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 Manuscript sources Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1339, olim H. 2. 18, Book of Leinster, 262a.1, 269b.1. See Robert Atkinson (ed.), The Book of Leinster: A collection of pieces, prose and verse, in the Irish language compiled, in part, about the middle of the twelfth century, published from the original manuscript in the library of Trinity College, Dublin by the Royal Irish Academy with an Introduction, Analysis of contents and Index (Dublin 1880). Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1318 olim H. 2. 16, Yellow Book of Lecan, 112a.1–113a.47, col. 754–756. See Robert Atkinson (ed.), The Yellow Book of Lecan, a collection of pieces, prose and verse, in the Irish language in part compiled at the end of the fourteenth century, published from the original manuscript in the library of Trinity College, Dublin by the Royal Irish Academy with an Introduction, Analysis of contents and Index (Dublin 1896) 61. See also T. K. Abbott (ed.), Catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Trinity College, Dublin (Dublin 1900), MS H.2.16 (1318) pp. 328–37. Bodleian Library Oxford, Rawlinson B 502, 130b.15. For details see Brian Ó Cuív (ed.), Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford and Oxford College Library, (Dublin: DIAS 2001–2003), vol. 1, 163–200; vol. 2, plates 15–21. Edition Whitley Stokes, Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie 3 (1901) 1–14 (with English translation). Literature Myles Dillon, The Cycles of the Kings (London 1946) 4–11. Thomas F. O'Rahilly, Early Irish History and Mythology (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1946) 101–17. Morgan Thomas Davies, 'Protocols of Reading in Early Irish Literature: Notes on Some Notes to Orgain Denna Ríg and Amra Coluim Cille.' Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 32 (Winter 1996) 1–23. Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, The Oldest Story of the Laigin: Observations on Orgain Denna Ríg, Éigse 33 (2002) 1–18. The edition used in the digital edition Fingal Rónáin and other stories David Greene First edition One volume. vi + 89 pp. v–vi Foreword, 16–17 Introduction, 18–23 Text, 24–26 Notes. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Dublin 1955 Reprinted 1975 Mediaeval and Modern Irish Series 16

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Boí Cobthach Coel Breg mac Ūgaine Móir i r-rīge Breg. Baí dano Loegaire Lorc mac Ūgaine i r-rīge Laigen. Ba formtech Cobthach fri Loegaire im ríge Laigen, corra gaib sergg &ersir; galar de, coro ⋅ergg a &fdot;uil &ersir; a &fdot;eoil de, conid de ro boí Coel Breg fair-sium; &ersir; ní roacht marbad in Loegaire.

Con-acrad dó co farcbad bennachtain ocai ria n-écaib. In tan didiu do-lluid a bráthair chucai issin tech brister coss erēne circe for lār in taige. Nīp ⋅irsan do galar, or Laegaire. Is tairisi ón, or Cobthach. Do-chuaid ass uile a n-í-siu eter &fdot;uil &ersir; chnáim, eter bethaid &ersir; indili. Do-rigēnsaid fuachtain frim, a gillu, .i. cos na circe do brissiud; dos-fucaid dom-sa co tarat chuimrech n-impe. Fē amai, or Laegaire, is meth &ersir; mell dond &fdot;ir; is tabarta i n-éslis. Tair-siu i-mbárach, or Cobthach, co raltar mo &fdot;ert-sa latt, ar at-bél-sa for lúath. Maith, or Loegaire, do-géntar.Maith, trā, or Cobthach ria rīgna &ersir; ria rechtaire, apraid-si ba marb-sa can &fdot;is do nach ailiu ocus dom-berar im charpat &ersir; altan scene im láim. Do-raga mo brāthair co dīchra dom chaíniud; bés ron-sua ní uaim-se di suidiu.

Ba fír són. Do-berar i-mmach in carpat. Do-thaet a brāthair dia chaīniud. Téit-side cona tailce fair an-úas. Nos clanna in sciain ind oca &fdot;ordrund, co tuargaib cend ass i coirr a chride, conid romarb de.

Fo-rācaib Loegaire mac .i. Ailill Áine. Ro gab-side ríge Lagen. Nīrbo lór dano la Cobthach in chét&fdot;ingal, co tart argat do neoch do-rat dig tonnaid do Ailill combo marb de. Iar sin ro gab-som rīge Lagen. Fo-rācaib dano Ailill Áine mac .i. Móen Ollam. Amlabar side dano combo fer mór. Laa dó didiu isin chluichimaig oc immáin do-rala cammān dar a lurggain.

