MacNeill — An Irish Historical Tract dated A.D. 721. 137 



The closing passage is as follows (43 



Ccithri 1)1. Ixxx. on xx b. fl. Heracli 

 CO iorha. fl. Leomain 7 ix.' r. frisin re sin 

 .i. Hercolonas Constantin fls. Heracli 

 Constantius fls. Constantini lustinianiis 

 Minor Leofus Tiberius lustinianus Minor 

 it(!rum Pillipiccus Anastasius f»7ms 

 Teoth. T«-cii= Leo T«-tius. Ceithri bl. 

 Ixxx. on. X. bl. fl. Domnaill cosin tres bl. 

 Fergail mc. Maili Duin 7 x. r. ior Er('«« 

 frisin re sin .i. Domnall Conall Cell«cA 

 Blathmofc Diarmait Sechnusach Cenn 

 ¥&\\ad homgaech Congal Fergal fodesin. 

 Oenbl. ar xxx". ar coccco'. insin .0. c. bl. 

 fl. luil CO fo/-bo fl. Leonis Twcii. Ceithri 

 ri. Ixxx. for Eomanchaib frisin re sin. 

 Noi .Ix. immorro for Herind frisin re sin 

 CO fl. Fergail mc. Maili Duin ri Er. 7 

 Miwohffrfa mc. Find* .r. Laigen 7 Catliail 

 mc. Finnguine .r. Mumun. 



84 years from the 20th year of the 

 reign of Heraclius to the end of the 

 leign of Leo, and 9 (11) kings during 

 that time, viz. [lieraclius,]'Heraeleonas, 

 Constantinus filius Heraclii, Constans 

 filius Constantini, [Constantinus filius 

 Constantis, ]' Justinian us Minor, Leontius, 

 Tiberius, Justinianus Minor iterum, 

 Philippious, Anastasius, Theodosius 

 Tertius, Leo Tertius. 84 years from 

 the 10th year of the reign of Domnall 

 to the 3rd° year of Fergal son of Jlacl 

 Duin, ami 10 kings over Ireland in that 

 time, viz. Domnall, Conall, Cellach, 

 Blathmac, Diaimait, Sechnusach, Cenn 

 Faelad, Loingsech, Congal, Fergal him- 

 self. That is 631 (771 ?) years from the 

 first year of the reign of Julius to the 

 end of the reign of Leo III. 84 kings 

 over the Romans during that time. 69 

 over Ireland during that time till the 

 reign of Fergal, son of Macl Diiin, king 

 of Ireland, and of Murchad Maen (?) king 

 of Leinster, and of Cathal, son of Finn- 

 guine, king of Munster. 



3. The Middle-Ieish Eedactoe of Z. 



Here follows immediately a very lengthy poem of Flann Mainistrech, 

 headed " Do firt^Aaib in domain moir annso," " This is of the Pailers of tlie 

 Great World." The opening quatram is — 



Reidig damli a De do niwA • co hemigh a n-i?missin 



uair naoh co felgnm iai- Fuin ■ seancus degrigin dow/min.' 



The poem is a metrical list of " the kings of tlie world," commencing like 



' Read xi. - Somo corruption or omisaioa occurs here. ' Probably " dcclxxi " misrcail 



as " dcxxxi." * Probably "main," the cpilbet in Flanu's poem, misread as " iiTcifi." Tbe 



father of Murchad was Bran. ^ Omitted, owing to simibirity of the adjacent names. 



* Probably " l'2tb," xii, not iii. ' Flann here borrows the opening words of a poem by 



Dublitir Ua Huathgailo LL 141 (BB 7 p) : 



Redig dam a Do do nim • co hemid ni indeithbir 

 eraiud mo chesta is gnim glan • corop espa oUaman . 



