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The Metrical Dindshenchas (Author: Unknown)

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CEND FINICHAIR

¶1] Cend Finichair, unde nominatur? Ní ansa. Finichair mac Gollain meic Gainmedaig brithem ocus fath-liaig ocus bard Find meic Cumaill ocus úa Echach Find Fuath n-Airt é, ocus Find mac Cumaill rodnalt. Co tuc grad do mnai Chathniad chongnaid, conostarraid Cathnia i n-oentaid dormaine, coromarb cách díb araile, ocus dorat Cathnia cend Finichair forsin tshleib út, ocus a quo mons nominatur. Murend mor-ainech, ingen Echach Find Fuath n-Airt a máthair. Et Tuirend Tamnaige a ben, ocus atbathadar dia chumaid. Coica blíadna a aes ocus coíca

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traiged a arddi, ocus coíca mac romúin, ocus coíca laech ara chur, coíca ban ocus coíca con imma thenid. Unde Find cecinit Inmain in faid, et cetera.
    1. Inmain in fáid Finichair,
      ba h-aigni cáid cridichair
      in gil gluair nar grith-ecail,
      ind fhir lúaith o Lifechair.
    2. Dual do Chormac caurata
      in borr-shlatt cen bith-ecla,
      brithem bind, ba bunata,
      faith-liaig Find, ba fileta.
    3. Hi Cabraid a chomnaide,
      i talmain a thig-laige,
      coica traiged talmaide,
      amgaire cen inmaine. In.
    4. Romarb Cathnia congbaide
      a aithgne ba h-ibraide,
      ic ét moa mnai mong-buide,
      dormaine cen inmaine. In.
    5. Dith dessi tria dormaine,
      a treisse rostimgaire:
      ba bét ar bruc Bregmaige,
      éc rosfuc cen inmaine. In.
    6. Mo chara ba congbaide,
      a bara ba bidbaide,
      Finichair, fáid fornaidi,
      fer oll-blaide inmaine. In.
    7. Missi Find in flaith-ruire,
      ni mathmuine midlaige,
      ni thucus do duni ar lár
      a grád nach a inmaine. In.

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    8. Fuair forran i fornaide
      mac Gollain cen imduibe:
      ba bili bán Bregmaigi
      cride dam ar inmaine. In.
    9. Finichair, géc omnaide,
      rodail éc cen irnaide
      dond fhiur maith romarb-side
      almsaine cen inmaine. In.
    10. Fer na fil im fhiadnaise
      im triamain-se timgaire:
      ruc fath-brithem Almaine
      adgaire cen inmaine. In.
    11. Mac Murinni Mornaige
      fer Turinni tim-chraide,
      brithem ard cen amgaire,
      bard Almaine inmaine. In.
    12. Mac Gollain meic Gainmedaig,
      glan-medair fir h-il-maine
      truag in teidm a throm-laige
      buan formaide a inmaine. In.
    13. Find Fuath n-Airt a shen-athair,
      fuair eladaine il-maine,
      cosindiu ni roscáilius
      ni romaidius a inmaine. In.
    14. Coica miled mong-buide
      moan ríg cen ríg-duibe,
      cóica ban, chor comnaide,
      coica con co n-inmaine. In.
    15. Cóica mac romúnestar
      ro seilgg is ro siblaige
      cóica cen báes mband-gaile
      ina aís co n-inmaine. In.

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    16. Da cét laech rolamair-sium
      damair-sium a n-dimdaige:
      dosfuc fo éc omnaide
      comnaide cen inmaine. IN.