Here we give the three Heroic or Ossianic poems which appear in the Black Book. The Ages of the Feinn appears on page 172, and is followed on page 173 by Cnoc an Air. Deirdre's Song appears on page 95.
Ages of the Feinne
Accenn [middot]9[middot] mbliadhna fuair Fionn, cennus ar Fhionnuibh eirenn o mogha nuaghad na nech, rí gan uaman gan eitech [middot]6. fichet bliaghain fa dho, & [middot]x[middot] bliadhna ni is mó saóghal Fhinn fa shén fa rath, fa bhúaigh & fa throm chach Do be saoghall Oisin mic Finn, 3 cét bliaguin go haobhinn 5 bliadhna dég fa dhó, mí is sechtmhuin is en ló 20 bliadhan sa 18', saogall Osgair is ni brég gan troigh ar ais agcur catha, acht breith giall gach aonfhlath Tri bliadhna dég & 2 chét, saogall Chaoilte na mór echt on la rugadh fial fionn, gur baithed é accroimlinn Naoi fichet bliadhna go becht, saoghal Chubhill fa mór smacht cios an doman do do dháil, si go Laighen do thógbhail Ceithre chét bliadhain acht mí, saogal Ghuill mic Morna ambrí nar leig nech siar no soir, úadha gan comhrag aonfhir Secht fichét bliadhna fa sheól, saogal Chonain na cconnsgleó ag iomarbhaigh eter an Fhein, re bualadh dorn le doimheinn 6 fichét bliadhna fa do deg, saogall mic Lughaich re aég ar ghoil ar ghaisgedh ar ghrenn, aon bharr maisi laoch eirenn 8 fichet bliadhna re suirghe, saogal Dhiarmuid í Dhuimhne naoi bliadhna don mhacaomh óg, le cluidhche ar luib sar liath- róid 5 [middot]20[middot] bliadhna is derbh liom, saogal Chairill mhóir mic Finn nir tarrla comhrag lann, nar bhen Cairell as achenn