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ip ecip ip cuocaipe, 

 7 tnnu glana j^piboa. 



Sloj Connacc ba compomac, 

 aipecc pip-alamo puacoa, 

 alamo in cac conjalac, 

 aonacc i Caeaip Cpuacna. 



Hi pil ip m majjin pem 



cnoc in Oenuc na Cpuacna, 

 nac pepe pij- no pij-placa, 

 no tnnd, no ecep puacoa. 



Qonaicce plojj po TTIioi, 

 ap lap in 6poja cuacaij- ; 

 no aonaiccip apo Ulaio 

 ip in Calcin co luacaip. 



pip Ulaio, pia Concobop, 

 aonaicee h-i Calcm piam, 

 co bap mo pip popbapaig, 

 Dia n-oecaio oib a mam." 



And poets and distributers, 



And fair fierce women. 

 The host of Connaught that was energetic, 



A truly fine warlike host, 



Beautiful the valiant tribe, 



Buried in Cathair Cruachna. 

 There is not at this place 



A hill at Oenach na Cruachna, 



Which is not the grave of a king or royal prince, 



Or of a woman, or warlike poet. 

 The host of great Meath are buried, 



In the middle of the lordly Brugh ; 



The great Ultonians used to bury 



At Talten with pomp. 

 The true Ultonians, before Conchobhor, 



Were ever buried at Talten, 



Until the death of that triumphant man, 



Through which they lost their glory." 



This poem is followed by a prose commentary, apparently written by Moel- 

 muiri himself, and, though it is not wholly necessary to my present subject, I 

 cannot resist the temptation to extract it iu this place, as throwing light upon 

 the sources from which the information on this subject was obtained : 



" TTlaci Ulao pia Concobop i Ualcen po aonacca, .1. Ollam pocla 7 moppeppiup leipp oia 

 maccaib, 7 oia h-uib, 7 co n-opeim aile oo macib Ulao. Uapli Cuare oe tDnnano (cen- 

 moea moppeppiup po. aonacc onb h-i Culcm) ip in 6puj, .1. 6uj, 7 Oe, mac Olloman, 7 Ojma, 

 7 Capppe, mac Geaine, 7 Gcan (banpili) pem, 7 in Gagoa 7 a cpi meic (.1. Qeo 7 Oenjup 7 

 Cepmaic), 7 pocaioe mop apcena oo Cuaic oe t)anano, 7 pep m-6olj, 7 caic up cena. Ri^a 

 coicio 5 a ^' an ' n-Oenac Qilbi ; Rijpao TTluman i n-Oenac Cull, i n-Oenac Colman, 7 PCCI. 

 Clann Oeoao h-i Cemaip 6pano ; TJijpao Connacc h-i Cpuacam, uc owimup. 



" Coeca cnoc in cec Oenuc oib pin: coeca cnoc, em, i n-Oenuc Cpuacam, 7.1. cnoc in 

 Oenuc Ualcen, 7. 1. in Oenuc in 6poja. 



" Ic lac po imoppo pilio Connacc, .i.Oopban, 7 plaicciup, 7 Oengup pill ; a 5 no1 tn luccpin, 

 (.1. in lapcup Connacc ica .1. Oelmna Cipi oa loca) ; Copna 6cep, 7 Scanlan mac Gojain, in 

 pili, 7 Dacen 6cep, po mapb in bill ; ip oe aca 6ili t)acen h-i Cip TTlani, ip ppip acbepap bill 

 Scaren inoiu. Qcac qia in luce pin ule i n-Oenuc na Cpuacna; 7 aca ano apo-pi in coicio, .1. 

 Qilill, mac Ttlaca TTIupepci, 7 a pecij, .1. TTIeob, injen Gcac Peolij, lap na bpeic a pepc 

 meoba o'a muncip, ap ba h-aipejou leo a h-aonacul h-i Cpuacum. Ni ric Dim a n-aipim 

 uli. Ip ano po aonacc Daci, apo.pi h-Gpenn, 7 ip inci a cac in luce po cupim Copna Gcep. 

 Ciappaiji a oipi. 



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