

#Macgnimartha Find


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Macgnimartha Find
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**Manuscript Source**2. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud 610, fo. 118a2–121b1.
**Editions and Translations**2. John O'Donovan (ed. and tr.), Mac-gnimartha Finn mac Cumaill, 'The Boyish Exploits of Finn mac Cumhaill', Transactions of the Ossianic Society for the year 1856, vol. 4 (Dublin 1859) 281–304.
3. Kuno Meyer (tr.), The Boyish Exploits of Finn, Ériu, 1 (1901) 180–190 (English translation).
**Literature**2. Kuno Meyer, Fianaigecht: being a collection of hitherto inedited Irish poems and tales relating to Finn and his Fiana, Todd Lecture Series 16 (London 1910). (For introduction and 'The Finn episode from Gilla in Chomded h�a Cormaic's poem "A R� richid, r�idig dam"').
3. Joseph Falaky Nagy, The Wisdom of the Outlaw: The Boyhood Deeds of Finn in Gaelic Narrative Tradition (Berkeley CA 1985).
4. J. T. Koch and John Carey, The Celtic Heroic Age. Literary sources for ancient Celtic Europe and early Ireland and Wales (Aberystwyth 2003) (includes translations).
5. Proinsias Mac Cana, 'Fianaigecht in the Pre-Norman period', in: Béaloideas 54–55 (1986–1987) 75–99. Reprinted in: B. Almqvist et al. (ed), 'The heroic process' (1987) 75–99.
6. Tom P. Cross and Clark Harris Slover (eds.), 'The Boyhood Deeds of Finn mac Cumaill: Ancient Irish Tales (New York 1936, reprinted 1977).
7. Further references are available on http://vanhamel.nl/codecs/Macgnímartha\_Find.
8. For references to place names, see http://www.logainm.ie/en/.
**The edition used in the digital edition**2. **Kuno Meyer**, Macgnimartha Find in Revue Celtique. Volume 5, Paris, F. Vieweg (1882) page 195–204

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### Macgnimartha Find


This text is preserved in the well-known Bodleian Codex Laud 610, 
where it occupies about six pages and a half, beginning in the middle of 
fo. 118a2, and ending abruptly on the top of fo. 121b1. Part of it has 
been printed twice already, first by **O'Donovan** in the 4th vol. of the 
 Ossianic Society's Transactions, in 1859, and again this year (1881) by 
**Mr. David Comyn** for the Gaelic Union; as to the deficiency of both 
which editions see a letter from me to the Academy of Aug. 13th 1881. 
In the foilowing print the reader has a faithful rendering of the text as it 
stands in the Ms. I have added, however, a punctuation of my own, 
except in the poem ascribed to Finn (par. 20) which, as it offers a great 
many difficulties some of which I have not been able to overcome, I 
thought best to print entirely as it reads in Ms. Besides, I have corrected 
several palpable mistakes of the scribe, but the reading of the Ms. will 
then be found noted below the text.


The following is a list of the most remarkable irregularities and inconsistencies of the scribe (who, according to **O'Donovan**, copied the text 
in 1453) which are those usually met with in Irish Mss. from the 12th 
century downwards. Cf. Stokes, Three Homilies, p. viii. note.


Confusion of a and u in inlaut: aenar and aenur, Mumun, Albun.
  
 

Confusion of e and i in auslaut: doroíne, file, also feined (= féinnid), 
and in gaisced (gen.), d in auslaut being no longer pronounced at the 
time when the time when the text was copied.
  
 

a instead of i in the article, the preposition i n-: amach, amuig.
  
 

i instead of a: isbert, idcondairc.
  
 

a instead of u (o) in auslaut: forra, cuca, etarra.
  



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ea instead of e: celeabraid, ceann, eagla.
  

eo instead of e: meodon.
  

ai instead of oi: faillsithea.
  

oi instead of ai: aroile and araile, oidche and aidche.
  
 
ae instead of óe: aen, macaem.
  

