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LEBOR GABÁLA ÉRENN the Book of the Taking of Ireland PART VI Index N LEBOR GABÁLA ÉRENN The Book of the Taking of Ireland PART VI Index N EDITED AND TRANSLATED WITH NOTES, ETC. BY R. A. Stewart Macalister, D.Litt. Index Compiled by Michael Murphy 2008 N Na Lee – Fiachra Lonn received the lands of Na Lee and Cairleog which were awarded to him for his help in the battle of Ocha. ( source: Macalister, LGE, Vol. 5 , p. 359) Naamah ( See : Coba) Nabcadon – Nabcadon was the first king of the Chaldeans. “In the 10 th year of the reign of Cyaxares, king of the Medes, Nabcadon went from Babylon; in his time the Temple of Solomon was burnt.” During his reign, “Astyages took the kingdom of the Medes. ““It was Nuadu Finn Fáil who was then over Ireland.” (source: Macalister, LGE, Vol. 5 , p. 249) ( See Also : Cyrus; Nabuchodonosor) Nabcadon Cirius ( See : Cyrus) Nabcodon 1 – Nabcodon 1 was one of 72 kings who built the Tower of Nemrod. “The list of heroes of Nimrod’s Tower agrees with that in Auraicept …The names are selected, on some random principle which it is futile to try to determine, from a list of the immediate descendants of Noah; with such incongruous additions as Nabcodon, Latinus, and Langobardus. The first of these comes from an Ogham alphabet of names: see Calder’s Auraicept, p. 20).” ( source : Macalister, LGE, Vol. 1 , p. 191, 267)) Nabcodon 2 – Nabcodon 2 was a linguist, associated with the school of languages in the city of Ibitena on the Plain of Senar built by Feinius Farsaid after the fall of the Tower on Nemrod. ( source : Macalister, LGE, Vol. 1 , p. 195) Nabuchodonosor – Nabuchodonosor was king of the Chaldeans (or the Persians) and he ruled for 7 (or 43) years. The “particulars about Babylonian kings come from a fragment of Alexander Polyhistor, derived from the Babylonian historian Berossus. The figures are quite wrong. Nabuchodonosor should have been credited with 43 years.” Nabuchodonosor was in Babylon during the reign of Cyaxares of the Medes. During the reign of Astyages, Nabuchodonosor burnt the Temple of Solomon after he devastated Jerusalem. “Bres Rí s. Art Imlech took the kingship of Ireland in the reign of Nabuchodonosor king of the Persians.” His son was Evil Merodach. ( source : Macalister, LGE, Vol. 3 , p. 163, 165, 200; Vol. 5 , p. 249) (See Also : Nabcadon) Nachor 1 – Nacor 1 was the son of Saruch son of Reu son of Faleg; Nachor 1 was 29 years old when his son, Thare, was born and he lived for 119 years after Thare was born. (source : Macalister, LGE, Vol. 1 , p. 129, 131) Nachor 2 [Nahor] – Nachor 2 was the son of Thare son of Nachor 1 son of Saruch. ( source : Macalister, LGE, Vol. 1 , p. 131) Nadfraich – Nadfraich was the king of Mumu; his son was Óengus. ( source : Macalister, LGE, Vol. 5 , p. 361) Nahlat ( See : Oliva) Nahor ( See : Nachor) Nails ( See : Building Materials, Tools) Nairne, the ( See : Peoples) Nama ( See Also : Nema) Nama [Namadach] – Nama was the son of Eochu Garb son of Dui Temen son of Bress; his sons were Caicher and Nechtan. (source : Macalister, LGE, Vol. 4 , p. 100, 125, 129, 133, 155, 157, 185, 189, 191, 195, 231, 237, 299) Namadach ( See : Nama) Names - Names are assigned to commemorate or identify animals, people, places, things or events. On the etymology of names, Macalister says “ …In all these cases, the place-name came first, and the person or thing to account for it was invented by the etymologizer.” ( source : Macalister, LGE, Vol. 1 , p. xi; Vol. 2 , p. 239; Vol. 5 , p. 9) Animals Boars – See : Torc Triath Cattle- See: Fea, Femen Dogs – See : Aig, Eloir, Saimer, Taig, Taircell Horses – See: Attach, Gaeth, Gaine, Rea, Sidhe Oxen – See : Etirge, Imaire, Lecmag, Lee Sheep – See: Cirb People People Named for an Event – See : Gaedel Glas, Níall Frossach People Named for Places – See: Adam, Colptha Peoples Peoples Named for Ancestors – See : Peoples, Albanians, Britons, Cainites, Elamites, Feni, Gaidel, Nemedians, Parthalonians, Scots, Sethites Peoples Named for Places – See : Peoples, Fir Domnann, Trojans Peoples Named for Things – See : Peoples, Fir Bolg, Gailoin Places Places Named for or from People or Animals Cities – See : Cities and Towns, Enoch Estuary – See: Inber Cichmuine, Inber Colptha, Inber Domnann, Inber Féile, Inber Scéne, Inber Sláine Forts – See: Ailech Neit, Dún Cermna, Dún Crimthann, Dún Óengusa, Dún Sobairche, Dún Truach Heights - See: Árd Macha, Árd Ladrann, Árd Nemid Islands – See : Saimer’s Island Lakes – See: Loch Aille, Loch Annind, Loch Cime, Loch Corrib, Loch Cutra, Loch Febail, Loch Laiglinne, Loch Luigdech, Loch Melge, Loch Orbsen, Loch Rib, Loch Rudraige Mountains – See : Paps of Dana, Sliab Betha, Sliab Bladma, Sliab Cuailnge, Sliab Cualann, Sliab Eiblinne, Sliab Fraech, Sliab