

#The deaths of Lugaid and Derbforgaill


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The deaths of Lugaid and Derbforgaill
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Carl Marstranderedited by Carl Marstrander

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**Manuscript Sources**2. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D IV 2; vellum; 15th century: f 52va-53rb.
3. Dublin, Trinity College, MS H 3.18 (cat. 1337); vellum and paper 16th century?: XXII, p 728-731.
4. Dublin, Trinity College, MS H 2.18 (cat. 1339) (Book of Leinster or Leabhar Laigneach, formerly Leabhar na Núachongbála); vellum; late 12th, perhaps early 13th century: p 125a-125b.
**Edition and translations**2. Carl Marstrander, The deaths of Lugaid and Derbforgaill, Ériu 5 (1911) 201–218 [includes English translation].
3. Ann Dooley, in: Angela Bourke, Siobhán Kilfeather, Maria Luddy, Margaret Mac Curtain, Geraldine Meaney, Máirín Ní Dhonnchadha, Mary O'Dowd and Claire Wills (eds.), The Field Day anthology of Irish writing, iv (Cork 2002) 204–206 [English translation].
**Literature**2. Rudolf Thurneysen, Die irische Helden- und Königsage bis zum siebzehnten Jahrhundert, Teil II, (Halle/Saale 1921, reprinted Georg Olms: Hildesheim & New York, 1980) 426–428.
**Internet availability**2. Carl Marstrander's full article including variants is available via JSTOR.
**The edition used in the digital edition**2. **Kuno Meyer and Carl Marstrander**, The deaths of Lugaid and Derbforgaill in Ériu. Volume 5, Dublin, Hodges Figgis (1911) page 208–213

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### The deaths of Lugaid and Derbforgaill: Author: [unknown]




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p.208


Derbfhorgaill ingen ríg Lochlainne rocharastar Coin Culainn 
ara urscelaib. Do-lluid anair i r-richt da géise & a h-inailt co 
m-bátar for Loch Cuan & rond óir eturru. Amail ro boí dano 
Cú Chulainn ocus Lugaid a dalta .i. mac na Tri Find Emna laa 
and la tóib ind locha co n-accatar na h-eonu. ‘Dibairg na h-eonu’, 
or Lugaid. Do-lleici Cú Chulainn cloich forru co n-dechaid eter a 
h-asna co m-boí ina broind. Batar da deilb duine issin tracht 
fochetoir. ‘Olc robá rim’, ar ind ingen, ‘& is tú doroacht’. 
‘Is fír’, ar Cú Chulainn. Ro shúgi íarum a tóeb na ingine in 
cloich co m-búi ina beolu cosin loim chró ro bói impe. ‘Is dot 
insaigid tánac-sa tra’, or si. ‘Nathó a ingen’, or se. ‘In tóeb 
ro shúgiusa’, or se, ‘ní chomraiciubsa riss’. ‘Dombéraso dano 
do neoch bas maith lat’. ‘Is maith limsa ém’, or se. ‘dul 
duitsiu cosin mac as sóiriu fil i nh-Érinn .i. Lugaid Riab n-Derg’. 
‘Maith lim’, or si, ‘acht conotaccur do grés’. Luid iarum co 
Lugaid co r-ruc claind dó. 


Laa and di*diu* i n-deriud gemrid. Snec*h*ta mór and. Doniat na 
fir corthe mór don t-shnechtu. Lotar na mná forna corthe. Ba 


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p.209



 
h-é a tuscurnud. ‘Tabram ar mún isin coirthe dús cia as sia 
ragas ind. In ben o ría triit is í as fherr congaib úan’. Ni roacht 
di*diu* uadib. Congairther Derbforgaill uadib. Nirbo áill lea or nirbo bæth. Téit arai forsin corthe. Roselaig uade co talam.


‘Dia fessatar trá ind fhir so nícon grádaigfider i fail na óinmná 
Gatair a súile assa cind & a sróna & a da n-ó & a trilis. Niba 
soaccobraite ón’.


Do-gnither a pianad amlaid sin & berair iartain da tig. Batar ind fhir is tilaig i n-dáil os Emain. 


‘Is ingnad lem, a Lugaid’, ar Cú Chulainn, ‘snechta for taig 
Derbforgaill’. 


‘Is i n-écaib atá si di*diu*’, ar Lugaid. 


Tiagait for comluath dochum in taige. Amail ro chuala si ón 
dunaid a tech furri. 


‘Oslaic’, ar Cú Chulainn. 
‘Caín bláth forroscarsam’, or si.


