188 Mr. Petrie on the History/ and Antiquities of Tar a Hill. 



ceLlaij;, ocuppechccoineolbiiuij ipm bpui^- 

 in ['in.' t)a pechc n-oopup FTP '" pi-cec 

 pin. Cpi caecao imoaij imba imDaij Cop- 

 maic; qni caecao loec in jac imouij. Caecao 

 pecraipi ac Copitiac. Caecao laec ino a 

 pepam i pioonupe ano pij in cein a bio ic 

 caicbeo. Upi caecao oailium ip in oun pin. 

 Cpi caecao pcabai a capmocol, ocup 

 o'apccao, ocup o'op. Caecao ap mill pe 

 a n-aipiom cejlac an pij pin. 



Cinaoc h-Ua Qpcajain cednit ^ 



(Doman oucain* alainne ! 



Cotnol' caipi cec cuipi, 



6pecc ilup lic^ pea labpao, 



Qcc aopao pi na n-uili. 



Ro paiD cec pechc itnpaao,' 



l?o pcaic cec cepr co jpiaan ;' 



Cemaip, aniu cio papac, 



6oi can'' ba napao'" niooh. 



■Ro ba blaic a cop'' caobac, 



length of the fire-place, and seven chandeliers in that 

 palace. Twice seven doors in that royal house. 

 Three times fifty imdhas besides the imdha of 

 Cormac ; three times fifty heroes in each imdha. 

 Cormac had fifty lawgivers. Fifty heroes stood 

 up in the presence of the king while he was eating. 

 Three times fifty cup-bearers in that dun. Three 

 times fifty goblets of carbuncle, of silver, and of 

 gold. Fifty above a thousand to be enumerated 

 the household of that king. 



Kineth O'Hartigan cednit: ' 



World of perishable beauty ! 

 The banquet of a hundred parties, 

 False the many solemnities to mention, 

 But the adoration of the king of all. 

 Every law of fame has passed away, 

 Every justice destroyed to the ground ; 

 Temur, to-day though a wilderness. 

 Was once the meeting-place" of heroes. 

 Fair was its sided tower. 



* Rljb Clj.— L. Gabhala. 



' Headed in the Book of Ballymote thus : Cinaeo h-Ua Qpcajan hoc carmen cednit DO puioijeo CI je 

 Copmaic. i. e. Kineth O'Hartigan composed this poem on the situation of the House of Cormac. In the Book of 

 Glendalough, however, this poem is ascribed to Cormac Fill, a poet of the same century. 



■* Oucain, mortal, perishable, is the opposite of pucain. Many Irish words, beginning with p, form their oppo- 

 sites by changing p into o, as pona, Dona; polap, Dolap; puaipc, Duaipc; popca, Dopca, &c. &c. 



^ In H. 3. 18, p. 640, this line is explained as follows : comol.l.cean^al; ut est : 



t)oitiain Ducain alainne, Comol caipe ceo cupe, 

 Spej ilup lie pe laBpa, Qcc aopa pi5 na n-uile. 

 In H. 2. 16, p. 403, this line runs thus : Comol cacpi ceo CUipi. 



•^ In a gloss on this poem, preserved in H. 3. 18, p. 533, the word lie is explained by pollumain, a festival or 

 solemnity, and this verse quoted. 



' Qc chiu CDC pecc impoaD.— Soo* of Glendalough. Ro paich cech peachc mappaao.— i. Gabhala. 



' Oechliu cepc co jpian.— £oot of Glendalough. Jio pcaich jach cepc co jpiaan. — L. Gabhala. 



° For can the i. Gabhala has p6, with which it is perfectly synonymous. 



'" la H. 3. 18, p. 467, the word nopao, in this line, is glossed jnacujao. 



" Cluici, no oenac, no aupcac, ip do ip ainm Nappao. A game, fair, or meeting, is called Nassadh. — 

 Cormac's Glossary. 



" Nip bo cpai5 a cope COebac. — Book of Glendalough. 



