'An Súisín Bán' is another title for 'Casadh an tSúgáin'. 'An Súisín Bán': This is the title of the version published in "Love Songs of Connacht" (1893, reprinted 1969). One verse begins "A's cad é an cat marbh do sheol ann san tír seo mé..?", "And what was the dead cat which guided me into this country..?" Author and compiler (and collecter and translator) Douglas Hyde explains that the 'cat marbh', the 'dead cat', "in the language of the bard, is synomymous with bad luck." He says that Hardiman misinterpreted the line and substituted 'cath' , 'battle', for 'cat'.

If you look through this thread you'll see the funny things that can happen to accented letters; for this reason it's best to use html codes for these letters when typing lyrics for posting at Mudcat. See Joe's advice, 22 Feb. 99

Link to the: symbol table