Fúait, Sliab na tri nDee, Sliab Slanga Nook – See : Cúl Caichir, Cúl Cessrach Plains – See : Mag Adair, Mag Ai, Mag Aidne, Mag Aife, Mag Airiu, Mag Asail, Mag Broin, Mag Cirba, Mag Clíu, Mag Cuib, Mag Deisi, Mag Dela, Mag Dul, Mag Fea, Mag Femen, Mag Lége, Mag Life, Mag Ligen, Mag Line, Mag Main, Mag Méde, Mag Meidi, Mag Midi, Mag Mórba, Mag Muirisc, Mag Muirthemne, Mag Nairb, Mag Orbsen, Mag Slanga, Mag Tharra, Mag Tibra, Mag Treg, Mag Treitherne Regions – See : Alba Ridges – See : Druim Asal, Druim Dairbrech Rivers – See : Life Royal Centers – See : Emain Macha, Temair Stone-heaps – See : Carn Conall Strands – See: Strand of Eochaill Places Named from Things – See: Ireland, Plain of Fal, Things Goblets – See : Cumna, Samail, Set Spear – See : Aréadbhair Tools – See : Tools, Coulter, Plough Irons, Share Swords – See : Refill Nam ūs – According to the Syriac Cave of Treasures , Nam ūs was the daughter of Enoch son of Enoch. Her daughter was Haykel who, according to the Cave of Treasures , was the wife of Noah. (source : Macalister, LGE, Vol. 1 , p. 218) Nár 1 – Nar 1 was one of the ten sons of Bregon (or Bíle) and was one of 36 chieftains who came to Ireland with the Gaedil. Ros Náir in Sliab Bladma was named for him. After the invasion, Nár 1 remained in the South as one of Eber’s chieftains. He died in Eibliu. Nár 1 had three (unnamed) sons. ( source: Macalister, LGE, Vol. 2 , p. 107; Vol. 5 , p. 6, 23, 25, 27, 43, 45, 91, 101, 105, 107, 133) Nár 2 – Nar2 was one of the three triplet sons of Eochu Fiedlech - Bres, Nár, Lothar - also known as three Finds of Emain. ( source : Macalister, LGE, Vol. 4 , p. 88; Vol. 5 , p. 305, 325) ( See Also : Triplets) Nár 3 – Nár 3 was the Fairy Woman who went adventuring with Crimthann Nia Nair in Edar. ( source: Macalister, LGE, Vol. 5 , p. 303, 305) Nár ( See : Dún Náir) Nar-plain – Ugoine Mór settled “the Nairne in Nár-plain, sparkling the place.” ( source : Macalister, LGE, Vol. 5 , p. 467) Narb – Narb was the son of Ugoine Mór. “Narb in Magh Nairb, slain on this side (?)” ( source : Macalister, LGE, Vol. 5 , p. 467) Narbonne ( See : Cities) Narboscorda – “Brath son of Death came out of Eastern Albania to the land of Narboscorda.” For Macalister this was a difficult name to interpret. He says: “As it apparently lies between Albania and the Bosporus, it is presumably (though not necessarily !) somewhere in the Balkan peninsula. The Scardus Mountains naturally suggest themselves, but there is nothing about them to account for “Narbo”. The city called Sarmizegethusa in Dacia, afterwards more manageably named Colonia Ulpia, could also be behind the word under discussion. A further clue might be offered by Narbo ( = Narbonne ), forty miles south of which town were people called the Sordones or Sordi: but to call in the aid of these names would make the geography of the passage more unintelligible than ever. Naturally I have considered the possibility of treating the word as predicative, nar bo scorda “that was not …” cut, or enclosed, or delimited, or ploughed, or something of the kind; but this expedient is not satisfactory. There I leave the question; there may be some, perhaps quite simple, explanation which does not happen to have occurred to me.” ( source : Macalister, LGE, Vol. 2 , p. 25, 131) Nassad – In a gloss on ¶311 indicates that Nassad was a saint from Britian in Tamlachta near Loch Bricrenn (Loch Brickland, Co. Down). ( source : Macalister, LGE, Vol. 4 , p. 297) Nathí [Dathí] – Nathí was the son of Fíachra son of Eochu Mugmedon. Nathí was the 115 th king of Ireland, the last of the Pre-Christian kings, and he ruled for 23, 27 or 33 years. During his reign he exacted the Boroma Tribute without battle. “Till Nathí came the divisions [of Ireland] introduced by Ugoine continued.” His death came when he was struck by lightning at Sliab Elpa as he was attacking the tower of a fortress; or, it was the arrow from the bow of Formenius in the tower that killed him. “The men of Ireland took the body of the king with them to Ireland, with four men of rank beneath it, to carry it: Dungus, Flanngus, Tuathal, and Tomaltach; and he broke ten battles between Sliab Elpa and Ireland, though he was dead and lifeless.” His son was Ailill Molt. ( source: Macalister, LGE, Vol. 5 , p. 138, 163, 351, 353, 355, 357, 359, 469, 469 n, 529, 555) Nathra – Nathra was a woman of the Cessair company who went with Bith in the first division of the women. ( source: Macalister, LGE, Vol. 2 , p. 209, 227) National Library, Dublin - MS #P.10266 was formerly in the Phillips Collection at Cheltenham but was transferred to the National Library, Dublin. Only the first two folios contain LGE material and there does not appear ever to have been any more of the text.
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