Monday, 2 February 2015

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

The Fort of Rathangan

To illustrate the Fort of Rathangan by Alan Garner / Kuno Meyer

Image copyright Rhiannon 2015

THE FORT OF RATHANGAN
The fort over against the oak-wood,
Once it was Bruidge's, it was Cathal's,
It was Aed's, it was Ailill's,
It was Conaing's, it was Cuiline's,
And it was Maelduin's:
The fort remains after each in his turn -
And the kings asleep in the ground.


Translated by Kuno Meyer

Selections from ancient Irish poetry 1911