Is and asbert: 

> 1. Celebraid Cú Chulainn dam. 
>   
> do*m*riacht om íathaib iúil: 
>   
> & Lugaid *luth* la b*eir*t. 
>   
> dia tartus seirc nachimchiúil.
> {MS folio 125b}
> 3. Isim éicen dul i cían 
>   
> ní fo fechta noda*m*ét 
> 
> 
> ---
> 
> p.210
> 
> 
> scarad f*r*iu bid dál éicne. 
>   
> menimthistais écne éc.
> 4. La Coin Culainn la Lugaid
>   
> risnaro*m* úath na h-ómon: 
>   
> m*en*bad athb*er* co nathlech. 
>   
> nibad aithrech ar comol.
> 5. Comul scartha fri Riab n-Derg. 
>   
> is delg i cridi cró cnis: 
>   
> Cú Chulainn do bith i*n* ingnais. 
>   
> dirsan m*en*bad leca lis.
> 6. Menbad leca Lis Lug*dach*. 
>   
> lasar*um*nad cac*h* n-derba:
>   
> ba romoch ar n-étarba. 
>   
> fri mac na Tri Find Emna.
> 7. Nach accimse Coin Culainn 
>   
> do*m*ri*n*gne dérach dubach:
>   
> Díthre mo thúath tragamar 
>   
> & scarad f*r*i Lugaid.
> 8. Nimru*m*artsa mo fhianchara.
>   
> Cú Chulainn caraid bruafad: 
>   
> bái da*m* ceile soer subaid 
>   
> Lugaid mac Clothra*n*d Cruach*an*.
> 9. Buaid gaile buaid clis ria cách. 
>   
> do Choin Culainn cruth rodnaí: 
>   
> buaid n-gaiscid do Lugaid lúath. 
>   
> buaid mo chrotha sech ce*ch* mnaí.
> 
> 
> ---
> 
> p.211
> 
> 12. Ca*ch* buaid *bid* dimbúaid iartai*n*
>   
> cipia frisa ferthar tnú: 
>   
> ca*ch* i*n*dbass bid i*n*dless núag. 
>   
> ca*ch* trén bid truag *nó* bid trú.
> 13. Sirechtach dál i*n* bith cé. 
>   
> ní sét frisne*m*nech do-gní: 
>   
> torbais dál báis sech ce*ch* n-dúis, 
>   
> gnúis chaín cid álaind a lí.
> 14. Ni*m*dagenair cridi crúaid. 
>   
> dob*er* téb f*r*i ailethuith: 
>   
> ara mence shoas gné 
>   
> a gnúis ri úair n-dochraite.
> 15. In tan i*m*reidmis Emain. 
>   
> a Temair nírbo drochba*n*d: 
>   
> Cú Chulainn and ba subaid. 
>   
> & Lugaid mac Clothra*n*d.
> 16. Cú Chulainn da*m* d'acallai*m*. 
>   
> co n-gnímaib danaib dubtaig: 
>   
> iss*ed* bas lán lam chride. 
>   
> & lige la Lugaid.
> 17. Roscarsam friar namalla. 
>   
> oca *m*bi*m*mís f*r*i ca*ch* sel 
>   
> bés no comairsem nach *tain*. 
>   
> rodelbad dam dul ar cel.
>  C.
> 
> 






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p.212


Issed atberatsom ní baí a h-anim intisi in tan tancatar-som 
istech innund. Asbertat dano ba marb Lugaid achetoir oca descin. 
Luid immorro Cú Chulainn isa tech cosna mná co tarat a tech 
forthu conna tudchid fer na ben i m-bethaid assin tig sin .i. dona 
tri coicdaib rigan acht ros-marb uile. Is and asbert Cú Chulainn: 
 

> 1. Derbf*or*gaill brui*n*ne gel bán. 
>   
> domriacht dar srotha *sáil*: 
>   
> ba rath carat rodam-fír. 
>   
> i*n*gen ríg a Lochlai*n*d *láin*.
> 2. O ro bói eter da fhert 
>   
> do-gní mert mo chride cnó: 
>   
> gnúis Derbfhor*gaill* fo licce leirg. 
>   
> Lugaid Riab n-Derg dirsa*n* dó.
> 3. [Ba h-allud mor do Lugaidh 
>   
> ba maith dorrumad orcainn: 
>   
> is*ed* doroigai Lughaid 
>   
> fomrumaith oc Derbforcaill.]
> 4. Ba h-allud mór do Lugaid 
>   
> boí f*or*a chrannaib glee: 
>   
> coica cetgui*n*e cen dáil 
>   
> ba h-annud *cacha* ree.
> 
> 
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> p.213
> 
> 7. Derbfor*gaill* clú co n-áne 
>   
> co n-genus & fhéle: 
>   
> nocorala cor n-uabair 
>   
> gnúis dar gualaind a ceile.
> 8. T*r*í coicait ban i n-Emain 
>   
> is me doruid a n-orgai*n*: 
>   
> cia fogelmais ríg na túath
>   
> ba luag dóib Derb*forgaill*.
> 




D. .i. dér ingen Forgaill rig Lochl*ainde*. Ro lad a fert & a l-lia la Coin Culainn.












