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ROYAL IRISH ACADEMYTODD LECTURE SERIESVOLUMEXI
EDWAED GWYNN
THE METRICAL DINDSHENCHASPart IV
DUBLINHODGES, FIGGIS,LONDON:
& CO.,
Ltd.
WILLIAMS & NOEGATE1924
PRINTED IN ENGLAND AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS BY FREDERICK HALL
TABLE OF CONTENTS
IV
CONTENTS
Text and Translation -cow^mw^ci.Druim Siiamaig I Druim Siiamaig II Diin Mac Nechtain SceneBile Tortan
Lege
.
Brefne
Loch Laiglinde Loch Cenn
Mag nDumachCnucha CnuchaCodalSlaine.
I
.
II
.
DubadRaith Chrinua
Umall
Mag Lethluachra Conachail.
Ath Crocha Mag nUra Mag Mandachta Loch Lugborta Cruachan Aigle.
Sliab
Badbgna
Tulach Eogain Glaisse Bulga Loch SemtideInis
Samer
Diin RuissarachDiin Cluana Ithair
Sid
Duma
.
Mag
Corainn.
Traig Eba
List of Abbreviations
Notes
PREFACEThe publication of the present volume, which has been delayed by a series of hindrances and interruptions, completes the text of the Metrical Dmdshenchas. The poems arearranged in the order followed by the Rennes MS. and the Book of Ballymote, to which almost all other copies in the main conform. But as no two manuscripts, of those that have been employed, present exactly the same list of legends, orobserve exactly the same order,it
has been necessary for the
editor to settle according to his judgement the position which certain poems should occupy. One manuscript, Stowe D. ii. 2,
contains an appendix of some thirty legends, which are not found in any other copy. Most of these are in prose form only, and therefore fall outside the proper scope of this book:
but as they were unknown to Stokes, and consequently are not included in his edition of the prose Dindshenchas, it seemed desirable to print them here (pp. 268-311). The Dindshenchas in the Book of Leinster differs widely both in contents and in arrangement from the later recension.
Such of the poems as are peculiar
to the
Book
of Leinster are
printed together at the end of this volume, excepting a few which have already been inserted in earlier parts of the work in order to bring them into juxtaposition with poems on the
same places belonging
to the later recension.
I
have however
omitted several compositions which are introduced among the Dindshenchas legends in the Book of Leinster, but do not seem to belong by right to the Dindshenchas, regarded asa collection of legends designed to explain the origin of placenames. Such poems as those in LL 206 6-208 a do not come under this definition. The compiler seems at this point to have lost sight of his intention of collecting place-legends, andto
have turned aside to put together a number of poems about
vi
PREFACE
Finn and the Fianna. I feel the less scruple about omitting these and similar compositions which occur in this part of LL because they have all been published by other editors, with the exception of the poems Ligi Guill (LL 204) and Bee iniwckt (LL 208). The legend of Boand and the Dagda, which occupies most of LL 208-209, has more claims than any of these to be regarded as part of the Dindshenchas, and I regret that it wasnot included with the other legends of the Boyne in the third part of this work it has however been well edited in Eriu;
VII 220. As in the previous
parts, the
Book
of Leinster has been taken
as the basis of the text, wherever
it
wasit
available.
But thethe alliedIt
latter part of the collection, as we have manuscripts, is not represented in the
in
RB and
Book
of Leinster.
seemed therefore unjustifiable to adopt throughout this volume (as I had formerly tried to do) a standard of spelling and grammatical forms based on the general practice of that Book. I have been guided in these respects by the best manu-
Even disposal in each particular case. script authority at within the limits of a single poem I have not tried to follow any hard and fast rule. No Middle Irish manuscript is
my
absolutely consistent in such matters, and it seemed better to admit a certain amount of variety than to insist on a uni-
formity which is not to be found in our sources. Such forms as Erend, ^rind, which the scribe of LL prefers, are employed On the other side by side with the correct Srenn, ^rinn.* '
palatalized long vowels di, 6i, because the position of the accent marks a difference ui, in the sound, which affects the rhymes. Hence I write nmai but rnndib, cdic but coica, and so on. Lenition has
hand, forms which mark the where it is obscured by the I have followed Thurneysen's diphthongs ai, oi, ui from the
preferred, of most manuscripts. spelling practice of distinguishing the
rhyme have been
frequently been marked where it is omitted by the codices, but if there seemed to be any room for doubt, the manuscript readings are recorded. The usage as to lenition of the verb
PREFACEafter certain pretonic particles later manuscripts. Here alsois
vii
and in some variation has been adunfixed both in
LL
mitted.
instance, the use of for
So, too, with some other points of grammar; for and ar, as to which Middle Irish texts
exhibit a state of confusion which only ended when far became The earlier distinction obsolete as an independent preposition.
between the two could only have been maintained by correctingthe text in countless instances against the consent of thescripts.
manu-
In the case of poems, or even single stanzas, for which a single manuscript is the only authority, I have reproduced that authority as accurately as I could, merely dividing andaccording to my judgement, and expanding silently contractions about which there could be no reasonable doubt. Italics are used only where some shade of uncertainty
punctuating
seemed
possible.
final part of the Metrical Dindshenchas I intend to furnish a description of the manuscripts, an index of names, and a glossary, and perhaps to add some considerations as to
In the
the origins and development of the whole collection, and its relations to the general body of Irish literature; though, sofar as the heroic legends of the Ulster cycle are concerned, these questions have recently been treated, far better thanI could
his
hope to handle them, by Professor Thurneysen, in masterly work. Die irische Helden- und Konigsage,
Teil
I und IL
principal object of this present volume is to establish a sound text, based on a full collation of the manuscripts, and to interpret this to the best of my ability. In this endeavour
The
have received help which I desire to acknowledge with I owe thanks to Dr. Plummer, for a collation of gratitude. the poem on Ard Ruide, from a Bodleian manuscript, and for notes on several Irish saints; to Professor Georges Dottin, for information about the Rennes copy of the Dindshenchas to Professor Carl Marstrander, for a collation of the poems on Carn Furbaide, Tuag Inbir, and Ailech III, from the KilbrideI;
viii
PREFACE;
of the
manuscripts at Edinburgh to Mr. R. Flower, for a collation two poems on Cnucha, from manuscripts in the Britishto the
Museum; and
Very Reverend Canon Corrigan,
for
assistance in identifying Cell Chorbain. special thanks are due to Professor 0. J. Bergin and to Miss Eleanor Knott,
My
each of
I text in proof. of the Irish language much to their intimate knowledge Most (but not all) of their corrections of Irish metrics.
