76 THE BATTLE OF VENTRV. 



Is i sin iarum aidid Fiiin iar Jirinne in sencasa amal adfiadat na heolaig. Acbt cena is 

 hecsamuil forcanait a bunadus. Air atberait foirenn ele comad do Corco Oche hua Figinti 

 95 d'Find. Atberait araile y isjir sin, do uib Tairsigh hua Failgi do y at aithechtuathai iat 

 jidhe, amal ro cban Maelmura isin cronic : 



Sechmait-ni do muintir Breoghain giabsa maigen 



Garbhraigbi Suca hva Tairsigh Gaileotn Laighen. 



Is ed immoro atberait Laigin comadh innua do Nuadha Necht Finn .i. Finn mac Cumhaill 

 loo mic Sughailt mic Eltaim mic Baiscne mic Nuadha Necht. 



The remainder of fo. 122 b, 2 is then taken up by the following curious fragment also 

 relating to Finn : 



Ar toidhecht arrsaighechta do Finn hua Batscne ro airighset a muinnter fair 7 ntr leig 

 air. ^ Cidh na hanaidh-siumh^ ol siat ^ifarradb ri Eirenn y ro thinolfamais-ne cbugatV 

 ' Maith lium ' 0/ se. Anaidh nonbur. Luidh fer dibh leisin fctnn iarna bharach. Luid 

 dino araile, co nach bi acht enfer. ' Fh- tra,' ol se ' aes airigbit na fir forum-sa. Ro 

 fedar-sa imrith y imlelm sin, ar is tair ata mo leim .i.for Boinn y ragh-sa dia ^ruach.' 

 Is ed dorala reimhe antarfor Belacb 7i-Gabrain i Maistiti. Is ann fuair an mnai ag tatb 

 an grotha a Maistin. Ni tbairic tra .... 



2. Duire Donn &c. Duire, or Daire, may be meant for Darius, as 0'Conor Rer. Hib. 

 Script. I. p. Ix. translates, though in the Irish version of the legend of Alexander and 

 other middle-lrish compositions Darius is always Dair. But foreign proper names were 

 at different periods received into Irish in different forms. Thus Bolcan (5) is certainly 

 Vulcan (cf. Bolcan gabha ifrinn Tor. Dhiarm. p. 206), though the older form which this 

 takes in Irish is VUan, e. g. Tog. Tr. 259. 403. Cp. also the older Diiid, gen. Duida 

 (LL. 14 b) with the later Dauid. An Irish king Fogartach is mentioned by 0'C. Lect. 

 p. 516. Another Fogartach, son of Tolorg, occurs On the Mann. II. 96. Fiachra 

 Foltlebar is also the name of the King of Ulster farther on (399). Tor mac Breoguin is a 

 curious invention of the writer sugo^ested by the name of the Spanish town Tor Bregoin, 

 the Latin Brigantia, which plays such an important part in the fabulous account of the 

 early wanderings of the Goidels, as the place from which Ith, the son of Bregon, first 

 beheld Erinn on a winter evening. See LL. p. 3 b. 7, and p. 1 1 b. Gaethlacb, or more 

 usually the pkiral Gaethlaige, as Tog. Tr. 1132, is meant for the Palus Maeotis, the 

 G. Meotecda of LL. p. 1 1 b. Cf. LL. p. 3 a. 



14. Ogarmacb. Fighting women {bangaiscedach) are frequent in Irish stories of all 

 times. Thus in the Tochmarc Feirbe there appears a female warrior from the plains of 

 Spain, who comes to Emain Macha in quest of Cuchulaind's love. ' Is and sin doroacht 

 Cathacb Catutcbend ingen Dimoir co Emain. Bangaiscedach amra i side. A iathaib 



93. aigid MS. 94. air om. Eg. forend dib is do Corcha Eg. 95. This 



pedigrec of F. is taken from LL. 311 b and 378 b-379 a, where also the same verses 

 of Maelmura are quoted. 97. se cinedha nich dotnuin Breoghtiin gebus vtaighin Eg. 



98. hsucca Eg. 99. Ntiadaidd Necht Finn i is i so a ghenelach .i. Eg. 100. Ntiadhat 



Eg. cotiid iad tesmolta Cormaic -j a^ed Finn sin. Finit. Eg. 



