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School: Gaduidhe Dubh (C.)

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Gaddyduff, Co. Donegal
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Cáitlín Ní Mhiothagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1121, Page 194

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    About fifty years ago there was a ship coming in at Malin- head with a cargo of goods. When it was four miles from its landing it sank. This is a song relating to it.
    I
    You Irish men both young and old, where ever that you be.
    Rise up your heart and sorrows and mourn along with me.
    For the loss of the good shop Cambria that sunk to rise no more
    With a 179 on board bound for the Shamrock shore.
    "
    On the 14th of Oct last from New York we
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Mc Cauley
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Charles Coil
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doagh Isle, Co. Donegal