Note 110 — ROISÍN DUBH
Reading edition
Ros geal dubh means the "Fair-dark Rose," here used as a love-title for Ireland; Roisín Dubh means "Little black or dark Rose." The above is a literal translation of the Irish poem upon which Mangan's "Dark Rosaleen" was formed. The opening quatrain is found in Petrie's Ancient Music of Ireland, but not in O'Daly's collection.