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



of the most ancient in the language ; a copy of it is preserved in the Leabhar 

 na h- Uidhre. 



The notices of the monuments in Tara, called CuchuUin's Head, and Neck, 

 would be very obscure but for the discovery of the following passage in the Book 

 of Glendalough, giving an account of his death, from which it appears that these 

 were monuments or mounds covering his divided remains. 



lap pm cpa do pochaip aclaioemallaim 

 Conculainn, co n-ecmomj a laim doi di 

 tujaiD, cop paibi pop lap. 6enaip a lam 

 DOI Dan Di Comculann D)a oijail. t)o cum- 

 loc ap lapm in r-pluaj, ocup do bepac leo 

 cenD Conculainn ocup a laim doi co ran- 

 cacap Uemaip, conio ano oca ocaplige a 

 cinD ocup a laime doi, ocup Ian lainne a 

 pceic Di uip ; coniD oe ap bepc Cenopaelao 

 TTIac Qililla in aioeoaib Ulao. 



t)o ceip Cuculann, cam cuip, 

 Cpen-pep in n-Qipbiu po pip ; 

 T?epai5 buione ba mo die 

 ppi mac rpi Con, ppi Cuijrij. 

 Cm COD popchoip pepoa n-jle ; 

 Hip bo ruicim Tniolaije. 

 Cecpi occaip, cerpi oeic, 

 Cerpi coicaic, cam in cpeic, 

 Cerpi cpicaic, coljoa pim, 

 Cecpi cecpacaic, cpuaio 5nim, 

 Cecpi picic ppic CO peib, 

 poppoipcib TTlac Suailcin. 

 ■Ro jaec in ac5uba 

 Cpica P15 Di epcopaib, 

 Tm vii. picciu ancinne, 

 pop n-acaib oiepbonaib. 

 Ctca ceno conap do 

 t)pon eipp in occop Cempo ; 

 Uaijce lapom a popcec 

 t)'aippciu Caipppe Nioopep. 

 Qca ceno ecooc inoiu 

 IppiD Henca lap Upciu; 



After that then the sword fell from the hand 

 of Cuchullin, so that it struck off the right hand 

 of Lughaidh, which fell to the ground. But in 

 revenge his right hand was cut off Cuchullin also. 

 The host then moved away from the place, and 

 carried with them the head and right hand of 

 CuchuUin until they reached Temur, where the 

 burial place of his head and right hand is, and the 

 full of the hollow of his shield of his clay ; of 

 this Kenfaela the son of Ailill spoke in his ac- 

 count of the deaths of the Ultonians. 



Cuchullin, the beauteous tower fell, 



The mighty man at Airbiu truly ; 



Hosts of fame went forth 



With Lughaidh, the son of the three Cons. 



The manly beauteous champion fell ; 



It was not the fall of a dastard. 



Four times eight, four times ten. 



Four times fifty, comely chiefs, 



Four times thirty, proud the number. 



Four times forty, great the deed, 



Four times twenty men of might. 



Were slain by the son of Suailtin. 



He wounded in affliction' 



Thirty kings with his javelins. 



Besides seven score champions, 



Whom he left in agony. 



There is a monument for his head 



On the ridge at the upper part of Temur ; 



Buried subsequently was his forehead 



With the neck of Cairbre Niafer. 



The head of Eochaidh is to-day 



At Sidh Neanta at Uisciu ; 



