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 Manuscript sources Trinity College Dublin, MS 1318 (H.2.16), The Yellow Book of Lecan, a vellum of the end of the fourteenth century, cols. 310–220 (Facs. pp. 313b–318b). A gap of fourteen lines is at the foot of col. 317 and a gap of twenty–one lines at the top of col. 318. Trinity College Dublin, MS 1298 (H.2.7), pp. 248–254. Editions Whitley Stokes, Aided Muirchertaig Meic Erca, Revue Celtique 23 (1902) 395–437. Translations A. A. Smirnov, 'Smert korolya Muirkhertakha, syna Erc', Irlandskie sagi. (Moscow-Leningrad 1929). Christian J. Guyonvarc'h, 'La Mort de Muirchertach, fils d'Erc' [French], Annales Économies, Sociétés, Civilisations, 38.5 (1983) 985–1015, esp. 992–1015. Secondary literature Whitley Stokes, 'The Death of Muirchertach mac Erca', Revue Celtique 24 (1903) 349. Whitley Stokes, 'On the Deaths of some Irish Heroes', Revue Celtique 23 (1902) 303–348: 339. A. A. Smirnov, 'Irlandskaya saga o smerti korolya Muirkhertakha, syna Erc', Zapiski neophilologicheskogo obschestva. (Peterburg 1914). Alwyn and Brinley Rees, Celtic Heritage: Ancient Tradition in Ireland and Wales. London 1961, 338–40. Brian Ó Cuív, [Review of Lil Nic Dhonnchadha] Éigse 11 (1964/66) pt. 2 (1965) 146–150. Francis John Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings. London 1973, 103–104. Máire Bhreatnach, 'The Sovereignty Goddess as Goddess of Death', Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie 39 (1982) 243–260. Joan Newlon Radner, 'The Significance of the Threefold Death in Celtic Tradition', in Cyril Byrne et al.(eds.), Celtic Languages and Celtic Peoples: Proceedings of the Second North American Congress of Celtic Studies, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1992, 65–82. Máire Herbert, 'The Death of Muirchertach Mac Erca: a Twelfth-Century tale', in Meijerbergs Arkiv for Svensk ordforskning. Celts and Vikings. Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium of Societas Celtologica Nordica. Göteborg 1997, no. 20, 27–40. Tatyana Mikhailova, 'Znameniya smerti v kel'tskoi epicheskoi i fol'klornoi tradicii', in Predstavleniya o smerti i lokalizaciya Inogo mira y drevnih kel'tov i germancev. Moscow 2002, 253–325. The edition used in the digital edition Aided Muirchertaig Meic Erca Lil Nic Dhonnchadha First edition xxi + 73 pp. vii Abbreviations, ix–xxi Introduction, 1–35 Text, 36–40 Variant Readings from H, 41–68 Vocabulary, 69–73 Indexes of Persons/Places. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Dublin 1964 Mediaeval and Modern Irish Series 19

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 By unknown author(s). The story belongs to the late Middle Irish period. A scribal note in Y makes the date of writing A.D. 1399. H is probably a 15th century MS. The text is in late Middle Irish. Some words and phrases in Latin. The witness list is in English. Muirchertach Mac Erca Sín Cairnech Duaibsech Clerics saga prose medieval Kings Cycle 2014-09-30 Beatrix Färber ed. Encoding improved. 2014-08-11 Beatrix Färber ed. Item added to bibliographic details. 2011-10-27 Beatrix Färber ed. Conversion script run. 2011-01-27 Beatrix Färber ed. Header updated; new wordcount made. 2008-10-05 Beatrix Färber ed. Header modified; keywords added; file validated. 2005-08-25 Julianne Nyhan ed. Normalised language codes and edited langUsage for XML conversion 2005-08-04T15:57:35+0100 Peter Flynn ed. Converted to XML 2004-04-17 Beatrix Färber ed. Minor changes to header. 2002-11-15 Beatrix Färber ed. File re-parsed; HTML file created. 2002-11-02 Maxim Fomin ed. Second proofing and insertion of expansions; completion of bibliography. 2002-10-09 Beatrix Färber ed. File parsed. 2002-09-23 Ruth Murphy ed. First proofing; structural markup added; apparatus criticus integrated; header created. 2002-09-10 Pádraig Bambury text capture Text scanned in using Omnipage. Yellow Book of Lecan, cols. 310–220 (Facs. pp. 313b–318b) Trinity College Dublin. H 2. 7, pp. 248–254 Trinity College Dublin. Aidead Muirchertaig Meic Erca

Dia mbuī Muirchertach mac Muiredaig meic Eōgain, rīg Ērenn, i tig Cletig ós ur Bōinne in Broga, &ersir; ba hí ba ban-chēli dōsum Duaibsech, ingen Duach Tenga umai, rīg Connacht. Tānic in rīg sin amach ōen da laī do mīlrad fa imell in Broga, &ersir; ro fhágsat a lucht sealga a aenar hé ina duma shelga.

Nī cian dia raibe ann co facaid ōen-ingen chruth-ālaind, chenn-fhind, chnes-solus, &ersir; brat uaine impe i suide 'na fhochraib isin fert fódmuigi, &ersir; dar leis nocon fhaca don droing banda a com-ālaind nā a com-chuanna nī fhacca riam do droing banda a hindsamail ar aille , gura līnustar a cholann uile dá grād hinmuine , &ersir; a aicned. Uair dar leis re fégad do-bērad Ériu Ēre uile ara híasacht ōenaidche, mar do char co hadbal hī re faicsin. &ersir; ro fhersum fáilti fria mar bud aichnid dó hí. feris fāilti fria gen co fiter cia hī &ersir; ro fhiarfaigh scēla di.

Adērsa frit, ol sī. Isam leannānsa do Muirchertach mac Erca, do rīg Ērenn, &ersir; is dā shaigid tánagus in so. Ba maith la Muirchertach sin, fāiltigis in rī ris sin &ersir; atbert fria, In tabrai aichne ormsa, a ingen? ol sē. Do-berim, ol sī, uair isam eólach in inadaib is diamru inā so, &ersir; is aichnid dam tusa &ersir; firu fir Ērenn ar chena. In tice limsa, a ingen? ol Muirchertach. Do ragaind racaind , ol sī, acht comad maith mo choma luach . Do-bērsa mo chumang duit, a ingen, ar Mac Erca. Do brēthir ris, ol in ingen. &ersir; tucsum fo chētōir, &ersir; adubairt sī in rand:H gives the following reading of the poem: Nī hē in cumong nac uadh urusa dūind d'fhagbāil,' ar sī, 'acht nach gaba tegusa na clērach, &ersir; mina bedis nocha ticfuindsi sunna, &ersir; nā triallsa rēir na mban nā na clērich do dēnum, uair is dōib fēin cuindigit na clēir nī, &ersir; nā dēna dīb acht neimthnī, a rīg Ērenn,' ar sī. Do rāid rī Ērenn, 'nā cronaig na clērich, a ingen,' ar sē, 'uair is ferdi gach duine do chredfed dóib.' Ní hē in cumang nach ēimech, acht tecusca na clēireach, acht mine betís re lā, nocho ticfaindsi sunna. Nā triallsa rēir na clēirech &ersir; na mban co hēimech; dó fēin shires clēirech nī, nā dēna dīb acht neifnī. Nā cronaig clēirchiu co grind, a ingen glēgeal, guth-bind, uair is ferrdi biad cach neach dá raib do réir na clēirech. A ingen, nā habair sin, lucht in chrābaid nā cronaig; na clérig chreidius in rí dīb nocha dénta neifnī. Ní hē

