School: Leac Chonaill (roll number 14890)

Location:
Leac Chonaill, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Mac Grianna
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1047, Page 339

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1047, Page 339

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: Leac Chonaill
  2. XML Page 339
  3. XML “Seanamhrán Gaeilge - An Seanduine Dóite”

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)
    Nuair a shíl mé é bheith
    comh daingean le tairnge
    Dimthigh sé leis
    na phrioll de phlé ráca
    's óra sheandhuine, se.
    IV.
    Chuir mé mo sheanduine
    Siar go tigh liabain
    an áit a rabh
    míle agus fiche de chaoran
    Chrup a theangaidh
    agus lóbhaidh a chuid fiacla
    's thainic sé abhaile
    mar bhromaisín bliadna
    's óra sheanduine, se.
    V
    Chuaidh mé na mhargaidh
    a cheannacht a chóirigh
    coinnle geala
    agus cláraí na cónnrach
    ar philleadh na b'aile domh
    teacht an trathnóna
    fuair mé mo sheanduine
    ag tochas a thóna
    's óra sheanduine, sheanduine
    sheanduine dhóighte
    brón ort a seanduine
    Is mairig a phós thú.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    Irish
    Collector
    Crochur Mac Grianna
    Gender
    Male
    Collector
    Maighread Nic a' Ghoill
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Máire Bean Sheáin Mhic a Ghoill
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mínte Seisce, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Nellie Bean Mhic Chonaill
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leac Chonaill, Co. Donegal