fothuaidh[1] a niurt a chnamh, roraith a niurt retha læchradh
Ollnegmacht J a chuanart 'na deghaidh, go rige Ceis Coraind. Unde
Ceis [Coraind] (
symbol characters)J Mag Coraing. Vnde poeta cecinit:
Corand cruitire creachach,
mac in Dagh[d]a dianbhreathach.
ba guirt fri feis díanim sluind[2]
triana chruit go ceis Coraind.
Magh Coraind, whence is it?
Not hard (to say). Corann, he was harper to the Dagda's son, Dianchécht, and out of his harp he summoned Caelcheis, one of the swine of Drebrenn. Northwards it ran with (all) the strength of its limbs. After it ran the champions of Connaught with (all) their strength of running, their hounds following them as far as Céis Coraind. Whence Céis Coraind and Magh Coraind. Whence (also) a poet sang:
Corand, a plundering harper.
The swift-judging son of Diancecht,
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Through his harp to Ceis Corann.
Also in LL. 165 a 35; BB. 389 a 17; H. 47 a; Lee. 494 b; R. 114 b 2; Versified, LL. 212 a 14. See, too, Silva Gadelica, ii, 536.
Céis Coraind is a hill in the barony of Corran, county of Sligo. Magh Coraind is, I suppose, the plain from which it rises.
Dian-chécht was the leech, and the Dagdae was the king, of the Tuatha Dé Danann, who gave Corand a grant of land for his excellent harping (Tucsat Tuath De . . . . ferand diles ar degsheinm, LL. 212 a 16).
As to the swine of Drebrenn, see Folk-Lore, iii, 495.
[55. Loch n-Echach.] — Loch n-Eachach, canas rohainmnigheadh?
Ri[b] mac Maireada (symbol characters)J Echo mac Maireadha dolodar anneas
a hIrluachair andis for imirce J rodeagailset andis og Beluch da
Liag. Luidh indalanai siar .I. Eocho for Breogha go rogabh for
Brugh[3] Meic in Og. Doluid sein chucu ir-richt brughad, J a
gerran ina laimh, J dlomais doib cona bedis isin Brugh.[4] Atbertadar
fris nad bai acu cumang do imachur in ealma ellaig bai oga gen
chaipliu. "Cuiridhsi," ol se, "lan in maighe i taid do eiribh
cona n-irsibh ar in gearran sa J beraidh libh go maigin i laigfe foa."
Dochodar as iarumh go rangadar Liathmuine. Laighid leo an
gerran i suidhiu J dobeir a mun ann, co nderna tobar dhe, go tanic
thairsiu, conid e Loch nEachach .I. Eochu in rí J fual a eich
roleath ann.
Doluid immorro Rib féin timcheall síar gor'gabh i maigh Fhind:
