{"id":112,"date":"2025-02-26T23:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T23:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irishhawkingclub.org\/?page_id=112"},"modified":"2025-12-20T14:45:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:45:59","slug":"history-of-falconry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/irishhawkingclub.org\/ga\/history-of-falconry\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland’s Falconry Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stair an seabhac\u00f3ireacht in Eireann<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Oidhreacht Beo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Is Seabhac\u00f3ireacht na seilg le \u00e9an creiche oilte chun fiach a dh\u00e9anamh . T\u00e1 an traidisi\u00fan seo in \u00c9irinn le m\u00edlte bliain. Fuarthas iarsma\u00ed seabhac glasa i Mount Sandel, ar Oile\u00e1n Dheilginse agus i mBr\u00fa na B\u00f3inne, rud a thaispe\u00e1nann go raibh nasc l\u00e1idir idir daoine agus \u00e9in chreiche \u00f3 aimsir \u00e1r sinsear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

T\u00e1 taighde nua ar si\u00fal le cabhair \u00f3 Mh\u00fasaem N\u00e1isi\u00fanta na h\u00c9ireann ar iarsma\u00ed \u00e9an chreiche \u00f3 Wood Quay, Su\u00edomh \u00e1rsa Lochlannach. B\u2019fh\u00e9idir go bhfuil fianaise ann gur \u00fas\u00e1ideadh seabhaic le linn ama na Lochlannach. Bh\u00ed Baile \u00c1tha Cliath ina l\u00e1rionad tr\u00e1d\u00e1la acu, agus is d\u00f3cha gur th\u00e1inig longa a raibh \u00e9an creiche \u00f3 \u00cdoslainn ar bord orthu. Deirtear freisin gur bhronn Brian Bor\u00fa \u00e9an creiche ar r\u00edthe na hEorpa mar bhronntanais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is \u00e9 an tagairt scr\u00edofa is luaithe at\u00e1 aimsithe againn do sheabhac\u00f3ireacht in \u00c9irinn n\u00e1 sa t\u00e9acs Gaeilge Beatha Colman Maic Luachain sa 7\u00fa haois, ina nd\u00e9antar cur s\u00edos ar R\u00ed Teamhrach mar dhuine a raibh \u2018d\u00e1 seabhac selga\u2019 aige, N\u00ed bhfuarthas tagairt\u00ed cinnte do sheabhac\u00f3ireacht, \u00e1fach, go dt\u00ed an 12\u00fa haois nuair a th\u00e1inig na hAngla-Normannaigh agus chintigh siad \u00e1it na seabhac\u00f3ireachta in \u00c9irinn, c\u00e9 gur i measc na huaisle amh\u00e1in a bh\u00ed s\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ag an am sin, bh\u00ed c\u00e1il ar an t\u00edr cheana f\u00e9in as na seabhac ab fhearr a shol\u00e1thar. Sa bhliain 1188, scr\u00edobh an manach Breatnach Giraldus Cambrensis ina leabhar Topographie Hibernae (Stair agus Topagrafa\u00edocht na h\u00c9ireann) faoi fhairsinge an creach agus na h\u00e9an creiche \u2018N\u00edl in \u00c9irinn ach an cine\u00e1l is fearr de Ean Creiche.