Neglect of infection: Cumull (gen.), bunad (gen.), Cethern (gen.).
  
 
Irregularity of infection: berid and beirid, Demne and Deimne, Uirgrenn 
and Urgrend, rome and roime.
  
 
Confusion of infected d and g: urnaige, erid (= érig), laig (= laid), naimdige (= naimtide).
  
 
Omission of infected d or g: faiche, rofaillsithea.
  
 
Sinking of c, t, and p to g, d, and b: eagla (= ecla), foda, sed (= 
sét), iardain, condebert.
  

Prosthesis of f: fiarfaig, rosfuc, conosfaccaid.
  

Omission of aspirated f: roaccaib (= ro fhácaib).
  

Omission of the mark of length: mor, gnatach (= gnáthach], rig, dun, dib, suanan. Instead of the accent, we sometimes find the vowel doubled 
to mark its length: ree, laa. i, as in Latin Mss., often has an accent.
  

Omission of the mark of aspiration: rotescair, dogairtea, gnatach, tocmarc, Lucet.


A very common irregularity of our scribe is to put a single consonant 
for a double one, and vice versa. Thus we find: Conachtaib, feinid, Boin, im, fogluim, timnas, frisum, laiside, deisid, iarair, lie; and again: 
innad, fassaid (= fásaig), accaib (fhácaib), Fiaccail, ránicc, Tairrsig, 
tairrngire. Instead of double n, we then have nd, e. g. condebert (= co 
n-epert), like andebert (= inn epert?). On the other hand, we find m for 
double m, instead of original mb: comad (= co m-bad, imresnaid (= imbresnaig).


In conclusion, the following remarks, in reference to a few passages 
of the text, will not be out of place.


With paragraphs 2 and 3 compare the Fotha Catha Cnucha in LU, p. 41b, where the last two verses of the poem on this battle occur with some slight variations.


Paragraphs 3, 13, in order to have the correct metre, ought, I think, to be 
read: clanda Morna isin chath.


Paragraph 4, imda gilla tailcair tinnesnach. tailcair (or talchar) and tinnesnach are also found together in Fled Bricrend 37 (Windisch, Irische Texte p. 271), and LBr. 
232a: iar sin ro mebaid for in sluag n-génnslige re Cónsatin cor theichset co tinnesnach talchar re Rómanchaib.


Paragraph 5, ocus dono ba hecail le maic Morna dó. The same construction 


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occurs LBr. p. 145b; ar dia m-bad ecal leis bas (leg. bás) for a chind, ni díngned cech a n-derna.


Paragraph 14, tecoiscid-sim lais, wrongly rendered by **O'Donovan** ‘he (Finn) 
played against him’, instead of: ‘he (the king) was prompted by him’, 
viz. in the movements of his play. Compare the similar narrative of the 
 Toruigheacht Dhiarmuda agus Ghrainne p. 146 (**O'Grady**'s edition) where the same expression (‘teagasg mhic Uí Dhuibhne agad’) is used.


Paragraph 24, iar scíthlim a fé fiadib, I understand to mean ‘after having with difficulty cleared their ramparts before them.’ lim here seems to be léimm 
‘a leap’ which in composition has become shortened by force of accent, 
like céimm in tóchim.


Paragraph 28, duma ‘a sepulchral mound’ **O'Donovan** Suppl. Cf. ni chumdaigem adnocla na duma for marbu. LBr. p. 211b.


  
**Leipzig**,


Kuno Meyer.
October 1881.


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{MS Laud 610 folio 118a2}
¶1] Dorala comtinol aigh ocus ímfich debtha imon fianaig*echt* ocus im ardmaeraig*echt* Eir*enn* idir Cumull mac Trenmoir ocus Uirgrenn mac Luigech Cuirr do Luaigne, .i. do Corco Oche Cuile Chontuind don Cumull sin, air ba dibside h*úi* Tairrsig a thuath-som Cumull. Torba ingin Eochamain do Ernaib is i ba bancele do Chumull noco tard Muirne Munchaim.