whom
has read about half
my
owe andand
suggestions are distinguished in my Notes by their names or I have also enjoyed the advantage of free access to initials.
the
the Royal Irish Academy's under Professor Bergin's editorship. More space has been given than in former volumes to disOn this subject every student must cussions on place-names. seek help first of all from the Onomasticon Goedelicwni. In a work which contains such a multitude of references and conjectures, it is inevitable that there should be errors and doubtful assertions, and I could not avoid offering criticisms on a good many points of detail. I am the more anxious to acknowledge in express terms the great obligations which my book is under to Dr. Edmund Hogan's magnum oims,materialscollected
for
Dictionary, in preparation
EDWARD GWYNN.Trinity College, Dublin.Feh-uaty24, 1924.
LIST OF MANUSCRIPTSRoyal Irish Academy:
BLo
MSSaS,
S^
VLism.
= Book of Ballymote = Book of Lecan. = Book of Ui Maine. = Stowe D. 2. = Stowe B. 2. = Stowe B. 1. = Stowe D. IV. 2. = Beeves 832. = Transcript of Book of Lismore.II.
II.
III.
Trinity College; Dublin
:
L
HH^B,
= Book of Leinster. = H. 3. 3. = H. 15. = H. 2. 4.1.:
Bodleian Library
LdRlBritish
= Laud 610. = Rawlinson B.:
487.
Museum
HrlEg.
= Harleian 5280. = Egerton 90 and
Egertpn 1781.:
Advocates* Library, Edinburgh Kilbride V. K*
Ed
= = Kilbride XVL:
Other Libraries
RFr
= The Irish MS. at Rennes. = Copy of Acallam na SenorachLibrary, Irische Texte iv, p. xi.
in the:
Franciscan
Dublin
see
* For the
poem on
Cam
Furbaide,
the
symbol
K
has been wrongly used instead
o/Ed.
PART IV
2
)
ESS KUAID
I
A
'fir
dodechaidis
atiiaid
CO srethaib
co saer-biiaid,
innat leir co huair fessai
sceol reid in riiad-essa?
Esscia
Kiiaid, cia
Euad
roching in ciian in fer no in ben co
asa hess? comdess?
mbrig bailb
tuc for in sid in suer-ainm?
Aed ruad mac Baduirn
in bress,
iiad cen ramuirn in rig-ess: for a ur, ba gnim guba,fail
10
a
sid,
a saer-duma.
Ni chuala ar thir no ar thuinn do chlannaib Ir no Ebirrosessed co trian delbafor
tig
Aed
fial
na fir-Emna.
Eodusig idu achav
Aeddia
CO ndiisib deg-athar, dia ndechaid 'sin n-ess n-olor
mess
is
dia
mudugod.dail
20
IS amlaid sin dochuaideca 'fuairvia
Argatmair: maraid a ainni ara ess in dag-fir mairb cen mimess.
larumfertan
roclass issin
chnucc
Aeda
fo oen-brutt,
conid e a sid saerda sinlias
aigthib debda aen-fir.
A.
(
3
)
ESS RUAID!
I
thou that comest from the north, surrounded by troops in noble triumph art thou attentive, till the hour for sleep, to the plain tale of the fierce rapids ?Ess Ruaid what Ruad owned its rapids ? who visited the fairformed haven ? was it man or woman of forgotten power thatgave the
mound
its
noble
name ?:
since his day the royal rapids i-uad, Badurn's comely son have lost their vehemence on their bank ('twas a dolorous event)
Aed
stands his
mound and
his noble
monument.
1 have not heard, on land or lovely sea, of any of the children of Ir or Eber that could attain a third part of the beauty of generous Aed, lord even of Emain.
A bitterdestruction.
pang aroused Aed, rich with a goodinto the. .
father's wealth,
when he plunged
.
rapids, to his
judgement andof chill death:
Thus came Argatmar's grandsonhis
to the
doom
name
abides on his rapids, the
name
of the brave dead
man
unblamed.hill the grave of Aed, covered by a single and there, above that one man's comely face, stands his honoured mound.
Then was dug on the:
cloak
Ess RuaidBLcSruad-lleir] reil-^
I.
LBLcMSSgH2.sder-']
Lsar
is frequently illegible
1.
atilaid']
futhuaid etc LcS
S
3. innat]
L
indat
MS3H
inad6.
LcSccet.
hilair]
fuair
Lc
4. i sceol] ascel
SSgH
aseol Lccia
^^S ^tc
5. hess] ess facs. of
L
;
illegible
in ms.
rocking'} cia
CO cuan M mbri mbailb LcS
rochin etc co roichenn LcS in cuan'] a chiian L ga cuan B 7. mbrig bailb'] mbrig mbailb etc BSgH comdess] cadess L8.
BM
for in
SS3Hsid']
10. cew] COccet.
Hno]
sid']
forsin sid
Lc
for indsibh12. fail]
M
m]
a
11. wr]
hur
BLcMSsir
L
class etc
ccet.
S sid etc
a] sa14.
na LcMSroiseas
LcSSgH na LgS
sder-]
M
saer etc
ccet.
