Mr. Petrie on the History and Antiquities ofTara Hill. 



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ocup Cecen, .i. Cu po mapb Ceclien, pan- 

 naipi Copmaic ap lap in rije co pa jaib 

 cac Dipgi pope poojaip na Ueampach piap 

 conappapann, conio po mapb bparaip in pip 

 po mapbpom, ocup ac bepc Copmac na po 

 mapbca Cu, ocup ni caprup aeoapjaipe co 

 po mapbaiD stjnul.^^ 



Qca copap ip m Compan"' o 6ecc Ceren 

 po cuaiD, ^aej a h-ainm ; piap cac n-oipja 

 bpuinneap. Qca lacpac na Cuccpac Cop- 

 maic pop a bpu ipin leicip op Caej anaip. 



■Rac na Senuo i comaip Dutnai na n- 

 jiall. Mar Senaio ppi pal a cuaio. 



taqiac pupaill Qooinnain ip in par pin, 

 ocup a cpop ap belaib na paca paip, ocup 

 a puiDi, ocup a ouma ppi cpoip anneap.'* 



f,ecc TTlaine niic TTluinpeamaip ppi Rac 

 na pij anaip. 



Qra larpac in cije po loipceao pop 

 6enen jilla paqiaic, ocup pop Cucao 

 rnael, opuiD Caejaipe, eao beaj o Cbpoip 

 Qoomnain paip-oep .1. 1 caeb a para'^ a 

 cuaiD. 



[Ctcaac ceopa clocha beca 1 coeb Racha 

 na SenoD cuaio,'" .1.] ceopa cloca po laici 

 popp na DpuiDib ; ice a n-aninano .1. TPael 

 ocup 6I0CC ocup 61.uicni ; ITIael paip, ocup 

 6L0CC po oep, ocup 6luicni po cuaio. 



that it has become a common saying, " They have 

 acted like Cu and Cethen," i. g. Cu slew Cethen, 

 Cormac's butler, in the middle of the house ; and 

 he passed directly under the height of Temur to 

 the west, where he was overtaken and killed by the 

 brother of him whom he had slain. And though 

 Cormac said that Cu should not be killed, no in- 

 terposer overtook them until he was killed like- 

 wise. 



There is a well in the Compan (slope) to the 

 north of Leacht Cethen, Its name is Laegh, and 

 [its streamlet] flows directly westwards. The ruins 

 of Cuchtair Chormaic are on its brink in the letter 

 over Laegh to the east. 



Rath na Seanadh (fort of the synods) lies oppo- 

 site Dumha na n-giall, and to the north of Fal. 



The site of Pupall Adamnain (pavilion or 

 tent of Adamnan) is in this Rath, and his (Adam- 

 nan's) Cross is opposite the fort to the east, and his 

 Seat and his Mound are to the south of the cross. 



The Monument of Maine the son of Muin. 

 reamhar lies to the east oiSath na Riogh. 



The ruins of the house, which was burned 

 over Benen, the boy of Patrick, and Lucad Mael, 

 the druid of Laoghaire, are a short distance to 

 the south-east of Cros Adamnain, that is, at the 

 side of the Rath to the north. 



There are three small stones at the side of 

 Rath na Seanadh to the north. These three stones 

 were placed over the druids who were named 

 Mael, Blocc, and Bluicni : Mael to the east, Blocc 

 to the south, and Bluicni to the north. 



>6 Co po mapbaiC anoip in the Book of Glendalough, i. e. so that both were killed. 



" For compan, the Book of Glendalough and H. 3. 3, have cobpan, a slope. 



" Better thus in H. 3. 3, Cacpach pupaill Qoomnam ppip in paic a cuaio, ocup a cpop ap belaib 

 an oa pac pciip, ocup a puioi ocup a ouma ppi cpoip a n-oeap. i. e. The site of Adamnan's Tent lies 

 north of the Rath, and his Cross opposite the two Raths to the east, and his Seat and his Mound south of the cross. 



" For 1 caeb a paca a cuaio, the Book of Glendalough has 1 coeb na conaipe anaip abic. i.e. At 

 the side of the road, a little to the east. 



'° The words included here in brackets, which were evidently omitted through the negligence of the transcriber of 

 the Book of Ballymote, are supplied from the Book of Glendalough. 



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