RIA MS B.IV.2 fo. 52

This should be compared with RIA MS C.I.2, which contains a clearly independant prose account giving essentially the same genealogical facts, in a text of older present form than B.IV.2.



    Cianocc inghean Chiocharain
    bean einfhir na fhir·posta
    duana suadh dasiorgh abail
    na g^anan inn amoll?e

5   Bean aithne ce~h oirfideach
    Cianocc ac^och·aibh creaidhe
    siger inghean oirchid~icch
    ga inghean righ b~ reidhe

    Bean Creachain meic Anguile
10  Cianog acrnach~~ cloidhfhinn
    cupla soidhim sar cloinne
    rucc si ar troscach fri·coirill

    Maolmithich fa mordhalach
    ain an mheaicsin re amhol~~h
15  an inghean fial og narach
    as·di do goirthi Osnadh

    Tainic diari~h Osnaidhe
    flaith oirbsean fuair all?aeant~~
    Urchad na selg sonaidhe
20  mac Murcadha meic Maonaigh

    Clann Osnaidhe as inleanta
    re hurcoidh nar teith treasa
    dias mac is tri hingeana
    do ghean seancus aslechta

25  Ingean Crecain crecht oirrdheac
    en·le·anan·alain urchoidh
    do thoradh aced toirrcis
    Donnchad ótád í Donnchad

    Ceandfaoladh as foillsighthe
30  dara mac na mna moearda
    do·thoradh an toirrcis sin
    ro chinseat í Chindfaoladh

    Anfheais fa feais deagh·toradh
    dar geaineadh Be Binn bel·dearg
35  bean Ceindeidigh cneas sholais
    mathair Briain aird^[rig?] Erinn

    Do·bí mathair Concobair
    meic Maoileclainn meic arga
    Be Binn an·fhuilt t(ro)mcladach
40  otád uaisle fear·narda

    Be Binn an cneis maoth buiggil
    T(er?)cclú as cuithe na concloinn
    mathair Lochlainn bechbhuilleadh
    orait(er?) muint(er?) Lochloinn

45  Siur do·Be Binn brat uai~e
    Caoinech fa hain~~ dOsnadh (gloss fa hingin for fa hain)
    bean gan inntinn anuaille
    or gheaineattar clann Cosccraich

    Siur do na mnaibh maordha soin
50  Cres nar ghabh entaom uabhair (on right, Crés)
    as on deidgil daon·sadaigh
    ro gheainseatt clann Maolruanaidh

    Tri meaic con·mnai muirearach
    re Tadg na ttach(ran?) neamhthair
55  as·í mathair Muireadhaigh
    o·taid Uí Taidhg in teaglaigh

    Sosar Creaisi cneas aille (footnote on Conchobar)
    Concobar o·ta an·rioghrach
    lorcc fire anlorcc leanaimsi
60  d(er?)eadh as dual don diog(ra?)is

    Ag sin gaol na ccineadhach
    re siol mBriain namb(e)ath fial·mor
    gibe as bar da ngeainealaigh
    ambun·uile asi Cianog

65  Gobnad anghloir dechsan~~h
    fuair o dia diol asainnte
    Banba bean Cuinn cedchathaigh
    don ban·naeaimh así as faircha


The genealogy this implies is apparently as follows (women in italics):

                Cicharán     Anguile     Máenach
                    |           |           |
                  Cianóg  =  Crechán     Murchad
                     _____|_____            |
                    |           |           |
                Máelmithich   Osnad   =  Urchad
     _________________________________|___________________________________
    |          |                      |                          |        |
Donnchad   Cendfáelad   Ceinnédig = Bé Binn = Máelsheclainn   Caoinech   Crés = Tadg
                        K. †951   |         | K. Boirenn      = Cosgrach      | K. Connacht †956
                       ___________|    _____|____             ________________|____________
                      |               |          |           |                |            |
                 Brian Bóruma     Conchobar   Lochlann   Conchobar       Máelrúanaid   Muiredach
                 K. Ireland †1014                        K. Connacht †973