¶2] Tuc*ad* iarum cath Cnucha eaturra .i. it*ir* Cumull ocus Urgrend. Daire Dearg mac Ech*ach* Find mic Coirp*re* Galaigh mic Muiredaig ocus a mac .i. Aed ic tab*airt* in chatha i farrad in Urg*ri*nn. Ainm n-aill don Dare sin Morna Muncham. Dob*er*ar iarum in cath iar sin. Dorala it*ir* Luicet ocus Aed mac Morna isin chath. Gonus Lucet Aed co ros mill a lethrosc, conid de ro lil a ainm Goll sin ile é. Dotuit Lucet la Goll. Gonas da*na* fer coimeta corrbuilg a set feisin Cumull isin cath. Dotuit Cumull la Goll mac Morna 
isin cath ocus beirid a foidb ocus a cend leis, conid de sin bui fich bunad 
it*ir* Finn ocus maccu Morna.


¶3] Conid de sin ro cet in sench*aid*: 

> 1. Goll mac Dare D*eir*g co m-blaid
>   
> M*i*c Ech*ach* Finn — finn a gail —
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> M*i*c Cairpre Galaid *con*n-gail 
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> M*i*c Muiredaig a Findmaig.
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> 4. 5] Ro marb Goll Luicet na *cét*
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> 6] A cath Cnucha — nocha bréc —:
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> 7] Luic*et* Finn in gaisced glain 
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> 8] La mac Morna doroch*air*.
> 5. 9] Is leis dotuit Cumall mór
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> 10] I cath Cnucha na cathslog.
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> 11] Aire iucsat in cath tend
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> 12] Im fianaid*echt* na hEr*enn*.
> 6. 13] Bat*ar* clanda Mórna isin cath
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> 14] Ocus Luaigne na Temrach,
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> 15] Air ba leo fianus fer Fail
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> 16] Fri laim cach rig co robaig.
> 7. 17] Bui mac ac Cumull co m-buaid 
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> 18] In Finn fuilech faeb*ur* cruaid.
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> 19] Finn ocus Goll — mor a m-blad —
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> 20] Tren doronsatar cogad.
> 8. 21] Iar sin doronnsatar sidh
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> 22] Find ocus Goll na *cét* n-gnim, 
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> 23] Co torcuir Banb Sinna de 
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> 24] Fan muicc a Temuir Luaicre.
> 9. 25] Aed ba hainm do mac Dare
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> 26] Cor gaed Luichet co n-aine:
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> 27] ro gaet in laigne lond,
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> 28] Aire conraitea ris Goll.G.
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¶4] Torrach ro accaib Cumull a mnai .i. Muirne, ocus beirid sí mac ocus bertha[1](javascript:footNote('G303023/note001.html')) ainm do .i. Deímne. Tic Fiaccail mac Concinn ocus Bodbmall bandrai 
ocus in Liath Luachra do saiged Muirne, ocus berid leo in m*a*c, air nir lam 
a m*áthair* a b*eth* aicce. Fuidis Muirne la Gleor[2](javascript:footNote('G303023/note002.html')) Lamd*er*g la ri Lamraige iardain, *con*id eiside in r*ad* Finn mac Gleoir. Luid tr*a* Bodbmall ocus in Liath ocus in m*a*c leo i foit*ri*b Sleibi Bladma. No hailed in mac and sin i taide. Deithb*ir* on, ar ba himda gilla tailcair tinnesnach ocus laech neimnech 
naimdige ocus feiníd fergach frithn*us*ach do laec*ra*id Luaigne ocus do maccaib Morna for ti in mlc sin ocus Tulcha mic Cumuill. Ro ailset iarum in dá banfeíndig sin fri re foda fan sam*a*il sin.


