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Laa imagaa suivantaa ont *tt raproduitaa avac la plua grand soin, compta tanu da la condition at do la nattot* da I'axamplaira lilm*, at an eonformit* avac laa conditions du eontrat da nimaga. Original copias In printad mmw covars ara filmad baginning with tha front c?>. ar and anding on tha last paga with a printtd ir llluatratad impraa- »ion. or tha back covar wl <» i «ppropriata. All othar original copiaa ara fi ' nd baginning on tha first paga with a pnntad o > iuatratad Impraa- sion. and ending on tha la ;{ paga with a printad or llluatratad imprasaion. Tha laat racordad frama < m aach microficha shall contain tha symbol ^^ I moaning "CON- TINUED"), or tha symbol ▼ (maaning "ENO"). whiehavar appliaa. Laa axamplairaa originaux dont la couvartura ^n papiar aat ImprimAa sont filmia an commandant par la pramiar plat at •n tarminant soit par la damlAra paga qui comporta una amprointa d'imprasaion ou d'illustration, soit par la sacond plat, salon la caa. 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Laa diagrammas suivants illuatront la mAthoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 •^^.'-Skii 'Ka.cV\av>\o^rc^^~^,^^^^^j^ ,i^ "R^. .^cL ^ 1) V K N T u II i: s or 'ONNCIIADII RUADH MAC CON-MARA, A SLAVE OK AD\ BUSHY » KIT 1 KN iiv HIM^KI.I Mi a ton TIIK KIK.ST TIMt EDlTElN.^ I'HOM AX ORIGIXAL .,{ISH MANUSCRIPT, WITH MKTRICAL TRANSLATION. NOTES. mil AM) A BIOCRAnnCAI. SKETCH OF TIIL Al THOll, i V^i IJV S. HAYES DVIUAS: .JOHN o'DALY, 'J, ANGLESEA-STREET, AND ALL COOKSKJ.LKRg. Centn for Nfld Studin I'^i/wi AcaL.^v4L APR o^ 1911 B':- *^ V '**3c4 *■;""«¥ ^v?.^ -^ / ■ BIIBI,I5 : PHivrer. i.v j„n« miliaxv, *7. Kloet-«tr<«et. -,^ LNTRODUCTION. Amongst the numerous productions of the Munster poets oltlic last century, we seldom find any sucb notices as would much assist the biographer; their effusions being, for the most part, political, amatory, or convivial. Occasionally, however, a satire on an enemy supplies us with an anecdote of the author's domestic life ; or an elegy on the death of a friend, aflords a date in the ceangal (binding, or sum- ming-up), wliich consists of one or more verses in a different metre from the rest of the poem, and containing a summary of the whole — with which it was usual to conclude the latter kind of composition. We must, then, re«t content to make the most we can of these scanty materials, and to add so much as aj^pcars true from the mass of traditions — often in no suiull degree conflicting — current in the country about the lives and adventures of those men, whose songs were, and sdll are sung at the fire-side (jf almost every farmer and peasant in Munster. The writer of this sketch, there- fore, hopes for the indulgence of the reader who muy have reason to differ from any of the slatcmenls made regarding the subject of it, and begs to say, he has iJfeen guided by information carefully collected from such of the posterity of our poet as are still living, as well as from others in that ])art of the county of Waterford where he spent the greater part of his long life. Donnchadh Iluadh jMuc Con-inara (anglicised, Denis Macnamara the Ked) was a native of Cratloe in the county of Clare, and was born in, or shortly alter the year 1709. About hi, e„Ij, lif •o Home .o p„,ecut„ 4 s.ufe ^,1 ' ' ""^ "^ «»' "liege when wc fi„d a;,„ "S, f" ^''^ ^''^^ " the Plou or which i. i3 „,, ',-;i^f f" »o,„e ;,o,„hfi,, ,, <«» subsequent life. JTe Ztt ,^"f^ "'= "--""re fr.n, -J after v.iou, „,„.L: ""f ->« 'ice ho^ew^d^ the eoa... oi- Wa,erfo„;, i,. ^^^l ''"' """""em, h„ded on "i/«M^.,V„(Sii„,,(5^, " ""/• """ "'I-t a schooJ '"ct lyu,, about „,id.„„, ho«; " " f '"' '""-■tainous Ji^ Cathohc pari.,,,. „;,,. ^^ -^ -^'^- vo ar,d wealth,. !{„,„,„ PMtne,- or assistant. ^"'^ "P ''^■' "bode, either a, C^;-. of Li,„e,ieh. and oH^ J '"•■"^'^•- "- eountie^ ^^^ though Zl 7'"'- '" "" "'""<■"«• Ola,,., ev? ' P"''"P'' k'doubtedlv , "" '"""ever forei™ )l '• ''"''ever g'ainmaticnll^ than the ^ lower orders in England, whose native lanpiagc it w, and who thiuk in it. Bui above all, the young man was taiight to read and write, in its ancient character?, the language of his fathers-T-the " Old Irish." And thus, after that tongue ceast'd to receive the cncoiungoment of the gentry, althongh known vernacuuulv lo \iij, aiuu^ u'i uieiu up to ilic cud of the Uu^t ccnturv, tlu'^e huiuMo scholar.? do[uived tliouiiolvos of .\ portion of their rest, alior the day's labour, in order to pre- serve the numerous edddraidke (lcgend<) anil poerns, ol whii'h, tlioivli 'iv.irv bnvf boon rosomnl, nv.iny are i^till lyin;^ about the country in worm-eaten, perishing manuscript*. This ?y?te!n ot education then, Donnchadh introduced at Knockboe, conimoncuig witli Muran himself, wlio was no mean poet, and henceiorward the number of sclioolninstors in- creased, and the cause ol learning piuspored in Sliobh ij-C>tu. Our poet' passed a merry tin-c with Moran, who was altoge- ther a kindred spirit; but their pros])erity wa3 net destined to last. In the ye-.r 1", 40, the brother bards thoudit fit to direct all their powcis of -atire against a lassie oi' the neigh- bourhood, wli'-so char:'.( t'T wasnot A'fl/?.v/nji'/te; alas! thev little knew what tliey din(l/>'s prnduc- tion on Father John Ca.„^,„,«;j: prlZT> 'r^y- -^^^ •named his pri^e. After ,L ^^ * "ndertaking and '■".'ban,!', ^ndcrin., a. h '=»" V'™' """l dun,,?, l,er Hence he removed into the T, , '^"' '"""= 'in-^- "untry adjacent to Youg^ L^'""^ "' I'^kiity and the ,"P - school. Thi. plan d,!l not 1^ T"T °'' ''"'''''• '■"'d »e. ■'■; 3oon .nitrated ,o ft.™X , , l' "^ '"' -•"'^'-"». and ;n,.ppe...t|,irJ (Uac/Uar-lir^'i'T' ="«" to the barony f;o,„ ,ts being aIn.o»t altogetl e'r i„l ' TTl^ "'' ^^■"-'■-J. I'^-^-ers (in Irish i^„„) £}";' '°^«'te'l by families of th. ^l-ac.erofitsfar,n.X:' ^"'^ ^^■""''"We 'or the snbs^„&J '■>• '- own prope„fi,ie;wM^ '"""," ''^ "'^-'"^■J ''o °PPor.uni.ies for hetteri„: b™„"77'' *- by any lack of " M'on cnu.n„,< „^ . . P"™«e, and according^ *^7™'--^ '-teJ ^^ to a lani f bo fc,ndne,3 of the neigiL:^ ^ tT ^""8'' 'T">Ped by h """ourfy said to have becTM t ''""= "'''"' J^'Panure I'-o given the fi„t at teen,!!?' "'"' '*'' ""J 's' ; JI h'* of a 3„„.„M (be.;;': rrr"^'"-" ""«'»■"''>' frt-'qiient fa r- in tk '^ ^^^ some vf.Q,o I ■" "^ """-"^ °f ^^ate,ford:a„'d ;: ZJ: "v- Dormckadh'* adventures for the entertainment of the country jjeople ; and we prefer tiiis date ou account of ihe following expreaeion in the poem (/. 