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1078. Gol gaillsigh os cionn Gaill •
Length: short 3qq
Certainty: 5
Period:
  1. 14th mid
Areas:
  1. Meath
Classes:
  1. miscellaneous
Manuscripts:
  1. TCD 1399 (H.5.28) 1679
  2. RIA 756(23/E/26)R.Tipper, S. McSolaidh
  3. BL Egerton 127 M. O Gorman 1775
  4. RIA 34(F/v/3) Henri Mac an tSaoir 1787-
  5. RIA 759 (23/F/15)P.O’Connell, M.OGorm
Prints:
  1. transl. Carney, Gen. Hist. O’Reillys p. 63
Motifs:
  1. War with English
  2. cios, cain, tribute
  3. women keening
Poet Christian Names:
  1. Tomas mac Mathghamhna (RIA 759)
Poet Surnames:
  1. O Raighilligh
Meter Vars:
  1. deibhidhe
Poem:

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Gol gaillsigh ós cionn Gaill


[James Carney, A genealogical history of the O’Reillys, 1959, 63.]


1 Gul Gaillsigh os ceann Gaill

ag sin an gul nach ccaoinim

fannghul nach crádh rem chroidhe

Gallghul Galldha na Gaillsigh.


2 Fada leam an lá líathghlas

a mbun caisléin na mbrúghaidh

ag Loch Leiginn na mbreac mbaillgheal

glébhinn leam Gaillbhean ag gul.


3 Tomas mac Mathghamhna go fíor

righ do rioghuibh Loch Saoilin,

Gaill fa dhochar rena linn

a chíos o Chlochair go Cruimlinn.