13. wo]
find Lc finn S 17. Rodusig idu] fir-] fin B roduiscidh idha S3 rodwsdwssaid Lc rodwsduisidh dia S achar] diacwr LcS car 19. dia] co LcS n-olor] ndolar S 20. mudugod] mugudh 22. eca fuair] L aeda ruaid etc ccet. ua] ui S3H 23. ara ess] araines B meic B araeis 24. mairb cen araneas S316. for] fri S3
M
15. rosessed] rosoisead
Lc
rosaisidh S
rodussid idu etc
BM
M
M
M
mimess]
min nimessS
(blotted)
LS
25. roclass]
roclos
BB
issin]
asin
27. sderda] sirda etc
MSS3H
28. uas aigihib] uassaigtib
uasaeithib
Lc Lc
uasgeitibh
den-fir] a aen'fir
B
2
ESS KUAIDDorala sund iarsodain
I
ingen Maine mil-scothaig siian rodasomairn dia silKiiad a
:
30
:
comainm
'ca cet-*fir,
A.
Cechaing ceim fordail
i
fat
ingen ordain adchanat, dia tuc in mor-grad madad*Aed sronmar mac Labrada.
A
Maig Moein co met aga
dolluid for set sograda
ingen Maine mer-seing miiaid, a cle fri hjferinn n-arm-riiaid.
40
Luid dar cech tuind dia tibed il-luing Abcain ard-'filedCO taraill in n-inber n-an
ind ingen alaind imnar.
Ni
fitir
Kiiad cia-rraba
ciian co ndosrala, acht rochuindig, cruth nad meirb, CO mbeth in sruth 'na saer-seilb.
crich
na
And sinluid
dorochair 'na siian
eter srothaib
im-muduch
na saeb-chuan: fo mela
50
fora curuch coem-chreda.
Ni roacht coa lennan ind laith ingen na ngel-lam gle-maith:
luid dar bord cen brig mbluga fri dord sid na sam-guba.
Combad
liadi,
ainm Essa
cen dailb ndet, Eiiaid co romet :
a haided, cen dualus ndil, atchiiadus duit, a dag-*fir.
A.
60
ESS KUAID
I
5
Hither chanced to come in after-days the daughter of Maine a slumber lulled her in her turn Euad was her name, in her first husband's time.mil-scothach:
:
She fared her way, wandering
afar,
the worshipful maiden they
acclaim, when she gave that great love, in vain, to son of Labraid.
Aed
srdnmdr,
scene of mighty battles, the daughter of mighty Maine, the taper-fingered, came on a path of happy love, leaving on her left hand Erin of the red weapons. She crossed the waves that laughed at her in the ship of Abcan the arch-poet till that fair and modest maiden happened upon the famous bay. Kuad knew not whose was the country nor the harbour till she chanced on it, but she asked, in no uncertain wise, that the river
From Mag Moen,
should be her freehold.
Then she fell asleep among the streams of the eddying bays; she perished lamentably in her boat of fair bronze. The maiden with the white hands, bright and good, never reached the hero her lover she leapt overboard, not mastered by a spell, but at the doleful music from the fairy mounds.:
So from her, without utterance of falsehood, comes the name of Ess Kuaid, with its greatness her death, without dear claim of kinship, have I told to thee, good sir:!
sunna S 31. rodasomairn] rodofomairn (?) L rosomairn etc rosmarn M cosomairnd Lc cosomhairn S dia sit] L dia sil sin B sin dia seal Sg sunn dia sel H sin dia sil LcMS 32. Ruad'] aeda ruaidh M 'ca cet-fir'] S coa ceffir etc LBH coa cetfear etc MSg a ced'fir Lc 36. d'] om. LcS 35. iw] a LcS sronmdr'] ronmar L mac] mc mc M Labrada] 37. A Maig] aiwmaig LcS Imchada L Moein] moen etc LLcS ago] naga29. sund']
BSgH
etc codd.40. de] cele 43. tdraill] toracht45. ciarraba]
M
L L SgH imslan cwt. diaraba etc LcS ciaraba etc ccet. 46. co ndosrcda] 49. dorochair] diarochair L ciandusrala B rusdarala Lc condasrala 50. srothaib] niothaib L sdeb-] sser Lc 61. im-muduch] doluidsi Lc 52. fora] ina LcS 53. Ni roacht] L doriacht amuach Lc fo] ba L LcS ni riacht etc ccet. coa] L co ccet. ind laith] ind laith L {facs. is wrong) 55. mbluga] 54. gU-] L in flaith B in laith etc ccet. ngle- ccet.L
fri ccet. 38. for] 39. mer-seing] 41. dar cech tuind] in each luing Lc 44. imndr] iomlan etc
L
merseng etc BLc 42. ard-] ar S
M
mbuga LcS3
57.]
56. dord] culc Lc mbludha S combad uada gan deil ndet B
sam-] sain
M
-guba]
dubha
ESS KUAID
I
M' anam acut for nim naib, a Choimdiu 'failid 'fir-baid, a Ki na rend is na reb,at ferr ina each oen-*fer.
A.
ESS RUAIDOclach thainic co
IIruad,
h^d
mad
do neoch a imluad, comlond cet san oclach cain,ail
tuaristal ced roriaraid.
Cuid
en'fir
do biud re
lind,:
comlond ced
re fuair n-imrind
oclach thanic co
h^d
la,
rob iad sin a chomada.
Ni suaithnig a senchus sunn, oclach meic buidnig Burnd:
10
ce dorindi
gnim can
cleith,
ni sochaidi rusfider.
*An
afus is rodfia sin,:
a oclaich find re bliadain
naisc oraind each ni conaig, ocus comaill a ngellaig.'
Cuindgis in t-oclach can on a cind bliadna a thiiaristol'
:
Ni thibar
'
ar
Aed
'
co brach
acht urdail re each n-oclach.*
20
Mar dabadar imeteit ri
sin
senan la iarsin mbliadain,
na
leas is
na tor
isan eas da 'fothrucod.
Eirgis in t-oclach co garg re crandaib a sleag roardgreisis a
*:
churu na chend
a fiadnaisi fer nEiind.
ESS RUAIDBe myLordany!
I
7
soul with thee in holy Heaven, O hospitable and loving King of stars and wonders, that art of higher birth than!
man
ESS RUAIDThere came a soldier;
II
to Aed ruad^ if any care to hear tell of match for a hundred men was the goodly soldier, and the wage of a hundred men satisfied him. To have one man's portion of meat and drink, to be match for a hundred in the hour of weapons, those were the soldier's terms that came one day to Aed.
him
a
Badornofit.'
