Matheson Collection > Deirdire; and, The lay of the children of Uisne

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' Cill ma Ruibhe mu'n iadh an cuan
Camue-fionnairidh fuar nam beannd
Robastan a choirc uaine
Is truagh an nochd nach robh mi annt.'
Cill ma Ree, round which ocean curves,
Camua fionnary cold of the mountains,
Robastan of the green oats,
Sad that I to-night am not there.
The two old people had been playmates before
their fathers and mothers, with many more fathers
and mothers, had been evicted and transported
across the Atlantic Ocean.
Another saint — Ronan — is commemorated in
Cill-mo-Rònaig before we come to Connel — Conghail
— raging flood. Other names for Connel are
' Struth Laoire ' and ' Luath shruth,' swift current.
The name is applied to the rapids or sea waterfall
caused by a reef of rocks lying in mid-channel
between Benderloch and Lorn. The strait is
narrow and is bounded upon either side by rocks.
The water rushing from and to the open sea
through this constricted passage causes a dangerous
fall.
' Conghail nan cranna-ohoill ura. '
Connel of the forest of fresh trees.
Old men in the place said that there was a great
forest of trees on either side of Connel, where now
there are only great peat mosses. They said that
nidinteach mor Adia na crithe was once a great