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1763. Tadhg O Cearbhaill ar gceann sluaigh $
Length: short 3qq
Certainty: 5
Period:
  1. 16th mid
Areas:
  1. Munster
Classes:
  1. eulogy mp
Manuscripts:
  1. TCD 1337 (H.3.18) 16th -17th cent. legal MS
Prints:
  1. transl. O Cuiv, Eigse xix (1982), 169-71
Motifs:
  1. prowess in war
  2. war with Foreigners
  3. king’s officer: maor tabhaigh
  4. tribute, cios
  5. Historical Comparison
Patron Christian Names:
  1. Tadhg
Patron Surnames:
  1. O Cearbhaill (d. 1554?)
Meter Vars:
  1. RannMhor
Poem:

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Tadhg Ó Cearbhaill, ar gceann sluaigh


[Brian Ó Cuív: ‘Some verses on Tadhg Ó Cearbhaill’, Éigse 19 169-171]


1 Tadg O Cearbhaill ar gceann sluaigh;

sealbh ag O Cearbhaill ar Chliaigh;

an t-aoinfhear rer bfeitte dúinn,

eiti luidh Gaoidheal a ngliaigh.


2 Lud mac Cein cosmhail is Tadg,

slat reidh ris nach cothaigh cealg;

ar a bhais go mbloghthar bolg

colg tais gu dornchar do dhearg.


3 Maor tabhaigh Tadg ar gach tir;

re Tadg ni gabhthar a ngliaigh;

crann taraidh tarla re a dtaoibh

do sgaoil Danair Banba Briain.