S EACHT M B UA AN É IRÍ A MACH S EVEN V IRTUES OF THE R ISING 2 Pádraic Ó Conaire S EACHT M B UA AN É IRÍ A MACH S EVEN V IRTU ES OF THE R ISING aistrithe ag/t ranslated by Diarmuid de Faoite r éamhrá le/ i ntroduction by Brendan McGowan 3 Seacht mBua an Éirí Amach Seven Virtu es of the Rising is published in 2016 by/Foilsithe i 2 016 ag A RLEN H OUSE in association with C LÓ I AR - C HONNACHT 42 Grange Abbey Road Baldoyle , Dublin 13 , Ireland Fón/Facs: 00 353 86 8207617 Ríomhphost:
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[email protected] www. syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu 978 – 1 – 85132 – 1 61 – 2 , paperback/bog 978 – 1 – 85132 – 1 71 – 1 , hardback/crua translation s © Cló Iar - Chonnacht , 2016 introduction © Brendan McGowan, 2016 The moral rights are asserted/Gach ceart ar cosaint Clóchur ¦ Arlen House Sao thar Ealaíne ¦ ‘ GPO in Flames II’ by Norman Teeling Tá an leabhar seo maoinithe i bpáirt ag Comhairle Cathrach na Gaillimhe mar chuid dá Clár Comórtha d’Éire 2016. This book has been part - funded by Galway City Council as part of its Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme. Tá Arlen House buíoch de Chlár na Leabhar Gaeilge agus d’Fhoras na Gaeilge 4 C LÁR 7 List of Illustrations 11 Introduction Brendan McGowan S EACHT M B UA AN É IRÍ A MACH S EVEN V IRTUES OF THE R ISING 39 Ceoltóirí 85 Musicians 129 Díoltas 143 Revenge 155 Beirt Bhan Misniúil 175 Two Courageous Women 193 Anam an Easpaig 213 The Bishop’s Soul 233 Bé an tSiopa Seandachta 251 The Antique Shop Muse 269 Rún an Fhir Mhóir 293 The Big Fellow’s Secret 315 M’Fhile Caol Dubh 341 My Dar k, Slender Poet 3 6 4 Acknowledgements ¦ Rún Buíochais 5 6 L IST OF I LLUSTRATIONS Ó Conaire’ s parents, Thomas and Kate Conroy, c.