School: Carraig Uí Ulla (Carrigagulla), Baile na Groighe
- Location:
- Carrigagulla, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Hanluain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0341, Page 034
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Tadhg Ua Síothcáin was a contemporary of Máire Buibhe Ní Laoighaire the composer of "Cath Céim an Fhiadh" There is a tradition that Máire Buidhe visited Tadhg. P. Ua h-A. There were a few poets in our district namely Tadhg Ó Síothcáin. This man wrote a lament for the death of a priest who was a member of the Horgan family who were the landlords of Carrigagulla at this time. This man was a Parish priest in Clondrohid. He was a very charitable man. The lament which he wrote was called "Toireamh an Athair[?] Eóin". Tadhg Ua Síothcáin also wrote a poem called "Inis an gleann seo bun an úir chnuic". The first lines of this poem are:-
"Bán-tír aoibhinn trén a chéile,
Taobh a Doire is an fhíolar le chéile
Fé scamallaibh dubha go dubhach ó éig[?]"
Tadhg Ó Síothcáin also wrote a satire for a woman who lived near Annaganihy. One day as he was from Rylane he had to pass near this woman's house as he was passing he heard the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Mary Kelleher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Horsemount North, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Cornelius Kelleher
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Horsemount North, Co. Cork
