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Mesi S'uacl »iaic Mesin Fuirc maic Mcsin Fuircill m&ic Cairbri maic Iloth 

 Alii dictmit tri Fot\Jb]aid .i. t7'i wiaic Feidliinthc maic Ma,ic-Niat\li\ [inaic\ 

 Gnathail maic Ere maic Gairh'i Niath Fer maic Feidlimthe Foltcaim. Is de ata 

 Zecht Glind Ere is de ata ro ccd no orahi rig-domna had mo Ere ■ma.c Feidlimte 

 A. i loc ro haito. Hue ttsque de Salterio Caisil. 



Aliter eland G\]i\onaill C\li\6rnaich A. Eogan oeus Oilill ocus Fen Fgi: 

 Tlachtga Caithnia ocus Bruithnia \ocus\ Uaithyvia A. Uaithni Thire ocv^ 

 Uaithni Cliach quod fortasi uerius. (BB 164 b.) 



" The Three Fothads, i.e. Fothad the Silvern, Fothad the Chariot-rider, 

 and Fothad Canann, three sons of Fainche daughter of ISTar son of 

 (Fer Mora ?) of the Arai of Cliu. Fainche gives birth to three man- 

 children at one birth. Of the Ibdaig of the Ulaid was their origin, i.e. Fore 

 and Iboth were two sons of Irial Glunniai'. Hechtaid Red-arm leaves them in 

 Alba and they won battles and utterly wasted great territories. The Men of 

 Alba submitted to Eechtaid Eed-arm, so that he became king of Eriu and 

 Alba. Hence are the Tuatha Fore and Iboth (on the other side ?). They 

 came with four times fifty manchildren on a voyage across from that side to 

 settle on lands. They occupied Cluchri,' and they no longer dwell there. 

 They occupied the country of (Ui) Maine and the country of (Ui) 

 Fiachrach Aidne. They occupied (Corcu) Baiscinn in succession from their 

 grandmother Uaithne daughter of Eochu son of Luchta. (They occupied) 

 another territory westward from the Shannon and northward from (Loch) 

 Derg. So that by the names of the women are distinguished their kindreds 

 and their genealogies. For one of them went to (Jaela Eed-arm, to wit Eli, 

 and hence the Eli are named. Another went to Fergus Longhair, to wit 

 Uaithne, and hence the Uaithni are named. And there were four champions (?) 

 of the family of Uaithne, namely Uaithnia, Druithnia, Cainnia, and Decnia. 

 Uaithnia, Druithnia, and Cainnia were three brothers. Sunt qui dicunt 

 Macnia, father of the boys, i.e. of the Fothads, son of Cairbre s.o. Cormac s.o. 

 Mes Suad s. o. Mes Fuirc s. o. Mes Fuircill s. o. Cairbre s. o. Iboth. Alii 

 dicunt, the Three Fothads, three sons of Feidlimid s. o. Macnia s. o. Gnathal s. o. 

 Ere s. 0. Cairbre Nia Fer and Fedelm Foltcoem.'' Hence is [named] Leeht 

 Glinn[e] Ere. Of him it was sung (?), ' there was no (?) prince of the ro_yal 

 line greater than Ere, Fedelm's son.' That is, where they were drowned (is 

 the Grave of the Glen of Ere). Hue usque de Psalterio CaisU. 



"Aliter the children of Conall Cernach, i. e. Eogan and Ailill and 

 Feu Fer Tlachtga (or Fenfer ' Fian-man ' of Tlachtga), (also named) 



^ Otherwise CUalhii, north of Long Cliach = Kuociiloiig ^co. Limeriulv) = Driiiui Dimgiiire, Onom. 

 Goed. 



^ Called Fedelm Noichruthacii in Calh lliiis na Kig, p. 54. 



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