School: Clashaganny (roll number 8051)

Location:
Clashaganny, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Albert Flanagan
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    Ardkeenagh of the bushes,
    And listen to the blue cuckoo,
    The blackbird and the Thrushes,
    And let me stay one hour with you
    Till the summer sun do'th rise
    and listen to the shepherds shout,
    That Echoes in the sky
    Composed by
    Peter McDermott
    Ballybroghan.
    Tulsk.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Lines written on a cattle drive in the days of the land agitation, about a quarter of a century ago by a local ballad maker
    named Patrick Henigan
    Carns, Tulsk, Co. Roscommon.
    The lines are as follows.
    On the 10th day of December,
    That day of great renown
    When Tulsk men rose against their foes
    All graziers to put down.
    The word went round from house to house
    Our plans for to explain,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
      2. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Beirne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathmore, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Patrick Henigan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carns, Co. Roscommon