Unfamiliar here is the story of the soldier of the troop-girt son of though he did the deed openly, few there are that know: :
Stay with me for a year, and thou shalt have this, fair soldier bind on us all thine asking, and perform all thy promise.' At the year's end the blameless soldier demanded his wage I* :
will never givesoldier gets.'
',
quoth Aed,
*
aught but the like wage as any
While they were in quarrel thereabout, in the same way, after the year was done, the king of the strongholds and towers entered the rapids to bathe.
Up
roused his sureties against
rose the soldier fiercely, holding his tall spear-shafts he Aed in presence of the men of Erin.:
62. -laid] bsed naemh etc MH naim etc LcSSg chaom H 64.] corobam ann mar each fear Lc Ess Ruaid II. Lc only 6. fuair] perhaps huair
61-64.] not in
L
61.
M^ anam\ mairim
BM
for] ar LcS etc
naib] naeb
B
BM10.
chaoimh S3Burndl read fornn each
Badurnni condaigi,is
13. afus] vel
b superscr. in Lc
15, 16.] read naisc
comaill a ngellaigi
ESS KUAID*
II
Ce cuirthear in muir
am
ceann,'
ar aird-ri aebda Ereann, ' nocho hera, uaim co brach
30
acht urdail re each n-oclach.'Cuiris in
muir ina cheann
a fiadnaisi fer nEreann, cor'baidead Aed ruad 'con gaith, a tuaristal in oclaich.
Eas Kuaidaraneas,
uirri osin ille
is
biaid chaidchee ais
:
Eas nDuind mac Dubain
hainm reme, mac Bile.
40
Is he cet-oclach can on
rogob cor na thuaristol, Fiacha mac Nemid sech eachis
:
do Laignib in
t-oclach.
0.
DRUIM CLIABSunda roboi Caurnanoccass,;
ergnum churchan comdass
bh'adain co leith, lathar n-an, diamair im chreich in Caurnan.
Caurnan coss-dub, cen gne nglain, mac Ee Doirche maic Dibaid,fer CO rogail 6s each rainn,
dorigni togail tiiachail.Tri eoicait cliab, comol ngle,
sund
i
nDruim Chliab
coidlide,
10
d'argain Diiine Bare bleidig, tarclaim Caurnan, eorr deibig.
Mac Leo
Lam-'fata cen locht,
Ainle aurdairc immetrocht, fer triath cen tracht im thogail,flaith Diiine
Bare beo-choraig.
ESS EUAID'
II
9
Though thou'
set the sea against me,' said the
of Erin, soldier/
thou shalt never get from
me
comely high-king aught but the same as anythe
Hethat
set the sea against him in presence of Aed Kuad was drowned by the water,
men
of Erin, so
for the sake of the
soldier's
wage.fixed from that day upon the rapid, and Ess Duind was formerly its name from Dond
The name Ess Euaidshall abide for ever:
son of Duban, son of Bile. The first blameless soldier to receive hire or wage was Fiachu son of Nemed, before all of the race of the Lagin was that soldier.:
DKUIM CLIABHere dwelt sturdy Caurnan making ready well-fitted boats a year and a half, a noble design, Caurnan worked in secret for a:
raid.
CaurnanDibad, aforay.
black-foot,
dark of hue, son of Ee Doirche, son of
man of valour beyond all poetic praise, wrought a cunningfifty
Thrice
boat-frames
famous muster here in Druim
Cliab
of the hides, to sack
Dun
Bare, haunt of whales, did Caurnan
assemble, that fugleman of fight. The blameless son of Leo lam-fota was Ainle the renowned, the glorious, a weakling without force for foray, prince of deadly-
hurling
Dun
Bare.no
42. no] read
Druim2.
Cliab.
LKBLcMSSgH4. diamair']5.
comdass]
chomdass Lcurcan Sgrodail7. rogait]
R has dm LL
onhj
st.
6-9
after
a gap in ms.
im] ar Sgis
om.
Lc9.
Caurnan']
cen gne]os]
reo STri]
M
congle
as
LLcS
M M
L m] imc(et.
M6.
ac
Lc chaoga Sg i 10. sund] sum B nDruim] adruim L ac druim Lc gan coidle etc BMSgH can chaidle etc LcStuccoicait]
L
chseca
Re} 8. dorigni] doringni L comall Lc comol] comull B
congne etc
codruim S11. bleidig']
coidlide']
L
12. tardairn] tarclann B bleidheach Sg corr deihig'] and incorrectly redebid B cor deibig L 13-16. Defectively written in thrfath Sg stored by later hand 15. triath} vel treith added in margin ofh
blighigh corrdebaid Lc corus
M
M
10
DRUIM CLIABAinle, nirbo glac im gail, mac foracaib Leo in lamaid,
roboi fo digail co diir cona rigain 'na rodiin.
20
'Maith each dal diaatbert*
ti'agat fir':
Caurnan comdemiu
rogaet Ainle, lin asir
ban
:
atamne
cen scarad.*
Caurnan roforbair ar liail d'orgain Diiine Bare bith-biiain: roscar ri mela thiar thairscela
Dromma
Cliab cobsaid.
IS desin ata in gairm glan, ainm Dromma Cliab na comramis seel biian
:
30
cen bel-gus mbla dia sliiag radelbus sunda.
:
S.
Mo moiar
da rogain dam, a Ri, a diiilim domain dath-bi,breith latit
rig-"flaith tra
mbeith co sir-maith sunda.
S.
[Is desin ita
Druimdonlin
Cliab
ara druim-sea
taib siar,
ona cliabaib codorinded cosir
hgaS.
sunna.]
40
DRUIM CLIABleft,
11
Ainle, who had no grip in battle, the son that Leo the Thrower suffered by a grim vengeance, with his consort, in the famous dun.'
