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1 704, the poet represents the rivers in Minister as lamenting his death, 

 some of them moaning, roaring, &c, and of this river he says : 



t)o pic an "Ruaccac pua& pa pleibcib 

 The Ruachtach ran red over the mountains. 



Rye- Water [Righe]. — The Rye-Water River, in the barony of 

 Salt, county of Kildare. It is stated in the Book of Conquests, that 

 among the numerous rivers that began to now in the reign of Here- 

 mon were the naoi Ri^he Laighfn, or the Nine Eighes of Leinster, 

 and evidently the Eye- Water is one of them. It is derived from 

 pi 5he, royal, and hence it signifies the Royal River. 



S. 



Shannon [Sinann]. — The River Shannon, according to some 

 writers, rises near Manorhamilton, in the county of Leitrim, while 

 others assert that its source is " at the foot of the towering Cuilceach 

 mountain, in the county of Cavan." The Irish name is Nom. Sinanb 

 and Sionann, Gen. Sionna and Sinamne, Dat. Sinamn. The deri- 

 vation of the name, according to the Leabap "Omnpfnchoip, or Book 

 of "Oinnpeancup, is as follows : the original text is from the Book of 

 Leacan, fol. 240, a. b., compared with that in Ballymote, fol. 204, 

 a. a. : 



Smanb canup po hainmni^Cb. nm. Sincmt) ingfn lobam 

 luchap^lam mic lip chipi caippngipi bo becaib co cibpairj 

 Chonbla puil pon muip bia poipcpm. Cibpa pm po caib ciuil 

 ocup m.aip na hC^pi ocup nai cuill cpimaill ocup anaenuaip 

 bpuccup a meap ocup a mblach ocup a nbuilli ocup anaenuaip 

 chuicib pop pin eibpaib co cocbaib pi^bpoin Oo bolcaib cop- 

 capOa puippi co cocnaib na bpaOcma in mfp conab he pug na 

 cno chuipcheap puap ma mbolcaib copcapbaib Co mbpumOiO. 

 un. ppoca Cicpi ap ocup ampoaO appichipi. Luib lapam Sinann 

 bia paibig mimaip ap m dieapca ni puipi ache poip luiO lapin 

 ppuch conigi Imb mna pele .i. bpi ele ocup pechip mimchup 

 poimpi ocup cpai^ip in eobap ocup po lean co hupu na haba 

 Cappchaen imappaen lappuibi co capla a capppaen puipi ocup 

 po btaip bap incipm cheanbcapaib unbe Sinann ocup Lmb mna 

 pele ocup Cappcam bicuncup. 



TEANSLATION. 



The Shannon, why so called ? Answer. Sinann, the daughter of 

 Lodan of bright renown, the son of [Manannan Mac] Lir of Tir Tairrn- 

 giri [Land of Promise] that went to Conla's Well, which is under 

 the sea, to perfect her acquirements. That is a fountain around which 

 are Muses and Sciences of Knowledge, and there are nine nutty hazel 

 trees there, which set forth their fruit, and their blossoms, and their 

 leaves at the one time ; and it is at one time they drop down upon the 



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