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in phrase ar son (with dep, gen. or poss. adj.); ‘for’, ‘for the sake of’, ‘on behalf of’; ar do shon 12.3, 12.17-18; ar son gach uile phobuil 24.16-17; sim. 24.13, 24.14, 32.2, 34.14, etc.; ‘because of’, ‘on account of’; ar son ar bpeacadh 26.20; ar son ar n-aingidheachda 27.13; aithrighe ... ar a son 23.9; sim. 48.7; ‘in return for’; ar son Iósa 23.1, 27.19; ‘in place of’; ar son a chéle 10.2, 10.4; ‘for’, ‘in respect of’; rēsūin ... ar son a gcredmhe “a reason of their fayth” 43.15; ar son go (ná, etc.) ‘because (of)’; ár son gurab ann san ... athá do thoil 23.3-4; ar son go dtug tú a aithne dhúnn 24.11;  ar son nār thuigeamar 31.17; with rel. clause, ar son ar dhoirt Crīosd a fhuil 50.11-12

Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma: Seaán Ó Cearnaigh's Irish primer of religion, published in 1571. Editor: Brian Ó Cuív.

  1. ar son n-; for constructions with it cf. 24 P 8 207); for sake of, in defence of 90 10; with a view to 11 15; owing to 23 30, 78 41; ar son go although 41 18.
  2. sound, voice 15 21 n.

Aithdioghluim Dána: A Miscellany of Irish Bardic Poetry, Historical and Religious, including the Historical Poems of the Duanaire in the Yellow Book of Lecan. Vol II, Translations, Notes, Vocabulary. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

in the phr. ar son (c. gen.), (1) on account of, 38, 40, 4208, -12, -13, 4602, 5482, etc. (2) for the sake of, 62, 761, 1442, 4501, 4924, -27, 5473, -83, etc. ; (in return) for, 1493, 3951. ar a son féin, in their favour, on their side, 4633. ar a shon sin, on that account, 745, 1501, 2007, 3790 ; nevertheless, 34, 1923, 6179. ar a shon so, on this account, 4357 ; (in return) for this, 1568 ; nevertheless, 764, 3779, 6197 (ar a sh. so uile). guidhim é ar son na ndaoine as annsa leam, ' yo le ruego por aquellos que yo mas quiero,’ 5925. condas do thabhairt ar a son, to render an account of them, ' dar cuento dellas,’ 367 ; sim. 3458, 3508. ar son go, although, 4400, 7011.

Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an Chrábhaidh. Author: Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire. Editor: Thomas F. O’Rahilly.

sound, fame. son n-anma, fame in the matter of name, 1325.

Poems on the Butlers of Ormond, Cahir and Dunboyne (A.D. 1400–1650). Editor: James Carney.

in ar son, although, 1613 n.

Poems on the O'Reillys. Editor: James Carney.

ar son gur 3918; ar a son féin tarla tóir 2358.

The Book of O'Hara: Leabhar Í Eadhra. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

in phr. ar son, ‘for the sake of,’ 2029, 3946; ‘on the head of, on the score of,’ 3230; ‘instead of,’ 6965, 7861

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.