School: Sean-Achaidh (roll number 12887)

Location:
Seanachaidh, Co. Mayo
Teachers:
Mícheál P. Ó Gallachobhair Seán Ó Dubhthaigh
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  1. Good people all both young and old,
    I hope you will attend,
    While here in grief and sorrow
    Those feeling lines I pen,
    Concerning our clever clergyman
    His loss we may deplore
    By heretics was murdered
    Coming into Dromore.

    (II)
    When they did the murder,
    To crown their wickedness,
    Into a limestone quarry,
    They threw his body in.
    For fear they would be arrested
    Those villians made away;
    But the Lord them guilty
    On the great recounting day.

    (III)
    It was early the next morning,
    The women were passing by
    The blood besprinkled on the road,
    They happened to aspy
    They traced it to the quarry
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Dubhthaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Cáit Bean Uí Mhaolalaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    78
    Address
    Cnocán na Líne, Co. Mayo