{"id":997,"date":"2012-05-30T23:17:13","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T23:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=997"},"modified":"2014-10-30T23:20:17","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T23:20:17","slug":"an-cailin-bocht-marbh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/an-cailin-bocht-marbh\/","title":{"rendered":"An Cail\u00edn Bocht Marbh"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dantai-Cailin_Bocht\"<\/a><\/p>\n

An d\u00e1n seo as Bearla<\/a><\/address>\n

\u00c1ileann a bh\u00ed a h-aghaidh,
\nAgus dath\u00fail soil\u00e9ir a bh\u00ed a t\u00f3n,
\nBh\u00ed airgead go leor ina p\u00f3ca,
\nAgus c\u00f3ic\u00e9ain suas a sr\u00f3n.
\nD\u2019fh\u00e9ach daoine uirthi,
\nCail\u00edn \u00f3g d\u2019fhiche bliain d\u2019aois,
\nBh\u00ed a picti\u00far sna nuacht\u00e1in,
\nAgus ar an teilif\u00eds
\nBh\u00ed soal bre\u00e1 \u00f3s a c\u00f3ir,
\nBh\u00ed gach rud ceart go leor,
\nAgus nuair a fuair s\u00ed b\u00e1s,
\nBh\u00ed an caoineadh di, m\u00f3r.<\/p>\n

C\u00fapla l\u00e1 roimhe, I bPort L\u00e1irge,
\nBh\u00ed c\u00fapla fir \u00f3ga,
\nAg c\u00f3isir le cairde,
\nAg damhsa le ceol chun na cail\u00edn\u00ed a ph\u00f3gadh,
\nTh\u00f3gadar c\u00f3ic\u00e9ain an o\u00edche sin,
\nAgus d\u2019fh\u00e9ach an domhan s\u00edos orthu,
\nToisc gur th\u00e1inig na buachaill\u00ed as \u00e1iteanna bochta,
\nD\u00fairt daoine fuatha, \u201coch\u00f3n, och\u00f3n.\u201d<\/p>\n

B\u2019fh\u00e9idir ar maidin a breithl\u00e1,
\nNuair a chonaic s\u00ed na buachaill\u00ed marbha,
\nAnois iad f\u00edorbhocht,
\nD\u00fairt s\u00ed l\u00e9i f\u00e9in ansin,
\n\u201cN\u00ed th\u00f3gfaidh m\u00e9 c\u00f3ic\u00e9an anocht\u201d
\nAgus nuair a thit s\u00ed an url\u00e1ir,
\nAgus tinneas m\u00f3r inti,
\nAn nd\u00fairt s\u00ed lena cairde,
\n\u201cN\u00e1 t\u00f3g druga\u00ed?\u201d
\nAgus nuair a fh\u00e9achann s\u00ed s\u00edos inni\u00fa,
\nAr na daoine ag breathn\u00fa uirthi ar an teilif\u00eds,
\nB\u2019fh\u00e9idir n\u00ed th\u00f3gadh s\u00ed druga\u00ed,
\nD\u00e1 mbeadh an seans aici ar\u00eds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An d\u00e1n seo as Bearla \u00c1ileann a bh\u00ed a h-aghaidh, Agus dath\u00fail soil\u00e9ir a bh\u00ed a t\u00f3n, Bh\u00ed airgead go leor ina p\u00f3ca, Agus c\u00f3ic\u00e9ain suas a sr\u00f3n. D\u2019fh\u00e9ach daoine uirthi, Cail\u00edn \u00f3g d\u2019fhiche bliain d\u2019aois, Bh\u00ed a picti\u00far sna nuacht\u00e1in, Agus ar an teilif\u00eds Bh\u00ed soal bre\u00e1 \u00f3s a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,155,935],"tags":[1166,1167,1161],"class_list":["post-997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs-in-ireland","category-death","category-irish-language-poetry","tag-bocht","tag-cailin-marbh","tag-katy-french","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-g5","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3548,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/an-fear-maith\/","url_meta":{"origin":997,"position":0},"title":"An Fear Maith","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"22nd April 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Cheannaigh s\u00e9 \u00e9ada\u00ed d\u00f3, Agus ar a gcosa a chuir s\u00e9 br\u00f3ga, Toisc gur fear maith a bh\u00ed ann, Agus bh\u00ed s\u00e9 ag cabhr\u00fa le na fir \u00f3ga. 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