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The Metrical Dindshenchas (Author: Unknown)
poem 80
Mag Tibra
- Mag Tibra, treab co caime,
in fedadar forb-daine
sciam nach coillter ar a chrad:
cia o sloindter in sen-mag?
- 5] Tibir, robo bean co mblad;
is uaithi sin rosealbad:
ingen Chais clothaich na cland,
bean do Thuathaib De Danann.
- Hirial mac Eremoin uill
10] dogob co laechda Liathdruim:
dobo ri can easbaid ech:
dobi in bean sin a buimech.
- Teit Irial a fecht rigi
timchell Erend ard-chaime,
15] co riacht Dun Tibra truime,
d' agallaim a ard-buime.
- Andsin dogob galar gerr
aird-ri aireda Erend,
co fuair bas nachar foill de,
20] cerbo thasc broin da buime.
- Tecaid fir Erend uile
fa thasc Ireil folt-buide,
da breith co Cruachain na clann,
reilec Tuaithe De Danann.
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- 25] Tocbaid leo corp in rig rain,
des le Herind, cle re traig:
nir soinmech a feis co froig:
fagbaid crich Breis co Borraich.
- Tromaigis arna fearaib
30] ma chorp in rig rorebaig,
cor' claisead fert in rig rain
im chorp in rig a Hespain.
- Dochuaid Tibir isa muir
do chumaid Irel uasail,
35] cor' chuir in tonn tiug da treoir
ben Palaip maic Eremoin.
- Tucad i tir Tibir thruag,
nocor' cuir i socht in sluag:
ni uair dimiad re ndula:
40] tais Irial foen-duma. M.
- Dun na nGairthi ainm in chnuic,
o gairthib lochta in long-phuirt:
dobadar secht laithi and
a cur graifne na thimchell.
- 45] Mag nGlas ainm in moigi bain
ota Borraich co riacht traig:
o dachuaid in rigan de
ainm don min-mag Mag Tibra. M. T.
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