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



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punn, ba pain pon; ix. [cec] rpaijeo a cech ; 

 wt.n-oui mo pach immon cechj/W.imDaijann; 

 III, aipeol eppib ; Ix, pep in jac aipeal ; ix. 

 cubac a ceallac ; cpi ix. cubac a poipolep ; 

 III. copn com no ol ; a;t;. cubar [***] xii. 

 Dopup. mill no o chpao Copmac cac laei," 

 cen mo rba aep oana ocup pinnola, oi op 

 ocup apjuc, ocup caippciu, ocup eochu, 

 ocup eppeoa inpin. 



SuijiujoD Ciji niiDchuapra inpo, .i. oa 

 imoa Dec inpo hi ceaccap a oa leichi ; ocup 

 rpiap in jac imoaei ; ocup vi. pip oec hi 

 ceccap a oa aipicep ; ocup ochcup di pan- 

 naipiB ; ocup peaccaipeiB, ocupoailemnaiB, 

 in laprup in ciji ; ocup oiap hi ceccap a oa 

 imoai ip in oopup. C. pep huile in pin. t)a 

 bae, ocup oa diinne, ocup oa muicc, a ppainn 

 pumn: coecac pop cechrap in oa bo, ocup na 

 oamucc, ocup na oa chinrie ; lerh do leach 

 ocup lech illeich n-aili. SpuiDenlTliDcuapca 

 ainm in ciji pin. 



SuiDiujoD Ciji niiDchuapca 



niichiD Dun a pao ; 



Cormac, [which had existed] before this," was 

 different ; nine [hundred] feet in the [extent of 

 the] house ; seven circumvallations around the 

 house ; one hundred and fifty imdas in it ; one 

 hundred and fifty airels out from them ; sixty 

 men in each airel ; nine cubits in the fire-place; 

 three times nine cubits in the foirdles, one hun- 

 dred and fifty drinking cups; fifteen cubits [* * *] 

 twelve doors. Cormac gave presents to one 

 thousand persons each day, besides poets and mu- 

 sicians, in gold and silver, and chariots, and horses, 

 and garments. 



The situation of Teach Midhchuarta here, viz.: 

 twelve seats in each of its two sides ; and three 

 men in each seat ; and sixteen men in each of its 

 two airithers; and eight distributors ; and law- 

 givers, and cupbearers, in the back part'° of the 

 house ; and two in each of the two seats at the 

 door. One hundred men the entire.'' Two cows, 

 and two tinnes, and two pigs, was the quantity for 

 dinner : fifty for each of the two cows and, of the 

 two pigs, and of the two tinnes ; half to one half 

 and half to the other half. Bruiden Midhchuarta 

 [was] the name of this house. 



The situation of Teach Midhchuarta 

 Time for us to describe ; 



" That is, which had existed before the House of Laoghaire last described. 



" This passage is given differently in the Book of Glendalough, thus : Ceopa mtll cec lai no epneD Cop- 

 mac, cen mora aep oana ocup pinoeli, ocup cac oen do paijeo in pij, i. e. Three thousand every 

 day King Cormac used to give presents to, besides poets and musicians, and every other person who came to visit the 

 king. The verb eipneOD is translated largiri in Cormac's Glossary, under the word CUmlaccaiD, and by Colgan 

 in Trias Thaum., p. 515. In the copy in the Book of Glendalough the description of the House of Cormac is given 

 before the House of Laoghaire, which is the correct arrangement of the description. 



'^ The iarthur of the house means that end of it opposite the door. 



" 24 X 3 = 72, -\- (16 X 2) = 104, -j-8 -|-4 =: 116, the true calculation. In the ground-plan otTeach Miodh- 

 chuarta the house is shewn as divided into five divisions, which are again subdivided into several others. Each of the 

 two divisions extending along the side walls is shewn as subdivided into twelve imdas, which here means seats ; each of 

 the two divisions adjoining tliem into eight ; and the central division is represented as containing three fires at equal 

 distances, a vat, a chandelier, and an erlarcaich, besides two compartments on each side of the door, and three in tlie 

 other extremity of the house opposite the door, occupied by the distributors, cupbearers, and reachtaires. 



