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THE RED MAN'S WIFE by JAMES STEPHENS

First Line: AFTER GREAT FIRE
Last Line: THEY FELL BY DEIRDRE!
Subject(s): IRELAND; IRISH;

After great fire
Great frost
Comes following!

Turgesius was lost
By the daughter of Maelscheachlin,
The King,

By Grainne,
Of high Ben Gulbain in the north,
Was Diarmuid lost!

The strong sons of Uisneac,
Who never submitted,
They fell by Deirdre!



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