\u2019 Bh\u00ed siad chomh maith sin gur cuireadh t\u00fas le tr\u00e1d\u00e1il mh\u00f3rthr\u00e1cht\u00e1la. Bh\u00ed Ean creiche, go h\u00e1irithe gormfh\u00e1caill \u00c9ireannacha, ina n-acmhainn luachmhar chun c\u00edos a \u00edoc n\u00f3 chun bunt\u00e1iste polaiti\u00fail a fh\u00e1il le tiarna\u00ed. D\u2019eascair margadh m\u00eddhleathach brab\u00fasach ,a shroich buach phointe i 1481, cuireadh c\u00e1in throm ar lucht gaiste agus tr\u00e1d\u00e1laithe: \u2018Cib\u00e9 tr\u00e1d\u00e1la\u00ed a thabharfaidh seabhac as \u00c9irinn, \u00edocfaidh s\u00e9 13 scilling agus ceithre phingin ar sheabhac, s\u00e9 scilling agus ocht bpingin ar th\u00edorsal, ar son fabhc\u00fain, deich scilling, agus an punt\u00e1iste d\u00e1 r\u00e9ir sin.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ach bh\u00ed dl\u00edthe ann roimhe seo. Gearradh f\u00edne\u00e1il throm ar Reginald Talbot i 1218 as iarracht mh\u00eddhleathach gormfh\u00e1caill a smuigle\u00e1il amach as an t\u00edr i nDeilginis. I 1386, le linn r\u00e9imeas Risteard II, rinneadh for\u00f3gra i nDroichead \u00c1tha i gcoinne easp\u00f3rt\u00e1la \u00e9an creiche agus rinneadh cuardaigh dhian chun tr\u00e1d\u00e1il mh\u00eddhleathach a chosc. T\u00e1 doicim\u00e9ad \u00f3n 14\u00fa haois \u00f3 Chaisle\u00e1n Chill Chainnigh a thugann mionsonra\u00ed ar na tr\u00ed chine\u00e1l seabhac a \u00fas\u00e1ideadh mar \u00edoca\u00edocht c\u00edosa. I 1531, bhronn Ardeaspag Cromer, Easpag Ard Mhacha lonnaithe i L\u00fa, p\u00e9ire Fabhc\u00fan Coille ar Anra\u00ed VIII agus mar mhalairt gheall an r\u00ed c\u00e9anna bronntanas bliant\u00fail de dh\u00e1 Sp\u00edor\u00f3g mh\u00f3r agus ceithre c\u00fa ar Di\u00fac Albuquerque sa Sp\u00e1inn. I m\u00ed na Samhna 1562, sheol taoiseach \u00c9ireannach Se\u00e1n \u00d3 N\u00e9ill dh\u00e1 chapall, dh\u00e1 Sp\u00edor\u00f3g mh\u00f3r agus dh\u00e1 c\u00fa chuig Banr\u00edon Eil\u00eds. T\u00e1 s\u00edni\u00fa Iarla Thuamhain i gCaisle\u00e1n Bhun Raite i gCl\u00e1r ar dhoicim\u00e9id dl\u00ed \u00f3 1615 ina nd\u00e9antar cearta ar Sp\u00edor\u00f3g mh\u00f3r a dhaingni\u00fa go dl\u00edthi\u00fail. Bh\u00ed stoc \u00e9an creiche \u00e1 scr\u00edobh isteach sa dl\u00ed, chomh luachmhar is a bh\u00ed siad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faoi dheireadh an 16\u00fa haois, bh\u00ed liosta d\u00e9anta de neadacha Spior\u00f3g mh\u00f3r i gCiarra\u00ed agus i Luimneach. Deir Thomas Molyneux, ag cur s\u00edos ar stair n\u00e1d\u00fartha Liatroma sa 17\u00fa haois: \u2018T\u00e1 na coillte l\u00e1n de chrann m\u00f3r den scoth: agus stoc\u00e1ilte go maith le Spior\u00f3g mh\u00f3r den scoth.\u2019 Ina leabhar Falconry or Hawking (curtha in eagar agus tras-scr\u00edofa ag Derry Argue), tagra\u00edonn George Tubervile do sheabhac\u00f3ir Francach darbh ainm William Tardisse a d\u00fairt: \u2018Ach i nd\u00e1ir\u00edre n\u00edl aon Sp\u00edor\u00f3g mh\u00f3r n\u00edos fearr n\u00e1 an ceann a th\u00f3gtar in \u00c9irinn sna codanna \u00f3 thuaidh, mar at\u00e1 in Uladh agus i gContae Th\u00edr Eoghain.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuireann d\u00e1n T\u00fad\u00f3rach a dh\u00e9anann cur s\u00edos ar na h\u00e9in seabhac\u00f3ireachta a bh\u00ed ar f\u00e1il in \u00c9irinn an dearcadh ag an am in i\u00fal:\n

