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489. Clanna Mhic an Bhaird chullomm charachach $
Length: short 1q
Certainty: 4
Period:
  1. 16th ult
Areas:
  1. Ulster
Classes:
  1. satire
Manuscripts:
  1. RIA 774 (24/L/12) M.OhAnnrachain 1856
  2. RIA 499 (23/B/25) 18th c.
Prints:
  1. transl. Knott, TD no. 43
Motifs:
  1. criticism of another poet
Poet Christian Names:
  1. Tadhg Dall (RIA 499)
Poet Surnames:
  1. O hUiginn
Patron Christian Names:
  1. sname only
Patron Surnames:
  1. Mac an Bhaird
Meter Vars:
  1. deibhidhe
Poem:

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Clanna Meic an Bhaird, cuileóin charrcha


[Knott, E.: The Bardic poems of Tadhg Dall Ó hUiginn, Irish Texts Society 22-23 (1922, 1926), poem 43]


Tadhg Dall ó Huiginn .ct.


Clanna Meic an Bhaird, cuileóin charrcha,

cuadh caocha na gConallcha

baird bhalbha gan ollamh orrtha

is mairg do tharla eatorrtha.


Freagra ó Mhac an Bhaird :


Onchú fhoghla Chríche Cuinn

Tadhg tuadhall Ó Huiginn;

nach mairg far bhuail an diabhal daill,

do líomhadh ar uaidh ifrinn.