MacNkii-l — An Irish Iliatorical Tract dated A.D. 721. 127 



bl. ro bai Eiri ig fas.' ro indsimar 

 tra do Chcussaii- 7 do Varrt/ioloii gu leir 

 7 dia comaimseuraibh o Adliam co dUinn 

 7 o (Vdi/iii CO bAbrabam 7 Abrabam co 

 Neiiiibeudh go fhis comaimsuarreacbta 

 gacb righ do gbabb iu domuu frisiu re 

 sin. y is feaiT duind indisiu do Neiinh- 

 ead 7 dona rigbaibh rena re. 



came to Ireland. The 9 years and the 

 21 make the 30 years for which Ireland 

 was empty. Since we have told now of 

 Cessuir and of rartbolou thoroughly, 

 and of their syncbroiiiziugs from Adam 

 to the Flood and from the Flood to 

 Abraham, and from Abraham to Nemed, 

 explaining the synchronism of every 

 king who ruled the world during that 

 time, it is better for us to tell of Nemed 

 and of the kings in his time. 



IV. (BB 



Da fhicheat bl. 7 se .c. o gein Abra- 

 ham CO tiachtain Neimidh in nKviim A. 

 in Ix. ro ebaith Abraham co tiachtain 

 Parrtholon in nEr('«« 7 iu .1. ar. u.c. aibh 

 ro bai sil Yaxvtholon in Er(';m 7 in .xxx. 

 ro bai Eriu ig fas cowad iadsin na da 

 .XX. 7 na .ui. c. bl. Abraham co Nei- 

 meadh. Da bl. rmmorro 7 .Ix. 7 u.c. 7 

 mile dilind co tiacbt Neimeadh a 

 nEriVw;. Tricba bl. 7 ii.c. tra thainig 

 Neimeadh a nErwwj gu toghail tuir ■ 

 Co«aing. Poilipoiris ro bai iu airdrige 

 iu doma[i]n in tan tainig Neimidh asiu 

 Sceithia a nEr/«« x.tx. bl. aireimheas 

 7 ix. bl. do ii-rlgbe reimli JS^eimeadh- 



(yS 40) Secht mblwr^rta tra 



thamleachta muindtiri VixxHhohn gu 



toghail Trac= {p 45) Et Tonus 



C'oMColer no Cowaelcr .xx. bl. Ise sin 

 tiuglaith Asardha. Sarrdanapallas a 

 ainm gregdba do shuimh cbuigile do 

 chuaidli co/idhearruaidh cailleach de 

 conroloisc fein i tcinidli. cccc. 7 Ixx. 

 bl. tliaiuig Neimidh in nEr('«n co 

 forbha flae</j«««rt Assardha 7 iiii. rigdheg 

 fria sU. Neimidh. MUi 7 cc. 7 11. xx. 



27 i3 20). 



640 years from Abraham's birth to 

 Nemed's arrival in Ireland, i.e. the 60 

 that Abraham lived until Partholon's 

 coming to Ireland, and the 550 tliat 

 Partholon's race lived iu Ireland, and 

 the 30 iu which L'eland was empty — 

 these make the 640 years from Abrabam 

 to Nemed. 1562 from the Flood to 

 Nemcd's arrival in Ireland.^ 230 years 

 from when Nemed came to Ireland till 

 the destruction of Conaing's tower. 

 Ijalepares was iu the sovereignty of the 

 world when Nemed came from Scythia 

 to Ireland. 30 years was his reign, and 

 be was 9 years king before Nemed. . . . 

 Seven years from the destruction of 

 Partholon's people by plague to the 

 destruction of Troy. . . . And Thonos 

 Concolerus, 20 years. He is the last 

 Assyrian sovereign. Sardanapalus was 

 his Greek name. He took to spinning 

 with a distaff, so that he became an old 

 wife and burned liiraseLf in a fire. 470 

 years from when Nemed came to Ireland 

 till the end of the Assyrian sovereignty, 

 and 14 kings during [the time of] 



' The incorrect insertion c/ ig before fas is interesting as an indication that the modern a'i&s = ag fds 

 dates back as far as the fourteenth century. The mistake is repeated in IV, 6, so cannot be fortuitous. 

 • Lists of Assyiiau kings are here giveu. 

 ■* This section so far is given by Mac Carlhy, p. 263. 



