School: Currach Ruadh (roll number 2915)
- Location:
- Curraghroe, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0253, Page 407
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- (continued from previous page)perished.The accident caused a tremendous sensation. Ballads, describing it, were sung by professional ballad singers at fairs and markets throughout Counties Longford and Roscommon. The following long ballad attributes the accident to the fairies Simon Hanly, Simon Tonry and Dun Bingham.
- The Wreck of the Ferry Boat
Sean Hanly from Kilteevan came,
The day before the fair;
And with him came his "better part"
To help him sell their ware.A man of prophecy he was,
A cooper he by trade,
And with his dame he brings along
The ware which they had made.He had barrels, casks and hogshead,
And churns not a few;
He had hoops and coolers noggins, pails
And churn-dashes too.(continues on next page)
