Colmcille agus an Banscl\u00e1bha\u00ed \u00d3g<\/div><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u00cdomh\u00e1 le Roan Lavery<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cMura dtuga t\u00fa cead a coise di,\u201d a d\u00fairt Colmcille, \u201cn\u00ed mhairfidh t\u00fa beo n\u00edos faide n\u00e1 mar a bheas mise i dT\u00edr na gCruithneach.\u201d <\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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Ansin chuaigh Colmcille s\u00edos chun na habhann le pilleadh \u2018na bhaile. Go gairid ina dhiaidh sin bhuail taom Broichean, agus rinneadh smionagar den ghloine d\u00ed ina l\u00e1imh. Bh\u00ed saothar an\u00e1la air agus bh\u00ed s\u00e9 i mb\u00e9al an bh\u00e1is. Chuir an r\u00ed dh\u00e1 theachtaire i ndiaidh Cholmcille, ag r\u00e1 go dtabharfadh Broichean cead a coise don scl\u00e1bha\u00ed, agus ag imp\u00ed air cuidi\u00fa leis.<\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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Nuair a th\u00e1inig siad ar Cholmcille th\u00f3g s\u00e9 cloch bh\u00e1n \u00f3n tr\u00e1 agus d\u00fairt s\u00e9:<\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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“Cuir an chloch seo in uisce agus tabhair ar Bhroichean \u00e9 a \u00f3l.”<\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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Rinne siad mar a d\u2019iarr s\u00e9. B\u2019iontach le c\u00e1ch gur fhan an chloch ar sn\u00e1mh ar bharr an uisce mar a bheadh \u00fall ann. Ansin d\u2019\u00f3l Broichean agus th\u00e1inig biseach air. <\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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B\u2019fh\u00e9idir go raibh rud n\u00f3 dh\u00f3 ar eolas ag Colmcille f\u00e1 chloch shl\u00edogairt \u2013 agus f\u00e1n ts\u00edceola\u00edocht!<\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ba bhean uasal \u00f3g \u00c9ireannach \u00ed Eithne. I ngeimhreadh na bliana 521 bh\u00ed s\u00ed ag iompar clainne lena c\u00e9ad leanbh, r\u00fan a bh\u00ed i dtaisce ina cro\u00ed. As siocair gur bhean \u00ed nach raibh uirthi aon obair a dh\u00e9anamh bh\u00edodh s\u00ed ina su\u00ed cois teallaigh, ag fu\u00e1il n\u00f3 ag f\u00ed de r\u00e9ir mar ba mhian l\u00e9i.<\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u00cdomh\u00e1 le Kristine Cinate<\/div><\/body><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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O\u00edche amh\u00e1in thit Eithne ina codladh agus bh\u00ed briongl\u00f3id aici ina bhfaca s\u00ed se\u00e1l \u00e1lainn olla a raibh boladh olla uain agus bainne mhilis air. Mhothaigh s\u00e9 chomh bog te le canach feochad\u00e1in ar a grua. <\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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Ba iad fillte an chl\u00f3ca an machaire glas, \u00e9 breac le dathanna na seimre, luibh an treacha agus an n\u00f3in\u00edn. Sh\u00edob an ghaoth an se\u00e1la agus d\u2019fh\u00e9ach s\u00ed lena tharraingt n\u00edos gaire di, ach bh\u00ed s\u00e9 ag sleamhn\u00fa n\u00edos faide ar shi\u00fal! D\u2019oscail s\u00e9 sa ghaoth agus d\u2019eitil leis uaithi thar na cnoic agus leoga trasna na farraige.<\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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Mh\u00fascail Eithne de phreab, mearbhall uirthi agus \u00ed scriosta cro\u00edbhriste.<\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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Bh\u00ed a fhios aici l\u00e1ithreach bonn teachtaireacht na briongl\u00f3ide. Cruach\u00e1s gach m\u00e1thar. <\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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Bh\u00e9arfa\u00ed a c\u00e9admhac uaithi go f\u00e1il\u00ed tr\u00ed fhrioth\u00e1ladh cine\u00e1lta na mn\u00e1 gl\u00faine. Ansin, i mbun a ch\u00faig bliana d\u00f3, d\u2019imeodh s\u00e9 go h\u00e1it oili\u00fana ag a athair altrama, ba \u00e9 sin an n\u00f3s a bh\u00ed ann. N\u00edos faide anonn bheadh Colmcille le cinni\u00faint mh\u00f3r a chur i gcr\u00edch ina dhuine f\u00e1sta d\u00f3, ach i bhfad ar shi\u00fal uaithi. <\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Colmcille agus an Chorr R\u00e9isc<\/div><\/body><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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\u00c1it