The Goshawke first of the crewe<\/em>
deserves to have the name<\/em>
The Faucon next for high attemptes,<\/em>
in glorie and in fame,<\/em>
The Tarsell then ensueth on,<\/em>
good reason tis that he:<\/em>
for flying haukes in Ireland next,<\/em>
the faucon plaste should bee.<\/em>
The Trasell is gentels course in nexte,<\/em>
the fourth peer of the lande:<\/em>
Combined to the Faucon, with<\/em>
a lovers friendly bande.<\/em>
The pretie Marlion is the fifth,<\/em>
to her the Sparhauke nexte,<\/em>
and then the Jacke and the Musket laste,<\/em>
by who the birds are nexte.<\/em>
These are the haukes which chefly breed,<\/em>
in fertile Irish grounde:<\/em>
whose match for flight and speedie wing<\/em>
elsewhere be hardly founde\u2026<\/em>

\u00d3 leabhar J Derrick , 1581The Image of Ireland<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lean an t\u00f3ir ar an seabhac\u00f3ireacht isteach sa 17\u00fa haois nuair a bhunaigh leasr\u00ed Sh\u00e9arlais II, Tiarna Ormond, P\u00e1irc an Fhionnuisce mar Ph\u00e1irc R\u00edoga Seilge ar imeall chathair Bhaile \u00c1tha Cliath. Cuireadh fia agus pias\u00fain sa ph\u00e1irc do mhadra\u00ed agus do sheabhac. T\u00f3gadh balla ard timpeall uirthi chun an g\u00e9im a choinne\u00e1il istigh agus na gadaithe amuigh. Tugadh an ph\u00e1irc ar deireadh do mhuintir Bhaile \u00c1tha Cliath i 1747. Idir an d\u00e1 linn, i 1693,d\u2019fhogair an nuacht\u00e1n Dublin Intelligence luach saothair flaithi\u00fail de 30 scilling ar aisfhilleadh seabhac caillte a bh\u00ed ag Tiarna Capall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ina uacht, d\u00e1ta 13 Aibre\u00e1n 1626, d\u2019ordaigh Murrough \u00d3 Flaithbheartaigh as Bunowen go bhf\u00e1gfa\u00ed an baile fearainn Cleggan, limist\u00e9ar fairsing i mbairin\u00e9acht Bhaile na hInse, d\u00e1 thr\u00ed\u00fa mac, Brian, \u2018ach amh\u00e1in aer\u00f3g na seabhac ar Bharnanoran\u2019 a bh\u00ed curtha in \u00e1irithe d\u00e1 mhac ba shine. Chun t\u00f3ir agus glacadh na seabhac\u00f3ireachta sa phobal ag an am a l\u00e9iri\u00fa. \nD\u2019eisigh taifid phar\u00f3iste \u00f3 Chontae an D\u00fain (thart ar 1600) f\u00f3gra go mba cheart cloig\u00edn\u00ed na seabhac a bhaint agus iad sa s\u00e9ip\u00e9al.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

T\u00fas an Sp\u00f3irt sa 18\u00fa hAois\nThosaigh an sp\u00f3rt ag eir\u00ed n\u00edos coitianta i l\u00e1r agus i ndeireadh an 18\u00fa haois. T\u00e1 taifid \u00f3 1762 go raibh \u201cmews\u201d seabhac agus seabhac\u00f3ir ag Tiarna Bandon ag Mainistir Ard Fhearta i gCiarra\u00ed. Timpeall 1800, tosa\u00edodh ar an Currach i gCill Dara \u00e1 \u00fas\u00e1id mar phr\u00edomh-ionad do sheabhac\u00f3ir\u00ed pr\u00e9ach\u00e1in agus snag breaca. Bh\u00ed an Captaen Henry Salvin lonnaithe i gcampa m\u00edleata an Churraigh i 