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Stanzas 1–27: on the battle of Cronnmhóin —
On the battle of Cronnmhóin, attributed to Garad and addressed to the rowan-tree of Clúain Fertae, ed. and tr. Eoin MacNeill, Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn: Irish text, with translation into English, vol. 1 (1908): 7–10; 102–106; with notes by Gerard Murphy, Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn: Introduction, notes, appendices and glossary, vol. 3 (1953): 10–12.
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The [Clann Morna] proceeded by Dubh Abhann [Black River?] to the ford of Inis Áed; Leógha stood on guard at the pool (linn) [Áth Leacca?] and I [Garad] by the hill of the rowan-tree (Cnoc an Chaorthuinn) [st. 9].
Feorann and Moda stood guard by the two fords [Áth Feorainn(e) and Áth Moga?]; Goll proceeded to Áth Guill (‘Goll’s Ford’) to guard against Finn [st. 10].
Until morning came, every place in the entire area between the Blue River (Gorm-abhainn na Fían) and Ráith Fraích was guarded by a taoisech náonbhair ‘leader of nine men’ of the Clann Morna [st. 11].The [Clann Morna] proceeded by Dubh Abhann [Black River?] to the ford of Inis Áed; Leógha stood on guard at the pool (linn) [Áth Leacca?] and I [Garad] by the hill of the rowan-tree (Cnoc an Chaorthuinn) [st. 9].
Feorann and Moda stood guard by the two fords [Áth Feorainn(e) and Áth Moga?]; Goll proceeded to Áth Guill (‘Goll’s Ford’) to guard against Finn [st. 10].
Until morning came, every place in the entire area between the Blue River (Gorm-abhainn na Fían) and Ráith Fraích was guarded by a taoisech náonbhair ‘leader of nine men’ of the Clann Morna [st. 11].St. 9 is probably an interpolation, q.v. Murphy. Leoga, Moda and Feorann are not familiar as names in the Finn Cycle but may have been drawn from the fords they guard, apparently all located on the river Suck (Suca), which joins the Shannon just north of Clonfert, where Garad is situated: Áth Lecca (now Athleague), Áth Moga (near Ballymoe) and Áth Feorainne (near Ballyforan). Likewise, Suca is attested as a personal name in the first stanza of the poem. Further south, Áth Innsi Áed recalls Inishee, a river island on the Shannon.
Ráith Crúachain lies north of the Suck. Áth Guill seems geographically distinct from the place of the same name, near Dundalk, in Acallam na senórach (ed. Stokes, p. 66).
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Áth Innsi hÁed
Áth Feorainne
Áth Moga
Áth Guill ... Connacht?
Ráith Fraích
Áth Feorainne
Áth Moga
Áth Guill ... Connacht?
Ráith Fraích
