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The Metrical Dindshenchas (Author: [unknown])

poem 24

Eo Rossa, Eo Mugna, etc.

1. How fell the Bough of Da Thí?
   it sheltered the strength of many a gentle hireling:
   an ash, the tree of the nimble hosts,
   its top bore no lasting yield.
2. 5] The Ash in Tortu — take count thereof!
   the Ash of populous Usnech.
   their boughs fell — it was not amiss —
   in the time of the sons of AEd Slane.
3. The Oak of Mugna, it was a joyous treasure;
   10] nine hundred bushels was its bountiful yield:
   the beautiful oak tree fell,
   across Mag Ailbe of the cruel combats.
4. The Bole of Ross, a comely yew
   with abundance of broad timber,
   15] the tree without hollow or flaw,
   the stately bole, how did it fall?

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