Leanaigí Fiach go Catharlagh
Údar: Dave Barron

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Leanaigí Fiach go Catharlagh
Údar: Dave Barron

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Múch Mac Cahir Óg do bhrón,
Ná bí ag gol ‘s ologón
Toisc ruathar mór Fitzwilliam dú
Scrios baile is do theaghlach.
Bhí smaointe bua I gcloigeann Gray,
Ba ghearr go mbrisfear arm na nGael
Go dtí gur chas I nGleann Uí Mháill
Le Fiach Mac Hugh O’Byrne.

CURFÁ
Mionnaí móra ó na Gall,
Sleá ‘s claidheamh I ngreim na Gael
Le geall ar Saoirse, bás nó saor;
Óglaigh, fíachmhar, cróga.
Éirigí suas mo laochra Gael,
Cuir as ár dtír na míolra Gall,
Bain taithneamh as lá nua saor;
Leanaigí Fiach go Catharlagh.

Féach na Gael I nGleann Uí Mháill
Ag scanradh lucht na Gall sa Pale;
Óglaigh Gaeil le fonn ar fuil
Na Gallaibh bocht a stealladh.
Ní ghlachfaidh Gael le masla Gall,
Is laochra iad gan meas ar feall,
Glanfaidh said Éire ‘nois gan moill,
Sean tír ár sinsir feasta.

CURFÁ

Ó Tassagart go Cluain Mór
Tá laochra Gael na Gall ag scoir;
Maith thú Rory Óg O Moore
Ag scrios na Gallaibh millte.
Tá White faoi brú, Lane ag éalú
Na Sasanaigh uilig faoi brú;
Seolfaimíd ceann Fitzwilliam dú
I mbosca beag go Liza.

CURFÁ

Description

This version as Gaeilge is translated from PJ McCall's great Carlow marching song, said to be to the melody of Fiach's pipers as they marched. It should be at the normal marching tempo, rather than the usual very fast tempo of the English version.

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“Leanaigí Fiach go Catharlagh Údar: Dave Barron,” From Carlow Streams, accessed November 21, 2024, https://fromcarlowstreams.ie/items/show/315.