1857. Bh\u00ed s\u00e9 f\u00e9in agus John Barr, seabhac\u00f3ir ag Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, an-tugtha do sheabhac\u00f3ireacht ar snag breac, ag f\u00f3gairt cruinnithe sna nuacht\u00e1in \u00e1iti\u00fala chun buailteoir\u00ed a mhealladh agus deirtear gur ghabh siad 184 snag le dh\u00e1 fabhc\u00fan gorm lastigh de ceithre mh\u00ed. Luaigh EB Michell, \u00fadar an leabhair (f\u00f3s c\u00e1ili\u00fail ) \u00f3 1900 The Art and Practice of Hawking, seabhac\u00f3ireacht ar chearca fraoigh i Muineach\u00e1n, agus bh\u00ed Salvin i dteannta \u00fadar c\u00e1ili\u00fail eile ar sheabhac\u00f3ireacht, Gerald Lascelles, le haghaidh seabhac\u00f3ireacht spreag\u00fail ar pr\u00e9ach\u00e1in ar an gCurrach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bun\u00fa an Ch\u00e9ad Chlub Seabhac\u00f3ireachta \u00c9ireannaigh\nTimpeall an ama seo a bhun\u00fa an ch\u00e9ad chlub seabhac\u00f3ireachta in \u00c9irinn. In 1860, tion\u00f3ladh cruinni\u00fa ag 212 Sr\u00e1id Mh\u00f3r Bhrunsbuic, Baile \u00c1tha Cliath, faoi chathaoirleacht Tiarna Talbot de Malahide chun Club Seabhac\u00f3ireachta na h\u00c9ireann a bhun\u00fa. Thug Dhuleep Singh, a luadh cheana, \u00a350 don chiste. Tar \u00e9is sin, is beag taifead a mhaireann ar a tharla. Ar deireadh, athbhuna\u00edodh an club i 1967. Roimhe sin, th\u00e1inig agus d\u2019imigh na h\u00f3caid\u00ed seabhac\u00f3ireachta mar is toil leo, agus cuid de na h\u00fadair agus ceannr\u00f3daithe is c\u00e1ili\u00fala i gcleachtas na seabhac\u00f3ireachta ag lorg na seabhac\u00f3ireachta ch\u00e1ili\u00fala a bh\u00ed ann in \u00c9irinn ag an am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is cinnte go raibh siad ar an eolas faoi \u00fas\u00e1id \u00edomh\u00e1nna na seabhac\u00f3ireachta ag an mbuaiteoir Duais Nobel WB Yeats ina chuid d\u00e1nta iar-chogaidh ag t\u00fas an ch\u00e9id. D\u2019fh\u00e9ach Yeats go minic ar fh\u00e1bhc\u00e1n fhi\u00e1ine \u00f3na bhaile spiorad\u00e1lta i nDroim Chliabh i gContae Sligeach.D\u2019fh\u00e9adfadh a theaghlach a bheith caird\u00fail leis na Coopers i gCaisle\u00e1n Markree in aice l\u00e1imhe, An Tiarna Cooper f\u00e9in ina seabhac\u00f3ir d\u00edograiseach. Fanann an seabhac agus an seabhac\u00f3ir mar shiombail\u00ed beoga ar \u00e1bhair a bh\u00ed gar do chro\u00ed Yeats. Sa d\u00e1n The Second Coming (1920) t\u00e1 l\u00ednte mar seo againn:\n

Turning and turning in the widening gyre<\/em> \u00a0<\/em>
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;<\/em> \u00a0<\/em>
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;<\/em> \u00a0<\/em>
