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The three drinking-horns of Cormac úa Cuinn (Author: [unknown])

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Feacht n-ann do luid Aedh Oirdnidhi mac Neill Frosaidh mic Fearghuile mic Maile Duin do ordugud fer cuigid1 Connacht. Do luid dar Eas Ruaidh & do baithed a fuis meisi & a cuirnn ann. Tainic Aedh co riacht Corca Tri, co n-deisidh a tigh righ Corca Tri. Coeca righ do riguibh Eirenn maille re h-Aedh.

Longuis Aedh adhaigh domhnaidh & an rigraidh: & cia ro loing Aed, ni sib digh, uair ní bai corn lais, or do baitheadh a cuirnn & a cuaich ac Ath Enaigh uas Eas Ruaidh, oc tiachtain don t-sluadh thairis. As amlaid imorro robai Aed cona sibh digh a leastur aile o ra dealuigh re cich a mathar acht a curn namha. Ba bron tra do righ Corca Tri & dia seithid, each ic ol & righ Erenn gin ol. Togbuis Angal a lamha fri Dia, & feicis gin codladh gin tomailt co madain, gu n-eabert a bean fris ara barach, ‘Eirg,’ ar si, ‘co Dirlus Guaire mic Colmain, uair ba tealach feile & naire o aimsir Dathi anall, dus an fuigbithea corn tria firta na feile ann.’ Cechaing Angal righ Corca Tri tar dorus na ratha amach, & tuisleas a cois deas, co ra tuisil cloch leis isin lis .i. an cloch do bai ar belaib an t-suirn a rabudar na tri cuirn as deach robai a n-Eirinn .i. an Cam-corn & an Litan & an Easgung. Cuirn sin tucad do Cormac u Cuinn dar muir, & ro folaig Niamh mac Lugna Firtri an dara comalta do Cormac u Cuinn, iar n-dith Cormuic, co toracht Coirpri Lifeachuir dar muir & cia ro fritha na cuirn aile la Cairpri, ni fritha na cuirn-siu co h-aimsir na næmh & Aeda Oirdnidi mic Neill, or tucad cealtar tairsib o Dia, co ru-s-foillsid do righ Corca Tri tria firta na feile.

Altaigis a buidi do dia an t-i Angal & beiris leis na curna, cona tri lan do mid inntibh. Do-bert a


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laim Aeda Oirdnidi righ Eirenn, & atlaigi do dia & do-bert an Litan a laim righ Ulad, & do-bert an Easguing a laimh righ Connacht, & fagbuis aigi budhein an Cam-cornn. Co toracht iartain do Mailseachloinn mac Domhnuill, co tuc-sidhe do Dia & do Ciaran a coitcinne co brath.

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E. J. Gwynn