137), ""Oci niAub OA Pn.vwc.vTf, ,vi) BoiiiAn tap r.v>5Al bjoV." MyrUdi h»ve fallen by iljo Frank s rifthi hanj Ho is here speaking of the Sassanalyh (i. e. Protestants in general), of whom tlie French made no slaughter in 1748 or '55, whereas on the 30th April, 1745, they won the (soino- what dear) victory of Fontenoy over the English iind tlieii alUes, and oonsidenng the rate at which news travelled in those days, it is very likely that it was only shortly before he bailed, in tl^e middle of the next month, that Z)o/mc/m^A had the satisfaction of hearing how the valour of his countrymen ol" the Brigade had retrieved the day for the monarch under whose banner they fought. " Semper ct nbujue Jideles" as ran the raottu Louis hin:.\irrir?igucd thcia. 13c iliia as ii may, we arc to)d in the poem, that Donnchadh rcturn»;d before Ioul',- driven back to Waterford by stress of weutlicr and the chances of wcir, and «u (li?gu!^ted with the .-^ea that he -wove never to tru?t to it agnin. Wo now lo?c ?ig1it of him until the year 1759^ wlien we find from his '• Vd?i'\o Ristedrd lidht.rf, Mac Gcaroilt (Richard Fitzgorald the Brave), that he kept a school -t I^'ewcastle, eHunity of Waterford. We shall here insert this ' Pass," vluch some of our readers may perhaps find impcj loot ; we i ive, however, been unable after every effort to procure a better copy ; and our version, such as it is, will suffice to give th learner of the language some idea of this kind of document, of which, at the risk of incurring blame for the digression, we will offer some explanation. In the last century, when the poets of Munster were numerous, and when — the farmers being better able to exer- cise hospitality — their circumstances though not affluent were luxurious compared to Avhat they would be at the present ^r +V.. ; f i.i._ 1 *■'**' fc'**»'u and d "•"r pnuso uu.I ll-arlUl oftl.cir ridicule ,11 '' ,"","""' "' Tims 7-„,//,, G„o.//,jJ,y, ,"?'"'.•"' "'^'J- ■'"••' witl.. K' * ^>iariv), a tax-f':uheier in fl, . Iverry.f c^-|la(.ler m tlie county oi TJie bards nv^^.(] •,,,,,• i J'oetical contest witi. one ZlhoT a"'"^" " '""^""i^^^^' --nry or Co;k .;;;;i ^^ """•'^' ^'^^^^ ^'^ ^'^-'-ille in the ^^ iJ^e wittier riv.I. Wo I, ^ '"'^'''' ^"■'^'" ^^'>'^^'^ jHterarv part of r.,,.,.. , .,1 i;;!,;';^ '"^^^"^^ <^'"tl>i^ in a less h^' Armagh./ L this 'vav '"•'" ''' ^^"■^^^"^^' -^^y r^occ.ning known throu^'iout 'r^""'^"-^' '"^'^^^^ -<"the barda V-vailcd acconlin^ly inTbeki, j ' T-'-T' ^'"" ^"'^^^^'^3^ v.th hospitality. So, 1,^, ^ j> ;;'-"-^ connected I 1'°^^ ^^as tliought to have (io^lack here maj mean „.,../, „r i//,/,.., . ' ^-u .,is .km a. a r;ae.K. po"t :„, T'""' "''"-^'^- ^>elieve he got ^ li". J. O-Dah, ,852 ' ""^ '^'■''''"''' ''^ D^. O'Donova,,, ,, 32 I 'I olTended against tlie laws of the society, or against some par- ticular member of it, a hardntus (warrant) was issued by a conclave, cr by the aggrieved individual, addressed to the otlier poets of Munster and to the peasantry, cither orderin" his apprehension and transmission to some place named, or interdicting any kind of hospitality from being shown him : for instance, Owen Roe O'Sidlivan wrote hardntus an Imta (,thc hat warrant) when his hat was stolen from him ; and Father John O'Brien issued a waiTant for the bindin(» and nringmg to Cattlelyun? of Ediuond Luby, an opponent in a rliymiiig contioversy among the witsof tliat neighbourhood. 1 ucse composition?, wliich were sometimes in prose, some- tnnes in vorse, and which sometimes contained both, were, besides being delivered to those to whom tliey were specially written, read and recited at fairs and markets throughout the CuUiitiy. Tiiu ' r.usea were sale conducts and introductions given to a friasses are written in a i)Iu-ascoloo-y somewhat resembling that of English law-drcds, Cull of synonynit.- and conta'nin-<'6lii|r; A7",ur Aj rJ^^f^-moAllrAD I.ACA r«MiD-KocA(l Ar riiilcifStb conDA-blaiiri> rOADD-COAD^AD HA rCAnD-TJAOI^llfJO ; Ajnf A3 fujT»7;|h Ic 10 IVA,.c.l*,c,|i rli-,t« Parnastuj, „„„ ^ „^, . r.,rc,. Cl„,r,l; .-^,, , L,or ,„6 ' " ,f ,,7"" 'r,;""^"^"'" ■'^^ ->''-. Hpu.,...,,,,,,,,^ -;;--...= ...., „ ""' ^> — 'M.... ,. .,.„: r;^ •^""•- '•'-'■■ "^ n..,, ""■""■'•' "■' "rM.m^„, pi.,,,„ „,^ ; : I- -' >.< , '<"••'> Iro.in „.. ,„.r.,„__, '■'• '""^ "•> "!.■.>"-, I,.,r,. „•, ''HNn,!,.,,,,,,,^., -■-..■"■-.■,..,. ^o ,,,,,, r,''"".r B„ ..,,.„, „.,„;':, ;,:";:"■-'- ,-.;■., 1 1 ro, „6 Ann ru^, 3.,. .^ e.b.,rx. tK>n ,.;vbA,„e Mo^.nf.^Mbre .-AP . cu,. .X 3.cu,^.vxc^.^, .v ^-comUuxb. ,., „;v .x ^-c.nn.uvvnn, MO ?.AO,r„b OOAMW-OI^ACA, .,A rt.' I.-AC>^AMM^.|■, l,o, „.A ,„. .,„. ^WA,llift,b oon, „;v „o lacr 3a6a,., „a ,ie luoc vvAr,r^,l»» PUAHus „A ,.e l.u^ro,r.Gro a nA^tno a ,T,-l,Af.nAbA,|-, rMlvol, ... , . * ;^ '"'^'^ '^' '■^'^'^»' "-"-li'V L-Aili|5c.'A0A, r-oir- '-^lAc-A, 3A„ bUr, 3An boAt-A, 3A„ n,uM.^, ^,A/A^^ A_l»|nM.i3r*> A^AHVA AMi, ro ... C.rro.M 2t)Ar Tmo-.v^ ■„. ^"A3;^^qCA03A,^ Bl-.^illn, OB-uoHa,,,, ^.vh-jm (r}:!Ap' •UViAM, b.A^A,. rAlAc- VO,nOAnAC 0'?l)Aolr,„AnA^, 5|.A,m,M OCu.lloAHA.n, no S.--r,in(yot,,,u-,,^,. ,„^„ ,,^^^ ^.^^^^^^^^. ^ ^-zor.c MA nA,u.AO,n l,n-H. .Ani'An ; A.^nr ha,, am,AM,r,n<. a •)-piMl, A b-vlA,c, A m-b.'ArA, HA A H-ooh.r, . r-rAbA,nr r"Ar .)A A Tv,AnbA,rn, Art b,r ,mI. ; A.n mAft ArA,h A3 r1on-^Mll,^.s' A3Ur A3 nO,l-n,UC-A^ ha ,.-AOr-63 .VA^KL^,^OA^rA, ,^vxn,! '•oahIac. -^Aoim' (Ami, A3,.r rAO,,,," ,->aIa, am km.a Ia p.rr.or, ^o .m ?OAnrA, AnM,Ar>.,n ^^,o„• ChuuvA m,l>., fVAor 3-o.An, •,,'.! ■Nvv't H/-(M|AOAIM)A Ot'A- A fl ^OtW^. ^^ C)ur iHuii. lorbicl us to ^y, , translation of tin. curi.us 1 ass bnt a <>on<.lu.]cs tl,„.< -given un.lu n,y hand and 5oal, t ywonty-.H-ond .lay of tbe n.onih ,., Man.],, in the v.u "f tbo :.ge ol ( hnst, unc thuu..n.I sevon hundre.l and lilh- nine. There is now .u,o,b,,- ,H,i,.d, one .!■ twenty 3.,ars. dunng wino we have no a.eount .i Donnrfu.lf,, ,he only j,cr«on who .av,„, ,1,,., ,„ , .^,, „ i, eomin „,,„, „.„ ,,„ „,«,„,„* t.n.e ,.r „,h<-,- .,v..,„mo In, rclu.„„K.c to v.n.ur. .gain o„ 12 ' the ocoft^, and tliat Le made another and a more eucccsslul effort to i^ach the New World. Whether tins voyage took place between 1745 aiid '59, or between 1759 and '7u we cannot say; very likely he went out twice, for we know that he «pent .ome t.me at St. John's, Newfoundland ; and also St. John , It does not uppear that he applied him.elf verv strcnuoudy to ^y kxnd of business; as the only recoras "^ have of hnn whale there, savour more of :uirtl andtoT leUowslup. One evca.ng he entered a public hoi an jomed the revels of a party of EngUsh saiL ; n thTlTs of the night he sang uu extempore sonc> half Fn!r U . half Irish, in wliieh the loval .n/! 'V ^ '^ "'"'^ ] • , ^ ^^y^^ ^"^ thrifty sentiments ov tj r" .... per,o,™a,... elicited louj applau Jr „ „ .1 " lUlBhsh, and stiU n.ore ann.scj the few [ i,|, ' i ° " pre^nt. The reader „il, d„,uics, have e^ 1^ Z: being an I.l^h.,.a,,rd„ri , " L t "' T 7^ ''""''" i-^-~.::^^^i;t:"^;:r.i;5t^^^^^^^ •'lay fliai whicl. fl,es over ,i> • And companion of .,.y soul, Ac, &c. I t>.