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		 <note type="N">IG11-11169</note>
		 <note type="L">19</note>
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		<pubPlace>24 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin</pubPlace><date>Eanáir, 1901</date><idno>IG11-11169</idno><distributor>Royal Irish Academy</distributor>
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<text><body><div><p><span><pb n="19"/></span>
<lb n="1"/><span>GOBHA AN TSOIC.</span></p>
<lb n="2"/>
<lb n="3"/><p><span>Bhí se lá amháin 'na sheasamh 'sa' </span>
<lb n="4"/><span>chéardcha.  Chuaidh se 'un </span>
<lb n="5"/><span>doruis is chonnaic se </span>
<lb n="6"/><span>gasur ag teacht ag marcaigheacht</span>
<lb n="7"/><span>ar shean-bhéitheach.</span>
<lb n="8"/><span>Thiomáin se (.i. an </span>
<lb n="9"/><span>marcach) aníos 'un doruis </span>
<lb n="10"/><span>chuige.  D'fhiostruigh se </span>
<lb n="11"/><span>de'n Ghobha an gcuirfeadh se cruidhtheacha ar </span>
<lb n="12"/><span>an mbéitheach so dó.</span></p>
<lb n="13"/>
<lb n="14"/><p><span>Dubhairt an Gobha go ndeanfadh is fáilte,</span>
<lb n="15"/><span>"acht nach dearn me an dadaidh riamh acht</span>
<lb n="16"/><span>iarannacha maide seistrighe."</span>
<lb n="17"/></p>
</div>
<pb n="20"/>
<div><lb n="18"/><p><span>"A' mbearthá iasacht na ceárdcha damh is </span>
<lb n="19"/><span>gheana me fhéin e?"</span></p>
<lb n="20"/>
<lb n="21"/><p><span>"Bhearad is fáilte," ars' an Gobha.</span></p>
<lb n="22"/>
<lb n="23"/><p><span>Thug an gasur an béitheach isteach 'un na </span>
<lb n="24"/><span>céardcha is bhain se na ceithre cosa de.</span>
<lb n="25"/><span>Chuir se na ceithre cosa 'sa' teallach.  Shéid </span>
<lb n="26"/><span>se na builg is thug se na ceithre cosa amach</span>
<lb n="27"/><span>is úr-chruidhtheacha orthú.  Chuir se na ceithre </span>
<lb n="28"/><span>cosa ar an mbéitheach is léim an béitheach </span>
<lb n="29"/><span>suas 'na sheasamh.  Léim an gasur ar a </span>
<lb n="30"/><span>dhruim is bhain se amach.</span></p>
<lb n="31"/>
<lb n="32"/><p><span>"Má's é sin dóigh chruidhtheacha chur ar </span>
<lb n="33"/><span>bhéitheach," arsa Gobha an tsoic, "tá sean-</span>
<lb n="34"/><span>bhéitheach agam-sa bhíonns ag iomchar guail.</span>
<lb n="35"/><span>Tá se comh maith agam úr-chruidhtheacha chur </span>
<lb n="36"/><span>air."</span></p>
<lb n="37"/>
<lb n="38"/><p><span>Thug se a shean-bhéitheach isteach 'un na </span>
<lb n="39"/><span>céardcha.  Fuair se tuagh is bhain se na </span>
<lb n="40"/><span>ceithre cosa de'n mbéitheach.  Chuir se isteach </span>
<lb n="41"/><span>'sa' teallach iad.  Shéid se na builg.  Dhóigh</span>
<lb n="42"/><span>se na ceithre cosa is bhí an béitheach marbh.</span></p>
<lb n="43"/>
<lb n="44"/><p><span>Ionn i gcúpla lá 'na dhéidh sin chonnaic se </span>
<lb n="45"/><span>an gasur ag teacht 's é ag marcaigheacht,</span>
<lb n="46"/><span>bean ar a chúlaibh is bean ar a bhéalaibh.</span>
<lb n="47"/><span>Thainic se (.i. an gasur) aníos go dorus na </span>
<lb n="48"/><span>céardcha.  D'fhiostruigh se de'n Ghobha an </span>
<lb n="49"/><span>ndeanfadh se cailin úr óg de'n dá shean-</span>
<lb n="50"/><span>bhean so.</span></p>
<lb n="51"/>
<lb n="52"/><p><span>"Ó, cha dearn mise dadaidh ariamh acht </span>
