School: An Bloscaod Mór

Location:
An Blascaod Mór, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire Nic Gearailt
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0418, Page 285

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0418, Page 285

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: An Bloscaod Mór
  2. XML Page 285
  3. XML “An Draighneán Donn”

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. Seo mar cloistear i gCorca Dhuibhne é. Ó Phádraig 'ac tSíthig, Baile na h-Abha, Dúnchaoin, a scríobhas síos é.
    I
    Síleann céad fear gur leó féin mé, nuair a ólaim lionn,
    Is téidheann a dhá dtrian síos liom, ag cuimhneamh ar a gcómhrádh liúm,
    Sneachta séidhte 'gus é a síor chur fé Shliabh na mBan bhFionn,
    Is go bhfuil mo ghrádh-sa mar bhláth na n-áirne ag an Draighneán Donn.
    II
    Is dá mbeinnse féin im' bhádóir is deas do rámhfhainn an fharraige anonn,
    Is do scríobhfhainn chúghat líne le bárr mo pheann,
    Faríor ghéar gan me féin is tú a chráidh mo chroidhe,
    I ngleanntán sléibhe le h-eirghe gréine is an drúcht 'na luighe.
    (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
    Informant
    Pádraig 'ac t Sithig
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Baile na hAbha, Co. Kerry