Do-bērsa cēt di cech crud duit, &ersir; cēt cornd cuach , &ersir; cēt copān corn , &ersir; cēt falach ōir, &ersir; feis cech dara haidche a tig Cletig, Acc itir, ar in ingen, nocha n-amlaid sin bias, acht cen m'ainmsea do ráda duitsiu co brāth, &ersir; cen Duaibsig, māthair do chlaindi, do beith congbāil im agaid, &ersir; cen na clērig do thoidecht in ōen-teach rium co brāth. Ragaid duitsiu, ol in rīg, uair tucusa brēthir riut, &ersir; ropad usa limsa leath Ērenn duitsiu inā sin, &ersir; abair rium co fīr, ol in rīg, cā hainm fil fortsu itir, dā fédmais a sheachna gan a rāda. &ersir; From here until the end of the poem H reads: 'Maith an chomairle,' ar in ingen, 'uair nī bia nīs sia do shaeghal agudsa nā trī haidchi d'ēis a rāda, &ersir; innēsatsa m'ainm duit,' ar in ingen, 'Gaeth Garb, Gemaīdhchi, Osnadh, Esnad, Iachtad, Taetan.'asbert sī, Osnad, Easnadh, Sín, Gaeth Garb, Gem-adaig, Ochsad, Iachtad, Taetean. Conad and sin atbert in laīdsea sīs: Abair rim h'ainm, a ingen, a bean ro-chaemda, rind-geal; anī scaras mé rém chloind nā ceil ormsa dā seachnaind. Osnad, Esnad, Sán cen ail, Gaeth Garb, &ersir; Gem-adaig, Ochsad, Iachtad, Taetean taí, is iat m'anmanna ar aen-chaī. Do-bēraind cēt da cech crud duit, a ingen, cen imrul, dā lēictheā dam h'ainm do rād, &ersir; do gairm cech ōen-trāth. Crēd do-gēnsa da cech maith, a rīg Ērenn, a ard-fhlaith? Bid marb thū dá ráidi, a rī, rachaid do nert ar nefní. Ropad aībind lim cach than, a ingen na rosc ro-glan, mā dá n-apraind riut co fīr Osnad, Esnad, &ersir; Sīn. Nā hapairsiu sin cen tlás mine b'áil duit do moch-bás, &ersir; nā ticead isteach māthair do chloindi, Duaibseach. Do-gēnsa do riar co fīr. Nā tabrad h'aicned i sním. Cach ní bus olc nā tagair, nī ebérsa, &ersir; abair. a.r.

Ro gellad disi, trā, cech nī dīb sin, &ersir; ro naisc amlaid. Do-chuadar maróen iar sin co teach Cletig. Ba maith suidiugud in tige sin, trā, &ersir; ba maith a muindter &ersir; a theglach, &ersir; maithi cloindi Nēill uile co muirneach, mōr-menmnach, co subach, sobrōnach, ic caithem chīsa &ersir; conāich cacha cūicid i tig comramach Cletig ós ur na Bóinne bradánaigi, bith-āilli, &ersir; ós ur in Broga barr-uaine. uli ann a caithem cīsa &ersir; conāich Ērenn a tigh Cleitigh

Ō ro fhég Sín immorro in teach co n-a muindtir teg ina timchill , asbert: Is maith in teach a tāncamar, ol sī. Is maith, ol in rīg, &ersir; nī dernad do From this point until teach in l.92, H reads: Chleitech a nĒrindThemair ná do Nás nā do Chraebruaid nā do Emain Mache nā do Aileach Nēit ná do Chleitech teach a leithéid, &ersir; tabair teist in tigesea, ol in rīg, &ersir; atbert: H omits poem. Nī dernad ic rīg, dar lind, teach mar do theach ōs Bōind, 's ní dingēntar ō so amach gus in laithi ndēidenach. Cleiteach clēthi theach Fōdla, is fairsing a furógra, ó Thoraid co Carnd hUī Néit 'na chomair tall gan lān-brēig. Cland Eōgain isin tig tall, ard-chlanna Nēill nach im-gann, nocha n-uil muindter is fearr i n-iath Alban nā Ērenn. Tusa, a Muirchertaig, cen fhell nī thānic riam laech it cheand, co bráth nī thicfa re lá, a ua Eōgain do shamla. Is dingbāla duit cen acht Duaibsech, ingen rīg Connacht, ālaind a delb, caem a llī, nī fhil ben is ferr im ní. Ni .d.

Cid do-gēntar ann fodesta? ol in ingen. Aní is maith latsu, ol Muirchertach. Māseadh, ar Sín, téigead Duaibsech co n-a cloind asin tig amach, &ersir; ticed fer cecha cerdi &ersir; cecha eladan a nĒrinn co n-a mnaí (om.) isin teach n-óil. Do-rōnad amlaid sin, &ersir; rogab cāch ic molad a cherdi &ersir; a ealadan fēin ann, &ersir; do-rōnad rand da cech duine cherdi &ersir; eladan do bī and sin uile dēnum a cerde &ersir; a n-eladhna fēin ann re hathaid fhada : H omits poem Aībind, aībind rīgi rān tīre Ērenn, mōr a grād, a cís 'gā chlechtad re lind, co teach Cletig is aībind. Aībind, aībind a rígnacht, aībind a míne, a mállacht, fuaras a maith, monar ngrinn, damsa is saich, is aībind. Aībind, aībind taīsigecht ag rīg Ērenn co rīg-nert, cid cumang Ériu re lind, cá duine dō nach aībind? Aībind, aībind trebthachus do duine bís 'na dūthchus; imad ceathra, saethar ngrinn, cen terca ann is aībind. Aībind, aībind ceōl cen acht do lucht in chiūil co rīgdacht; da cach aen ros can co bind dōib cacha tan is aībind. Aībind, aībind in goibnecht don lucht do-nī gan toirmesc; is maith a tuaith is a cill, nocha n-é a buaid nach aībind. Aībind, aībind cerdacht chaem do cech ōen do-gnī ma-róen; is imda mogaid re lind, dúind is tulaigsi is aībind. Aībind, aībind óglachus ag Mac Erca na mór-gus; i tig Cletig, monar ngrind, cia duine dō nách aībind? Aībind, aībind cech dán teann anosa i n-iathaib Ērenn; cách ica caithim co grind itir maithib is aībind. Aibind a.r.

Ō thairnic in t-ōl asbert Sīn fri Muirchertach, Is mithig fodesta in teach do légud damsa amail ro gellad dam. Is ann sin do chuir sī clanna Nēill &ersir; Duaibsech co n-a claind a Cleitech amach. &ersir; is ē lín ro bātar itir firu &ersir; mnā dā chath chom-mōra, chonaclacha.

Do-chuaid Duaibsech co n-a cloind ō Chleitech co Tuilén do shaigid a hanmcharad .i. Cairnech naem-espoc hanmchair .i. Cairnech naom . Ó ro-siacht sí co Cairnech From this point until the end of the poem, H reads: &ersir; do fuair sī in naomchlērich ic dēnum esparta &ersir; a glūine fri lār, benaighis in ingen dō. Fiarfaighis in clērich scēla di. 'Atāt, immorro,' ar an ben, 'ben anaithne ēn-uaire do thabairt e&rmacr; leis &ersir; misi do théiccin uirri, &ersir; bendaigsiu mo chorp,' ar in ingen, 'uair is eagail lium bāss d'fhagbāil.' 'A banscāl,' ar Cairnech, 'bid maith do dīl don turus tāngais, &ersir; nī racair tar hais co brāch.' 'Ēirigsiu fēin ann uairsi &ersir; Conall &ersir; Eogan &ersir; do-gēbuir iat na cungaib catha do leth tes don Temraig.' 'Rachud uareisen, &ersir; do-gēbuirsiu nem, &ersir; bid uait ainmneōchar an t-aonachsa co brāch .i. Aenach Duaibsigi. atbert na briathra sa: A chlērig, bennaig mo chorp, is eagail lim bás anocht; tānic chugam ben a síd, suaill nach derna dím dimbríg. A banscál, bid maith do díl, fo-gēba nem cen anfír; don turus tángais i-lle nī racha doridise. Ērig fēin, a chlērig ann co hEōgan is co Conall, atāt 'na congaib ma-lle sin tulaig co turnaide. Bīsiu i fos i nŌenach Réil, a Duaibsech gus in deg-mēin, is uait sloindfither co brāth in bile buadach sin ráth. Atlochar do Mac Muire, don rīg connic na huile; tánac fa chreidem ōm thig. Atlochar duit, a chlērig. A chlérig b.

