School: Com Liath (Scoil Brighde) (roll number 8924)

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   Tá srón uirthi is mó 's is measa

   Na adharc in a bheadh smear careirí
   (horn for holding car-man's grease)

   Do dhibir sí an file thar Ceathan

   Ins an oidhche is é ag teastal in aonar.

   Curfá

   
   Do bhí trí bhéársaí eile acht acht ní cuimhin leis anois iad.

   
   In later times this poet's great-grandson used go around from fair to fair in west Cork singing. He was blind and this was his only means of living.

   He used sing An Cnuicín Fraoig, or David O'Brien's advice to Denis O'Sullivan. These were two priests but O''Sullivan became a Protestant and it was said that he was so influenced by this song that he returned to the faith before his death. The following is part of the song.

   
   A Dhonnchad is léan dom an sceal seo le n-innsint

   Mar ar dhuilthuighí dod' gaoltaibh is le slioct an bearla gur luighis-sa

   Gur thugais bíóbla in éitheach ag daor-mach lugha Iosa

   Ná raibh aon bhrigh ins an mnaoi mánla is í máthair geal Criost í.

   Smaoineamh is machtnamh ar bheatha na naomh

   'S nach bhfuil ag na gconoirt acht dlighthe 's claon

   Ar do fuascailt ar maidin nach fios nach in ifrinn scólta

   Do bheifir ag comhraimh do lepthan 's nach i bhFlaitheas na Gloire.

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   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Languages

   Irish

   English

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   Pádriag O Mathghamhna

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   Dromclogh, Co. Cork