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AN GAOḊAL
GO MAIRIḊ AR nGAEḊILG SLÁN.
[The Oireaċtas prize song]
Is í mo ġuiḋe 'dir oiḋċe 's ló
Le diograis croiḋe, le dílse deoin;
'S is í mo ġuiḋe 'dir geiṁreaḋ 's fóġṁar
Go maririḋ ár nGaeḋilg slán.
Curfa:
"Fill, fill, a ġaoil 's a ġráḋ,
Ar sliġe ġil na saoirse gus fill orm i d-tráṫ,"
Sin caoin-spiorad ár sinsear dár síor ġlaoḋaċ 'sa
[ráḋ,
"Go mairiḋ ar nGaeḋilg slán!"
Moċ mall
Ṫoir ṫall
Ni laḃram aċt Gaeḋilg ḃlaiṫ.
Is í mo guiḋe i mbeul an ċuain,
I muig no i gcoill no 'r réiḋ ċnoc ruaḋ,
'S is í mo ġuiḋe tre'm neultaiḃ suain,
Go mairiḋ ár nGaeḋilg slán.
Is é deir uaigneas raṫa riġe,
Gur dreacta druaḋ 'gus fearṫa luiġe;
'S is é deir uaill na gclairseaċ gcaoin,
Go mairiḋ ár nGaeḋilg slán.
Is é deir saoṫar Padruig ċaoiṁ,
As leir-ġuṫ léiġeanta dáiṁ as naoiṁ;
'S is é deir méin na gcaiḋ ḃan mín,
Go mairiḋ ar nGaeḋilg slán.
Is é mo rún 's is é mo roġa,
Go leigfead cúl le Beurla Gall,
'S go dteigfead dúil i mbaosraḋ an doṁain,
Go maireaḋ ár nGaeḋilg slán.
Is é mo rún go dluṫ im ċlí, —
Mo léiġeann, mo luṫ, mo ċlú, mo ṁaoin;
Go mbéarfad súd as duṫraċt croiḋe,
Go maireaḋ ar n-Gaeḋilg slán.
[We copy the above (the Prize Song of the Oir¬
eaċtas, which won a £5 prize, and was written by
Mr. Dermot Foley, of the Belfast Gaelic League)
for the information of our readers, many of whom
will, undoubtedly, think that they would do it as
well themselves. That may be true, if the formal¬
ities enjoined by the League were observed. Gaels
will be better prepared in 1898. — Ed.)