Tánic Cairnech iar sin co hEōgan &ersir; co Conall, &ersir; do-chuadar ma-rōen doridisi co Cleitech, &ersir; nīr lēic Sín a légud i farrad in dúine uile. Bātar dubaig, toirsig clanna Nēill don gnīm sin. Fergaigthir co mōr Cairnech ann side &ersir; ro eascain in baile &ersir; do-rigne leacht don rīg &ersir; asbert, Tairnic intí isa leacht so. &ersir; is deread dā rīgi &ersir; dā fhlaithemnus co fīr, &ersir; do-chuaid for mullach in lechta H omits from here until the end of the poem.&ersir; dixit: Duma na clog so co brāth fodesta ro-fhinnfa cāch; leacht in trēn-fhir Meic Erca nírba tlāith a imthechta. Mallacht forsin tulaigsi, for Cletiuch cétaib cuana, narap maith a ith nā a blicht, gurop lān dfhuath is d'anricht. Narab ann rīg nā ruirech, nī dig neach ass co buidech; bid cumain limsa rem lā lecht rīg Ērenn sin duma. D. n.

Ro escain Cairnech trā in dūn ann sin, &ersir; ro benn a chlocc ann, &ersir; tānic ass iar sin fo brón &ersir; fa thoirsi. Ro rāidset immorro clanna Nēill fris, Bennaig sinne, ol siat, anosa, a chlērig, co ndigsium dár tír fesin, uair nī cintach sinne riut.

Ro bennaig Cairnech iat, &ersir; ro fhágaib fāgbāla dōib .i. do chlandaib Conaill &ersir; Eōgain. In uair nach biad airechus Ērenn nō a rīge acu a spraicc for cach cōiced 'na timchell &ersir; comarbus Oilig &ersir; Temrach &ersir; Ulad acu, &ersir; cen tuarastal do gabāil ō neach, ar is ē a ruidles fesin rīgi nĒrenn, &ersir; cen glas for giall, &ersir; meath for na giallu dia n-elád, &ersir; buaid catha acu acht co tucad fa adbar chōir acu a spraicc ar gach cūicedh a nĒrin &ersir; buaid catha dóib acht co tucdais co cóir é. , &ersir; co rabat trī mergi acu .i. in Chathach &ersir; in Clog .i. in udachta Pādraic, &ersir; in Mísach Chairnig, &ersir; no biad a rath sin uile ar óen-mind dīb re hucht chatha H omits from here until the end of the poem.amail ro fhágaib Cairnech dōib ut dixit: Mo bennacht foraib co brāth, a chlanna Nēill co ro-gnāth; gurob lib tīr Meic Erca, bid ordraic bar n-imthechta. Nā marbaid brāigdi rīg réil, i focus i n-etirchéin, bid lib cach maithes cen fhell, biaid bar flaithius cen fhorceand. Trascraid uaib ar chách i cēin dā nderna neach bar n-aimréir; nā hobaid comlann ná cath, nī bethi chaidchi cen rath. Taislid adaig cech tīre, uair is lib an airdrīgi; nā millid nách duine ar lār acht in rīg a ōenarān. Teachtaid giallu cāich bar lāim, nī ba haithrech lib in dāil; techfid cech neach rē bar cath dā tugthaí hé co dligthech. Teachtaid bar mbrāthair fodéin, i focus i n-etirchéin; nī cloífithir oirb bar cath gus in laithe ndēidenach. In tan maídfes sib ní min, bid eagail sib in cech thír; biaid a cluasaib bar fogur, ar cach tír bar ngarb-olur. Aderimse rib co fīr in tan atbéla bar ríg biaid mo lebarsa mar tú &ersir; a scrībeand 'na chrú. Fil lium comartha aile re haidid bar rīgraide. bid cosmail re crú is re fuil Loch Febail &ersir; a muir. Bennacht uaimsi for bar tír, for bar ndaīnib co nglan-brīg; gēbthaī Ériu co bráth mbecht, &ersir; berid mo bendacht. Mo b. Do-chuaid cāch dīb ina dūnad &ersir; ina deg-baile fesin ina dunad budhein .

Imthūsa Cairnig, tānic side reme d'innsaigid a mainistreach ecluisi &ersir; tarladar dó slōig mōra 'na agaid .i. Sīl Taidg meic Cēin meic Aillela Ōluim, &ersir; tucsat sein leō Cairnech do dēnam a coraidechta &ersir; a codaig cadaig &ersir; a comtanais fri Muirchertach mac Erca, &ersir; ó ro hinnisead eiséin don rīg tānic asin baile amach &ersir; ro fher fāilti friu.

Ōt-chonnairc immorro Muirchertach in clēirech acu tānic loisi mōr de &ersir; asbert, Cid fa tánagais chugaind, a chlēirig, ol sē, ar n-ar n-eascaine duit? Do dēnam shída itir Shíl Taidg meic Cēin &ersir; Sīl Eōgain meic Nēill tānac, ol sē. Do-gnīthir iarum codach ann sin eturru, &ersir; cumaiscid Cairnech a fuil i n-ōen-leastar dib līnib, &ersir; scrībais amail do-rōnsat in codach H omits from here until the end of the poem.ann sin, &ersir; asbert Muirchertach: Ērig, a chlērig do chēin, nā bí i focus 'gár n-aimrēir; ro escainis ind co becht ō do-rignis ar tiug-lecht. Nī haire tánac i-lle do fhuilliud na hescaine, acht do dēnam chodaig gairg itir Shīl Eōgain is Taidg. Dā Gailenga, dā Luigne, Saitne Ciandacht co cuibde, Fir Arda Dealbna caemna, hUī Aeda Odba shaera. Cumaiscther a fuil co becht, a Meic Erca co mōr-nert, co scrībthar i lebar lem codach Eōgain is Gaileng. Cipé milles in cach aird codach Sīl nEōgain is Taidg, do-bērthar dó, is fogail tend, gairdi shaegail iss ifearnd. Dā marba neach a chēli dīb nī ba maith in séri, nodus sāraigēbsa a clī, rachaid co fīr ar nefní. Bid hí seo bar n-óenta i bus, is bid é ar nim bar cādus, lim bus cumain co hēmig. Geib umut &ersir; ērig. E.

Ō do-rōnad iar sin in ōentu &ersir; ō ro bennaig Cairnech iat uile &ersir; ro fhácaib gairdi shaegail &ersir; ifernn don tí ro millfed in codach co fis dó, ro fhácaib iat iar sin &ersir; luid reme dā mainistir. Tēit immorro in rīg dá dūn &ersir; na sluaig sin leis dia choimēd dar ēis cloindi Nēll.

Suidig in rīg ina rīg-shuidi &ersir; suidig Sín for a deis &ersir; nī thánic i talmain mnaí gualuind &ersir; nī facus for talmain ben bud ferr delb nā tuaruscbāil inā sí. Ō ro fhég in rīg furri ro buí ic iarraid eōlais &ersir; ic fiarfaigid cheast di, uair dar leis ropa ban-déa co mōrchumachta hí, &ersir; ro iarfaig di créd in cumachta ro bī aice. Conid ann asbertsum &ersir; ro fhregair sī: [H has the following variant reading for the poem:] &ersir; adubairt, 'creidimsi in fīrdia' ar sisi, '&ersir; nī derna sé mībuile nac dingnainn a cosmailius, &ersir; ingen fhir &ersir; mnā daenna mē, is do shīl Adaim damh, &ersir; nā gabhadh aithreachus tusa, a Muirchertaigh, uair isam dingbālasa duitt, &ersir; do-gēnuind grian &ersir; ēscca &ersir; renda nimhe, &ersir; do-gēnuind daīne a catugadh a comhlunn dona gasānaib sanaisi, &ersir; do-ghēnuind fīn don uisci, &ersir; caīrigh dona clochuibh &ersir; mucca don raithnigh, &ersir; do-gēnuid ór &ersir; airged do gac nī bud hāil lium.' Abair, a ingen ēimech, in creidi Dia na clēirech, nō cia ór genis i bus, innís dún do bunadus. Credimsi in fīr-dia cēdna dom churp ar amus ēca, nī dernaid mīrbail a bus nach dingnindsi a cosmailius. Misi am ingen mnā &ersir; fir do shīl Ēva &ersir; Ādhaim, am dingbāla duit i bus, nā rot gaba aithrechus. Do-gēnaind grēin is ēsca &ersir; renna ro-glēsta, do-gēnaind daíne co lond ica tachur i comlond. Do-gēnaind fín nocha brég don Bóinn mar atā fa mēd, &ersir; caírig do chlachaib is muca do raithneachaib. Do-gēnaind airged is ór i fiadnaisi na mór-shlōg, do-gēnaind firu co mblaid anosa duitsiu, is abair. A.

