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The Metrical Dindshenchas (Author: Unknown)

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DÚN RUISSARACH

¶1] Dun Ruissarach, cid diatá? Ní ansa. Garach mac Fomhuir do Domhnannchaibh las' rocumdaighedh h-e, & is í a aittreabh robaí ann. Iss íat a thrí mic sin robítha for tana la Coinchulaind .i. Lon & Diliu & Uala a n-anmanna.

¶2] No dano Sarach sáer dorighne do Phadraicc a chumdach fa deoidh. Ata comla fris, & atá sab forin comlaidh sin ó ré Padraic cosaníu, & nidad críne achach, & ní fes cía cinél crainn íad. Atá dano a tairrngire don dún-sin a brith a tír tairrngire cona lán daíne & inndile leiss .i. secht lán faicthi an dúine, & atá radharc isin faicthi. Itá dano a m-briathraib Patraic cach úair bus écen, cidh mór do bhuaib berthair chuice, co taillfe ann, co n-abra mac ban-treabthaighe ‘Ní thalla and’; & cibedh úair adbérthar sin and, raghaidh Dún Roissárach ass. Lan in dune do buaib máela odhra tugadh don tsháer fora dhenamh, acht testa aen-bó de: & is é logh tucadh don tsháer innti-sidhe, a ainm forsin dún .i. Dún Rois Sárach. Dun Trí Líag imorro a ainm ó chéin anall.8


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