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Then an ancient poem by Flann Mac Maelmaedhog, on 
the triumphs of the men of Leinster. No other mention of 
this ancient writer has been discovered, nor is any other copy 
of his poem known to exist. 
Then another poem on the Leinstermen, by Orthanach 
_O’Caellama, of the Curragh of Kildare ; of which, however, 
only four quatrains remain, owing to the loss of some leaves 
in the volume. Of this writer no other mention occurs in any 
known document. 
Then follows an account of the great meeting of Drom- 
Ceat, in the county Derry, at which Saint Columb Cille 
attended. 
Then follows what is seta called “ The pares of 
the Two Sages.” 
Then follows a curious and very ancient tract entitled 
‘¢ The False Judgments of Caratniad,” who was Chief Justice 
to Conn of the Hundred Battles. His legal decisions were 
worded so as to be apparently false, but on examination were 
always found consistent with justice and law. 
Then a short tract on Irish Grammar, which, from its 
antiquity, is extremely curious and valuable. 
Then “ Incipiunt pauca de nominibus Lageniensium,” 
with genealogies. 
Then an ancient poem on the pedigree of Laeghaire Lore, 
ancestor of the Leinster noble families, by the royal poet, 
Finn Mac Rossa Roe, king of Leinster. This poem was made 
for the kings of Leinster ; and contains their pedigrees, from 
Nuada Necht to Adam. It is the only specimen known of 
the works of this royal bard, who is so much spoken of by our 
old Gaedhlic writers. Nuada Necht was monarch of Ireland 
for half a year, A. M. 3949, and the poet Finn, who was his 
great grandson, may therefore ‘have flourished at the begin- 
ning of the Christian era. 
Then an ancient poem on the pedigree of Enna Cinse- 
lach, King of Leinster, about A. D. 400, carrying him up to 
