School: Caisleán hAicéid

Location:
Castlehacket, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0025, Page 0003

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  1. Mile maith ó Bhalla agam, is seo é 'níos i gClár. Casadh cailín óg orm a raibh muslim uirri is cloth. "An tusa bean a 't-seananín ?" Is mé mo chreach is mo chrádh. Dá mbeinn -se bliain ar leabaidh leis nach ninnteóchadh liom annall. Míle glóire do'n bhuachaillín deas ógh, nach leigfeadh ar Aifreann an Dómhnaigh mé le bairnbín ar bhróig. Ghlaodhfadh an cáint sa gcruisgín, go minic i dteach an óil, agus ceann nár bhfearr liom é ná seananín an cháppaín mhóir.
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    Some of them advised me to harden him in a kiln. Some more of them advised me to grind him in a mill. But I'll take my own advice. I'll bring him far away and I'll tie him of a tráithnín between two cocks of hay. Nuair a théighim-se ag an margadh, feicim an tír ann cruinnighthe, agus mé
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    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Mary Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bunatober, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Edmund Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Bunatober, Co. Galway