School: Scoil na Móna Fliche (Moanflugh) (roll number 10272)
- Location:
- Moanflugh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Deasmhumhnaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0326, Page 044
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- There were certain women who were skilled in composing poetry extempore, and they were in great request. One night some men were going to the wake of a certain man. They were met on the way by a woman who asked to let her go with them to the wake. Arrived there, she began a caoineadh. In the course of the lament the men learned that the dead man was her brother. "D'iarras ortha go leogfaidís leo mé
Fóiríor dóighte! Is agam-sa a bhí an gnó dhe"Later, addressing widow of deceased, she said:-
"Fear a gheobhair-se má bhíonn nídh agat
Dearbhráthair ní bhfaghad-sa anois ná choidhche."
- Informant
- Mrs O' Donoghue
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 90
- Address
- Macroom, Co. Cork
