Mr. Petrie on the History and Antiquities of Tar a Hill. 169 



Of the Rath there are no remains. The poem states, that the monument of 

 Laoghaire was In the middle of his Lios, partly broken by an upright witness. 

 The prose account, with greater distinctness, states, that the body of Laoghaire 

 stood (interred) in the external rampart of his royal Rath, to the south-east, 

 with his shield of valour, and with his face to the south, (as it were) fighting 

 against the Lagenians, 



This is still more distinctly detailed in a historical tract in Leahhar na 

 Huidhre, a MS. written at Clonmacnoise in the twelfth century, in the posses- 

 sion of Messrs. Hodges and Smith, entitled " The Meeting of Patrick at Tara 

 and the Death of Laogaire:" — fol. 76, p. b, col. 2. 



6oi Coe^aipe rpica m-bliaoan lap pn 

 'PP'5' h-6pen", h' comlinj ppi paqiaic, 

 ocup ba DO p6ip pacpmc cena boipeom. 

 tuiD lapom Coejaipe plojcro co Caijniu, do 

 cuinciD na 6opomi popaib. Ro cinolpec 

 tajni ocup DO pacpac cat do, ocup maici pop 

 Coejaipe m car, .1. car Qra oapa. Ro jaboo 

 ^oejaipe ip in car, ocup do bpeca para ppi 

 Cai^niu, .1. 5P'an ocup epca, upci ocup 

 aep, la ocup aoaij, itiuip ocup cip, connoi 

 lappao m ni-6opomi cein bao beo. Ro leceo 

 app lapom. Ipeo cpa po caipnjipeo do 

 Coejaipeco mbaDecep Gpino ocup Qlbain, 

 poxebao a aioiD, coniD De pin na dcocoid- 

 piuin muipcoblac piam. 6uid rpa Coejaipe 

 DopiDipi plojao map co Caijniu, do paijio 

 na 6opoTni papaib. Ni cue imoppu a paca 

 Di oiD. O panic lapom ^P^ci^'-o'S n-t)apil, 

 pop caeb Chappi, immaij 6ipi, ecep na oa 

 cnoc .1. 6piu ocup Qlbu a n-anmaiiD, acbac 

 ano pin o jpem ocup o jaic, ocup o na pa- 

 caib ap cena, ap nt laemce cuoecc caippiu 

 ip mx> aitipip pin. Conio oe pin ap bepc in 

 pill _: 



Qc bac Coejaipe, TTlac Neill, 

 pop caeb Chappi — jLap a cip — 

 t)uli De, ao poejaiD pair, 



VOL. XVIII. 



Loeghaire was afterwards thirty years in the 

 government of Ireland, in friendship with Patrick, 

 and obeying Patrick's will. Loeghaire went after- 

 wards with an army to the Lagenians, to demand the 

 Boruofthem. The Lagenians assembled and gave 

 him battle, and Loeghaire was defeated in it, that is, 

 in the battle of Athdara. Loeghaire was taken in 

 the battle, and he gave the Lagenians guarantees, 

 that is, the sun and moon, the water and the air, 

 day and night, sea and land, that he would never 

 during his life demand the Boru. He was then 

 set at liberty. It was prophesied to Loeghaire 

 that he would receive his death between Erin and 

 Albain, [Ireland and Scotland,] for which reason 

 he never went on a naval expedition. But Loeghaire 

 went again with a great army to the Lagenians, to 

 demand the Boru of them. [For] he did not pay 

 any regard to his oaths. But when he reached Grel- 

 lach Daphil, by the side of Cassi, in Magh Liphi, 

 between the two hills, Ere and Alba their names, 

 he was there killed by the sun and the wind, and 

 by the other guarantees, for no one dared to dis- 

 honor them at that time. Of that, the poet said : 



Loeghaire, son of Niall, died, 

 By the side of Cassi — green the land — 

 The elements of God, whose guarantee he had 

 violated, 



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