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DUAN A MHUIREARTUICH. M. 6. Ail MUIREARTACH. 0. 16.
I'-i Gheibh thu cumhadh 's gabh sith,
Thuii-t Mac Ciimhaill an t-ard righ,
Deich ceud ubhall d' an or ghlan
'S tog dh'inn a chulanuichnan coin.
11 Ge d' gbeabhuinu-se brigh Eirinn uile
A h or a b airgiod 's ab ionmhas
B' fhearr learn fo chosgairt mo sbleagb
Oscar, is Racine, is Cairioll.
12 Labhair laocb nacb d'fbuiling tair
Mac Mornai d'am b' ainni Conan,
Caiilidh tu dos a cbinn chrin
Re deagh Mbac Oissain d' fboir rigli.
13 B' asadb dbuit ord crothadb nan clocb
A cbagnadh fo d' dbeudaicb
Na combrug nam Fiann fuileach
Air nacb do bbuadhaicb aon duine.
14 Dh'eir'icb Fionn ilatb na Feinne,
Nuair cbunnairc e colg na beiste
Db'eir'icb Oissain flatb nam fear
Db'eir"icb Oscar agus lulvmn.
15 Db'eir'icb Ceotbacb nan arm nnadb
Db'eir'icb sud is Raoine ruadh
16 Db'eir'icb Ciar-dbubb Mac Brabh
Db'eir'icb Art Mac Morain nam Mionn.
Db'eir'icb dials a b' aluin dreacb
Cucbuluinn is Faolan neo mbeas.
17 Db'eir'icb na laoicb nacb bu tiom
Laoicb Mbic Cnmbaill nan arm gi-inn
Rinn iad cro cbum a cbatba mboir
Mu 'n an-acbt air faicbe nan scleo.
18 A cbeatbrar laocb a b' fhearr san f heinn
Cbomhruigeadb e iad gu leir
Is fbritbealadb o iad mu'd seacb
Mar gbatb ralnne na lasi-acb.
19 Tbacbair Mac Cumbaill an aigb
Is a bbeiste laimh air laimb ;
Bba taobb a cbolla re guin bualuidb,
Bba braon d' a fbuil air na fraocbuibb.
'10 Tbuit am Muileartacb leis an rigb,
Aob ma tbuit cba b' ann gun stri
Deucbainn cba d' fbuair e mar sin
la ceardaicb Loin Mbic Libbainn.
21 Db'fbalbb an Gobbain leis a bbrigh
Gu teach atbar an aird righ ;
Rinneadb beud, deir Gobbain nan cnan,
Mharbhadb am Muireartach ruadb.
■I'l A righ Beatha dbuit is nair
At sarucbadb le luchd aon oilein.
20 Mur do loisg teine, mur do bbatb tonn,
Mur do shluig inuir leathann lom,
Cba robh do dhaoinibb air domhain
Na Mharbhadh am Muileartacb Muingeann.
24 Cha b'e mbarbh e ach an Fhiann
Buidbeann leis nacb gabhtadh fiamb ;
Cba d' tbeid fuath na airrachtas
'n t-sluagh aluin fhalt-bbuidbe cbas.
2-5 Bheir mise briathar a ris
Ma mharbhadb am Muileartacb min
Nacb tog mi do Eirinn aigh
Tom, iiinis, no oilein ;
20 Nach tog mi an norruibh mo long
Eirinn chorranta cho-tbrom
27 Caireara breabanuich air muir
Ga togbhail as a tonn-bhalla,
Crocain chroma re tir
Ga tan'uing as a taibhe.
28 Is mor an luacb do loingis bhain
Eirinn uile a dh' aon laimb
'S nach deacbaidh loingear air sal
A thogadh cuige do db' Eirinn.
2!» Chuir e fios gu flathaibh Fail
Am Muireartach fhaotain da slan
No bari-a brigh Eirinn uile
Eadar mbac righ is aon duine.
30 Gabh mo cbomhairle, 's in choir
Labhair Mac Cumhail mbic Trein-mhoir,
Is fearr or cruinte nan clach
Na comhraCT nam Fiann fuileach.
O. 16. AM MUIREARTACH.
Dr. Irvine's MS. , page 93. 105 hnes. Copied by Mal-
colm Macphail. Edinburgh, March 29, 1872.
Fragments of the ballad which is current in 1871, ■with
hnes from other ballads introduced near the end, wliere
the whole is much broken.
1 La dhuinn air tulaich Soire (Soiruidh),
Ag amharc Eirin uile mar tiomcbioll ;
Chunncas tigbinn air bharraibb thonn,
Arc ailid agus lall chrom.
2 Is e b' ainm do 'n uambanach ghlan,
Am Muireartach Maol ruagb Mbaighe (mhara)
Bba a h-eudainn du' ghlas air dreacb guail,
'S a deud charbad garbb ruagb.
3 Aon suil ghlogacb na ceann,
Na bu luaidhe na sionnacha maigbe (rannacb)
(mara)
Agus grcann liath-glas troimb a ceann ;
Mar ciioille chrionaicb fo chritb-reoth (do chri-
thionn).
4 Air faicsinn nam Fiann fo geasamb (ma coin-
neamb),
Tigeadh a bheisd do 'n Innis ;
'Se steud mUe gan tionndadh,
5 Mharbh i le gean gun cboman,
Deich ceud laoch,
Agus a gaire na garbb chi-aos,
6 Co iad na laoicb a b' fhearr na sud,
O "n ti o 'n d' thainig m.i ;
A thug sibhse air saile.
Air sgath Chonalaich nan con (Choniallaich),
7 Oirnne na bitheadh gach maoithe (Mhaoidhe),
8 Bannsa air barraibh mo shleagh,
Oscar is Raoini is Caoirrall ;
9 Deir an laoch nach d' fbulang tair,
Mac Morna do 'm b' ainm Conan.
Fagaidh tu dos a cbinn chrine,
Re Mac Oisein iarraidb ;
10 Triath as gach naonar 'sa' mbagh,
Gur e db' iaiT a bheisd gu comhrag ;
Comhrag de luchd comhrag ceud,
Chuir sinne a db' ionnsuidb na beisd.
11 Bba bheisd gam frith lannadh seachd,
is\.a.T fkiodh chonna air lassadb (lolum).
12 Gun tharla Mac Cuthail an aigh,
Agus a' bheisd laimb air laimb ;
Earlunn cba 'n fhaoas air sir,
O Cheardach Loin Mbic Liombuin.
13 Cba bu dona logbuir an aigh,
Rinn cobhair air an laoch ann ruadh ;
Oisean le 'n deargar na gil,
Oscar arm ruadh agus lolunn.
14 Ach tbuit a bheisd leis an righ,
Ma tbuit cha b' ann gan chis (stri) ;
Gun deach an Gabhainn leis a bhrigh,
Gu teach Gobha an ard righ
15 A dh" innseadh gu 'u do mharbhadb a Mhuirear-
tach (mhin).
16 ftfar do shluig talamb toll,
No Muir leathan lom ;
Cha robh air an talamh sa a shluagh,
Na mbarbba' a' Mhuireartach ruadh.
17 Cha ni i-inn e ach am Fionn (an Fbeinn),
An dream leis an cuirte gach geill ;
'S ann duitsa ta a naire a righ.
Do chis cbatba bhi aig luchd oilean {elmi).