Fearghal Óg Mac an Bhaird
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- Mairg bheireas díogha dá dheoin
mairg thréigeas teagh an ghnáithcheoil
ar threibh ndoibhinn ndiamhair nduibh
go bhfoirinn fhiallaigh uathmhair. - Ar comhaonta deibhléan ndubh
mairg thréigeas teaghlach glórmhar;
an díogha nochan í as fhearr;
ní críonna an tí nach tuigeann. - Tuas a-tá teach na soillse
tíos a-tá—tuar síorthoirrse—
teach eighreadhta an diabhail dhoirbh
seinleabtha fhiallaigh Iofoirn. - Tíos a-tá an triath as mheasa
tuas a-tá—tuar aoibhneasa—
an flaithfhear ós na finibh
nar caitheadh 's nach caithfidhir. - Tíos a-tá an triath is dorcha
tuas a-tá—tuar neamhorchra—
an Coimdhe do chruthuigh mé
oidhre suthain na soillse. - Flaitheamhnas gan fhoircheann air
thíos a-tá an triath rer dhealuigh;
tuas tarla an triath nar tubhadh
sgiath gach anma d'anaghal. - Rí ar a dtá togha dealbha
tuas a-tá 'n-a thighearna;
tíos tarla an triath go n-ainimh;
liach a adhbha d'ionnsaighidh. p.107 - Mairg thréigeas ar thriath na locht
Athair na n-uile gcumhacht
rí gan aonlocht, rí na reann
do bhí taobhnocht im thimcheall. - Mairg ler seachnadh saidhbhreas grás
ar threibh bhoicht i mbí dólás;
ní críonna cor an phobuil
do ghabh díogha dearlagaidh. - Go ndíbrir óm intinn é
an tí as duibhe ná an duibhré;
tre thoirrse go dtí im chroidhe
rí na soillse suthoine. - Bheith bithbheo gidh bé len áil
dá dtréigeadh níor thuar conáigh
grás as líonmhaire ná an luibh
ar bhás shíordhuidhe shuthuin. - Seachna Iosa ar Ifreann fhuar
malairt ghuirt dan gar diombuadh
an oighidh fhíre is í soin;
ríghe ní bhí ag a bhiodhbhaidh. - Gille as mhó d'inmhe agus d'fhuil
biaidh 'n-a throich ó sin suas-ain
más é as rí ar an talmhain truim
dá dtí go hadhbhaidh Iofruinn. - An té bhíos ó thigh go toigh
má théid don teaghdhais ghlórmhair
bídh fa onóir ó sein suas;
do-gheibh coróin ón choguas. - Sireadh Muire ar a mac dhil
m' fhurtocht i n-aimsir m'éigin;
tar m'olc síor ná séanadh sionn
dom dhíon déanadh a dhíchioll. - Go rabh leam i ló ar ngábhaidh
líog lógmhar shíl sheanÁdhaimh
Muire ghlórmhar géag ós fhiodh
séad na n-ógbhan 's na n-aingeal. - Fios a hóghdhachta ag gach aon
bíodh feasda tar mhéid mo mhíothaom
dom thaighdeadh don tigh thall-ain
maighdean dil do dhearbhamair.
Mairg. p.108 - Peadar doirseoir dúin nimhe,
leannán na n-ógh n-ainglidhe,
cara na naomh a-nall-ain,
saor an ragha rugamair.
Mairg.
Mairg bheireas díogha dá dheoin
Fearghal Óg Mac an Bhaird cct.
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Title (uniform): Mairg bheireas díogha dá dheoin
Author: Fearghal Óg Mac an Bhaird
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Electronic edition compiled and proof-read by: Margaret Lantry
Funded by: University College Cork. and Professor Marianne McDonald via the CURIA Project.
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2. Second draft.
Extent: 1137 words
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Publisher: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College Cork.
Address: College Road, Cork, Ireland— http://www.ucc.ie/celt
Date: 1997
Date: 2012
Distributor: CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
CELT document ID: G402058
Availability: Available with prior consent of the CELT programme for purposes of academic research and teaching only.
Source description
Manuscript source
- Castlerea (Co. Roscommon), Clonalis House, Book of the O'Conor Don, 86.
Secondary Literature
- Pádraig Ó Macháin, Poems by Fearghal Óg Mac an Bhaird, Celtica 24 (2003) 252-263. [Survey article about Mac an Bhaird's oeuvre with further literature.]
- Lambert McKenna, 'Choose Heaven or Hell', Irish Monthly 56 (1928) 331-332.
- Pádraig Ó Macháin (ed), The Book of the O'Conor Don (Dublin: DIAS 2010).
The edition used in the digital edition
‘Mairg bheireas díogha dá dheoin’ (1938). In: Dioghluim Dána. Ed. by Láimhbheartach Mac Cionnaith. Dublin: Oifig an tSoláthair [Government Publication Office], pp. 106–108.
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Creation: By Fearghal Óg Mac an Bhaird, an Irish bardic poet. c.1575–1625
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- Whole text in Early Modern Irish. (ga)
Keywords: bardic; poetry; 16c; 17c
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(Most recent first)
- 2012-06-19: Addition made to bibliographical detail; new wordcount made. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
- 2010-11-16: New wordcount made; conversion script run. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
- 2008-10-13: Header updated; keywords added; file validated. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
- 2005-08-25: Normalised language codes and edited langUsage for XML conversion (ed. Julianne Nyhan)
- 2005-08-04T16:06:41+0100: Converted to XML (ed. Peter Flynn)
- 1997-08-25: Text parsed using NSGMLS. (ed. Margaret Lantry)
- 1996-08-30: Text parsed using SGMLS. (ed. Mavis Cournane)
- 1996-08-20: Header constructed, structural mark-up entered checked. Lineation checked and verified. (ed. Margaret Lantry)
- 1996-08-12: Text proofed for the second time. (ed. Margaret Lantry)
- 1995-96: Text captured by scanning and proofed. (ed. School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)