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TEMAIR I

Temair Breg, whence is it named?
declare O sages!
when did the name part from the stead?
when did Temair become Temair?

Was it under Partholan of the battles?
or at the first conquest by Cesair?
or under Nemed of the stark valour?
or under Cigal of the knocking knees?

Was it under the Firbolgs of the boats?
or from the line of the Lupracauns?
tell which conquest of these it was
from which the name Temair was set on Temair?

O Duban, O generous Findchad,
O Bran, O quick Cualad,
O Tuain, ye devout five!
  more...what is the cause whence Temair is named?

There was a time when it was a pleasant hazel-wood
in the days of the noble son of Ollcan,
until the tangled wood was cut down
by Liath son of Laigne Lethan-glas.

Thenceforward it was called Druim Leith-
its corn was rich corn-
until there came Cain free from sorrow,
the son of Fiachu Cendfindan.

Thenceforward it was called Druim Cain,
the hill whither chieftains used to go,
until Crofhind the chaste came,
the daughter of all-famous Allod.

Cathair Crofhind ('twas not amiss)
was its name under the Tuatha De Danand,
till there came Tea, never unjust,
the wife of Erimon lofty of mien.

Round her house was built a rampart
by Tea daughter of Lugaid;
she was buried beyond the wall without,
so that from her is Temair named.

The Seat of the Kings was its name:
the kingly line of the Milesians reigned in it:
five names accordingly were given it
from the time when it was Fordruim till it was Temair.

I am Fintan the poet,
I am a salmon not of one stream;
it is there I was exalted with fame,
on the sod-built stead, even Temair.  less

INDEX
Æda is to be pronounced Ee'-da.
Ailill " Al'-yill.
Anluan " An'-looan.
Aoife " Ee'-fa.

Bacarach " Bac'-arah.
Belachgowran " Bel'-ah-gow'-ran.

Cearnach " Kar'-nah.
Cuchulain " Coo-hoo'-lin.
Cumhal " Coo'wal, Cool.

Dacar " Dak'-ker.
Derryvaragh " Derry-var'-a.

Eisirt " Eye'sert.
Eochy " Yeo'hee.

Fiachra " Fee'-akra
Fianna " Fee'-anna.
Finegas " Fin'-egas.
Fionnuala " Fee-on-oo'-ala, shortened in modern Irish into Fino'-la
Flahari " Fla'-haree.

Iorroway " Yor'-oway.   more...
Iubdan " Youb'-dan.
Iuchar " You'-har.
Iucharba " You-har'-ba .

Liagan " Lee'-agan.
Lir " Leer
Logary " Lo'-garee

Maev " rhyming to wave.
Mananan " Man'-anan.
Mesgedra " Mes-ged'-ra.
Midir " Mid'-eer.
Mochaen " Mo-hain'.
Mochaovóg " Mo-hwee'-vogue.
Moonremur " Moon'-ray-mur.

Oisín " Ush'-een (Ossian)

Peisear " Pye'-sar.

Sceolaun " Ske-o'-lawn (the e very short).
Slievenamuck " Sleeve-na-muck'
Slievenamon " Sleeve-na-mon'

Tuish " Too'-ish.
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COIS NA TEINEADH

Where glows the Irish hearth with peat

There lives a subtle spell—
The faint blue smoke, the gentle heat,

The moorland odours, tell

Of long roads running through a red

Untamed unfurrowed land,
With curlews keening overhead,

And streams on either hand;

Black turf-banks crowned with whispering sedge,

And black bog-pools below;
While dry stone wall or ragged hedge

Leads on, to meet the glow

From cottage doors, that lure us in

From rainy Western skies,
To seek the friendly warmth within,

The simple   more...talk and wise;

Or tales of magic, love and arms

From days when princes met
To listen to the lay that charms

The Connacht peasant yet.

There Honour shines through passions dire,

There beauty blends with mirth—
Wild hearts, ye never did aspire

Wholly for things of earth!

Cold, cold this thousand years—yet still

On many a time-stained page
Your pride, your truth, your dauntless will,

Burn on from age to age.

And still around the fires of peat

Live on the ancient days;
There still do living lips repeat

The old and deathless lays.

And when the wavering wreaths ascend,

Blue in the evening air,
The soul of Ireland seems to bend

Above her children there.

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