From the 2021 #TCD #FestiveHub seasonal video series, Eoin Mac Cárthaigh, Department of Irish and Celtic Studies reads 'Dia do bheath', a 17th century Christmas poem in Irish by Aodh Mac Aingil.

https://youtu.be/vHt-MKfcEuE

The full text #DIAS is here: https://bardic.celt.dias.ie/displayPoem.php?firstLineID=678

It's very similar to this (with English translation), said to be first recorded in Douglas Hyde’s “The Religious Songs of Connacht" (with audio recording).

https://obscurelyrics.wordpress.com/tag/religious/

#poetry #gaeilge #IrishChristmas