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



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aipeimeao plaic Ceariipac conojbao an 

 cappac ppipco nac mo cac, ajup conleiccip 

 iia h-eic FPT' OS^F ^''o' capal pij ip m 

 cappar, ojup in n nac uipmi plair Cearii- 

 pac bo po mop do an capal. CIjup baccap 

 Da liuj 1 D-Ceamaip .1. 6loc ajup 6luicne, 

 an ci ap a pemoip, ap po oipilccip ppip 50 

 D-ceijea6 an capbac eacoppa. CTjup bui 

 pal ann, peapb cluice po cmn aonaij an 

 capbuiD. Ctn ci pop paoihao plaic Ceam- 

 pac, DO jlaooao an pal ppip ponnao an cap- 

 pac coniD j-cluineao cac. Qn ci nao 

 upaomao plaic Ceampac, ni applaicoip piam 

 na DO liaij .1. 6loc ajup 6luicne. dp e 

 moD cijeao eocaip lairiie ecoppa ; ajup an 

 ci nao upaom plaic Ceampac ni pjpeoaD 

 pal ppia ponnao. Ni ap po ecaoap Cu jaio 

 T2iab n-Deap5 lap n-juin eioippjeoil. 



chariot would not admit any person unworthy of 

 the throne of Temur, and the horses would start 

 at his presence ; and there was a king's casal in 

 the chariot, and it would be two large for any one 

 unworthy of the throne of Temur. And there 

 were two stones at Temur called Bloc and Bluicni, 

 which used to open out so that the chariot of the 

 worthy person might pass between them. And F'al 

 was there, a rounded lump of a stone at the head 

 oi Aonach an Charbuid. And when the throne of 

 Temur was to be ceded to the worthy person, the 

 Fal used to roar at the motion of the chariot so 

 that all heard. But when the person was not eli- 

 gible to the government of Temur, the two stones 

 Sloe and Bluicni did not open out before him. 

 They were so placed as to admit the breadth of 

 the hand only between them ; and when the can- 

 didate was not eligible to the throne of Temur, 

 the Fal would not roar to the motion of the 

 chariot. In this manner they refused Lughaidh 

 Riabhderg after the fall of Edersceol. 



Conary went up to Temur to the chiefs and the 

 kingly chariot. The chariot with its horses waited 

 for him, the casal of the king was in the chariot. 

 The horses on either side waited for Conary. 

 " Into the chariot go," said his mother ; Conaire 

 did so, for the chariot received him. " Put on 

 the casal" said she. He put it on in the presence 

 of the multitudes ; the casal was a fit for him. 

 The chariot moved under him, while he stood in 

 it. He went to Fal with the multitudes about 

 him and his mother before him. The Fal roared 

 to the hearing of all the multitudes who were at 

 Temur ; and they delivered hostages to Conaire, 

 and gave him the coarbship of his farther. — The 

 Book ofDuald Mac Firhis, p. 384. 

 coriiopbup a acap 60. 



Of these stones, two still remain ; and are, probably, not far from their ori- 

 ginal locality. They are rudely-shaped obeliscal pillar-stones, situated within 

 the churchyard, and are pointed out by the people as the stones left there " by 



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D'eipjic Conaipe co Ceampaij cona 

 DuipiB ajup cona capbac na placa. Ctnaip 

 an cappac cona eacoiB ap a cionn ; a^up 

 50 j-capal inn pi je ip in capbac. Qnpac 

 na h-eic an oi leic ap cionn Conaipe. Ip 

 in capbac caoc, ap a macaip ; Ceio Conaipe 

 inn ; ap do paom an cappac 6. ^ub lomoo, 

 Don, ol pi, an capal. 55°t>aip uime ina pea- 

 parii pi piao na pluajaib ; ba coimpi do an 

 capal. Ceio an cappac poe, ap 6 'na fe^a- 

 parii ann. Ceio do chum pail jop na plua- 

 jaib uime, a macaip piam. 5''"°'^<^'S *^" 

 pal apo ec pal pop in pluoj uile, pa iheo 

 an c-pluaj baccap 1 D-Ceoriiaip each ppiu ; 

 ajup jiallaic do Conaipe ajup do bepac 



