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Sea, about the year a. d. 405. The tale is preserved in the Book of 

 Ballymote, Lib. B.I. A. 



SUiM^ex) VixNcn<s m*MC O&e'OMn goTDtm n-Su-M-pei S&ccon- 

 ■Mbocu^ppnn^lt.iMje'o e-pen &p ce&n&. — " Expedition of Fiach- 

 na, son of Baedan, to Dun Ghiaire in [the land of the] Saxons, 

 and the prime expeditions of Erin also." 



The expedition of Fiackna son of Baedan, who was "King of Ulster 

 in the sixth century, is preserved in the Book of Eermoy, Lib. B..I. A., 

 but it states that he visited other places as well as Bun Guaire. 



[Uocoml<vo& z\\ts MTo-po pf .1. — "Progresses now 



FOLLOW HERE, I. E."] 



Uoconiixvo P&pc&lom ■oocum n-Cpenn. — " Progress of 

 Partholan into Eriu." 



This and the five following tales relate to the early colonization of 

 Ireland, and are accounted for in the Book of Conquests. 



Uocomi&o Ileum "oo 1l-eipin"o. — "Progress of Neirnid into 

 Eriu." 



Uocomt&'o Vets\\ m-bolg. — "Progress of the Ferbolgs." 



Uocoml/vo Uu&ua. *Oe 'O&iuiro. — " Progress of the Tuatha 

 De Danann." 



Uocomb^t) TThle m&c Di1e co li-GAp^m. — "Progress of 

 Mile [Milesins], son of Bile, to Spain." 



Uocomtxyo 111 ibt) b, h-efp&m co 6pin. — "Progress of [the 

 sons of] Mile from Spain into Ireland." 



Uoc&ml/yo Cpuiuhne&ct) ou^ Up^ici& co Ope^cn<Mb ocup 

 co h-eipirro. — " Progress of the Cruithneans [Picts] from Thrace 

 to Britain and to Erinn." 



In the List in the Book of Leinster this title runs thus :-— " Pro- 

 gress of the Cruithneans (or Picts) from Thrace into Eriu, and their 

 progress from. Eriu into Alba." 



UocMnl&T) ["Pep] 1lej\en co h-Alb^in.— " Progress of [the 

 men of] Eriu to Alba." 



Uocoml^-o Lo-mgpi Ke^pjui^ a h-tl11<vo. — " Progress of 

 the Exiles of Fergus out of Ulster." 



This story relates the progress of Fergus MacBogh and the Ulto- 

 nian exiles who renounced then allegiance to King Conchobar for his 

 having violated their right of Comairce or protection, by having killed 

 the sons of TJisncch while under their Faesam or protection. The 

 Ultonian warriors thus insulted left Ulster and went into Connaught 

 to Ailell and Meal), where they were known by the title of Longes 

 TJla&, or "Ultonian Exiles." They subsequently joined the Con- 

 naught forces in the Tain Bo Cuailnge. The story is preserved in the 

 Book of Leinster. 



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