Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry

Ailech Alba ANGELES arise to-day battle beauty Beloved birds blackbird blessing blossom Bran CALIFORN Carbery chariot Christ Church clear sea Clonenagh colour COLUM CILLE COLUM CILLE'S coracle Cormac cuckoo CULDEE Curithir death deer Delightful Derry Dun na Sciath earth Echu's eleventh century Erin Ériu fair fierce Fothad Gaelic Journal Glen Glen Etive glorious God's gold grandson of Conn GUARE hair hard to tell hast thou heart Heaven high-king holy host Ireland Irish poetry Isle King LAMENT land Land of Women Leabhar Breac leap Liadin LIBRARY literature mighty monk Niall ninth noble PATRICK SANG plain poems pure quatrains sang says Moling shining sings slaughter sleep smooth SONG sorrow steeds Stokes summer sweet swift tenth century text and translation thee Three TORNA tryst TUIRN vernacular vernacular literature warrior-band warriors wave Whitley Stokes wind WOMAN OF BEARE women wood