Triads are recorded in early Irish manuscripts such as the Yellow Book of Lecan, the Book of Uí Maine and the Book of Ballymote - translated by Prof. Kuno Meyer
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The Triads of Ireland - Trecheng Breth Féne retweeted
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Céin·mair ’na luing indḟota
oca·mbíat a lennata
oc imram ard allata
íar n-ingnais a mennata.
“Blessed in his long-prowed boat
he who has with him his sweethearts,
rowing proud and glorious
after losing his homely place.”
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Trúag in turus do·breth form-sa,
a rí rúine!
Ach! Ní ‘ma·ndechad fudéine
do chath Chúile!
“A pity, the journey that has been imposed on me,
oh king of the mystery!
Ah! Had I myself never gone
to the battle of Cúl Dreimne!”
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Them ancient monks must have seen #Brexit coming...
Three things that ruin wisdom - ignorance, inaccurate knowledge, forgetfulness.
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Do chéin do·roächt do dáil,
baí gráin formo choicni máir.
Má do·fesmais bid amné,
ba assae ní·tairiste.
“From afar I came to meet you,
my own companion was filled with horror.
Had we known it would turn out like this,
it would have been easy not to persist.”
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Nicon·biä aice bó
ná dairti ná dartado.
Nocha·biä cnáim do liss
for láim deis ind athécis.
“He will never have a cow,
nor heifers nor bull calfs.
And no bone will be at the haunch
on the right-hand side of the ex-poet.”
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Céol caille
fom·chanad la Cuirithir
la fogur fairce flainne.
Do·ménainn
ní·cráidfed frim Cuirithir
do dálaib cacha·dénainn.
“Forest music
was accompanying me with Cuirithir,
with the sound of the blood-red ocean.
I would have thought
nothing would offend Cuirithir...
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Wait that's interesting. Ever seen the base of the High Cross, there? Hunting scene?
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Ro·bá-sa ret geinim-siu,
is messe in suí.
Is éol dam-sa cech cocell
it chridiu ro·buí.
“I have been before your birth,
I am the sage.
Known to me is every hidden thought
that has been in your heart.”
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The Royal Sites of Ireland are a group of six unique collectives of largely prehistoric monuments and sites associated in early medieval and medieval texts as the principal ancient sites of royal inauguration in Ireland.
Spread throughout the island, four of the sites.../1
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Rográd fir ala thíre
ro·ṡíacht secha chomdíne
ruc mo lí. Ní lór do dath.
Ním·léici do thindabrad.
“Great love for a man from another land,
who has surpassed his generation,
has taken away my beauty. Not much colour remains.
I cannot find sleep.”
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The Triads of Ireland - Trecheng Breth Féne retweeted
Beltaine
The month of May marks the celebration of ‘Beltaine’, one of the four major pre-Christian Gaelic Festivals alongside Imbolc, Lughnasadh and Samhain.
Beltaine also gives its name to the Irish month of May and is traditionally associated with the beginning.../1
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were the gems of liquid-bright Loch Léin.”
Stanza 9 of the dindṡenchus of Loch Léin (Met. Dinds. iii 260‒265)
MS: Book of Ballymote @Library_RIA MS 23 P 12 f. 203r
Image: @DIAS_ISOS
The full text: celt.ucc.ie/published/G10650…
Translation: celt.ucc.ie/published/T10650…
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In tres fros ‒ co nglérainn glain ‒
do némainn chaím chorcarglain,
conid íat ‒ co ndénma dil ‒
némna Locha Léin lindgil.
“The third shower ‒ brilliantly, purely divided ‒
was of a lovely purple-pure gem,
so that these ‒ preciously spotless ‒
...
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I think this should rather be "a king's incitement to battle", i.e. a speech by the king.
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Másu óenadaig at·bir
feise dam-sa la Líadain,
méte la láech nod·ḟiäd,
ind adaig ní·archriäd.
“If you say ‘only one night’
for me to spend with Líadain,
for a layman who would spend it, that would be something,
the night would not be wasted.”
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Abla cumra for conair
ocus a n-ubla foraib.
Rom·gab soltnugud subach
fa boltnugud a mbolaid.
“Fragrant apple-trees on the path
and their apples on them.
Cheerful pleasure has grabbed me
under the odour of their scent.”
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The Triads of Ireland - Trecheng Breth Féne retweeted
Queen Medb
‘A tall, fair, long faced woman with soft features came at me. She had a head of yellow hair and two gold birds on her shoulders. She wore a purple cloak folded about her, with five hands breadth of gold on her back. She carried a light, stinging, sharp edged.../1
