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1686. Seacht ngradha fileadh fuair Aonghus $
Length: long 21stt =42qq
Certainty: 3
Period:
  1. 15th early
Areas:
  1. Munster
Classes:
  1. inaugurat
  2. poem on poet
Manuscripts:
  1. TCD 1319 (H.2.17) Vellum frags. ?16c.
Motifs:
  1. nobility of ancestry
  2. comparison with all others
  3. education of poets
  4. Material rewards for poetry
  5. patron’s liberality to poets
  6. cooperation btn English and Irish
  7. imagery for kingship (aodhaire, buachallocht)
  8. imagery for poetic demands (cain, tribute)
  9. Historical comparisons
  10. patron’s house 150 poets at feasts
Poet Christian Names:
  1. Uilliam (TCD 1319)
Poet Surnames:
  1. O Finain
Patron Christian Names:
  1. Aonghus m. Tomais d. 1410 m. Mhaolmhuire
Patron Surnames:
  1. MacCraith d. 1461
Meter Vars:
  1. Dechnadh Mor
Poem:

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Seacht ngrádha fileadh fuair Aonghus

[TCD 1319 (H.2.17), 235]

[Deachnadh Mór, Brúilingeacht]

Uilliam Ó Fináin cecinit


1 Seacht ngrádha filead fuair Áengus

nac suaill d[l]i(l)gead damhscol

is sé féin ri(gh) na ndam ndimsach

ri(gh) eir en dán a dan-san.

2 Tonn robarta na cúig cuicedh

gnúis glanchorcra gradhach

berair a tír an t-ord éiges

tonn eic nac bí badhugh.

3 Clann Craith in clann os gac ciniug

a maith ann do-fhetar

méin a n-éalad[han] ’sa n-ollam

deghullamh gan derugh.

4 Eir phairt na ar éigsi na ar enech

tredhe ar nac coir cesacht

gell or nÁengus-ne ni fhuighe

aenoide da fheabhus.

5 A-ta a-nuis mur Mac Líac límur

slat fhíal acar n-éistecht

mur Mac Coisi na Cruachan

tobaider glan g[l]é(l)bret[h].

6 Mesaim Athairne re hAongus

aithnim-si gac éinmes

iss é in tÁonghus[-sa] arná (n) airim

áenrogha na n-éigis.

7 Mac Mhe[ic] Craith in té do thoghus

imsaith he ach fa eiteac

ni benfa scol d’fir a oirit

a crobh blicht do-berter.

8 Rainic teist ar tos a betha

nac ró d[ó] fa deriu[dh]

Áengus ach gedh óg in t-ollam

mo is aesmur a einech.

9 Da chuicedh Muman ni mhuighfe

go humal don éigus

iter Gaidhel is Gall úasal

re háinfer ann éistid.

10 Coiscid sin fhich in da iarla

a sith ’na leth léicthear

mur slán caisc- (?) eire [= ara] da chuicead

Mág Raith aca réit[e]ach.

11 Do socraidh cach re crich Muman

an fas do-ni a nert-san

’ga breit[h] mur do beth ’na bretem

gac breth ’na leith legur.

12 Riam acht re hénghuth in filead

nír fetar íat d’fheacainr

na leigid[h] Dail g[C]ais a cocudh

os eir a-ta a tecusc.

13 Mac Me[i]c Raith rogha na n-éigis

flaith Caba ni cáinter

a-ta toisc re dan do dhenum

da bois mar blat[h] n-áirnedh.

14 Cnu an mogail nach an a n-uachtar

ni lacht tobair traighis

ni téit clú éigis tar Áonghus

drucht ni héider dh’áiriu[mh].

15 Os cinn ugdar mór na Muman

umlacht is do dligter

a-ta com(th)arr[dh]a eir e cennus

gan rotacra ris[-s]in.

16 Gac ni is blasta le cach canus

a-ta an blas ar bis[e]ach

can ceó eir a n-abair an t-ollam

seol fascaid[h] na filead.

17 Glór caich re hollam ó nEimhir

brondadh caith do chuitigh

gac dámh da rodheón dod ríchtain

do doirseóir ni dhuiscit.

18 A téit a tegh ni mó mhoighter

bec a clódh on cuirt-sin

tuc sin gan a osclad[h] dh’íaraigh

dorus deit ni duntar.

19 A Me[i]c Raith ni ham da fhalach

Clann Cais ar do chomus

Clann Carrtaigh fa toil ac toideacht

crobh na clann-sin qhucat.

