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



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The text of the following poem is selected from the copy preserved in H. 3. 3 

 of the MS. Library of Trinity College, as no other copy so ancient, and, at the 

 same time, so perfect, has been yet found. It has, however, been most carefully 

 compared with the copies preserved in the Book of Ballymote, the LeabJiar 

 Buidhe of the Mac Firbises of Lecan, and the Leahhar Gabhala of the 

 O'Clerys, in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy: 



Cuan O'tochain cecinit. 

 Cemaip cocca [coglia] na culac, 

 po ara Gpi incpoooc,' 

 Qpocacaip Copmaic mic Qipc, 

 TTlic Cuinn Ceo cachai j comnaipc. 

 Copmac ba cunouil* a mdic, 

 6a paoi, ba pili, ba plair, 

 6a pip bpeiriorh pep peine, 

 6a capai ba cocceilea. 

 Copmac pa clai caecao car, 

 t)o pilao^ Salcaip Cempach, 

 Tp in rpalcoip pin ara, 

 Qn upp oeach puim penchuppa. 

 Ip pi in cpalcoip pin ao betp, 

 Secc n-aipopicc Gipeno inobip; 

 Cuic pi na coicceo pop jni, 

 T^i ©ipino ipa heppi. 

 ]p innci aca oe cec leic 

 Ino a n-olij cec pi coiccio; 

 Ino a n-oli j pi cempach coip 

 t)o pij cec cuiciD ceolmoip. 

 Coimccniu comaiTtipepai caic, 

 Cec pij Die poile oapaicli, 



Cuan O'Lochain cecinit: 

 Temur choice of hills, 

 Under which is Ireland warlike, 

 [Was the] chief city of Cormac, son of Art, 

 Son of the puissant Conn of the hundred battles. 

 Cormac — prudent was his goodness — 

 Was a sage, was poet, was prince, 

 Was true Brehon of the men of Feirie ; 

 Was friend, was companion. 

 Cormac gained fifty battles. 

 He compiled the Psalter of Temur ; 

 In that Psalter is 



What is a good summary of history. 

 It is that Psalter which gives 

 Seven monarchs of Erin of harbours ; 

 Five kings of the provinces it makes, 

 The King of Erin and her toparchs. 

 In it are [entered] reciprocally 

 What each king of the provinces is entitled to ; 

 What the King of Temur in the east is entitled to 

 From the king of each harmonious province. 

 The chronology and synchronism of all. 

 Of each king with each other completely, 



oup Racha Colmain ITIic Caelcon paip cuaich i caeb na letxpac ppipp in pair anaip-cuaio .i. 

 Di cippaic inopin .1. Qolaic inoalanai ocup Diaolaic alqile accnao pil oeipip ecuppu. i.e. Adlaic 

 and Diadlaic are in the vicinity o{ Rath-Colman Mac-Caelclion to the north-east, on the side of the Letter (slope of the 

 hill), and to the north-east of the fort. These are two wells, the one is called Adlaic, and the other Diadlaic, but there 

 is no difference [?] between them. 



' Inopaoach. — £. Ballymot., and L. Buidhe Lecain. 



' Cunoal. — L. Ballymot. In more modern MSS., in which nn are used for no, the word is written Connaill. 

 Written canoail in the Leahhar Buidhe, and Leabhar Gabhala of the O'Clerys. 



' llaiD Salcaip Cempach. — L. Ballymot., sedperperam,- \io pilaio Salcaip Cempach. — L. Buidhe 

 Lecain. 



