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The Metrical Dindshenchas (Author: Unknown)

poem/story 56

GÁIRECH

1. Baile h-ir-ralsat gáir cen góe
   macrad Emna for óen-chóe,
   ‘mon lecht rosmairn immasech,’
   ‘is dó is comainm cert Gáirech.’
2. Cú na cerda boí i cacht chró,
   ed rosnacht ic sár-gubo,
   dia caínset cen ladna ille
   graige ocus arma is ailche.
3. Grellach Átha, áit roan,
   ar fhiched, ar fhogarbad;
   díth Chon, diarb ord ar n-aire,
   ba scél borb cach beó-baile.