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Acallamh na Senórach I (Author: Unknown)

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7886] ‘Ad-rae buaid & bennachtain, a uaissle’, ar fir Eirenn.
7887] ‘Gin co beth d' fhis na d' fir-eolus a n-Eirinn uile acht in meide
7888] ro facabair accu anos ro bo tinolta fir Eirenn uili i nd-aen-inadh.’

¶ 592


7889] Ocus is annsin ro eirig Cas Corach mac Caincinde, &
7890] adubairt: {SG page 231}‘Maith a m' anum, a Cháilti’, ar eissium, ‘is mithigh.
7891] Is mithig dam-sa imthecht festa, & bennacht cacha dalta fort-su.’
7892] ‘Bennacht cacha h-oide ic a roibe dalta ort-sa’, ar Cailte, ‘uair is
7893] tú is ferr eladha at-conncamar riam.’ Ocus adubairt ri Eirenn .i.
7894] Diarmait mac Cerbaill: ‘ollamnacht Eirenn uaim-si dait in comfhat
7895] rabur-sa i r-rigi.’

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7896] IS si-sin uair & aimsir tangadur tri nonbair d' iarsma na
7897] Feinde ro bói i f-farrad Chailti ar in tulaig leth aniar do Themraig,
7898] & tucsat da n-úidh & da n-aire beith a n-ingnais a luith
7899] & a lán- choiblidh, & gan a beith do rath orro nech ac comrad
7900] ríu, & tucsat a m-bel re lár talman issin tulaig-sin, & fuaradur
7901] bás ann, & ro cuired fo thalmain iat, conid Cnoc na Nonbur
7902] ainm in chnuic-sin dia n-eis.

¶ 594


7903] ‘Truag dono sin’, ar Oissin, ‘iss ed sin ro mairistar d' iarsma
7904] na muintire moire maithe ar triath & ar tigerna accaind .i.
7905] Fhind mac Cumaill.’ Ocus ro badur na senoire co toirrsech
7906] truag in lá-sin tar eis na tri non- bur-sin ó nar' mair do tri
7907] cathaib na Feinde achtmad Oissin & Cailte & na tri nonbair-
7908] sin. Ocus ro badur fir Eirenn uile ina tast gan fer do labra
7909] re cheile díb ara mét ro chuir orro a n-dernnsat na senóraig do
7910] thoirrsi tar éis a Féine & a muintire. Ocus adubairt Oissin:
    1. 7911] IN fuil sunn nech ro fheissed
      gémad fann, gemad eissel,
      7912] in fhail ar fácad cuach Find
      'na aenuran a Cromglind.

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7913] ‘Ocus ní rabusa riam’, ar Cailte, ‘lá nach budh éscaid lém
7914] labra riut, a Oissin, acht mad aniu.’ Ocus adubairt Cailte:
    1. 7915] Atá sunn nech ro fheissed
      mar ar' impo for deis- sel,
      7916] in fail ata 'sin glind glais
      ní fholaig acht feth fithnais.

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7917] Oissin dixit:
    1. 7918] IN fil sunn nech ro fheissed
      gémad fhann, gémad eissel,
      7919] cia do-rat cenn Curraig chain
      issin chnoc os Badamair?

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7920] ‘Tusa ro ben a chenn de’, ar Cailte, ‘& t' athair ro loit h-é’, ar
7921] Cailte, ‘& missi ro muir in cnocc.’

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    7922] Oissin dixit:
    1. 7923] Da m-beth sunn nech ro fheisid
      mina impodar deis- sel,
      7924] ann rus-geogain Find bodéin
      o rus-dichenn Oisséin.

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7925] Ocus adubairt Cáilte:
    1. 7926] Rucus lim in cenn 'arsin
      gusin cnuc os Badhamair,
      7927] co fuil ann o ssin ille
      issin cnucc 'na comnaidhe.

7928] ‘Ocus in cumain let-su, a m' anum’, ar Oisin, ‘cia ro diubraic
7929] Goll mac Morna maiten ós Beluch Gabrain?’ ‘Missi ro diubraic
7930] h-é’, ar Cailte, ‘cor' chuir in cathbarr óir ro boi imma
7931] chenn de, & ro ruc coibeis craind na sleige da fheoil de.’ ‘Ocus
7932] uallach ro bas {folio 146b2} fai-sin’, ar Oisin, ‘ger 'bo mor in chned
7933] ro gab in cathbarr {SG page 232} imma chenn, & ro gab a airm, & adubairt
7934] re braithrib nach raibe poind air.’ Ocus adubairt Oissin:
    1. 7935] IN fuil sunn nech ro fheissed
      gemad fhann, gemad eissel,
      7936] cia ro diubraic Goll co mm-baid
      maiden ós Beluch Gabrain.

7937] Ocus adubairt Cailte:
    1. 7938] Missi ro diubraic a rí
      a Oissin gusin caem-lí,
      7939] urchur fagha cert do-chuaid
      a n-diaid meic Morna mor-cruaid.

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7940] IS annsin do fhiarfaig rí Eirenn dib-sum: ‘Cia ro marb
7941] Cairpre Lifechair mac Cormaic i cath Gabra?’ ‘Oscur mac
7942] Oissin’, ar Cailte, ‘ro marb h-é.’ ‘A fhírinde as maith do denam’,
7943] ar Oissin. ‘Cia chena ro marb h-é?’ ar in rí. ‘Orlám rí Fotharta
7944] andes’, ar Oissin ‘.i. óclach gráda ro bói acum-sa & 'gom athair
7945] reomum.’ Oissin adubairt:
    1. 7946] Orlam mac rig Fotharta
      nochar'b é in fer co maithfech,
      7947] brathair Brónaig, ní brég lib
      ro marb Cairpre Lifechair.

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7948] ‘Ocus Osccur dono, cia rus-marb?’ ar rí Eirenn. ‘aen-urchur
7949] Cairpri Lifechair meic Cormaic ro marb h-é.’ ‘Ocus Mac
7950] Lugach, cia rus-marb issin chath?’ ar Diarmait mac Cerbaill.
7951] ‘Bressal mac Eirge, mac ríg Gall- Gaeidel anall, & taissech teglaig
7952] rig Eirenn h-e.’