Mr, Petrie on the History and Antiquities of Tara Hill. 147 



CTn reach ap bpu Memnai je ;" 

 TTIon cec pn, rap mioe amach, 

 Tvo piulca cijhe Cempuc.** 

 Ceinaip, oiaca Cemaip 6pea5, 

 ITIup Cea, TTina mic IDileaD, 



Hemnach uao paip ppur po jlenn, 



popp capo Copmac ceo muilenn. 

 CiapnaiD, cumal Copmaic coip 

 Ceo no biarao a bpoin," 

 Dec meic le cec lai do bleir, 

 Nip obaip Duine Deinmeich. 

 'Rop cappuD aicce in pi pan 

 In a C15 a h-aonupan, 

 Cop po roippcepcaip po cleir, 

 lep pin po eimijh po bleich. 

 Copmac, po cluinim, ua Cumn,^* 

 Cuj poop Ttiuilinn cap mop ruinn, 

 Ceo muilenn Copmaic IDic Qipc, 

 ]?o bo cobaip do Ciapnaic. 

 Coppac Copmaic a Raic Rij, 

 O TJair Rij paip, ip e a pip, 

 Qca in copup cuipme clann,'' 

 ppip a n-abap qii h-anmann, 

 Cioj oaelouib, t)uipb Uuaclinne, 

 Ocup Cippa 60 pinne : 

 Cpi hanmanna pen ploincep imac,^ 

 t)o piloD cobaip Cempach. 

 Cobap aile aobal cpep 

 Q Cempaij pilep piapDepp, — 

 taej a amm, gen co Din bu, 

 Cuccaip Copmaic pop a bpu. 



The house is on the brink of Neatnhnach : 



About this house, out over Meath, 



The houses of Temur are spread. 



The Temur, from which is Temur of Bregia, 



Was the Mur of Tea, the wife of the son of 



Mile, 

 Neanihnach from it east [pours] a stream into the 



glen. 

 On which Cormac placed the first mill. 

 Ciarnaid, the bondmaid of the just Cormac, 

 By whose quern a hundred were fed. 

 Was used to grind ten miachs each day, 

 Not work for a vain person. 

 The noble king took her to him 

 Into his house alone. 

 So that he secretly made her pregnant, 

 After which she refused to grind. 

 Cormac, I hear, the grandson of Con, 

 Brought a millwright over the great sea, 

 [Who erected] the first mill of Cormac Mac Art, 

 Which was of assistance to Ciarnaid. 

 Caprach Cormaic at Rath Righ, 

 From Rath Righ east, it is the truth, 

 Is the well of Tuirme Clann, 

 Which is called three names, 

 Liag dael duhh, Duirlh Tuathlinne, 

 And Tipra Bo Finne : 

 These three names are called out, 

 To produce the wells of Temur. 

 Another well of great strength 

 Flows south-west of Temur, — 

 Calf is its name, though not the young of cow: 

 Cuchtair Cormaic [is] on its brink. 



*■ ChuaiD pop bpu Heamnaiohe L. Buidhe. 



" l?o pilca cije Cempach. — L.Ballymot. 



'' TTlop ceo no biachao a bpoin. — L.Ballymot., recte. 



* lap pin pop Oipcip ua Cuynn.—L. Ballymot., recte, and Gloss on this poem in H. 2. 17- 



" Co a ca in cobap cpuimi clann — L. Ballymot. niuipne clann Copy in H. 2. 15. p. 232. 



" Cpi h-anmano oia plomo imac. — i. Ballymot. 



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