Dēna dún, ol in rīg, ní dona mīrbuilib mōra sin. And sin ro ērig Sīn amach &ersir; do chóraig dā chath chom-mōra, chom-nerta, chonaclacha Muirchertach amach &ersir; Sīn mailli ris &ersir; do chōirigh Sīn dā chath chomhōra 'na fiadhnuise , &ersir; indar leō nī thánic i talmain dā chath bud chrōda &ersir; bud churata inā ināit &ersir; siat ic airlech &ersir; icc athchuma &ersir; ic dian-marbad a chēli i fiadnaisi chāich.

In faici siúd? ol in ingen, &ersir; indar lim nī brég mo chumachta itir. Atchím, ol sē, Muirchertach, H omits from here until the end of the poem.co n-ebairt: Atchíu dā chath chrōda chain ar in leirg ag imargail; nī chredfi neach nach fil sunn a cathugad nā a comlund. Cuirit a cath calma a nglonn, brisit farcha fri forlonn, ledrait a cuirp cen fhuarad, nī anait ag imbualad. Nī thānic riam for talmain neach nach tāithfidís amlaid, for feraib bodba nach fiu tiagait na dā chath atchīu. At.

Tēit in rīg co n-a muindtir isin dún iar sin. Ō ro bādar seal ag fégad in chathaigthi, tucad nī de uisci na Bōinde chuca iar sin, &ersir; atbert in rīg frisin ingin fīn do dēnam de. Līnais in ingen trī dabcha don uisqui iar sin, &ersir; cuirid bricht bricht druagh indtib, &ersir; nocho táinic for talmain fín rob fearr blas nā brīg dar leō inās. Do-rigne didiu mucca doilbthi draīdechta don raithnig &ersir; do-rad in fín &ersir; na muca don tslōg iar sin, &ersir; ro chaithedar co rabadar sāitheach dar leō. Ro gell sī immorro co tibred From here until the end of the poem, the variant reading from H is: an oired sin dōib tria bithu sīr. Do moladarson uli in fīn &ersir; an biadh.a chom-méit cētna dōib cech laī tria bithu sīr, conid ann asbert Muirchertach: Nī thāinic sunna co-se biad mar in mbiad atchíthe, nī thānic fín mar in fín, is fleadh dingbāla deg-rīg. Dāithin fer nĒrenn co brāth agumsa dūib asin áth do lind is d'fhin re laige, nī cumachta sídchaire. Bennacht uainne for do nert, a ingen chaem co ndraīdhecht, mo-chen dontī gusand ric, ingen mar thū nī thānic. Nī t.

Do-gniat didiu Sīl Taidg meic Céin faire forore in rīg in aidche sin ō thairnic tóchaithem dōib caithem na fledi draīdechta sin. Ō ro ērig in rīg iarnabárach is amlaid ro boí mar do beith i searg galair a serg &ersir; a ngalar , &ersir; is amlaid ro buī cech ōen ar chena ro chaith in fín &ersir; in fheōil dolbthī draīdechta ro ordaig Sīn dochum na fledi sin. &ersir; From this point until the end of the poem H reads: ro rāidh in rīgh, 'a ingen,' ar sé, 'ros claidh mo nert &ersir; mo lāthar ar cūla &ersir; is suaill nac airdena éga damh.' 'An fīn ro chaithis, a rīgh,' ar sē(sic), rot mesc.'atbert in rīg: A ingen, ro scaith mo nert, súail nach táinic mo thiug-lecht, i ndiaid na haidchi cen on, mar do beind a sír-galor. In fín ro chaithis, a rīg, nī tháinic fīn bud ferr bríg, is ē ro mesc do chorp cain, nī thicfa olc frit anmain. Dias chomadais ind marōen, misi &ersir; tusa, a ben chaem, sásta sochaidi dot fhleid, at togaidi mar ingin. A

Asbert in rīg riasi ann sin, Dēna ní dot ealadain dún, a ingen, ol sē. Do-gēn immorro, ol in ingen. Do-chuatar amach .i. MuirchertachH (add.) &ersir; Sīn &ersir; na slōig uile, na fhiadnaisi. Do-rigne Sín immorro ann sin firu gorma dona clochaib &ersir; fir eli co cennaib gabur. Co rabatar cethri catha mōra foa n-arm-gaiscuid 'na fiadnaisi From here until ba in l.411, H reads: ar lár na faichthi. Gabaid Muirchertach a airm &ersir; a il-fhaebair &ersir; a trealam catha iar sin &ersir; luidh for a n-oirlech &ersir; for a n-athchuma, &ersir; gac no marbadh aca no erged fo chētōir dia ēis &ersir; gērfor faichthi in Broga. Gebid Muirchertach a arm-gaisced &ersir; a threalam catha iar sin &ersir; luid fūithib mar tharb ndian ndīscir ndās- achtach &ersir; nos geib fo chetōir fora n-airlech &ersir; fora n-athchuma, &ersir; cech fer no marbadsum dīb no ēirged fo chetōir dia ēis. &ersir; ro buīsium 'gā marbad mar sin char in chaemlā chaidchi. Gēr ba mōr luindi &ersir; ferg in rīg ro scīthaiged hé mar sin &ersir; From this point until the end of the poem, H reads: Adubairt 'is ingnadh lium anī atchīm .i. an līn do loitis &ersir; do marbus atā;t ann so.' 'Tairnicc do fhlaitius nī cheilim ort, a rī,' ar sī, 'uair is treisi sluag na fer ngorm nā da muindter.' 'Muirfedsa iat fós,' ar an rīg. Ro gab aga n-oirlech gur ba scītach ē.atbert and: Atchīusa ingnad anall for doslinntib na habann, in līn ro marbus don tsluag itāt beō co colann-ruad. Tairnic do fhlaithius uile, nī chēl ort, a rīg-ruire, cech ōen ro mudaig do lām atāt beō cubaid com-lān. Atberimsi frit co fīr, nī cheilfet sochaidi in gním, is tresi cath na fer ngorm inā cath na mac mōr-oll. Atbēr nī thescub in fraech, nī comrac trēn-fhir fri baeth, ro marbus mōr cēt don tsluag i cath chrōda chlaidem-ruad. Ar in clēirech rot chabair, in cath crōdasa tabair, gur thuitset co ndogra lind fir gorma &ersir; gobar-chind. Do-bērsa in cath co hēimech, nár écnaigesu in clēirech, is cian bus chumain ōndíu na cathasa mar atchíu. At.

Ō ropa scīth immorro in rīg ag in cathugad ic slaidi An tan immorro ba tuirsec in rīgh ic slaigi na slōg, tēit co toirsech isin dūn &ersir; tuc Sín fín draīdechta &ersir; muca draīdechta dō. Caithidsium sin co n-a muintir &ersir; codlaid co trom 'na diaid co matain &ersir; nī raibi nert nā trācht mnā seola ann arnabárach ic ērgi, From this point until the end of the poem, H reads: Atbert 'atúsa gan nert, a ingen,' ar sé, 'oir dia murthai in rāit am chenn ni fhēdfuind cor do chois nā do lāimh dam.ut dixit: Atū gan nert, a ben blāith, cid im chenn do mūirthea in rāith, nī fhédaim cor dom láim deis, nisam tabartha in éisleis. Tabair ar in clēirech cáid, bec nach táinic do thiug-dāil, is ē rot chabair i bus. nā hēirig ar aneōlus. Maith in chomairli do ráith do-beir anosa in ben blāith, acht is anforlann indiú nī thrēicēbsa neach mar tú. Atú.

