1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Clochar na Trócaire, Maghcromtha

School: Clochar na Trócaire, Maghcromtha

Location:
Macroom, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Na Siúracha
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0341, Page 551

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0341, Page 551

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: Clochar na Trócaire, Maghcromtha
  2. XML Page 551
  3. XML “Máire Bhuí”

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. Máire Bhuí

    Share Share Post
    " Maire Bhuidhe "

    Over a hundred years ago there dwelt near the lovely and awe-inspiring Céim an Fhiaidh, or " Pass of the Deer " ( Keimaneigh ) a middle-aged woman of the stock of Gaelic chieftains of Inchigeela, who thrilled the Irish-speaking people in their hour of bitter suffering with her songs of patriotic passion - songs of grief for the oppression of the Gaels and hatred for the oppressors - songs, withal, of hope and courage. She sang of the struggles and sufferings of 1898 and the Tithe War, and the " Battle of Céim an Fhiaidh " fought near her home - in which, for once, the Gaels stood up successfully against the soldiery - inspired her greatest
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Susie Kelleher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolyhane, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Eileen O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Masseytown, Co. Cork