l\u00e1n sc\u00e9alta is ea tr\u00e1. \u00c1it dhra\u00edochtach mar a dtagann an talamh, an mhuir agus an sp\u00e9ir i gceann a ch\u00e9ile achan l\u00e1 f\u00e1 choinne comhr\u00e1 bre\u00e1. Ceann scr\u00edbe, mar a mb\u00edonn na tonna ag sileadh, n\u00f3 ag r\u00e9abadh, isteach a stopadh tamall lena mbag\u00e1iste a fh\u00e1g\u00e1il, ansin ar shi\u00fal leo ar\u00eds ar a gc\u00e9ad eachtra eile. \u00c1it a bhf\u00e1gtar sl\u00e1n f\u00e1 bhr\u00f3n agus a dtagtar \u2019na bhaile f\u00e1 l\u00fach\u00e1ir, a mb\u00edonn tinte cn\u00e1mh agus suir\u00ed o\u00edche. Och, na sc\u00e9alta a d\u2019inseodh tr\u00e1!<\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u00cdomh\u00e1 le baforest<\/div><\/body><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/body>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Agus n\u00ed h\u00e9ags\u00fail do thr\u00e1nna Oile\u00e1n \u00cd. T\u00e1 siad ag aithris f\u00e1 chreagacha a gaibhn\u00edodh i dtine agus i ndorchadas, san am sular thoisigh sc\u00e9ala\u00edocht. F\u00e1 dtaobh de ghaineamh f\u00e1 sm\u00e1l dearg chlaimhte fuilteacha na Lochlannach. F\u00e1 dtaobh de na huisc\u00ed agus na longa a briseadh is a bhris cro\u00ed an oiread sin m\u00e1ithreacha. Ach t\u00e1 ruda\u00ed n\u00edos cine\u00e1lta \u00e1 n-aithris acu, a\u00edocht shimpl\u00ed dhea-chro\u00edoch do strains\u00e9ir\u00ed agus do chairde.<\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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Ar thr\u00e1 ag an cheann theas den oile\u00e1n tharraing Colmcille agus a dh\u00e1r\u00e9ag comr\u00e1daithe sp\u00edonta a gcurach isteach fr\u00edd an ch\u00far chun an oile\u00e1in a gcuirfeadh siad f\u00fathu ann feasta. Isteach \u00f3 thr\u00e1 ar an taobh thoir d\u2019fh\u00e1s a mainistir bheag amach as na carraigeacha agus an chr\u00e9, le f\u00e1ilte a chur roimh oilithrigh, tuath\u00e1naigh agus, leoga, rithe sna blianta uilig le theacht. Agus ba chuig tr\u00e1 ar an taobh thiar a th\u00e1inig duine de na ha\u00edonna ba chl\u00fait\u00ed an chomhthion\u00f3il.<\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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Bh\u00ed an manach \u00f3g ina shu\u00ed taobh leis an mhachaire ghainmheach. Tharraing s\u00e9 a chl\u00f3ca garbh olla teann in \u00e9adan na gaoithe g\u00e9ire. Bh\u00ed s\u00e9 in ainm is a bheith ag amharc amach ar an fharraige, ach bh\u00ed l\u00e1r an tr\u00e1thn\u00f3na ann agus bh\u00ed s\u00e9 ansin le huaireanta an chloig. Bh\u00ed na tonna\u00ed a bh\u00ed ina gcaiple b\u00e1na agus na n\u00e9alta dubha reatha ag s\u00edneadh amach go bun na sp\u00e9ire agus n\u00edos faide, chomh fada, b\u2019fh\u00e9idir, le h\u00c9irinn. Phioc s\u00e9 bl\u00e1th beag bu\u00ed san fh\u00e9ar a bh\u00ed \u00e1 chorradh sa ghaoth ag a chosa, agus smaoinigh s\u00e9 ar a sheanbhaile, ar a mh\u00e1thair, agus ar chail\u00edn a raibh aithne aige uirthi tr\u00e1th.<\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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\u2018Agus n\u00e1 caith do chuid ama ag briongl\u00f3idigh, a Fhionn.\u2019 Nuair a thug Colmcille a chuid orduithe d\u00f3 ar maidin, bh\u00ed m\u00edst\u00e1 ina mhala\u00ed giobacha, ach bh\u00ed a fhios ag Fionn c\u00e1 bhfaigheadh s\u00e9 an loinnir i s\u00faile an tseanduine. \u2018Coimh\u00e9ad. Coimh\u00e9ad agus guigh.\u2019 N\u00ed bh\u00edodh an gl\u00f3r \u00fadar\u00e1sach i bhfad ar shi\u00fal ariamh \u00f3 bheith ag briseadh amach ag ceol.<\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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D\u2019amharc Fionn suas. Bh\u00ed cruth fada liath ag bogadaigh th\u00edos os cionn na dtonn. \u00c9an? Corr r\u00e9isc? Ab \u00e9 seo an t-aoi speisialta ar dh\u00fairt Colmcille leis a bheith ag coimh\u00e9ad amach f\u00e1na choinne? Bh\u00ed an g\u00e1la \u00e1 bualadh, ag tarraingt ar a heiteoga. Bhuail s\u00e9ide\u00e1n gaoithe \u00far an chorr san aghaidh, a br\u00fa amach n\u00edos faide \u00f3n chladach. L\u00e9im Fionn ar a chosa agus d\u2019imigh ina sheanrith trasna na tr\u00e1 go himeall an uisce, ag gu\u00ed go mbeadh an t-\u00e9an s\u00e1bh\u00e1ilte. \u2018A Thiarna, cosain do shearbh\u00f3nta.\u2019 Thit an ghaoth oiread na fr\u00edde. Agus ansin, de phlab, ghread an chorr isteach air, \u00e1 chur d\u00e1 chothrom, agus thit an manach agus an t-\u00e9an beirt isteach sa ghaineamh fhliuch.