68 THE BATTLE OF VENTRV. 



335 7 tiig sd a chcannus do mhac t' ingine-si .i. d' Fionn mac Cumhail. Is ann 

 sin tugadh na harm chum Labharan 7 do cuireadh ^adhaime na n-gasan sonuis 

 ionnta 7 do ceanglag da sgiathanuibh lad 7 gluaiseas tar na muraibh c^adna 7 do 

 rainig idir gharm an choilicc 7 la go dun athar fein tar ais, agus tuiteas taimhndak 

 bas ar agus fual fok aige da ro sileadh. A mhic, (ar Tadhaig) is maith an teacht- 



34oareacht sin dorin tu 7 ni dhdarrnagh neach reomhat rfamh a chomor sin do iiubhal 

 an coimhghearr sin d'aimsir. Is beag an tarbhe damh-sa sin, (ar Labhuran) 7 nach 

 fdidir hom a thiodhlacadh 'san traith catha don la a mareach. Ar maidin arna 

 mhareach do chonarchadur ciightha Aodh mac Aoibhinn .i. comhacht maith do 

 mhuinntir Thadhaig mic Nuaghaid 7 fa c6mhluaith an fear sin le gaoith Mharta 



345 go meadh6n gach laoi 7 nior luaith eile na 6 assin sios. Is r6mhaith an trailh 

 thainig tu, (ar Tadhaig) 7 do innis toisg na n-arm do. Gluaiseas mac Aoibhinn 

 roimhe mar siogha gaoithe geire gloine 6n maoilinn go 'cheile, go rainig traith 

 eirghe greine go cuan agus go caluith Fionntragha. Is ann sin do bhadar an 

 fiann ag gabhail a n-arm 7 a n-eidighe iompa chum an mhorchatha sin &c. 



350 576 glacus Fionn na hairm 7 nochtus iad 7 gabhus luine 7 liithghar fein 719 do 

 bhi ag clannuibh righ 7 roithighearnaoi a n-diaigh a cheile 7 an Chr6idhearg a 

 hainim 728 Is ann sin do bruchtdhoirteadur na chatha ceachtardha sin fa 



cheile ionna g-cipibh c6imhdhiongna 7 ionna cc6illtibh c6mhdhluithe. Is ann 

 sin do smuain 6glaoch maith do mhuintir Finn gur m6r d'olc 7 d'eagc6ir dorin s^ 



355fein 7 a chlann ar chlannuibh Boisgne riamh 7 dob' ail leis neart a lamh do 

 thabairt leo an la sin ar a son 7 fa hadhbhal a ghniomha isan n-garbhruathar 

 sin 7 fa h6 sin Conan IMaol mac ]\I6irne 7 is ^ ait a raibh Fionn os uir an chuain 

 ag a cc6imhghriosadh chum a cheile. 755 6ir is maith a ch6mhruathar ar 

 na hallmuraicc 756 Is ann sin do ghaibh bruithne 7 teas m6r Canan 6 



36oiomad na hurlaighe 7 tainig asan g-caith amach ag gabhail gaoithe 758 is 

 maith cuimhnfos anois eascardeas chlanna Baoisgne 7 chlanna Moirne da 

 cheile agus badh deoin leat do dhith fein 'san g-caith seo aniu, damo dfth do 

 chlanna Baoisgne 6. Na himdheargaicc mi, a fir dhana (ar Canan) 7 dar mo 

 dheeibh da n-adhraim do dhdan obar mhaith ar na hallmuraicc dhuit, acht go 



365 rochtain an caith arfs dam. 7 ba ffor do Chanan sin, ofr nfor lia bildog duileabhar 

 aig tuitim tar dhruim aille a meadh6n na fefle Michfl 'na chinn ag c6mhthuitim 

 d'eis a chloidhim 'san n-garbhruathar sin. 766 Duabhan mac Cais mic Canafn 

 788 7 nf bdo 6n m-befm sin 6, ofr do thuiteadur seachtmhogad laoch leis dam 

 ffaghnuise fein. Is ann sin adubert Duabhan Donn mac rfgh tuatha IMumhan aig 



37oefrghe 'na seasamh, gur ma rig na taoisicc da raibh do ainim Duabhan aniu 'san 

 g-caith seo 7 feabhus na n-gnfomurtha donf mac 6gIaoich 'ta ann, darb comhainfm 

 Duabhan. 7 is brfathar dam go bh-faghad fefn bas don dul so n6 go g-cinncamh 



