Variants
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[TCD H. 3, 19 p. 28] 2b braithleatha 5c bú 8c mantir d bidh; dom
cuideacht — 9b sneachtmeala c bidh d Rí an chruinne rí na cruinne ce
10b caidhe d baidhe tonna 11a eirghid don I. 13d mhórmhuire 14a ar
eachrann b illegible c díomh (?) d anois.
Donnchadh Mór Ó Dálaigh
Whole text
- p.61
- A Mhuire mhór
a mhionn sochuir ar sluaghaireacht
a thonn nach tráigh
mo long id láimh dá luamhaireacht. - Conách diombuan
an domhain ché briosg braithleaghtha
gabh linne a ógh
a thinne glan d'ór aitheaghtha. - Ionnramh mh'anman
eagail liom lá na fírinne
ocht gcoire im chionn
a uidhe fionn na fírinne. - Anam gach fhir
ón uair curtar 'n-ar gcorpaibh-ne
deamhan 'n-a dháil
leabhar 'n-a láimh dar lochtaibh-ne. - Faoiside chuil
go ceart gidh chuin do chaisgéaradh
deamhan budh dall
sa leabhar tall 'gá taisbéanadh. - Dá mbé ag duine
i ndíol a pheacaidh peall gaoiside
mar sgín 'gá sgrios
bídh gan fhios ar n-a fhaoiside. p.64 - Sgrios na sgéala
do sgríobh Diabhal 'n-a dhubh-shaltair
líon mo lámha
síol mo chnámha dod chumhachtaibh. - A mháthair Dé
déana ar mo sgéalaibh sgol-oideacht
mun bhfíor foghain
bíodh gach cobhair dom chomh-oideacht. - Do bhiathsad Críosd
do chíche soillse sneacht-mholdha
do bhí id bhruinne
do Rí Rí an chruinne cheachtardha. - Déana mo bhruith
bí ar mo cholainn id chócaire
cáidh mo cholla
báidh le tonna na trócaire. - Leasg liom éirghe
d'Iair-mhéirghe chrithir chodalta
críon cuing diabhail
boing díom ciamhair mo chodalta. - Tathaigh mo theagh
toirche chugam im chroidhei-se
a Mhoire mhall
im chroidhe thall go dtoirise. - Dá gcurtha im chionn
céad teangadh suadh go síor-ghloine
ní thuiréamhainn a mhíon-Mhuire
do mhíorbhuile. - Sinne ar gach raon
seach raon bhfairsing croinn Chalbaire
a craoibh-dheilg díom
a naoimh-fheirg díon a dhagh-Mhuire.
A Mhuire.
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Title (uniform): A Mhuire mhór
Author: Donnchadh Mór Ó Dálaigh
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2. Second draft with variants.
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Date: 2014
Date: 2020
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- Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1340 (H. 3. 19, The Tinnakill Duanaire); 16th c.; 17th century additions. Digital images and a description of the MS are available on http://www.isos.dias.ie.
Literature
- This poem is listed in the Irish Bardic Poetry Database (see http://bardic.celt.dias.ie/main.html) and dated to the early 13th century.
- An English translation is available in Dá Dé, 128.
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‘A Mhuire mhór’ (1940). In: Dán Dé. Ed. by Lambert McKenna. Dublin: The Educational Company of Ireland, pp. 63–64.
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Keywords: bardic; poetry; religious; 13c
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- 2020-01-06: Variant readings added in front matter. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
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