Oisín

Oisín (/ˈʃn/ oh-SHEEN; Irish pronunciation: [ˈɔʃiːnʲ]), Osian or Ossian (/ˈɔːʃən/ AW-shən) or Osheen, was regarded in legend as the greatest poet of Ireland, and is a warrior of the fianna in the Ossianic or Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. He is the son of Fionn mac Cumhaill and of Sadhbh (daughter of Bodb Dearg), and is the narrator of much of the cycle.

Legends

His name literally means "young deer" or fawn, and the story is told that his mother, Sadbh, was turned into a deer by a druid, Fear Doirche (or Fer Doirich). When Fionn was hunting he caught her but did not kill her, and she returned to human form. Fionn gave up hunting and fighting to settle down with Sadbh, and she was soon pregnant, but Fer Doirich turned her back into a deer and she returned to the wild. Seven years later Fionn found his child, naked, on Benbulbin. Other stories have Oisín meet Fionn for the first time as an adult and contend over a roasting pig before they recognise each other.

Oisin

Oisín (pronounced in Irish as USH-een, with stress on first syllable) is an Irish male given name. It is sometimes anglicized as Osheen or spelt without the diacritic, as Oisin.

Variants include Scottish Gaelic: Oisean ([ˈɔʃɪn]), Welsh: Osian (/ˈɒʃæn/) and the English Ossian.

People with the name

  • Oisin Gough
  • Oisin Fagan
  • Oisín Kelly
  • Oisin McGann, author
  • Oisin McConville, Gaelic footballer
  • See also

  • List of Irish-language given names
  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Bun Dem

    by: Assassin

    [Intro:]
    It's another (a murder)
    Yow... the one yah name praise
    To di father fi all a we days
    Gi we life mek we shine bright like di sun raise
    Lighter fi bun up all chi chi and gays
    Kentiya say di fire muss blaze
    Red square tell dem rise up all di AKs
    Yeah man, tell dem change them dirty ways
    All a who a misbehave, watch yah nuh
    [Chorus:]
    Well a nuff a dem nah live right so we a bun them now
    Waste dem life betta we dunn them now
    All who wha fight we have we gun them now
    We a bad from a that a stun them now
    A who a see di gal them and a run them now
    Gal, yo mad- we nah shun them now
    Crazy way we set and turn them now
    Them bring we daughter and we son them now
    [Verse 1:]
    Gal them we love and a we vow that
    Father God we put above and a nuh gow that
    Nuff man love another man, me nuh see how that
    If you a bull and a nuh cow that, betta yo lowe that
    We love di gal them and we show that
    The gal dem garden we haffi plough that
    Nuff see de nable and a guh below that
    And a blow that, bredrin betta yo lowe that
    Under age yo fi lowe that
    Gi Shano and likkle Bow Wow that
    Cause a close to death row that
    Fifty years yo think a now that, betta yo lowe that
    [Chorus:]
    That's why haffi bun them now
    Waste dem life betta we dunn them now
    All who wha fight we have we gun them now
    We a bad from a that a stun them now
    Rasta man beat di kettle drum them now
    Gangsta beat di [? ] dem now
    Who a run off di beak and tongue them now
    Six feet unda ground them now
    [Verse 2:]
    Cause man a gangster yo fi know that
    You a pass inna di club and me say bredrin
    See di war boat and wha fi row that
    Me have me glock unda me throw back betta yo lowe that
    How you a smoke anuh dro that
    And no farmer down a centi nuh grow that
    Yo see pan di shotta endz we nuh allow that
    A sumn white like snow that? Betta yo lowe that
    Money fi mek yah and I know that
    But yo nuh fi reap nothing and nuh sow that
    How yo fi wha corn and yo neva grow that
    Anuh di sweet from yo brow that- betta yo lowe that
    [Chorus:]
    That's why we haffi bun them now
    Waste dem life betta we dunn them now
    All who wha fight we have we gun them now
    We a bad from a that a stun them now
    A who a see di gal them and a run them now
    Gal, yo mad- we nah shun them now
    Crazy way we set and turn them now




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