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Cairbre. " lumlaid cin gun umlald croinn." 

 Oscar. " B' ea-corach fud iarruidh oirn : 



" Se fath mu n' iarradh tu fin, 



" Mife bhi gun Fhiann gun athair." 



Cairbre. " Gad bhigh an Fhiann agus t' athair,, 



" 'N lath is fear a bha iad nam beatha, 



" Cha bfuillear leomfa, ri m' linn, 



" Gach feoid ad iarruin gu 'n faighe."' 



Oscar. " Nam bigh 'n Fhiann agus m' athair 



" Mar a bha iad no 'n leath bheatha, 



" 'Steann as nach faigheadh tu fin, 



" Aon lead do throighe do m' Eiriim." 



Briarthadh buon fin, briarthadh buon, 



Se bheirre 'n Cairbre ruogh. 



Gun tugadh e fealg agus creach 



A Albin 'n lath na mhaireach. 

 Briartha oille 'n aghaidh fin, 

 Bheirre 'n t Ofcar gle calma. 

 Gun tugadh e fealg agus creach 

 Do dh Albin 'n lath na mliaireach. 

 N oidche fin duinne gu lo 

 Maithean air Feinne ag ol, 

 Briartha garga leath ar leath 

 Eadar Cairbre is an t Ofcar. 

 Dh'eirich fuinn 'n lath na mhaireach, 

 Ar fluagh uill ann fin na bha dh' inn 

 Thogadh linn a h Eirin creach, 

 A dha dheug as gach cogabh» 



orthography of the word, as one might fuppoft, which mifled Mr. Mc. Pherfon, 

 when he faid, that " the author of thefe poems reprefents Ofcar to have been of 

 " Scotland." And in order ftill farther to countenance this opinion, if indeed he 

 really adopted it, he forged the following line : 



^liin na '« ioma.Jiua^h. 

 That is, " Almhain of many waves ;" which never yet was feen in any copy of this 

 poem found either in Scotland or Ireland. Compare this copy with thofe printed in 

 Perth, page 167 and page 313; and- alfo with that given in Mr. Gillies's fpecimen, 

 printed at Perth 1786. 



