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Ve&y& nnoppo Minfo .1. — " Feasts kow here, i.e." 



VeMf Ui^e "FipVt&i-o. — "Feast of the House of Ferblad." 

 O'Curry says (1861), that he knew nothing of this tale, but he 

 must have discovered it afterwards, for it is now preserved in his MS. 

 collection in the Catholic University, and with it another tale of the 

 same class not mentioned in his list or in mine. It is headed Feir 051 

 "bee T'obc&ig — " Feast of the House of Becfoltach," which forms an 

 interesting sequel to the fragment of the story of Cuchulaind's birth, 

 quoted in Leabhar na h-Uidliri (p. 128) from Leabhar Droma Snechta. 

 Veiy Uije bic&ip. — "Feast of the House of Bicair." 

 Vevr Cir;e UutcMiro. — " Feast of the House of Tulcand." 

 "Fei-p Uije Cpeicim. — "Feast of the House. of Creitim (Tri- 

 ehim)." 



"Feif Ui^e Li. — "Feast of the House of Li." 

 VeMr Ti^e l/mne. — " Feast of the House of Linn." 

 Feif Uije 5tn"o. — " Feast of the House of Gruel." 

 Veif ^i^e 5nAi|\. — " Feast of the House of Guar." 

 reir Ui^e epi ttiaic n-*OeA>m^inc^ch. — " Feast of the House 

 of the three sons of Demancath." 



Vei-p Uije th-pcle. — " Feast of the House of Uscel." 

 Veiif Ui^e Til e&U/o ^1^15. — "Feast of the House of Meall- 

 dalach." 



This is followed by the Feasts of the Houses of Emain, Allien, and 

 Temair, the royal residences respectively of Connaught, Ulster, Lefnster, 

 and Tara ; I am not aware of any tale of any particular feast which 

 took place at either of those places, but feasts were so essential to the 

 organization of ancient Gaedhelic Society, and so frequent in the royal 

 homes of Erin, that we find them frequently mentioned in our MSS. 

 Feip Ui^e Cpu.6,c.Mn. — " Feast of the House of Cruachan." 

 Veif ~C^e Amn&. — "Feast of the House ofAmna (Emain)." 

 "Peif t^^e Critic. — " Feast of the House of Tailith." 

 Tei]- 'Cije Ue&mpA. — "Feast of the House of Temair." 

 "Feif Ui^e IDunbobj. — " Feast of the House of Dunbolg." 

 This feast took place a.d. 594, vrhenAedh, son of Ainmere, monarch 

 of Ireland, was killed at Dunbolg, now the " Fort of the Sacks," near 

 Baltinglas, Co. Wicklow, by Bran Duih, the famous King of Lefnster. 

 A curious account of the Battle of the Pass of Dunbolg is given by 

 Dr. O'Donovan in his edition of the " Annals of the Four Masters," 

 under a.d. 594. The history of the Borornean Tribute, of which this 

 tale is part, is preserved in the Book of Leinster, and in the Book of 

 Lecan, Lib. R.I. A. The Battle of Dun Bolg is also preserved as a 

 separate tale in that Library, and included in my collection of transla- 

 tions. 



{The Feast of Dunluiced is not mentioned in my list, but it follows 



