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The Metrical Dindshenchas (Author: Unknown)
poem/story 114
DÚN MÁSC
- Iarfaigid dím, comul ngle,
mad áil dúib eolas d' aichne:
ni triamain intí notairg
eter Liamain is laech-Mairg.
- Cethri meic ic Sétnu sheng,
ba díb Nuadu Necht nar-thend,
Mess Delmond, Oengus Ochach,
Ugen urgnaid il-chrothach.
- Se meicc ic Ugen cen ail,
ba rún-mer im cach rogail,
tumsat
[gap: extent: one or two words]
cen tacha trá,
cumsat ratha is rodindgna.
- Ladru, Noë, Finteng fert,
Luad cúar, is Alb na n-airbert;
fuair fasc cecha fini in fer,
Másc, ba sini is ba sessed.
- Tindabrais Ladru na land
i-nArd lind-amnais Ladrand:
Finteng os mur Muadall na m-bress
crichi Cualand contuiless.
- Noe i n-iarthur Rechet cen fhell
fuair cach ndechelt ndag-fheraind:
Másc cen mannur, ba mó gá,
ina dangon dithogla.
- Atchuala treib is' tír thair
ic Nóe mac Ugein aurgnaid:
olc fath dia m-bái, borb in col,
Rath Núi i crichaib Garrchon.
- Dibaid a chland aichri alt,
gnímaig os aichthi ecrat:
rosmucha in rí rechta thor,
acht mád Ucha, oen-chethror.
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- Luad oc Dún Chuair, cumnig lat,
co rubnib is co rigdacht:
fuair Alb, cen min-dergnas de,
dindshenchas forAlbine.
- Clanna Ugein láth ngaile
batar rúinig rath-maige:
ni síl deoraid ar daigid
am eolach na n-iarfaigid. Iarfaigid.