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Acallamh na Senórach I (Author: Unknown)

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5792] IS annsin adubairt Find: ‘Maith, a m' anum, a Muman,
5793] in fitir tusa ca toisc aile risa tangamar-ne dot' indsaigid?’ ‘Ní fhetar
5794] um’, ar in . ‘Do chuingid t' ingine-si .i. Chuillinde, do Challann
5795] do mac ríg Ulad.’ ‘Cred a tindscra & a tirochraic?’ ar
5796] a h-athair. ‘Tindscra cétach’, ar Find ‘.i. cét do cach crud &
5797] do cach díne di, & rach sin ar breithir di’, ‘bar Find, & ra
5798] naidmed di-si, & tucad ingen rig Muman do mac rig Ulad
5799] ind aídchi-sin’, ar Cailte. Ocus do- chuaid Callann mac ríg
5800] Ulad ar cend a muintire bothuaid, & do-riacht a muintir leis

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5801] d' indsaigid ind feraind-sin tucastar Muman dó, & do-rigned
5802] dúnad mor leis annseo.

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5803] Ocus rucastar inn ingen mac suaichnid sainemail dó .i.
5804] Fer Óc a ainm, & ro bo therc a n-Eirinn uili nech budh com-maith
5805] delb na luth na lamach ris.

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5806] Ocus do-riachtamar-ne tri catha na Feine d' indsaigid in
5807] baile-seo & deich cét ar fichit cét cacha catha díb, & mar do
5808] bámar ann inar sessam, at-chonncamar in t-aen-macaem ac
5809] cluiche ann ar in faithche, & lia comthrom cloiche ara dernnaind,
5810] & do-bered ró n-urchair di co tecmad tarsna deich
5811] n-imaire h-í, & do rithed fuithe & do gabad etarbuais ina glaic
5812] h-í, & ro bamar uile ica t-shír-fhegad tri catha na Feine. ‘Ní {folio 138a1}
5813] fhaccamar riam’, ar Find, ‘lámach budh fherr ina sin, &
5814] cia in maccaem do-ní in lámach, a fhiru?’ ar Find. ‘Mac fhir in
5815] baili-sin’, ar cach .i. Fer Óc mac Callainde, mac ríg Ulad.
5816] Ní thainic d' Ulltaib riam ó do-chuadur na fir mora maithe do
5817] bói díb, adhbur gaisccedaig is ferr anas in maccaem út. ‘Ní
5818] thainic um’, ar cach uile i n-aen-fhecht. ‘Ocus da-ní- sium lamach
5819] aile is doirbe ina sin’, ar cach. ‘Cred eissein?’ ar Find ‘.i.
5820] urlann da t-shleg do chur re talmain, & a druim risin m-baile, &
5821] leim re crannaib na sleg tar sluag-dorus in baile co m-bói ar in
5822] lic allanall & a t-shlegha ina laim, & lingid leo 'na frithing tar
5823] in m-baile amuich co m-bói ar in faithche-seo.’

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5824] ‘Ar fír do chubais riut, a Fhir Óic’, ar Find, ‘dena in cles
5825] inar fiadnaissi.’ ‘Do-genum’, ar in maccaem. ‘Ocus is nár lém
5826] a dénamh i fiadnaissi Fhiann Eirenn muna thí lem a denum co
5827] maith.’ Ocus do-roine in cles a fiadnaissi Fhind & na Feinde
5828] mar is ferr do-rinde riam h-e.

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5829] IS annsin do-riacht Callann & Cuillenn .i. athair & a mathair
5830] in maccáeim, chucca, & ro fhersat fír- cháin faeilte re Find
5831] & reim in Fhéinn archena. ‘Maith a m' anum, a meic’, ar siat,
5832] ‘déna do chor & do muintirus re Find.’ ‘Do-gén’, ar in maccaem.
5833] Do eirig & do-rinde a chor & a muintirus ré Find, &
5834] tuc a lám i l-láim Fhind, & tangamar anunn iarsin issin dún, &
5835] ro bamar ac ól & ac aibnius and.

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5836] IS ann adubairt in flaith Find: ‘Cáit a fuil Berrach ingen
5837] Chais Chuailgne?’ ‘Sunn, a m' anum, a ríg-feinnid’, ar inn ingen.
5838] ‘Tabair in n-armidh chét dot' indsaigid, & tabair a tri lan d' ór
5839] inti & a tri lán d' airget, & tabair d' Fhir Óc ina thuarustul.’
5840] Ocus ro roind in maccaem ar tri sin .i. a trian da athair &
5841] a trian da mathair & a trian aile d' éicsib & d' ollamnaib & do
5842] luchtraid maithiusa Fiann Eirenn. ‘Is eolach do roinded in
5843] tuarustul’, ar Find. Ocus do badur ann co tainic lá cona
5844] lan-soillsi arnabarach.

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5845] Annsin do-rigned selg & fiann-choscur ac tri cathaib na
5846] Féinne. Cid tra acht cet-guin muice na fhiada do rochtain do
5847] neoch d' fhiannaib Eirenn ac Fir Óc ní rainic in la-sin. Ar
5848] tiachtain immorro dóib da tigh & ar n-denam na selga, is and
5849] ro gabusdur slaetan trom-galair Fer Óc tré t-shuilib na sochaide
5850] & tre fhormat in mor-sluaig, corus-marb gan anmain i cind nómaide
5851] h-é. ‘Ocus ro cuired fan talmain ar in tulaig tonn-glais
5852] út h-e’, ar Cailte, ‘& in lía lainderda ro bói ina laim ac denam
5853] chluiche & ainiusa iss é-siut assa chind h-é’, ar Cailte.

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5854] ‘Conid uada-sin atá Tulach in Óic ar in tulaig-seo.’

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5855] Ocus do bói a mathair bliadain issin baile-sea tar eis a
5856] meic, & ticed cach láe d' indsaigid fherta a meic, & ro bói ica
5857] cháined rissin m-bliadain-sin, & fuair bás do chumaid a meic
5858] la n-aen ann, & tucad issin tulaig-seo ille h- í.

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5859] ‘Conid uaithe atá in t-ainm .i. Cuillenn.’