310 Proceetlings nt the Royal Irish Acadc/n//. 



There is yet a third list of kings which seems to be based upon the same 

 foundation. This is the dynasty <»f the Tuatha De Dauann. It consists of 

 seven entries, to which an eighth is added by way of appendix in Lcbor 

 Gabdla. They run as follows : — 



A.M. 



i. 3304 Bres son of Elada. 



ii. 3311 Nuada Airgetlaiu son of Eochu mac Eire, 

 iii. 3331 Lug Lamfhada fostered by Tailltiu daughter of Eochu mac Eire. 

 iv. 3371 Eochu Oll-athair, suirnained In Dagdae, son of Elada. 

 v. :S4."1 Delbaeth son of » >gma. 

 \i. .".400 Fiachu bou of (v). 



\ ii. .".471 Three kings, variously named, in joint rule. 

 viii. (did n< i M uannan mac l,ir. 



This lis! begins with a "son of learning," just as the Ulidian list begins 

 with the - I dla." Tin- connexion of the next two with Eochu 



mac Eire is inconsistent with the, lattx i ; ne of the rival Fir Bolg; we 



have here .i furl "f an original form of a tradition in which the 



"heavenly horseman" Btood al the head of a genealogy. Eochu Oll-athair, 

 again, i- in form and meaning with Eochu Oll-'flaith : we 



hardly avoid the conclusion that the two names refer t" the same 

 / ,' • not a name, hut an appellation, as we gather from 



its always I t the d«-tinitc article prefixed. GeT-de, the name which 



:i this In f in similar formation, and holds a 



the I'lidian list. The element OH- occurs again in 



the name of the G Gaulish tribe mentioned by Caesar. 



This name is interpreted as meaning "stormy, impetuous";' if thisetymology 



be Bound, we must hive in G thach literally a "Big-voiced 



id- god." 



The other link- tha 1 'e Dauann dynasty with the 



Ultoniai -r in number than an' those which we hive, traced 



tween the Ultonian ami the Kir Bolg lists: but they are not weaker. 

 - though not exactly in the same place, and, apparently, 

 without any legend about white cattle attaching to him. Delbaeth recalls the 

 Denbecan or Oei in of the fittl Pictish list — perhaps these two forms are 

 scribal errors for the t : . 



hu himself had some connexion with Temair. According to VD i it 

 was in the days of Fiachu Cendfindan that Liath son of Laigne Lethan- 



i - «nh voce. 



