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followers they pursued the plunderers till they reached the mountain 

 of the Alps, where they succeeded in recapturing the spoils, through 

 the agency of a woman from the Province of Ulster, who had been 

 previously carried off by the same party, and kept by them in bondage 

 attending to their herds on the Alpine mountains. 



While Fraech was engaged in his love adventure at Cruachan, he 

 received an invitation from Trebland, daughter of Fraech, son of 

 Aengus of the Brugh, who then lived with her foster-father, Cairbre 

 Nia Fer at Tara, asking him to come to meet her, as she was deeply 

 enamoured of him, and anxious to become his wife. Fraech proceeded 

 from Cruachan to meet Trehland before he returned home, and while 

 thus engaged in this double love adventure, the plunderers had ample 

 time to drive away his cows, and carry off his plunder. 



This latter tale is not mentioned in the preceding list of Historic 

 Tales, or in the list in the Book of Leinster, but it is preserved in the 

 Book of Fermoy [Lib. B. I. A.], under the title of Tochmarc Treblainne — 

 "Courtship of Treblainn; " and I have no doubt it is a genuine old 

 tale, hence I have included it in my translations as a sequel to Tain 

 Bo Fraech. 



U&m bo Veichip. — " Cow-spoil of Fithir." 



U&in bo TViVlin. — " Cow-spoil of Faillin." 



U&in bo "S&e. — " Cow-spoil of Grae." 



Umti bo 'O^pc/voA.. — " Cow-spoil of Dartad." 



This is a pre-tale of the Tain Bo Cuailnge and appears to be one of 

 the oldest of its class. It is mentioned in the body of the Tain itself, 

 and a small fragment of it is preserved in Beabhar na h- TJidhri. The 

 subject is the plunder of the cows of Bartad, daughter of Fochaidh 

 Beg, king of Cliach (in the present county of Limerick), by the forces 

 of Ailett and Medb, when they were preparing for the expedition of 

 the Tain Bo Cuailnge. The tale is well preserved in the Book of 

 Leinster, and in the Yellow Book of Lecan (Lib. T.C.D.) 



Uochm.<vpc& intrpo. — " Courtships (or wooixgs) here." 



Uochm&pc tleime. — "Courtship of Neim." 



Uochm&pc ermpi. — " Courtship of Emer." 



This is the celebrated story of the Courtship of Emer, daughter of 

 For gall Ifanach of. Bun Forgaill, near Lusk, Co. Dublin, by the TJltonian 

 champion Cuchulaind. Two imperfect copies of this tale are in the 

 Academy's Library : one in Beabhar na h- Uidhri, and another in theMul- 

 conry MS. N, 23, 10. The whole tale is well preserved in the British 

 Museum in the MS. classed Harl., 5280, from which 0' Curry made the 

 copy now preserved in the Library of the Catholic University. 



Uochm&pc AiVtine. — "Courtship of Aillin." 



This relates the Courtship of Allin, or Ailbhe, daughter of Cormac 

 Mac Art, monarch of Erin, by the famous champion Find Mac Ciimhaill. 

 An abstract of this tale will be found in MS. H. 3. 17. Lib. LCD. 



