MacNioill— yl« TrlRh Tlhlorical Tract dated A.D. 721. 131 



flatiusa Canipusis mciv. Cir 7 iiia ocht- 

 maclh bl. tangadav t.d.d. a nErmn 7 

 darndsat catli iroigo T(»'cadh dFlicraibh 

 Bolg 7 vo marbad and 'Siochaid m«c 

 Eire. 



theif number. Cambyscs son of Cyrus 

 thereafter, 7 years, until his own driiids 

 slew liim, Eofhaid son of Err b(dng king 

 of Ireland at that time. And those aro 

 the 37 years that the Fir Bolg were in 

 Ireland, i.e. from the first year of the 

 reign of Cyrus son. of Darius till the 

 seventh year of the reign of Cambyses 

 son of Cyrus. And in his eighth year 

 the Tuatha 1)6 Danann arrived in Ire- 

 land and fought the battle of MagTnred 

 with the Fir Bolg, and in itEochaid son 

 of Ere was slain. 



Lee. 23 a, (i. Comaimsirad rig in dom«<m inso fri rigaib Eer niBolcg. a ndc/idh 

 flatha na Call, u (?) tancatar Eir Bolcg a uErinn. Ballastar a tiiigflaith side is do 

 doarfas in dorn ce« rigidh icon sg[ri]bind 7 ised ro scrib mane tethel 7 pharos .i. 

 numir 7 tomus 7 fod a lin is fair ro toglastar Cyir me. Dair Babiloin 7 ro marbastar 

 Ball. Ise Cyr ro leicestair in nibrait do laxtisaleva. iar mbeith doib ,lxx. b. i ndoiri 

 Flaithius Pers tra a ndiaidh na Medh xii ri dib hi S.aithius xxx. bl. 7 cc. doib. Sil dawo 

 Elaim me. Sem me. Koi iat 7 Elamite dogairdis dib co Pwsius mc nioib. Pws ohsoin 

 amach. Ba se in cetri dib Cyr mo. Dair .xxx. bl. do. co torchair la Scithecdaib co tri 

 cetaib mile uimi. Ise thucc in 1. mile do brait leincsalem Baibiloi» .i. u. m lestar 

 n-oir 7 ilmile lestar n-argait. Campases mc. Cyr iar sin .uiii. bl. co ro marbsat a 

 druidi fein 7 'Kodhaid mc. Eircc hirrigi .H. intan sin. Is iat sin na uii. rabl. xxx"'. ro 

 batar Eir Bolcg inH. O.c. bl. fl. Cir me. Dair cusin uii""'. bl. tancatar Tuath. D.D. 

 inherwiM 7 doratsat cath Muighi Tured do Eeraib Bolcg 7 ro marbsat EochrzjVZ 

 mace Eircc. 



VI. (BE 36 a 12.) 



Comaimseardac^i righ in domain re The following is the synchronizing of 



.t. d. d. and seo sis. Veraa ro bhadar i the kings of the world with the Tuatha 



righe in tan tangadar t. d. d. a nErwn 

 isin hliadain deidenaigh flaith/i«a Cam- 

 paseis mc. Cir mc. Dair tangadar no na 

 ochtmadh hliadain tangadar. [Here fol- 

 lows a list of the Persian kings, with 

 the length of their reigns, without 

 reference to Ireland.] (36 a 29) £1 

 Dairius mor mc. Arsabi .ni. bl. ISe 

 tiughlaith na Vers 7 ise thug tri catha 

 do Alaxandir mc. Pilip 7 ro thuit siura 

 la hAlaxandair isin chath fo dhcoidh. 

 ISe Alaxandair ro tliaffaind Fwand 



E.I. A. PROC, VOL. XXVIII., SECT. 0, 



Da Danann. The Persians were ruling 

 when the T. D. D. came into Ireland ; in 

 the last year of the reign of Cambyses 

 son of Cyrus son of Darius they came, 

 or in his eighth year they came. . . . 

 And Darius the Great, son of Arsaraes, 

 6 years. He is the last ruler of the 

 Persians, and it was he who fought 

 three battles with Alexander sou of 

 Philip, and he fell by Alexander in the 

 final battle. It was Alexander that 

 drove Pliaraoh Nectanebis from the 



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