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this is found in D (written in Cork, 1768) and B. D has 32 qq. and
B 33, both being defective at the end. In these two MSS. (D and B)
the poem is entitled Eachtra Dhonncha na mBó, which was evidently
suggested by the following quatrain which comes after 1. 32 in the
MSS. :—
NÍ ar mo cheól-sa atá locht
(truagh nach bhfuil mo chorp i gcré)
acht ortsa, a Dhonnchadh na mbó,
ós binne leat bró ná me.
In the present text I give 41 qq., the omissions being as follows :
I q. (the one just quoted) after 1. 32 ; i q. (which is the concluding q.
of the version in DB) after 1. 124 ; 5^ qq. after 1. 132 ; and 2 qq. after
1. 156. In the quatrains omitted after I. 132 there is reference to, inter
aha, a place called Leacán (perhaps Lackan in Co. Down), and persons
named Domhnall Donnchadh '5 an da Mhaol, clann Váitétr, and clann
Taidhg.
MS. Readings. I have ventured silently to make the following
changes : ariamh to riamh ; tá to atá ; a bheith to bheith ; a bhios (rel.)
to bhios ; le mo to km ; pun to port ; uirid to uiread. One cannot,
however, be sure but that some of these rejected forms were used by
the author. I have retained the MS. sinnim {<seinnim). H and F
are quoted below only when they differ from A.
8 ba bhinne mise BD ; binne mise A. 9 an] om. A. 17 aingilighe D ;
ainglidhe B. 20 an chuirp A ; air an ccroich D ; air an ccruidh B. Qq.6
and 7 interchange in A. 22 ri] naomh A ; an righ DB. 24 dd DB ;
san A. 29 via ceol A ; ris an cceól DB. 30 eol h; ale T> ; eile B.
Perhaps we should read eóil here, with something like Teithidh diabhal
re bhfiiaim ceóil in preceding hne. 40 ó tharlaigh um choir beadsa binn
A ; Ó teasdaidh a ttreóir ni bhiad binn D ; ó theasdaigh da ttreóir ni i/zeadh
binn B. 41 ni thuigid mise B ; ni thuigion mise D ; ni thuigimse A. 42
lánmhear h.; gidh (cé) lionmhar DB. 48 is] om. MSS. 51 dhaoibh A.
56 gidh gur A ; cér B ; coir D. 61-63 anaigh A ; fanan(ji) and fanaid
DB. 68 ceolta chriche Cuinn A ; ceol crithche Cuinn D ; ceol criche
Chuinn B. 72 atá is atá] tá et atá A ; atá agus D. 84 bpuirt A ; bport
DB. 89 meor A. 97 An] om. mss. 103 leatsa A. 104 mills] is
mills A ; is millse D ; is meillse B. 120 is dhd fhichiot A. 132 cárr AF ;
cairr H. 142 druimseach HF ; simseach A. 151 sgéal H ; sgéil A.
153 cheird MSS. 157 a mheathas HF ; a mhaithus A. 158 seód] saoghal
A. 162 tréigsi A.