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I’ve been trying for some time now to find the full text of a poem/creed called ‘Mórtas Gael’. I hope someone here can help me out. Some friends have told me it is from the pen of Peadar Ua Laoghaire, but I have not been able to verify this.
There is a really great recording from a RnaG podcast where a child from An Rinn, Co. Phort Láirge recites it with zeal: http://soundcloud.com/seadna/m-rtas-gael
As for the words, this is all I have found so far:
mórtas gael
gael mise
nach uasal san?
gael im croí
gael im mheon
gael im sheacht shinsir gael
gael mise is mé á mhaíomh
dúshlán faoin domhan uile cine gael a shárúdo b’uasal mo shean is mo shinsir
ba mhaith a bhfoghlaim i leabhair is i scoileanna
ba chruinn a gciall i gcomhairle
ba thais iad le laga
ba dhona iad le naimhde
ba l�far a léim ag fiach na gcroc faoi thaitneamh gréine gileis uathu a tháinig mé glúin ar ghlúin
is fuil dá gcuid fola mé
is feoil da gcuid feola mé
is cnámh dá gcuid cnámh mé
is smoir dá smior mé
oidhre a mórchroí, a mórghníomh is mórmheoin
uasal an oidhreacht sinI’ve just been kindly pointed to its source. The piece is indeed called Mórtas Gaedheal and was written by Liam Ó Raghallaigh. It appears in the Irish Press dated Friday, September 30, 1932. Here are some links:
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