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



6puinDi6 a Cempaij ancuaio, 



Qoluic tDiaoluic an c-pluaij, 



t)a cobap, po oeocaip oe,* 



Sip CO Capn na itiacpaioe. 



Inp DO capn no n-jilla 



t)eipiul Cempach, rep cpinnae,*" 



Poc CO pac pia n-oul ap ceal, 



Q foiDDip Dame oeipeal.'" 



Q cuaiD ppip in culaij cpuim 



Raic Colmain, in t)omnain oumn ; 



6echc Caelcon, po cochma cloc, 

 SaipruaiD o Cuinj ban Cempac." 

 Caolcu, tnac 6oaipn, mic 'Ruaio, 

 ITIic Copmaic Caip, bepeo buaio, 

 Ppimjiall pep muman amac, 

 O cair puipij Rutp Cempac. 



Cec Ceitipac iitib aca in pair, 

 Qp capoao olijeo oi cac, 

 TTlapuiD pop oponcc oia pumlaiD, 

 Qc piccaiB, ac pijoariinaib. 

 T3i ocup ollarh piliuo, 

 Sal, bpuccaiD, beipoip olicciuo, 

 tepaioh na loipcri loicher, 

 f,aapc ocup loncpoicheacc. 

 tiacc, ip oailium, joba gup, 

 Rechcuipi, panouipi pun, 

 niaoil na cerpa Doib uili, 

 Q coicc ano picc bappbuiohe. 

 ■RinouiDi, pairbuiji pel, 

 Sciaraipi, ip pianuioi peij, 

 Q n j pij DO iboip copm, 

 6a he a n-olijeo oilip Dopn. 



In Temur, at the north spring, 



Adluic [and] Diadluic of the host. 



Two wells, no separation between them, 



[Flow] down to Cam na macraidhe. 



Between the two earns of the youths 



Is Deisiul Teamhrach, south of Crinna, 



A sod with luck before going to heaven, 



Where men turned to the right. 



North of the mighty hill 



Is the Rath of Colman, the brown-haired Doin- 



nan ; 

 The Lecht of Caelchu, a heap of stones, 

 North-east of Long ban Teamhrach. 

 Caelchu, the son of Loarn, son of Ruadh, 

 Son of Cormac Cas, who gained the victory, 

 The chief hostage of the men of Munster, 

 From whom are [descended] the chiefs of lios 



Teamhrach. 

 The house of Temur around which is the Rath, 

 Whence law was distributed to all. 

 There exist still people like them. 

 With kings, [and] with Roydamnas. 

 King and OUave poet, 

 Sage, Brooee, who distributed law, 

 [Had] beds which lightning did not burn, 

 [And] the laarc and lonchroicheat. 

 Physician, and cup-bearer, stout smith, 

 Lawgiver, lusty butler. 

 The maoil of the cattle to them all. 

 In the house of the yellow-haired king. 

 Engraver, and skilful Rath-builder, 

 Shield- maker, and vigorous soldier. 

 In the king's house used to drink beer, 

 It was their lawful privilege. 



^ F° oecaip DC Copy in H. 2. 15, p. 232. 



^ Cep cpinna. — H. 2. 15. 



*' Ct puiDDip oaine ap oeipel — H. 2. 15. 



" The four quatrains from cobop aile aobal rpep down to this line, both lines inclusive, are omitted in the 

 Book of Ballyniote, most probably through inadvertency of the transcriber, as the wells and the Rath, described in these 

 quatrains, are mentioned in the prose account of the remains at Tara, prefixed to the poem in that book. 