Mar do bātar iarum forsna briathraib sin, co cualatar himrāitibh sin, nīr cian dōib co cualadar trom-gāir na slōg &ersir; na sochaidi ic tog airm Muirchertaig amach &ersir; 'gā greannugad dochum in chatha. Is ann ro bādar dā chath chommōra isin Brug 'na fhiadnaisi .i. fir gorma isin dara cath &ersir; fir cen chind isin cath ele. Ro fhergaiged immorro Muirchertach fa ma greannugad na slōg &ersir; ro ērig co hopunn &ersir; [From here until the end of the poem, H reads:] do thoit fora ais ina imdaigh co ndubairt, 'is trom in gāir si ac cathaibh na fer ngorm rind atuaigh &ersir; in gāir si anes ac na feruib gan chinn, &ersir; is fand mu nertsa na n-agaidh cidh garbh in gāir. ro thuit co héneirt ar lār, co n-ebairt in laīd: Gāir trom, tairm do-níat sluaig, cath fer ngorm rind atuaid, fir cen chind fobres treass isin glind rind a-neas. Fand mo nert dochum shluaig, ba mōr fecht rugus buaid, mōr in sluag, tenn an dáil, borb a n-ainm, garb a ngāir. G.

Luidsium iar sin isin mBrug &ersir; tēit fana slōgaib &ersir; gabais fora n-airlech &ersir; fora n-athchuma co foda do lō. Tánic Sín iar sin chucu &ersir; do-beir rīgi forro do Muirchertach, &ersir; anaid dia chathugad Tānicc dered don lō cuigi iar sin &ersir; anait dia cathugad. . &ersir; tic in rīg reme iar sin co Cleiteach &ersir; delbais Sīn dā chath mōra eturru &ersir; in dún. Ō ro fhēgsum iatsein tēit fūithib &ersir; ro gab for cathugadH (add.) &ersir; for comlunn friu.

In tan iarum ro bīsium ac cur in chatha sin, is ann ro chuir Cairnech Masán &ersir; Casán &ersir; Crídan Cridan dia shaigidsium ar dáig furtachta dé. Uair do fhitir in naem uasal in t-anforlann ro bí fair in uair sin. Comraicit na clērig frís isin Brug iar sin &ersir; sé do-chīt in rig ag leadrad na cloch &ersir; na fód &ersir; na nguisén ar chena, conid ann From this point until scēla in l.498, H reads: Atbertatar 'Cid ima ledraid na clocha?' ar siat. 'Nī clocha iat,' ar Muirchertach. 'Is truag linn tū,' ar na clērigh, 'gan nert a creitem don īdhal.' 'Nī fhedarsa āmh nar catha na clocha,' ar an rīgh. 'Tabair cros Crīst tar do shūilib,' ar iatsan. Coisrecaid in rī é(sic) &ersir; (par. 26) tairisi a fherg &ersir; tic a ciall dō, &ersir; nī facaidh nī ann acht fōithe &ersir; clocha et fiarfaige scēla....atbert: Cid fá leagai na clocha, a Muirchertaig, gan fhotha, is truag lind do beith gan nert do réir ídail ic draīdecht. An clēirech ro ataig rim, tānag i comlann dā chind, nocha n-fheadar armo-thā nachat crōda na clocha. Tabair cros Chríst co rúinib anosa dar do shúilib, toirind fri head do brotha, cid fā lecai na clocha. C.

Airisid ferg in rīg-mīled iar sin &ersir; tic a chiall dó, &ersir; do-beir sigean na croiche dara agaid &ersir; ní fhacca ní ann iar sin acht clocha &ersir; fóid in talman ar chena. &ersir; iarfaigis scēla dona clērchib iar sin. &ersir; atbert, Cid mā tāncabar, ol sē. Tāncamar ar cenn do chuirpsiu, ol siat, uair is focus bás duit, ut dixit: Cid 'mā tāncabar ōn chill, a macu légind lān-bind, nā celid ar Dia nime, innisid dam fīrinne. Tāncamar ar cenn do chuirp, a fhaisnēis do-gēnum duit, bērmait lind hē co tuile (.i. Tuilén) cen anmain, a deg-duine. In H, the prose takes up the story from the third quatrain until the end of the poem as follows: 'Lesaigid mo chorp, a chlērciu,' bar Muirchertach, '&ersir; beridh lib ē co Tuilen mar a fuil Cairnec,' 'ōir nī licfi Cairnec &ersir; Tigernach a n-ifrenn tū,' ar iatsan.Lesaigid mo chorp co hán, a Masán is a Chasán, berid lib mo chorp, m'ainmech, isin maidin co Cairnech. Bērmaíd do chorp, is gnīm truag, co ria Tuilén im an úar, is adbar toirsi co tenn i n-iathaib ána Ērenn. A chlērchiu, is trom lim in dál scarad m'anma rem chorpān, isam eacail beith cen treōir a crīchaib uara aneóil. Cairnech is Tigernachtiggernach, with dot over the first g, MS. tenn, ard-naeim uaisli na hĒrenn, nī lēicfet tū a n-ifernn úar, a thuir chrōda chlaidem-ruad. ArcuMS. Erca. fuin do rīg nime, leis mo dluig; ar bar n-inchaib mo chorp glan, a-nocht cid 'mā tāncabar. C.

Do-rónsat na clērig tóraind chilli and sin isin Brug, &ersir; asbertadar frisium a clad do thachailt i n-anóir in Choimded mōir na ndúl. Do-gēntar, ol sē. Ro gabsum ic tachailt in chluid ann sin conid ann sin do cēt-milled faichthi in Broga ar tús riam. &ersir; ro boīsium oc innisin a scēl fesin dona clērchib, &ersir; oc aithrigi ndīchra fri Dia ut dixit itbert in laīd and : Atlochur do Mac Muire, Tairnic sunna mo luinne, ic dēnum relgi rúaidi ar brū Broga barr-uaine. Rob annum lim gus indiu reilec do chur mar atú atchīu , ba menci lim cen cor leas leis , loingeas a cill cen chairdes. Ō thānac Ērind sunna dar ler, cumain lim in lín bliadan, nī raba lá, buan in blad, cen cheann curad sa choscar gan cath cētach rem chosnam . Ōen bliadain dēc dam i bus nō co fuaras ferannus, nī raba aidche ris sin com thoigh cen chend Laignig nō Muimnig. Fiche bliadan damsa fēin i rīgi Eōgain meic Nēill a n-ardrīghe cloinne Nēill , cenn cech n-aidchi lim cen acht a hUlltaib nō a crīch Connacht. Cōic bliadna fiched cen fhell dam i n-aird-rīgi nĒrenn, nī raba aidchi ri sin gan neach a nĒrind dargain. Dā bliadain mē i nAlbain tair, ro marbus mo shen-athair, tucus slōg a snīmaib ann, dom gnīmaib do thuit Loarnd forann . Dā bliadain damsa iar sin i rīgi for Danaraib, nī raba aidche ri sin gan chind desi deis for cuaillib. Is ī seo mfhaíside fhír i fiadnaisi rīg na rīg nach lía dom' laithib nac lia beo d'Ultaib gan tlás inā thucus a tiug-bás. Cēd &ersir; bliadain fo deich ō ra geniusa cen chleith gus in laithisea cen locht nī derna riam acht lān-olc. Nī dernus relic ri sin nā eclas cháid don Choimdid, acht mad tuile cath do chur, don Choimdi mōr atlochur. At.

