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29 April 1691) a few miles from his ancestral home, where he led the men of his district in an ambush on a group of
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Conduct, I beseech thee, O Father and King of Heaven, Home across the main our cavalcade of strong heroes, In
Justice and valour and vigour without loss of health, And scatter without much respite the army beyond the sea.
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Mhumhain, trí túir, trí heaspoig, trí threóin
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