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		 <note type="N">IG11-11285</note>
		 <note type="L">186</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>IG11-11285</idno><distributor>Royal Irish Academy</distributor>
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<text><body><div><p><span>BEANNACHT BÓINNE.</span></p>
<lb n="1"/>
<lb n="2"/><p><span>A Bhóinn a bhí ag Síol Chuinn,</span>
<lb n="3"/><span>A Bhóinn a bhí fa mhuirnn ag a lán,</span>
<lb n="4"/><span>A Bhóinn na gcreach, na gcath 's na ngliadh,</span>
<lb n="5"/><span>An bhfuil tú liath 's ar chuir tú a bhláth?</span></p>
<lb n="6"/>
<lb n="7"/><p><span>A Bhóinn a bhí ag sliocht Éibhir Fhinn,</span>
<lb n="8"/><span>A Bhóinn a bhí fo chuim na Niall,</span>
<lb n="9"/><span>A shean-bhean aosda ba ghlinn glas,</span>
<lb n="10"/><span>A Bhóinn gan rath, cá ndeachaidh an t-iasg?</span></p>
<lb n="11"/>
<lb n="12"/><p><span>A Bhóinn a bhí ag sliocht Ír na gcath,</span>
<lb n="13"/><span>A Bhóinn a bhí ag mac Airt gan cáin,</span>
<lb n="14"/><span>A Bhóinn a bhí ag cloinn Míleadh i bhfad,</span>
<lb n="15"/><span>A Bhóinn ba líonmhar alt ar snámh.</span></p>
<lb n="16"/>
<lb n="17"/><p><span>A Bhóinn a bhí ag Bodhbh Dearg,</span>
<lb n="18"/><span>A Bhóinn fá' n-éirghidh fearg na bhFiann,</span>
<lb n="19"/><span>A Bhóinn le'r claoidheadh na mílte flaith,</span>
<lb n="20"/><span>A Bhóinn na bhfear, na n-each 's na srian.</span></p>
<lb n="21"/>
<lb n="22"/><p><span>A Bhóinn na mbradán is na mbreac,</span>
<lb n="23"/><span>A Bhóinn na marc is na mac ríogh,</span>
<lb n="24"/><span>Cuirfead beannacht leat-sa a Bhóinn,</span>
<lb n="25"/><span>Ó d'fhágas mo lón le do thaoibh.</span></p>
<lb n="26"/>
<lb n="27"/><p><span>D'fhágas agad-sa i dtaisgidh a n-uaighe</span>
<lb n="28"/><span>Brighid is Ruaidhrí, Brian is Róis,</span>
<lb n="29"/><span>Mo dhá Shaidhbh, mo ló truaighe,</span>
<lb n="30"/><span>Tá agad uaim-se is Brighid no dhó.</span></p>
<lb n="31"/>
<lb n="32"/><p><span>Tá ochtar, agus ní do mo thoil,</span>
<lb n="33"/><span>Agad-sa i bhfos i dtaisgidh, a Bhóinn,</span>
<lb n="34"/><span>Mo chroidhe, mo chnáimh, mo chraobh ghaoil,</span>
<lb n="35"/><span>Mo ghrádh na naomh, ar mbeannacht leó.</span></p>
<lb n="36"/>
<lb n="37"/><p><span>Beannacht do'n chomharsain fa chéad,</span>
<lb n="38"/><span>Beannacht d'á gcléir agus d'á dtuaith,</span>
<lb n="39"/><span>Beannacht d'á n-óige is d'á n-aois,</span>
<lb n="40"/><span>Beannacht leó, na mílte beannacht uaim.</span></p>
<lb n="41"/>
<lb n="42"/><p><span>Ó Cheannannas na gcros, ó Dhroichead Átha,</span>
<lb n="43"/><span>Go srathnaighe bláth mo bheannacht siar</span>
<lb n="44"/><span>Agus roinneadh stiobhard Íosa an grádh</span>
<lb n="45"/><span>Ar a bhfuil i nDroichead Átha lerab ion-</span>
<lb n="46"/><span>mhuin mé.</span></p>
<lb n="47"/>
<lb n="48"/><p><span>Ní do mo dhearmad Beartly Wheet,</span>
<lb n="49"/><span>Plúr na laoch do n-a threibh áird,</span>
<lb n="50"/><span>An t-óigfhear saoitheamhail soilbhir suairc,</span>
<lb n="51"/><span>Croidhe gan cruas is féile lámh.</span></p>
<lb n="52"/>
<lb n="53"/><p><span>Beannacht faoi thrí le naoi gcéad</span>
<lb n="54"/><span>Uaim-se dó féin is d'á ghaol,</span>
<lb n="55"/><span>No go dtillfead fo ghirr ó Shíol Néill</span>
<lb n="56"/><span>Mo chroidhe 'mo dhiaidh Beartly Wheet.</span></p>
<lb n="57"/>
<lb n="58"/><p><span>Toirbhir uaim-se indiu 'na gcion,</span>
<lb n="59"/><span>Do Lúcás is d'á chloinn le grádh,</span>
<lb n="60"/><span>M'ocht gcéad beannacht faoi dhó dhéag</span>
