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(15) Tahraim thoeh : cf. B 10, 11. For tlie aspiration, cf. C 3. 



(16) False judgments, sc. of Mac Con. (See MS. Mat., p. 43.) The false judg- 

 ments are here conceived as sleepless spirits, -wliich for some reason are to torture 

 Art in his tomb. 



(17) This seems a ■way of saying "though the framework is of plain hazel, it 

 is overlaid with gold ornamentation." 



(18) Cf. Ba se dltis n-imynaric daronsatar go ra-gdrsetar boccdnaig ~ bajidnaig 

 7 geniti glindi 7 demna aeoir do bilib a sciath. — Man. and Oust, iii., p. 448. 



(19) Cf. Ba chutadom sheilb-se sain for seilb neich n-aill n-aile. — CRnaR, p. 48. 



(20) Cf. It crina indiu mo chrtii — nisfeithet meic nd kui. — Silva Gad., p. 317. 



(21) Cf. A 37, dar dercaih sluag. 



(22) The ioWo^ng is horn. Kuall-ghubha Oiliolla Oluim {R.I.A., 23 E 3), which 

 is partly a gloss on portions of B and C : — Sgeala leat a dird-righ ? ar si \_SadhbK]. 

 Ataid sgeala mora, olca again, air Oilioll .i. do sheacht mic J dirdrigh £irionn do 

 bhrdthair-si do mliarbhadh dgcath Mhuighe Mo Croimhe, 7 do mhac eile .i. Mac Coin 

 do ghabkdil rioghacht Eirionn. Is ansan ro mhuighe a gean gdire air an rioghain air 

 n-a chlos sin di. Truagh, truagh san, a rioghain, air Oilioll. Oir ni iomdghthe 

 {^iontugtha ?) taohh re mnaoi go brdth taireis an ghdire sin do rinnis. Go ttabarthar 

 taobh re teine do loisg-feadh neach no ris an uisgedo bhdithfeadh duine no re hiathrar 

 eich phreala do bhuail\_f']eadh e, no re rinn gaith gear do ghoinfeadh e no re JiacaiJ 

 coin foithleimnigh, no re beithir bddhbha beirnion do leadradh. 7 ^° luighim fa am 

 {fam') armaibh gaisge no go dtugadh taobh re gaeh nidh diobh san, nach iontuighthe 

 {iontugthd) taobh re mnaoi go brdth taireis ati ghdire sin do rinnis. 



(23) One of Fiachu's grandfathers was a king, the other {Silva Gad., p. 314) a 

 druid. " Oir dlighe gach ua (tci) dligheasheanaithirib {shean-aithreach). ddbhrigh 

 dlighir-se neart do ghabhdil do reir gliocais 7 gaoise 7 ealadhan. oir Dil, mac Da 

 Chreagadh do sheanathair. 7 misefein do sheanathair eile.''^ — Nuall-ghubha, p. 20. 

 The verse is quoted by O'Cl. s. v. toich : ' Toich duit cidh ad Eigh, toich duit cidh 

 ad dhi-aoi .i. ata. duthchas no dligheadh agat bheith ad Eigh 7 ad dhraoi,' = you 

 have a natural bent or right to be both a king and a druid. The infixed or suffixed 

 pronouns -am, -ad, are in later times often confounded with am, ad = in my, in thy. 



(24) "is uime tugadh Fiachadh Miiilleathan d'ainm air .i. Moncha inghean Dil 

 mhic Da Chreaga a mhdthair. 7 ^'^ ^^* '^ dtarngaire do, dd mbeith se go taireis an 

 chatha gan bhreith, nach mbiadh mac mnd i n-Eirimi do bo fhearr nd e. 7 6 chua- 

 ladh Moncha an tarangaire sin do choinghibh a cheann fria cloch, a dtiiair sin do 

 fhaghdil do. no gur leath a bhathas fria an gcloich, 7 is de sin lean Fiachadlt 

 Muilleathan de.'" — Nvall-ghubha, pp. 17, 18. See also Silva Gadeliea, p. 315. 

 There is a similar legend about St. Molaise's birth, ib., p. 19. 



(25) From Fiachu were descended the Eoghanacht tribes, named from his father 

 Eoghan Mor. The sovereignty of Munster alternated between these and the Dal 

 gCais, descended from Cormac Cas. 



(26) anuas may mean, 'in addition,' 'also' ; fair amw.s = ' over and above.' — 

 CRnaR, pp. 24, 26. 



(27) banna riafrais, a proverbial expression : see Fled Bricrend, 52. 



(28) bruc, interpreted as if brocc, 'a badger,' Nuall-ghubha, p. 20: ni feidir 

 (fheadair) t6 do dhuadh na do dhochar fein fos. ni hionan sin 7 mise. dii' ni 

 dheama codla[dh] bo codla[dh] do bhroc 6 la catha Mhuighe-mo-croimhe fos ", 

 going on to explain that the badger sleeps the least of all animals ! 



