three red wavy lines which indicated his descent from the three
youths aforesaid. He was named Lugaidh Sriabhdearg from the three
lines [sriabaib] in question, and he was beautiful to behold and of
greater bodily strength in infancy than is usual with children of his
age. He commenced his reign as king of Ireland the year in which
Caius Caesar [Caligula] died and he reigned for twenty-six years.
His son was named Criomthan Nianair who reigned but sixteen years.
Criomthan's son was named Fearadach Finnfechtnach whose son was
Fiacha Finnolaidh whose son again was Tuathal Teachtmhar. This
Tuathal had a son Felimidh Reachtmhar who had in turn three
sons--Conn Ceadcathach, Eochaidh Finn, and Fiacha Suighde. Conn was
king of Ireland for twenty years and the productiveness of crops and
soil and of dairies in the time of Conn are worthy of commemoration
and of fame to the end of time. Conn was killed in Magh Cobha by the
Ulstermen, scil.:--by Tiopruid Tireach and it is principally his seed
which has held the kingship of Ireland ever since. Eochaidh Finn was
second son to Felimidh Reachtmhar and he migrated to the latter's
province of Leinster, and it is in that province his race and progeny
have remained since then. They are called Leinstermen, and there are
many chieftains and powerful persons of them in Leinster. Fiacha
Suighde moreover, although he died before he succeeded to the chief
sovereignty, possessed land around Tara. He left three sons--Ross,
Oengus, and Eoghan who were renowned for martial deeds--valiant and
heroic in battle and in conflict. Of the three, Oengus excelled in
all gallant deeds so that he came to be styled Oengus of the
poisonous javelin. Cormac Mac Art Mac Conn it was who reigned in
Ireland at this time. Cormac had a son named Ceallach who took by
force the daughter of Eoghan Mac Fiacha Suighde to dwell with him,
i.e. Credhe the daughter of Eoghan. When Oengus Gaebuaibhtheach ("of
the poisonous javelin") heard this, viz., that the daughter of his