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from Edward Bunting, Ancient Music of Ireland (Dublin 1840)
Irish cruit Chraiftine spoken by Gráinne Yeats Scottish Gaelic Craiftin-chruit spoken by Tony Dilworth Click the play button to hear it spoken. help Craiftin-chruit - Craftin's harp, (a man noted in Irish legends.) The Gaelic term here is not genuine: the English properly translates as cruit Chraiftine. Craiftine figures most notably, perhaps, in the early tale Orgain Denna Ríg ("The destruction of Dinn Ríg"), where he sent the defenders of the citadel to sleep by playing suantraí, enabling the Munster invaders to massacre them; see, for instance, Myles Dillon, The Cycles of the Kings (Dublin, 1994), pp.4-10. Colm Ó Baoill 2002
Click the play button to hear it spoken. help
Craiftin-chruit - Craftin's harp, (a man noted in Irish legends.)
The Gaelic term here is not genuine: the English properly translates as cruit Chraiftine. Craiftine figures most notably, perhaps, in the early tale Orgain Denna Ríg ("The destruction of Dinn Ríg"), where he sent the defenders of the citadel to sleep by playing suantraí, enabling the Munster invaders to massacre them; see, for instance, Myles Dillon, The Cycles of the Kings (Dublin, 1994), pp.4-10.
Colm Ó Baoill 2002
