School: Cullen, Tiobraid Árann (roll number 7245)

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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."

   

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2. True Story - Caoineadh

   “A cousin of mine (Eileen Hannigan) was drowned at the age of three in the Colligan River near Dungarvan....”

   

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   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.)

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   Topics

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

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Location

   Colligan River, Co. Waterford

   Informant

   P. Desmond

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   63

   Address

   Cullen, Co. Tipperary