]> Mairg chaitheas dlús re dhalta An electronic edition Maolmhuire Mac Craith Electronic edition compiled and proof-read by Margaret Lantry University College Cork. Professor Marianne McDonald via the CURIA Project. Second draft. 1370 CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College Cork.
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 By Maolmhuire Mac Craith, an Irish bardic poet c.1200–1600 The text is in Classical Modern Irish. bardic poetry 2010-11-11 Beatrix Färber ed. New wordcount made. 2008-10-15 Beatrix Färber ed. Header modified; keywords added; file validated. 2005-08-25 Julianne Nyhan ed. Normalised language codes and edited langUsage for XML conversion 2005-08-04T16:10:38+0100 Peter Flynn ed. Converted to XML 1997-08-25 Margaret Lantry ed. Text parsed using NSGMLS. 1997-05-28 Margaret Lantry ed. Header constructed, structural mark-up entered and checked. Lineation checked and verified. 1995-96 School of Celtic Studies (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) ed. Text captured by scanning and proofed. Mairg chaitheas dlús re dhalta

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 Mairg chaitheas dlús re dhalta más fhíor d'éis a dheaghsgagtha; bheith dar ndaltai-ne ag dréim rinn céim fa lagfaidhe ar luaighill. Ceard Ghofradha as ghlan cridhe ag cumhdach ar gceirdei-ne; maith bláth a oideachta air do b'fháth coigealta ar chiontaibh. Ní rinn bheireas a buidhe gloine ghréasa ar ndaltai-ne; mallacht gach dhalta uadh air snuadh a nglanta ar a ghréasaibh. Adhnadh orm do b'fheidhm deacrach dom charaid dom choimhleabthach; doidhéinmhe cion—budh cion dúin— dom fhior choimhéirme is chaomhrúin. Má tá díoghrais an dalta ar tí cor re a chomhalta 'n-a fhior chonganta is cáir damh náir do bhronndalta ar mbráthar. Bheith d'Ua Dhálaigh ag dréim ruinn d'éis a oileamhna aguinn mar shaoilim a theacht tiocfa; maoidhim neart is neimhchionta. Ionann dúinn gliocas is gaois ionann leabhair do léaghmaois 'gun mhóroide do mhún sinn; córaide cúl rér gcointinn. Cia an compánach nó an cara as iontaoibh d'éis Ghofradha? do léig 'n-ar n-ucht a aithne; do thréig lucht a leasaighthe. Má do gheall gabháil rem throid —deacair cointinn re caroid— dá ghealladh is docar dul tar focal teangadh thuathadh. Sgéal beag leam a los Ghofraidh dá leantar dá labharthaibh; is ar an dTánaigh táir sain cáir d'Ua Dhálaigh a dhéachain. Tionólais Meadhbh—meabhair leam— ceithre hollchóigidh Éireann i ndeoidh na tána ó dtighibh; sgeoil a hádha uaislighidh. I nUltaibh go n-iomad fear nocha gcuala ón cheas naoidhean re hucht bhféinneadh mear Meadhbha fear acht éinfhear infheadhma. Fir Éireann ó Mheidhbh a-mach Cú Chuluinn a hucht Ultach buaidh a gcéimeann ag an gCoin is sluaigh Éireann 'n-a fhochair. Cú Chuluinn an chrotha bhuig níor fhágaibh áth an chomhraig gan éacht gach aonlá uadh air do shluagh na caomhmná a Cruachain. Ní fhuair fa dheoidh—deimhin leam— Meadhbh ar ngríosadh fhear nÉireann neach sa bheirn ar bhéal an fhir —sgéal ag Meidhbh ar a muinntir. Cuiris fios uaithe ar Fhear Diadh Meadhbh Chruachan na gcreach n-imchian, tugadh gin go ndearna ar dhligh go pubal Meadhbha an mílidh. Gealltar lé a lán do shochar d'Fhear Diadh ar a dheonochadh dul san áth ar Choin gCuluinn; ag soin fáth ar n-uraghuill. Geallais Fhionnabhair fhuair bloidh d'Fhior Diadh ar dhruim gach sochair; do ba searbh leis ar labhair Meadhbh go feis le Fionnabhair. Dá ngealladh Éirinn d'Fhior Diadh ní mheasaim ná budh míchiall ar chosg bhfeadhma chliathcha an Chon briathra Meadhbha dá mhealladh. Inntleacht Meadhbha Mhuighe an Sgáil meallais mac díomsach Damháin do léim a chomhalta Con; céim as rodhocra rugadh. Fear Diadh agus Cú Chuluinn lucht aonfheadhma is aonfhuluing, lucht aonlúidh i ngurt ghaisgidh, lucht aonrúin is aonaisdir. Ionnsaighis áth an chomhraig Fear Diadh go ndlús iomfhormaid; sé 'n-a chlú mheabhla mairidh Cú na hEamhna d'ionnsaighidh. Caithid ainn-séin rer-oile rinn a n-áigh 's a n-iorghoile, diamhair a gcéimeann 's a gcleas; d'fhianaibh Éireann do b'áineas. Cú Chuluinn do chardaois mná do choigil-sean an chéadlá; Fear Diadh ní choigleadh an gCoin; ciall 'n-a gcoigleadh níor chosmhoil. An ga bulga nó gur bhuing i bhFear Diadh ó Choin Chuluinn troid bheo fa comhthroime cor gleo na conchloinne curadh. An ga bulga ag Coin Chuluinn iomarcaidh narbh ionfhuluing; Fear Diadh níor chlisde ar an gcleas, cisde ris nar chiall coimmeas. Rug Dia breith i na bhreith chóir; tuitis mac díomsach Damhóin mar fhuair sé an géargha dá ghoin, is téarna an té le dtorchair. Mar do chuaidh d'Fhior Diadh a dhruim re comhaltas Chon Culuinn guais liom a dhul d'Ua Dhálaigh cur i gcionn a chompánaigh. Mairg.