Boí cocad mór etir Cathal mac F
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guine rí Lethe Moda & Fergal mac Moíle-dúin rí Lethe Cuind ri ré cian. Rocrech Laigin trá Fergal mac Maéile-dúin ar ulc ri Cathal mac
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Findguine. Roairg dno Cathal Mag m-Breg ule co n-dersat síth & comfhossad iarom.
Do-luid trá fecht ann atuaid Fergal mac Maíli-dú
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do saigid bóroime for Laignib co feraib in tuaiscirt imbi. Bá fota trá bás oc tinól la Fergal. Ass ed at-bered cech fer fris: 'dá
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ndech Donn Bó lat, ragat-sa lat'.
Bantrebtoch immorro máthair Dhuind Bó; mac is áinem & is áilemh boí a n-É
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in Donn Bó. Ní roléic immorro a máthair do Donn Bó [...]áen ri Fergal cu tarat Fergal ráith Col
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Cille friasi im bhethaid Duinn Bó doridissi a docum.
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Tánic iar sain Fergal do shaigid Laigen. Bádar imorro droch-eolaig ria Fhergal & tucsat for tóirigecht for aimréid na coicríche uili. Is í iarum [...] nucsat ind eolaig .i. do Cluain Dolchaill cha[...] gabsat longport for brú na cilli & tuc-seoim imadhall mór forin cill .i. araile clam & [...] boin aici. Rohin-deonad
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ar beruib iarnn[...]
Is ann-sin at-bert Cú-Bretán mac Áengusa .i. [...] Fer [...]
- At-ágar cath forderc flann,
a fir Fergaile
[...]
,
25] brónach muinnter Mic Muire
iar m-breith
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dia cind.- Bó in claim,
rogáet i n-degaid
[...]
,
mairg láim rotollai a brat
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mac m-Brain.- Má beth nech do-bera cath
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den drcman ri mac m-Brain;
annsa
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dás ind róe
in cóe rocechain in clam.
35] Is ann-sin at-bert Fergal fri Donn m
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sin ré tabairt in catha: ‘déntar l
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fited anocht a Duinn Bó, ar issé [...] fitiuch is dech roboí riam ind
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& runna & cuslind & cech ceinél
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athac issinn aímsir-sin. Ní fh
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Bó óen-fhocal for mo beóla
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nech aili tú anocht
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i r-rabuis im
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fid
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adia
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inocht’ ar Fergal ‘ar iss é ríg-drúith Érenn h-é’.
Do-rónath dna amlaid ind oidchi-sin.
Do-llotar Laigin iarnabárach cu Cruachan Cléonta. Táncatar far sain co Dind Canann.
Is ann-sin trá cond-recait Leth Cuinn & Laigin cenn a
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cenn. Cath Almaine ainm in catha-sin.
Ni roan didiu menma Coluim Cille for Uíb Néill issin cath-sain la h-ascin m-Brigde h-uas cath Laigin, cu r-róemid in cath ré n-Óed .i. rí Deiscirt Laigin; is é robris in cath for Fergal & Bili mac Báin rígh Alban & Donn Bó, & gu rotrasgrad Donn
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Bó ní romarbad Fergal.
Romarbuit sesca ar cét do amsaib in ríg & Conall mac ríg Ceineóil Conaill Coirpri, & Forbasach rí Cenéil Bóguine, & Ferghal úa Aitechdai, & Fergal mac Ecdach Lemnai rí Tamnaigi, Condalach mac Conaing, & Éicnech mac olcan rí na
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n-Airter, Coibdenach mac Fiacrach, Muirgius mac Conaill, Leathaitech mac Con-charat, Áedgen úa Mathgne, Nuada mac Eirc rí Guill, & deich n-úi Máeili-fitrigh. Is é in sin ríg in tuascirt.
It iat ann-so Uí Néill in Deiscirt romarbait ann.i. Flann mac
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Rogellaig, Ailill mac Feradhaig, Éid Lagin úa Cernaig, Suibne mac Conghalaig, Nia mac Cormaic, Dub-dá-crích mac Duib-dá-inber, Oilill mac Conaill Graint, Flaithemail mac Dlúthaigh rí Coirpri Cruim, Fergus úa Eogain. Hic totus numerus de regibus ceciderunt
& ali novem uolatiles septem
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millia ceciderunt in eo bello ab utr
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in excercitu.
Is ann-sin úa Mag
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ríg-drúth, & do-ratad fair géim do dénam. Robo mór trá in géim h-í-sin & robo b[...]o f[...]l [...]éim uí Magline ac sochaide do feraib [...]din. Do-ratad iar sin for a muinél co n-dechaid a cenn de[...] boí
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géim uí Magline oc tofunn [...].
