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Dánta na hÉireann  (poems composed in Irish)

Posted by Gerard Cunningham
on:    18 May 1999

Nach ait an nós
Dáibhí Ó Bruadair
 (1625 - 1698)
Duanaire Dháibhidh Uí Bhruadair I - III
eag., J.C. McErlean
Baile átha Cliath: Cumann na Scríbheann nGaedhilge /Irish Texts Society, 1910-1917
  'Tis odd the way - translation

 Nach ait an nós ar mórchuid d'fhearaibh Éireann,
d'at go nó le mórtas maingiléiseach!
Cé tais a dtreoir ar chódaibh Galla-chléire,
ní chanaid glór ach gósta garbh-Bhéarla.

'Tis odd the way so many men of Erin
Swell and strut with so much ostentation
and go about affecting foreign manners
Instead of Irish, speaking garbled English


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Dánta na hÉireann  (poems composed in Irish)

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