'Good is every tryst that men keep,* said downright Caurnan Ainle is slain, he and his womankind, but we continue undivided.' Caurnan grew in pride through the sack of ever-during Dun::
Barefast
he cleared of reproach, from westtitle,
to east, the story of stead-
Druim Cliab. Hence comes the famous:
the
name
of
Druim
Cliab of the
trophies
it is
a lasting tale, without noisy tongue-valiance, that I
have framed here for its folk. Grant me my two wishes, coloured world bring me to and happy life in this place.!
King,thee, into
Creator of the lively-
thy kingdom
after long
[Hence comes the name, Druim Cliab, on the western slope of from the boat-frames with their load of spears, that were built at leisure here.]this ridge, evenrobo LcS Aindle ar ghail gan oba Sg nirho] nirbru 18.] sic foracaib lamaid L in mac forfagaib lamaid B mac rofacaib leo in lamaid Lc mac forfagaibh leo in lamhaigli S mac forfacaib lamfataid etc 20. rodun] L {retraced) mac leo laochdha lamhfoda S3 rfgdiin etc c(et. 21-28. L has these stanzas in reverse order, with correcting marks in margin17.]
M
ed.
in
mac
MHSg
21. tiagat\ tiagait etc iar fir etciiail]
23. rogdet] rogaec(xt.
a huaillom.
RL
22. comdeminl cemdemin Lc go deimhin a ban] linaib an etc LcS 24. sir] LcS rofarbair KB rof harbar ar 25. roforbair] raforbair L ro R ra BMSgH re LcS 27. n] L ar nuaill Lc
LcMSH
M
lin
M
29.
m]
Lc
31. is] om.
L alBMHmhla] bla
in LcS
a (with ssuperscr,) S3
bel-gus']
mbla L 32.] L fofuair in senchus sunna etc RM fofuair i sencus sunda B fofuair a seanchus sunna S3 fofoar a sencas sunna H fuair in senchus sa sunna Lc fouair in mo da 33. Mo da] ma do RB senchus sunna S 33-36.] om. Lbeilgws
belgus etc
cwt.
BLcS
LcH mada35.
M
moonly
breith] fo
madha SSg 34. domain] om. dath-bi] conath blth bith Lc bambrith S mobr it] dot etc BMS5H 37-40.]
M
M
H
Lc
(
12
)
LOCH GILEINgen Komra,a orGili glan,
bean darb aithnich each inber,
hainm
arin loch lebar
moch maidm do minugad.
Teid an ingen, toisc uabair,fsiYCur socht ar saer-sluagaib,
dia fothrucad sa snigi
CO glan-tobar ngainmidi.
Ca nigi don ingin fell asa lind-usqi lan-reid, dochi sa mag Omra ard,
10
mar bad omna mear mor-garg.Dogobnairi
an ingen an::
ac faicsin chuici a lennan
tuc a ceann fan tobar thallbaiter
an ingen admall.
Tic a buime as cind a cuirpcor said thall isa tibraid:
a cained Gili co ban dobi ar miri
mun
macan.
20
Mar
dasilsead na dera
on ingin
tre athmela, doluid tharrso in tobar teann, corob loch dreaman dileann.
Loch
Gili
on
dail sin
ana
o Gili ingin Romra: douair Omra oiged ann o Romra romear rothenn.
Douair Romra in bas bunaig da cwmaig sa chaem-thulaig is uaada Cam Romra ran, Carn Omra o Omra drech-nar.:
30
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13
)
LOCH GILEBright Gile, Eomra's daughter, to whom every harbour was known, the broad lake bears her name to denote its outbreak ofyore.
The maiden went, on an errand of pride that has hushed the noble hosts, to bathe in the spray by the clear sand-strewn spring. While the modest maiden was washing in the unruffled waterof the pool; she sees and rude.
on the plain
tall
Omra as
it
were an oak, lusty
Seeing her lover draw near, the noble maid was stricken with shame she plunged her head under the spring yonder the nimble maid was drowned. Her nurse came and bent over her body and sat her down yonder: :
in the spring frenzy for the
:
as shegirl.
keened
for Gile
vehemently, she
fell
in a
flowed the tears in sore grief for the maiden, the mighty spring rose over her, till it was a vast and stormy lake.
As
Loch Gile is named from that encounter after Gile, daughter of Eomra there Omra got his death from stout and lusty Komra. Romra died outright of his sorrow on the fair hill-side from him is lordly Carn Romra called, and Carn Omra from Omra, the: :
shame-faced.
Loch
Gile.
Lc
only
6.
read rochuir soclit
17. read 6s
chind
19. read ac cainiud
22. on] read
'mon
23. read tairsi
14
LOCH GILE
isa
Loch
Gili sea
anaINgen.
o Gili ingin Romra.
NEMTHENDDreco ingen Chalcmail chriiaid, maic Cartain chail, maic Conuaith, ander 'cambui each bine, sech ba drui, ba deg-*file.
IS
16 conairnecht, seel ngur,
imthnuth, diambai nith Bregrossa beirg,dith
tria ainrecht is tria
mac Fergossa"fichit,
leth-deirg.
Cethrur ar
ni go,
da
dec sin co ba do, cethri seisir, garga a ngluind,"far
10
romarbtha sin
la
Drecuinn.
Conan, Canan, Maelan mal,Saran, Saeran, Saebdercan, Uinnsiu, Aillsiu, ard a ngleo,
Tuinnsiu, Tairrsiu,
is
Tromcheo,
Cuan, Cattan, Caeman cass,
Tnuan, Taeban temen-glass,Fuither, Fiacc, Failbe, is Flann, it iat sin a comanmann.
20
Tuc doib nemain ocus neimin draic dremain, der
demin,
corusmarb
i
n-6en-'fecht de
tria saeb-recht suain serb-dige.
LOCH GILE
15
Loch Gile here
is
named from
Gile,
Komra*s daughter.
