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O. 't)o ciu\Ur cool bA b|t)t)e t)iv bufi ^-cecÁ,
51Ó n)ó\\ ri)olAf cu At) cliAjt ;
f5AlcA|ti)Ac loji) Le^cfieAC Lao],'
'Y AT) pA0]8 bo 5t)í8 A1) i)Oftb pb^AT)!).
Sn)ólAC ]xo-h]\)\) 5leAi)t)A S^ajIj^
T)ó n)oi)5íx]it i)A rr)-bA|xc A5 buA]i) ]te r|ií\í5 ;
bA b]i)T)e Ijort) c|tof& i)a 5-C01),
tjiv bo i-5ol-|-A, A cl6ifii5 cix\6.
Ci)tt^ 6e]|teofl, Crjú ii)o cu^tp,
Ai) c-AbAc beA5 bo bj A5 'pjorji) ;
AT) uAjja bo feiDijeAÓ cuiji a'|* pui|tc,
bo cu]iieA6 |*]i)i) A b-coi|ic]n) yuAit).
BUctjAib AT) iT)5^eAT) 03,
T)Ac b-cu3 TT)6ib b'^eA|i pAO] 't) v-'5\^^]^ \
Acc ATbív]í5 bo Cbi)ú 8ei|teoil,
oc ! A Pbi^cti<v]C, bA blT)1) A béAÍ !
21t) biv jAÓAjt béA5 bo bí A5 }-iot)t),
't) uA]|t bo léi5cí lAb y.0 5leAT)t) Kivc;*
bA bpjT^e i)iv íx6bA c]U]l,
Y A T)-A5Al6 Ó't; C-S|U]Jt^ ATHAC.
' S5AlcAtii)Ac \o]X) leicfteAc Iaoj, the song of the blackbird of Letter Lee.
The blackbird, the thrush, tlie seagull, the eagle and the raven, are the
birds most often commemorated by the Fenian muse. The ttjíol npuj5e
(our hare), the riA6 fiUAb, or red deer, the buck and doe, the coric, or
wild boar, and the cu aUca, or pAol-cii, the wolf, were the objects of
their chase. Letter Lee is not yei identified.
2 5lGAt)i) AT) S5A1I, i.e., the ylen or vale of Seal. In the Miscellany of
the Celtic Society, p. 24, the following note ai)i)ears : —
" Seal Balbh, i.e.. Seal the Stammerer. O'Flaherty says that Bania,
daughter of Seal Balbh, king of Finland, was the Queen of Tuathal
Teachtmhar, monarch of Ireland, A. 1). 130. A personage of the same
name sccnis to have flourished in Ireland, from the many places named
after him, as Gleann-an-Scail in the county of Antrim, Leac-an-Scail,
a great Cromleac in the county of Kilkenny, and Leaeht-au-Scail, i.e..
Seal's monument, in the barony of Corcnguiny, county of Kerry."
There is also SleAiji) aij ScaiI, and ^ilbAp)!) At) SfA]l, about ten miles
west of Dingle. leAcc At) Sca]! is still in existence. By accenting the
letter a in the word Sc'a]\ these localities would mean the glen of the
shade or shadow.