- ...0 „, tlH. .ail„™ aet„an, ,„„, T,,, i„ .e^aul" • n ^ ^ i^" "• "> 0'" u. Md r««mbl, the n.«,l,. . „ , .... ,._ .. ^ >^3^^>TI I 15 -> 13 «'D_n my cyea Jack, we've had no iuck since he began that d- — d Hirish song !" Upon hjg return to Ireland, he found tlifit the wags of the neighbourhood h;id excited raging jealousy in the bosom of u Mrs. O'Kclly, by representing to her that her husband Hugh (a native of Portluw), who was engaged in the iisheries at Newfoundland, had consoled himself in his separation fron\ her by taking to himself a helpmate of those damsels amongst whom his fortunes had cast him. Hugh O'Kelly had been a faithful friend anc' comrade to the poet in that distant land, the latter therefore owed it to him to clear his character at home, and accordingly did so by a very facetious son" 11*1 • "^ ^ wfncli is here given for the amusement of the Irish reader. "^Ml. Lat; ti)A|tb fAt) '' stuf/e" ^ad CApAh 'da 5t'*i3, O cA|irtAii)5 At) o|ro r*') c-|aIa|ui) bo ^D^c; 21' r SA^r^HAC rt)«>]C OiV lAr3A6 A|l A CAob, O bACAf 50 poAfi A'r bo b'AiDbeir mAfi pAh I l!' 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If (» At) poAttriAiTte ru3AC bo CAic^reAb pa pinnr, ft)o r3AippcA6 ^1) \\ox)x) A'r '^o ^*r3KAb at) ch\n , C )A3p^l CAfpAO 1 1- A ^U\ ji.- |:e»'']u\ib pa 2t)utT)Atj, Ho 5Uft TT)Aflui3 At) 5UCA A COf A 'f A U\ti)A. ?li) ro CAfPAb |io l)-21oh \)o\t A3 CA]tTiAiii3 ad r-f('M**» No A iT)-bA|ittA DA plt»u'»» a'i" bAf.ftA bA ctiAb ; Sid bAnAticA bAOit »'* n)Jv CA3An 30 b-B|tM"n, BoADDtll3|b 3^0 ^l3^<^ cloAfA '3U|- bAjlO; {A \ * There i« & partiralar seM< n of the yon. ralleil hr the Ncwfo\indlaii'lcrs " the Fall," which is IrtcistH here by the poet. t Here the Engln'a word " h«ul)trd" it Incm Ik Sm At)|:A6 6i) ACbeA^i a b-cAUn> ad fe^rS '» ; SiO roAr^Ar ^n 2I06 0'CbeAlU,3 on)' Uin> ! It was in the city of Hamburgh that ^ae -ote tl^^^^^^^^^^ tUul son.. Ban Chnoic Eireann 0! (The Fair HvUs ot Fnn O ') which is rrintod in O'Daly's Munster Poets; this t;l'it n.n -- P-cs W capable the Gaebc lan'^age is°of worthily clothing true feehngs oi poetry In the year 1781 (some are positive that it was in VnO), 7, :„' jrbecame a member of the church of England and .va o.ven the clerkship of Kilmacthomas chvirch with a ,= ..1 ^r £90 \Vc may assiim anv cause but con- l-lVf^; this step, for his patron Mr. William Power (him- : f too a Roman Catholic, though he was for some tirne ;'.pposed to have conformed), insisting on an --^f /> ^^^ 1 J^ :.,.. ],e r^-^'^^^cd, the poet wrote the English lines ;;mmonly known by the Irish name of Cre ain-chriostamhad T^Zn Paer Bhl Vi Mkao.l (The anti-chnstian cr ed ,1 William Power of Ballyvoile) and so callea trom being Iresse^^ to that gentleman. This creed commences thus :- .. I believe in CaUin John, and Martin, Whom is our very soul and heart in." This production naturally led to his dismissal from the eleSip, whereupon he .turned to his former religior. an 111 to Mr Power "An excuse for not timely writing addressed to Mr. lowci ivn ^^ ^^^ the Anti-chr stian creed, which ne aciaye .ouchcd his fi,.t years saloxy. The Excuse heg,n3 a, follow. " Sir, to excuse my warn of speed. In xvriting this Anti-christian creed ; 1 just take up my rusty whibtlc, To pipe this short and rade epistle." Donnchadh^s life not having been »p«''.crn of morality. i«" have .Ireudy eeon that he h.d fallen f ul ot .he Clergy ; u ,Wf 16 jdidmany of the Munster poets, witness the Mangaire Sugach [and Owen Koe O' Sullivan — and he probably made his tem- Iporary secession in order that he might defy that body ; of I one of whom he said, about this time — [And, "1r olc ST} cAriA 6j5 Tt)-.\c At) cAiliuTtA, " iX fA^Atnc HA Tt);\r cik K\|Ojtt, cofiAc, 6eAr, Iv'in n)'A?)An) Iiocr rl-'^O »^T* r^^vt bo conA a tccac. [e may, moreover, have been desirous of biinging the terrors of the law to bear upon rival teachers, and he is said to have actually banished one of them out of the ncigli- jourhood by means of the strict enactments of those penal lays against all Popish instructors. The salary like wise, ifling as i" was, may have had its weight with him, fur though he does not expressly say so, yet he represents him- self in "The ExciLse" as very badly off: — Lnd, " Mv cares by night and toils by day, To tliatch this homely house of clay; My younglings, Sir, a '^quailing brood, For whom I must get daily food. " I have no lands or ficc estate, Tis pity troth, hut that'? luy fate ; Ah, cruel times, I cannot spare, Or steal one hour for creed o: prayer !" ''i Shortly after tliis time Domichmlh l)ccamo so disabled by ^^pcated attacks of palsy that he had to be carried in a rude :|>alanquin formed of a wooden chest with iron rinj^'s at the ends, through which were passed staves; as he advanced lurtlier in years he also lost his sight. It is most proba- ble that he re-vi«ited the continent in those years, during %hich we lose sight of him, for he was certainly acquainted "^ith some of the modern languages of Europe; he himself . -: -.--• iviaic uii-jouuKo oi iiio WwauC-iiiiga iii iiuilaau, opuiO, 1 i |i 17 -J and Portugal, which must have happened subsequently to ^ the tour he made on his return from Home. Tradition says * I that he was at one time engaged in teaching the *' Pro- tender" Irish : It is very possible that he may have soon him. According to the description of those shortly since still alive who rcnieuiber Donnchadh, he was six feet tli**^'* inches la iiLi-iii, and athletic in proportion; liis c()mi)k>xion, as his cognomen indicates, was wliat is commonly termed " Ibxv." He died at a great age in 1814, and he now sleeps in tl^.e churchyard ol Newtown, near Kilmacthonias, without a stone to point out his grave to the stranger, although his descend- ants and the neighbours know it well. It is iioni a wi«]i to do something towards preserving his memory and his poems amongst tnosc who take an interest in the luuuMer branch 'of Irish vernacular literature, that the translator Iv.is ventured to obtrude upon the public any clTcit of his own ; and with this :»pf ogy, which lie hopes will find lavour in the eyes of those who do not act upon the (in this unlbrtum.te land) fashionable plan of despising their own country and its productions, he wirl\es the gentle reader vcrv heartily iiirewell. S. H. Jj.ri/y \Sj:\. 4)o cu,r .vr„*c ^ft «t)l,o„„CA8 ^Db^. CI,o„-n,An., mil. ro^cr (A ftoAj rte rt)| iK\ BeAllcAiuo. «t). "IN c»)e:iirt KOINN. f«!A|tpA]l)U 1-3061 hom OOlbAfirA All AOUTlAft, f>o c^^\^^A 21 in-bfiiArnA]!') b.Hiil nob' t^ol 2l!i BbrtiA.) Bl)6irui,o_Afi fio^ „a )=o,.),„^_ S AH cltAfl NjOfl iTjAc Lobiiir, 2t)bo >0I|1, A'r 2l)bA0I)U !r. A A M 'bo I COMA hAII) COACC CAP TJJlOA,- ftCv fAOr AU "St- ?t in'lAftArC bo buA].) hAlt) bOAr.-A 'r) C-fAO^All >im:'5 75<> HAbAr-rA TjAD.) ka ^fii'icnib, OAt) cjor. 3AI) i-s\bA||i, Acr rp Ioni)|-Af 21^ cMoni.Aft A3 ciAnoAii. 