School: Cullen, Tiobraid Árann (roll number 7245)
- Location:
- Cullen, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seosamh Mainséal
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0581, Page 283
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- "Cionnus tá gach aon rud amuigh?" ars fear a tige
leis an mbuachaill aimsire.
"Tá Fail (burrow) do mhadra in do thigh
Tá tón an chait sa luath
D'ith an cráin an t-arc (an(?) banbh.
Agus leag an tarbh an cruach."
True Story - Caoineadh
“A cousin of mine (Eileen Hannigan) was drowned at the age of three in the Colligan River near Dungarvan....”
A cousin of mine (Eileen Hannigan) was drowned at the age of three in the Colligan River near Dungarvan. Her own grandmother composed the following Caoine in the connection. She was found by a boy who was fishing. His hook stuck in her, and he thought it was a salmon. James Wall was the name of the boy who found her:-
(I)"A Shéamuis de Bhal, grádh mo chroidhe thú
Is tú thug ar phort na h-abhann
An breac gan cuimhneamh
Ní breac fairre ná breac abhainn ach breac tíre
Eibhlín na bacaille báine nár ghádh a cíoradh
Eibhlín óg! Agus is óg a bhí tú. Eibhlín óg is gleó mo chroidhe thú.
(P.T.O.)(continues on next page) - Informant
- P. Desmond
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 63
- Address
- Cullen, Co. Tipperary