¶5] Tic a m*áthai*r a cind se m-bl*iadan* iar sin d'fís a mic, air do hinnsid 


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di a beth isin inad ut, ocus dono ba hecail le m*ai*c Morna do. Cid t*ra* acht atra*cht* as cach fasach i n-a cele co rainicc foit*ri*b slebe Bladma. Fogeib in fianboith ocus in mac i n-a codl*ad* innti. Ocus tocbaid si an mac i n-a hucht iardain ocus timsaige fria he, ocus si t*ro*m iarum. Conid and sin doroin na ranna ic muirn ím a mac:
  


Codail re suanan saime etc. 
  

Timnas an íngin celebrad do na banfeindedaib iar sin ocus atbert friu no in- 
gabdaís in mac comad infeín*ed*a é. Ocus ro forb*air* in mac iar sin cur ba 
hinselga e.


¶6] Tanic in mac i n-a aenur imach i n-araile la and ocus idcondairc na lachain forsi *loch* [3](javascript:footNote('G303023/note003.html')). Tarlaic urchur fuithib ocus ro tescair a finnfad ocus 
a heteda di, co tocuir tamnell fuirre ocus ro gab-s*om* iarum ocus ros fuc leis dochum na fianboithi. Conid hi sin *cét*sealg Find.


¶7] Luid-sium la aes cearda iartaín for teth*ed* mac Morna, co m-boi fo Crottaib accu. It e a n-anmand[4](javascript:footNote('G303023/note004.html')) side: *Futh* ocus Ruth ocus Regna Madhfeada ocus Temle ocus Oilpe ocus Rogein. Tanig imbuile tairisim ann sin 
*con*n-derna carrach de, conid de dogairtea Deimne Mael de. Bi fogl*aid* a 
Laig*nib* in tan sin .i. Fiaccail mac Codhna eside. Dorala di*no* Fiacail i Fid Gaible forsan aes cerdai ocus ro marb uili *acht* Deímne a aenur. Bui-sum 
oc Fiacail mac Codna iar sin i n-a tig a sescinn uairbeoil. Teccait in da 
banfeíndig budes co tech Fiacla m*c* Codnai for iarair Demne ocus dob*er*ar doib e. Ocus dob*er*ait leo andes hé iartaín cusin inad *cét*na.


¶8] Dochuaid-*som* laa and a aenar amach co riacht Mag Life go aroile 
dun ann, conos faccaid in macr*aid* óg oc imain for faiche in duíne. Tic-som comludh *no* comimain f*ri*u-s*om*. Tic iarnabarach ocus dob*er*at cethraime 
inna agaid. Ticit aris a t*ri*an i n-a ag*aid*. Cid t*ra* *acht* atnagat uile inna ag*aid* fadeoig ocus dob*ered*-su*m* lethcluich*e* forra uili.


¶9] ‘Cia hainm fil fort?’ ol siat. ‘Demne’ ol se. Innisid in macr*ad* d'fir in dunaid inni sin. ‘Marb*thar* [?] side e mad *con*tuicti masa cum*acht*achi e’ ol se. ‘Ni caemsamais ni do’ ol siat. ‘And ebert a ainm f*ri*b?’ ol se. ‘Adob*er*t’ ol siat, ‘curub Demne a ainm.’ ‘Cindas a h*ec*cosc ?’ ol se. ‘M*a*caem tu*cht*ach find’ or siat. ‘Is ainm do Demne Find amlaid 
sin’ ol se-seam. Conid de sin adb*er*tis in macr*ad* frisum Finn.


¶10] Tic-sum iarnabairech dia saigid ocus luid cuccu i n-a cluichi. 
Focertat a lorga fair a n-aenfe*cht*. Imasai-sium fuithibh-sium ocus t*ra*sc*ra*id morfesir dib. Luid uaithib a foithrib slebe Bladma.


¶11] Tic iarum i chind se*cht*muine iar sin cusín m-baile *cét*na. Is amlaid 


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bat*ar* in m*a*craid ic snamh forsin loch bi i n-a farrad. Grennaigit in 
m*a*cr*ad* eisium imte*cht* d'ímbadha friu. Lingid-sim isin loch cuca iar sin 
ocus bádid nonbur dib fon loch, ocus teit feín fa sliab Bladma iar sin. ‘Cia 
ro baid in macr*aid*?’ ol cach. ‘Finn’ ol siat. Comad assin no lenad Finn é.


