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Sgeulalche fior flath na feinn, 



Faolan agus CairioU cas, 



Dubh mac Ribhinn nior thais colg ; 



Tofcar an tus, fiar a chlann, 



Chaidh foi 'n chrann an ceann na 'm Fearbolgo 



Thachair Tofcar thachair Daol, 



Taobh re taobh an lath'r an t' fluagh, 



Bha comhrag an da churaidh chaoimh. 



Mar gu'n doirteadh gaotb a cuan : 



Bu chomrag dha leomhain fin, , 



'S cha 'n iarradh e fcian d an guin, 



Ge bu mhaith faoirfinneachd na'm fear. 



Bu cheo na taofgaibh amfuil. 



Chuimnich Tofcar air an fcein, 



Arm bu mhian leis an fhear mhaith, 



Chuir e naoi guine an taobh Dhaoil, 



Sealan beag mu'n chlaon an cath. 



Bha comhraig ag borbadh an t' fluaigh. 



Mar fhuaim uird le dearnaibh lamh 



Ag earraidh gu Oifein gach uair 



'S an cath cruaidh do bheir e dhoibh. 



Do fcoilt Oifein air an t' fliabh, 



Caogad fciath gu Cormag cruinn, 



'S gu 'n bhris Cormag mac Art, 



Caogad lann ghlas air an druim. 



Thugas an ceann do Chormag cruinn 



Air an t' fliabhfa gus a nochd, 



'S gu 'n do ghluais gu Flaith Fail, 



'S an ce3.nn fin am lamh air fholt. 



' By F/aith Fail in the original, the prince of Ireland, is probably meant Fion- 

 Mac-Cumhal, who is often, in thefe ancient poems, called Fiofin Fail, and Flaith na 

 Bhfian ; that is, Fionn of Ireland, and priiue of the Fians. 



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