School: Brownstown, New Ross (roll number 4477)
- Location:
- Brownstown, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Maitias Ó Domhnaill
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0846, Page 239
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- (continued from previous page)XXXI
At the close of the next evening,
Mournful the vassals tell,
How they found the young De Freyne
Drowned within the castle well
How they bore his tender body,
Sounding high their mournfull wail,
And they laid him near his father
In the church of Ballyneale.XXXII
But the shudder that passed o'er her,
And the echo of that scream.
Never left the heart of Kathleen.
Ringing loud in many a dream.
Short the time those guilty lovers,
Held the land by cruel wrong,
When came speedy retribution,
And they fled from that ere long.XXXIII
Once more silent in the legend,
Who this signal vengeance sought,
Against the churl and his mistress,
For the double murder wrought,
Yet we hear that all forsaken,
Kathleen persihed in her shame.
Leaving as a just memorial,
To that fatal well her name.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Caitlín Ní Bholguidhir
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Brighid Ní Mhurcadha
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyfoile Upper, Co. Kilkenny
