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Da pheata odhra 6 Ath Cliath, 
Di onchoin 6 Chrotaibh Cliach, 
Da chabéice 6 Dhruim in Daimh 
Di riabéicc 6 Leathan-mhaigh. 
Da choinin a Dhimha duinn, 
Di mhuic nallta a Cnoghbha chuirr, 
Da pheatan Creite ruaidhe, 
Da thore Temrach taebhuaine. 
Da choluim as an Ceas Chuirr, 
Da lon a leitribh Finnchuill . 
Da dhuibhén thragha Dhabhain 
Di earboice Luachra Deaghaidh. 
Da fhainil a Sidh mBuidhe, 
Da iaroinn a Fidh Luadhraidhe, 
Di ghéseachtaigh on Maigh moill, 
Di spidedice caemh a Cnamhchoill. 
Da fhereidhin Atha Léich 
Di uisin a Monaidh méir 
Di ialltain a huaimh Chnoghbha 
Da phore a crich Ollarbha. 
Da chreabhar 6n cCoillidh ruaidh, 
Da fhaidirclinn Léana huair, 
Da bhruacharan Shléibhe da én, 
Da chadhan Thurlaig Bhruidhéil. 
Da naescain a Din Daighre, 
Di bhuidedéice a bhruach Bairne, 
Di spiredice sonna a Sliabh cleath 
Da lochaidh liatha a Luimneach. 
25 Ath CliathNow Dublin; in the bay and river of which, especially on the 
strand of Moynalty, cormorants were probably common in former times. Odharog is a 
scrat, or young cormorant. 
26 Onchus.—Loch nan onchon, the lake of the otters. See ‘‘The Irish Nennius,” p.198. 
27 Crotta Cliach.—The Galtee Mountains, county of Tipperary, In the dictionaries 
Ormcehre is the term for a leopard, but that animal did not exist in Ireland. Mr. Curry 
believes that it was the old term for a boar-hound. 
28 Riabhoges.—The little bird which is the usual attendant of the cuckoo, and called 
“the cuckoo’s waiting-maid,” is so styled. This is still a living word in the west. 
29 Cnoghbha.—The well-known mound of Knowth, on the Boyne, near Newgrange. 
30 Ceis Corann.—Kesh-corran, county of Sligo. 
31 [uachair Deaghaidh.—Slieve Lougher, in Kerry. 
32 Cnamh Choill.—Now Cneam Choill, a townland close to the town of Tipperary. 
It is curious to find the interest attaching to the robin extending so far back as the date 
of this poem. 
33 Ath Loich.—At Dunlow, near Killarney, Kerry. The Fereidhin is mentioned in 
the account of the death of Dermod Mac Cerchail, monarch of Erin, in A. D. 590. 