A haithli na faísite laīdi immorro ro bennachsat na clērig uisqui dó iar sin, &ersir; ro chaith corp Críst &ersir; do-rigne aithrigi ndīchra co Dia, &ersir; asbert friu a innisin do Chairnech amail do-rigne a fhaísite &ersir; a aithrigi, H omits from here until the end of the poem. conid and asbert: Hidan, idan corpān criad, cuman, cuman cruth na ndael, ecal, ecal in bēist búan, fuar, fuar in chloch imon taeb. Ecal, ecal ifernn uar, baile bith-sheng tria bith sīr, mo mian i bus dāmad chian beith sair siar i relcibh rīg. Dom chorp, dom chorp tria bith sīr rob fhir, fīr, rob ecail aed; fín, fín don uisqui cen brēig mar théit, téit ro fheadar Áeb. .i. idin ele don mnaī chētna Co brāth, bráth nī bia fo decht dál, dál ic duine im airecht; mo brīg, brīg ro scaich a cacht, bid fír, fír gan a taidecht. A relic, relic rīg ruaid co fír, fír do-chóid mo buaid; nī holc mar do-rala dam, mo chorp co hidan, idan. Idan

Anait na clērig in aidche sin a cill in Broga, &ersir; tēit in rīg co Cleitech &ersir; suidis for deis a mhná ann. Fiarfaigis Sín de créd ro thoirmisc a chomlann uime isin lō sin. Na clērig tāncadar chucum, ol sē. &ersir; do-radsat sigen na croiche Crīst naeim dar m'agaid &ersir; nī fhaca ann ar sin acht mad raithnech &ersir; clocha &ersir; bolca bēlcheō bolgāna beca &ersir; gasāna sanais, &ersir; ō nach raba ann neach in-chomlaind damsa, tánacus ass.

From this point until the end of the poem H reads: Atbert Sīn nā creit na clērich uair ni rāidhit fīrinde, &ersir; adhuir daimsa uair is ferr do charuit mē &ersir; bet sa mailli rit, uair is annsa lem tú ināit na clērich.&ersir; dixit Sín: Na clērig nā creid co brāth uair nī chanait acht anfáth; nā len a rann cen bindi, uair ní adrait fīrindi. Nā hadair do chlērchib cell, mad áil leat beathu cen fheall; ferr do charait misi i bus, nā ticed duit aithrechus. Biatsa caidche ma-lle rit, a ingen fhind cen anricht, is do¯chu limsa do drech inā cella na clēirech. Na

Ro shaeb trā Sín a menmasum eisein ann sin &ersir; tānic eturru itir é &ersir; tecosca na clēirech, &ersir; do-rigne fín draīdechta dōib in aidche sin, &ersir; rob í sin in sechtmad aidche dōib forsin draīdecht &ersir; adaig Máirti iar Samain do shunnrud sin. Ō robdar mescda na slōig, tic osnad gaíthi mōire ann. Is osnad gem-aidche so, ol in rīg. &ersir; Atbert Sín in so: H has this reading for the poem: Is misi adubraiss uair is Osnad Gaeithi gemaidchi m'ainm &ersir; is deredh dod rē &ersir; dod lānsaegul Is misi Gaeth garb, ingen airech ael, is Gem-adaig m'ainm ar cach airm ma-rōen. Osnad &ersir; Gaeth, Gem-adaig im-ne, ro rāidis co fīr, tāinic do dīl de. Mā ndeachadais dó co dorus in lis, rachaid éc at bēl, nocha scēl cen fhis. Is m.

Asa haithle sin trā ro delb sī snechta mōr ann &ersir; nī tháinic riam tairm chatha tairm catha reimhe riam bud mó inās in cith dlūithshnechta ro fhear ann in uair sin, &ersir; iniartuaid do shunnrad tānic. Is annsin tānic in rīg amach isin teach n-inchlethi n-imtheilgthe &ersir; do-chuaid isteach doridisi, &ersir; ro gab for tathaír na síne, H omits from this point until the end of the poem.conid ann asbert: Is olc in adaig a-nocht, nī thānic riam a com-olc, &ersir; nī thicfa chaidche indshamail na hōen-aidche. Cleitech is fuar a faebar, ro gairdighed do shaegal, nā ráidMostly illegible. m'ainm tria bithu sīr, nī cunntabairt duit droch-díl. Nī ebérsa h'ainm co brāth, &ersir; sechénat seach cāch, in līn atāmaid a-nocht nī tháir pudar nā ard-olc. Is o.

Ō thairnic in fledugad immorro ro laigset luidsat na slōig iar sin &ersir; nī raibi nert mná seōla a nduine dīb. Laigid luidig in rīg ina imdaid iar sin &ersir; tuitid suan trom fair. Do-gnī didiu iachtad mór trēn asa chodlud &ersir; músclais asa shúan. Créd sin itir? ol in ingen. Siabra mór rom thārfásH (add.) damh ol sē, conid ann asbert: Domárfás recht ruad-theined, imad saer-chlann siabairthi, traethad truag sin dār sluagaibne. seōl sīthe dār saeb-leagad, teach Cletig 'na throm-thenid ga commaidhem , im chenn chaidche fa cann cāich ar com-lasad, clanna Nēill a n-étualang trē upthaib ban ndream ndraīdechta, a scēith arna scīth-leagad, ar cōrugad conntrachta, airm chāich ina crosradaig crosradhaig , dar treagdad re tinnenus, gāir mōr-shluaig fa derg-thenid. Is ed tārfás dam. D.

Ērgid in rīg suas &ersir; nīr lēic in taidbsi atchonnairc tindabrad tadhberud dó. &ersir; tānic asin tig amach &ersir; atchī tenid mbic i cill isin Brug oc na clērchib. Tānicsium chucu iar sin &ersir; atbert friu, 'Nī uil nert nā trācht innumsa a-nocht,' &ersir; ro innis a thaidbsi &ersir; a aislingthi, &ersir; 'Is decair damsa,' ol sē, 'deg-engnum a-nocht cid slōig eachtrand tīsad dom indsaigid trēna anfaindi atám, &ersir; trē olcas na haidche,' ol sē, &ersir; ro gabsat na clērig 'gā thecosc iarum ann sin. 'Is olc an aiged' ar sé, '&ersir; nī fuil nert nā trācht indumsa anos,' ar sē, 're henghum do dēnum gidh slóig eachtrann nom thīsadh Tānicsium isteach fo chētōir H omits from this point until the end of the poemconad ann asbert: Is lān-olc int sínsa a-nocht dona clērchib 'na longphort, nī lāmait codlud chaidche d'aggairbe shín na haidche. Cid fā n-abrai m'ainm, a fhir, a Meic Erca is Muiredaig, fo-gēba bás, līth cen ail, a tig Cletig nā codail. Abair rium, a ben cen brōn, cia līn tuites lim don tslōg, nā ceil orm, innis cen chāin cā lín do-fhaeth dom deslāim. Nī thuitfi nech leat ar lār, a Meic Erca na n-ard-grād, tairnic tú co becht, a rí, do-chuaid do nert ar nefní. Esbaid mōr mo beith gan nert, a Shín uasal na n-il-reacht, menic ro marbus laech lonn gē tú a-nocht i n-ēcomlonn. Sochaidi ro thuit dot spairrn, a Meic Ingine Loairnd, tucais ilar sluag i socht, mo núar gē taí co lān-olc. Is lān.

Is fír trā, a ingen, ol sē, is focus bās damsa, uair do bī a tairrngiri dam comad chosmail m'aidid &ersir; aidid Loairnd mo shean-athar, uair nī a comlann itir do-rochair derna comhlund ga marbadh acht a loscad chena do-rōnad. Codail trā a-nocht, ar in ingen, '&ersir; lēic damsa h'fhoraire &ersir; h'fhorcoimēt for na slōgaib, &ersir; mā tā a ndán duit nī loiscfiter a-nocht toramsa in teach.' 'Do-fil for ar tí etir,' ol sē, 'Tuathal Mael Garb mac Cormaic Caīch meic Cairpri meic Nēill Noīgiallaig.' 'Cē raib Tuathal co n-a shlōgaib uile ar do thī, nī heacail duitsiu a-nocht tarumsa hē,' ol in ingen, '&ersir; codailsiu festa.' 'do-ghēnsa t'fhoraire &ersir; t'fhorcoimhēd for na sluagaibh mon dūn &ersir; nī loiscfit a-nocht taram in techsa. Cia fuil for do thī itir?' ar issi. 'Tuathal Mael Garb mac Cormaic Caīch meic Cairpre meic Nēill co n-a sluagaibh atá ar do thī &ersir; nī heguil duitsi é.'

