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^Ai; A 3-cuAf Ajb biibA l.e]c-ivi|tb ;
o'l* cu 11* 5A]nbe iiAill-5ív]íi bfrjr),
cutT) |*5AitcA hja't ceAcc bo't; r)<XTÍ)Aib.
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30 i)30TT)ceA|t rt?é c|ten/ livjt ?
N] cujbe 6iqc, a Cboíjí^T? rbAO]l,
b]úlcA6 'pbl'JUj bo jv^ib It) AC LÚ3A16,
ACÍV T)A ]tÍ3 5|* c]ot)T) i;a b-piAi;T;,
A 3-C0Tb]tAC, a'i* a TtJ-bjAO, ']*A T)-Ó|t.
2t)ív civ 'pioijt) i)A Tti3 of c^ouu T)A b-'piAi)!;,
A rb]C 'LÚ3A]6, bo ]tiVT6 Coij&i; ;
t)] coicn)ú]l 3uti cu^be bAw,
bill Art) Aor)A|i 30 b-iiApb t-GAc-a^iib.*
Mfl I'Ai) b-pjAtJT) ujle, A|t rt)<vc l,ii3<\c,
f:eA|t corb-rn-biui? bob' CIÓ-3UC A|tb,
A'f cloii)pi& Ai) T^blAT) Ujle bo 3IÓ11,
rtjiv']' ceAcc bo't) cóijt a T;3A|t bo'u 2ljib.
liiv b] ^eA^bA Ijon; b^ lii<\6,
A lijic tÚ3Ai6 i)A rvv) 3éA3 ;
Wf])]o^\) i)A bo'r; pb^l')»; V] jtACAb At;ij,
cuiiiTtT) jniA]- bo le itjo jiAe.
dred Battles, who -were expelled from Deece or Deise Teamhrach, in the
county of Meath, by their relative Cormac, the grandson of Conn of
the Hundred Battles, about, A.D. 254, when they settled in the county
of Watcrford about half a century back." One of their descendants, the
Rev. John Whelan, P.P. of Modeligo, who died in the year 1819, was as
fine a specimen of the old Irish race as one could wish to see.