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825. Eanchnu mogaill maicne Ruairc $
Length: short 5qq
Certainty: 5
Period:
  1. 17th mid
Areas:
  1. Connacht
Classes:
  1. eulogy
Manuscripts:
  1. TCD 1381 (H.5.9) Toird. O’Reilly 1684
Motifs:
  1. envoi to another patron?
  2. imagery for patron
  3. nobility of ancestry
  4. liberality to poets
  5. prowess in warfare
Patron Christian Names:
  1. Aodh (& Tadhg?)
Patron Surnames:
  1. O Ruairc
Meter Vars:
  1. deibhidhe
Poem:

Poem in printable PDF format

Éanchnú mogaill maicne Ruairc

[TCD 1381 (H.5.9), 32]

[Deibhidhe, Dán Díreach]


1 Énchnú mogaill maicne Ruairc

(a-táim) a ttreas nach ttabhair tiomchuair[t]

dregan is duilbhir i ttreas

suilbher ag eagar éicces.

2 Mír churad[h] chríche Banbha

dleacht gan roinn ríghdhamhnas

leis fós tar chend gach cuire

tós is earr gach iorghaile.

3 Méin thromdha céim i gcoirs

plannda d’fíonchrú Bhríain Bhallaigh

órádh na haicme ór fhás

moradh cairte gan conndás.

4 Grian adhanta eir-- [leg. erraigh?] caigh

ré is tesaighthe teannáils

crobh séimh is treisi i ttachar

seisi d’feain na heal[a]t[h]an.

5 Aodh Ó Ruairc roscc mur bhucca

dha mbeinn úadha a n-áontam[ha]

do threigfinn ar Thadhg gach fer

’s ní léigfinn árd air ísi[ol?].