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 478 The Bodleian Dinnshenchas.

daughter of Mider of the Mighty Deeds. She went from her maidens till she was at Fertae na n-Ingen (" The Maidens' Grave-mound") beside Tara. Liath and his boys went forth to Tulach na hiarmaithrige, and the slingers of Mider's fairy-mound did not let them pass, for as numerous as swarms (?) of bees on a beautiful day was the mutual answer of their castings. So Lochlan, Liath's gillie, was wounded by them, and he died. The maiden turns to Bri Leith, and there her heart broke. So Liath said : "Though I shall not attain the maiden, my name shall be upon her." Hence " Bri Leith" (Liath's Bri) and "Dinn Cochlain" (Cochlan's Height).

Liath, son of just Celtchar of Cualu, Loved great Mider's daughter, Bri Bruachbrecc, gifted, famous, Celtchar's son did not attain her.

Also in BB. 408 b 34 ; H. 68 b ; R. 124 b i.

Bri Liith, west of Ardagh, in the present co. of Longford ; Cualu in the co. Wicklow. See O'Curry, M. and C, iii, 350, 357, where he renders bi-uachhrec (" speckle-belhed") by " of the freckled face"; Tulach va hiarmaithrige by " Hill of Pursuit"; tabieoiri (derived from taball, " sling", W. ta^) by " warders", and h-iiiimi (which he compares with W. tefyn, "harp") by " humming wild bees".

As to the elf-king, Mider of Bri L6ith, see Windisch's Ir. Texte, i, 115, 116, 876; and O'Curry, M. and C, ii, 192-194 ; iii, 191. See also infra, s.v. Mag Crtiachan.

[10. ToNN Clidna.] — Tonn Chdna, cid dia t[a] ?

'i:i\ ansa .1. Clidna ingen Genaind uaic Triuin dodechaidh a Tulaigy da Roth, im-Maig Mell Tiri Tairrngiri la hluchna Ciabfhaindech do rochtain M<?/c ind Oc. Dorat sede breic immpe. R[os]hepain ceol di isind noidh credumai a mboi, conatuil fris ] [im]roi a seol frithrosc co tudhchaidh timcell nEiind fodes, co toracht Clidhna.

Is e tan connuargaib in murbrucht nemf<9rcennach co ro scaile^ fo cricha in betha frecnai[r]c. Fodeig roptar he tri mortuile Erind ind inbaid sin .1. Tuile Clidna 3 Tuili Ladhra^ 3 Tuili Bale. Ackt ni [i n-]aen uair conuargaibsit. Robed in tuile meodonach Tuile Ladra.

Dorimmart tra in tuile i n-ardda 3 fodaili fo tir nErind, co tarraid* in curach ut ^ ind ingen ina collad ind, ft'rsan tract, cor' baided ann sin Clidna Cruihach inge[n] Genainn.'' Unde Tonn Clidna.

Clidna, daughter of Genann, son of Tren, went from Tulach da Roth ("the Hill of Two Wheels") in the Pleasant Plain of the Land of Promise, with luchna Curly-locks, to reach Mace ind Oc. luchna practised guile upon her. He played music to

^ MS. tulaidh. - MS. neOTf<?rcen?zachneadact roscaile.

3 MS. Radhra. ^ MS. tarraig. " MS. Gena ainn.