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Uochm&pc Gt)<sme. — " Coiirtship of Edain." 

 This tale relates the Courtsiiip of Ftain hy Fochaidh Airem, mon- 

 arch of Ireland (a. ir. 5070-5084), by whoru she was wooed and won. 

 Her subsequent abduction by the fairy chieftain Midir of Breg Leitli, 

 and her pursuit and capture by the monarch Eochaidh, form the prin- 

 cipal features of the piece. Copies of this tale are to be found in 

 Beabhar na h-Uidhri, Lib. R.I. A., and in the Yellow Book of Lecan, 

 and in the MS. classed H. 3. 17., Lib. T.C.D. 

 UochmApc re&. — " Courtship of Fea." 

 Uochm&pc Teipbe. — " Courtship of Ferb." 

 A good copy of this piece — a little imperfect at the commencement 

 — is preserved in the Book of Leinster. This curious tale relates the 

 Courtship of Ferb, daughter of Gerg of Gleann Geirg in Ulster, by one 

 of the Manes, son of Ailell and Medb, King and Queen of Connaught. 

 It also contains Fis Conehobair, or the Vision of King Conor of Ulster, 

 and its interpretation by his Druid Cathbath, and Togail JDuin Geirg, 

 or Destruction of Bun Geirg, the residence of Gerg, which had been 

 plundered and demolished by King Conchobar on this occasion. 

 Uochm^pc Finijroe,-r=" Courtship of Finind." 

 Uochm&pc 5peine Tnroe. — " Courtship of Grrian the Fair." 

 Uochm^pc Speine *Otniroe. — "Courtship of Grrian the 



BrOYvTL." 



Uochm^pc S^yrabe mjene Seipcuro. — " Courtship of Sadb, 

 daughter of Sescind." 



Uodnn^pc n5 1 "P1 0CU Y *0&ipine "o^ mgem Uti&ch&ib. — 

 " Courtship of Fithir and Dairine, the two daughters of Tua- 

 thal." 



This tale relates the Adventures of the two daughters of Tuathal 

 Tecthtmar, or Tuathal the legitimate, monarch of Ireland, who was slain 

 a.d. 106. His two daughters were courted and betrayed by Fochaidh 

 Ard Cheand, King of Leinster, whence arose the war which caused the 

 infliction of the Boreamh Baigen, or Boromean tribute on the people of 

 Leinster, about a.d. 90. Copies of this tale are preserved in the Book 

 of Leinster, and in the Book of Lecan (Lib. R. I. A.) The facts of 

 the tale are set forth in all the copies of the Book of Invasions, but 

 the versions differ somewhat in detail. 



UochmApc mriA. Cptmro humc Agnom&in. — " Coiirtship of 

 the wife of Grand,. son of Agnornan." 



This story is preserved in the Book of Leinster, and in the Brit. 

 aLus. MS. Harl. 5280. It is pretty well told in the Bindsenchas of 

 Ard Macha (now Armagh), where Macha, the wife of Crunchu, is men- 

 tioned as one of the three ladies of that name, from either of whom 

 the place might have had its name. 



Crunchu was a farmer of Ulster, whose comfort and peace of mind 

 had been seriously disturbed by the death of his wife. One day as he 

 sat by his fire side a comely young woman came into his house and 

 took her seat by the fire with him, and she spoke not, nor did he 



