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A Literary History of Ireland, from Earliest Times to the Present Day

Note 7 — Chapter X

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I give Kuno Meyer's translation: in the original—

"Fil inis i n-eterchéin Immataitnet gabra rein Rith find fris tóibgel tondat Ceitheóir cossa foslongat."

In modern Irish the first two lines would run

"[Go] bhfuil inis i n-idir-chéin Urn a dtaithnigeann gabhra réin."

Réin being the genitive of rian, "the sea," which, according to M. d'Arbois, the Gaels brought with them as a reminiscence of the Rhine, see above p. 10.

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