Do-chóidsium 'na lebaid iar sin leis na briatraibh sin &ersir; do chuindig dig forsin ingin, &ersir; do chuir sī bricht suain forsin fín mbréci úd go ra ibsium dig de adib sein digh as co nderna mesc aimnertach é cen shúg cen nert gan tsegh gan tsūgh ann. Codlais co trēn iar sin &ersir; atchī aislingthi aislinge ann .i. techt a beith fein i lunga for fairgi &ersir; a long do bádud &ersir; in grīb ingnech do thoidecht chuigi &ersir; a breithsium lé ina nead &ersir; in nead do loscad imesium iar sin &ersir; in grīb do thuitim leisium.

Músclais in righ &ersir; atbert a fhís do breith dochum a chomalta co Mac Saignen druad .i. Dub dá rind, &ersir; rucsein a breith mac Signén draī .i. Duibrenn a ainm &ersir; do ruc sein breath &ersir; is edh itbert , Is í in long i rabadais, ol sē, .i. long in fhlaithiusa for muirMS. muig. H has muir in tsaegail &ersir; tusa ic sdiúrad in fhlaithiusa, &ersir; is ī in long do bádud tusa do thaircsin do fhlaitisa do thaircsin. &ersir; do shaegal do thoidecht. Is ī in grīb ingnech rot fhuc lée ina nead .i. in bean fil it fharrad dot chur for mesci &ersir; dot breith lē ina lebaid aineis &ersir; for nemfnī dot fhastód a tig Cletig coma hē loiscfiter fort. The text is taken from H until 252b Y resumes with the poem in par. 44. An grībh immorro do thoitim letsa .i. in ben do éc trēt fhochaindsi. Is ī sin trā breath na haislingi sin, ar sē.

Collaid in rī iarum co tromAlmost illegible iar cur in brechta shuain do Shīn fair. An fat trā ro bī sin isin colladh sin ēirgid Sīn &ersir; cōirgis gae &ersir; slegha na slōg ar indill āigh i ndoirsib in tighi &ersir; a renna uili chum an tighi. Iar sin delbaidh sī trā il-imud &ersir; sochaidi a timchill an dúnaidh. Téit fēin istech &ersir; scaīlid in teine ar gach aird fon tech &ersir; fona fraightibh &ersir; tēit isin lebaid.

Ba hand sin dano do mūscail in rī asa cholladh. Créd sin? ar an ingen. Tārfas dam, ar sē, sluag siabra ic losgudh in tigi form &ersir; ic orleach mo muindtiri fon dorus, Nī fhuil olc duidsi de sin, ar an ingen, acht chena ro tārfas.

An tan immorro ro bādar ar an comrādh sin, do chualadar breasmhaidhm ica loscudh &ersir; gāir na slōg siabra &ersir; ndraīgechta imon tech. Cia fil 'mon tech? ar an rī. Tuathal Mael Garb mac Cormaic Caīch meic Cairbre meic Nēill co n-a shluagaibh, ar Sīn, atā ann ic dīgailt catha Granaird ortsa, &ersir; nī fhitir sin nachar fhīr sin &ersir; nachar shluag corpordha do bī 'mon tech.

Ēirgidhsein co dian iar sin &ersir; tic d'iaraidh a airm &ersir; nī fhuair nech dā fhreagra. Tēit in ingen amach asin tigh &ersir; tēit sin ina degaidh fo chētōir &ersir; tacraidh sluagh ina ucht co ndechaidh trīt co comthrom. Impōidh ōn dorus arīs dochum a leptha. Do-chuadar na slōig amach faī sin &ersir; nī thērnō nech dīb gan guin nō gan loscadh.

Tānic in rī iarum dochum in doruis dorīsi &ersir; bātar na smōla &ersir; na casracha teinedh etair é &ersir; an dorus. Ō ro līn an teine in dorus &ersir; an tegh uili 'ma chuairt, &ersir; nach fuair dīn uirre, tēit isin dabaigh fhīna ocus bāitir innti é ac dul fūithi gach re n-uair ar omun na teined. Tuitig in tech ina chenn iar sin &ersir; loiscther cōic troighthi de &ersir; aincidh in fīn a chorp gan loscadh ō shin amach.

Ō thānicc in maiden arnamārach, tiaguid na clērich 'na agaidh .i. Masān &ersir; Casān &ersir; Crīdan, &ersir; berid in rīg leō gusin mBōin &ersir; do-gniatMS. do-gnat a thonach indti.

Do-roich dano Cairnech co n-a manchaib cuca faī sin &ersir; do-righnesein toirrsi mór ica ēcaīne &ersir; buī ac tabairt a thesta. Atbert: Esbaidh mōr do Ērinn aniú Mac Erca .i. in cethramadh nech is ferr ro thechtaidh Ēre gan chlesaigecht &ersir; gan chumachta .i. Muirchertach mac Erca &ersir; Niall Noīghiallach &ersir; Conn Cētchathach &ersir; Úgaine Mōr. Poem is omitted in H. Saegal Meic Erca is eōl dam, nī bec mbliadan ria fēgad ōn aidche ro chin a chlí nō co ndechaid ar nefní. Deich mbliadna dó i tig in druad Saignen co n-ilar a buar, anfad maraFirst a illegible ros fulaing Muirchertach in trēn-chumaing. Dā bliadain dó i tig in rīg Muiredaig mōir, maith a dīl, co ndechaid fri brōn cen brath darb imnedach Muiredach. Dā chert bliadain dó for beirt i tig Loairnd dó ag Eirc, do Muirchertach cen gainne, nō co nderna fingaile. Fiche bliadan 's a deich dó i mBretnaib, nī himargó, frisin rē sin ro theachtaig Saxain &ersir; slóg-Bretnaig. A cind deich mbliadan iar sin tinōlaid, tenn in togail, Saxain is Bretain cen brón dochum nĒrenn a tinól. Fiche bliadan dó co tenn i rīgi thuaiscirt Ērenn i foirb in athar ōr gein Muiredaig mōir meic Eōgain. Ba rīg for Ērinn uile Ua hEōgain in t-ard-ruire cōic bliadna fiched cen chel nō gur gerrad a shaegol. S. meic E.

Tōgbaithir in corp le Cairnech iar sin dā breith co Tuilén dia adnacul ann.

Do-rala Duaibsech .i. ben Muirchertaig dona clērchib iar sin &ersir; in corp eturru &ersir; do-rigneséin nuall guba móir toirsig &ersir; ro buail a basa &ersir; do-beir a druim iarum frisin mbile i nŌenach Rēil ro chuir a druim risin mbaile a nAenach Rēab(sic). &ersir; ro mebaid cró-maidm dia craide 'na cliab &ersir; fuair bās fo chētōir ann sin do chumaid a fir in rīgh . Tucsat na clērig corp na rīgna iar sin ma-róen &ersir; corp in rīg H omits from this point until rīg in section 47, l.842. conid ann asbert Cairnech: Duaibsech ben maith Meic Erca, claiter lib sunn a lechta, ingen rīg Connacht na clann ōr gein Fergus is Domnall. Cuirter Duaibsech fán ulaid, dursan a héc do chumaid, ingen Duach, claiter a fert co raib sunna chaidche a lecht. Cōic bliadna fiched dōib trell i n-ard-fhlaithius na hĒrenn nō gur chuir in rīg dār leth māthair a chloindi Duaibsech. D.

