Mr. Petrie on the History/ and Antiquities of Tara Hill. 137 



mac* Cac cec puioijup in cucc pin,* ni ba 

 ouaibpeac, ocup ni bia cen ana ano. 



Tiar taejaipi Hlic Weill ppipooain a 

 cuaiD. Cechpi ppimooippi cacha apoa ince. 

 Ocup po puiDijeo [copp]'' Caejaipi po a 

 pciar jaipciuD' ppip in cloo n.imeccpac 

 n-aipchep oepcepcach na pij paca ^[.oejaipi 

 I Cempai j ; ocup a ajaio po oep ic cacujao 

 Fpi Coijniu .1. ppi clamo 6peapail 6pic.' 



Qra I caeB Rara Caejaipi a n-aipoep 

 6ecc ITIara ITIopjlonDaij .i. ariiup bpacbeap- 

 cach' po bai i pail Copmaic. Ro baoap 

 la ano cearpap oclaec i g-cluici i cueb 

 T?aca Caejaipe a n-aipoep. Poepuipim 

 rriaca a cecpap oap cuim^ib allep i ra- 

 lum.'" 



Mac Rij 1 caeb Raca Caejaipi a cuaio. 

 Qcac qii oecpa ippuioiu" .1. Cacpac Uije 



temporary with Cormac. Every house situated 

 in that manner, was not sorrowful, nor without 

 plenty. 



The Hath of Laoghaire, the son ofNiall, lies 

 to the north of this. There are four principal 

 doors on it, facing the cardinal points. The body 

 of Laoghaire was interred with his shield of valor 

 in the external rampart, in the south-east of the 

 royal Rath of Laoghaire at Temur, with his face to 

 the south, [as if] fighting with the Lagenians, i. e. 

 with the descendants of Breasal Breac. 



By the side of Rath Laoghaire, to the south- 

 east, lies the Monument of Mata Morglonnach, a 

 treacherous soldier, who lived with Cormac. One 

 day, there were four youths playing at a [certain] 

 game by the side of Rath Laoghaire, to the south 

 east, Mata buried the four down to their hips in 

 the ground. 



Rath Righ is by the side of Rath Laoghaire 

 to the north. There are three decora here, viz. ; 



* 1 compe pi Copmac, i. e. cotemporary with King Cormac.-— H. 2. 18. 



* QriilaiD pin. In H. 2. 18. 



" Copp. Supplied from H. 2. 18. 



' Po a pciac eoj puibni — H. 2. 18. 



8 This is also stated by Tirechan in the Book of Armagh, fol. 10, a, 2, " Nam Neel pater raeus non sinivit mihi 

 credere, sed ut sepeliar in cacuminibus Temro quasi viris consistentibus in bello, quia utuntur Gentiles in sepulcris 

 armati prumptis armis facie ad faciem usque ad imvaErdathe apud magos, id est judicii diem Domini. Ego filius Keill, 

 et filius Dunlinge im Maistin in Campo Liphi pro duritate odivi ut est hoc." See also Leahlmr na h- Uidhri, in which 

 it is stated, that Laoghaire was interred in a standing position, with his face turned to the south, as if bidding defiance 

 to the Lagenians, the hereditary enemies of his family. 



' Instead of arhup bpacbeapcach, the copy preserved in the Book of Glendalough has amup DO Caijlllb, 

 a soldier of the Lagenians. 



'" This sentence is given entirely different in the copy in the Book of Glendalough, thus, Oo po lie ITIacca 

 upchup DC chloich ano, co n-oecaio pop cunc a oa lepp, co n-epbailc in r-oclac oe. 



" The reading in the Book of Glendalough differs considerably from this. It runs thus : Ctraac rpi Decpa 

 injanca 1 puioiu .1. Cachpac ino pij caige Chopmaic i n-aipchiup oepciupc na pacha allech 

 Fpi paich Coe^aipi po oepp ; lachpach ino phoppaio la caeb in pig-raije a n-iap ; mup Cea 

 ecuppu allech po oepr •'• ^ca ben h-©pimoin. Ciachopuim ocup t)puim Cain, ocup mup 

 Cea, ocup Cachip Cpoino, anmano Cempac 1 coppuc. Ra haonacc lapum Cea, ben h-Gpimoin 

 ecip lachpac ino phoppaio ocup ino pig caije ; coniD oe pin pa ammnijeo Cemaip .1, Cea- 

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