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OF THE ADVENTURES OF GAEDEL, AS FOLLOWS.
The learned of the Gaels give the following account of the adventures of their ancient chiefs. There was a certain nobleman in exile in Egypt, after he had been banished out of the kingdom of Scythia, at the time when the children of Israel passed through the ...
III. DUAN EIREANNACH.
Maelmura of Othain cecinit. Let us sing the origin of the Gaedhel, Of high renown in stiff battles, Whence did the mighty stream of ocean Waft them to Eri? What was the land in which they originally lived...
The Cause of the Battle of Cnucha
When Cathar Mor son of Fedlimid Fir Urglais son of Cormac Gelta-gaith was in the kingship of Tara, and Conn the Hundred-Fighter in Kells, in the rigdonna’s land, Cathar had a celebrated druid, Nuada son of Achi son of Dathi son of Brocan son of Fintan, of Tuat...
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(Táin bó Dartada, Egerton 1782, Yellow Book of Lecan. Trans. A. H. Leahy)
This tale is given by Windisch (Irische Texte, II. pp. 185-205), from two versions; one, whose translation he gives in full, except for one doubtful passage, is from the manuscript in the British Museum, known as Egerton, 1782 (dated 1414); the other is from...
"Who shall go there?" asked Cu Roi.
"These same two," said Medb, "that welcome may be given to them from me with the nobles of the province of Connacht, and from thee with the nobles of the two provinces of Munster." "I shall know," said Cu Roi, "by the person that answers whether they come wit...
When the sons of Mil of Spain reached Erin,
their sagacity circumvented the Tuatha De Danann, so that Erin was left to the partition of Amergin Glunmar, son of Mil; for he was a king- poet and a king-judge. And he divided Erin into two parts, and gave the part that was underground to the Tuatha De Danan...
1. After Finnen of Moville
had come with the Gospel to Ireland, into the territory of the men of Ulster, he went to a wealthy warrior there, who would not let them come to him into the stronghold, but left them fasting there over Sunday. The warrior’s faith was not good. Said Finnen to ...
IV. DUAN ALBANACH.
Of the Dalriadans, of whom we have lately spoken, we have no doubt of the truth of the little we have attempted of their origin and genealogy in this book. We set down, however, here an ancient poem of the history of the Kings of Scotland.Thus it speaks, altho...
II. OF THE WONDERS OF ERI HERE ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF GLEN-DA-LOCHA.
i. Inis-Gluair in Irrus Domhnann; this is its property, that the corpses that are carried into it do not rot at all, but their nails and hair grow, and every one in it recognises his father and grandfather for a long period after their death. Neither does the ...
HERE FOLLOWS OF THE CONQUEST OF THE SAXONS.
Now it came to pass after the aforesaid battle, and after the slaughter of the Roman chieftains three times by the Britons, after they had been four hundred and forty-nine years under the Roman tribute, that Gortigern, son of Gudal, took the chief sovereignty ...
I. OF THE MIRACLES OF CAIRNECH HERE.
SARRAN assumed the sovereignty of Britain after this, and established his power over the Saxons and Cruithnians. And he took to wife the daughter of the king of Alban, viz., Babona, daughter of Loarn, son of Erc. And it was not she that was married to him, but...
[HERE FOLLOWS OF THE ORIGIN OF THE CRUITHNIANS.]
Cruithne, son of Cing, pater Pictorum habitantium in hac insula, c. annis regnabat. He had seven sons. These are their names, viz., Fib, Fidach, Foltlaig, Fortrend, Caitt, Ce, Circing.Circing lx. annis regnavit.Fidach xl. annis regnavit.Fortrend xl. annis regn...
OF THE CRUITHNIANSC INCIPIT.
The Cruithnians came from the land of Thracia; they are the race of Gueleon, son of Ercal Hercules. Agathyrsi was their name. Six brothers of them came at first, viz., Solen, Ulfa, Nechtan, Drostan, Aengus, Leithenn. The cause of their coming was this, viz, Po...
THE WONDERS OF MANANN DOWN HERE.
The first wonder is a strand without a sea.The second is a ford which is far from the sea, and which fills when the tide flows, and decreases when the tide ebbs.The third is a stone which moves at night in Glenn Cindenn, and though it should be cast into the s...
INCIPIT CONCERNING THE WONDERS OF THE ISLAND OF BRITAIN HERE.
The first wonder of the island of Britain is Loch Lemnon; there are sixty islands and sixty rocks in it, and sixty streams flow into it, and one stream out of it, that is the Leamain.The second wonder is the mouth of the stream Tranon, which is filled from the...
OF THE WARFARE OF GORTIMER.
After this, Gortimer the victorious, son of Gortigern, with his brother Catigern, rose up against Hengist and Orsa, and the Britons fought fiercely along with them, so that they drove the Saxons to the island of Teineth, and the Britons took this island thrice...
THE FORTRESS OF AMBROSE, AND OF HIS CONTEST WITH THE DRUIDS.
And afterwards Gortigern invited to him twelve Druids, that he might know from them what was proper to be done. The Druids said to him, ‘Seek the borders of the island of Britain, and thou shalt find a strong fortress to defend thyself against the foreigners t...
OF THE MIRACLES OF GERMAN HERE.
After the arrival of German in the island of Britain, he went to the fortress of the warrior whose name was Benli to preach to him. German stopped with his clerics at the door of the fortress. The porter went to the king with the message of the clergyman; the ...
CHAPTER I: MAILDUN'S CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH. HE BEGINS HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF THE PLUNDERERS WHO SLEW HIS FATHER
THERE was once an illustrious man of the tribe of Owenaght of Ninus, Allil Ocar Aga by name, a goodly hero, and lord of his own tribe and territory. One time, when he was in his house unguarded, a fleet of plunderers landed on the coast, and spoiled his territ...