NEMTHENDDreco, daughter of grim Calcmael son of slender Cartan, son of Conuath, a maiden versed in all black arts, was a wizard and eke apoetess.
jealousy the slaughter of theFour and twentysix
By
her was wrought
(a tale
of woe) by her fury sons of Fergus Lethderg,
and her
when
the
fight of Bregross, the robber's hold,
no!
was fought. by Dreco.Tuinnsiu,Tairrsiu and
lie
!
even twice twelve men, four timeschieftain, Saran, Saeran, Saebdercan,!
fierce their
deeds
these were slain
Conan, Canan, Maelan the
Uinnsiu, Aillsiu, high their prowess
Tromcheo, Cuan, Cattan, curly Caeman, Tnuan, dark -grey Taeban, Fuither, Fiacc, Failbe and Flann, these are their names.
The fierce woman-fiend, devil-begotten, brought against them murder and poison, and slew them all together by the sleepbringing spell of a bitter drink.
Nemthend.carthain LcSg
LRBLcMSSgH Lcarthaind S
is
badly rubbed
2.
Cartain] carttan ?
L
chail] cael
LM
Conuaith] tre
huaith
LLcS
3. ander]
B B nuth Laindeninrect
^cambut]
combui
R
bine]
aimrecht etc7. cZtambai] 8.leih-deirg']
MSgHdiamba
binni L aindrecht S
6.
trio] tre
ainrecht]
trio]
RLcS10.c?ec
imihnuth']
mith-
LLcH
beirg^S^Hccef.
bergLS bercLc beirtRMsm] sin deg
bertBCO 5a]
M
lethderg LcS lethdg
RBH
guma Bcalma
coma LcS
etc
LcS
B
B14.
sed domarbtha
11. ce^/in semr] se ceatrair sin garga] ga.rG a ngluind] a cuing 12. romarbiha siit] rodusmarbta 13. Mdeldn] la maelan L Lc mdl'] mall
B
B
M
Sdebdercdn] Sderdn] senan Lc saran Sardn] sara Lc saeran uindseo Lc uinnse Sg 15. Uinnsiu] uinsi etc LSH ssedercan etc LLcS 16. is] ard a ngleo] Adhor agleo Sg aillse etc LcSH Aillsiu] ail ... L 18. Tnudn] 17. Catidn] coattan om. (?) L Tromcheo] tromgleo S
M
M
M
tuan etc LcS
.
.
uan L
iemen-glass] tendglass etc
21. doib] dferaib fuithen L (?) Fiacc] fiach LcS fiacht is] om. R nemain ocus neim] nemain 7 neme ingen chalcmail choir etc LcS dardemin B dairdeider demin] L 22.] do cloind 'fergusa 'firmoir etc LcS 24. tria] tre LcS dhaordeimhein Sg conairdneim R minn etc
M
LB R
19. Fuither]
M
MH
Serb] sir
L
16Aitisi
NEMTHENDmbatar mairb co mend,do-sin isi
ainm Nemthendria n-ail
:
dosfucfled
n-imned
rohindled oc Drecain.
D.
Mois
chorp, a Kiolc,
chaem naar elgnos,
cros,
rop saer ar
30D.
m'anam, cen mimes maill, ni'rop diles do Drecainn.
DUBTHIRDubthira seelGiiaire,
gnim
dia
fail,
fir
co fessabair,
bai tan narbo dubthar doss, acht crich cruth-glan chomsoloss.
Da mac
foracaib Dall dess,
Giiaire gann, Daire diless, imon crich, co nduilge de,
niptar cuibde comrainne.
Fillis Giiaire,
gnim
n-espach,
for Daire
ndian ndub-chestach,
10
CO torch air leis Daire in daig cen gne n-aile n-imthrocair.
Oni
16 rogaet
Daire dron
n-Inis
Dam
cen dichron
is fich
CO mbiiaine mothair
crich Giiaire
don chom'fochain.
NEMTHEND:
17
The place where they lay dumb in death, its name is called Nemthend the feast that was spread by Dreco brought them tosorrow and shame.
May my body,peril!
gentle
King
and
my!
soul,
unblamed
of Crosses, be saved from harm and for sloth, let it not be delivered up
to the
Dragon
DUBTHIRDubthir Guaire that ye may know the cause whence springs true story there was a time when it was no thicket of bushes but a region brilliant and bright in beauty. Two sons did Dall Dess leave, grasping Guaire and the rightful Daire they were not agreed in partnership as to the domainits: :
thereof
came
dissension.
Guaire turnedof dark riddles,
a deed unprofitable against keen Daire, solverand the warrior Dairefell
by his hand withoutin crime-stained
show
of quarter or mercy. From the day that stout Daire
was
slain
Daminis, Guaire'sperpetually.
domain
for that cause has been a land of briars
26. do-sin]
do
L
om.
LLcS
narup H Brecainn] drecraind K Dubthir. LRBLcMSSgH 1. Guaire] nguaire RMSg gnim] fath (with vel gnim superscr.) R in S fessabair] fedabair B 2. a] is Lc 3. bai baedan R bai sel LcS ndrbo] diarbo L dubthar] duthor tan] baetan LM Lc Dubhthir S3 4. acht] doriacht L a R in LcS cruth-glan] cruthach etc LcS chomsoloss] rocharos S 5. /ordcaib] forfagaib etc BLcMSH ag32. nirop]
27. dosfuc] dus 31. m^anarn] niainim.
BSgH
28. 00] le etc
LcS
29-32.]
manmain
ccet.
mimes] mines
B
macandall
{with A. guairi superscr.) S37.
Dall] conall
M
doill S3
6.
gann]
gall S duilgi etc LcSH
Lc
imon] LcS
8. niptar]
moa LB imo RMS3H co nduilge] can 10. for] foran Lc nirptar M ropdar L'\^.
ndian] om. IjC
ndub-chestach] n^uhjxeri&ch Jj in daig] imnaig L 12. cen] con nailich Lc nallle S naile ccet. n-imthrocair] nimthoraich 13. Daire] guairi Lc 14. i n-Inis] innis L Dam] LLc
nduairc S3
co tor chair]
condrochair
R
R
n-dile] ed.
nale
L
Lc nimthoirsigh S daim ccet. dichron]mothair] docbair
dichor
BLcS
15. fich] crich
L
mbiiaine]
mbuaire L
L
16. chom/ochain]
chomocliain LcXI.
comhfochair
M
TODD LECTURE SERIES, VOL.
