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Ci​ú​mhais Charraig Aonair

from So Ends This Day by éilís kennedy

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These words were penned by Dad one early May morning during an eventful fishing trip. Passing the Fastnet Rock must have brought images of history to his well-read mind. The poem personifies the rock as a witness to events through the centuries including the tragedy and mystery of the sinking of the Lusitania.
The poem was brought to life when Shaun Davey composed music for it as part of the Béal Tuinne song cycle . Shaun never met my father , but he has captured exactly the spirit of his words.

lyrics

3. Ciúmhais Charraig Aonair Lusitania




Ciúmhais Charraig Aonair faoí chúr na dtonn
Deóraí bocht brónach na mílte crói go fonn
Tinteáin gheala fágtha go deo faoí bhrón
I muchóid na maidine monuar na mbog ochón.

Finné ar fheall tú a mheall gach éinne
Inis an scrios dúinn
Cé ‘shéid an Lusitania ?

Smaointe na scuainte mar cheo ód chrios
Scuabtha ag na teólaithe fán doimhin anois.
Báid chófraí chómhairís’ ar a gconair ón gCóbh
Danair , Don Juan is flatha sa taisteal dóibh

Sáirséal , San Ruth is fearaibh Tone faoí chéad
Chonaicís’ na Múraigh ag scriosadh Dhún na Séad
Finné ar fheall tú a mheall gach éinne
Inis an scrios dúinn ; Cé ‘shéid an Lusitania ?

The edge of Fastnet, froth rises from the waves
Pity the poor eager hearted exiles in their thousands!
Hearths left forever in sadness
Soft cries, in the morning melancholy

Witness - did you deceive
You who enticed them all
Tell us of the wreckage ;who destroyed the Lusitania?

Lines of thoughts like fog coming from your ocean belt
The divers of the deep have swept them away by now
You counted the coffin ships from Cobh
The Danes , Don Juan and sovereigns travelled

Sarsfield , San Ruth and Tone’s men in their hundreds
You who saw the Moors at the Sack of Baltimore
You who were witness and deceived them all
Tell us of the wreckage? Who destroyed the Lusitania?

credits

from So Ends This Day, released June 18, 2020
Words : Caoímhín Ó Cinnéide
Music : Shaun Davey Bucks Music Group Limited
performed by Eilis kennedy
Gerry O’ Beirne : Steel string, Spanish and National Steel guitars

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éilís kennedy Dingle, Ireland

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,Amhráin , Béarla & Gaelainn from the South-West of Ireland.

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