Cesair, then, said the Angel to Caillin, the daughter of Bith, son of Noah, first occupied this religious angelic island, i.e. Ireland. Fifty women, moreover, came with her. Three men came with her likewise, to wit, Finntan, son of Labraid, son of Bith, son of Lamech; Bith, son of Noah, son of Lamech, from whom Sliabh-Betha is named; and Ladru the pilot, from whom Ard-Ladrand is named. He [Ladru] was the first that died in Ireland before the Deluge. He died of female persecution. Forty days before the Deluge they came. They all died before the Deluge, except Finntan alone, who was asleep during the Flood.
Findtan is Bith is Ladra. Gabrat ar tus in banba; Is ccoiggad ingen ngel ngrind, Da fichet la re ndilind. In lucht sin huili ba marb, Re ndilind, ba mor in plag, Achtmad Findtan in fer seng, Na cadlad re re ndileand. Finntan, and Bith, and Ladhra, Occupied Banba at first, With fifty fair, sprightly maidens, Forty days before the Flood. All that band died, Before the Flood—great the plague— Except Finntan, the subtile man, Who slept during the period of the Deluge. |
—from: Leabar Fidhnacha, The Book of Fenagh, edited by W. M. Hennessy, translated to English by D. H. Kelly, published by Alexander Thom, Dublin, 1875
