|
Is aire charaim Doire Gan ainm (12th century) |
Early Irish Lyrics, Eighth to Twelfth Century edited by Gerard Murphy Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1950 |
| Colum Cille cecinit / attributed to Colum Cille |
For this I love Derry - translation by Gerard Cunningham |
Is aire charaim Doire,
ar a réide, ar a gloine;
ar is lomlán aingel finn
ón chinn co n-ice ar-oile.
It is for this I love Derry,
For its quietness, for its purity,
And for its crowds of white angels
From one end to another.
[see:
Columcille's Greeting to Ireland]
