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Fáilte uaim dod ṁongṡuil ṁall
Is dod ġruaḋ ḋonn úr, fáiltig ṁín,
Is dod ċéiḃ ngnioṁeaċtaig dtais dtruin,
Is dod ḃois cuir síṫ ṡeocraig slím.
Fáilte uaim dod ḃráġaid ḃáin,
Raine buaḋ ḟailte gaċ aon,
Dod ṡúil glas ḟíor ḟáiltig ḟéil
Is dod ḃois réig ċíorḟáinneaċ ċaoiṁ,
Fáilte uaim dod ṁala ṁín,
Do ċruiṫ haiġe is dod tuċd seiṁ.
Is dod troig ṡlat leaḃair ṡaor
Dtaiṫnioṁaig gcáiṁ róġil reiġ
Fáilte reoṁad ad Ṁaiṫir mic;
Fáilte ó'n dá ċás is cóir duit,
Siḃ ad ṡóiġ ar ṁeas do ṁic
Coir areic read ċneas mar ċuip.
Tú an ḟíoroġ gan riara riot,
An trínóid air luiġe leat,
Tú ár ndaingion air ġoin aġlac
Aingiol ód ṁaċruiḃ do reic.
Tú glan ġrian ṁuir neiṁ anioġ,
Tú an bán liaig gan raira ria,
Iomḋa níḋ re a gcuire a clú,
Tú do ġníḋ duine do Ḋia.
[Do lean mé 'n sean ṁeamram ċóḋ beaċt is b'ḟéidir
liom.
— T. Ua G.]
(This poem is dated 1778.)
Feaċ
Dán eile leis an
ḟile osna
Bourke's "College
Irish Grammar
page 270.
SEANṀÓIR ĠAOḊALGE.
Leis an Aṫair Urramaċ P. I. Ua Cui¬
niḃ i d-Teampull Naoiṁ Alphonsuis,
Eoḃraċ Nuaḋ, Oiḋ'l Páḋruic, 1895.
(Leanta.)
Mar s n do ċuir sí a cuid diaḃlóir
ċuig an Árdeasbog ag cur caṫuġ¬
aḋ air le go d-tiuḃarfaḋ sé 'n fómós
reamhráiḋte do Ḃettiġ, aċt go dúṫraċ¬
daċ, dílis, ḋiúltaiġ sé na caṫuiġṫeoir¬
iḋe 'san spioraid naoṁṫa sin a ċuir
iad ar siúḃal. Gan ṁoill ġaḃ teaċt¬
airiḋe Ḃettiġ 'n t-Áirdeabog, & ċuir
siad i g-carcair i m-B'l'áṫ-cliaṫ ar
feaḋ tamaill é, ar súil go d-tréigfeaḋ
sé an creideaṁ beannuiġṫe; aċ ḃí sé
seasṁaċ do deo i n-grása Dé.
Translation.
Hence she sent her diabolical representatives to
the Archbishop to tempt him to accord the afore-
said obedience to Betty, but truly and faithfully,
he refused the tempters in that holy spirit which
made them depart. Without delay Betty's minions
seized the Archbishop and placed him in prison in
the city of Dublin, for some time, thinking that
he would desert the blessed religion. But he was
steadfast for ever in the grace of God.
He refused her devils, and because of that, under
that miserable man, Mountjoy, by the orders of
Betty; the sentence of death was passed on the
Archbishop. But what form of death was he to
suffer ? To be roasted until life should depart from
his blessed body. As they tied him to the tree in
the place now called College Green did they kindle
a large fire about him so as to put him to death
quickly? They did not; that would be too merci¬
ful; but instead of that they put oil and spirits and
other inflamables on his bare feet. It was lit until
