School: Doire Clathach (Derryclough), Drom Dhá Liag (roll number 11931)

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1. My Inchigeelagh Lass (continued)

   

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   as gentle as the fawn
   That roves oer Desmonds rocky cliffs or the heights of loved Gougane
   No goddess rare in Grecian lay could her fair form surpass
   My winsome rogue my Maírín Óg, my Inchigeela Lass.
   III
   Eveleary ah how sweet the name sounds in an exile's ears
   Though Ive not seen your heath clad hills for close on twenty years
   Where I first met my heart's delight twas a Sunday morning at Mass
   As I knelt to pray in that chapel there with My Inchigeela Lass
   IV
   She tripped along the Lee's green banks one Sunday afternoon
   Her nimble feet kept timing with the

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   E. Mac Firbisig

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Múinteoir

   Address

   Drimoleague, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Conchubhar Ó Mathúna

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Dromasta, Co. Cork