Mr. Petrie on the History and Antiquities of Tara Hill. 41 



" The first words of this fragment are — 



<' ' In ainim oe po — Cocc Don liubhapjxx oaipe lubpan -i aimpep do aimpep Domnaill mc. 

 aeoa mc. ainmipeach n peppa do cenopaela inc. aill. -i cac, a oenma a hincino oepmaic do be 

 in acenn cbinopaela ik. maijhe pach. 



" '■Ceopa bucroha in k.a pin .i. TtiaimD op conjalclaen in a gae pian Domhnall m a phipinoe 

 •1 puibhne jeilr doduI pe jelcachc •! aincinn oepinaic do be in acino cinopaela ik. ITIaighe 

 Rach. 



" < ]pe in p apncrobuaiDh maimo ap congal in a jae pen oomnall inapipinoe, uaip buaioh 

 maitriD apin anpipen piap an pipen. 



" < Ipe in p. apncrobuaiDh puibne jeilc do duI pe gelcachc .1. ap ap pacaibh do laiohibh 

 1 Dopjelaibh ajappicicach opinille. 



" ' Ip e an p apnaobuaioh aincinn Depmaic do bein acino cinopaela uaip ip ann do pijhneo 

 a leijap icuaim opecain icotnpac nacpi ppaicheo ir. cijhibh nacpipuaoh .1. paipenechaip "i pai- 

 pilechca n paileijino -i Doneochpochanoaip naqiipcola canlai po bioh aicepium rpiajeipe 

 ainDclechca cannaiohche -i ineoch bahincaip penca lepoe pob. eoh^lunpnaiche pui -\^ po pcpibh- 

 cha aice icailc liubhaip. 



" ' Ho cumaohi inc-i pamaoh buaioh .1. pepopepaib ep n pepopepaib alban doduI caipip 

 poip jan luinjjan eachaip .i. oubhoiaoh mac oamain -i pep DOjaioelaib. — Cocc aimpep 

 lapcennpaela pin maohiapcopmac imm. loc do aicill apaice cemaip -j aimpepoo aimpep 

 capbpe Inhpecaip mc. copmaic t peppa do copmao buoein -i racaic aoeiima .1. caech. pula 

 copmaic Doaenjup jaebuaibnech lap puarach inline polaip mc aipc cuipb apaich eo. do 

 cell. mc. copmaic, &c. 1 pe cuic copmaic Donliub. \^ am apapep ep. n na blai. 1 pe cuic 

 cenopaela na pil ocha pinpip. Macomaoae copmac oon-ihhe n comaoe ceanopael 00b. ao 

 jlunpnaichi pilip.a pai -i oeipmepp. aip. Cechbp. ineicjio pach coli. copmacuacuino pop pijne 

 in lech .11. lapmocha cennpael mc aiU.a. 6a peppa aipeoa cpa cenopael mc aill.a. lap nape 

 olcao ipin each — he do pigne duiI popcaoach.' " 



" This title has been transcribed with the greatest care, separating the words, which are joined 

 in the text. What follows is a literal translation : but it is fair to confess that in no other transla- 

 tion has the Compiler of this Catalogue found the difficulty which the abbreviations and some of the 

 terms themselves, being Law terms of the most obscure antiquity, have in this instance imposed upon 

 him.* 



Literal Version. 



" ' In the Name of God, this The place of this book (i. e. where it was written) was 



Daire-luhran (i. e. the Oak Grove of Lubran), and its time was when Donnald, the son of Aod, 



• " In the Collectanea Hiberoica, a very short fragment of these Blai is quoted, vol. ii. p. 8, &c. where the reading is 

 very corrupt and different from this, and we are informed, after a few broken quotations, at page 20, that • all the rest 

 of the Blai are wanting, and all that part composed by Cinfala and promulgated by Donald.' 

 VOL. XVIII. f 



