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this tale in the Book of Leinster list; and 0' Curry, evidently supposing 

 the tale to be lost, refers to the Annals of the Four Masters, a. d. 593, 

 for some account of Bun JBuicced. There is, however, a tale in the 

 Book of Leinster, commencing at folio 197 b. and headed e-pn&t) Ui^e 

 fouicce-OA, which may be translated the " Gala or festivity of the house 

 of BuiccedP The entertainment appears to have included feasting, 

 banqueting, music, songs, and stories, and certain amusements in 

 which ladies and gentlemen had a like share, and which savoured very 

 much of the character of a general dance, to which I have never met 

 any allusion elsewhere in our very ancient tales. Buicced appears to 

 have been an affluent man of the Brugh class, who kept open house 

 at a place now called Bunboyh, in the parish of Hollywood (Co. Wick- 

 low), where the remains of his Bun are still to be seen. Bun Buicced 

 was burned by Bran Bulk, King of Leinster, a. d. 593.] 



FopbxMp &nri^o .1. — "Sieges (follow) here, i.e." 



Vopb&i-p r-Vp-p&t^. — " Siege of the Men of Falga." 

 Falga appears to have been an ancient name for the Isle-of-Man, 

 and the siege against it was by Cuchulaind and the men of Ulster. An 

 obscure and over-condensed version of the tale is preserved in the 

 British Museum, Harleian MS. 5280. I have in my own possession 

 a detailed account of the invasion of Manand by Cuchulaind and Curoi 

 Mac Bare, when they plundered and demolished the court of- Pill, King 

 of Manand, and carried away his beautiful daughter Blathnat, for 

 whose possession they had so many quarrels afterwards. On this occa- 

 sion Cuchulaind saved the lives of three gigantic warriors of the Fer 

 Falga — men of Falga, or Man — and brought them home to Ireland in 

 "living caption," and gave them as hostages to the King of Erin. 

 They afterwards formed part of the retinue of Conaire Mor, monarch of 

 Ireland, and are described among his company at Bruighen Ba Bearg. 

 See Leabhar na h-Uidhri, page 95, col. 2. 

 Topb&ip 6x)Aip. — "Siege of Edair." 



Edair or Bin Edair was the ancient name of Howth. Some ac- 

 count of the siege of Edair will be found in the story of Athairne, pre- 

 served in the Harleian MS. 5280 (Brit. Mus.), and in the Book of 

 Leinster. See also Dindsenchas, and Poem on Etair's Grave. 

 Fopb&i^ deli. — " Siege of Oicil (Acaill)." 

 Fopb&if T)tnn to Ape. — "Siege of Dun Bare." 

 TopbM-p 'Oun thn-oe. — " Siege of Dun Bind." 

 TopbAi-p Fe&p Fto5&. — " Siege of the Men of Fidga." 

 0' Curry supposed this siege to be the Battle of Ardlemnachta, now 

 Newmilk Hill, "Wexford, fought in the reign of Eremon by Crimthan 

 Sciathbel, a Firbolg chief, against a tribe of Britons who infested the 

 forests of that country. This circumstance is referred to in the Bind- 

 senchas of Ardlemnachta in the Book of Lecan, but the tale itself is not 

 known to me. 



1-opb&if Life. — " Siege of the Liffey." 



