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



imtnon paich ; ocup vii. n-Doi)iri poppc^ 5 them ; twenty men in each airel. Four cubits 

 III. comol 'n a cimcholl popf in cpluaj; I. [the extent of] the fire-place; and nine cubits 

 copnn clapach n-opoa; I. leapcap pinnputm [that of] the foirdles ;^ and thirty cubits its height 

 Fpif in pijpaio peppin ; c. n-oolinna oabaij; upwards (perpendicularly). Se\en tredui (triple 

 V. cubac a chainoelbpai ; vii. Doippiaipeoa mounds) around the Rath ; and seven doors on 

 pup ; vii, panaipe ; coup vii. n-oailemairi them ; one hundred and fifty comols around 

 pup. ]n chappaic popaijchaij immo chenio it [and] the company ; fifty grooved golden 

 po chuaipc. In opuioe ocup in opuich a cum corns (horns) ; fifty vessels of finnruin^ with 

 mac, ocup in chlepamnaij ocup ino aippici j the nobles themselves ; one hundred drinkings in 

 nama ip in C15 pin. In c-pluai j olchena the vat ;'° five cubits in the candelabra ;" seven 

 ip mo popcai 51 men reach, oia nechcaip, icip doorkeepers ; seven distributors ; and seven cup- 

 in DO tnup, ace in ct do jaipci o Caejaipi do bearers in attendance. The chariot-drivers about 

 cum an C151 pin, &c. the fire around. The druid and the druith in 



the same place, and the mimics and the min- 

 strels only in this house. The people in general 

 were in the forthaigh^^ around the house, on the 

 outside, between the two murs, but the person 

 that was called into the house by Laoghaire, &c. 

 SuijiujaocijCempachla Copmac,"pia The situation of the House of Temur with 



in aipiDij .1. in oabach ; v, cubaia in cainoelbpae ; vii. n-ooppaipe, ocup vii, panouipe ; no 

 hapaiD in chappaic popbai imon ceni imacuaipo; in opuic acu inao aipbice mo pij ; ni con- 

 pcuipeao nach aei o alaile pop lap in C151 oib. Rijoamna ip in C15 ; in c-pluaij olcheana 

 imon reach Oia neaccaip. i. e. Eight treduma around the Rath, and eight doors on them ; three times fifty 

 ^» • • • • «j and fifty vessels o( Findniine, and fifly golden cups on the airedig, i. e. the vat. Five cubits in the 

 candelabra ; seven door-keepers, and seven distributors ; the drivers of the principal chariot about the fire around. The 

 Druid at the inad airbithe of the king ; none of them separated from the other in the middle of the house. The nobles 

 were within the house ; and the rest of the host (i. e. the people in general) around the house outside. 



^ This word is not explained in Irish dictionaries, and it is omitted altogether in Vallancey's printed copy, though 

 he published that copy from this very MS. In H. 2. 16, col. 810, poplepp. The word occurs in the Book of Lismore 

 in such a manner as that its meaning can be inferred. Thus, in describing a palace in the East : " Mi paiBl pop- 

 lep popa peo nac le h-6p do hiacca." There was not a. forks throughout which was not closed with gold. 



' The word finnruine, or, as it is most generally written, finndruinne, is not explained in any dictionary ; but it 

 occurs very frequently in Irish romances, and appears to be the name of a whitish metal, perhaps pewter. 



"> The word Dabhach, a vat, is explained in Cormac's Glossary as signifying the two-handed vessel. 



" This word is evidently borrowed from the Latin, and means a chandelier, or large candlestick. 



" Forthaigh is the plural offorradh, a seat, bench, &c. 



" This is given differently in the Book of Glendalough, thus : ITIaD puiDljUD C151 Cempac la Copmac, 

 ba moo fon; .i. pecc cec cpaigeo acec pain ; noi n-Dui immon cec pain ; cpi coicaic imoaiD ip 

 in caij, ocup cpi coicaic pep m cac imoai ; ocu]> cpi coicaic aipel epib, ocup coica cac aipel. 

 i. e. If [treating of] it, the situation of the House of Temur with Cormac (i. e. as Cormac had it), it was larger [than at any 

 other period] j seven hundred feet in his house ; nine circumvallations around that house i three times fifty seats in the 

 house, and three times fifty men in each seat ; three times fifty airels out from them, and fifty men in each airel. 



