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5ac ceim op mo cenn ap aipDe 

 oa bpuil aise peippDe me, 

 moigm paippmg na ccloc nalumn 

 mpi&liDeocc column buaio pe. 



Cangup anoip po do gpapaib 

 o mo capaib puapguil me, 

 gaca gimp agac caoi eocaip, 

 neapc, ceapc cpocaip — puapgml me. 



Q ceaD Dine opp&mpc na n^aiod, 

 o 50c baogal puapguil m6, 

 a cu a lairh Deocup eacceopc, 

 bean opm Degbeopc — puapguil me. 



bpdicpm bocc, maoc, appaig, eapldn, 

 pmn oam do Deaplavh, Dean maic, 

 peipbipeac 00m pig 'pni cpeacuip, 

 mipi alanti, cpeD uD ace paic. 



CpeacuipeaD muig 'pnnpi ngeufnol 

 m6p an ceiriuol, poiyiib me, 

 a ua na ccpenpeap o Llpimmn, 

 pcpiob umumn — poipio me\ 



The following translation is by Mr. Curry : 



All hail to thee! James Butler, 



Thou brave champion of the son of grace ; 

 Since thou wast conceived in thy mother's womb 

 God the Father has been with thee ever till now. 



The man in the King's place in Erinn, 

 In the times of war and of peace ; 

 Unto whom Christ has granted many great gifts, 

 It is the more proper for us to be under him. 



The fortunate son of the Viscount Tullow, 



Greater than the Ulster hound* of great Niall ; 



a Cuchulann, the great Ulster champion. 



