School: Brownstown, New Ross (roll number 4477)
- Location:
- Brownstown, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Maitias Ó Domhnaill
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0846, Page 232
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)X
And right through that vow he guarded,
Faithful he redeemed the troth
He had plighted to the maiden,
Whit that great and solemn oath
At the shrine which knelt his fathers
In the church of Ballyneale.XI
There he wedded Kathleen Ryder,
Wedded her for woe or weal
There he wedded Kathleen Ryder,
Not among the kinsman crowd,
For the noble race of Freyne,
Ever held them high and proud
So to stain his ancient lineage
With that lowly maiden's name,
They pronounced a deep degrading,
Bringing with a lasting shame.XII
Thus estranged from his proud kinsmen,
Holding them at deadly strife
Four short, happy summers glided
O'er the kinght and maiden's life,
And to bind their union closer
Heaven sent one blossom fair,
One brave boy their love enriching,
Ballyreddy's hope and heir.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Caitlín Ní Bholguidhir
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Brighid Ní Mhurcadha
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyfoile Upper, Co. Kilkenny