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u00ed bheadh aon stair seabhc\u00f3ireachta nah Eireann ioml\u00e1n gan tagairt a dh\u00e9anamh do\nRonald Stevens , g\u00far\u00fa l\u00e1rnach an sport na linne seo. Th\u00e1inig Stevens. Chun c\u00f3naithe I\ndTeach Fhearmao\u00edle , \u00e1it \u00edarg\u00falta i gConamara le linn na caogada\u00ed. Ina litir san\nirisleabhar The British Falconers Club,mh\u00ednigh s\u00e9 an fath a daistrigh s\u00e9 go hEireann\nagus mar a bh\u00ed s\u00e9 ar th\u00f3ir \u00e1it iarg\u00falta \u201c where my hawks can fly without being sniped at \u201c\nagus a Jerkin haice\u00e1lta suite ar charraig \u201cabove the tumbling waters \u201c agus \u00e9 ag\niascaireacht. In ainne\u00f3in a shaothar ba Mecca \u00e9 a theach do sheabhc\u00f3ir\u00ed \u00f3\nmh\u00f3rthimpeall na cruinne. Ba ionspar\u00e1id \u00e9 Stevens dos na gl\u00fainte tr\u00edna thr\u00e1chtas\nclasaiceach Observations on Modern Falconry, The Taming of Genghis agus My Life\nWith Birds agus mh\u00fain s\u00e9 eolas f\u00edorluachmhar do l\u00ed\u00f3n beag seabhc\u00f3ir\u00ed phribhl\u00e9adacha\nEireannacha , go h\u00e1irithe Johnny Mo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leis an gClub Seabhac\u00f3ireacht \u00c9ireann athbhunaithe, cuireadh feabhas ar an gcleachtas seabhca\u00edochta agus d\u2019\u00e9irigh go geal leis. Faoi threoir agus sti\u00faradh seachac\u00f3ir\u00ed oilte ar n\u00f3s Rowland Eustace agus daoine eile, sti\u00faradh an tseabhca\u00edocht mar oidhreacht lean\u00fanach Th\u00e1inig t\u00f3ir ar eitilt sp\u00edroig\u00ed sna 1980id\u00ed agus sna 1990id\u00ed agus l\u00e9ir\u00edtear \u00e9 sin i leabhar Liam \u00d3 Broin The Sparrowhawk: A Manual for Hawking a fhoils\u00edodh den ch\u00e9ad uair i 1992. Fuair an leabhar moladh ar fud an domhain ag an am.T\u00e1 t\u00f3ir m\u00f3r ar f\u00f3s agus b\u00edonn praghsanna m\u00f3ra \u00e1 \u00edoc air i margadh na mbailitheoir\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leis an dul chun cinn le d\u00e9ana\u00ed i saothr\u00fa saorga agus cl\u00e1ir p\u00f3r\u00fach\u00e1in den scoth, n\u00ed raibh f\u00e1il ar sheabhac agus ar \u00e9an creiche riamh chomh maith in \u00c9irinn. T\u00e1 naisc na seabhca\u00edochta leis an uasal agus leis an bpribhl\u00e9id imithe le fada. Is \u00e9 an d\u00fashl\u00e1n a bhaineann le hoili\u00faint na h\u00e9in seo an cothrom\u00f3ir is m\u00f3, agus inniu t\u00e1 an sp\u00f3irt d\u00e9anta suas de dhaoine \u00f3 gach ch\u00falra. Cinnt\u00edonn an cleachtas coime\u00e1dach agus cead\u00fanaithe maidir le gabh\u00e1il \u00e9in fi\u00e1in, oidhreacht lean\u00fanach \u00e1r seabhaic d\u00fachasacha a eitilt. T\u00e1 an spir\u00f3g Mh\u00f3r uasal, a d\u2019imigh as feidhm mar gheall ar an bhfor\u00e9igean c\u00f3rasach nuair a th\u00e1inig laghd\u00fa ar an seabhac\u00f3ireacht agus m\u00e9ad\u00fa ar \u00fas\u00e1id guna\u00ed, athbhunaithe mar \u00e9an seilge coitianta ar choin\u00edn\u00ed agus ar phias\u00fan. T\u00e1 an seabhac gorm fireann, ar a dtugtar \u2018tiercel\u2019 go coitianta, ina rogha l\u00e1idir anois, ag tabhairt teaspainteas aeir den scoth agus \u00e9 i mbun t\u00f3ra\u00edochta ar cheann d\u00e1r gcreach is deacra, an naosc coitianta. T\u00e1 an sp\u00edr\u00f3g mist\u00e9ireach, a chonaic laghd\u00fa