Ailbhe Ó Corráin: The Dark Cave and the Devine LightVerses on the human condition by Giolla Brighde hEdhasa The aims of this libellus are essentially threefold. In its latter part, I wish to provide a critique of Giolla Brighde hEdhasas Truagh cor chloinne hdhaimh, a poem which casts light on the philosophical and psychological assumptions of its age and offers fascinating insights into the authors compositional and translational techniques. The poem offers a rendering of a Latin original that belongs