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Then an ancient poem by Flann Mac Maehnaeclhog, 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 commonly called " The Dialogue 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 Kossa 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 



