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qq 1-4. Introduction.

Introduction in which the speaker openly wonders when Temair Breg came into being. Reference is then made to the legendary figures Partholón, Cesair, Nemed, Cigal, the Fir Bolg and Lupracán (qq. 2-3). Dubán, Findchad, Bran, Cú Alad and Túan are addressed in a single quatrain (4), requesting their knowledge about the names of the hill of Tara.

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PartholónPartholón
Partholón mac Sera (son of Sera)
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Cessair;Cessair ingen Betha
Cesair or Cessair, daughter of Bíth and granddaughter of Noah
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See more Bran of BoirennBran of Boirenn
pupil of Tuán mac Cairill and Finnian of Moville in LGÉ
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(or Cúalad?), a pupil of Tuán mac Cairill and Finnian of Moville (Mag Bile) in LGÉ
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(time-frame ass. with Irish legendary history)
Tuán son of Cairell; an ancient figure of Irish legendary history, who is said to have witnessed, in the shapes of various animals, the course of Irish history since the Flood; said to have survived into the time of Patrick, when he resumed a human appearance.
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Temair BregTemair Breg

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q. 5. Mac Ollcáin.

The site of Temair Breg was still a wooded place (hazel-trees) in the time of Mac Ollcáin, or a son of Ollcán, who lived before Líath mac Laigni Lethanglais.

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hazel-treeshazel-trees
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Giallchad mac Ailella OllcháinGiallchad mac Ailella Ollcháin

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Temair BregTemair Breg

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Ir. OllcánIrish Ollcán
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(1) Druim Léith

Temair Breg was first known as Druim Léith, after Líath son of Laigne Lethanglas, who first cleared the woods here.

(prose of LGÉ assigns him to the time of Nemed)

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Líath mac Laigni LethanglaisLíath mac Laigni Lethanglais
son of Laigne Lethanglas
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Ir. Druim LéithIrish Druim Léith
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(2) Druim Cáin

Druim Cáin, after Cáin mac Fiachach Cendfindáin (prose of LGÉ assigns him to the time of the Fir Bolg)

(Prose of LGÉ inserts here two further names from the time of Eochaid mac Eirc: Tulach in Trír (‘The mound of the three men’) and Cairn in nÓinfhir (‘The stone of the single man’).)

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Cáin mac Fíachach CendfindáinCáin mac Fíachach Cendfindáin

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Ir. Druim CáinIrish Druim Cáin
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(3) Cathair Crofhind

Cathair Crofhind, after Crofhind ingen Alloid, who lived in the time of the Túatha Dé Danann (LGÉ prose has Croind for Crofhind and notes her burial here)

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Ir. Cathair CrofhindIrish Cathair Crofhind
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(4) Forad na Ríg

Forad na Ríg (here the Hill of Tara), after the Milesian rulers

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Temair BregTemair Breg

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Ir. Forad na RígIrish Forad na Ríg
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(5) Temair Breg

Temair Breg, named after Tea, Lugaid’s daughter

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Tea ingen LugdechTea ingen Lugdech
(time-frame ass. with Érimón mac Míled)
eponym of Temair Breg (Hill of Tara) in the Dinnshenchas of Temair I; described as a daughter of Lugaid and wife of Érimón, king of Ireland
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Temair BregTemair Breg

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Ir. Temair BregIrish Temair Breg
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