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1. Turlough Óg O Boyle and Aileen Mc Sweeney (continued)

   

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   Fair are thy plains, O'Donegal, and calm thy winding streams
   That gently flow by hut and hall beneath the bright sunbeams;
   But plain or stream or meadow green or flower upon the lea(?),
   Were not more mild than Maolmuire's child, so sweet and fair was she.

   Boyle was the pride of Faugher side near the hills of Ballymore,
   For feats of strength, none equalled him from Fanad to Gweedore,
   And he would go through frost and snow on the merry Christmas Day
   With ringing cheer to hunt the deer from his haunts in dark Glenveagh.

   In his little boat O'Boyle would float, a fishing he would go,
   With hook and line to Lackagh stream that flows near Castle Doe.
   High in the Castle tower his loved one lay confined,
   And on the lofty battlements in sorrow deep she pined.

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Colum Ua Ceallaigh

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Niall Mac Giolla Bhríghde

   Relation

   Relative (other than parent or grandparent)

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   An Craoslach, Co. Donegal