5aII ir m 1 iiHuiAb r3o,[o ^o\> obAiii boti, lA.^rib HA lUU) Cuibo J^on pobAl 30 \ni'ol iiAiH cii3Ab mo t'omAiif-A coj ACCA > rp .r 6 ivom 30 c-oib- I cMimAr ^Ait) corbAti ho comAh bo Alt) AD (-('(flh p;|, f« '^'r :;i M ..;. .DO bACA, > ni rcAftpA,,,,, j,„ ^od co^x. Bbi po,,tc Ann rDo bACA 'i-ad b.|:A,ro^n, Vr pAobAf. a,,., t)o ,v3„..h h.„, ^. Jackets' b.A5', 30ArtnA, le rn,.,N..S, a r '.MncoAOA l»,io^cA 30 bAiMiA n)o moAftA. I'Do cuiKAr rli.) rtom' caum,. ^ d-^^idfoacc, "^ lo c»,b njoft p:xr,bar rUn b- fro|rto,30A„; )a 3-CArt:A8 6a>d a^rAC hV^S^Ml a D-e,n,DD, )0 llACpATDD CA,, ra,U^ A .)-a,r D A3 n,.,c,b 30AI' P.oma.- -bu3 .u) pobAl A b-vocA]fi A c<>|le, :burD ,Do cocu,3ce a 3.C03A6 do a rp^,|tllDD. ^roft DCx ca,11,(»a6 ruin? bo Uecib, co^\x^ fto,.D|D 'da b-coUrA,DD Fe,D add; ^o bj roACc b-frjrc lb ob cemc* V * «_ i [ ^ ' ^ 'f**^^ r A D-ADdIadd ^|r3 ADD, f^-^S^I^ c ,^,^^fi con, n„D,c > bub rDo,D l,orD : ^ K"o::fo;.j:;;,r;:;^ --» e>.e,t ..e. h, eo.,ntr, wo... ... Vv) i" the count o;wl"" ?; •*""" '""' ''' ^''-->k- ( •'- e. 's t ha. been »«„ i/th ^th /n " '"^ ^''''' '"' '^^'""^^- I " me Sketch of Donnehadh', lif- „rofi,„.i .„ .,.. _ 4fl rr ».". \\ I 21 Reviewing life's drear woes, and how I spent My strength on useless labour, which but lent A beggar's pittaace ; ])etter lar to toil Like little Maol, and turn the stubborn soil, O'. drive the cart, and earn my daily share Of Malachy O'Meany's hospitable fare ; Or to seek out a tluifty maid to wife, Or cv'n to tly from Erin's isle for life. And ply the clerkly pen wiierc, far away Upon New England's shove, a brighter day I hop'd would dawn, t("» cheer me on my wnv. When morning broke I lightly left my bed, Sa pleas'd was I \\ ith all my plans, und sped To bid my friends tarewell in such a haste. That to wish all goodbye scem'il quite a waste Of time; so with a knowing hat and band Of newest fashion, and my stick in hand, A jacket which a dandy would not scont, And clean clicck'd shirt with wristbands peeping out, Away I went dcterinin'd if I found A single fhip to distant regions bonnet, I'd seek my f(M'tune wlicre I might bo sure That working maniiilly, I'd not ale poor. Let all tiiC country know, and each proud clilof Of Power's blood, what store lor my relief In battle's dangers, or in stornij ^al^' r. The [)eople's kindness freely V .-/it t^, 'ether. A store which many days would not expend — A coffer which would hold me in one end ; Seven score of eggs, with their due share of fish. To make me, when incbn'd, a sav'ry dish : that the family of Power v\cre his chief, perhaps his only patrons, among the gentry of his neighbourhood. It was at the special desire of Mr. William Power, of Baliyvoile, that he composed this mock .Eneid, after returning from his unsuccessful voyage. 22 o rp6U ro|Ue l)A cfiupn,* bo'i) rt)ft,cn,A,tc ; Bbl roACc 3.CI0CA n),„ co,rtco 5I0,., cne,cno .v,„„ b ftfijobAjii crio,8ce DA loifbe fie ce,U> ; Bbi l&i) bATtTtA,lle bo {.'p^AptiA bj '.>e,'ft,n., Ab „^ p^,,;,^,^, 'nMm.or-bo.wc.A,rrA,cA,.>r3.,i,,: • Nl 3^H-KAb r1 pAlAb ,;v f:oArt3 -O l^.Ar, l.,c, ^.) V;^,^ b,A,c,0Ab ri A,,3eAb A3Ar 3A,, c.aoc.S. |^ole,3,.AbboUn,AMv,c'rA.,..rAo^Alb,, 0,n,OAllAral3obanriAce,be; P^ 5-curtrA m^a D, i-TtaccAim p6,„ Airt, I -ace c,u,r A 3a,fic pae n,o rn)6,bcA8 f l|Do p,„ ri rr,o clu, ba n)'nu n,o fAorA|., '_n.,ObACAr n bcATtfXAb 50 lo,p „,(,, r'T"'""^"''"'*"ro|OeA„bACCT:nlo. .reAbArAbu,mec«„,,„5^,eb'6,l,om; \ ill jt ill i 23 4 The choice of butter pack'd into a crock, A luiii^ of tuiluw, .liiii us any rock ; Seven stone of meal, the smoothest mill e'er uiade, Such sausages as would supply a trade, A heap of lumpers, that would put to shame All other roots in Ireland of ihc name ; A keg ol'iile would make the mourner smile, And, could aught do it, raise the dead awhile. ]\ly bed and blankets on the trunk'^ outside. With ro[)cs together were securely tied ; Wliile brogues within, and glossy beaver paekM, Mado nr> n kit wliirli nntlnn" n,.o'lt'"l iwl-M ('ouati ihe Fenian had no bolder litart Than I, when (Ir.-t 1 made niy hopeful >tart For \\\iteilord, and there betook tnv-ell To those snuL' quarters wiiere a smiling ell, ( )l' 'Tiaceful form, and face, and ringlets too. With welcome beaming from her bright eyes, drew The cluvriuL' draught : nor wouM rehiso to si|) It with you, ifyu eoax'd ; and then her lij. \'v\i slvly luiLdil approaeh witli ynir's, the while She saii'T, nr t^ld the legend, ami a smile Woidd ev< r greet you ; an to di>cu>«, liut what make^ lliem lau'jlu uive.s a smile to \i-! I This lassie took a lilcinL' to me, 1 dniit kaow Wherelure, an 1 e' ly n-.niing white as sik.w She powderM my p kinloi6 uAjtt). lup)3 bo |ia5a6 Ar 6||tinn : «t)'pAi)Ar »■>■ Bl)j Capcaoh) Allen, peATi nK'^imjOA .0, AOUAC t» •»*».- 1. !-■• 1 t n-i)Aile, 'r Dion H-A&A :,un tuMr,t'Ar ilvV|H ^Aii) rn'AiDim r>o CAbAinr no'i) i It'lU 'S '2t)*i' Coii-mAiiA »'utt rAiMM'A r*" la II -I). liir l<'o, A'r ^'''J'lr, S'tlM"")" AIVJAC ^>0 P u.v\'i 'r,>." r'v'^ «»nn!im. '^I'r biiiiihih A V>-vAh Ar c< AT I'A r,n<'i')>- A)H'' If CH»*r»l'"5 "^^ ImA'-'H hi Blij l)i'ArA 3Ai> H01"n Af) 'S nj 1)Iaip*<^'^ f«' r,HO)r>m Bl)j CaOiIc*' O'CAOpn A-, i-AO,IK 'S ni lvvui7;oAh yts a bnirf* rr)-^^'!'''-'"" ^''' Ao.voH ; Bb) P.'AhAIH 0"|lt r «' V- uihIhh-ai) ah r'M"'^ >t|,o,hl,rt) lil)i CA|til'H«s 'r r|ol.6|h, 'r ?)OAH6|h, AH rA^^^AH, Vtj CAH!*^'"r» '"'^ pliH-oih A it-ononi da rT)liMP»* ". » rtn tH^T■.Mr^.•. " Pas »u:p." Tlic nntnr <>f a small seapoK town on tlw Siiir, l.rliiw \V«tcrf<.ra. Tlict.' 11. a M\Uii;c of tin- same name i-ii the I •"•l"" . . ... 1 .- ._ i_ ii„ . .1..* criir Kiriv or rji!.^.inc). rrr ■It f 25 A quait or siiigle drop tliat was not laid Straight to my charge, and worried nie till paid. Tjicrc ihen, until some days had gone ilicir round, I Waited lor a vessel outward bound : Aiid when bold Captain Allen came to port, We struck our terms, our bargainiunings balanc'd liic ilivlded wciL'ht, And So u^ Passage with my jneriji.s iiei::iit. As qiuck as thought they hoist ou I'-ard luy trunk, Wli'^-ic harbour bigwigs all are L'<'liin'_: diuak : And Ji-kiiig, *' I^'y"i' >l'cak Knglldi ?" -^tood jina/"! To hear my ausucr, in ([uaiiit Latin phia-d. The clerk tuok d^wn my name with jcaloiis varo, The d;'v-book (ipri)'d, and eT-.g'."ss'd it there: Then in the ( ubin, at their I'wn rcpicst, 1 )MinM ih'- 1. veUei's with •ff^nii and ji -t. A I L'l">v. iiiL nooM they .-pread the brllyiiu' r-ad, WhiK .T.'lu; r.iineil'^- the favTin. L'ale ; Thetis too smiles, so \ illi tl at ^iI!'2^' -un, A Lfwodly sta^e "T "lU' Iciii' rae'- i? riin. lUit Magnus' luckless eliildren had to try, Kre long, lir cllect- oT d<;i>p sea and k In- ta-te away ; Iveclf) O'K-elb' sat weei»iii'j b-r hi.