Is ann-sin at-bert araile láech [...]achtaib fria macu: ‘nácham-fácaid a gill
[...]
de frib menma far máthar’. Impáit iar[...] bait leo h-é for cranna sleg. Do[...] Allán mac Ferghaile cu ráinic in Gall [...] Lilcach & cu roataigh in Gall .i. Lilcach
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l[...]arghi. Prudens dno ainm in Gaill-sin; go [...]t aingel for in cleith i r-richt in cléirigh, ar do-airngert[...] cléirech bithanad issin chill-sin. Is ann-sin [...]bert éad Allán mac Fergaile:
Roanacht immorro Cú-Bretan mac Áengusa .i. rí b-Fher Ross.
- Ní ráncamar ar talmain
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Ní fhuaramar iarsin cath
Lilcach ulccach badid némidir.
Bátar immorro Laigin ic flegugad & ic ól in aidchi-sin.
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Is-bert iarum Murchad mac Brain fri h-óenfer istich dint slógh dula ar cenn cind duine san ármhuig, & do-bérad secht cumala dontí noraghad. ‘Raghat-sa ann’, for óclach amra do feraib Muman. Luid-sein immach & a errad catha uimbi co rocht corp Fergail co cuala in n-escaire issinn aíer, co r-roclois uili
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frisie. ‘Timmarnad dúib do muig nime airfitiud for tigerna do dénam anocht .i. Fergal mac Máeile-dúin; do-rocrabhair in bur n-éicsib uile sunn aráen ri bur tigerna .i. ri Ferghul.’ Ro-cualatar immorro in ceol iar tain etir áes dána & cornaire & cuislennchu & cruitire, co cuala inní na ceola écsamla ní riam
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ná iarum ceol bu ferr. Co cuala dna in cnoinsig sent shup luacra. Ba binde in ceol hí-sin oldát ciúil in domuin.
Luid int óclách die n-docum iar sin. ‘Ná tair cucum’, ar in cenn fris. ‘Cid ón cid taeí’. ‘Missi Donn Bó’, ar in cend, ‘& donaisced form airfitiud do dénam dom tigerna
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indnocht .i. do Fergal
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Murchad
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’, or in cenn. ‘Caide Fergal féin’, or int óclach ‘
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taitnemach frit anall’ ol in cenn. ‘Cesc
[...]
otbér’. ‘Is tú is dech lem nom-bera’, for in[...]a ‘minam-berad Crist mac Dé’. ‘Dánom-bera la
[...]
’, or in cenn, ‘gonom-tuca gom colaind doridhisi’.
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‘In tuca
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at ní assin ármagh’, or Murchad. ‘Tuc
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’, ar int óg[...] ‘Tabuir forsinn uaithne tall’, or Mur[...]at in sluag uile aithne fair & doráidsed: ‘nirb irsan duit, a Duind Bó, beith amlaid-sin; is
[...]
& is ferr airfitiud boí a n-Ériu.’
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‘Maith’ [...]ech, tuc a muich in cenn: ‘déna oirfitiud
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, a Duinn Bó, fo dáigh Meic Dé .i. Íssu Críst a n-dechaid g
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s. Airfid Laigniu indocht amal doairfitis do tigerna ó cianaib.’
Impóis Donn Bó a aigidh fri fraigid in tichi ar dáig
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comadh doreha dó, & do-rat a crúisic as combá binde oldás cacha ceol ar talmain, co rabatar int sluaigh uile oc caí & oc toirrsi fri truaigi & tadiúiri in ceoil.
In tan trá ba scíth in sluagh oc torrsi. Luid int óclach
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cétna lasin cenn eo riacht a corp. ‘Maith éim’, ol in cenn frissin óclach: ‘tudhmi dam mo cend frim corp’; córaigid dno int óclach in cenn forsin eoluinn & len[...] di fo cétóir, & do comallad bréithir n-Dé & Coluim Cille ria slánaisec fo tuaid docum a máthar doridhissi cu roindis scéla in catha & aidedh Fhergail.
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I n-écmuis Cathail meic Findg
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e dno rocuirsi Laigin cath Almuine & rup olc le Cathal in cath do cur na ingnais. Ó 't-cualatar Laigin grúcán Cathail do beith friu. Conid h-í comairli do-rónsat, cend Fergail do breith cu Cathal do commaídem in catha. Rucad iarum in cenn co
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Cathal. Conid ann-sin is-bert Ruman file Fergail:
- Robíith Fergal fer caín cennmar,
gríb glond galann;
rogab óengol amal torainn
ó tá In
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Mog co Manaind.
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I n-Glendomhuin na ríg roboí Cathal in tan-sin & in slóg do-dechaid lasin cenn rotrial[...] a marbad la Cathal ar rop olc leis díth Fergail [...]enn t-sídha.
Rofoilced iar tain cenn Fergail ic Cathal & do-breth bréit sróill imme [...], & do-bretha secht n-daim & [...] secht
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tinne até fonaigthi ar bélaib cind Fergail. Rohimdergad didiu im[...] i fiadhnuissi fer Muman uile & rooslaic a súile do
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atlaghad na h-airmiten-sin do-ratad dó.