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li-i Gallcm, imoppo, no h-ab- 

 naiccip Ulaib .i. Ollam p6cla co 

 na clamb, co came Concobop, .1. 

 aj) lp anb po cospibe a cabaipe 

 ece^ plea -j muip, -] aigeb paip, 

 pob6i5 na cpeicmi pom-b6i. — Leab- 

 har na h-Uidhri, p. 51, col. 2, top. 



" At Taillten the Kings of Ulster were 

 used to bury, viz., Ollamh Fodhla, with 

 his descendants, down to Conchobhor, 

 who wished that he should be carried 

 to a place between Slea and the Sea, 

 with his face to the east, on account of 

 the Faith which he had embraced." — 

 Leabhar nah-Uidhri, p. 51, col. 2, top. 



In Leabhar na h- Uidhri there is also a tract on the death and 

 burial at Kathcroghan of Dathi, the last pagan monarch of Ireland, in 

 which occurs a poem, ascribed to Dorban, a poet of West Connaught, 

 from which the following three stanzas are extracted : — 



lac epi peilce lblaibe 

 TCelec Chailcen, pe cofta, 

 "Relec Cpuacan pfp-slame 

 Ocup pelec in bp 05a. 



Gbnaicce PI65 po TTlibi 

 Gp lap in bpoga cuacaift; 

 No abnafccip apb Ulaib 

 ]p m Calcm co luacaip. 



eifi Ulaib, pid Concobop, 

 bnaicce h-i Galcm piam, 

 Co bap mb pip popbapaig, 

 Oia n-beaoaib bib a mam. 



Leabhar na h- Uidhri, p. 38, col. 2. 



" The three cemeteries of Idolaters are 

 The cemetery of Taillten, the select, 

 The ever-clean cemetery of Cruachan 

 And the cemetery of Brugh. 



" The host of great Meath were buried 

 In the middle of the lordly Brugh ; 

 The great Ultonians used to bury 

 At Taillten with pomp. 



" The true Ultonians, before Conchobhor, 



Were ever buried at Taillten, 



Until the death of that triumphant man, 



Through which they lost their glory." 



Leabhar na h- Uidhri, p. 38, col. 2. 



This poem in Leabhar na h- Uidhri is followed by a prose Commen- 

 tary, both given by Moelmuiri on the authority of the ancient accounts 

 collected by Eochaihd Eolach O'Ceirin and Mann, from which we ex- 

 tract the following passage, showing who were buried at Taillten : — 



171 aci "lllab pia Concobop 1 Cal- 

 cen po abnacca, .1. Ollam pocla q 

 moppeppiup leipp bia maccaib, ~\ 

 bia h-uib, -| co n-bpeim aile bo ma- 

 cib lllab. Uaipli Cuace be t)a- 

 nanb (i. cen moca moppeppiup 

 po abnacc bub h-i Ualcm) lp m 

 bpug. .i. I/U5 ocup Oe mac Olio- 

 man, ocup Osma, ocup Caipppi mic 

 Ccame (.1 . ban pill) ocup Ccam 

 pern, ocup in Oaftba, ocup a epi mic 

 (.1. Oeb, ocup Oengup ocup Cep- 

 maic) ocuppocaioe m6p a\\ cena bo 

 Cuaic Oe Oananb, ocup pep m- 

 bols, ocup caic ap 6ena. — Leabhar na 

 h- Uidhri, p. 38, col. 2. 



" The chiefs of Ulster before Con- 

 chobhor were buried at Taillten, viz. 

 Ollamh Fodhla, and seven of his sons, 

 and grandsons, with others of the chiefs 

 of Ulster. The nobles of the Tuatha de 

 Danand (with the exception of seven of 

 them who were interred at Taillten), 

 were buried at Brugh, i. e. Lug, 

 and Oe, son of Olloman, and Ogma, 

 and Cairpri, son of Etain (i. e. the 

 poetess) and Etain herself, and the Dag- 

 dai and his three sons (i. e. Aedh and 

 Oengus, and Cermait) and a great num- 

 ber besides of the Tuatha De Danand 

 and of the Ferbolgs and of other persons 

 also." — Leabhar na Ji-Uidhri, p. 38, col. 

 2. 



From this it would appear that, in addition to the Ultonians being 