C
18
DUBTHIRMairg dognl fingail co horn gnfm dia nd timgair torudcrich Giiaire, cenfil
:
chosnam
de,
'na
dos-mag dubthaire.
D.
20
Nomsaer
ar
'fill
is
ar olc
a Christ, rochind
mo
chaem-chorp,
a Ri subach na sine
nirbam dubacb dub-thire.
D.
MAG SLECHTSund nobididal aid, co
n-immudin
'fich,
diarbo
chomainm
Cromm
Oriiaich
:
tuc in each thiiaith beith cen sid.
Truag in ruin,nonadraitis Goedilliad nicochuingtisgiiir:
cen chaindiiir.
a ndil
im
dail
domuin
Ba he a ndia in Cromm crin,
co
n-immud
chia
;
10
in lucht rancreit, 6s each cuan in flaithius biian nochosbia.
Do
cen biiaidtriiaig
marbtais a claind toisig
con-immud
guil ocus gaid
a fuil do dail 'mon
Cromm
Cruaich.
DUBTHIRWoeto
19
himfruit
reaps no
!
that cruelly sheds kindly blood, a deed whereof he Guaire's ^domain, indisputably, is now a plain
with thickets overgrown.Preservefashion
me fromfair
treachery and!
harm
Christ, that didstlet
joyous King of the firmament, not be downcast in a dark land !
my
body
O
me
MAG SLECHTHere usedto stand a lofty idol, that
saw many
a fight,
whose
name was
the
Cromm
Cruaich
;
it
caused every tribe to live
without peace. Alas for its secret power the valiant Gaedil used to worship it not without tribute did they ask of it to satisfy them with their share in the hard world.!:
He was
their god, the
wizened Cromm, hidden by
many
mists
:
as for the folk that believed in him, the eternal
Kingdom beyond
every haven shall not be theirs. For him ingloriously they slew their hapless firstborn with much wailing and peril, to pour their blood round Cromn;^Cruaich.17. fingail]
LH
fingal
ccct.
18. dia no]
dana
R
dona
ccet.
titngair]
timgar BLeetc aet
20. dos-magl
dosmar L
21-24.] om.
L
23. subach] na subacli duibthire etc codd.
BLc5.
dubthire 21. Nomsder] nomsaera Lc romsaera S nirba R dub thire] 24. nirbam] narbam
duhthaire] dubtaire
B
H
Mag Slecht.3.
LRBLcMSS:;H
1.
Sund']4. tuc]
w]
om.
L
Cruaich] cruach
sunda etc LcSg nobid'] robid S om. B in] do Lc beith] bid B6.
luth (retraced) L cen] is L noadrairdis R noadratis etc
SgH
Truag m] Ba truag L doadraidis etc LcS
nonadraitis]
7. nicochuingtis'] ed.
7idir\
8. a nocochungitis L nocuingidis etc BMS3H rocuingidis etc RLcS andail Lc indlol S., andai {partly oblit.) L im ddil] do dail L andil Lc andail S domuiti] domulin 10. crin] crich Lc chia] arm L? cia ccBt. rocraith R nocraith B rochreit 11. rancreit] ed. no. cruit {partly oblit.) L 12. in] a LcS rechreid S amcreid Lc 6s] as LcSgH MS3 rocreit 13. Do cen] nosbia B nochosluad {retraced) L nochosbia] nochobia
M
H
M
doceann M dochenn S docheann S3 buaid] mbuad etc LcS tosach LcS toiseach S3 14. claind] clann etc LcMSSg toisig] toirsech L 15. guil] gail B om. L tois H toisig etc RBM tnlaig] tniad etc LcSSs 16. a fuil] acuil L (retraced) ^inon] nguil Lc gdid] ngair Lc gafr S immon L im etc SS3H a R in BLcM Cruaich] cruach etc LcS
docheand Lc
C2
20Blicht
MAG SLECHTis ith
uaid nochuingitis for rith
dar cend trin a sotha slain:
ba mor a grainIs do sain
is
a grith.
20
noslechtaitis Gaedil glainis
:
dia adrad, ilar n-echt,
ata
Mag
Slecht ar in maig.
Tanic and
Tigernmas,
tri'athli'n
Temraa sloig
thall,:
aidche Samna,rosbai
damna
broin don bann.
Liiiset olc,
buailset bassa, briiiset corp
:
30
ac coi
ri
demun
rosdaer,
fertais frossa, faen a folc.
Marba
fir
sluaig na
Banba cen brig mbil
im Thigernmas taglach thiiaid d'adrad Chruimm Chriiaich, nimuscin.Uair itgen,acht cethraimthe Gaidel nger,feri
mbethaid, biian in sas,
ni dechaid cen bas 'na bel.
40
Im Chrommci'a
Cruaich
and noslechtaitis na sluaig:dosfuc fo mebail mairb,lenaid a n-ainm don
maig muaid.
MAG SLECHT:
21
many the crimes the plain bears the name Mag Slecht.eve,:
Milk and corn they asked of him speedily in return for a third part of all their progeny great was the horror and outcry about him. To him the bright Gaedil did obeisance from his worship:
Thither came Tigernmas, prince of distant Tara, one Samain with all his host the deed was a source of sorrow to them.
They stirred evil, they beat palms, they bruised bodies, wailing to the demon who held them thralls, they shed showers of tears,weeping prostrate. Dead the men, void of sound strength the hosts of Banba, with land-wasting Tigernmas in the north, through the worship of Cromm Cruaich hard their hap For well I know, save a fourth part of the eager Gaedil, not a man lasting the snare escaped alive, without death on his lips.
