1,532bc 31st thirtyfirst generation***********174] 40vi 15 ix cermna cearmna crarmna finn gaelic milesian xv 15th monarch eire fortysecond ard ri na eireann ebric sobairce HEbric line of ir
31st thirtyfirst generation***********173] 40v 16 ix Sobairce sobhairce ebric Gaelic Milesian xvi 16th monarch eire fortythird ard ri na eireann cermna finn HEbric line of ir
Sobairce and Cermna finn took the kingship of eire joint rule by the two sons of 39vi ebrec ebric son of eber heber donn son of ir of the ulaid son of milesius It is by cermna that eochu edgathach fell in the battle of temair they divided eire between them into two parts each of them from his fort
sobhairce resided in the north at dun sobhairce sobairce and 1 dun sobairce a swift pool of hosts the sea of the red poi)it lies beneath it a face against the great sea I vaunt a pleasant protection over eire sobairce one of the ard ri of eire who reputedly built a fort called dunsobairce fortress of sobairce here in 1525bc now dunseverick castle county antrim .
2 watchdogs of emain for whom it was a place assembly tower of wrath against oppressionith valourous multitudes of heroes from the glorious fortresses of ulaid
3 a place wherein was the queen of a mighty man of celtchair of wolf packs a prudent champion findabar white was her bright smile
besides being a woman she was a warrior
4 the true place truly good of fodla a protection of laws well guarding shapely
a wall which the paths of the great sea used to serve a fort where the warriors of emain used to be
5 a few ulad came a people by whom princes were subdued
they purged its true woodland mane the royal hosts of dal riada took it
6 I speak of the choice troop of kingsthe lasting glory of conaire slender and fair
a progeny according to truth as I relate of a king who took pleasant eire
7 for it is patrick who taught it is he by whom their fruits were apportioned
he saluted a pair with great fame of the seed of erc and of olchu
8 when that the son of calpurn blessed it he found a homestead for his noble children
a fort with breadth over the pool of crews never will foreigners plough it
9 the apostle of eire after renewal a clear stately ascent of the king of mystery
the son of calpurn gold of our sainthood with the valourous king cermna
10 sobairce of hosts of spears a foreshadowing of the household of temair?
the landscape of tuneful banba was divided by him with the valourous king cerma
11 so that their two trusty forts are a discernment of mysteries with followings of courses over the laughing wave against its thunder
there on the two borders of eire
12 dun sobairce of spears is a sally port of support of ulaid
dun cermna which is not narrow is concealed southward on the lively sea of mumu--munster
13 good the two kings whom I reckon true princes as I relate
with poetic strength they were worthy they were high kings over eire
14 a season before the time of battle of weapons of nuadu of fal of the household of temair
her clean white lawn were shared between sobairce and cermna
15 the appearance of her champions long after the time of the sons of mil is good sense upon our land as it is related
homage was paid to the troop of forts
16 two steadfast rocks two enduring gryphons two brethren with rich virtue
two precious stones with noble strength chieftains over noble eire
17 most noble among kings the king of the sun quenched them to the dust
though very long was their reign of the generation of the chief of the fort
18 let us adore the white king of the sun guide of my reason to an hundred mysteries
who hath spread abroad every grace every kingdom who hath fashioned the generation of every man
9a there were three divisions of eire hither which the Tuatha de danann had
10 the division of the three grandsons of the dagda wide
9b thereafter the surface of fal was reckoned surveyed by the sons of mil of spain
10 and the division of the two sons of mil five division thus far
the division of sobairce and of white cermna was a hundred years over eire
Six divisions now until ugoine came 585bc and divided eire into twentyfive
cearmna in the south at dun cearmna cermna these were the first kings of eire of the race of ir of ulad of ulster they were forty years in the kingship
41 cermna sobairce a lucky course
the two sons of 39vi ebrec son of eber two score years with fame
the first king of eire from ulaid ulster
42a the fate of sobairce in his fort by eochu menn upon the sea sobairce fell at the hand of eochu menn son of the king of the fomoire the death of sobairce in his fort
Hebric of the ir line killed in a domestic quarrel by eochu menu across the rampart
42b the fate of cermna in the crooked battle by white eochu faebargias the death of cermna in the crooked battle by eochu finn faebarglas
cermna finn fell at the hand of eochu faebarglas son of conmael in the battle of dun cermna ut dicitur cermna finn in battle at dun cermna downmacpatrick in Kinsale county cork