Rom-ánic-se ōn, or sē.

Labraid Moen, or na gillai. Labraid a ainm ónd uair sin.

Con-gairther fir h-Ērenn do Chobthach do thomailt Fesse Temrach. Luid Labraid dano cumma cháich. In tan didiu ba h-āinium dóib ic tomailt na fesse, bātar int aes admolta for in lár oc admolad ind rīg &ersir; na rīgna &ersir; na flathi &ersir; na n-ōcthigern. Maith didiu, or Cobthach, in fetabair cia as &fdot;ēliu fil in h-Ērinn?

Ro-fetamar, or Craptine, .i. Labraid Moen mac Ailella Āine. Ron-ānac-sa i n-erruch, coro marb a oendam dam-sa. Is hé as &fdot;éliu. Ro-fetamar, ar Ferchertni fili. Ron-ānac-sa dano i &ndot;gaimriud, coro marb a oenboin dam. Eircid-siu les-sium dano, ar Cobthach, ar is féliu an-dú-sa. Nīpa messaiti-seom de sin, or Craiptine, &ersir; nīpat ferdde-siu. A h-Ērind dūib-si immorro, ol Cobthach. Mani &fdot;agbam ar n-inad inti, ar Moen, bid fīr.

Dlomtair iarum.

Cid ragmae? or Moen. Siar, or Ferchertni.

Tiagait iarum co r-ríg Fer Morca (.i. Fir Morca bātar immon Lúachair n-Dedad thíar. Scoriath iss hé ba rí dóib). Cid dofor-fuc? or Scoríath.

Ar &ndot;-dlomad do ríg h-Ērenn. Fo-chen dúib, or sē, bid inund techt nō anad dún cēin no mbeo-sa. Robar bia degcommaid.

Ingen la Scoríath, Moríath a h-ainm. No bīthe co a forcomēt co l-léir, ar nā térglas aithech tige di in h-ērind. A mmāthair oca comét; &ersir; nīro chomthuilset a dá súil ríam acht indala n-aī oc aire a ingine. Ro charastar immorro ind ingen inn ī Labraid. Baí comairle eter in n-ingin &ersir; Labraid. Ro boí urgnam mór la Scoriath do &Fdot;eraib Morca. Is ed comairle do-rónsat, Craiptine do ⋅einm suantraige iarsind ól, co comtholad a mmāthair-si, co roissed-som in n-imdai. Ba fír sōn immorro. Nī derchelt Craiptine a chruit dadaig, coro chotail in banscál &ersir; co comarnaic ind lánamuin.

Nīrbo fota trá iar sin coro dúsig-si. At-rae suas, a Scoriath, or sī, is olc in cotlud a taí; anál mnáa lat ingin. Cluinte a h-osnaid iar techt a menmarcce. At-racht iarum Scoriath. Fintar cia do-róne so, or sē, coro claidbither fo chētōir. Nīcon fess dano cia do-róne. A cenna dona druīdib &ersir; dona filedaib, or sē, mani fintar cia do-róne. Bid anim duit, or Ferchertne, do munter do marbad. Do chend dano dít-so féin, ar Scoríath, mani aprai. Apair, or Labraid, is leōr mo mudugud m'oenur.

Is and as-bert Ferchertne: Nī ceilt céis ceól do chruit Chraiphtini co corastar for sluagu suanbās con-sreth coibnius etir sceo Maín Moríath macdacht Morca mō [lee] cech luag Labraid. Labraid, or sē, cond-rānic frie iar for tālgud do chruit Chraipthine. Ro mert-som a muintir i s-suidiu. Maith trā, or Scoriath, nīcon tērglansam-ni céli diar n-ingin cosin-nocht ara seirc lind. Cia no bemis-ni ica thogu, iss é &fdot;uaramar and. Déntar ól is taig, olse, &ersir; tabar[r] a ben for láim Labrada; &ersir; ní scēr-sa fris, or sē, corop rí Lagen.

