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from Edward Bunting, The Ancient Music of Ireland (Dublin 1840), page 21: The strings of the harp.
Irish An treas téad os cionn comhluí
spoken by Gráinne Yeats
Scottish Gaelic an treas teud os cionn co-laighe
spoken by Tony Dilworth
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An treas tead oc cionn caomhluidhe - Third string over the sisters
The two versions match; the Irish should read An treas téad os cionn comhluí/cobhlaí.
Colm Ó Baoill 2002