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AN GAOḊAL
MACUEL BIAḊTAĊ.
Mr. John Phillips of Holyoke, Mass, sends us this song and says :— I re¬
ceived this song from Mr. James Karney, National school teacher in the par¬
ish of Kilmore, Erris, county Mayo. Mr. Karney says the song was compo¬
sed by Richard Barrett about 100 years ago. Maxwell Biaḋtaċ mentioned
in the song was the parson to whom the P. P. of Kilmore Erris once lent a
congregation to make an appearance before his bishop on the occasion of his
visit to him, as the parson did not have Protestants enough to justify him in
retaining his parish and glebe lands, and the priest did not wish him to leave
the country because of his many good qualities, which were rare in a parson
then. Derwin Mór was a neighboring parson who had reported Maxwell but
Maxwell sat on him afterwards owing to the action of the priest,
Vide
Dánta na
m-Bárd Coñacht
1890
Claiḋeaṁ Soluis
Vol. XIV. No 37.
1912.
Naċ é so an críosdaiġ ó láiṁ na dilionn,
Maxwell Biaḋtaċ a d-tóin a Ṗoirt;
Ḃéarfaḋ dídionn go ḃoiċt na tíre
'Gus ḃuainfeaḋ an bríste de Derwin Ṁór.
Clann na saoiṫe ḃeiṫ aige ag ól
Beóir 's fíon 's punch a ḋeunaṁ,
Cóṁráḋ caoiṁeaṁail 'gus preab 'san ól.
An ceannaiḋe craosaċ ní'l meaḋoin na sliġe aige
Le ór a ḋeunaṁ naċ ḃ-feicṫear ḋó,
An t-earraḋ is saoire a ṫaḃairt as na ríoġaċda,
'S de luaċ sé piġne do ḋeunfaḋ cróin.
Réir caint Ċríosda is gníoṁ do-ḋeunta
An cáṁaill saoġalta ṫaḃairt ṫríd an g-cró,
Mar sin 's d'a ḃriġ sin ní'l beart níos críona
'Na ḃeiṫ go síorruiḋe cur preaḃ 'san ól.
Tá dream daoine le ba 's le caoiriġ
A g-cur ċum aontaiḋe 's a deunaṁ óir,
As sin ag cíbe 's talta míne,
Sin puintiḋe críona do feicṫear dóiḃ.
Dá mba diúc nó riġ ṫú nó tiġearna tíre
Ní raċfaiġ aon ṗiġin leat síos faoi an ḃ-fód,
Mar sin 's d'a ḃriġ sin ní'l beart níos críona
Ná ḃeiṫ go síorruiḋe cur preab 'san ól.
Naċ iomḋa meaḋoin le ḃ-feuċtar daoine
Ag árduġaḋ cíosanna 'gus tacsuiḋe mór,
D'ar g-cur arís ó ṫeaċ 's ó ḋídionn,
Sinne, faraor! is coitċeann dóiḃ.
An ṁuinntir a ġniḋeas sin naċ dóiḃ is baoġaluiġ'
Ḃeiṫ ṡíos ann íoċtar d'a m-bruiṫ 's d'a n-dóiġ —
Mar sin 's d'a ḃriġ sin ní'l beart níos críona
'Na ḃeiṫ go síorruiḋe cur preab 'san ól.
aċt deóntar
Is iomaḋ
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