Mr. Petrie on the History and Antiquities of Tara Hill. 221 



achaiD pia pan can fin. Qoif ooriiain 5424 ; been sometime before wounded by the venemous 

 aoip Chpiopc 225. tooth of the OiHoll aforesaid. The age of the 



world [at this time] 5424 ; the age of Christ 225. 



The same legend is related, but more briefly, in the Book of Ballymote — 

 fol. 142 — but the name of the female is written Beannaid, very probably through 

 an error of the transcriber. The passage is, however, worth adducing, as it 

 attempts to account for the name Claenfeart, and indicates that it was a 

 building. 



6ai ban-bpujaio a Cempaij in innbuio There was a female brughaidh at Temur at 



pin, .1. 6eannaio. tocap a capij-pe co n-ou- that time, i. e. Beannaid. Her sheep went and 



aoap jloipin nu pijna. 6epap in piap co eat the queen's glaisin. The case was brought 



CujaiD. Qp pepc pe na caipij in ic na before Lughaidh. He said that the sheep were 



jlapneoonpijain. Qcc, ol Copmac. teop forfeited to the queen for the g-^amn. I deny it 



lompao na caepac a lompao na jlaipne, op said Cormac. The fleece of the sheep is sufficient 



paioe DiblinaiB. Ip i in pip-Bper, ap cue, ip for the fleece of the glaisin, for both are of equal 



e mac na pip placa puc in Bper. Cuio po length. That is the true judgment, said all, and 



nail lee Don cij i pucao in juo Bpec me- he is the son of the true king who has pronounced 



paio porhlaiD cu bpac ; conio pin Claen- the judgment. The side of the house in which 



peapcQ Cempac. the false sentence was pronounced leaned to one 



side, and it will remain so for ever ; and hence 

 the Claenfearta of Temur. 



The next feature noticed is that called Fan na Carhad, or the Slope of the 

 Chariots, which is described in the prose as being situated near the Northern 

 Claenfeart to the east, and in the verse as between the Cross of Fergus and the 

 Claenfearts. This topographical feature still exists, and will be noticed more 

 particularly in connexion with the other ancient roads diverging from Tara. The 

 Cross here alluded to does not remain, but its locality can be fixed with nearly 

 perfect certainty. To the holy pilgrim Fergus, who gave name to this Cross, 

 no historical allusion has been found. 



To the north of the Sheskin, or Moor, of Tara, were situated two cairns, or 

 monumental heaps of stones, one called the Cairn of the Leinster Youths, and 

 the other the Cairn of the Hy-Niall Youths. These cairns were situated north 

 and south of each other, and between them lay the Deisiol Temrach, which is 

 spoken of in the verse as a lucky spot before going to heaven, where people 

 turned to the right, or sun-ways. This notice has evidently a reference to the 



