Rónán mac Colmáin (Irish poet)
Rónán mac Colmáin was an Irish poet who died 707. Rónán is said to be the author of the poem Song of the Sea, which is however believed to date from the 11th-century.
- First verse
A great tempest rages on the plain of Ler, bold across its high borders,
Wind has arisen, fierce winter has slain us; it has come across the sea,
It has pierced us like a spear.
References
- 1000 Years of Irish poetry, Kathleen Hoagland New York, 1947, pp. 52–3. ISBN 1-56852-235-5.
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