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Cia thú, a mhacaoimh mná?

Author: unknown

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Electronic edition compiled by Beatrix Färber

Funded by University College Cork, School of History

1. First draft.

Extent of text: 725 words

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Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
Text ID Number: G402302

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Available with prior consent of the CELT programme for purposes of academic research and teaching only. The text is reproduced with the kind permission of the estate of Thomas F. O'Rahilly.

Sources

Manuscript sources
1. Castlerea (Co. Roscommon), Clonalis House, Book of the O'Conor Don.
2. Rouen, MS 1678, late 17th century.
3. London, British Library, Egerton 187, writen by Uilliam O Loingsigh 1686.
4. Routledge MS (Rev. Celt. 48) c. 1726.
5. London, British Library, Egerton 174, written by P. Ó Doibhlín 1726-43.

Editions and translations
1. Thomas F. O'Rahilly, Dánta Grádha: an anthology of Irish love poetry (A.D.1350-1750), second edition (Cork 1926).

The edition used in the digital edition
1. Thomas F. O'Rahilly, Cia thú, a mhacaoimh mná? in Dánta Grádha, Ed. Thomas F. O'Rahilly. , Cork, Cork University Press (1926) page 69–70

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Profile Description

Created: By a bardic poet; the date range was supplied from the Bardic Poetry Database. Date range: 1600–1625.

Use of language

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

Revision History

• (2016-06-22)

  Beatrix Färber (ed.)

• SGML and HTML versions created.
• (2016-06-16)

  Beatrix Färber (ed.)

• Header created; file proofed (1) and encoded, queries resolved using information from the Bardic Poetry Database at the DIAS website; file parsed and validated.
• (1998)

  Students at the CELT project (ed.)

• Text captured by scanning.

Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: G402302

Cia thú, a mhacaoimh mná?: Author: unknown

p.69

1. 1] Cia thú, a mhacaoimh mná?
   2] créad is fáth dod chuairt?
   3] uch! is géar rom-chráidh,
   4] más triall do b'áil duit uaim.
2. 5] Sídh Lir, searc gach súl,
   6] an í súd do threabh?
   7] nó Sídh Buidhbh na mbuadh?
   8] uch, mo nuar! a bhean.
3. 9] Nó Sídh Cnodhbha chorr,
   10] bruidhean na gcolg ndéad?
   11] nó Sídh chruithgheal Cairn?
   12] nó Sídh Sainbh na séad?
4. 13] Ná ceil orm do rún,
   14] féach mar tú 'na ghioll;
   15] más tú innis damh
   16] baincheann na mBan bhFionn.

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p.70

5. 17] Ní hiongnadh, a dhreach mhín,
   18] gibé chí do chruth,
   19] baintsíodh riot do rádh,
   20] a ghnúis mar bhláth subh.
6. 21] Ní dearg deirge an ghuail
   22] i ngar dod ghruaidh ghil;
   23] do dhorchaigh gné an aoil
   24] bheith re taoibh do chnis.
7. 25] A bhé shaoibhgheal shuairc,
   26] ná himthigh uainn fós;
   27] grás ar dhuine leamh
   28] do rinne bean rót.
8. 29] Mo bhruid-se an truagh lat?
   30] fogas damh an bás;
   31] mairg nách admhann dún
   32] cia thú, a mhacaoimh mná!