<\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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\u2018S\u00e9 do bheatha a chara.\u2019 Sh\u00edn Fionn l\u00e1mh amach go mall. Streachail an chorr le h\u00e9al\u00fa ach n\u00ed raibh unsa fuinnimh f\u00e1gtha inti. \u2018B\u2019fh\u00e9idir go dt\u00e1inig tusa \u00f3 mo sheanbhaile,\u2019 a d\u00fairt Fionn le g\u00e1ire cro\u00ed\u00fail. \u2018Ach is cuma. Cib\u00e9 \u00e1it is baile duit, t\u00e1 f\u00e1ilte romhat anseo.\u2019 Ar thuig an t-\u00e9an? N\u00ed raibh s\u00e9 cinnte, ach leag an t-aoi speisialta a ceann ar chosa Fhinn ina chuar\u00e1in agus dhruid s\u00ed a s\u00faile.<\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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Tr\u00ed l\u00e1 ina dhiaidh sin bh\u00ed Fionn ar ais ar an tr\u00e1. Bh\u00ed an chorr, l\u00e1idir agus foll\u00e1in, ina lu\u00ed go s\u00e9imh ina bhaclainn agus \u00e9 \u00e1 cuimilt. In aice leo bh\u00ed Colmcille ina sheasamh, \u00e9 ard agus tana\u00ed, agus a l\u00e1mh in airde ag gearradh chomhartha na croise.<\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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\u2018A chorr, a shi\u00far, bheannaigh t\u00fa sinn le do chuideachta, anois eitil leat, tapaidh agus saor cib\u00e9 \u00e1it a dtabharfaidh an Spiorad th\u00fa. <\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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Imigh ar ghaotha na maidine agus rann \u00e1r ngr\u00e1 ar a gcasfar leat.\u2019<\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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Chuir Fionn an t-\u00e9an s\u00edos ar an ghaineamh. Sh\u00edn s\u00ed amach a muine\u00e1l fada agus shi\u00fail go ceannard isteach san uisce chi\u00fain. D\u2019amharc s\u00ed siar agus chrom s\u00ed a ceann amhail is a bh\u00ed s\u00ed, dar leat, ag f\u00e1g\u00e1il sl\u00e1n, n\u00f3 bu\u00edochas b\u2019fh\u00e9idir, ansin sh\u00edn s\u00ed a heiteoga amach agus d\u2019\u00e9irigh go ci\u00fain san aer. Dar le Fionn nach bhfaca s\u00e9 aon dadaidh riamh ina shaol chomh gr\u00e1st\u00fail l\u00e9i.<\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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\u2018Chuir t\u00fa aoibhneas ar chro\u00ed D\u00e9, a Fhionn.\u2019 <\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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Lonraigh moladh Cholmcille ar an mhanach \u00f3g mar thuar ceatha. \u2018F\u00e1ilte a chur roimh \u00e1r mbr\u00e1ithre agus \u00e1r si\u00faracha, bia a thabhairt don ocrach, an t\u00e9 at\u00e1 gortaithe a leigheas, sc\u00edste a thabhairt don t\u00e9 at\u00e1 sp\u00edonta, nach sin \u00e1r ngairm?\u2019 <\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n\n\n\n
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\u2018Agus ansin ligean daofa eitilt ar shi\u00fal ar\u00eds,\u2019 arsa Fionn. Chlaon Colmcille a cheann go smaointeach, agus gheal an tr\u00e1 lena gh\u00e1ire.<\/div><\/body><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Colmcille agus an Banscl\u00e1bha\u00ed \u00d3g \u201cMura dtuga t\u00fa cead a coise di,\u201d a d\u00fairt Colmcille, \u201cn\u00ed mhairfidh t\u00fa beo n\u00edos faide n\u00e1 mar a bheas mise i dT\u00edr na gCruithneach.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1033,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1222","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colmcille.net\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colmcille.net\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colmcille.net\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colmcille.net\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colmcille.net\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1222"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/colmcille.net\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3610,"href":"https:\/\/colmcille.net\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1222\/revisions\/3610"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colmcille.net\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colmcille.net\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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