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 Manuscript source Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 625, 394 (alias 3 C 12: see Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy, fasc. 16). Castlerea (Co. Roscommon), Clonalis House, Book of the O'Conor Don, 159. The edition used in the digital edition Láimhbheartach Mac Cionnaith Rí con Éireann Ábhartach Dioghluim Dána Láimhbheartach Mac Cionnaith Dublin Oifig an tSoláthair [Government Publication Office] 1938 387–389

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 By Brian Ó Corcrán, an Irish bardic poet c.1575–1625 The text is in Classical Modern Irish. bardic poetry 16c 17c 2008-10-15 Beatrix Färber ed. Header updated; dates added; keywords added; new wordcount made, file validated. 2005-08-25 Julianne Nyhan ed. Normalised language codes and edited langUsage for XML conversion 2005-08-04T16:11:11+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. Rí con Éireann Ábhartach

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 Rí con Éireann Ábhartach coiléan ciuin cruadhbhánaltach; is tuar clú a hoirbhearta áigh cú bhus oirrdhearca n-iomráidh. Iomdha cáil inar chóir geall don cheannphurt-sain con n-Éireann; barr clú ní diommoltair dhi an cú im fhionnochtaibh Éirne. Mac Ioldathaigh na n-arm nocht, fuair do chú-sa, a Chú Chonnacht, ainm agus a clú re a cois, an cú gidh airm i n-uarais. Uasal an treabh dá dtá sin; is mac Ábhartach d'Fhinngil; fuair a sbairn caithréim don choin Caithréim do b'ainm dá hathair. Bíoth nach béaradh buadh ndealbha an cú cumtha croibhfheardha dul rompa ní clú don choin cú as corcra crú i gconaibh. Ní cú más fhíor a heachtra achd duine i ndeilbh draoidheachta —is tearc lá nach dearbhthar dhuibh— a-tá mar fhearchoin agaibh. Cú le mórthar gach meadhair, cú as ghrádhmhar le Gaoidhealaibh, cú as toileamhla fa dtád Goill an tsoidhealbhdha ág áluinn. Is d'iarrsma na gcon gcalma an cú céillidh cathardha ag Fionn reachtmhar rí na n-óg do bhí neartmhar a-nall-ód. Nó is í cú mheic Morna mhir dar bh'ainm Iorghal an uair-sin ba caithleomhan re cneas Goill bheas do haithbheodhadh eadroinn. Nó is í Foirneart cruaidh calma an cú ceannard cathardha, cú Osgair na gcuach gcam ba luath gcosgair i gcomhlann. Nó cú mheic Lughach na learg dar bh'ainm chubhaidh an Ceinndearg, an cú glan seamfhaobhrach seang ór ghearrshaoghlach damh díleann. Gá dtám, do choimmeas na gcon do bhádar ag airdrígh Almhan, Bran féin as daghshamhail di; baramhail as léir linne. An Bran oirrdheirc-sin Finn féin d'Abhartach ní thuill toibhéim tarraidh clú dá cosgar soin cú mar Osgar i n-iorghoil. Ní fhuil fa néallaibh a-nocht ag do choin-se, a Chú Chonnacht, gníomh doidhéanta re damh ndonn, roiréalta do char comhlann. A bhfuil ó Dheirg go Drobhaois dá n-iarrthar gach aonfhoraois más fíor is folamh 'n-a gar, 's ní foghar míol 'n-a mothar. Ó bhéal Allta go hIasgaigh tearc ann do na hilphiastaibh, nó im bhruach roigheal líonmhar Luirg nó im oirear míonghlan Miodhbhuilg. Seachnóin Bréifne an bhruaich sgathaigh cuairt Ábhartaigh ioldathaigh —budh cuimhneach thiar agus thoir— gidh fiadh d'fhuighleach níor fhágaibh. Im nónaidh nochtaidh a fearg ag Sligeach, ag Sliabh gheildearg; fa díoghlach an deinmne soin ag síodhLoch Meilghe ar madain. I nGleann Ghaibhle druim ar druim tug so is ag Sliabh an Iarainn fros mílealbha muin ar muin is prímhealmha os n-allaidh. Ó tháinig i n-iath Ultach ní hannamh ar Ábhartach —ní fhuighinn a ríomh go réidh— gníomh nach cuirim 'n-a caithréim. Ón mbuime do oil i-se ní hiongnadh ádh uirrei-se ler sighneadh coiléan d'Ú Chuinn ar n-Oiléan inghean Éamoinn. Do Bhran is oidhir i-se; d'Fhionn an cú óg eilei-se; a Dhé, caomhain clú na gcon ar bhrú baoghail gan bhearnadh. D'iarsma na féinnei-se Finn cáraid na gcéimeann bhfoirtill; deacair righe rú fa rath; mo chride an cú is a codhnach. Coin Éireann ó thuinn go tuinn is coin codhnaigh crú Ríoghdhuinn ramharcach Tolcha Dá Thí Abhartach ortha is airdrí. Rí.