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the west of Erin), Fionnghuala (daughter of Lir), said to her brothers, 

 " It is time for us now to return to Sid Fionnachad, where Lir is with 

 his household, and with all our people (family)." "We agree to 

 that," said they, " and they at once went forth till they came to Sid 

 Fionnacliad, and they found the place deserted before them, and nothing 

 remained but unroofed green Baths, and forests of nettles, and tho 

 place was without a house, without a fire, and without a residence ; 

 and the four (children of Lir) drew close together, and they raised 

 three shouts of lamentation aloud, and Fionnghuala made a lay," lament- 

 ing the fall of her father's house. 



Uuirn-oe 051 btnpe-o. — " Possession of the House of 

 Buraeli." 



Snuic^&t 051 Thnn^c. — " 'Smutgall' of the House of Du- 

 macli." 



T)eoch&ipe C151 C&pAt)A. — ■- Contention of the House of 

 Cafad." 



U05&1I C151 TlecrMn. — "Destruction of the House of Nech- 

 tan." 



This is an episode of the Tain Bo Cuailnge, and is well preserved 

 in Ledblxar na h- Uidhri, and in the Book of Leinster. In the latter 

 (folio 153, b. a.), there is a poem of twenty-three quatrains on tho 

 same subject. Some curious details of this place are also preserved in 

 the Bindsenchas of Bun Mac Nechtain. 



U05A.1t bpm-one X)& T)e^p5^. — "Destruction of Bruiden 

 Da Derga." 



This is preserved in Leahhar na h- Uidhri, and in the Yellow Book of 

 Lecan, Class H. 2, 16, Lib. T. C. D. It relates the destruction, by 

 British and Irish outlaws, of Ba Berg's mansion, near Tallaght, Co. 

 Dublin, and the slaughter of Conaire Mor, monarch of Erin, a. m., 5160. 



U05.ML bpm-one *0^il,e. — " Destruction of Bruiden Daile." 



Uo^xmI bpuTpne bp&n&in in&ic bpunn. — "Destruction of 

 the Bruiden of Branan, son of Brun." 



Uo^^ib bptntme *0&. Choc&. — " Destruction of Bruiden Da 

 Choca." 



This is preserved in the manuscript classed H. 3, 18, Lib. T.C.D. 

 It relates the destruction of the mansion of the two Cogas, which was 

 situated near Sliahh Midland, Co. "Westmeath, where Cormae Cond- 

 tonges, son of Conor Mac ]\ T essa, King of Ulster, was killed by the 

 mercenary forces of Ailill and Mcdb, King and Queen; of Connaught, 

 about a. d. 33. 



U&n& z]\i>. uin-po .1. — " Tains (cow-spoils) here 



NOW, I. E." 



U&in bo Cu&il^ne. — " Cow-spoil of Cuailnge." 

 This is well preserved in the Library of T.C.D. : in the Book of 

 Leinster, and in the Yellow Book of Lecan, Class H. 2, 16. The 