¶12] Tic-sium fecht ann tar Sliab Bladma amach, ocus in da banfendid[5](javascript:footNote('G303023/note005.html'))
immaille fris, co n-acar alma imdiscir[6](javascript:footNote('G303023/note006.html')) d'agaib all*taib* for ais in slebe.
  
 
‘Monuar t*ra*!’ or in da sentuinn ‘ni tic di*no* astud neich dib sud accainn.’ ‘Tic dim-sa,’ ocus rithaid forro ocus astaid da n-ag dibh ocus beirid leis dia fianboith. Dogni-s*om* sealg co gnatach doibh iar sin. ‘Erid uain[7](javascript:footNote('G303023/note007.html')) festa, a gille,’ or na banfeneda fris ‘air atait mic Morna for 
aicill do marbta.’


¶13] Doluid-sium a aenar uadib co riacht Loch Leín os Luachair, cur 
athcuir a amsaine ac rig Benntr*aig*e and sin. Ni ro sloind-sim isin innad 
sin he, *acht* cena ni bui isin re sin sealgaire a innsamla. As am*laid* isbert 
in ri fris: ‘Dia facbad Cumull mac’ ol se ‘andar limm[8](javascript:footNote('G303023/note008.html')) ro bo tu-sa é. 
Acht cena ní cualam*ar*-ne mac d'facbail do acht[9](javascript:footNote('G303023/note009.html')) Tulcha mac Cumaill, ocus at*á* sin ac rí Albun a n-amsaine.’


¶14] Celeb*rai*d-sim don ri iar sin ocus tet uaidib co Carbrige .i. Ciarraige indiu, ocus atnaig ic a rig sin a n-amsaine. Tic in ri iarum ac fidcella*cht* i n-araile lo[10](javascript:footNote('G303023/note010.html')). Tecoisgid-sim lais ocus berid *secht* cluichi diaig aroile. ‘Cia tu-sa?’ ol in ri. ‘Mac aith*ig* do Luaignib Temrach’ ol se. ‘Acc,’ ol in ri ‘acht is tú in mac ros fuc Muirne do Cumall, ocus na bi sunn ní is sia narut marbtar for m'enech-sa.’


¶15] Luid as iar sin co Cuillínd Cuanach co teck Lochain flaithgobann. 
Ingin rocaem laiside .i. Cruithne a hainm. Adnaig side g*rá*d don gilla. 
‘Dobér-sa m'ingin duit’ ol in goba ‘cin co fetar cia tu.’ Faidis in 
n-ingin leis in gilla iartain. ‘Dena slega dam’ ol in gilla risin n-gob*ann*. Dogni di*no* Lochan di sleig do. Celeabr*aid* dana do Lochan ocus luid reime. ‘A m*i*c,’ ar Lochan ‘na heirg isin slige forsa m-bi an muc dianad[11](javascript:footNote('G303023/note011.html')) ainm 
in Beo.’ Is si ro fassaid meodon Mumun. Ocus is *ed* tra dorala don gilla 
dul forsin slig*id* for m-bi in mucc. Adnaig in mucc cuice iar sin. Foceird- 
sim da*na* urc*ur* di sleigh fuirri co ra luid t*r*íte corus farcaib cen anmain. 


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Beirid-s*om* da*na* ceann na muicce leis don gohainn a coibche a ingine. Is de sin ata Sliab Muice a Mumain.


