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UocomlM) triufqAMje -oo HUg bpe&g. — "Progress of the 

 ' Muscraighe' into Magh Breagli." 



UocomlM) tiA T)-t>eppi o Ue&mp&ij;. — " Progress of the Dessi 

 from Temair (Tara)." 



This story is preserved in Leabhar na h- Uiclhri, and has been already 

 noticed under Longes Mthne Uaithaige, p. 225. 



UocomLvo CLvmne C&c&ch ITItii'ome'ooin .1. & Itlroe.-— 

 " Progress of the sons of Eochaidh Muidhmeadoin, i. e., out of 

 Meath." 



I am not aware of any detailed prose version of this story, but the 

 facts are related by Flam Mainistrech in an historical poem preserved 

 in the Books of Lecan, Leinster, and Ballyniote. 



UocomtA/o Cein & CAippl. — "Progress of [Tadg, son of] 

 Cian, from Cashel." 



This story is preserved in the Battle of Crinna in the Books of 

 Fermoy and Lisrnore, Lib. B. I. A. There is also an interesting story 

 of the Adventures of Tadg son of Cian. 



Uocomlxvo *0^lpi^cAv 1 n-Alb&in ocup 111 ni po ope ocup 

 po bich ocu-p A-ob^ch m ptnl m&x> [T1I1 n,<yo] con^ne t>&c&p- 

 n&it) n& p^el^ tulle. T\nif. — " Progress of the Dalriata into 

 Alba, and all that were slaughtered and killed, and those who 

 died. He is not a poet who does not synchronize and har- 

 monize all these stories. Finis." 



There is an interesting abstract of this tale of the progress of the 

 Dalriads into Scotland in the historical preface to the Amra Coluim 

 Cille, now restored to its place in the Academy's edition of the 

 Leabhar Breac, page 238 c. 



The important use which O'Curry made of these ancient romances, 

 and the suggestion thrown out by him and Dr. O'Donovan, that it 

 would be desirable to ascertain to what extent the tales known in 

 the twelfth century, which are enumerated in this list, and in the 

 Book of Leinster, are still preserved in Irish manuscripts, induced me 

 to take up the investigation of the question at the point where they 

 left it. That task obviously involves more than searching a manu- 

 script for the title of a tale. In the present state of Irish literature it 

 should include the copying of it, and above all the translation of it. 

 It is time that some one should actively undertake the latter task, and 

 that our rich treasures of poetic material should at length be made 

 accessible to the world. 



Several years have already elapsed since Mr. Gilbert, the present 

 Librarian of the Academy, in an essay on the historic literature of 

 Ireland, called attention to the value and interest which would attach 

 to the publication of our historic tales. A few isolated tales have since 

 been printed, but no serious step has been taken to bring out a con- 