- ' ride, Noi h;; 1 thr -ti''ii-ili to lay his brooks aside; IV'ter 0'D>H''la, in a ipiiet n'><>k, Phcbm's L'"<>d blanki't lor a basin t'j'.k , Caibry and Ti.bv, willi (iaiiett at their back. Dealt mo lor lun's sake many a sounding whuck — I; 26 'S c6 buA^lpeAb e 'fAi) leAC-fu|l ^c CaII)ac If ;•7;^|fl&^ ; Bhi 5***1^^1^ 0'43obAin A'r "p - ^5 cAorTjAft, CacaI aV Coun A n-^AuAl A ce|u' ; "Sb: A coAHo A ;30il<» A^ caji A||i A n-o|i)f:<'»\oc L»,.> 'i»i rli^HT i:,. '^liijlAoib A ^-c^^vM)l;cA(^) .~i'A)i' 21,") ♦'^in^"*3 r Ao l'|»iu-c5Ail A]i |-urAib|l) a oo|lo ; 5iin 8oApbAi7; »DiAHit)ii]b ]-iA|t, a't vAobA|i Api, Na niAiiipoA'i A ^-rMIAl) ^A ^-r|l|All 6 6i|i|i)ii. '.r'l. Sid n7Aii i-A|r<'AnAfi CAruAll -,o cAotn I1AC, ruitip'AC, KAftruinroAf, riu'Ar;^AiirA, ciiaoita, ?l-U|- hjoS A]! ll)'pAllll|l)n DiXfl CA)|V hAM» p'MI)*', Since CAHfnA coii) l)-A|i)f>on- po l)-Aoi)i)OAr ; •D VADAr Art) IHAftC -,AI) PH.»Ab, TAD PAOCAlb, 5t)AH bo bt^i8.«AS |-Ao, -Ai) ^roA^, 7,ai' ->Ia>i8 lonitAi,). ?t}o «-H(»AO ia^aI Djoit iiia-aS liA ttx'Mi) livMi) ; Ba ini' At) cl(V\r M)A]>TjAlS, no ad IaT^' Oil) A.'iJAI-^, 2loc bACAH AI) nAiiti' ni^cc 2ltnoc r)0 )-Uvii)co -,o i)-rit>AH;in Afi »'i-ti-('Anr A 11)0 A|I •• \n, :?A m]\)]c ii)o A-; ia|1|iai.S .\ii 1)I)|a, bA ii)'rO|.->i|i SCiiltitT) h'An b-mA|iAr» Ai)|A|i -,o l;-(iin|ni). •Do h'f:o;\tt|i l|oit) i)A A b-poACAfbo IDAICOAf AD r-rAO-A|l, A V'A'UX ll— ol*^ )ib pAinriD-,— A |iA!(.Ab-cAn-;o A-Ciuvriir N .'" loiDAfi 6i>8a ro;^ idao 21<« ..r ■ . . . . i " ■ '""•" ••'•*" scriuiMi, Biiii <«Bs jii lined in liie iratitncttonM a/ in* l.atltc Sofetp of Uubiin, ISOH, '!f • i 27 ^ boy of Lawlor's race who tried to eat, Calvach capsiz' J by rolling from liis scat ; Gerald O'Dower was wasted to a thread, And Flann gave up all hope he'd cpiit his bcil ; VVHiilc Shane O'Trihy by all nature's sliiiees His bursting sorrows in the scuppers looses; (^ahal anl C'onr were, nutwiili>tandinLS lig)itiiig. And iiere, iu one iuul ciu-rus all uniting, *.U fciglis, and groans, and many a do'erul .-ound, Mac AulitV-.'s clan lay huddlelght, To see tho:ii spi^wl in ]il'.i[)S liom morn tn night : Ni' resf)ite yo' liom jickr.rss for -aw Iviur, Tiiei) stren_':li, their s[iiiit«; gone, th' li .'v'ry p 'u'r Toss'd irom their be:ths, without a rag to eovei', Inert thev lav there till the nUii/ue blew over. Tim? ini-.'rably tlien tl-;>'V s)>eiit a ><\ison, r>ut 1 I'lir uiirtli, believe me, had no r-'i^-on; Kcr ill th;.' «clt-.-ami> plii^lit. ujioii niv back I lav lull iMi. as helpless as a s;'.e!<. No .=pe(.'i II 1 r wlii-jior mum: a' 1 t'l" a uu' toivue ; bit lan'riiiivj--«t')'I< li' 1 I. .d tlicii b.xn duii<», In lau or niark<'i, t" tla- luM, ■ thicUL' ! In laet I really have nent m lull my piteiiu:> eaio : Thus Uiui'h — imtd mv limbs ai'ain 'ji'W -tion:.r, Tu hcDVcn'- High King I ol'ten pr;iv'd, and luig, A .-t )rm to r.ii.-e, and sw. <'p us biu k ii-.a'f m"i(', It so it miL.i; be, to "Id ''ain's .-hori'. I'd ratlar tlien tiuin :ili Mtwcultli and Th world doth h(j!d, or Croesus owu'd, tiio* gieat : I'tl rathrr far th;\ . that which ylv'on's son, The golden fleece, from watchful dragons won ; op. No ..ft boAproAb S<»' »*e* a l)-pi6nbMur f>o 5ri^|Cft)b, 'S «' A3 co)i:t'A8 6 n7A|h -o Hunooer Afi e^^ii) — 91 >'-hpi|t|ri) bo rAbAftpAiw irjAfi ihaIahic |it^ bm6 2l! |i bt^jc >>•" ")-bAile, 1)6 A .^-caIaic-po iCACUf, '-^M bojC VaI) tn-BA|Un)CACC, AH) 2I7; |ie)c nio coArfiAnjAn (»c t'i31" DOAiica^Aft 'nitt oljAOftlAlC. '» y ^3 nnACCu^Ab n)o riieADA ; 6 A i^Aioo An c-rA^Aiiir, cu^Aft C0A3Ar3 30 |V,lb 6An,, 'Sbl AUVAO DA loADDA 30 |:A1(ini)3 3AD Oil Mo A td-BaiIo SI)eo||trt Fire MOID ', A 3-ioih3A|i AD c-(V)mfi!i, VA(in hAD, no I) jiv^vfiii r>o PljAoiiCAir. No Ai»i> rAi) --Ci Ho .. LuimnoAo po]i So No All ShliAl) 3.v\l 3-C ?l3 niAft liirc Ni ataIaitj" a 3-oloAcrAh (do -aoIca. |I)|DD DA 3-l-Ao!bAri* iiA,' mi- l»ii.\8 i> A f.Vll< AUrA , nniiAfS, A'f cb'-ifti No A b-U-Oi-Ain UllllAPD Hi ?t)l|0 'l)o S,> lOftAU), voni) Ann-loi- ( APpAn rOADDMAI) Of iMODM cIAIII ID ;''Ai)rA, >i njh rAHTiAir dao n-rA- B. AM AID IiOaI * r ."^o ( K l-A, OACTAD liuT i.-Anriiinro A i'--i'm1 X'AII. !ll CKIOi'li i.-'> .'IN 7j-< I'.'ir KO'iiu Ii.Me.1,1 of ,1,0 IV. o lin.s o,. King Gfor^e, ,o:r.. cop.c. rra,.- ■y|.' An r,>A,.,„.v^ i,>on 'n-v .-ot-iA -^., r,A0Mr7u,r. i o .V.3 oMto.xb o nA n^m.M^ ^ l,.,'.,.-,v,il au .',5,,, '■ Or all the trinkets «hich John in hi, trunk forgot " h.i. tlv im- from hit ciipniios l„ VuiK;;-,il w ith »,„.,,!, wlucli. a[.,,aiciitl\, had some loral inrcrcst, ,„,° "" V ^^-^"^^' '''"^''« Cratloc, an.l divMlo.I i„to .n Clm.-.-vU, — . - « tn..-.vr.v,.,- ,„.-,. v,„, ,„ ri.,u> A..V, K- ,.,v., '"^rc u.„. ,i,rco fustic, on ihese land. ,n the year 1081 belonging ,„ ' 4 29 , I'lian all the splendour which 'tis said did grace Dalriada's chief in, and the Scotic race ; Tlian Dcirdrc, she who's love wrought out a grave For Usnach's sons, the gentle and the brave ; Than all the valued tilings whicli George's dread Forgot in Flanders, when in haste he fled — I'd ratlier then than all this princely store, 1'.' lodg'd at home again, or sale ashore ; Witli joy I would have giv'n it all to be Among the Gacd, O Barony, in thoe ; Retailing quarter pounds cl humble i-tock. Or in the school-room ruhng o'er my llock : l"5i-iil>-> tliL' pii'us man \\ho uar'd my s.^'ul, N^-r yd lori.ot the Irecly giv'n bowl; At lially-oorgo, wher(> I could seo tho piidc Ot ullthu Pov.or.--, white Uidinid, by my /idr ■. Or lit ('ratloe, where 1 tir-t op'od my hps, ( )i Shannon's Lim'riek of tlio stately shi]*? ; Or in brivdvi SUevo (iua, in all the land Wliich bfa!;- the palm iW optnne^s ofhar.il : Il'ldinL'.-woet (•onvci-:^e vvilh thi- learn'd and gay. And \\\\\\ nil M-rnn, who would cbant a lay AN'orthy the amiiMit poets, o'er my clay. All ihi.- I wi-liM, and wi^hd nmc'i moro ln-;i li', As people do, wlnni by mi^loiiun<' tnoi'. TNI) 01 PAUf I. |)onn.-ll Mac T..'.^'", I'-" Mi.'"'", au.t to Moi.n.I! O-o M.u' N.uiiiira, fruu-, „ne „t vviion., no (lout.l, our i-ocl uas .Kce.Mlnl, (lioi.gli I..' ba. noAlicrc !<'ft n U\~ 7 ^i,.vi, --CuA. Tliis lucahiy lias .ilrcudy been meniioned. ou.» ^-r^^a^c.^n aji jonvic 21N t)2lR2I ROjNH. ur ' o-.'oicur nrt b-iioibt'Aii CI) c'An eiirruio— Aft An nAnA,u- ^o A6I.Al.ii»ort no.t no coo vnii.vfv loc>— >M'i.- re A ■^n Pll r .X 'Oi'e Ant CAfi_A5urAn feAbAniC Su)6o j:e|r) cunj fo r;\ 6|rft!6 rArrjall An A t.'Ar- .»r tin— Ar "HAHIC Atm x-u " ^?c no A r .\ft CAtJor.A <",ACA B|- •*5i»r An CAfAr. pA i,,,,,, ^ foojh. -Afl A CeACC A bAllo '•7;ai|u-aoc HAiiri- ^O'T A|l A O 2l'r 21 5^^ i)-A[rn,r(rn r.'o^l ^jlr i^^M' ^fr «u rpAfi|iATi)„o -♦nx!! fi u\fi rrw rn)AO(r)co, ,x',. Ami itA('- I, no \- ,.,, •Do civriif-^ Bfii MM3 *" c-rjclVAu n)-.oi)l "> (f/ncinr) cpAOir. 21' 21 A CUACA r;iAO(lrf I S rpAotiOu r A 3|lUAh TDAH CAOl i^M* o^> POAfl |,>, r« V)0,>I|l A POAH,-^,, n '' *^7; n",7'An, ^ f.