Ir. Ch. Yarabis Cuhusail at Cairncaver

(Donovan)

Yarabis Cuhusail at Cairncaver…roughly translated from the bronze age Celtic language , means… ‘The Warrior King From The Border Area’ who now resides in the country of ..’The Burial Place Of The King Of The Ulaid – County Down Branch’ situated in the Craigantlet hills. Craigantlet meaning…’the hill overlooking the holy wood , ‘Santus Boscus’…on the shore of the waters over the salt mines, on the estuary of ‘Bel-Feirste’…The ford over the river Lagan ………ahm….softly flowing. Lagan, if you Google it, comes up as the … Republic of Kalmykia, in the Russian Federation and then lots of other cra…information. The old spelling of Lagen is everywhere , from the Philippines to Norway! …to be honest its as common as Bel Feirste muck!
Belfast….‘Bel Feirste’… is built on muck and the buildings are on piles. Some would say that’s why it’s an arse of a place…. ‘cause it has piles! I don’t! .. I’m only saying what some would say!

Yarabis, I think comes from the Vikings of Dublin, meaning …down there!
We went through all the Irish poets/lyricists/playwrights/bards…Yeats, Shaw, Kennedy, French, ..even Turlough O’Carolan himself! Myles Na gopoleen appealed to me … can you imagine shouting down the garden, “Na gopoleen yer tripes ready!”…. Nope! ..

Moved on to movie stars.. ! He was a quiet dog… the quiet man…’The Quiet Man!’.. yes … no ! Trooper Thornton …didn’t sound right …Wasn’t Wayne in Donovan’s Reef? Wasn’t he Michael Patrick ‘Guns’ Donovan?…Yes.. but hang on a minute …what about …Thomas Aloysius ‘Boats’ Gilhooley.. Lee Marvin…nah …he wasn’t Irish.

‘Donovan!’…“They call me Mellow yellow… quite rightly” ..that was it!.. the colour .. the poet .. the laid back .. He was a Celt .. Scottish, of Irish descent, now residing in Ireland.

Anyway… we called him Donovan!

He was a very laid back dog , he didn’t suit being a Celtic spear chucker as his pedigree name implied. More a poet/word smith.

That was the name ..quiet laid back gentleman dog.. great craic ..and sadly missed.

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