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		 <note type="N">IG11-11279</note>
		 <note type="L">182</note>
		 <note type="B">1901</note>
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		 <note><p>Description of how and why changes were made</p></note>
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		<publisher>Connradh na Gaedhilge</publisher>
		<pubPlace>24 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin</pubPlace><date>Samhain, 1901</date><idno>IG11-11279</idno><distributor>Royal Irish Academy</distributor>
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<text><body><div><p><span><pb n="182"/></span>
<lb n="1"/><span>NA TRÍ SAIGHDIUIRÍ.</span></p>
<lb n="2"/>
<lb n="3"/><p><span>Thíos i nDoire, nuair </span>
<lb n="4"/><span>a bhbí na Sasanaigh ag </span>
<lb n="5"/><span>teacht go hÉirinn,</span>
<lb n="6"/><span>bhí siad ag teacht </span>
<lb n="7"/><span>isteach 'un Éirinn a </span>
<lb n="8"/><span>bhaint.  Thaini' siad</span>
<lb n="9"/><span>isteach go Doire agus cha rabh fios aca (.i. ag </span>
<lb n="10"/><span>buidhin na nGaedheal) goidé an dóigh a </span>
<lb n="11"/><span>thiocfadh leobhtha a gcoinneáilt ar gcúl - dá </span>
<lb n="12"/><span>ngeobhadh siad isteach, mhuirbhfeadh siad roimhe </span>
<lb n="13"/><span>leobhtha.</span></p>
<lb n="14"/>
<lb n="15"/><p><span>Thainic triúr fear aca (.i. de bhuidhin na </span>
<lb n="16"/><span>nGaedheal) bhí díolta ó'n bhainríoghain nach </span>
<lb n="17"/><span>rabh dadamh aca le teanamh (déanamh) leis </span>
<lb n="18"/><span>a' bhainrioghain ana b'ó agus fuair siad na fir </span>
<lb n="19"/><span>'un croinn a bhaint agus gheárr siad na croinn </span>
<lb n="20"/><span>sé troighthe agus cúig troighthe, an méad a bhí </span>
<lb n="21"/><span>ins na fir, agus sháith siad ins a' talamh iad a </span>
<lb n="22"/><span>chois na fairrge agus chuir siad casógaibh ortha </span>
<lb n="23"/><span>agus hataidhe ar bhun na gcrann, agus nuair a </span>
<lb n="24"/><span>bheifeá tamallt ar shiubhal uabhtha shaoilfeá </span>
<lb n="25"/><span>gur fir a bhí ionnta, agus bhí na Sasanaigh ar a'</span>
<lb n="26"/><span>taoibh eile do'n uisge, lán trí sóithich de </span>
<lb n="27"/><span>shaighdiúirí.</span></p>
<lb n="28"/>
<lb n="29"/><p><span>Nuair a thainic na Sasanaigh ar a' taoibh</span>
<lb n="30"/><span>thall do'n uisge shaoil siad gur fir a bhí </span>
<lb n="31"/><span>ionnta.  Agus cha rabh aon fhear i n-a measg</span>
<lb n="32"/><span>ar a' taoibh seo de Dhoire a dtiocfadh leobhtha </span>
<lb n="33"/><span>na gunnaidhe móra 'oibriughadh acht na trí </span>
<lb n="34"/><span>saighdiur so agus chóruigh siad a gcuid gunnaidhe </span>
<lb n="35"/><span>aige bun na gcrann agus chuir siad annsin</span>
<lb n="36"/><span>bratach suas agus thug siad cuireadh do na </span>
<lb n="37"/><span>Sasanaigh theacht ar aghaidh.</span></p>
<lb n="38"/>
<lb n="39"/><p><span>Thóg siad-san a gcuid seóltaí 'un a theacht </span>
<lb n="40"/><span>ar aghaidh agus nuair a bhí siad i leith na báighe </span>
<lb n="41"/><span>thug na triúr saighdiuirí teine d'á gcuid </span>
<lb n="42"/><span>gunnaidhe móra agus bhuail siad suas na trí </span>
<lb n="43"/><span>sóithigh agus bháidh siad an uile fhear a bhí ar na </span>
<lb n="44"/><span>sóithigh acht na trí caiptin agus bhí na trí caiptin </span>
<lb n="45"/><span>d'á mbáthadh agus chuaidh na trí saighdiuirí amach </span>
<lb n="46"/><span>agus shábháil siad iad gan a mbáthadh agus thug siad </span>
<lb n="47"/><span>isteach 'un talamh iad agus choinnigh siad iad </span>
<lb n="48"/><span>go dtí gur sgríobh na caiptiní ar ais chuig </span>
<lb n="49"/><span>an rígh (.i. rí Seórsa) goidé an dóigh a rinne </span>
<lb n="50"/><span>na trí saighdiuirí seo agus chuir a' rí ar ais </span>
<lb n="51"/><span>chuca dúblughadh tuarastail a fhaideacht agus </span>
<lb n="52"/><span>bheidheadh siad beo agus dubhairt a' rí, dá rachadh </span>
