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



Con Dinib, nip bo doIujt,** 

 Caraip glan sLepib" glainpep, 

 Cpi cec cpaijeo a comup. 

 Hip caiptncell'^ baipi bupbae, 

 Ha cumja gaippi japgai; 

 Hip bo po be5 Fpi rhepba, 

 Se coic cubac a h-apoaei.'^ 

 CToba pij, pi uap pinni,^' 

 popp n-oailce p'on co pinni.^o 

 6a Dion, ba oun, ba omjna, 

 Cpi caecao imoaijh inneee." 

 6i coeca laecb co lainoib, 

 Hip uo bpocc baoc ap bpuiccin, 

 6a he luce limb omccna, 

 Ceca h-imoaij oi puiohibh." 

 Ro b' alainn in ploj pamlaio, 

 Cairniorii oip ap a nioonoib," 

 Cpi caecao aipel epcnaioh, 



With tribes, it was not sorrow, 



A fair bright cahir of fine men, 



Three hundred feet its measurement. 



It was not a circle of ignorant folly, 



Nor a narrowness of austere wisdom ; 



It was not too small for separation. 



Six times five cubits its height. 



Habitation of a king, king over Erin," 



In which was distributed wine with brightness. 



It was a dinn, a dun, a dingna,^^ 



Three times fifty imdhas in it. 



Fifty heroes with swords. 



Our city was not a silly city. 



Were the inmates of the dingna, 



In each imdha of these. 



Grand was the host thus [stationed], 



The glittering of gold upon their weapons, 



Three times fifty splendid airels, 



" Co n-oainib nip bo oonup. — H. 2. 16. 



" '^\A\ie.—L. Gabhala. 



"^ " Caipmceall .i. cimcioll." — O'Clery. 



"■These two quatrains, from " Ct cech mop milibh amupp," to "Se coic cubac a h-apoaei," 

 are omitted in the Books of Glendalough and Ballymote. 



^ Qoba in pij, pi cropanna Book of Glendalough. QoBa pij pi uappanoa. — L. Ballymot. Qoba 



Rij, Ri uap poinoe.— £. Gabhala. 



^ T?l uap pinni. This ancient phrase is thus explained by O'Clery : Rinne .1. Gipinri : pii op Rinne 

 .1. pij op eipinn. 



^ Co a n-oailci pin co pinoe.— i. Ballymot. 



" For the meanings of these words see page 135, note §. They are, however, so nearly synonymous that it is not 

 often possible to discover a peculiar meaning in one distinct from the others. 



'* Inoe. — Booh of Glendalough. Uime. — L. Ballymot. Imi — H. 2. 16. Inne. — L. Gabhala. 



" Cpi coicaic laec collaine, Hip bo bopj ap bpuiom, 6a p6 luce llnaib oinogna. Cac 

 imoa DC puiDib. — Book of Glendalough. 6iiD caeca laec co lainib, T?o bo bpoc baer ap bpuiom, 

 he a luce limb omgna, Caca imoa oo za\'^\h.—L. Ballymot. 6aD caeca Ictech co lainoib. Hip 

 bo bopb baech ap bpuijin, 6a b6 a luce limb omjna, ^cc imoa oi puioiu.— H. 2. 16. In the mar- 

 gin of this MS., po ba is given as a different reading for nip bo. 6oi caecca laech CO lainoib, Hip bo 

 bpoj baeeh ap bpuijin, 6a he luche limb oion^na, Cecha h-iomoa oi puioib.— /.. Gabhala. 



'* Caieneo oip op a aipel, i. e. the glittering of gold over his bed. — Book of Glendalough. Caimeo op ap 

 a Dinjnaib.— i. Ballymot. 