¶16] Doluid in gilla rome iar sin i Conachtaibh d'iarraid Crimaill m*c* Trenmoir. Am*a*l ro bui for a sed co cualaid gui na henmna. Luid fai co n-acca in mnai ocus ba déra fola cech re fe*cht* ocus ba sceith fola in fea*cht* aile, co m-ba d*er*g a bel. ‘Is at belderg, a ben’ ol sé. ‘Ata deithbir ocum’ ol sí ‘m'oenmac do marb*ad* d'oenlaech forgranda mor dorala cucum.’ ‘Cia ainm do mic?’ ol se. ‘Glonda a ainm’ ol si. Is de ata Ath n-Glona ocus 
Tochar n-Glonna for Maenmuig, ocus is on beld*eir*gi sin ata Ath m-Beld*eir*gi sin ille. Luid di*no* Find i n-degaid in laích ocus ferait comlonn ocus dofuit lais e. Is aml*aid* immorro ro bui-sim ocus corrbolg na sed aigi .i. seoid Cumuill. Is de di*no* dorochair ann sin .i. Liath Luac*ra*. Is e *cét*guin Cumull i cath Cnucha.


¶17] Teid i *Conacht*aib iar sin ocus fageib Crimall i n-a senoir a n-dithreib caille and ocus drem don seinfeínn maille fris, ocus is iad sin dogni 
sealga do. Tocbaid in corrbolg di*no* do ocus atfet a scela o t*ús* co deíred 
am*al* ro marb fer na sed. Ceilebr*aid* Finn do Crimall ocus luid roime d'foglaim eicsi co Finneces ro boi for Boin. Nir lam *immorro* beith a n-Er*inn* cena *no* *con*n-dechaid re filid*echt* ar eagla m*i*c Uirg*ri*nn ocus mac Morna.


¶18] Secht m-bl*iadn*a do Finnecis for Boin oc urnaige iach Linne Feic; air do bui a tairrngire do eo Feic do tomailt ocus cen ni 'n-a ainfis it*ir* 
iarum. Frith in mbradan ocus ro herbad do Demne *immorro* in bradán do 
fuine ocus asbert an file fris cen ní don bradan do tomailt. Dobert in gilla 
do an bradan iar n-a fuine. ‘Inar tomlis ní don bradan, a gilla?’ ol in 
file. ‘Ni to’ ol in gilla, ‘acht mo or du do loisces ocus dorad*us* im beolu 
iartaín.’ ‘Cia hainm fil ort-sa, a gilla?’ ol se. ‘Demne’ ol in gilla. 
‘Finn do ainm,’ ol se ‘a gilla, ocus is duit tucad in bradan dia tomailt, 
ocus is tu in Find co fír.’ Toimlid in gilla in bradan iartain. Is *ed* sin 
t*ra* dorat in fis do Finn .i. an tan do ber*ed* a ordain i n-a beolu ocus nocha na tria teinm laega, ocus no faillsithea do iar*um* in ni no bid 'n-a aínfis.


¶19] Ro fogluim-si*um* in t*re*ide nemtigius filid .i. teínm laega ocus im*us* forosna ocus dicedul dicennaib. Is ann sin doroíne Finn in laig si oc f*ro*mad a eícsi:


¶20] 
> 
> Cettemain cain ree rosair and cucht canait luin laid lain diambeith 
> laigaig ann Gairid cai cruaid dean is focen samh sair suidig sine s*er*bi*m*me cerb caill craib Cearbaid sam suaill sruth saigid graig luath linn lethaid 
> folt foda fraích forbrid canach fann finn Fuabair dsgell sceill shigi*n*e imrid 
> reid riaenrith rena cuirither sal suan tuigither blath inbith Beraid beich beg 
> an*er*t b*er*t bond bochta blaith b*er*id buarslaib resliab feraid seng saidbir 
> 
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> saith Seiñ crot caille ceól *con*gren*n* seolsid slán siadair deañ dacach diñ dé 
> do lochlín*n* lai*n* Labr tragna trén bard canaid eas nard nua failti dolin*n*te tanic luachra luad Lingid fain*n*le fan*na*fuas imasoich c*ru*as ciuil croich foirbrid mes maethmed in*n*isid loth loíth Leig lath fathfeig fertar cam cai ch*ru*aid cuirither iasg mbrecc mbedg is balc gedg laith luaith Losaid fer 
> foirbrig ogh inabuaid mbreg mbras caín cach caille oi*nn* cle clar cáin cach 
> mag mármas Melldag ree ruan gaith garb gam gel cach ros toirtech sidh 
> subach samh Suidither ialen a*m*ilea*n* buirither gort glas ambi bras glasgeal Greid merort imrimeach imse*n*rar sreth sluaig rosaerad crand geal istir conid ór eilestar uad Egal ferfann fedil focaín aird ucht uisi us men*n* imacoin cette*m*an caín ciuin cucht .c.
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¶21] Luid Fínn dino co Cethern m*ac* Fíntain do fogluim eicsi beos aige. Bui *i*ngin rocaem di*no* a m-Brig Ele an n-inbuid sín .i. a sidh Brig Ele .i. Ele ainm na hingine sin. Batar imresnaid feir Er*enn* imon ingin. No teged cach fer for uair dia tochmarc. Dia samna cacha bl*iadn*a dogníthea in tocmarc; ar badair oslaicte sidha Er*enn* im samain dogres, air ni feta diamair dia samna dogres for sidaib. Cech fer teged dia tochmarc, is *ed* dognítea fris: ro gonta fer dia muintir. Do dearb*ad* in fechtais dognítea sin ocus ni finnta cia dogní beos.