20 Terc len(a) hurusa bur n-eiteac

is comar[dh]a cumacht

ni bid ach dhuit-si fa dhochur

da righ muighe Muman.

21 Mar mholter lib gním gach Gaidhil

deit fa cís do-chuadair

ni lor dod dán arna dheicsin

tain bo cona buachail.

22 A-táit Gaill ort aca iaraid[h]

ní holc a coill chnuasaigh

seóit nár iarabair a Óenghus

o iarlaidhib fhuaru[i]s.

23 Mairg dho ghell dreim resin ndunad

ferr é na cach éntech

do raith er faill mad da facad

a barr aig na n-éigi[o]s

24 Fer [= fir] na mban umat co haonach

is pupal bhan mbreidghel

ni clecht a treabh fhairsing d’uaicnes

ach fedh aifrinn d’ésteacht.

25 A clu ós áirem fher Muman

a cleath airmech orsan

suil mall eic inghin dod fhethem

a imper na n-ollam.

26 A athair dála in uird fhilead

do buing damha dochur

ni dligfedh ugdur da fhebus

cundrad[h] tar (?) dha crosugh.

27 Gach dan uaid ina leic loghmair

fuair teist ’na teist aesmair

geall duit-si ni rádh gan riaghail

cach uile do áentaig[h].

28 Gur mhela tu in flait[hi]us fuaruis

nan aith- (?) le háenboith

ollam Banba dit ’ga denam

ic a hannsa a Áenghus.

29 A meic Tomais na treabh cublach [leg. cúp-?]

a tocbail fer n-ísil

ni ledhbret[h] do meas fad mordacht

a breit[himh] bret[h] ndirech.

30 Is tú cend adhart na n-éiges

a adhaigh mhallr minghel

a b[f]uil resin dán do dhenam

a-ta dhuid a nditen.

31 Síl mBría[i]n co humh(um)al da n-ollam

ar iath Muman mestar

tuc na tuataighi go tuicseac

tuaghMuma eir e teagusc.

32 Ón shlógh as fada (?) go fhuightear

dalta do do derudh

gac dan eir a mbi ’na brethem

do-nít cach a cennach.

33 Mac Tomais a-ta ’gar moradh

rádh Tomais ni treigter

mac mar an athair gan énlocht

casmail risi[n] céidfhir.

34 A clu ’na dá tuinn gan tragad[h]

eir cul an uird éiges

a lán feile ar bfas a nAónghus

’s a lan éigsi a n-én[e]acht

35 Da seascach ni mor nac marbhthair

bleachtach a bó bronnfas

a bruit re ndaim aca ndeargadh

ni scu[i]r do dail donnbrat.

36 Ni fes uadh acht mar aodh áighre

léag [leg. laogh?] buadha da mbhrundfadh

ech le huachtaran na n-ugdar

mur buathallan brondtar.

37 Mac meic Mail Muire moir michair

dan coir craidhe shocuir

mo na cach bladh teist a tobair

eich 7 ba brondus.

38 Crob [leg. crodh?] nac da coigill do cruindigh

aithnim eir in obair

do-ni a cruinnachad[h] ’sa caithem[h]

duilleab[har] an domáin.

39 Craidhe ’na raith aird ni hísil

gac la ann a n-aenach

treb na craebh ngabalach ngresach

conghairech [a]n(a) cainteac.

40 Tech an fhir is derb[h] nac dhúnter

do mell sin an saeghal

ach a dán uaignech do iarfadh

ní g(h)[n]ath uaignes d’Áengus.

41 Mac Meg Raith ac roind a duthaigh

eir chloinn Craith le ceile

gell o cach aige as a óigi

fada a-ta ’na teicle.

42 Cenco tainic trían a aísi

cían ráinic a reighe

ri(gh) ar gac áonoide da uaisle

aodhaire na heigsi. Secht...

43 Ingin hÍ Inmasáin (?) úasail

ni hinmhasáin d’éicsibh

dul ar cuairt a fad da fechain

fuair tlacht ara treigib.

44 Greand rompa ni bi ara briathraib

scol 7 sí a n-entigh

ni téit bladh mna tar a[n] mnai-sin

gart gan fhál ni éirigh.

45 Siubhan dob óg acar n-aithne

do mor Siubhan sinne

clocha búadha is innmas eile

dhingmas dú[a]na dhisi.

46 Sén les a[n] mnai do fhuair maide

is gnái nac bfuair file

craebh gasda fa blath ina buime

dalta na mna mise. Secht ...