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Acallamh na Senórach I (Author: Unknown)

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4757] ‘IS mor in da raith, a m' anum, a Chailti’, ar Laigen,
4758] ‘& cia ro boi intib?’ ‘Da briugaid do rig Eirenn’, ar Cailte ‘.i.
4759] do Chormac h-úa Chuind. Is intib-sin do bídis braigde fer
4760] n-Eirenn o laithe mis trogain, risa raiter in lugnassadh, co laithi
4761] na samna cacha bliadne ic á m-biathad ac Béccan Bóaire & ac
4762] Spelan mac Dubain ac in da briugaid-sin.’ {F§}

    4763] Cailte cecinit:
  1. 4764] Da ráith isin tulaigh tigh
    cia bet andíu cen cinaidh,
    4765] ba mór a ciss is a smacht
    ticed doib on rig co reacht.
  2. 4766] Raith Conaill is Raith Cairbre
    cia beit aníu gan cairdi,
    4767] Ráith Cairill is Raith Comair .
    bitís óig a n-éncomaidh.

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4768] ‘Cred da fuilet na h-anmanna-sin, a Cháilti’, ar Laigen.

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4769] Cethri taisigh sguir do g Érenn & cethri derbbraithrecha
4770] iat, & o laithe na samna na h-eich-sin righ Érenn intib-sin co
4771] laithe m-belltaine, & do-bertís do g Erenn co Temraig iat.
§

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4772] IS annsin at-chonncadur tulaig aile a facus doib. ‘Cid
4773] ima tucad Caelesna ar in tulaig-seo, a Cailti’, ar Laigen.
4774] ‘Is mebair lium-sa sin’, ar Cailte ‘.i. Milid mac Trechossaig,
4775] mac g in domain moir anair, tainic tri .l. óclach do gabail
4776] rígi n-Eirenn, & ro boi ac iarraid braiget ar Fhind mac Cumaill,
4777] & adubairt Find ní thibred giallu na etere don chomlín-sin do
4778] dáinib isin doman uile, & ro fhogair Milid mac Trechosaig comrac
4779] aen-fhir {SG page 192} ar Fhind, & do eirgis-sa dono’, ar Cailte, ‘uair ro bói
4780] dingbail deig-fhir indum in la-sin, & atorchair-sium lium ar scis
4781] chomraic’, {folio 133a2} ar Cailte. ‘& do bói da fhebus lé feraib
4782] Eirenn a thoitim, co tucad ní de cacha tulcha aireghda, & ro
4783] facad da chael-esna ar in tulaig-seo de. Conid uad ata in
4784] t-ainm-sin.’ {F§}

    4785] Cáilte cecinit:
  1. 4786] Gid Cellas na n-Dám dasgin
    da raibi pudhar d' faicsin,
    4787] do marbad aice co se
    mílid sa fhert at- cithe.

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4788] ‘Ocus is e-sin, a anum, a Laigen’, ar Cáilte, ‘dind-shenchas
4789] na cnocc & na tulach ro fiarfaigis dim’.
§

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4790] Tar a eis-sin tangadur rompo co Raith Moir Maigi Fea
4791] .i. co dunad g Laigen, & is annsin ro coirged tech n-óla ind
4792] aidchi-sin ac Eochaid Leithderg ac g Laigen. Ocus adubairt
4793] in : ‘tabur a thimpan do Chas Chorach mac Cáincinde co
4794] n-derna airfided duind.’ ‘Tabrad in gilla fuaramar’, ar Pátraic
4795] ‘.i. a gilla féin, a thimpan dó.’ Ocus tuc in gilla in tiumpan
4796] leis & tucustar i l-laim ind airfidig h-í, & in tan tucad in tiumpan
4797] ina láim is annsin ro gab teine a féice in tighi i r-rabadur, &
4798] ro bói cach ac fegad na teined i n-aen-fecht, & ro fhóbair in
4799] t-airfidech a thimpan do chur assa laim ina comét, & adubairt
4800] a gilla fris: ‘na tairmisced tú dot' eladain na dot' airfidiud, &
4801] léic dam-sa in tech d' fhoirithin’ Ocus lia cloiche ro bói a
4802] lin-scoit a lened ac in gilla ro díubraic ró n- urchair de co ruc
4803] in tene & in féice tar sonnaigib sith-arda in baile amach, conid

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4804] Ard Féice fos ainm inn inaid ó ssin ille ar in lamach do-roin
4805] Aed mac g Laigen ac bádudh na teined. {F§}

    4806] Cáilte cecinit:
  1. 4807] Ro báidh an tenidh astigh
    Aedh mac rig Laigen lam-ghil,
    4808] is é ainm o sin ille
    Ard Féigi ar in faithche.
    §

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4809] ‘Buaid lamaig ort, a meic!’ ar Pátraic, ‘& buaid roinni & buaid
4810] coscair.’ Ocus ro ráidset lucht in tighi uile ‘ní fhaccamur riam’,
4811] ar siat, ‘ac airfitech gilla budh fherr luth na lámach na einech
4812] na in gilla út.’ Ocus ro badur ann mar sin ind aídchi-sin co
4813] tainic lá cona lan-shoillsi arnabarach, & ro eirgedur in sluag
4814] uile maraen & naem Pátraic, & do-chuadur ar Cnoc na Rig, risa
4815] raiter Maistiu, & suidis Pátraic ann.

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4816] Dala rig Laigen immorro, ro cóirged selg & fiadach leis
4817] annsan inadh risa n-abar Ard na Macraide isin tan-sa, & Ard
4818] Scol
a com-ainm anois, & co Lis na Mor- rigna, risa raiter Maistiu
4819] isin tan-so, & ní raibe do muintir na cleirech ina farrud annsin
4820] acht in t-airfidech & a gilla, & ní rainic nech do muintir rig
4821] Laigen cet-guin muice na aighe ac in airfidech & ic a gilla, & ní
4822] dernad ó do-cuaid in Fhiann selg bud tarthighe ina in t- shelg-sin.

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4823] IS annsin ro eirig Pátraic & do-rigne procept & senmoir
4824] do chach, & tucsat cúiced Laigen trian a clainde & trian a
4825] n-indmais dó naem Pátraic, conid Cnoc na Dechmaide ainm
4826] in chnuic-sin ó sin anall gusaníu, & Mag in Trin ainm in
4827] maighi, & Ard in Procepta ainm ind aird a n-derna Pátraic
4828] in procept.

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4829] IS ann immorro ro gab ítu mor naem Pátraic a h-aithle
4830] na senmora & in procepta do-rinde. Ocus at-chonncadur baile i
4831] faccus doib & Tech Cruind ainm in baile, & {SG page 193}is amlaid ro bói
4832] in baile, & fledh mor urlum ann, & ro cuinged deoch do Pátraic
4833] ar fer in baile .i. Maelan mac Dubain eissideic, & érais Pátraic
4834] fa dig don fleid-sin, & lonnaigther in fíren ann risin leochaill,
4835] & adubairt {folio 133b1} ‘Ni rab gein meic na ingine accut, a Dubain,
4836] na fer fine na aicme’, & ní roibe dono.

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    1. 4837]
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