Adnaicthir in rīgan iar sin &ersir; claitir a fert. Adnaicthir didiu in rīg i fail in tempaill allatuaid &ersir; ro bī Cairnech ic tabairt teasmolta testa in rīg co n-ebairt in laīdsi: Feart rīg Ailig biaid co brāth Fert rīg Temrac a Tuilén a Tuilén atchluinfe cāch, atá sunn, is mōr in scél for Sligid Asail co buan fri Sligi Assail anair sunn fa chasaib na mōr-shluag. fo chasaibh claindi Cobthaig This verse is omitted in H.Ba maith cech sligi re lind, Muirchertach hua Eōgain fhind, nī thānic Ērind cen fhell airdrīg bud churthe 'na cheann. Trīcha traiged airdi in fhir Muirchertaig From this point until the end of the verse H reads: ... co menmain mir.aird-rīg Oilig, nī thicfa dá éis co becht. nochar gab Banba na mbratt neach ro-shoisead a rīg-neart. gairm inti coscair namat. Cōic traigthi fichet co fīr tānic sunn do chorp in rīg, cōic traigthi ro loisced de nach ráinic fín dīn na daibche. This verse is omitted in H.Giall ar éicin nī bia ag neach do shíl in rīg a hAilech, bid eagail in cech treib teind cen cob é bes for Ērind. Ēire mōr don chlēirech crín cáidh pecad Meic Erca do dīl, pecthaigh Muirchertaig co mbāidh is cian bus cumain rem lá cian bus cumain lium rem lā beith ag fēgad in fherta sunna ag fēghain a fherta . F.

Ō thairnic dona clērchib in t-adnacol do dēnum co facadar chucu in ōen-mnaí n-ālaind n-ēdroicht, brat uaine co n-a chimais ōr-shnáith impe. The following sentence is omitted in H.Léine do shīda shoinemail impe. Do-riacht iarum mara rabadarMS. Marabadar. H has mar a rabadar. na clērig &ersir; bennachais dōib &ersir; bennachsat bennachaid didiu na clērig disi &ersir; ro airigset gné mbrōin &ersir; toirsi fuirri &ersir; do-ratsad aichne fuirri conad hī gurub ī ro mill in rīg ro bī Cairnech ic iarfaigid scēl diFrom this point until hē in section 49, l.903, H reads: créd hī fein nō gā fochainn fār marbh sī in rī &ersir; atbert: Innis dūn do bunad, a ingen gan dubad, do-rignis ar pudar cid ālaind do chorp; ro marbais rīg Temrach co n-ilar a theaglach tria gnīm n-uathmar n-olc. Innésat mo scēla nī dingēn a séna, a chlēirchiu co n-ērgna, d'imlat ar mo chorp tabair nem dom anmain co n-érbur duib amlaid a ndernus co hangbaid for talmain na tor. Dā ndernasa, a ingen, faísidi na n-imned is aithrigi rind-geal mar atbēra sinn, logad do cach duine do-bēram-ne uile ō aird-rīg na n-uile dia tuca fēin ind. Innis

Ro bātar na clērig iar sin ica iarfaigid di cúich hī fēin nō cia a hathair nō a māthair &ersir; cia cúis do bī aice don rīg in uair ro mill sī mar siúd hē. Sín m'ainmsi, ol sī, &ersir; Sighi mac Déin meic Triuin m'athair, &ersir; Muirchertach mac Erca, ol sī ro marb m'athair é &ersir; mo māthair &ersir; mo derbrāthair &ersir; mo derbshiur i ccath Chirb for Bōinn &ersir; ro From this point until the end of the poem, H reads: dīthaig tuatha m'atharda uili isin cath sin.' 'Nīrb annsa duit th'athair nā Muirchertach,' bar Cairnech. 'Abēlsa fēin chumhaidh,' ar in ingen.dicheann Sentuatha Temrach &ersir; m'atharda uile isin cath sin fōs, conad ann asbert: Abair, a Shin, rád gan chair, tacair co fīr cia h'athair, nō cīa rot tógaib, a ben, nō cia 'gā fuil do muinntear. Ingen misi Shige sheing, do thuaith Temrach ōs Bōind, nī chēl foraib, rád co fīr, tucusa sib i n-imshnīm. Muirchertach ro marb m'athair, ro roind mōr fadb i cathaib, i cind Ātha Cirb co-se frisi ráitir Áth Sige. Sigi ba suí i certaib cles do-rad sochaide i n-ainceas, a dingbāil i comland chruaid nī raibe i mBanba brat-ruaid. Nirb annsa duit t'athair fēin inā Muirchertach hua Nēill nocha trēicfed tū re lind, a ingen builig blāth bind. Atbēlsa fēin dia chumaid, rīg uasal iarthair domain, i cinta na n-imned tenn tucus for aird-rig Ērenn. Do-rignius neim dó mo nuar do fhorraig rīg na saer-shluag, resíu do-neind beith a bus dursan ná'n ēc do-chuadus. Rāithi damsa ma-lle fris nō co torchair i n-ēislis, dia ēis nī bíu co fada, atā dam, a mōr-abba. Abair.

Do-rigne a faíside iar sin do Chairnech &ersir; do-rigne aithrigi ndíchra co Dia, amail ro tecaiscead di, &ersir; do-chuaid do rēir Chairnig &ersir; fuair bās fo chētōir and sin do chumaid in rīg &ersir; atbert iarum Cairnech fert do dēnum di, &ersir; a cur fo thuind talman. Do-rigned iarum amail asbert in clēirech Cairnech H omits from this point until the end of the poem.&ersir; dixit: Sín nīrb inmain a dála gus in laithisea a táma, fuaramar a holc co fīr do-rad sinn chaidche i n-imshním. Cuirter fa thalmain a cré, folaigter a corpMS. chorp cen ré, nī thānic a corp nā a clī nach traethfad ingen Shigi. Sige nīr fher cen engnam i cind átha rob earlam, i Temraig nir maith a dīl 'gā chliamain gur dīgail Sín. S.

Imthūsa Cairnig immorro do-rignesein frichnam mōr for anmain Muirchertaig &ersir; nī thuc a hifernn hē. Do-rigne immorro in irnaigthe dianad ainm da tosach Parce mihi Domine, Deus Pater omnepoténs, Deus anime egrotanti &ersir; ro gab co grésach From this point until the end of the poem, H reads: do raith anma in rīg conidh ann sin tāinicc in t-aingel docum Cairnigh &ersir; adubairt, 'Cebé do raith anma gabhter an irnaigthi sin do thicfadh a hifernn cedh mad é Iūdas é, &ersir; tucad nem do Muirchertach, &ersir; cē rachadh nec co rōim nī ferr do inā beith it relcib, &ersir; gibē cimidh caithfes nī i tegais do chilli ternōbadh slān gē beith ga marbad.' 'Adlochar do Chrīst,' ar Cairnec, 'beith ac acallam aingel &ersir; gurub é m'airfidid freacnarcus gnúis angel.'for anmain in rīg hī, co tucad a hifernn dó ainim in rīg. Conad ann sin tāinic in t-aingel dochum Cairnig &ersir; atbert fris cip é no gabad co grēsach in irnaigthe sin comad nimedach cen chunntabairt hē. Conid ann asbert int aingel na briathra sa: Cip é not gaba co dúr irnaigthi Chairnig na rūn Iúdas is measa ro gein ropad lór dá fhōirithin. Tucad nem do Mac Erca for h'irnaigthesiu festa, nī thēit co brāth buidnech beann nech it relcib i n-ifernd. Cé dig neach uaithib do rōim, mine thora in conair chōir, nī mesa a bus fēin a dīl agutsa ic átaid in rīg. Sechip cimid chaithes ní a tegdais cháid do chilli tērnóbaid slān, buan in blad, gémad dorb sluag 'gá marbad. Atlochar do Chrīst rom char aingel cāid icum fhégad, is ē mh'airfided rém lind frecnarcus aingil aībind. Cōic bliadna fichet iar cōir ō thānacas sunna ón Rōim gus in aidchise im-ne nī raba cen chaí cip ē. Cip é

Conid aided Muirchertaig meic Erca conice sin amail ro indis Cairnech &ersir; Tigernach &ersir; Ciarān &ersir; Mochta &ersir; Tuathal Mael Garb gura scribait &ersir; gura lesaigit oc na clērchib naema sin ica chuimniugad do chāch ō shin i-lle. Finit.

Murchad Ō Cuindlis do scrīb in lebarsa dō fēn in bliadain tānaisti thāinic rīg Saxan a nĒrind &ersir; dulThis word is not clearly legible. aisti fa essīd &ersir; uilc imda do dēnum isin bliadainsi itir Gallaib &ersir; Gaedelaib, plāig choitchenn for daīnib &ersir; ceathraib Ērenn isin bliadain chētna &ersir;c.