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The Metrical Dindshenchas (Author: Unknown)

poem 43

Currech Life

1. Currech Life cona lí,
   is terc rí dia fodamair:
   rucad a chend úad i cían
   cosin slíab ós Bodamair.
2. 5] Currech Life, línaib slóg,
   rothimsaig brón bán-bidbad:
   óen-fher do thamnad in troch
   matan moch — ba lán-ingnad.
3. "Is mé Find, am féith fromtha,
   10] co cléith brogtha bróen-uillig:
   topacht co Bodamair mbuirr
   a chend co muing móel-Chuirrig." C.
4. Roselt for Fothud in feidm,
   is dó ba deilm dóer-buillech:
   15] ba hinund brú rothochair
   Fothad ocus cóel-Chuirrech. C.
5. Ingen maic Niad co méite,
   Téite, notharcitis tuir,
   ben maic Regamna co rind,
   20] do láim Find ferad a fuil.
6. Din dáil-sin torchair Téite,
   dar cach féice fóen-buillech,
   is mac Eegamna robthaig,
   ocus torchair cóel-Chuirrech. C.

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