School: Tulach Cruinn, Inis (roll number 7708)

Location:
Tullycreen Upper, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Maranáin
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0601, Page 046

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0601, Page 046

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Tulach Cruinn, Inis
  2. XML Page 046
  3. XML “An Tiarna Talún - Three Brave Blacksmiths”

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

  1. (continued from previous page)
    II
    Three brave blacksmiths marching off to jail
    Off they went quite content
    Their spirits did not fail
    They would rather shoot themselves than shame the County Clare
    III
    Three great blacksmiths held in grateful prize
    From their wives and little one, how they were supplied
    Kept in every comfort by the neighbours far and wide
    In the fullness of their hearts with joy they cried
    IV
    Three brave blacksmiths marching once more home more
    They made a crowd of loving friends outside the prison door
    The people cheered behind them, and the music played before
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Annie Reidy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Burns
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    66
    Address
    Tullycreen Upper, Co. Clare