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School: An Caipín, Inis Céin

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Cappeen, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Liam Ó Cruadhlaoich
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    An old woman named Nell Crowley lived at Muine Croiche, in the parish of Newcestown about sixty years ago. I remember to hear her "Caoining" Thade Ryan of Belrose. She "Caoined" him at his house during the wake, and she also "Caoined" him along the road to the graveyard in Kenneigh, the day he was buried.
    This was her Caoine:-
    Nior airigheas in aon chor fuaim do céardchan
    Ag déainain cruidte nó ag socrú taírgne nó ag bualadh t-uírd go luath mhar láidir
    Tá do spré anois a theacht abaile
    Tobach snaois, is píopaí geala
    mo chara is mo muinntir
    Tá fhios agam go maith cad do gaill ort.
    Bríste briste agus léine sgaoilte
    A's bualadh túird i gcoinnibh no gaoithe
    Cad in aoin chosa thug sa tír thú
    Ní feadar aoinne cad as duit nó chér díobh
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Informant
    Michael Cross
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    86
    Occupation
    Smith
    Address
    Dromfeagh, Co. Cork