t h e  g r e a t  b o o k  o f  g a e l i c

a n  l e a b h a r  m ò r

 


Ealaíontóir / Artist: Jake Harvey
Peannaire / Calligrapher: Donald Murray
Aistritheoirí / Translators: David Greene & Frank O Connor
Ainmníodh ag / Nominator: Tomás MacSíomóin




 

Int én bec

ro léic feit

do rind guip

glanbuidi;

fo-cheird faíd

os Loch Laíg

lon do chraíb

charnbuidi.

 

 

The little bird has whistled from the tip of his bright yellow beak; the blackbird

from a bough laden with yellow blossom has tossed a cry over Belfast Lough.

 

 

 

 

poem index An Leabhar Mòr cover page

 

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