kii.g, his pedigree, 111. Algar, Earl of Chester, flieg to Ireland, 281. Alphabet, Irish, borrowed by the Saxons, 83. Hebrew, Greek and Latin Alphabets ~ inscribed on wooden tables, 227. Amazons, their origin, 215. Amergin, see Avergin. Annals, Irish, 97. Arannan, son of Milesius, drowned, 291. Ardlevnachta, remarkable bat- tle of, 315. Arnolph, earl of Pembroke, marries an Irish princess, 281. Attila, king of tlie Hun's, 217. Avergin, his decision, 391. Bacra, the Druid, 383, Bactrians, their origin, 215. Banba, name of Ireland, 117, 149, 289. Barclay, his lies, 71. Bards, hereditary, 87. Barrow, river, its source, 29. Battles fought by Nevvy, 179. by Eirvon, 3 1 1, by Irial, 321. Bealcu of Breifny, his death, 387. BearlaFeini, 229. Theibi, 229, 273. Bees abound in Ireland, 19< Bishops, Irish, 141. Blanaid, story of, 403. Bologues, invade Ireland, 187, divide it, 189, defeated an^ tly to the isles, 195. Books, Irish, 97. Bracelets, 237. Braganza, called after Braha, 253. Braha, emigrates to Spain, 25$. Brains of Meshgayar, 379. Brehons or judges, hereditary, 87. Brigantes, 279. Britain, Etymology, unknown to the English, 35, Keating's conjecture, 185. Brogan's tower, 255, 261. Byrnes, 412 Byrnes, not an English tamiiv, Cabhin?, of the Irich, T!. Caicher, a Druid, lus prctliction, '26], desires t]>c seamen to stop their ears with *vax to avoid the k Tens» 251. Cambrcnsis, his talshoods, 19, 21, .31, <-'am«]cn, ditto, T.t. Campion, ditto, 79. Cann Barry, his f'oHy, .S^,"). Canterbury, sec Clergy. Caciive, 15P. Carbry ]Slncesl with his iiiOther iV'essa, 39.3. Conry iViac Darry, see Curi^li. Corrhac Conlingas, 39.S. Coronr.tion of Irish Kin(t;s, 201. Couell, ;;bbot of Jknchor, Q'J. Cialiinv the harper, .story of, 3.03,"'357. Criflan I\eeanai', 409. Crcni Cru, an idol, 323. Cruihni, sec Picts. Cuthuliin, .-!toiy of, 397, 4C3. Curigh, son of Barry, his pro- vince, 135; account of )\\» death, 395. Dalgnat, story of, 165. ]>anes carry oll'lrish books, 99. Dary Dovhath and the five Looce:, 311. Deirdry, tale of, 371. Desmond, its extent, 139. Dialects of the Gadic, 229. liihorba, slory of his sons, 'Si3t J)oiin, shipwrecked, 293; Drunisncachta, book of, 215. Diu'lijig- first introduced, 175, Eaniania, see livan Maclia. Eihne, fed oji huinaa flesh, 15. Eire or Kirin, 117, 289, inval- ed, 119, |;1. Eirevon drives the Picts to Scotland, 317. Eiver and Eirevon -divide Ire- land, 301, liattle betv/een I hem in which Eivcr is killed, 309. Eiver Scot, 2 15. English hyspitably received in iiX'land, 281. Enp:li.sh\M-ilers, their malice, 9. Eohy Avraroe, his provnice, 135. Eohy Feileach, divides Iieland. './()7. Eohy Uarkas, 337. Eviin Macha, palace of, 3-1-5.. I'ail, isle oC 1 17, Eate, stone of, i iTP, Fawn, hunted at ''I'altiii, 341. Ecniaii dialect, 220, Eenius I'ar.^a, his descent, 215, his learning, and t)i'; .schools established by him, 2.?3, 225. Fergus., son oi Hoy, account «f, JiJ7. Firkertnv, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBPA^tt:^' "^is book is due on the (' 1 defin'*^^ '"' DATE DUE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES i|i III mill Ml II 1 1 III III ll|l|| 0038891743 ^A\.^ KXO-V m jj