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| Dún Eogain Bél forsind loch forsrala ilar tréntroch,
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Dún Eogain Bél fosna locha cois tráthnóna cléir tréan.
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Fort of Eoghan the Stammerer upon the lake, enduring its powerful waves.
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| ní mair Eogan forsind múr ocus maraid in sendún.
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ní chónaíonn Eoghan ar an mhuirbhalla ach mhairfidh an sean-dún.
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Eoghan no longer lives within the wall, but the old fort remains.
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| Maraid inad a thige irraibe ’na chrólige,
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Fanann áit a theach fá chlúid an aeir,
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The place of his dwelling remains under the protection of the wind,
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| ní mair in rígan re cair nobíd ina chomlepaid.
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níl banríon leis an gceartú ná caithfidh sí ina chomhléarscáil.
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The queen no longer lives with him, nor must she abide in his companion.
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| Cairptech in rí robúi and, innsaigthech oirgnech Érenn,
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bhí carrthach sa ríocht, an-uaireanta fiach ón Éirinn,
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A charioteer was in the kingdom, often indebted from Ireland,
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| ní dechaid coll cána ar goil, rocroch tríchait im óenboin.
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níor shiúl sé coirce cách, rinneadh sceach tríocha timpeall ar a chinn.
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He didn't walk the rye's path, a bushel of thirty was hung around his neck.
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| Roloisc Life co ba shecht, rooirg Mumain tríchait fecht,
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scáilteadh na lámha in aois go 30 bliain, dhein Mumhan greim 30 uair,
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His hands were stretched until he was thirty years old, Munster grasped thirty times,
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| nír dál do Leith Núadat nair co nár dámair immarbáig.
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níor láidir Leith Núadat ná mí-neart daonra chomh maith.
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Leith Núadat was not strong nor of insufficient human force.
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| Doluid fecht im-Mumain móir do chuinchid argait is óir,
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chuaigh sé go minic go Mumhain mór le haghaidh airgid agus óir a bhailiú,
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He often went to great Munster to gather silver and gold,
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| d’iaraid sét ocus móine do gabail gíall [n]dagdóine.
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d'fhéach sé taoibh leis agus gearán a dhéanamh faoi ghealladh na ndaoine dána.
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He looked around and complained about the promise of the bold people.
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| Trían a shlúaig dar Lúachair síar co Cnoc mBrénainn isin slíab,
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thriail a thríúr a shlí trí Luachair siar go Cnoc mBrénainn san fhásach,
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A third of his host went through Luachair westward to Hill of Brénainn in the mountain,
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| a trían aile úa fo dess co Carn Húi Néit na n-éces.
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an tríúr eile thriall siar go Carn Uí Néit i gcéin sna clanna eolais.
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Another third went southward to Carn Uí Néit far away in the tribes of knowledge,
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| Sé fodéin oc Druimm Abrat co trían a shlúaig, nísdermat,
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dó féin ag Druim Abhrat le tríúr de a shlua, gan ach suaitheadh,
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He himself at Druim Abhrat with three of his host, with no more than a break,
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| oc loscud Muman maisse, ba subach don degaisse.
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ag loiscint Mumhan mar gheall air, bhí sé sona le haghaidh an spóirt.
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burning Munster because of him, he was happy for the sport.
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| Atchím a chomarba ind ríg a mét dorigne d’anfhír,
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bhím i mo thodhchaí i gcumhacht a rinne an rí dearmad faoi,
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I see his successor in the power the king made a mistake about,
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| nenaid ocus tromm ’malle, conid é fonn a dúine.
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a mhaighdean agus a theampall le chéile, sin an tslí a dúirt an duine.
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a maiden and a heavy load together, that's the way the man said.
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| Dún Eogain.
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Dún Eogain.
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Fort of Eoghan.
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