<lb n="53"/><span>iarannacha maide feistrighe," ars' an Gobha.</span></p>
<lb n="54"/>
<lb n="55"/><p><span>"A' mbearthá iasacht na ceardcha damh </span>
<lb n="56"/><span>fhéin?" ars' an gasur.</span></p>
<lb n="57"/>
<lb n="58"/><p><span>"Bhearad is fáilte," ars' an Gobha.</span></p>
<lb n="59"/>
<lb n="60"/><p><span>Thug an gasur isteach an dá shean-bhean,</span>
<lb n="61"/><span>leag se 'sa' teallach iad is shéid se na builg</span>
<lb n="62"/><span>leobhtha.  Char bh'fhada gur léim cailin úr óg</span>
<lb n="63"/><span>amach as an teinidh is léim sí suas ar a </span>
<lb n="64"/><span>chúlaibh ar an mbéitheach is amach leobhtha.</span></p>
<lb n="65"/>
<lb n="66"/><p><span>"Má's é sin an dóigh," arsa Gobha an </span>
<lb n="67"/><span>tsoic, "tá mo mháthair is máthair mo mhná </span>
<lb n="68"/><span>agam-sa.  Bíonn siad ag troid 's ag argáil </span>
<lb n="69"/><span>gach aon lá, is gheana me cailin óg de'n</span>
<lb n="70"/><span>mbeirt."</span></p>
<lb n="71"/>
<lb n="72"/><p><span>Thug se a mháthair fhéin is máthair a mhná </span>
<lb n="73"/><span>isteach.  Bheir se orthú is chuir se 'sa' teallach</span>
<lb n="74"/><span>iad.  Shéid sa na builg leobhtha is dhóigh se </span>
<lb n="75"/><span>an bheirt.</span></p>
<lb n="76"/>
<lb n="77"/><p><span>Cha rabh a fhios aige goidé gheanadh se.</span>
<lb n="78"/><span>Bhí eagla air go gcrochfaidhe e.  Dubhairt</span>
<lb n="79"/><span>se go n-imtheachadh se braghaid a éadain.</span>
<lb n="80"/><span>D'imthigh leis go rabh se ag dul trasna cnoc</span>
<lb n="81"/><span>is chuala se fead.  Shaoil se go rabh an tóir </span>
<lb n="82"/><span>'na dhéidh.</span></p>
<lb n="83"/>
<lb n="84"/><p><span>"Mise tá ann," ars' an gasur: "Gá </span>
<lb n="85"/><span>bhfuil tú ag dul?"</span></p>
<lb n="86"/>
<lb n="87"/><p><span>D'ársaigh Gobha an tsoic dó goidé rinn </span>
<lb n="88"/><span>se, gur bhain se na cosa de'n mbéitheach go </span>
<lb n="89"/><span>bhfuair se bás, is gur dhóigh se an dá shean-</span>
<lb n="90"/><span>bhean.</span></p>
<lb n="91"/>
<lb n="92"/><p><span>"Tá se comh maith agat mise thabhairt </span>
<lb n="93"/><span>leat," adeir an gasur; "tá Gobha i mBaile</span>
<lb n="94"/><span>Átha Cliath a bhfuil céad pont a gheall le gobha </span>
<lb n="95"/><span>ar bith.  Nuair adéara se leat a' dadaidh </span>
<lb n="96"/><span>dheanamh, abair go ndéanfaidh do ghasur e."</span></p>
<lb n="97"/>
<lb n="98"/><p><span>D'imthigh leobhtha go rabh siad i mBaile</span>
<lb n="99"/><span>Átha Cliath aige tigh an Ghobha.  D'fhiostruigh</span>
<lb n="100"/><span>an Gobha goidé bhí a dhíth orthú.  Dubhairt</span>
<lb n="101"/><span>Gobha an tsoic go rabh se ag teacht d'á </span>
<lb n="102"/><span>fhéacháint.  Chuaidh Gobha Bhaile Átha Cliath </span>
<lb n="103"/><span>isteach is shéid se na builg.  Chaith se cíth </span>
<lb n="104"/><span>mór cruithneachta as an teallach.</span></p>
<lb n="105"/>
<lb n="106"/><p><span>"Teana thusa rud anois," adeir se le </span>
<lb n="107"/><span>Gobha an tsoic.</span></p>
<lb n="108"/>
<lb n="109"/><p><span>"Gheanaidh mo ghasur é," ars' an Gobha.</span></p>
<lb n="110"/>
<lb n="111"/><p><span>Chuaidh an gasur is shéid se na builg.</span>
<lb n="112"/><span>Chaith se sgafta mór columna amach as an </span>
<lb n="113"/><span>teallach is d'ith siad suas an chruithneachta </span>
