Mr. Petbie on the History and Antiquities of Tara Hill. 



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nechuip], O ramie imoppu, ip poriia- 

 tnup a ca cac uplabpa oona haib hipiu 

 DO pep m bepla Bain .i. iia Canoine. O'n 

 uaip ponuc (Hmopjein Ig'^un-gel ceo bpec 

 in.Gpinn po ba la pileoaib anaonup bpe- 

 rhemnup cup in imacallaim in oa cuapuc i 

 n-Gmuin TTlacha .i. pepceipcne ocu]< Neioe 

 ITIac Qona, ima rui jin puao Bai aj Qona 

 ITIac Cuichip. 6a oopcha oin in labpa po 

 labaippecna piliD ipan puijell pin, ocupnip 

 ba pell DO na plairib in bpecheriinupponuc- 

 pao. Ip laip na pepaib pi anaenup a in-bpec 

 ocup a n-eolup oIdod na plairhi. Ip oo'n 

 jabaDonoopiineleo, "nicuicemne ceoamup 

 appaiDioe." Ip inn oon, ol Concobap biaio 

 cuio DO cac ann pum o noiu, occ an bpec 

 DUcaiJDoibpium De,nippicfe anaill. ^ebaio 

 each a opechca oe. 



t)o allao Din bpechemnap ap pileoaiB 

 ache a n-Duchaij oe, ocup po jab each oe 

 pepuib ©peno a opechc oen bpechemnap, 

 amail po jabpac bpecha Gocha TTlic 6ucca, 

 ocup bpecha pachcnai TTlic Sencha, ocup 

 jubpecha Capuomar TTlic Cepcci, ocup 

 bpecha rflopainn TTlic TTTain, ocup bpecha 

 ©ojain TTlic Ouipcechc, ocup bpecha t)oec 

 menchem, ocup bpecha bpija m-6ui, ocup 

 6pecha t)iancechc o lejaib, 56 po bacup 

 pioe icup, &c. 



Ip in aimpip pm do miDecup tnaici pep 

 n-©penD comup nae ocup innpce do each 

 lap na miaoaiiilacc po jabpao ip na 6pe- 

 raib NeiriieD, 85c. lap penchaioib na ^c- 

 D1I51 in po anuof ; lap pencup in ecna aca 

 popip, &c. 



and common law]. Since his arrival, however, the 

 privileges of these professions are under the con- 

 trol of the man of the pure language, that is, 

 the man of the Canons. From the time that 

 Amorgin Glungel passed the first sentence in Ire- 

 land, the judicature belonged to the Fileas alone 

 until the contention happened between the two 

 sages at Emhain Macha, namely, Fercertne and 

 Neidhe, the son of Adhna, for the professor's 

 robe which had belonged to Adhna, the son 

 of Cuithir. Obscure indeed was the language 

 which the poets spoke in that disputation, and it 

 was not plain to the chieftains what sentence they 

 pronounced. " These men," said the chieftains, 

 " have their sentence and knowledge to them- 

 selves," and, among other complaints enumerated 

 by them, added, " We do not, in the first place, 

 understand what they say." Then said Conco- 

 bar, all shall partake in it from this day forward, 

 but that part of it which is meet for these [the 

 poets] shall not be transferred to any other. Each 

 shall have his part of it. 



The poets were then deprived of the judica- 

 ture, except that part of it which was meet for 

 them, and each of the men of Ireland took his 

 own share in it, as did the authors of the following 

 judgments, namely, the judgments of Eochy Mac 

 Luchta, and the judgments of Fachtna Mac Sencha, 

 and the false judgments of Carudmath Mac 

 Tescthi, and the judgments of Moran Mac Main, 

 and the judgments of Eogan Mac Duirthecht, and 

 the judgments of Doet Memthem, and the judg- 

 ments of Briga Bui, and the judgments of Dian- 

 . cecht of the physicians, but these [last] had existed 

 before this period, &c. 



At this time the chiefs of the men of Ireland 

 made a classification of all, men and women, ac- 

 cording to the dignity they received in the Bretha 

 Neimhedh, &c. The preceding is according to the 

 Irish historians ; the following is from the Philoso- 

 phical Senchus, &c. 



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