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



Co^imaic 1 n-aipriup oecpipc na pacha illeic 

 ppi RairCaijQipi po oep; Cacpacin poppaio 

 I caeb Caqiaiji Cije Copmaic a n-aip; Hlup 

 Cea a leir oep, conio o pain po hainmnijeo 

 Cemaip .1. Cea mup .1. in cnoc bee pil ecip 

 in oa mup po oep ip ano a ca. 



Cappac Copmaic .1. cippa pil po caeb 

 T3aca na TJ15 a naip ; ocup qii hanmano 

 puippi .1. tiaij ocup Cippa bo pinoi, ocup 

 Oepc Dub : ip oe aca, — ni caec a laej 50 a 

 liaij. In oapanai a Cempaij paip, ocup 

 apoili a Cempaij piap." 



t)ubo na bo" .1. in ^'''^T ^empach ppi 

 t)uma na n-jiall" a map. 



t)uma na n-jiall, ppi Cacpac m poppaio 

 1 n-aipcuaiD. 



pal I caeb t)uma na n-giall a cuaia, .1. 

 in cloc no jeppeo po coppaib cac pij no 

 5eBeD h-Gpe. pal ainm na cloice pin .1. 

 po ail .1. ail po pi. 



tecc Con ocup Cecen ipin 6eicip i 

 comapoDup Raca Rij piap. Qcac 01 cloic 

 ano, 6eacc Con in oapanai, Ceacc Cechen 

 apaili, coniD jnarpocal," — t)om gniip Cu 



the ruins of the House of Cormac in the south- 

 east side of the Rath, facing Rath Laoghaire to 

 the south. The ruins of the Forradh alongside 

 the ruins of the House of Cormac to the east. 

 Mur Tea, i. e. the wall [or enclosure] of Tea is 

 on the south side. From this Teamhuir, i. e. 

 Tea-mur is named. It is in the little hill which 

 lies between the two Murs to the south. 



Caprac Cormac, i. e. a well which lies under 

 the side of Rath na riogh to the east. It has 

 three names, viz. ; Liaigh and Tipra Ho-finne 

 and Dearc duhh : hence is [the saying] ni caec 

 olaej^o aliaij. — The calf does not visit his phy- 

 sician. The one is to the east of Tara, and the 

 other to the west. 



Dumha na bo, i. e. Glas Teamhrach, lies to 

 the west of Dumha na n-giall. 



Dumha na n-giall (the Mound of the Host- 

 ages) lies to the north-east of the ruins of the For- 

 radh. 



Fal lies by the side of Dumha na n-giall to 

 the north, i. e. the stone that roared under the 

 feet of each king that tookpossessionof [the throne 

 of] Ireland. Fal, the name of this stone, means po 

 ail, the under stone, i. e. the stone under the king. 



The Monuments of Cu and Cethen lie on the 

 Leiter (slope) in the vicinity of Rath riogh to 

 the west. There are two stones here ; the one, the 

 monument of Cu, the other, that of Cethen. So 



mup .1. cnoc bee pil ecip na oa mup allech pa oepp ip ano a ca. i.e. There are three wonderful features 

 in this, namely, the ruins of the royal bouse of Cormac in the south-east of the Rath, by the side of i2a(A-iaogAa(>e, 

 (wliich is) to the south ; the ruins of the Forradh, by the side of the royal house, to the west ; the Mur of Tea between 

 them, at the south side. Tea was the wife of Heremon. Liathdruim, and Druim-Cain, and Mur-Tea, ani Cathair 

 Croinn, were the first names of Temur. Tea, the wife of Heremon, wasinterred between the ruin of the Forradh and the 

 royal house ; and hence Temur was named Tea-mur. It is situate in a small hill, between the two Murs, to the south. 



" This, which was omitted through the negligence of the transcriber of the Book of Ballymote, is supplied from 

 H. 3. 3. The Book of Glendalough has. In Dolanai a Cemaip paip, alaile a Cemuip piap. 



" Duma na bo in the Book of Glendalough and H. 3. 3, which is more correct. 



" Omitted in L. Ballyraot. Supplied from the Book of Glendalough. 



'* Qnnpocal in the Book of Glendalough, and nachpocal in L. Ballymot. The true reading is restored from 

 H. 3. 3. 



