This song is about St. Brigid's Day or Imbolc, a Gaelic festival which marks the beginning of Spring on February 1- 2. The festival is the halfway point between Winter and Spring. It celebrates the coming thawing of the earth! It's also about protections and blessings.

The first verse is sometimes repeated at the end of the song.

Notes

*Leinster is currently a province of Ireland in the east. Before 1171, The Gaelic Kingdom of Leinster existed in the same general area, though it was smaller. The name comes from the Gaelic "Laigin" which was a major tribe that once inhabited the area. The second part of the name means "land" or "territory".

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Pronunciation
(From this site)

Gow-am mull-ta Bree-jah
On-wan ee leh hAir-inn
On-wan leh gockh tcheer ee
Mull-a-meesh guh lair ee

Lockh-ran gyal nah Lie-knock
Soul-shoe yal nah tchee-ra
Kyann err owe-iv Air-inn
Kyann na mon err mien-ya

Tig uhn gear-uh jean doo
Gyar-ah le-nah yeara
Ockh err law leh Bree-jah
Gar dywin Are-ockh Air-inn

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