-,,| nj. 2io,bt»Air ci f^o ^.o-t 'D 1 f! A t)-;^Ift^o Ar m' at; II) OArtAir), H^o CA,t,iA|n:^ AD k^iSIm^a., n,An[A I •D ATuir >.vii) II M u), AmAflCAf UAIII)^ A I)— I »^M'>n.-; (UMftrn. OAC vn A I •Mil At- loAr- VIIAir.'Art -AOr Af, Ci 'D. '-'> iOAcri)Ab ri;, r-yiK\r a' •■ fitAor -|, A An c-OAC|iAi» p;.^^, I) OAC -o ||-.v,,rt Al-C ^".T n ^O l,.A|()|6 O lAfl) ]OI)A|l |,\u| (, ■^IMA|1, r II?'' run. ^•|IIM<\\h |)OA|tC A(l I •^ NM" |oi)-Ai)cuf no \ur) frtiOA-|,An »V |)-|>T flu- A Clio IT 'N RAft 4)0 30vb '"^ K"''^fM I'A ^-fux.v OMr, "ch appears to bo connccod "'.trth»'La,n."" T''' '"""^ " '"'""-"• C'gnate fa.uW.e. „f .he ^^,l ,<'rrL^..':':"::^'''-^^' •^•^-'.-. and ,l.e,r ' ''" '~"^- "'•'<: was siijiposed .1 *i Hi PART II. \\licrei'i is told of the .xccfdinc great marvel lie saw aflor tin.- fashion of a •Ireaui.in convcisation with .livall of Craglea— Of liis goiiic; to th.- pltice taJli-d ElyMiiiii— Of the sight he saw there- Of tht; i)roi>hecy of Conaii Maol — Of his return theiue — Of their meeting with a Frencli ),hi(» Of their giving her battle— Of his return home— and ..f his i>\vu peti- tion to tiOil at last. Listen, whilst I in trutliful nnnibcrs tell ^N'hat won. lots next, these hordsltijjs o'er, belel. I lay po>j;ets\I by many a gloomy thouglit, When lol a lovely J^yniph my pre^cnec souvlit ; tier luni^ hilr wavinLT in its downwaiil Ikw, Her l.i-i;.'hi elieeks warmipn- wi,h the lu'ny'- irKnv, iler 1. rin,'lu , gait, her ov'ry limb so lair, I' '1(1 iiK' 'twa.- ^l]vall 111' Craghia was iheio. Cpon my aehiiig bro»v t^he laid her hand, And Liently raising, whlspor'd nic to stand; J'hen soaring upward drew me thro' tin- iii 5o ^.reac.^rr,A„. „.,„„ ,„„ ,,^.,,^ .^. -,,;^. So .u c.^..c '.. ,>.,^,b.,^ ., ^,, „^, ,.. ^o 01 r .v; ox,.ln.r .:^o b-KAHA,. ,^.x„ , on,.^^ 0--n.,..b)..,M,....,,,CMu.:,;^ ,^ 4 no,n,.nro loo .^a, .0,,, „ f,,,^^. ^^ "' ' »on':L;m ^:: ■;:,::; -^ ;-'-^- — :.. .,. ,,a, . , ,...„,„,. Hie souls were detained. "' ' '""'''"•^ ^'"- "°' '^^^i"g "'-"cy. tl)at affords vast entcrtainmuuTto ^he'renL'"''','''''''. ,1" "''"' '"''"^''' "'""'' agaiu fall ,„ «ith our old fr.end C , . ^'■^' '""* °^ ^'"•^•'' ^"». ^v- He is of frequent occurr „ e ;', e" "n^ "" ^''""'" "^ ""= '"— )• Ossun and S,. Patrick;. Ti.e Irish rea.le . In ""' "' "" '^'"•"^""•'f racter; should other* feel anv curioMtv o„ ) ,'"*"'"""^ ''''' ^*^ «=''»- cussed i„ Dr. Dru^.on.ls lateh n Xl;. 5 '"' ""^ ""' ''""' '^ «!- mentioned poems : .e si.all here . e ""■^':'"" "' ^""^ "^ ''"• ^'-'c '-■fore. nan,ely, as being amour he Z " " "^ '"'=' ""^" '-- 'l-cr.bed "•-' (Canua the Bald, h s "Jh n' """, " "'' " ''^""" P^''^^' '^^ ^■■"'^'' a...-^..~-^ -.. • "'^ "Rf't name hoi.-ff ,-,>„.„ o« . ,_- °" "•"^' »"ub-itiuet8,reioicKl in »K„ -"ii u.;, «n(| ^ crueJ or surly „,.„). ,Ve will „„w .hew how he ^ ■^1 i 1 ■ i 33 Down tliro' th' abyss then lead me trembling on, Leavirg beliind us far the genial sun, Till "-tretch'J bclbre us loom'd the grisly shore, Which Acheron lashes with a sullen roar ; The stream that must be pats'd by all the dead, Whose banlcs oppose them till their debts be p-.iid. 'Twas sad to sec the thousands there whose tears Would bribe no passage o'er lor countless yi^urs ; But not, as Virgil says, those souls whose course On earth consigns them now to vain remorse : Kather the myriad liost who give their health To joys of sonsc, and riot till their wealth Be vanished all, no halfpenny left to pay. Unless their charge some pitying soul defray. And now, mctliinks, T bear the learned state That Chr.roii there bears o'er the ghostly freight ; 'Tis no such ^'hing, I beg they'll understand, But a stout gilly from old Erin's land. For as we inark'd the old cral't stem the tide, Conan the Fenian caught my eye inside ; A black sheep's skin arovmd his loins was sewn. And well I knew him by this sign alone. Each Sassanach paid a tester for his seat ; Ask wliat he woidd, no answer would he meet But Latin words or Gaelic — when the lusty wight Saw gentle ^Evall lead me into slijht, if ) 1 1 oljtained the first epithet of " miaoI," as on that turns the joke of the present passage. It is accountet' for as follows in the legend called An bhnui^o.-.i) .-A.>niAinr) (The enchanted fort of the quicken tree), the building being of tiiat wood. During an expedition against tlie Danes, Fionn Mac Cumhaill, accompanied by several of the Feiiiaus, and Conan Mac Moirne amongst them, entered the fort, which they found most sumptuously furnished, and un- tenanted. They proceeded to make themselves comfortable, but after waiting some time, marvell'd that no attendants appeared to bring them food or drink ; and, by degrres, were made aware th^t the various splendours and numerous door* of the fort were vanishing, until it wa- reduced to a mere bothie, with 34 Bl)j C|W(Ct'Ai)i; bul>.f:dir3c A^i a cd|i) ir,Ati e^bAC, 2l> «)jo|i boA3 Ipw 50 beo Aiii rtjAji c6ii,AncA ao n,eib riu; Nj CAbAHpAft Sa^JPADAC CAflfHA TjAr) (l,\\l :^eAl 2l'r m lAliATtfTAb bAbA loo ACC iA,bcAU., V^^ oL^Se^l-. but one entrance^ Hereupon a Cuef of the Feuians said .t was a fonnddcu th.ng for l..m to be .„ a fort .itU one door, and that he feared thu .asafo cf treachery ^.- -,..r ..vn,r. b.,c . .MMU.r.„.„ .on ^onu.r .-) I e exhorted the Feu.at.a to break out of it, and Couan saM thev .on d ■ ll when -he strc.o 'd out his active war,.or-haad over i.i. broad ueapons; thought to nse, he couhl not leave the place wherein he was.' The ; ch.efs found themselves in the .ame case, and they then deternnned that wa an enehan a.ent «hich had been long preparing against the.n bv, o the kn.g of Lochbn. .. e. Denmark, with the aid of certain nagida L other eountr.es. Cving up all hope ,n release. I'.onn exhorted .li ,. ke warr.ors and to SK.g the war-son,. and ,0 sound th. ■ a,..Mru,npe, . e Fen,a„s hefor. dea.h. Now , „,u,d O'Duibbno. snrna. ,ed „. „,. ' , .b™o,0.a cho.c warr,or.a.d . a.ha Con.n had h... i.K as sen,„...,s J Miard th. 1-enun can.p against ih. Dan.s. The latter f.ll a^le.p on h,s ,0^. enen,>. 1 .aha ( onu.n " sprang out of his sleep at the clangor of the ^»-ld. he,ng men. and ,he rir.,u,. of the breastplates bei.g bn^en " .n -cnge. U,ar,nu.d. at length, told ln:n to go and wreak hi, aa.cr on the o-,nc.s and ad.-.d. •• I .v..r „,„. ,„. ,,,,,..„, .,, ^.^,„.,. ^^J ' re .hall not ^o fron. „ns place but bin. who shall be .he stronger of u b..H,d on ,heu.. and they all departed out o. the fort, -givin. 'thank ' h Ko s onhe a.r." except Con.n; -and he was so. and his'two-h t 1 tnVT; ; *"" """'^' "" ''^ ^'""''^"^ ^-^-^'^ t^ ^'- flo r f n. and they (..e. the Fenians) without a single drop of the blood to rut o h.ra. O D«armu,d.' saul Conan. • is .t here thou wilt leave n.e ." • It is not. .aid D.annu.d, returning to him again. lie told Fatha Coniin to help s " am i ;; ""' ;°J.'^ ^^°"""- ^^'''"•'f"- '^ - f-- that that the surname, V17. Co,^'.