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M A R B H-R ANN OSCAIR. 



\^ H A 'n abir mi athriath ri m' cheol, 



Ga hole le Oiffein e a nochd : 



Ofcar agus Cairbre calma, 



Thraoghte iad uille 'n cath Ghabhruidh. 



'N tfleagh nimhe is i 'n lainih Chairbre, 



Gu 'n craite i ri uair feirge. 



Theirre 'n fiach ri ghoimh 



Gur h ann leatha mhairbhte Ofcar. 



'S miofa, theirre e ris fein, 



'N fiach duth na mi-cheil ; 



A chuigear a ta fibh mu 'n chlar 



Ach fuil fir a bhi ga thacadh. 



Gairridh 'n fiach moch a maireach 



Air do ghruoighfe ann fan ar-fhaich. 



Oscar. " Na cluinneadh 'n Fhein u nochd 

 *' Mu 'in bi fuinn uille gu mearfneach." 



Mor nnocht mo chumhadh ftiii^ 



A Padraic, gidh taim dcd reir, 

 A fmuaineadh an chatha chruaidh 

 Tiigfam is Cairbre caomh-chruaidh. 

 That is, " Great, to-night, is my forrow. Oh ! Patrick, tliough I yield to your 

 " rcquetl, when I think on the fevere battle which we and the valiant Cairbre 

 " fought." 



•= Gabhra, in Meath, about half a mile from the Iiil! of Tara. This battle was 

 fought A. C. 2q6. See annals of Innisfallen 



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