286 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



found in Gwynn's edition ; it is not necessary to give here more than an 

 abstract of its contents. The numbers in brackets refer to the stanzas — 



1 Temair was founded by a woman : it was obtained as a possession by [Tea] 

 daughter of Lugaid. (2) [Tea] wife of Geide, desired it from her husband as a 

 dow • to be a fortress, and afterwards Tea's burial-place. 4) Eremon 



had his wife in imprisonment — a reference, probably, to some otherwise lost saga. 

 He gave her what she asked. (5) Tbe palace took its name from Tea, who was 

 buried here. 



b that tit- - irmula is used in the story 



of the / :it for the name of the palace of Alma.; or, 



rather, i of diffei : native explanations which the romancer 



the name. Alum was the wife of Nuadu, the druid of king Cathaeir 

 Mc _ her husband that her name should be on the hill where 



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In the stanzas anal v- . .., the sudden change of the name of Tea's 



and. from <•■ jsing enough; but now the 



and we are plunged into 

 the middle of whal tally different Btory — 



Tephi daughter of Forand comes on the scene, who built a strong- 

 hold Ding it with her staff and with her brooch." (7i The fortress was 

 called Mur Tephi after Tephi, the king's wife. (8) Miir Tephi in the east, which 

 though I is not hidden, became the centre of the graves of many 

 que. The hoiiM? of Tephi was square. (10) [Tephi] was a 

 relative of Bachtir son of Buirech htir mac Buirig), a native of Spain, 

 and was abi I I i Tephi and Carnson built the P.aitli 

 mentioned in the ninth stanza, dia ritnad, to conceal her. 12 ■' The king of 



ff Tephi. '• though there was strife between him and 

 ■edged 1: .u that he would restore Tephi 



[alive or dead . Tephi died, and Cai nt her body in a 'ship [home to 



Spain]. in other lin-.' that the grave of Tephi was 



called !■ built in imitation of Tephi's grave. 117) All 



places that are lofty and conspicnou- emair after this site. (18,19 A 



collection of tatrs and i T no imi but containing an allusion to the 



final destruction of Temair. 



in I'I> gives us some help to an 

 understanding of tl. ley. Temair, we are there 



'. . of It It. the wife 



••-mur. the - U of Tephi, ■ 



lived wi :thmiu king 



enin, the idol of the Britons, had l>een given as security for 



h^r return to Spain alive or dead. She was buried in Spain, and the rampart 



