1G0 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



B.C. 137, confirmed Dega as King of Mnnster, to which lie had already 

 been chosen for his prowess ;' but others said he was confirmed by Lugaid 

 Luaigne, grandson of Xia Segamain, 2 so he became an eponymus of the 

 Clanna- or Corca-Deagaid, 3 " many a spear was in its host in the time of 

 Deda, son of Sen."' So far the story is moderate and even probable, especially 

 if the invasion of the Mile tribes took place not long before our era, as some 

 have supposed. The Ernai Dedad, with the. Ultonians and the Feini of Tara, 

 were named as " the three noble races" of Ireland in the Senchas Mor. 



Dega had forty sens; chief of these was — (1) Daire, 5 father of the famous 

 Cnroi, King of Minister, in the bed Branch* (ales. Curoi was rival of 

 i'h Chulaind, by whom, and by the treachery of his wife, Blaithnaid, he fell; 1 

 and his son Lugaid avenged him by slaying the " Bound." Forgoll, another 

 son of Daire, was ancestor of Finn and Oisin ; and Lugaid, a third son, had a 

 wife Eithne, said to be buried in the _r t < > 1 1 j ■ of disc barrows at Cooloughtragh 



in Temaii Erann. d'> Taeth, from wh Cain, son of Fergus " Fer Deda," 



was named " Mogh Taeth " ; probably both names are dedicatory to the god 

 Deda and his son. (3) Ear, father of Eterscel, father of Conaire. (4) Fir 

 Ceit, ancestor of the Dal Ceiti, in Minister. (5) Cleite, who died at Cletty, 

 mi the Boyne, named after him. (<i) Dea, from whom Inbir Dea, the Vartry 

 month, was called. (7) Garhan, or Garinan, from whose grave burst Loch 

 Qarmain, W< ford Earbour. Benach, who gave Sliab Mis (Mish) to 



his bride, Mis, daughtei of Cairid. lb- died, and was buried in his rath there. 



B --, the famous Red Branch warrior; he took part in the overthrow of 

 the sons ol Umoir. 1" Coemgin Hornskin, in some versions, is said to have 

 married Mis. and given the mountain to his brother, Senach the Rough. 

 (11) Co: », perhaps the same as the last, avenged his "brother" 



(nephew) Curoi, and devastated Ulster till Celtchair of Downpatrick slew 

 him with red-hot Bpits. 12 Cabalglinni, or Faelglinni, the senior of the 

 tribe in the M V 11 ' ; .: daughter, a mountain goddess, 



1 " Cathreim Conghal Clairingneach " (Ir. Texts Soc), pp. 2. 3. 



" I: ..•.':•• . 502, p. I 18b. 



3 Rev. Celt, x\. p. 



1 Metr. Dind 3., \. p. - 



.11 v identified with MacNiadh's grandfather Daire (Keating, iv, p. 116, 

 ' itiiealogy of O'Driscoll and Miscellany of the Celtic Society, " Corca Laidhe," pp. 25, 9, 

 Ac.) 



'Lor. .-,"'.. p. 80. 



nes Dind S. (Rev. Celt., w, p. 448) and much other material. For the other 



ir Anm.. p. 407 : ; M Dind., x, p. 241 ; (4)Proc. R.I. A., xrix, pp. 81-87 ; 



(5) B..,.k of Leiniter, f. I66h ir., xiv, p. 429; (7) Rev. Celt., .w. p. 428; 



(8)B , XY,p.44G 10) "Death Tales," Todd Lect. Ser., vol. 



xiv, p. 27 : (11) Metr. Dind 8., x, p. 241 ; (12) Mesca Had, p. 41. 



