The Scottish Celtic review

'*—;—164 L'as-Ruaidh.'UGHDAR SOOISEIN.[The Dean of Lismore's version in modern orthography.] *Aithnicht' ' domh sgeul ^ beag air FionnNi sgeul nach cuirfidh' an suim eAir Mhac-Cumhaill ba* mhath gail,Ba^ chumhain' sen re m' r4.Do bhamar''' beagan sluaigli,Aig Eas-Ruaidh' nan eagan' mall,Do chimear fa sheolt' " air lear,Curach mor agus bean ann.Caogad laoeh dhiiinne mu'n righ,Ra mhath ar gnionih air gach gartFir r'ar n-deis is mairg a chi,Do ghabhamaid'" air gach tir neart.Dh' eireamar" uile gu dian,Ach Fionn nam Fiann'" agus Goll,Dh' fheitheamh" a' churaich a b' anl opum,'Bha 'na reim sgoltadh" nan tonn.Nior''' dhearnadh tjimh no tochd,'"Gu'r ghabh cala 'sa' phort'' ghnathA' teaehd do air an eas,Dh'eirich as macaomh-mna.Gile a dealradh na^* a' ghrian,-f*Is fearr I a meinn na^^ a dealbh ;fAn inghin 'th^inig an cein,Do bhamar fein roimpe soirbh.Thig chugainn gu pubull Fhinn,Is beannaicheas-" gu^^ grinn do f-*The forms given at the foot of each page, with a few exceptions easilyliistinguislied, represent more accurately the forms of the Dean's MS. ; but asuuv modern version is intended chiefly for Scottish readers, we have used, asfar aa possible, the Scottish orthography, although it is frequently less accurate.t See note, p. 1 74. J " Saoir' " i'"Aithnight'.'' = " Sc61."" nach g-cuirfidh," fut. ind. in Miss Brooke's version.' fa" = " ba,-' usually written " bu " in Scottish Gaelic.'"cowin" = "cumhain" (remembrance)." "bhamairne " in Miss Brooke's version.'"Eas Aedha ruaidh mhic Bhadhairn " (the cataract of red Aedh, son ofBadharn), now more commonly called the Salmou-Leap on the Erne, at Ballyshannon.(See Oasiauic Society's Transactions, iii., 115.)