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Aiclieio imo|i|\o &rmfo .1. — "Elopements now 



HERE, I.E." 



Aichit) 111 uni -vine pe 'Pi^'OMne. — "Elopement of Huniain 

 with Fiadain." 



Ac<vo *Oeip"opiiroe pe m&c&ib th-piec. — "Elopement of 

 Deirdrind with, the sons of Uisnech." 



This tale is preserved in the Book of Leinster, and in the Yellow 

 Book of Lecan, Lib. T.C.D. There are several versions of later dates, 

 more or less imperfect or irregular in details. It has been twice 

 published with English translations and notes : once by the Gaedhelic 

 Society of Dublin in 1808, and again, by Professor O'Curry, in the 

 Atlantis for July, 1860. 



Aichio Aipe injjin 605^111 pe ITleip'oeA.j&'o. — "Elopement 

 of Aife, daughter of Eogan, with Mesdeagad." 



Aichro 11 &rpe in^en Fept^upA pe Tle&pc&ch m&c Cuilem. — 

 " Elopement of Nais, daughter of Fergus, with Neartach, son of 

 Cuilen." 



Aichit) 11111& 5m^p meic *Oeip5 pe 5b<vp in&c Cim/vich. — 

 " Elopement of the wife of Glaiar, son of Derg, with Grlas, son of 

 of Cim[b]aeth." 



Aichro t)l&cri.Mce injen P&1VI niwc F15.M5 pe Concho- 

 b&ip. — " Elopement of Blathnait, daughter of Pall, son of 

 Figach, with Conchobar [Cuehulaind]." 



This is the tale of the elopement of Blathnat with Curoi Mac Bare, 

 on the occasion of the siege of Fer Falga. O'Curry supposed this to 

 be the same as the story of Aided Conroi — "Death of Curoi" — above 

 noticed. This, however, is not probable ; Blathnat was twice ab- 

 ducted : first, from her father's palace in Falga (Isle of Man), by the 

 united efforts of Curoi MacBare and Cuehulaind. She then became 

 the wife of Curoi MacBare, and lived with him at his palace of 

 Cathair Conroi, in the present county of Kerry. On the occasion of 

 the contest for the Curadh mir, or " Champion's share" at the feast of 

 Emania, the rival candidates were sent to Cathair Conroi to have their 

 dispute adjudicated upon by Curoi MacBare; here Cuehulaind renewed 

 his acquaintaince with Blathnat, and subsequently abducted her froin 

 Cathair Conroi. Both these stories are still preserved, and each will 

 answer to the title in our list. The Aided Conroi — "Death of Curoi''' 

 and his elegy are also preserved, and the death of Blathnat is well told 

 in the story of Eercertne the poet, who perished with her. 



.Aichit) 5p&nToe pe T)i&pm&ro. — "Elopement of Grain ne 

 with Diamiaid." 



This story, which relates the abduction of Graine, daughter of 

 King Cormac MacArt, with Biarmait ua Builhne, one of Find 

 Mac CumalPs famous captains, and their pursuit by the united armies 

 of King Cormac, the young lady's father, and her affianced husband, 



