[1] "History of England," vol. iii., p. 107.
[2] Is iat Tuata De Danaan tucsat leo in Fal mor; i. in lia fis _bai_ i
Temraig; di ata Mag Fail for Erinn. In ti fo ngeised saide bari Erenn.
"Book of Leinster," page 9.
[3] Eemoing ni hed fota acht Crist do genemain; is sed ro bris cumachta
nan idal. "Book of Leinster," p. 9.
[4]
Is dar timna in Duleman, is dar
brethir Crist chaingnig
Do cech rig do Gaedelaib do beir
ammus for Laignib.
"Book of Leinster," p. 43.
[5] In Carsewell's Gaelic, _Giollaeasbuig van duibhne_. The _v_ stands for
_u_; the spelling was intended to represent _Ua n Duibhne_. _Ua_ and _O_
mean the same thing, grandson. The _n_ before Duibhne would not now be
used.
[6] This poem is in the "Book of Leinster," and has not yet been
translated.
[7] The eastern part of Ulster.
[8] Duvdaire was Muircheartach's wife. She was daughter of the King or
Chief of Ossory. Rushes in those days served as carpets, as they did in
England.
[9] A poetic name for Muircheartach, for his patrimony was on the shores
of Loch Foyle.
[10] Moy Breagh, or the fine plain, was the country round Tara. To possess
Moy Breagh was the same as to possess Tara, and that was to be chief King.
But Tara was as deserted in the time of the Circuit as it is now.
[11] This date is thought to be two years too early, and that 943 was the
year in which Muircheartach was killed.
[12] The Eoghanachts were the posterity of Eoghan Mor, King of Munster in
the third century. Eoghanacht meant a people of Munster, descendants of
Eoghan; and Connacht, the descendants of Conn,--usually known as Conn of
the Hundred Battles, most of which were fought against Eoghan.
[13] Prince of Scotts; this was evidently the great Steward, or _mor maor_
of Lennox, who aided the Irish at the battle of Clontarf, and was killed
there.
[14] This is an incorrect form of the word. It is _Boramha_ in the most
correct ancient manuscripts, and is a word of three syllables--Borava. It
means "of the tribute."
[15] Is hi seo bliadain ra gabad Tuirgeis la Maelseachlainn. Ra baided ar
sain he il Loch Uair. "Book of Leinster," p. 307.
[16] Aed Abrat was Fann's father.
[17] The old name of what is now called Queenstown Harbour.