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O. 21 beifi cufA, A PbivcftA]c ua |iAt)t).
i)AC b-CTttb|tA6 AT) "pbl^W )*]or)t) aujac ;
t)& cú]3 c5i3e 6iTteAT)t) leó,
Je'tt TbÓ|l A T)eA|tC ^AO] fCAC.
"Civ T*5éAl beA5 A5Att)-|*A Ajt "pbio»)!),
t)i |lAbATTJA|t At)t) ACC CU15 ^||t &éA5 ;
bo 5AbATT)A|t |i]5 BTteACA]!) t>A b-pleAÓ,
le T)eA|ic A|t fleAJ 'su]* A|t Uoc.
i)0 5AbA6 l]tJT) 2t)A50U|* rT)Ó|l,
Tt)Ac ]t|5 LocIaiw t)A loT)3 TT}-b]teAC ;
ci^ij5AmATt 3Af) bjiói?, 5AT) rSÍ^r»
Y Í50 cui]teAtt)A|t iv|i 5-ciof A b-pAb.
21 PbiVC|lA]C, 1f C|tUA5 At) T*5éAl,
AD Ki3-^éit)T)i6 beic pAOi 51a|* ;
CTtO]6e 3AT) A]t)5]6eAcc, 5At) puAC,
C]toióe C|iuAi6 A3 cof t)Ari7 cac.
)X éA3CÓi]t T)ív|t n)Aic le Í)ia,
ó]t A'f b]A6 bo CAbA^itr bo ijeAc;
1JÍ0|t e^ulcAlO *p10t)1) C]téAD 1)ÍV rjtUAJ,
]P|teAt)T) puAjt rt)ik.'f & A reAC !
2t)|AT) TblC Cburi)Alll piV TÍ)A]C 3t)AO|,
é]fceACc ]te ]:aoi6' i)bliort)A 't)ei|i3 ;'
cobU t;a f jtuc Baj-a íÍuai&,^
'r V\^^ 5bAlUTbe ijA 5-CUAIJ bo feil3.
' Faoió signifies a voice, hum, or sound.
* O^o") beAns, literally í/íe red ridge. In the ZlsAlUnj ija SeAt)omi5i
a very curious tract containing a complete history of the T^iaijija entjor)!),
it is stated that Otioti) beAns was the ancient name of Drumcliff, a small
village in the barony of Carbury, and county of Sligo, remarkable for
the remains of an ancient Round Tower, t^fton) bCAns ^^s also the an-
cient name of t>ui) sa loAr^lAr, now Downpatrick, where a great battle
was fought, A.D. 1260, between Brian O'Neill and Hugh mac Felim
[O'Conor], and the Galls of the North of Ireland, in which many of the
Irish chiefs were slain ; which event formed the subject of ft long poem