AN GAOḊAL
577
CAIPTÍN SEORSA O'MÁILLE
An séṁaḋ lá de'n Ḟóġṁar trá ṫóigeamar ar seolta,
Ag imṫeaċt as na cóstaiḋe seo air ṫóir an ṁionnáin siar,
ṫart le Cruaċ na Caoile agus anuas le Rinn an Ṁaoile,
Innis Turc taoḃ ṡíos de & trá Ḃríġide air fad taoḃ ṡiar,
Nó gur ḋóirteamar le fánaḋ ṫre ḟairge d'a cárnaḋ,
Go ndeárnaḋ 'maċ an Ráiṫċe ó ḃí iarraiḋ orrainn ann,
Aċ ag sginneaḋ ṫart le Árrainn neartuiġ orrainn an gála
Ḃí cúrsaiġ stiġ ar sáiġ againn 's níor ṫrá ḋá ḟailliġ' é,
Ḃí cliú na luinge in aoinfeaċt a dearcaḋ suas a m'eudan,
A súil le réiḋteaċ uaim-se 's gan aon ṁaiṫ díoḃṫa ann,
Aċ ḋúḃairt mé leo air aon ċor go ndeunfainn díoḃa feuċ¬
(aint,
Ag iompar a cuid éaduiġ ċó 'd 's b'ḟéidir léi snáṁ.
An trá ṫeannamar airṫi an t-eudaċ seaḋ ṫoisiġ sí i pleus¬
(gaḋ,
A lúbaḋ in a ċéile & ag imṫeaċt mar ḃeiḋeaḋ cú;
An ḟairge gur ḋeun sí 'sé cur na tonna treuna,
,Gus an sneaċta d-tuaḋ dá ṡéideaḋ go dian in mo ṡúil,
Agus trí ḋul de rópa cnáibe ṫar mo lár teanntaḋ 'niar,
Aċ air son saoirse 's tárṫáil, is éigin a ḋul ṫríd
O! tá mo láṁa stróice go síoruiḋe tarraing rópaiḋe,
Tá 'n croicionn & an ḟeoil a leig tóigṫe 'maċ ó 'n g-cnáiṁ,
'S dá m-beiḋeaḋ caint air biṫ aig cláraiḃ d'innseodís sgeul
cráiḋte,
Le na ġoirreaḋ is ċuaiḋ an bás dúinn aċ gur ṫárluiġ'mar
('ṁaċ é,
Ní raḃ maiṫ air dá ṡeunaḋ má sé an dán a ġeall Mac Dé
(ḋúinn;
Aċ ólaiġiḋ sláinte ċéile má ṫéiḋim-se ḃaile beo
Nár ṁór an cliú 'san sása dúinn an bealaċ ud do ṫárla,
'Snaċ raḃ éineaċ dá'r g-cáirde in aċ ar náṁaid air gaċ taoḃ
Ḃí police ann a gárdáil & waterguards a deáráil,
Ḃí revenue na h-áite ann 'sgaċ dream dá ndeaċaiḋ leo;
Ḃí cutters ḃeag' is mór' ann 'gus an Cliú Bay salaċ leoṫa,
Agus loingeasaċa Ṡeoirse inns a tóir a leig 'nar ndiaiġ;
Aċ is mise Seora O'Máille, fear maiṫ de ċineál Ġráinne,
Ċuir mo loċduiḋ d-tír go sásta & Caiptín Ward air suan.
I regret spare does not permit me to do justice
to the name of George O'Mally, or as he was better
known as Captain O'Mally. He was always proud
to relate that he was a native of Brinishool. He
got a good education, entered the English Navy and
soon raised to the rank of a commissioned officer.
And although he wore the saxon coat, his pride was
to see the cross of St George trail in the dust. The
British man-of-war seized on a cargo of smug¬
gled goods about the year 1826 and O'Mally
was told to take the same to Westport, but
he ran her into Achill Island instead. The car¬
go was soon hidden all over the country, which
mostly consisied of tobacco. And George himself
soon became a refugee from English justice. The
crime was high treason and a price was soon laid on
his head. But as General O' ally of Peninsular
war fame, his arrest and conviction was sure to ar¬
ouse the West to rebellion, the matter was let drop
easy and O'Mally entered on several smuggling ex-
peditions. This song is a review of one of his ex¬
ploits with the noted bark Seafair when he outwit¬
ted all his pursuing foes.
He died in Westport in 1864 and was interred
in O'Mally's Tombs.
Martin P Ward
We understand that Mr. Ward has
left for California; and the classes will
miss his jolly presence.
Several Gaelic contributions are un¬
avoidably held over this issue.
Home Rule and the language in the
schools is the Gaelic motto.