¶22] Doluid Cethern in file dia tochmarc na hingine a cuma caich. Ba 
holc di*no* la Finn a toide*cht* Cethern frisin toisc sin. Ocus ba Finnecis di*no* a ainm m*i*cc Cumuill in tan sin. Doronsat tri lurgu dib oc toide*cht* don tochmarc. Nonb*ur* cech luirg dib. In trath dolotar dochum int sida gaeta fer dia muint*ir* etarra ocus ni fes cia not geogna. Oircbel Eces ainm in fir gaeta ann. Is de F*er*t Oircbeil i Cluain Fota. Scarsat iar sin ocus luid Finn uaidib ocus ni thaire. Ba saeth di*no* la Finn anni sin ocus ba mela mor lais.


¶23] Luid-sim co ranicc do tig an feineda .i. Fiaclach m*i*c *Con*chinn oc 
Sleib Marga; is ann bui a aitreib sin in tan sin. Accainis Finn di*no* a 
imned fris ocus ro indis do am*al* ro bith ín fer occa isin sidh. Atbert Fiaclach fris ar techt co n-deisid oc dib cichib Anann iar Luachair. Luid di*no* co n-deísid it*ir* in da dun filet it*ir* da cich Anand.


¶24] A m-bai n-and iarum intí Finn eaturra aidchi samna co n-accai in 
da sid osluicti ime .i. in da danad iar scithlim a fe fiadibh. Co n-accai 
teíne mor ce*cht*ar in da dunad .i. co cualaid in guth di araile cond-ebert: 
‘In maith bar suabais-si?’ ‘Maith em’ ol in guth issin sidh araile. Ceisd: ‘In ni b*er*tar ni uaine duib-si? Dia tardtar di*no* duin-ne sin, b*er*thar ni daib-si tar a eisi.’A m-bui Find and *co n-*accai fer assin sidh. Losat i n-a laim co muic slainsi fuirri ocus laeg fuinti ocus dlocht crema 
ann dia samna sin. Doluid in fer sech Find do ascnam int sidha eli. Foceird 
Finn urchur do sleig Fiadaid m*i*c Conchinn. B*er*tais uaid anes do Sleib 



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Mairge. Asbert Find and sin: ‘Ma dia roised int sleg nech uainn, diamad 
beo de. Doig lium ha si digail mo cele.’


¶25] Teichid sin co cualaid fo*chet*oir in mairgnigh ocus inna caine mor[12](javascript:footNote('G303023/note012.html')) cond-ebert:
  


‘Do gai Birga for Berba
  

dorochair Aed mac Fidga.
  
 
Do sleigh Fiaclaig m*i*c Codna
  

ro geoguin Finn iar n-imdai.’
  


