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of the Hundred Battles, had a foresight of coming events. It is pre- 

 served in the B. I. A., and T. C. D. Libraries, and is well described by 

 Professor 0' Curry in his Lectures on the MS. Materials of Hish history. 



% P^W*-— "Vision of [F]ursa." 



This is the vision of Saint Fursa of Perona, of which there is a 

 condensed version in the Irish Life of St. Fursa preserved in the British 

 Museum, MS. Egerton 91. This, however, appears to be a translation 

 from' Bede, who is twice quoted in the body of the Irish Life. 



Se^pc C»vitLe Dep& no Foch/vo Cmi-mio. — "Love of C ail- 

 lech Bera for Fothad Canand." 



This was Fathacl na Canoine, who abducted the wife of Ailell, son 

 of Fog an already noticed at p. 233. 



Sepc T)uid'L^c«\ do tllon^n. — "Love of Dubhlocha for 

 Mongan." 



Mongan was King of Ulster, and was slain a. d. 622. The tale is 

 preserved in the Book of Femioy, Lib. B. I. A. 



Sepc 5opmt&ice *oo Th^LL. — "Love of Grormlaith for 

 Niall.'/ 



This was Gormlath, daughter of Flann, King of Leinster, and her 

 husband Niall Glun Dubh, monarch of Ireland a. d. 900-946, was the 

 object of her affections. Our Irish manuscripts contain many pieces 

 in prose and verse, preserving curious details of this lady's adventures, 

 and her love for Niall, but I am not aware of any existing copy of the 

 full tale. The principal events of her life are weU summed up by 

 O'Curry in his Lectures on the MS. Materials of Irish History. 



StuMgio^ cfi& ^fl'Ofo .1. — " Expeditions here 



XOW, I. E." 



Slu^ije-o *0&ci co Sli^b n-G^bp^. — " Expedition of Dathi 

 to the Alpine Mountain." 



An abstract of this tale is preserved in Leabhar na Ii- Zficlhri in the 

 story of King Lathy' s death and his burial. The fall tale is preserved 

 in the O'Curry collection of Irish MSS. in the Catholic University. 



SUiMje-o UjMne 1lloip co h-G^-o^t. — "Expedition of 

 Ugaine Mor to Italy." 



There is an account of the expedition of Ugaine the Great, sup- 

 posed to have taken place about a. at. 4590, in the Book of Leinster, 

 in an historical account of the origin of the Lagenians, whose ancestor 

 he was. It is also summed up in a poem attributed to the royal poet 

 of Leinster, Find, son of Boss, which is preserved in the Psaltar na 

 Rann in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and of which I have a good 

 copy in my own possession. 



Sbu^i^e-o fleiL m-vic C^ch^c co 1l1in|\ ii-1c1to. — " Expedi- 

 tion of Niall, son of Eochaid, to the Ictian Sea." 



This is the expedition of Mall of the iSine Hostages to the Ictian 