<lb n="114"/><span>is d'imthigh leobhtha.</span></p>
<lb n="115"/>
<lb n="116"/><p><span>Chuaidh Gobha Bhaile Átha Cliath 'un na </span>
<lb n="117"/><span>mbolg aríst.  Shéid se na builg.  Chaith se </span>
<lb n="118"/><span>breac mór amach as an teallach.  Léim an </span></p>
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<pb n="21"/>
<div><lb n="119"/><p><span>breach ionn i n-abhainn bhí os coinne na </span>
<lb n="120"/><span>céardcha.</span></p>
<lb n="121"/>
<lb n="122"/><p><span>Chuaidh gasur Ghobha an tsoic 'un na mbolg</span>
<lb n="123"/><span>annsin.  Shéid se na builg, is chaith se </span>
<lb n="124"/><span>madadh uisge amach as an teallach.  Léim </span>
<lb n="125"/><span>se isteach in-san abhainn is ghabh se an breac.</span>
<lb n="126"/><span>Bhí an geall bainte aige Gobha an tsoic.</span>
<lb n="127"/><span>Bhí se lán áthais fá'n chéad pont a bheith </span>
<lb n="128"/><span>bainte aige.</span></p>
<lb n="129"/>
<lb n="130"/><p><span>"'Nois," ars' an gasur, "tá rí i Sasanaibh.</span>
<lb n="131"/><span>Tá se dócrach tinn.  Tá sac óir agus béitheach </span>
<lb n="132"/><span>le n-a iomchar do dhoctuir ar bith léigheasfas </span>
<lb n="133"/><span>e.  Nuair a racha tusa go caisleán an ríogh,</span>
<lb n="134"/><span>fiostracha siad goidé tá a dhíth ort.  Déarfa</span>
<lb n="135"/><span>tú gur doctuir atá ionnat, is abair "Má tá </span>
<lb n="136"/><span>mo chulaith íochtrach, go bhfuil mo sgéal árd."</span></p>
<lb n="137"/>
<lb n="138"/><p><span>D'imthigh leobhtha go rabh siad aige cais-</span>
<lb n="139"/><span>leán an ríogh.  D'fhiostruigh fear an gheata </span>
<lb n="140"/><span>goidé bhí a dhíth air, agus dubhairt se gur doc-</span>
<lb n="141"/><span>tuir a bhí ionn, go rabh ag teach a dh'amharc</span>
<lb n="142"/><span>ar an rígh, "is má tá mo chulaith íochtrach, tá </span>
<lb n="143"/><span>mo sgéal árd," ar seisean.</span></p>
<lb n="144"/>
<lb n="145"/><p><span>Leigeadh isteach e.  Nuair a d'amhairc se </span>
<lb n="146"/><span>ar an rígh, d'órduigh se gach aon dhuine amach </span>
<lb n="147"/><span>as an phárlus, is d'órduigh se pota uisge </span>
<lb n="148"/><span>chur síos.  Nuair a bhí an pota bréagh teith,</span>
<lb n="149"/><span>thainic an gasur is bhain se an cionn de'n</span>
<lb n="150"/><span>rígh, is chuir se síos in-sa' phota e.  Fuair </span>
<lb n="151"/><span>se sponóg is bhí se ag áthrach an chinn 'sa'</span>
<lb n="152"/><span>phota.  Char bh'fhada gur thóg se an cionn, is </span>
<lb n="153"/><span>chuir se ar an cholainn e.  D'éirigh an rí </span>
<lb n="154"/><span>suas comh maith is bhí se riamh.  Fuaras réidh </span>
<lb n="155"/><span>sac óir agus béitheachle n-a iomchar do Ghobha </span>
<lb n="156"/><span>an tsoic.  D'imthigh se fhéin 's an gasur.</span></p>
<lb n="157"/>
<lb n="158"/><p><span>"'Nois," ars' an gasur, "tá se comh maith </span>
<lb n="159"/><span>agat luach bróg a thabhairt damh."</span></p>
<lb n="160"/>
<lb n="161"/><p><span>"Cha dtugaim," ars' an Gobha, "a bhas-</span>
<lb n="162"/><span>taird," adeir se, ag tabhairt iarraidhe boise </span>
<lb n="163"/><span>air.  Nuair a d'amhairc se thart, cha rabh sac </span>
<lb n="164"/><span>nó béitheach nó ór aige.  Bhí se comh folamh</span>
