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FIONXCIHAL. ■
;!()() A dirflieiK-liainii an euaraii t-aosila
Air Oealacliois iiui thanl)]i nan slial)li.'
"Chaidli Fearii'lius mac Aodliain air trial!,
'Us laliliair ri liatli nan earn.
■ X'haoiu Allaid, 'tlia 'timaidli air sliabli,
30") Ciod a clinnnaic le d" aosd-shiiil tliall '.'
" The hero is
not free ; lit.
in not to hint-
self— i.e., at
Iiis own (lis-
])usal.
Tile following
line (317) has
been changed
byE. M'Liieh-
Iiui from Tha
e 'btuiladh VI-
fada—" He is
smiting, ny
tighting, with
Ulfadda"— to
(Jlwsgair r,
&e.-"Hehas
slaughtered
riladda."
" ' Cliunnaic,' tluiirt Allaid iilia aosda,
■ Garbh Ulliu a dli'aom o Cliairbre,
Tliàiuig C'hromla an fhraoieh,
Bha fonn 'g a mliiichadli 'n a gharbh-chliahli
310 Mar osaig "an coillidh lorn.
Thàinig e gu talla nan fur.
" ' " A Lùmh-dhearg, a's fuatlias do dhaoine,
Tlioir còmhrag a dli'Ulliu, no do chliu,
Tliusa 's laidir' de gliaisgicli nacli faoin.''
[an àigli
.'JIS "'"Cha-n 'eil Làmh-dJiearg " — tliuirt Gealacliob
" Cha-n 'oil gaisgeafh a 'bhlair dlia feiu."
Tha e 'bualadh Ulfada air tràigh,
'S tha e, 'cheannaird nan sixr, 's a 'bheinn.
Kiamh cha do gheill mo rim do thriath ;
:ì2o Rheir o carraid nan sfiiath "mhac Chairbre."
FtTi-hids, l;i> to Alliul, tlie gri-y-haired son of the rock. His dwell-
ing is ill till' ciiile of stoiu's. He may know of the bright Gel-
chossa ! '
" The son of Aiiloii wont. Ho spoko to tlie oar of ago. ' Alhul 1
dweller of rock.s : thou that treinlile.st alone ! wliat saw thine eyes
of age?' 'I .saw,' answered Allad the old, ' Ullin the son of