<lb n="61"/><span>Dóibh gan léan d'á gcoimhéad slán.</span></p>
<lb n="62"/>
<lb n="63"/><p><span>TAGRA.</span>
<lb n="64"/><span>Fa mhuirnn, beloved; muirnn, also muirn, muirne,</span>
<lb n="65"/><span>natural affection, fondness, tenderness.  A bhláth, its</span>
<lb n="66"/><span>bloom, appears to have reference to the preceding</span></p>
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<pb n="187"/>
<div><lb n="67"/><p><span>line; ar chuir tú a bhláth, have you cast off the bloom</span>
<lb n="68"/><span>of it?  It is possible, however, that a = do, thy, as</span>
<lb n="69"/><span>this would certainly be a better reading.  Fo chuim na</span>
<lb n="70"/><span>Niall, under the protection of the Nialls [the MS. has</span>
<lb n="71"/><span>here fo cuimh].  As a present-day colloquialism in the</span>
<lb n="72"/><span>ancient Meath fa chuim = underhand, by secret means.</span>
<lb n="73"/><span>Glinn, clear, bright.  Cá ndeachaidh: Here we find</span>
<lb n="74"/><span>this word eclipsed in a poem, composed by a Northern </span>
<lb n="75"/><span>poet, and contained in a Northern MS., although</span>
<lb n="76"/><span>both Meath and Ulster people say cá deachaidh.  This</span>
<lb n="77"/><span>shows the pains writers formerly took to aim at a</span>
<lb n="78"/><span>standard by avoiding known provincialisms; yet</span>
<lb n="79"/><span>Ulster provincialists of the present day insist on</span>
<lb n="80"/><span>writing this very form cá deachaidh even in grammars!</span>
<lb n="81"/><span>Na marc, of the steeds; marc, a horse, a steed, is a</span>
<lb n="82"/><span>very rare word nowadays, even in poetry, although</span>
<lb n="83"/><span>its derivative marcach is one of the commonest words</span>
<lb n="84"/><span>in the language.  On the other hand, it is usual in</span>
<lb n="85"/><span>the Britannic languages in the form march (W.), marc'h</span>
<lb n="86"/><span>(Bret.).  Shaidhbh: in MS. Sadhbha, which represents the</span>
<lb n="87"/><span>Meath colloquial pron. sae'-wa; similarly Méabhdha</span>
<lb n="88"/><span>for Meadhbh.  Uaim-se: in MS. uaim; truaighe points</span>
<lb n="89"/><span>to a dissyllable.  Craobh ghaoil (craimh gaol in</span>
<lb n="90"/><span>MS.), branch of relationship; cf. craobha coibhneasa.</span>
<lb n="91"/><span>Naomh: raomh, MS.  Fa chéad, a hundred times.</span>
<lb n="92"/><span>Ceannannas na gcros, Kells of the crosses; Kells is</span>
<lb n="93"/><span>now called Ceannadas, through dissimilation of the</span>
<lb n="94"/><span>second nn.  Go srathnaighe, may it spread, spelt in</span>
<lb n="95"/><span>MS. in error snathnaigh, whilst the usual spelling is</span>
<lb n="96"/><span>sreathnuighe.  Grádh: MS. graidh.  Beartly Wheet</span>
<lb n="97"/><span>(so exactly in MS.) is an anglicisation of Partholón</span>
<lb n="98"/><span>(Pártlán) De Faoit, Bartley (or Bartholomew) White.</span>
<lb n="99"/><span>Plúr, the flower, choice, in MS. apparently puir.</span>
<lb n="100"/><span>Do n-a = d'á, of his: the present usage in the ancient</span>
<lb n="101"/><span>Meath territory.  Saoitheamhail, pleasant, funny.  No</span>
<lb n="102"/><span>go dtillfead, until I return.  Fo ghirr, shortly, soon.</span>
<lb n="103"/><span>Dhiaidh: in MS. dhiadh; rather dhéidh = Néill.  Indiu:</span>
<lb n="104"/><span>andugha, MS.  'Na gcion, for love of them, in MS. na</span>
<lb n="105"/><span>gcen (?).  Faoi dhó dhéag, twelvefold, twelve times.</span></p>
<lb n="106"/>
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