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Ní mhairenn oighre Murchaidh

Author: Unknown

File Description

Electronic edition compiled by Benjamin Hazard

Funded by University College Cork and
Professor Marianne McDonald via the CELT Project

2. Second draft.

Extent of text: 419 words

Publication

Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
Text ID Number: G402250

Availability [RESTRICTED]

Available with prior consent of the CELT programme for purposes of academic research and teaching only.

Sources

Manuscript source
1. Castlerea (Co. Roscommon), Clonalis House, Book of the O'Conor Don, 27b.

The edition used in the digital edition.
1. Osborn Bergin, Ní mhairenn oighre Murchaidh in Irish Bardic Poetry, Ed. Osborn Bergin. , Dublin , Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (1970) page 191–192

Encoding

Project Description

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts

Sampling Declaration

All the editorial text with the corrections of the editor has been retained.

Editorial Declaration

Correction

Text has been checked, proof-read and parsed using NSGMLS.

Normalization

The electronic text represents the edited text.

Quotation

There are no quotations.

Hyphenation

The editorial practice of the hard-copy editor has been retained.

Segmentation

div0=the whole text. Line-breaks, metrical lines and quatrains are marked and numbered.

Interpretation

Names of persons (given names), and places are not tagged. Terms for cultural and social roles are not tagged.

Canonical References

The n attribute of each text in this corpus carries a unique identifying number for the whole text.

The title of the text is held as the first head element within each text.

div0 is reserved for the text (whether in one volume or many).

The numbered quatrains provide a canonical reference.

Profile Description

Created: By an unknown Irish bardic poet. Date range: c.1600–1620.

Use of language

Language: [GA] The text is in Classical Modern Irish.

Revision History

• (2008-10-15)

  Beatrix Färber (ed.)

• Header modified; dates added; keywords added; file validated.
• (2005-08-25)

  Julianne Nyhan (ed.)

• Normalised language codes and edited langUsage for XML conversion
• (2005-08-04T16:12:34+0100)

  Peter Flynn (ed.)

• Converted to XML
• (2003-05-15)

  Beatrix Färber (ed.)

• Minor changes to header; HTML file created.
• (2003-05-14)

  Benjamin Hazard (ed.)

• Header constructed, structural mark-up entered and checked. Lineation checked and verified; text parsed using NSGMLS.
• (1995)

  Staff at the School of Celtic Studies (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) (ed.)

• Text captured by scanning and proofed.

Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: G402250

Ní mhairenn oighre Murchaidh: Author: Unknown

p.191

1. 1] Ní mhairenn oighre Murchaidh—
   2] mór cumthair dona brégaibh—
   3] dá maradh ní bheith choidhche
   4] lá go n-oidhche inar n-égmais.
2. 5] Ag techt chugainn as uainne
   6] do bhíoth daoine uaisle oile;
   7] ag techt chugainn is chugainn
   8] do bhíoth m'fher cumainn croidhe.
3. 9] Créd dhénuid muinnter Dhálaigh
   10] ón mbás-soin dá ttí an cogadh?
   11] fa meinic laodh mo chroidhe
   12] ós cenn m'fhine dá cosnamh.
4. 13] Fa dhó sa ló dar bféghuin,
   14] an té fa ndénuim osnadh,
   15] do thigedh sé go bádhach
   16] ó Áoibh Rátha go Brosnuigh.
5. 17] Do-chuaidh Diarmuid, mo thruaighe,
   18] fúinne a bhfuaire nár bhrethnuigh:
   19] ní thig sé chugainn choidhche—
   20] acht ocht n-oidhche sa tsechtmhuin.

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p.192

6. 21] Diarmuid tar éis a éuga,
   22] a fhir dhénta na huaidhe,
   23] ná bí dá chur a dtalmhuin,
   24] ní gar dhó anmhuin uainne.

Ní.