!
it
Round Cromm Cruaich there the hosts did obeisance though brought them under mortal shame, the name cleaves to the:
mighty
plain.rochuindgidis etc LcStria19. trin a] nacuingid is B sotai H sotha] saotha R slain] angrain LcS a gair RBH a ghair S3 igair
18. nochuingitis]
tria
na
M
triain a S3
H
na
tri
B
a
20, a grain] L angrith LcS a crith noslechtais RB roslechtaidis Lc
om.
L
grith]
M
22. noslechtaitis]
LM
noslechaitis
M HLli
roshlechtais S
noadhradis S3
fhir
SLuiset].
23.
dia']
di
LcS
n-echt]
echt
L
ndrechtlaised
RLcSSglaisid
glain] a 25. and] om. Lctann']
S adds con29.
ilar sciath
28. roshai] robai etc
banna
uiset
L
luiset
Bolc]
luisit
HofL
Lc
S
luidhstt
luidseat
MLre
luaidhsiot S3basso]
oic/acs.
(tcrongly)briHset]
80. buailset] bu.ld
lechtro
L
(retraced)
bernai
L
{retraced)
bruighset etccai
31. ac coi]
(retraced)ccet,
RM
ag cai S3 hi coi etc RBMH acai Lc demun] den on L (blurred) rosdder] r..oesdgra
S
RLcMS n] L
retraced)
nosdaera
B
rosdaor etc
SJI
rosdaera etc
ccet.
L (blurred ami 32. fertais] fersat
36. nimuscin] nimochin S daghglan S3 om. B thuaid] tuaith LcS tuaigh M 38. cethraimthe'] cethramthi 37. itgen] adg^n etc LCSS3H itgein M itgef B L cethrama R cethraime etc ccet. Gaidel] ngaoidhmZ S3 &\uaig gaeiel RH\\xaig
etc BLcS fden a] saena L (?) faena etc ccet. 33. fir] a fir S fir (with a superset.) S3 34. na] om. L cen brig] combrigh etc SS3 combriLc 35. tagla R doglan LcS daglan im] in taglacli] L (retraced) dagt
H
M
M
H
gaidel
B
sluaig
L
(retraced)
40. ni]
mu (?) L
(retraced)
39. buan] truag etc LcS nger] ger 42. noslecldaitis] ed. raslechtait L (retraced) 43. cia] cid
M
roslechtaidi etc
BMBin
roslechtaitis etc cwt.mebail]
B
dos/uc]
dosfuair S
fo] om.
a ainm RLcSSy
ainm
H
melaib Lc 44. lenaid] benaid muaid'] thuaid etc LcS
B
a n-ainm]
22
MAG SLECHT*Na srethaibtri liidail fri
chloch fo chethair
:
saebad serb inna slog
delb in
Chruimm
d'or dodechaid.
6
bai flaithard-'fir
Heremoin,
in raith,
50
adrad robai for clachaCO techt Patraic
Macha maith.
Old don
Chrummbunn:
rogab 6 bathis coa
rodichuir cen gallacht ngandin n-arracht fann robai sund.S,
CKECHMAEL
A
drem-sa, nach duairc
ic dail,
ma
thucsaid cuairtfail,
i
Crechmail,
cid dia
6s Brega blaid,i
ainm indDiambai
'feda
tancabair?
*ca cethrai
chlethaig
ingen Bethrai balc-brethaig, Sampait garg, cen gnim nuachair,sech ba bard, ba ban-biiachail:
Dosfanic thuaid oca taigdriithis
Ennairi
chriiaid Chendselaig:
10
do
each sogairm saer
ba comainm comnart Crechmael,
MAG SLECHT
23
Ranged in ranks stood idols of stone four times three ; to beguile the hosts grievously the figure of the Cromm was formed of gold. Since the kingship of Heremon, bounteous chief, worship waspaid to stones
the coming of noble Patrick of Ard Macha. Cromm a sledge, from top to toe ; with no paltry prowess he ousted the strengthless goblin that stood here.till
He
plied
upon the
CRECHMAELOfolk, that are
not mirthless at your meeting,
if
ye have visited
Crechmael, say whence derives the name, the wood whereto ye are come ?
extolled above Breg, of
When
in covert nook,
the daughter of sound-judging Bethra was with her cattle fierce Sampait, who scorned dalliance, who was
herdswoman and bard to boot There came upon her in her northern home:
:
stern
Enna Cendhad the
selach's buffoon,
he
that,
along with every noble
title,
redoubtable
name
of Crechmael
46.
tri]
tria
LcM
48. dodechaid]
nodhechaidh etc S3H
47. serb inna] fa searb in 49. 6 bat] Oba
LcS S3H
ba serb naJlaith']i
M
flaith
Lcaird
a flaith Sfir
M
fir
B
illegible)
arna S
50. Heremoin] erimon S eiremon ardyir] aird ffr R 51 J om. ard fer etc aet. robai] om. R for] L (nearly forna ccet, dacha'] clachaib R 52. co techt] om,
H
M
M
CO tiacht etc54. 0] oa can etc LcS
RLcHbathis']
H
go riacht S3baisisccet.
53.] almost
illegible
in
L
dori]
dom Lc55. cen]
R
con etc
coo] co RLcMS bunri] mbund 56. in n-arrachf] indarracht
M
RH
intairracht etc
LcS fann robai] robai ann Lc CrecliinaeL LRBLCMSS3S4H 1. ic ddit] in dail etc LcS indal etc 2. ma] na MSS3 tucsat etc RBMSS4 t] im, MSaH ihucsaid'] thucsad Lc 3. blaid] bil Lc 4. i tancabair] in tancabair R atconcabair etc LcSH BS^ itaair {with d above first a) Lc ithamhair S 5. ''ca] coa etc LBMS3H co RSt cen Lc cethrai] cetraib R cheathra Lc chlethaig] cleachtaigh etc MS6.
babcbrethan L {retraced) 7. nuabair etc cce^ 9. Dos/wmc] dusfarra^rf ocataid B thuaid] dothuaidh S om. BS4 oca iaig] oca thaigh etc RH ocathaidh M ochathaid Lc oca athaig S4 othaigh S oathigh S3 10. 11. ts do] (^n