Note 33 — Chapter XXXVIII
Reading edition
"Iomdha eiric nach í sin Agad a oighre Fhinghin, Gan séana ar garbh-amhsaibh Gall Méala an t-amhgar-soin d'fhulang."
I.e., "Many an eric that is not that, [be] to thee, O heir of Finneen, without refusing [to inflict loss] on the coarse-monsters of Galls: a grief to endure that affliction!" From a manuscript of my own. This poem was also unknown to O'Reilly. It consists of 180 lines, and begins Leó féin cuirid clann Iotha, i.e. "By themselves go the children of the Ithians," of whom the O'Driscolls were the chief tribe. For an account of the little band of Ithians, the fourth division of the Gaelic family see above, p. 67.