MacNeill — Three Poems in Middle-Irish. 533 



A. 



THE PEOPHECY OF AET SON OE CONN AND HIS 

 BELIEF, THIS. 



1. A day that Art son of Conn was hunting in Brega. This is 

 where he was, in his seat of hunting at the Mound of Derg-luachair, 

 i.e. the place in which Trevit(l) is to-day. As he was there, then, 

 gazing on the sight on every side, he saw the going and coming 

 of the angels up and down there. He gave to his heed {i.e. gave 

 heed to) this^ thing and was filled from the grace of the Holy Ghost 

 forthwith, and the grace of prophecy comes on him, and every thing 

 is manifested to him that was to be to {i.e. befall) him thereafter, 

 and his and Mac Con's parting out of the battle that was to be 

 fought (?) by him. It is this that some relate, (2) that it is on the 

 next day he went to give the battle of Mucrama when he went the 

 journey (3) to the house of 01c Acha the smith when he made a union 

 with Etain (4) when Cormac was begotten. And he chose his interment 

 [to be] in this place by reason of the Faith that was to be thereafter. 

 And it is on the track of {i.e. following up) this vision he sang these 

 verses and [by way of] foretelling the Faith. 



2. Pleasant for Denna Den the mound he has reached 



Over Brega, the place of songs of Derg-luachair without 

 coldness. 



3. They shall not be^ truly-heroic (5) till they sleep here. 



They will go to the language from Eome that protects as 

 a bush. 



4. Dwelling of sages with creed (?), acquaintance with bright 



angels, 

 Converse of sweet bells in the time of the Tailcend-tribes. 



5. Trevit, a trio of sods, from the three sods of the king, (6) 

 "When all else shall be Kttle, then shall their power be great. 



« Perhaps aithne should read aiitreb, as in the modem version. I have rendered 

 it as if for aichne. 



^ Eead elocdin, as in modem version, or else mbind. 



^ lit. that. ^ Or, ' thou shalt not be.' 