<lb n="165"/><span>agus bhí se riamh.</span></p>
<lb n="166"/>
<lb n="167"/><p><span>Chuaidh Gobha an tsoic annsin go rabh rí</span>
<lb n="168"/><span>na hAlbaine tinn 's go rabh an rud ciadna </span>
<lb n="169"/><span>geallta do'n té léigheasfadh e, sac óir is </span>
<lb n="170"/><span>béitheach d'iomchrachadh e.  D'imthigh leis go </span>
<lb n="171"/><span>rabh se aige caisleán an ríogh.  D'fhiostruigh </span>
<lb n="172"/><span>fear an geata goidé bhí a dhíth air.  Dubhairt </span>
<lb n="173"/><span>se gur doctuir a bh'ionn, go rabh se ag </span>
<lb n="174"/><span>teacht dh'amharc ar an rígh, agus "má tá mo </span>
<lb n="175"/><span>chulaith íochtrach, tá mo sgéal árd," adeir se.</span></p>
<lb n="176"/>
<lb n="177"/><p><span>Chuaidh se isteach an áit i rabh an rí.</span>
<lb n="178"/><span>D'fhógair se gach aon dhuine amach as an </span>
<lb n="179"/><span>phárlus.  D'iarr se orthú pota uisge chur </span>
<lb n="180"/><span>síos.  Nuair a bhí an pota bréagh teith, bhain </span>
<lb n="181"/><span>se an cionn de'n rígh is chuir se síos in-sa'</span>
<lb n="182"/><span>phota e.  Nuair a thóg se an cionn, leag se </span>
<lb n="183"/><span>ar an cholainn e.  Thuit an cionn taobh 's an </span>
<lb n="184"/><span>cholann taobh eile.  Bhí se buaidheartha ann-</span>
<lb n="185"/><span>sin fá'n rígh, ar eagla go gcrochfaidhe e.</span>
<lb n="186"/><span>Chuala se torann ag an dorus annsin.</span></p>
<lb n="187"/>
<lb n="188"/><p><span>"Ó, fan go se!" adeir se, "chan fhuil</span>
<lb n="189"/><span>mo ghnaithe réidh go se."</span></p>
<lb n="190"/>
<lb n="191"/><p><span>"An é nach leigfe tú do ghasur bocht </span>
<lb n="192"/><span>cosnochtthaí isteach?" ars' an gasur ag an </span>
<lb n="193"/><span>dorus.</span></p>
<lb n="194"/>
<lb n="195"/><p><span>D'fhosgail se an dorous do'n ghasur, is bhí </span>
<lb n="196"/><span>se lán áthais nuair a chonnaic se e.  Bheir</span>
<lb n="197"/><span>an gasur ar an chionn, chóirigh se ar an </span>
<lb n="198"/><span>cholainn e, agus d'éirigh an rí suas 'na sheasamh </span>
<lb n="199"/><span>comh maith 's a bhí se riamh.  Fuaras réidh </span>
<lb n="200"/><span>annsin an sac óir is béitheach d'iomchair e.</span>
<lb n="201"/><span>D'imthigh leobhtha, e fhéin 's an gasur.</span></p>
<lb n="202"/>
<lb n="203"/><p><span>"'Nois," ars' an gasur, "tá se comh</span>
<lb n="204"/><span>maith agat luach na mbróg a thabhairt damh."</span></p>
<lb n="205"/>
<lb n="206"/><p><span>"Bhéara me an t-iomlán duit," arsa</span>
<lb n="207"/><span>Gobha an tsoic; "Is tú fhéin a thuill e!"</span></p>
<lb n="208"/>
<lb n="209"/><p><span>"Chan iarrain aon leithphighinn ort," ars'</span>
<lb n="210"/><span>an gasur, "acht gur mhaith liom do shúile </span>
<lb n="211"/><span>'fhosgailt.  Tabhair an t-iomlán a bhaile </span>
<lb n="212"/><span>leat anois, is gheobha tú do dhá shean-bhean</span>
<lb n="213"/><span>beó agus do shean-bhéitheach, nuair a racha tú a</span>
<lb n="214"/><span>bhaile.  Shaoil tú gur mharbh tú iad."</span>
<lb n="215"/></p>
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<pb n="22"/>
<div><lb n="216"/><p><span>D'imthigh Gobha an tsoic a bhaile, is bhí </span>
<lb n="217"/><span>dóigh mhaith air go dtí lá a bháis.</span></p></div></body></text></TEI>
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