14 THE BATTLE OF VENTRY. 



240 Daghdha an trath sin 7 ro innis Dolbh na scela sin do. ' A oig,' ar Bodhb 

 Derg ' ni sinne dlighus Eirennaigh do chabair on eigin sin.' ' Na habair/ ar 

 Dolb ' uair ni fuil mac righ na rodhamna na taisech feine d' fianaibh Eirenn 

 gan bhean do Thuathaib De Danand no gan a mathair no a buime no a 

 maicleannan dibh 7 is mor da bar cabair-si dorinnedar-san riam gach uair bu 



245 eigen dibh.' ' Is cubhais duinne amh,' ar Bodhb Derg ' gura coir do freagra 

 let feabhus do theachtaire ' 7 docuredar teachta uatha ar Tuatha De Danand a fail 

 a ra bhadar 7 tangadar uili co hainm a naibhi Bodhbh Derg 7 tangadar co Dun 

 Seasnain 7 do badar ann an oidhchi sin 7 ro eirigheadar co moch arna marach 7 ro 

 ghabhsat a leinti saera sidamla umpu 7 a n-inair amlacha iubaz'li ilgresacha 7 a 



25oluireacha tiugha taibhleabhra taitnemacha 7 a cathbarra clochordha cumdaigh 

 7 a sceith scathuaine 7 a cloidhme troma taiblethna toirteamla 7 a sleatha slipta 

 slinnleatKna. Ocus is iad fa righa 7 fa ro[f]laithi doib an trath sin .i. tri Gairbh 

 Sleibhi Mis 7 na tri Leith Luacra 7 na tri Mhuiredaigh Mhaidhi 7 na tri Sichairi 

 Siuiri 7 na tri hEocha^d: Aine 7 na trf Laegazn licderga 7 na tri Conaill Clom- 



255 raighi 7 na tri Finn Finnabrach 7 na tri Scail Brogha an Scail 7 na tri Rodanaigh 

 Raighne 7 tri Discertaigh Droma Forrnachta 7 tri mic Aedhain Easa Ruaidh mic 

 Bodhuirn 7 Tathbhuilk^r/z Sleibhe Cairn 7 Sochearn Muighi Sainbh 7 an Seaghsa a 

 Seaghais 7 Feardron a Laighis 7 an Glas a Bruinne Breagh 7 Airgedlamh o Sinainn 



White Women) above Mag Femen, and there was Bodb Derg the son of the Dagda at 

 that time, and Dolb related those stories to him. ' O youth,' said Bodb Derg, ' not we 

 are bound to help the men of Erinn out of that strait.' * Do not say so,' said Dolb, * for 

 there is not the son of a king or a prince or a leader of the fianns of Erinn, whose wife, 

 or whose mother or fostermother, or whose leman is not from the Tuatha De Danand, and 

 great help have they given you whenever you were in need.' ' We pledge our faith for- 

 sooth,' said Bodb Derg, *that it is proper to respond to thee from the excellence of thy 

 messengership,'andtheysent off messengers to theTuatha De Danandto where theywere, 

 and they came all to where Bodb Derg was, and they came to Dun Sesnain and stayed 

 there that night, and they rose early on the morrow, and put on their costly silk shirts and 

 their curfing much-embroidered jubilee tunics, and their stout long-sided glittering coats 

 of mail, and their ornamented hehnets of gems and gold, and their sheltering green shields, 

 and their heavy broad-sided strong swords, and their sharp-pointed tile-broad spears. 

 And these were their kings and princes at that time, namely, the three Garbs of Sliab 

 Mis, and the three Liaths of Luachra, and the three Muredachs of Maide, and the three 

 Sichaires of the Suir, and the three Eochaids of Aine, and the three Loegaires of the Red 

 Stones, and the three Conalls of Glomraige, and the three Finns of Findabair, and the 

 three Scals of the Brug an Scail, and the three Rodanachs of Raigne, and the three 

 Discertachs of Druim Fornachta, and the three sons of Aedan from Eas Ruaid mic 

 Boduirn (the Salmon-Leap at Ballyshannon), andTathbuillech of Sliab Gairn, and Sochern 



240. sceila MS. 245. fimgxz. MS. 



