THE PLAIN OF THE BOYNE I. original: BRUG I. This refers to Brú na Bóinne, the ritual landscape in County Meath containing the great mounds of Newgrange, Knowth, and Dowth.

49 Fedlimid the Lawgiver original: Fedelmed Rechtach. A legendary High King and ancestor of the Connachta dynasty. is in your tale;
he was a warlike warrior in every pursuit;
they are not at enmity in this ground:
you hide Conn the Just, the hundred-fighter. original: Conn Cétchathach. The ancestor of the northern dynasties who was said to be buried at the Boyne.

53 Art did not come here, though he was highest in rank,
around whom rode troops on the battlefield;
he found a grave proud and lofty,
that champion of heroes, in Luachair Derg. original: Luachair Deirg. A location in Munster; tradition says Art mac Cuinn was buried where he fell in battle rather than at the royal cemetery of the Boyne.

57 Cormac did not come here, though he was free from sorrow:
after receiving the Truth (he affirmed it)
he found repose above the clear Boyne
on the shore at Rossnaree. original: Ros na Ríg. Legend says Cormac mac Airt rejected burial at the pagan Brú na Bóinne because he had converted to a proto-Christian faith, choosing a simple grave by the river instead.

61 Cairbre Lifechair lies on your soil,
along with Fiachu Sraptine, noble and famous,
Muiredach Tírech from the Hill,
and the king Eochu, father of Niall.

65 Niall did not come here (a cry that is not false)—
unlucky for him was the course he rowed!
After going seven times to Scotland,
the place where his grave lies was known. original: Niall Noígíallach, or Niall of the Nine Hostages. He was said to have been killed abroad (on the English Channel or in the Alps), far from the ancestral burial grounds.

69 Thereafter came the pure Faith
to the Plain of Fail original: Mag Fail. A poetic name for Ireland., a law that did not come too soon,
so that each person now lies in the burial grounds of holy men,
to sever them from wickedness and sin.

rodfír] Lebor na hUidre; notfír HS₂; nodfír the rest. 59. above] Lebor na hUidre; at, etc. BMS₃; in the rest.
60. on the] Lebor na hUidre; at the S₂; in the the rest. 61. on your] Lebor na hUidre; on the LRBH; high V;
on your S₃; on S₂; at M. 62. Fiachu] fiacra Lebor na hUidre. Sraptine noble]
noble roiptine Lebor na hUidre. 63. from the hill] Lebor na hUidre; in your land, etc. RBV; his land, etc. MS₂S₃;
father H. 66.] so Lebor na hUidre; his pilot was known [grave S₂; cemetery (with or l written above)
H] where he went [where he rowed M, corrected to where he went], etc. the rest. 67. after going] Lebor na hUidre; where he went H;
he took M; he went the rest. to] to Lebor na hUidre. 70. on] Lebor na hUidre; to the rest. 71. is each] Lebor na hUidre; is S₂;
they are, etc. the rest. in] in your S₂. 72. severing] Lebor na hUidre; protecting,
the rest. from—from] Lebor na hUidre; against—against RBV; against—and against MHS₂S₃.