Do-thaet iarum a ben chucai &ersir; foid leis. Ocus do-berat sluagad fer Muman iar sin co r-roachtatar Dinn Ríg(in cētorcain). Ocus at-roas techt ar in orggain co n-dernsat comairli &mdot;brēcaig ind oic a-muich .i. Craptine do dul forsin doa in dúni do ⋅einm ⋅uantraige dont ⋅luag inn-und conda r-ralad dar a cend. &ersir; in sluag a-mmuig do thabairt a n-aigthe fri lár &ersir; a m-meoir ina cluasaib connā cloistís in seinm.

Combo ed ón do-gnīthe and &ersir; co torchratar ind &fdot;ir thall dara cend hi suan &ersir; co n-dechas ar in dún &ersir; co ralad ār int ⋅luaig &ersir; coro h-ort in dún. Ro bae immorro Moriath forsint sluagad &ersir; nīrbo miad lé-si a m-mēra do chur ina cluasaib ria ceol feisin, co m-boí trī thráth ina cotlud, ar nīro lamad a gluasacht. Unde Flann mac Lonāin cecinit: Feib con-attail Moriath múad fiad ⋅luag Morcae, mó cach sēol, dia n-ort Dind Ríg, réim cen tréis, dia sephaind céis cendtoll céol. Ro gab-som didiu rīge Lagen iar sin &ersir; bātar hi córe &ersir; Cobthach, ocus is and ro boí a ⋅ossad-som, i n-Dind Rīg. Rechtus immorro ro gab-som &ersir; lánrīge la Cobthach.

Ro-chuirestar iarum Cobthach do dēnam a menman &ersir; do airiuc thuile dó. Do-rónad teg les-seom dano ara chind Chobthaigh. Imchomnart immorro a tech; d'iurn eter fraig &ersir; lár &ersir; chomlada do-rōnad a tech. Lagin oco dēnam bliadain lāin &ersir; do-ceiled athair ar a mac &ersir; māthair ar ingin. Is de atá, Nīt lia Lagin rúni. Is and do-rónad a tech, i n-Dind Ríg.

Ro-cured didu Cobthach dond irgnam &ersir; do-lluid .xxx. ríg imbi do rīgaib h-Ērenn. For-émdes immorro ō Chobthach dul issin tech co n-digsed máthair Labrada &ersir; a drūth. Is ed do-rroíga in drúth, bennachtu Lagen &ersir; soīri a chlainne co bráth; ar maithius dia mac do-chuaid in ben. É-sseom féin .i. Labraid oc a ferthaigis.

Luid-seom arna-bārach do chluchi frisna gillu isin léna. Cona facca a aite oc suidiu. Im-bert-side oenchoissid sciach for a druimm &ersir; for a chind ind Labrada.

Is dōchu, or sē, bid ēcht la mac Ēcht lat-so. Olc duit, a gilla, or sē, rí h-Ērenn do thocoiriud co trīchait ríg imbi cen bith ria m-beolu oc airiuc thuili dóib. Gaibid imbi iarum &ersir; luid chucu issa tech. Tene duib, ar sē, &ersir; lind &ersir; biad isa tech. Is cóir, ar Cobthach.

Nónbur dō for lár in taigi. Sre&ndot;gait in slabraid baí assin chomlaid ina n-diaid conda ralsat ar in coirthe i n-dorus taige &ersir; ro sétea na trī choícait bolg goband dōib immon tech &ersir; cethrur ōclách for cach bulg, combo te dont ⋅luag.

Do māthir thall, a Labraid, ar ind óic.

Nāthó, a maccucán, or sī, déna-su th'einech thrium-sa, ar at-bēl-sa chena.

Orggthir trā Cobthach Coel secht cētaib &ersir; co .xxx. ríg imbi. Unde dicitur: Trí chēt bliadan, buadach rím re &ndot;gein Chrīst, compert noeb, nīrbo brātharda, ba h-olc, orta Lorc la Cobthach Coel. Cobthach Coel co tríchait ríg ron ort Labraid, līth co mbuaid mac meic Loegaire din lind i n-Dind Ríg ra h-ort in sluag.

Ocus is de sin as-bert Ferchertne file:

Dind Ríg ropo Thúaim Tenbath; trīcha fuirech fo brōn bebsait. Brūsius, brēosus būre lond Labraid lāth Elga hua Luirc Loeg lond Sanb sētne sochla Coel Cobthach cond mál Muridach. Mandra[i]s armu athar athar, ollom Maín maccu ána Ūgaine. (.i. Maín Ollom-som i tossaig, Labraid Moen iar sin).

Orggain Denna Ríg insin.