^r, njAnl ^Ar Xnoitin,-. hn. fn11„^„,l i.:_ ,.-_. .. . , tn.s. - The other story of Conan'»encha„ta.ent i. found in an Oasianic 'poem » J -i 35 I It shook his locklc«3 head, lix'd his wild eyes, And like the roar of maddeu'd bull he cries ; " Accursed witoh ! what renders thee so bold, \ " To bring a living thii.<,f cf human mould purporting to be a supplement to the one .ntitled Cac amy ad ;\]n (Tlie liattle rf Kiiockanaur). After the "oattle the Femius were iu a state of en- ehantiueitt in the hal»itatioii of a>nA.'i, or druiii, named Draoiglieaiitoir; their er.chantment consisting in not being able ♦o rise. The druid comes to Conan lirst, v.ith a sharp sword in his hand, to behead him ; tiiis so affects the r<' ii !'onl>. that he gives a spring through fear, which l)reaks the enchantment, but at tlM! cost of all the skin of a certain part, which adheres to the ground. The Irish reader probably remembers the stanza in which this is very pithily described : r t ip r'o h] r^'.Ai^' ',. Aorotn pAo J,Anii-ctiwr->, fS A Lvnn -All cor- ,'r ciorit; Ch>'ii:\i(i ; r' I'lti-'r' An roAu niAol ni' |.Mii>Ah, ■>" ; \U n-,-n rAn ,\n ,\ .: i-,.>,\,- a;i Draof-'heaituir wa« in fierco rapp .Villi ht.s iincheck d M.ide over Conlu^ hi.a.I ; Tlic liaM in.in L-nt up with a jump, .\Tni iKit a strip of ^lvin reiiiainrl on lilt In r-cli. Cor ,n, getting the better of bis fear of death, imjilores the druid only to heal bini tirst, to save him the di?^race of dying in that state, and tlien lo kill him as "ioon .IS he likes. The druid's (uugbter .Vine appi;'rs, n".J, at length, go^j in and g. ts a wo.lly llecce, Ahich Draoighcantriir fixes toConrm so as ■ stick to him for ever; and hence his suriiaiae. In the first legend we are left to suppose thai (.ouin hiinst If adupitd the woolly tunic as a convenient sub- stitute for his own skin; while in the second, though this is accounted for, there is no mention made of the loss of any part of the skin of his head, which was generally believed to have been bald, as we see by Donncbadh's tlesrrip- tion of him ^,^<| rnir a hiaoiI). There seeni« moreover, tc be a discrepancy in this latter version of his mishap; for tb iiii'i he poem professes U relate events subsequent to the battle of Knock. ',nif, Conan is continually men- tioned by his nickname in the lay of that battle. It may he, however, that Ossian, composing both these poems long afterwards for the information of St. Patrick, bad ueen so accu^tomed to givf Couaii this name, that be did so whenever he was speaking of him ; even wl en narrating what happened before he earned it. This iCCOUtrCment of l fi*l:'lli in !):;:! f*li^.:*: -s ;:;;; ;:-~i::;i- i.; C' T.'flP.''- drP^*. " "* " " ' * '" •*•*'••"•;•;•- • Sordidut ex humerit modo dfj)enat amictn*. JEn. VI. 301. 36 •Do crt,r A rhAo,!,. .x> b^ r3Ior.nA,t A pe^c^,,, ; ' , r ^^^ m.-.n« ,v 3(x,„ or ^,.n, ^V u-.,^,^^v . a i)-A,r PA Tn-b,or .nA,rrji)'^ ,x- -;,„,-,, . , '' ' HH,,u^.,^on>^,..,, ,,,,,, J Q-'o-- - U< I" ., .v., pvNM vo,(u,„,r ^o p6,.rl,orr 6,b,M >^- N' > Vi Lnns noblest blood in all hi. voin^^ " The oi.ntseizM n>y hand with .!adden-d"souI, I hen louder roar'd than nu^uiost thunders n,ll • leavns lugh cope trend)rd at his bell .win. ,hom ' ;;7'''^/7!'^^''-'^'-^'^''^'^l-^W-l<4tl^^.ried,M.t On nu. uad bark we u-,W,l >;,e dark^ome fl.od, •yn.l s.>„, upon a,i airy hilh.ck Mood ; I'n>t reach'd a pass where .apd a portal wid.. A -ronhn- monster watchin'r by it^ «iuc • Now vir^ir, M,,,, I .,,„, [,..^- ^^,^^,^^^^ ;^^||^ jhaf Cerb'rus is th' inlerual .~,nr-nel- Ki; .-;'l '!' "Ill pain iir ,!,,,llr(l •., •re— ii(p b( ,1 .i> [.lace, ''"" '"""'''•• vrt,]„.>..n,dor l.iin u , ,,„!. ''Iienn.:h,ys„n..ril,.b..r'. :n,ei.utrar,. Mutch' 11,1- n,„.b th,oat. and pinnM huM ,., JN-T -a- < him room to turn to Idt o; jl .ht, Wilde we ran l>y to 'scape his hcliidi biio.' 1 h.Mce to the hill we sped without d.I.y And re.tin. there, to varying thoughts Jav. uav : IMarNoIlin- to .ee upon thr plains afar, ' Departed heroes (dose in -1, -tly war. ' Then spake our ...idc, and bade m. mark v, ith c ue I Ik- names an ofnlr. TiM- l,roa,l vonrk «n.I gutturals contain something „f -n onnm., r .. ^3 peACA||', ; 5»ft A.i,ArtCAr UA,r,; A., rl» A3 ,t„^-^ ,, eo.U^ ^ '"^''I'^Mrtc l|on, ru,3e 30 i>-,,;„pM8 r'OAl nA.n, CiiDCAr bjiuvvc bui&iono 'r boAf-A. "■pt'swfA caU ua|c cIadd obAholuf," " 2J3..r bADDCIlAc-C ri)08ArbA|l luv b-eillOAOD- ^'^' Puc- ruAft A loA„A,b AU A,cn,o '„A b.c,uvxn,tu,c, ^^ ^^r. ;.-,M P,MAC A,. A., CAlA,n, Kv 3.ca,Ca8, ',- ^. 3-CAOCAb. 2^;. Hv,c„ A. ,A,bc TA 'b.n ^„ p,,.,,,,, .Vp,,.,,,,,. _l r rUArA b. .Da.,A„.,'\v3 r3.0AbAh V .- ,-,,.CAh; ;; 2i., b-,.MCM.ro .Do,,.,.- A> . U,„ -o ,Aob,.A ', ^.1 i^lMl3''A0 O.^AIJt) A l>-3AbAl A COllo? '"21" li-VO,0„l nrt 3ItOlho „A 7:,.A0, > .,A OM.M30, '« E: tiinH.han capit, urulc omnes longo ordine poss.t A.iversos legere, et vcnic.fum discere vultus.-.r«. VI 7y, '' Nunc age, Dardaniara prolem qu;n dcinu» sequatur f.l..na. ,|,u man.ant Itula do gen.c m'pnte.s.~,En Vl r,? - f;. rr a m,„ called C.odhal; and some say it is from h.o, the Irish o, '" ""^ """"■ '" '- '"'. an.1 .h..r lan,oa„e that of Gao.di,e ^ T t -cee^.u. nn,ra.,n„s of his progeny, i.ntd ,he,r final settlerne i Lland "'<• nnnutolv ehronieled in tho unrk, ,>r .,,, ,, , . ''"'♦•rac,.. ,„ Ireland. I,.,,. 1 ■ , "■ ' ' ''""^i -iiicniioned wijters wlm .-e .onipd.., fro„, the older repertories of Insh history U is 7, l .redil hu, I.ee.i hn.nghl upon Irish ..m,,....,. „ .„.. . . . . j vi'iuj aiiii "1< 1 i 39 Behold," said lie, " Gadelus' children there. And Erin's daughters, fairest of the fair ; Sec how the Gael pursue their swift career. Smiting their foe s they shake ilie ground with Icar. Mark Fcnius' contest with the Persian kinf?. And hark, the scatter d Danaans' shouting rings; See'st thou how Donn doth -whirl his Hashing blade, Whilst thousand warriors at his feet are laid ? See'st thou the mighty men of Greece and Tioy, Hector, imjialii'ut lor the battle's joy ; The patriarch Anchiscs, sere and gray ; liis son beside him on his weary wav ? Behold, still Ilomulus his lab^ ar piics, Rearing huge stones till fenced walls ar-=e. ^ f f • ^ vUcu ignorant advocates For our ov^ll part, we wouid .|imte liie wvuU .d' hoiiosi ol,i Keating (^o ofiiii called tin llrrodotus of Irish lii>tor)-, and who wrote, A.l).. 1C29), concerning the coiujiipst of Ireland before tlic deluge liy Ceasair : "lijob a f-ior atjA-., a liv\-,co?n, nAc tuau rtAm r'nirm-'j runnm An ;,a'',\)1 ro (■li.>.\rnAr rt'>'", Ti:\ Aorj I'lAoAil .lU' r>,\n luAnniAiTi ",■' niu^; ro ; ACT ^><^n^ ,-• '-• '.lAnAr r-ni>.l.iA ncoiiiAni a -,-.\m-1('aI'Tia)V) iah ; a-iii ii| cui-iui cMonnAf r'o tUAtlAnAii tia i .■ -ui.-AilSt.' ha r-o.\lA f'' >»n Ati ii-Mulin_-, CAinr, A n-t')t\'nii iioiiii rjli'in. act iDunAh tA^ OA ri>AM)A.ii Ai-nrA V.) ima I.