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452. Cia re a n-egonainn m’easbhaidh? $
Length: short 4qq
Certainty: 1
Period:
  1. 16th ult
Areas:
  1. Munster
Classes:
  1. eulogy mp
Manuscripts:
  1. RIA 998 (23/F/21) Vellum, 16th cent.
Prints:
  1. text, Carney PB no. x
Motifs:
  1. patron single exception to condemnation
  2. patron’s liberality to poets
  3. decay of poetry
Poet Christian Names:
  1. Giolla Brighde (RIA 998)
Poet Surnames:
  1. MacBruaideadha
Patron Christian Names:
  1. Theobald
Patron Surnames:
  1. Butler (lord of Caher, d. 1596)
Meter Vars:
  1. deibhidhe
Poem:

Poem in printable PDF format

Cia re a n-éagónainn m’easbhaidh?


[Carney, James: Poems on the Butlers: of Ormond, Cahir, and Dunboyne (A.D. 1400-1650), Dublin, 1945, poem 10]


Giolla Brighde Mac Bruaideadha .cc.


1 Cia re a n-égónainn m’easbhaidh

d’fhuil Briain na mbrugh mbláithsheasgair,

d’Fhine Róigh nó Néill náraigh?

béim ní cóir ar compánaibh.


2 Caidhe a Mumhain na múr tte

nó a gcríochaibh leabhra Life

aoinneach risin dán do dhíol

a gclár dhaoineach na ndeighríogh?


3 Acht triath na Cathrach caoimhe

caidhe a nÉirinn fhérnaoidhe

duine do-bhéradh lámh linn

dán do dhénamh dá ndlighinn?

4 Teabóid Builtér, croidhe caoin,

fhóirfeas ar n-easbhaidh d’éntaoibh,

damh ré do réir a aicme,

’s é don chléir is comairce.