<lb n="53"/><span>siad ar ais go Sasana, go ndeanfadh sé </span>
<lb n="54"/><span>daoine uaisle d'á gcuid daoiní saoghalta.</span>
<lb n="55"/><span>Dubhairt siad, dá bhfuigheadh siad Sasana ar </span>
<lb n="56"/><span>leithphighinn, nach rachadh siad ionn.</span></p>
<lb n="57"/>
<lb n="58"/><p><span>Chuaidh siad amach ins an fhairrge agus fuair </span>
<lb n="59"/><span>siad na gunnaidhe.  Thóg siad leóbhtha iad agus </span>
<lb n="60"/><span>thug siad isteach go Doire iad agus dubhairt rí </span>
<lb n="61"/><span>Seórsa gor bhfeárr na trí saighdiuirí bhí i </span>
<lb n="62"/><span>nÉirinn no na trí láin sóithigh bhí aige-san.</span></p>
<lb n="63"/>
<lb n="64"/><p><span>TAGRA.</span>
<lb n="65"/><span>'Un (= chum) Éirinn a bhaint, to take Ireland, is the</span>
<lb n="66"/><span>usage of the dialect of N. Leinster and E. and S.</span>
<lb n="67"/><span>Ulster, an agreement with Leath Mhogha.  In W.</span>
<lb n="68"/><span>Ulster léi is used as in Connacht, and frequently in</span>
<lb n="69"/><span>Clare.  [In Co. Clare in this construction the lé does</span>
<lb n="70"/><span>not become leis before the article, ex. lé an Ghaedhilge</span>
<lb n="71"/><span>a choimeád, agus c.]  A thiocfadh leóbhtha, usually a dtiocfadh</span>
<lb n="72"/><span>leóbhtha, in which they could.  A gcoinneáilt = a</span>
<lb n="73"/><span>gcongbháil, to keep them.  Bhí díolta ón bhainrioghain,</span>
<lb n="74"/><span>who had been paid off by the queen; bhainrioghain was</span>
<lb n="75"/><span>pronounced waur'-hin.  Ana b'ó (or ana b' 'ó) = ana</span>
<lb n="76"/><span>budh mhó = ní budh mhó, any more; ana is usually con-</span></p>
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<pb n="183"/>
<div><lb n="77"/><p><span>tracted to 'na; with b'ó compare b'íle (= budh mhíle)</span>
<lb n="78"/><span>of Co. Donegal.  Fuair siad : this is English idiom.</span>
<lb n="79"/><span>Lán trí sóithich (or sóich) for lán trí soitheach, the full</span>
<lb n="80"/><span>of three vessels, three ship-loads.  Bratach, a flag, a</span>
<lb n="81"/><span>literary word that the narrator endeavoured to adopt,</span>
<lb n="82"/><span>so as to obviate the use of the English term; she was</span>
<lb n="83"/><span>uncertain whether it was bratóg or bratach or ratóg</span>
<lb n="84"/><span>or breacóg!  The first is used in the local dialect:</span>
<lb n="85"/><span>"a rag."  I leith na báighe, "in the middle of the</span>
<lb n="86"/><span>channel," lit., in the half of the bay.  Bhuail siad</span>
<lb n="87"/><span>suas, they smashed up.  Sóithigh, vessels (marked here</span>
<lb n="88"/><span>as pronounced soy).  Shábháil siad iad gan a mbáthadh,</span>
<lb n="89"/><span>they saved them from drowning, lit., they saved them</span>
<lb n="90"/><span>without their drowning - i.e., (so as) not to drown, or</span>
<lb n="91"/><span>so that they should not be drowned; the idiomatic</span>
<lb n="92"/><span>construction here is simple enough, but hard to</span>
<lb n="93"/><span>explain adequately in English words; cf., thiob sé mé</span>
<lb n="94"/><span>gan a dhul, he stopped me from going; an mionna</span>
<lb n="95"/><span>bhearadh sise i n-aghaidh a fir fhén, chrochfahd sé a</span>
<lb n="96"/><span>fear fhéin, agus shábháilfeadh sé Séamus gan a chrochadh,</span>
<lb n="97"/><span>the oath she would give (= swear) against her own</span>
<lb n="98"/><span>husband would hang him, and would save James</span>
<lb n="99"/><span>from being hanged (these two examples are from</span>
<lb n="100"/><span>Omeath also).  Chuir an rí ar ais chuca: there is</span>
<lb n="101"/><span>an amphibology here - it is hard to tell which are</span>
<lb n="102"/><span>alluded to : the three captains or the three soldiers.  A</span>
<lb n="103"/><span>fhaideacht agus, as long as, whilst.  No = 'ná, ioná, than.</span></p></div></body></text></TEI>
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