Historical Irish Corpus
1600 - 1926

Squire Geal Freeman.

Title
Squire Geal Freeman.
Author(s)
Mac Gearailt, Piaras,
Compiler/Editor
Mac Néill, Eoin
Composition Date
1896
Publisher
Connradh na Gaedhilge

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Poetry/Prose
1600 1926

The following is the opening stanza of “Squire geal
Freeman.”



Fáilte! a phreumh
De bhláth na gcraobh
i dtráth go hEirinn
Aoibhinn;
Fáilte! a sgéimh
Atá gan bhéim,
Mar ghnáth-ghnaoi déithe
Chítear;
Fáilte! a chléirigh
Dháimhe is éigse,
Fuair ó bhéithibh
Fíor-ghean,
Fáilte is ceud,
Le páirt uaim fein
Do'n tsár-fhear, Squire geal
Freeman!



Flaith gan gruaim dob' fhearra cáil,
Fuair barra is buaidh i measg gach dáil,
Dathta uasal sona suabh,
Is fás do chruadhuigh mo laoch mear.



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