-aiki'ia b riv" A,- : .- ^,-!!^ 1A-- no Ijnn Immc a fi.vA-,\t)rAcr n,.|l.." " Know, () reader' that 1 m! not down as tri.e lii>tor> tl.i!, iuva.-ioii of Ceasair, or ain otl'.eriii- vasioii of ilioic we nave mentioned hitherto, but because I found them written lieforc nie in ancient Ijuoks : and 1 understand not how the Seanachics ,>b. tained ihebc stories concerning ilir iieople who came into Erin before ;he flood, unless indeed tlie demons of the air, who w re their familiar spints. gave thcui to tliem d'ling the lime they were in hea'liennesse." '* I he TiiAcA ho rAiiAnn were the second dynasty which ruled Ireland. They siicreedcd the Pm b 1-, or Delgi, and weie expelled by the llAnn.v Wbjl;ii, or Children of Milcsius, of whom are supposed to be the present Irish. «<• Ti^nn. — Either ronr) rjn'"i! • of Tn.r rimnnc (Knockfierna, i.e. the liill of truth), near Uallingarry, in the ( oun'v of Limerick, or t^onn oa ruim.-i>, of the County of Clare. Thcve are also inythidogica! characters, lupix'Sfid to cxenise junsdirtion aTr.oag'-t the fairies of .Munstcr. To the latter .\ndrew Mac Curtin tddresseii a poem of considerable merit, beginning l».-AnnaTA6 noimiii ~u|c ^ rhunu) ija C)uimc*v 40 ..^"T^'"^'"''"'- aocir,.r, c,,|o„ m,i,ii, J !.• von,, . -„,,-„ „.,,,,,,„^.,,,, ^ _, . "•;:::''''" '^ ■-■:"'' ^•^''^"'^'''■'••'■■'■"•' '-I.'/ .',1 '■•"""•■^•■"- l'*".',i. I"Ia.-. I.. .",-'''":' "!'■ C'ni,„.Ml : ,w, ..y:..,,,,,,., -vh::::-;:;,;':^:;';:-,:;:-'''- ■• -1. r-,„ r„„. .,.,„„„„,, V .„ |,.„,„„.„„ I, ,, -,:■ ^■^:"'"'"'-"- '"> -■-''-' - 1,^11 CO pU..,n.u," much pslecmcd. "iiiorj. ||,s com|Kjsitivith hig pluyiul u-it . ;; Poor patient Ovid on the cold ..ass tluuwn, ^ ^ diting Ict.ors to proud Cesar's tlironc; iJ^crc Ji- -nal sternly guides his veno.u'd pen, ^; Revcuhng all the blackest crimes of nie-- ; ^ Hugh Boy Mac Curtin, l.om lar Krin's shore, 1-1' -on, still ehanting Gaelic vcr^-es oVr • "So skill d to cheer, and bani.h cv'rv glJom, ^ Ills song the doad might quicken m the tomb. ^^ ^ut see those warriors, giunt-like, whose miHu ^^_l^xcccd= all nations and whose stately hei^dit xowvrs u-er the Cyclops-the great Fenian ra.e : ^^ O tionn Mac CumhaiU! wore .:>ou and I a .n.ce In ..ur own land, we would restore his own " 1 . ; Charles our hero, and win back his crown 'VVuh help of Alba,- or the hope we laid "In Knn's ancietit truth and worth .nust ladr ' " See Luther thue, the groat schismatic, lurk, "And sordid Calvin, batt'ning on hi. wo.k. "Last, the eighth Harry and false Queen renu.n, ' Swingmrr as traitors in the Won chain. "Each Sassanach v.-ho co.nes here wreaks his Bpit- ' V\ ith blows on there who overdirow the Ki.d.r ; 1^' but those thou seest tmtcttcr'd, guiltless mo';-e, ^^ ill reacli tho mansions of J,e Lord above." " And now depart," the iiiendly giant said, '• Knv^y of Krin t„ the oxii'd dead ; " To James's race the -ccptre shall belong, " Shelt'ring his kingdom and thy race fr.an wron, : * Scotland. " Our popf here gives us to undorHtaiid thit whp„ fh» c Z'Z'^^- ?,■; ""■',;"" '° """'• "■• " »» ■•■">." r, . '*;'-*r^ .„ ,„-,ii,,, ,;r;f -t''-*'" ".^.r f,,„,,, ■ ''"^"^CApAh r bt) f.'j.vt,hj, ll 43 " An«i quell tli' oppressor in the battle's shock, " Pluck back the crown from the usurper's brow, " And on the Gael their lasting rights bestow. '' Watcli 'gainst the sins which curse all sprung Iroui Eve I' With prayer :k1 fasting Jesus' Cross receive ; " Let love and kindness in thy bosojn glow, ^1 Ati.l Ilcav'u's bright joys in guerdon'thou' sludt know. 1 go lu haste— th' inipati.>nt summons rolls— ' Luther! how toil I lor thy followers' souls; " Myriads have lallcu by the Frank's right hand, " And I nmst ferry them t.. plumtom-hind." lie gave a bound beyond mv farthest ken. Then with me .Evall =ought the haunts of men ; IJy porne strange mode emerging into air. Thro' such a hole n? tempts us iot the Fn'n-e, To trap th" unwary rabbit passiuL' there. Straight I awoke iVem o-jt my wondrous trane.', ^ly bed, eiiest, cinth-.s :,11 met mv doubtinrr nlMnr.> • And I }>ereeiv\l cie ].,uj ] h;id nut .^tiriM From.. If Them, ,;,u.- I b.y .Inwn as you heard. A stonu had driv'n us to the Knglish coast, And then I gricv' d to know that'^all my boast Of marvels scon was but an empty dream ; Short time had I ior sorrow o'er my theme, For, Id, a small French irigatc creeping on,' Anbiniy mark Full forty gims on board the Frenrhmans bark. No wonder, then, these symptoms shotdd aifri-dit, So wc just put about, resolv',1 on llight. As Hies the hare along the mountain^'side Hefore the limmd, while ev'ry art is tried Of speed, and cunning turn, until at len./t), She stopp, deserted bv her faillnrr otrm-ih ■ 1* 44 a'r I.A .>.v.|,„. b» ,i,e^r^ c,„„ „^u bi..» p;> 6.. B. n,.,. r,., Sip s-c.,n„. .3 ...i, „. , l-'i^ ^Olh T*i» 111, -I /• M.^;,. » - 'I » / »|v 11;, ?l)lM)A f.AOA,l)|) lo l,A„rt.v, „A ,,. - ,^ , , ' ' ^;-A,.A. I>, An, 6|on,.R,-^ ,„,,,,-,„,. "'' ^o-,-A r voA,.- o,,,-,, n.A,,nM.^ A-,, .-'aom nnn, ?o„. AM„A„An,, nnA3A,bn,or-OAlcA. .../:":r:;::::;;;vr---:--.^. c.p..., .. l.avo scon, the wonb „.,' "^ "*'"""■ "— ,-. i„ .„ ,»,. :>^ h... ..ecu suu'm.ed. ' ""' •■'■•^""••■'-. n-'t r„.„n,v, (fox). li 45 Ev'n 80, were we compoU'J to wait the foe. Forty stout hearts wc had tliat day laid luw— I count not those who suffcr'd in the strile Loss of a Hnib, whom fortune Iclt their life ; At the first broadside tliree poor wretches died, And sorely wounded, fifteen icll beside. That rogue tlie Captain's boy, too, got a touch, He'd stol'n my cap, and now he got as much. Passage we gain'd in spite of winds and wars Batter'd and weary, and I thank'd my stars To reaoh Portlargy^"' once again, as bare A? any beggar that e'er liauntcd fair ; Swearing across tiie seas no more my course Should lie, were J not put on board by force. And now to Chri:^t let my deep tlianks ascend, Shelter me, Saviour, and my Kin^, defend : Strengthen us, keep us, wipe away the curse, Save Juy poor >uid, so ends my humble verse. '■^ Mi)st Irisli comitositions, ancient nnd iiio.Utii, nf any leiiL'tli. win 1 up ^'Mttl so le kind nf pious cxjirosbion or ojaculatiori ; " Mjiuetiiiies." as l»i- (•'Donovan remarks on tliR poem of (.lolla losa Mur Mac Pir'>is, '• strani.-ly at variance with the >euiinientsi exjircsaed in the poem," »" Walcrford. 21 b e2.c,;rK. «M S3ot.;«e^3us n. C2„tt;5fte son.. '" "^'''^' '^•■'' "" 'l'«cc he lo.,, here follow. , h, c..co„„ter hefwecn one u{ hi. pu,.ils dnri. T""' "'""'"* ''■' ^^""'^^'^'l^ of an """.an ; iVon. uh,>,„ ,,e at leng h ^e e f '" T^'"'"'^'- «'"' » churlish old THe Kn.h,h reader need not r et he le " T'"^ ""^'"'"^ ''-■'"^"'^ •s amusing only to such as undmtand tL r ,'" °' " '™'^'^»i^^". as the f ■ -. of .hose who speak it. '"'' *"' ^^^'"■' ""'S^^g^- a"d know the lih.t. 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