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



Opiochao cec coiccio po cpuaic,* 

 Oca cpoijiD CO cpom cuaich. 

 Cpicha ap cpiochaiD ceo nop geib, 

 t)o cpichuib ceo cec cuicciD. 

 In cec cuiceo oib aca 

 Secc ppimpicic ppimoingna. 

 ■Rop picip Copmac pa pi, 

 T?o la cuaipc Gipenn po chpi, 

 Cue jiall ceca muip amuicc, 

 Co popcaipealu* a Cempuij. 

 tDumo na n-^mll^ jloine n-jlac, 

 X)ona jiallaiB cue Copmac, 

 t)o Copmac cappap na coicc, 

 Cec oecQip aca a Cempoi j. 

 Rop cappap o'Pepjup mupca,' 

 Qic a puil Cpop Pepjuppa, 

 pan na cappuc con cepca,'" 

 Gcoppau paun Claompepco." 

 Claoinpepco a n-jaoloaoip ainopi, 

 Claoinpepca na claon cainjni, 

 O Raic ^painne aniep anoip" 

 QcaiD cen epcpu anaon Dip." 

 O Raic ^painoe paip pan jlinn, 



The boundaries of each province from the hill, 



From the troigidh, to the heavy [large] tuaith. 



Thirty above a Triochached [barony] it finds 



Of Triocha cheds in each province. 



In each province of them are 



Seven full score of chief fortresses. 



It is known, that Cormac, the king, 



Made a visitation of Erin thrice ; 



He brought the hostage of every fortress out, 



And exhibited them at Temur. 



The Mound of the Hostages of fair hands 



To the Hostages Cormac gave ; 



To Cormac was shown" in his house 



Every decair, which is at Temur. 



To Fergus was shewn in a vision 



The place where is [stands] the Cross of Fergus,^ 



Fan na carput is exactly 



Between them and the Claenferts. 



The Claenferts in which the girls were slaughtered, 



— The Claenferts of the treacherous covenant — 



From Rath Grainne down to the west 



They are, without obscurity," both. 



From Rath Grainne, east in the glen, 



* Cptcbao jach coijiD o cpuaic, O ca cpaijio, &c. — L. Ballymot. Cpiochuo cecb CoicciD po 

 cpuaicb. — Leabhar Gabhala of the O'Clerys. O'Flaherty understands traigidh or troigidh as meaning the smallest 

 subdivision of land in use among the Irish. 



^ Caipealb. — L. Ballymot., and L. Gabhala of the O'Clerys. 



^ Omitted in L. Ballymot., but given in the L. Buidhe, and L. Gabhala of the O'Clerys. 



' This alludes to a tradition among the Irish, that King Cormac foresaw in his house of meditation every building 

 and other feature that would be on the hill of Tara in after ages. For an account of Cormac's house of meditation, see 

 ttie Book of Lismore, in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy. 



' Cappap o'pepjup baile ica. — L. Ballymot. 



' This refers to another Irish tradition, that Fergus, the pilgrim of Carraic Clumain, saw in a vision that a cross 

 would be erected in honour of himself near Fan na Carput, on the Hill of Tara. 



'° Concepcca. — L. Ballymot. Concepca. — L. Buidhe of Lecan, and L. Gabhala. 



" ©cuppu ip na Claenpepca. — L. Ballymot., and L. Gabhala. 



" Ppi Raic n-^pamoi aniap amp.— i. Ballymot. O Ua\r 5ra"""e aniap amp.— £. Buidhe, and 

 L. Gabhala. 



" Qcac jan upcpa n-aonmip. — L. Ballymot. Qcac cen epcpa n-ainBip. — Leabhar Buidhe. CIcac 

 cen epcpa an oemoip. — L. Gabhala. 



'• i. e. They are both conspicuous. 



