Altú roimh an mbia: bail na gcúig n-arán agus an dá iasc - Seán Mag Uidhir

Thu, 10/11/2012 - 14:07 | by Eoghan

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Transcript

Bail na gcúig n-arán agus an dá iasc
Ar na cúig mhíle seo ' roinn Dia,
Rath an rí go dtigí[1] chugainn,
Ar ár gcuid agus ar ár gcrann.

Translation

The blessing of the five loaves and the two fish
Which God shared among the five thousand,
May God's grace come to us,
To all we have and to our lot.

Footnotes

= dtige/dtaga. Cf. Dónall Ó Baoill, An teanga bheo: Gaeilge Uladh (Dublin, 1996), 49. (Back)

Commentary

A version of this prayer by the same speaker appears in Éamonn Ó Tuathail, Seanchas Ghleann Ghaibhle, supplement to Béaloideas 4:4 (1934), 29. Further versions of it appear in Énrí Ó Muirgheasa, Dánta diadha Uladh (Dublin, 1936), 260.

Title in English: Grace before meals: the blessing of the loaves and the fishes
Digital version published by: Doegen Records Web Project, Royal Irish Academy

Description of the Recording:

Speaker: Seán Mag Uidhir from Co. Cavan
Person who made the recording: Karl Tempel
Organizer and administrator of the recording scheme: The Royal Irish Academy
In collaboration with: Lautabteilung, Preußische Staatsbibliothek (now Lautarchiv, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Recorded on 23-09-1931 at 17:00:00 in Queen's University, Belfast. Recorded on 23-09-1931 at 17:00:00 in Queen's University, Belfast.
Archive recording (ID LA_1207d3, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:17 minutes long. Archive recording (ID LA_1207d3, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:17 minutes long.
Second archive recording (ID LA_1207b3, from a shellac disc stored in Belfast) is 00:17 minutes long. Second archive recording (ID LA_1207b3, from a shellac disc stored in Belfast) is 00:17 minutes long.
User recording (ID LA_1207d3, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:14 minutes long. User recording (ID LA_1207d3, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal Irish Academy) is 00:14 minutes long.

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