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



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t)iep bo h-aonac lx;op [x:elach," 

 6ui mop n-DQin oiep oomgnup," 

 Ctniu ciD ponn jl-app peupauch. 

 6a Dino n-oiponi je n-imjlic, 

 6a poipccliohe co m-baob-plaic :" 

 ■Rio cGiobpin ba opuim n-oippoepc, 

 Qn Qimpip h-Ui Cuinn, Copmuic. 

 t)ia m-boi Copmac po clochae, 

 6a pel, po blao a peacha, 

 Ni ppir Dun amail Cemaip; 

 1^0 b'e pun beluijh beachae.'" 

 6ailc a bpij pin uap buioniB, 

 Ino pij pin DO jab Cempuij ; 

 Jp pepp DUinn, coluiB pine 

 Cuipim, a cijhi ceajluijh. 

 Nai cluiD, no cluioeao gaipucenn," 

 6a nai n-Dumo** 'n a cimceall, 

 l?e pmo aipbepc na pinncpann," 

 Caraip imaipoepc imcenn. 

 Q cech mop milibh amupp, 



At which was the meeting" of heroes of story, 



Great was the host to which it was inheritance"', 



Though to-day a green grassy land. 



It was a famoas dinn}'' of wisdom, 



It was noble with warhke scions :" 



To be viewed it was a noble hill. 



In the time of O'Cuinn, Cormac. 



When Cormac was in his glory, 



Conspicuous, famous his motions, 



No dun was found like Temur ; 



It was the secret of the road of life. 



Strong the vigor of him over hosts, 



Of that king who took Temur ; 



It is better for us, the many tribes 



To reckon, the fair multitudes of his household. 



Nine cluids, or rough, strong ditches, 



With nine mounds around it. 



With the fair airhert of the fair trees, 



A famous, strong cahir. 



His great house of a thousand soldiers, 



■' Diap b'oenac pcoic \K:eilac.—Book of Glendalough. ^ep bo aenach pcelac. — H. 2. 16. Clap 

 bo, &c. — L. Ballymot. ^^P ^O- — •^' Gdhhala. 



'* Qonac is now understood to mean a fair, but in ancient Irish MSS. it is used to mean any meeting of the 

 people. 



'■* SocaiD Diap bo Dom^nap. — L. Ballymot. 6aoi mop n-oamh oiap bo oomsnap. — L. Gabhala. 



'^ Ooriljnup, also written Dom jnap, signifies dominion, inheritance. In a poem in the Book of Lismore the 

 sea is called Dom^ap Nepcuin, the dominion of Neptune, which places the meaningof the word beyond dispute. 



'^ For the meaning of Dinn, see page 13,'), note §. 



'* 6a pono n-opoonioe n-imjlic, ba bopjbile co m-blao bloic. — Book of Olendalaugh. 

 ba omo n-oiponiDi n-imjlic, bao poipjlioi co m-blao loic— H. 2. 10. 

 6a Dino n-oiponioe n-imglic, 6a boipjbile co m-boou-plaic. — L. Gabhala. 



'' 6aDb-plaic, warlike scions. 6aDB was the BelUma of the pagan Irish, and hence young warriors are poet- 

 ically called scions o{ Bellona, baoB-plair, 



*" 6a pi pun belaij berha. — Book of Glendalaugh. In the Glosses on this poem, preserved in H. 3. 18, pp. 

 467 and 533, belaij becha is explained beoil bera, the passage or opening of life. 



*' Hoi cluio nip clui ^apbopeno.— Boot of Glendalough. Han cluio no clai jaipbceano.— i. Bal- 

 lymot. Haoi ccluiD, no cluoa jaipbrenn. — L, Gabhala. 



" H-DUl, — Books of Glendalough and Ballymote. 



" In Gipbipc na pmDclann.—^eoft of Glendalough. 6e pionn-aipbepc na b-Fmoclann.— /;. Gabhala. 



