Thanks

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I spotted a few small typos in Cuid a cúig:

An Scéal –
" … ag creachadh Laighean agus mise im' bheathaidh!"

"Ní dócha gur cóir locht a fháil ort-sa …

"cad í an fholaíocht atá san each san ("each san" was on there twice)

" … agus mbriathar nár láir ró-mhaith [hyphen] …

Ar m'fhearann féin do rugadh an t-each so agus is ann a tógadh [síneadh fada] é.

"Is mór an trua nach féidir dom é a cheannach uait …"

"Leanaidh Cúán inniu,"

Do leanadar Cúán ar an gcuma san go dtí gur tháinig sé isteach ina fhearann féin.

Na Nótaí –
Do rugas orthu I caught them.

Níl leigheas air. There's no typo here; I just wanted to mention that this exact same expression exists in Spanish over here in New Mexico and has the exact same meaning – No hay remedio.

Ceólmhar [with a síneadh fada] The word ceólmhar has got a síneadh fada in the story so I'm thinking that you'll be wanting to spell it the same way in Ná Nótaí.

Um Maybe it would be good to mention that this word also means "about"; I think that is the meaning that is used in the story, right?
Um cheann Chúáin Fithise – about Cúán Fithise's head

One quick comment about the story:
Aaaaaargh! I was really rooting for Cúán Fithise.
Ah well, it is that kind of death, above all others, that he would have wanted!

Thanks I've corrected them.


I've added a note about this. Just like D,N,T,L,S (Dentals rule) don't get lenited next to each other, B,M,P are the same for some speakers. I guess we could call it the Bump rule, but it's not obligatory. PUL had it, but many speakers don't and would say Im' bheathaidh as you have.


Me too! I'd love to know how much truth there is to this story. Was there a local soldier who stood up to Conghal in the early 8th century?

The story is found in a single manuscript known as Mionannala (found in the Egerton 1782 collection of manuscripts). It's suspected that Mionannala is simply an extract copied by a member of the Ó Maolconaire from the Annals of Clonenagh. These are Annals are now lost, the last known person to see them was Seathrún Céitinn in the 1630s, so Mionannala is possibly the last piece of them left (hopefully the full Annals will turn up someday!).

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal

It's good that you added the note about the BuMP rule; now everybody will know that im' beathaidh is not a typo.

* One small thing: The definition of Locht needs to be a couple of lines down so that it's separate from the Im' Beathaidh explanation. *

It sounds like a true story to me. Legends of this sort are usually based on actual people and events – especially when there are no supernatural elements at all, as is the case with this story.

Thanks for the info about this – it makes me appreciate this story even more than I already do!