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191. Aithne charad clairseach Bhriain $
Length: short 5qq
Certainty: 2
Period:
  1. 13th ult
Areas:
  1. Connacht
Classes:
  1. possession mp
Manuscripts:
  1. Magauran MS 14th c.
Prints:
  1. transl. Bk Magauran no. viii
Motifs:
  1. patron’s liberality to poets
  2. music
Poet Christian Names:
  1. Maol Padraig (Bk Magauran)
Poet Surnames:
  1. MacNaimhin
Patron Christian Names:
  1. Brian
Patron Surnames:
  1. MagShamhradhain (d. 1298)
Meter Vars:
  1. deibhidhe
Poem:

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Aithne charad cláirseach Bhriain


[McKenna, L.: The book of Magauran, Dublin, 1947, poem 8]


Maol Pádraig Mac Naimhin cc


1 Aithne charad cláirseach Bhriain

gá heisdeacht a-tú i dtroimghliaidh;

a faisgin is ró do rad

re taisgidh is cró carad.


2 Meinic do seinnte ma-seach

i mbrugh Bhriain Bheinne Coilctheach;

nocho glór i gcill do chleacht,

ba binn ag ól a héisdeacht.

3 Re linn [an laoichsin] Eanaigh

ní bhíodh sí go suidheamhail;

maith a seol fa mbíodh n-a bhrugh

ba ceol ag fion a fosgudh.

4 Do bhíodh as gach láimh do láimh

i ndúnadh ghéige Gabhráin;

ba binn le slógh gá seinm sin

ba mór a feidhm ag flaithibh.

5 Ba tearc aoinfhear a fheadhma

nó gor thuit a tighearna;

re gach nduain ba fial an flaith,

nochon uair cliar a chomhmaith.