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Dananns. We also find it in Dag-airne, son of Goll, son of Gollan, slain 

 A. M. 3656 ("Annals of the Tour Masters"). 



This last finishes the inscri bedlintel slabs. I shall now proceed to 

 describe the inscribed upright stones, which principally compose the 

 walling at the north and south sides, taking them in order as they are 

 numbered on the accompanying elevation from the entrance. 



South side Pillar, No. 1. (PI. XIX.) — This stone stands at the en- 

 trance of chamber, and is rough, and of irregular shape ; it is three 

 feet, six inches in length ; and twelve inches by nine inches in the 

 centre. The inscription commences at the bottom of the stone, close to 

 the ground, runs up orje angle, across the head, and a short way down 

 the opposite angle ; and is as follows : — 



BI R M A Q IMU COI R Q 



JUL 



" BIR MAQI MTJCOI EOTT AIS. 



which I render as follows : — "Bir son of Mucoi [in] red death," " Eot," 

 according to O'Reilly, is " Red ;" " Aise" is " Death." This was pro- 

 bably the monument of a warrior slain in battle, or buried where he 

 met his bloody fate. The inscription is singularly archaic and expres- 

 sive. 



The name " Bir" I have been unable to trace, unless it may be a form 

 of "Bar,'' or "Barri," a Munster name, recognized in St. Finn-Barr, 

 founder of the See of Cork. The patronymic " Mucoi" I shall refer to 

 hereafter. 



South side Pillar, No. 3. — This is a rough triangular-shaped stone, 

 three feet eight inches in length — and thirteen inches by seven inches 

 at the bottom ; while it is but four inches by three inches^at the top ; 

 at present it is bottom upwards, the inscriptions commencing two feet 

 from the thick end, occupying a space of one foot, eight inches in 

 length. 



4- 



M A Q I N 



" THE SON OF NE. 



The inscription is well and cleanly cut, is in good preservation, and 

 there is no other trace of letters on the stone. 



