AN GAOḊAL.
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BAILE ṀURÁID NO BAILE ḂOS
DÁLAIĠ.
Osṁégó, an t-Oċtṁaḋ lá deug
Lúġnása, míle oċt g-ceud da agus
ceire fiċid.
D' Ḟear-eagair an Ġaoḋail.
A Ṡaoi:
Tá 'n sdoirm 'teaċt anuas ó ḃárr na
g-cnoic,
Le foṫrom na toirniġe 's talaṁ air
croiṫ;
Le gaoṫ an gaċ aird agus splancaiḋe
'san spéir,
Agus an mac-alla 'freagairt air ais
go léir,
Gaċ fuaim ó sgataiḋe caoraċ' as buaiḃ,
Ó gaċ eun talṁan agus mara ḃí meud-
uġaḋ 'n ġleo;
Ó 'n g-clog a ḃí clingiuġaḋ a mbárr an
ċrainn,
Air maidin, meaḋon lae agus tránóna
'san am
Raḃ Donnċa Bós Dálaiġ mar ṫiġearna
ann;
Fear fíor a ṫóig a ġuṫ le h-Onraoi
Gratan
A ḃ-feis ḋeiġionaċ Aṫ-Ċliaṫ n-aġaiḋ
díol air ór ann
Saoirse na h-Éireann do ṁuintir na
Sacsan.
Tá na sruṫáin fós teaċt le fána go
teann,
Go cois na sléiḃte beaċt anns an gleann
'S treorṫa soir go cúirt Baile Ṁuráid,
'San dún 'náit na ceatariḋe le í ċoim-
eud.
As sin síos le fána ṫríd an g-cluan,
An tuile ó ṁullaċ na sléiḃte a's ó'n dún,
Go di 'n bogaċ tá 'nois le sionnán sínte
Faoi 'n loċ ṁór tá suas líonta,
Uai leitrim soir go droiċid Dúnaiḋra.
Ní'l eun no cearcuisge go di 'n naosgaċ,
Ó'n mbunán-leuna, ó ḟanlóg 's corriasg,
Ó fionóg gorm, pilibín a's faoilleán,
'S gé 's laċa agus grag garḃ na b-pria-
ċán.
Bí na h-eunla 'sgriaċ os cionn a n-uisge,
Lorg na nide ḃí faoi cúram na h-éisg,
An macalla freagairt na treunad
Ḃí teaċt ó sgriaċaiḃ na n-eunlaé,
As Cluan Laog go Cnocán ṀicTíre;
Tá mar áit faire na saoirse.
Go measaṁuil — Seáġan Ó'Cealla.
Oswego, Aug 18th 1882.
M. J. Logan Esq
Sir—I Sir—I have attempted something in Irish which
I dare not send without some explanation —
Dalystown in olden times was called Baile Mhur-
raid, and to the present by Irish speaking people;
It is about 4 miles a little south by east of Lough-
rea The mountains called Sliabh Beacht, or the
largest of them, is opposite Dalystown and runs
about east and west. There are smaller ranges
running parallel to it There is a little stream
running between Dalystown and the mountains
which springs about two miles west of Dalystown
This stream is conducted by a canal of solid mason-
ry from a point about a mile west of Dalystown,
to the court dhun, when it has a vertical fall of a-
bout sixteen feet. When there is a flood from the
mountains the canal which is arched over with
land under cultivation, comes down and forms a
beautiful cascade and empties into the river by the
court This river runs through the lawn nearly a
mile to the principal gate, where a peelers barrack
is situated now. What was called the metal brid-
ge (so called from strong iron bars embedded iuto
the parapet of the bridge], was in its day as strong
a one arch bridge as was in Ireland. The demesne
wall north and south of this bridge was built of
solid masonry eight or nine feet high. In 1825
Dalystown was made the headquarters of the
peelers. lt is to be hoped that their day will be
short in Ireland, that they will take their depar-
ture with the landlords. Some years ago the es-
tate of Dalystown was purchased by Chas. Farrell
what was built of the Demesne wall as dry walls he
had them built of solid masonry; all on the east
side of the Demesne from the intersection of this
with the Loughrea road on the north, to the Castle
of Ail north west corner of the estate.
Denis Bose Daly was a good landlord, and his
leases did not die out until a few years ago. He
was a member of the last Parliament of Ireland,
and voted against the Union with Henry Grattan.
He died in 1821, and laid in his tomb in Dalys-
town, at Cruish Ban, in a little burying ground
where children were buried. He and his wife were
the only adults ever buried in the place.
The passage to the interier of Dalystown is by
a postern about two-hundred yards below the
court. It is of solid masonry and arehed, and
trees growing over it ; this porch is serpentine,
in the form of an S. A few soldiers on the inside
could protect it against any number. There is a
strong gate of iron leading into the porch where
the water fall is, and the offices all rouud to the
walls of the court, making it a strong fortress. It
would require cannon to reduce it. In a great
flood from the mountains the police barracks near
the bridge was overflown, so that the peeiers had
to move themselves and their traps on the middle
of the bridge, where they had to stay until the
water receded. Since then the bridge had to be
made larger. Those floods are continuous; one
or two showers will raise a flood in the river,
Heavy rains make heavy floods. There are moors
or bogs between Leitrim and Duniry; the bogs
are exhausted, and only hand turf can be obtain-
ed now.
Beiḋ an Ġaeḋilge faoi ṁeas fós
go fóill.