ar a th\u00f3ir i dt\u00fas na n-2000\u00ed le teacht an tSeabhac Harris, athbheochan\u00fa anois, comh maith le b\u00edorradh ar eitilt \u00e1r \u00e9an creiche is l\u00fa, an merl\u00edn mealltach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le linn na gc\u00e9adta bliain le cleachtadh seabhc\u00f3ireachta in \u00c9irinn, n\u00edor athraigh an m\u00e9id ama at\u00e1 de dith an cur chuige agus an taigne soar a t\u00e1 a chuireann s\u00ed ar am, tiomantas agus sp\u00e1s intinne. Ar an \u00e1bhar sin, t\u00e1 an pobal seabhc\u00f3ireachta sa t\u00edr seo paiseanta ach beag. Is d\u00f3cha nach bhfuil n\u00edos m\u00f3 n\u00e1 c\u00e9ad rannph\u00e1irt\u00ed gn\u00edomhach ag aon tr\u00e1th amh\u00e1in. D\u00e1 bhr\u00ed sin, is beag seans go bhfeicfimid ar\u00eds an t\u00f3ir mh\u00f3r a bh\u00ed uirthi sa 17\u00fa haois, nuair a cuireadh cosc uirthi laistigh de 7 m\u00edle \u00f3 Bhaile \u00c1tha Cliath de r\u00e9ir ord\u00fa Thithe Tiarna\u00ed na h\u00c9ireann i 1641 maidir le gear\u00e1in.\u00fa<\/sup> C\u00e9ad bliain i gc\u00e1s, le hord\u00fa an Teach na dTiarna\u00ed na h\u00c9ireann<\/a> i 1641 maidir le casaoid\u00ed, cuireadh cosc air laistigh de 7 m\u00edle \u00f3 Bhaile \u00c1tha Cliath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mar sin f\u00e9in, t\u00e1 an sp\u00f3rt \u00e1rsa seo sl\u00e1inti\u00fail agus buan, rud a naithn\u00edtear ag leibh\u00e9al st\u00e1it. Ba ch\u00fais \u00e1thais mh\u00f3ir i m\u00ed I\u00fail 2019 nuair a cuireadh an ceard agus an cleachtas seabhc\u00f3ireachta ar liosta Oidhreachta Cult\u00fartha Dol\u00e1imhsithe na h\u00c9ireann, sular cuireadh le beagnach 30 n\u00e1isi\u00fan eile ar fud an domhain ar fhardal idirn\u00e1isi\u00fanta UNESCO den chine\u00e1l c\u00e9anna. Agus go maire s\u00e9 go deo. I ndomhan at\u00e1 ag \u00e9ir\u00ed n\u00edos scoite \u00f3n\u00e1r dtimpeallacht, n\u00ed hamh\u00e1in gur bealach saibhir, luachmhar agus inbhuanaithe \u00e9 an seabhc\u00f3ireacht chun dul i dteagmh\u00e1il leis an d\u00falra ar bhealach thar a bheith pearsanta, ach is uirlis den scoth \u00ed don chaomhn\u00fa. T\u00e1 sl\u00e1inte na h\u00e9in creiche fi\u00e1ine, a speicis chreiche agus a ngn\u00e1th\u00f3ga bun\u00fasach f\u00edor thabhachtach agus glacann gach seabhc\u00f3ir sp\u00e9is ghn\u00edomhach iontu.\n T\u00e1 Club Seabhc\u00f3ireachta na h\u00c9ireann tar \u00e9is tac\u00fa airgeadais agus praitici\u00fail le tionscadail chaomhnaithe don phatr\u00fan liath, an fhraoigh dhearg, an naosc coiteann, an ulchabh\u00e1n feirme, an pocaire gaoithe agus an gabhl\u00e1n coiteann. Cuireann an bonn eolais at\u00e1 ag an seabhc\u00f3ireacht maidir le bainisti\u00fa aiste bia, foll\u00e1ine agus leibh\u00e9il struis \u00e9an chreiche, uirlis luachmhar ar f\u00e1il freisin chun \u00e9anlaith chreiche fi\u00e1ine gortaithe a athshl\u00e1n\u00fa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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