XIII.

Aided Néill Nóilíallaig

 25aDia luid Niall dar muir sair co rainic Muir Icht amal ata a n-inadh aile gur gab geill Alban ⁊ Saxan ⁊ Breatan ⁊ longport ar bru abonn moire. Amal badar ann confacutar aroile fer cuccu ⁊ brat corcra imbi ⁊ da sleig ina laim ⁊ sgiath for a 5 muin, claidem for a cris, mong orbuighi fair. “Focen don Læch nat aichgenmar ”, ar Niall. “Is ed doriachtamar”, or int oglach, “cid ma tucach? ” ar Niall. “Dot acallaim-siu”, ol int oglach, “o Romanchaib ⁊ doticfaid a ngeill i cinn caicidhsi onniu cucutsa co deach Gabrain rig Alban ⁊ misi lat a frit[h]geill 10 co sisat.”

Luig Niall ar a culu iarsin. Intan iarum rainic i cum[foch]raib dunaigh righ Alban, tic Gabran do feart[h]ain failte fri Niall. “Misi lat”, ar Eochu mac Enna Cennselaig do decsin mo rig ⁊ mo brathar ina righsuighi i fiagnuis[e] fer ndomain. 15 Tiagait iarum co rancatar mullach sleibe ⁊ glenn eturru et in longport. Is annsin isbert Gabran: “Is e siut in ri” ⁊ is annsin dorat Eocho [mac Énnai] Cinnsilaig saigit ina boga cen ̇fis do Gabran ⁊ rogab diubracha[d] seocha co tarla comt[h]rom tre Niall co romarb d'oen-urcur. La soghain cat[h]aigit fir 20 Saxan re Gædilu amal adubramar a n-inadh aile. Rocongansit fir Alban re Gædelu ar connailbe cineoil ⁊ Bretnaigi ar feabus a rig-sidhe, uair ba degbriathrach. Tecaidh Gædel- as anair iarsin amal adubramar, conad dia cuimnigu[d] sin asbert in fili ⁊ isi sin iarsin slic[h]t oigi[d] Neill:

1. 25 Niall mac Eachach indabaigh .
   Eiriu ⁊ Alba fo traig
   trisar gæt Saxain nach snéd .
   o Eochaid mac Enna ain.

Feacht n-æn dia roibe coinne ⁊ comdal ic maccaib Neill iar tiachtain doib tar muir anoir ⁊ iar roinn doib a ferainn iar tiumna a n-athar amal doronsat, roimraidset aca cia dib no-rachad sair do digail a n-athar ar Eochaid. Is do rainic do 5  25 bd'Fergus Annoit dul dia dighailt. Luighi side soir a oenur amal each n-amus cena ⁊ a coridecht doní re bliadain risin rig. Is annsin dorat ingen in righ .i. Boguine a ainm-siden serc ⁊ gradh do Fergus Anoit ⁊ fiarfuigis in ingein a slonnadh ⁊ a sgéla de. Innisi Fergus uile dí in fatha ara 10 n[d]eachaid sair. Is annsin isbert an ingein fria Fergus: “Fo-geba-sa”, ar sí, “bægal Eachach anocht icon fleidh, uair ata fled icon righ ⁊ ig maithe in tire ⁊ biat-so erlam”, ar sí, “la himtecht iar tocht at chrich ⁊ dot ̇ferann”.

Foirbrigit in comairle. Iar tiac[h]tain tra d'Eochaid mac 15 Enna imach astigh olo ⁊ se ar meisce, beirid in ingen fis co Fergus ⁊ bratais inti Eochaid ⁊ marbais Fergus Eochaid ⁊ benais a cenn dé. Luid Fergus ina curach iarsin ⁊ ind ingein .i. Boguine ⁊ in cinn leis. O rancadar imach ar in fairrge, is ann roairig in rí in gnim sin. Tecar ina diaigh ⁊ diubraic[th]er 20 é amach do saigit ⁊ marbt[h]ar Fergus annsin. Tic in ingen isin curach le seol na gaithi co Eirinn ⁊ cenn Eachach le ⁊ corp Fergusa. Is ann dorala do maccaib Neill beith i coinne ⁊ a comdail os ur na fairrge co tarrla in curuch chuca. Atciat in curach cucu 'sin port, conid uaidib ainmnig[th]ir Benn Boguine, 25 cona[d] de aisbert in fili:

1. Ni ro soifoilghid in fear.
   Fergus Anoit co nilir mur
   co cinn in fir robith Niall.
   is fial dotæt ar cul.

Foidh Boguine iarsin ro mac eile do maccaib Neill ⁊ berid 30 claind mor dó ⁊ fllet a sil beos a Tir Conaill ⁊ conadh í oigidh Nell sin iar fir.

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• Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, Stowe MS C. I. 2 (vellum, Vellum; 15th to16th century?), fo. 25a. For details see Kathleen Mulchrone et al., Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy. (Dublin 1926–70), No. 1234, pp. 3414–8.

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• See Kuno Meyer, Otia Merseiana 2 (1900–1901), 84–92. (Text and English translation are available online at CELT in files G302003 and T302003.)

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‘A Medley of Irish texts 13: Aided Néill Nóigiallaig’ (1907). In: Archiv für Celtische Lexikographie‍ 3. Ed. by Kuno Meyer, pp. 323–324.

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Creation: By an unknown Irish scribe

Date: Old to Middle Irish period.

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Keywords: saga; prose; medieval; Kings Cycle; Slaying (Aided); Niall of the Nine Hostages

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