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Bile a Thit

Dán le Máirtín Ó Direáin Ómós do Mháirtín Ó Cadhain, as Máirtín Ó Direáin: Dánta 1939–1979. Fuil na bua a théachtaighIs bile ár gcleacht a thit:Tásc na tubaiste fuaireA rinne oighear den mheidhir sna fir. Ba feannta an uair í,Ba chaillte an mhaidin,Ar leagadh san uaigh tú,Is cé nach í cré do mhuintireA dáileadh síos leatNí miste an […]

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Máirtín Ó Cadhain (a Poem)

A Poem by John Montague. From the collection Patriotic Suite. The tribes merged into the hills,The ultimate rocks where seals converse.There they supped rain-water, ate sparseBerries and (grouped around pale firesAt evening) comforted themselvesWith runics of verse. The nation forgot them untilThere was a revolution. Then soldiersClambered the slopes, salutingIn friendliness: Come down!You are the […]