Tainic[13](javascript:footNote('G303023/note013.html')) di*no* Fiacail iar sin co Finn co m-bi oc dib[14](javascript:footNote('G303023/note014.html')) cichib Anann. Ro fiarfaig Fiacail di cia rotnoirg. ‘Ni fedar’ ol Finn. ‘Cid ni fil ba ar sodain don urc*ur* ro laais, doig em’ ol Fiacail ‘condrigeisi nech do guin. Is doig lium,’ ol Fiacail ‘mina derna anocht, ni digne co cend m-bli*adn*a doridisi.’ Asbert di*no* Finn doteilgestar urcur ocus ba dochu lais ro soich nech ocus docualaid in cainead mor isin sidh conad asbert:
R. 

> **(Voice from fairy-knoll)**1. Neim in gai seo
>   
> Is neím in cách isa gai
>   
> Ocus neim in caich ro lá
>   
> Neím in caich no ailcedai.
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¶26] Ro gab Finn mnai fri sid C*ru*achain Brig Elle amuig a n-gell rena gai. Ro geall in ben an gai amach tar a cenn. Leicid Finn in mnai uadha isin sidh. Is and isbert in ben iar tiachtain[15](javascript:footNote('G303023/note015.html')) isin sidh: 


> **(woman)**1. Neim in gai
>   
> Is neim in lám ro lai de.
>   
> Mina c*ur*th*ir* assin sidh, 
>   
> Gebaid conach in tir de.
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Atnagar an gai imach iar sin ocus berid Finn lais é co hairm i m-boi Fia- 
cail. ‘Maith’ ol Fiacail ‘bith agud in gai dia n-dernais in gnim n-amra.’ Asbert Fiac*ail* ann sin ba segda in fectus diar gonad in fer[16](javascript:footNote('G303023/note016.html')) ro 
geoguin a cele-sim Fínn. ‘In fer rod goin ann so’ ol se ‘is eside ro 
geodnad cech fer teged do tochmarc[17](javascript:footNote('G303023/note017.html')) na hingine, fodaig is eside ro carastar an ingin.’


¶27] Lodar reompu iar sin Find ocus Fiac*ail*. Bui di*no* dail Fiacla frisin feínd a n-Inber Colptha. Asbert di*no* fri Fínn air co tiasat gid daimh dia 
tig ro gle a toisc. Asbert Fínn: ‘Nom leic-si let’ ol se. ‘Ni hail dam 
do tia*cht*ain lim,’ ol Fiac*ail* ‘ar teith urcra lathair fort.’ ‘Forfinnfat’



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ol Finn. Lotar ass iarum. Da meall dec do luaige fo bragait in Fiacla do toirmesc a laith ar a luas. No leicedh cech mell ar uair dibh uada ocus 
dob*er*t Finn leis iat ocus nir luaitlie dorith Fiacla beos ina dorith Finn.


¶28] Ro soichit Inb*er* Colptha. Dob*er*t Find air sin a mill luaide do .i. XII. ocus ba maith leis. Faidet*ar* ann iaram in aidchi sin. Doberaid iarum for Finn foraire do denum an oidche sin, ocus isbert fris ar conduisced in feinnig dia cloised a n-ecín. A m-bui Find and iaram trath do aidchi co 
cual*aid* an egem atuaid ocus ni ro duisid in fein*id*[18](javascript:footNote('G303023/note018.html')). Luid a aenur fon eigem co Sleib Slangha. A m-boi Finn ann iarum trath nona do aidchi la Ulltu co farníc tri mna and ar a cinn ac duma glas co *con*ngnaib[19](javascript:footNote('G303023/note019.html')) bansidha. A m-bat*ar* oc caine ar in duma sin dob*er*dis a lama uile forsin duma beos. Teichit iaram na mna isin sidh re Finn. Tarraid Finn oenmnai dib oc te*cht* a sidh Slang. Gadas Finn a heo as a brut. Doluid in ben a n-a deg*aid* ocus guidis Finn fa eo a bruitt do tobuirt di ocus isbert nar bo du dí teacht *co n*-ainim isin sidh ocus targaig logh [*...*]












