Anecdota from Irish manuscripts

4 Betha Farannáin
i cCairpre. Eobhatar an uirettsin do shiol Cuimne do
naomhaibh a ccoinne 7 a ccomdliáil Coluimchille, cenmotha
ardnaoimh oiregMha Eirionw.
Cap. 6. Tainic Columcille cliuca, 7 tangatar diblilinibh,
tar Traigh na Mna McaVbe .i. Traigh álamn Éothuile,
[fo. 93 r] 7 asse go Tulac/i na Maoile, risan abarthar
Sccrin Adhamnam aniu; 7 ro bennaigh hi; 7 ro faccaibh
Adamnán úasalnaomh inwte;i 7 assein go h-All fíorálainw
Farandáin aníu.^ Tainic i n-a ccoinwe anwsin Tiopraite
mac MaoileduÍM, meic Fiacbracb Ealgaigh, meic Dathi, 7
a mhac Dimchad. ' Maith amh ', ar Faranwan, ' a Choluim-
cille, as ionad cráhaidh 7 cleircechta an t-ionadh so; 7
inarus fein mian mo mhenman 7 gradh glemaisech mo
chroidhe fa áras naoimh 7 neimedh do denamh anwso; 7
anmhain ann go foircend mo betliadh ag bindgabail mo
psalm 7 mo psaltrac/i, ag moladh righ nimhe 7 talman.'
'Dogéba tusa an fearanw so ar son do bhennachta, 7 ar
hhennacM Coluimcille 7 na naobh diblinaibh,' ar Tiopraitte
mac Maoilednin. Ruccattar na naoim buidechws adhbal
risan iodba/rt sin, 7 ro bennaigliettar an t-ionad sin, 7 an
t-uiscce iodhangblan, 7 an t-all taitnemach; 7 ro fáccbatar
Foran^ían na ffiort 'san reigles riaghalta sin.
Cap. 7. Is amlaidh ro thocaithedh Farandán a bhetha
'san ionad sin an ccein ro mair; an céd tj-ián don oidche
gonuicce a di oscaill ' san dabhaigh ^ firalainw fhuaruiscce;
andara irian don oidche 'na charcair cloch 7 crabaklh, 7
^ Adamnan . . . innte, erased but still legible. ^ All Faranwain
a cCounac/iiuibh a t-Tir Fhiachrac/j {marginal note). ^ 'dabach'
is here used of the pool at the foot of a waterfall.