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20. DOV 



31. DOVINIA 



32. DOVINIA 



189. GLUNLEGGET 



211. IVODACCA 

 214. LITOS 



212. LUGA 



247. LUGUNI cp. Dal Luignii 



1899 p. 427. LUGUNI Luigne= 



1895 p. 359. MACOEA 



213. MACORBO ep. Dal Mocoirp.^ 

 223. MaCoEBo 



196. MAQI EUEP 



3. MAQI MEQ [o . . . 



220. MEDALO cp. Dal Mo Dala. 



1898 p. 397. MfiTINI 



208. NETA SEGAMONAS^ 



225. NETA SEGAMONAS 



231. NETA [SEGAM]ONAS 



237. ODARREA ep. Odrige, Odorrige." 



' The inscription is from Co. "Waterford. Dal Luigni were among the Desi allies (Eriu iii., p. 149) . 



- Inscription from neighbourhood of Kells. The Luigne of Meath inliahited this neighbourhood, 

 not the barony of Lune, which takes its name from the Luaigni. 



' "Dil Niacorp " {a daerthuatli of Cashel, therefore distinct from Dal Niuth Corb, of which was 

 the Leinster dynasty) Onom. Goed. is probably for Dal Macoi'p = Maic Corbb. 



^ For Ian ? 



' The three inscriptions bearing this eponym are found within a small area, the district of 

 Dimgarvan and Ardmore on the south coast. The eponym may be translated " Segomo's champion." 

 Apart from this name, so far as I am aware, no trace of Segomo has been discovered in Irish tradition. 

 He was known, on the other hand, to the Gauls as a war-god, " Mars Segomo." We should look for 

 a timth bearing some such name as *Dal iS'iath Segamon in the district mentioned, but no instance of 

 such a name has been found. The name Segomo, however, and the locality are strongly suggestive 

 of a late settlement of Gauls on the southern coast. The story of the Desi settlement (Eriuiii., p. 139) 

 names among the Desi allies Goroo h Uiniche do Gallaib, and Dal Maignenn, descendants of Maigniu Gall. 

 We can only identify the descendants of Segomo's Champion with the Eoganachta, who claimed 

 Nia Segamon as their ancestor. In Corcu Loegde, = Dairine, we find another instance of a iuaih 

 owning two distinct eponyms. The occupation of Cashel by the Eoganachta cannot well be disconnected 

 from the Desi settlement. (1) The whole territory east of the Suir and within the later Munster. 

 belonged traditionally to the Osseirge (Osraige), who were akin to the Lagin. (2) Airmuma, " East 

 Munster," is specifically the name of a territory tveit of the Suir, now the barony of Upper Ormond. 

 Oenach Airmuman = Nenagh. (3) The baronies of Kilnemaiiagh Upper and Lower were lield by 

 DS.1 Coirpri, one of the cethri primshinnle Lagen, " the four chief denominations of the Lagin." 

 (4) Cashel, according to the legend (Keating, Forus Feasa, book i, sec. 3), was first " found" in 

 the time of Core son of Luguid, and had not previously been a residence of the kings of Munster. 

 Oengus, grandson of Core, was king of Munster in St. Patrick's time, and Core was said to have 

 reigned in the time of Niall Noigiallach. The traditional occupation of Cashel then by the Eoganachta 

 may be placed about A.n. 400. (5) As the seat of the Eoganacht dynasty, the place bore a name of 

 Latin origin, caissel = castellum. For the tradition of its older names see Keating, 1. c. 



^Cp. Coica do maocuib Odra di hVUaib diata Odiige (Eriu iii., p. 138). These take pa't in the 

 Desi invasion, and the inscription is from the Desi district. 



