School: Sliabh Riabhach

Location:
An Sliabh Riabhach, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Éamonn Mac Suibhne
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0328, Page 287

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0328, Page 287

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: Sliabh Riabhach
  2. XML Page 287
  3. XML “Amhrán - An Ciarraíoch Mallaithe”

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. (continued from previous page)
    Ná ó chruachadh na móna ná an fóghmhar a leathadh 'rainn,
    Beidh rínnce fada 'gainn má sé is fearra leat,
    Ór is airgead, ól is beathuisge,
    óró; faid a mhairfimíd beó.
    VI
    Ní chreidim ód' bhéal dá dtréin dá nabrann,
    Mar is fear magaidh tú, bíonn ag mealladh ban,
    Óró; led' racaireacht spóirt,
    A chumann mo chléibh is a réiltheann m'ascalat,
    Ní neósfainn bréag ó'm bhéal ar chapall duit,
    Ar eagla an pheaca is go mbreimís damanta,
    Grádh tá ceangailte im' lár ná sgarfadh leat,
    Óró; go dtéidheadh síos fé'n bhfód.
    VII
    Ní leogfad fé'n bhfód go deó mo sgafaire,
    Ó fuaras fios aigne mar sé dob fhearra liom,
    (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
    Collector
    Siobhán Ní Mhurchadha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Doirín Álainn, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Pádruig Ua Mhurchadha
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Doirín Álainn, Co. Cork