School: Achadh Mín, Dundalk (roll number 3407)
- Location:
- Aghameen, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Bean Uí Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0660, Page 055
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- The legend of the long woman's grave
16th 11-37
The place that the following is founded on lies between three mountains - Carlingford, Omeath and Ravensdale. The distance from Omeath is about two miles. The grave is known to the people of Louth and visitors to that county as "Cloughmore" is to the inhabitants of Down. The stones at the head and foot of the grave are to be seen up to the present time -
Tis now a few short ago, When I was but a child
I lived a month in a mountain cot, Romantic, fairy wild
My friends and I would often walk, The mountains
o'er and o'er, To yonder castle on the hill
Then back to sweet Glenmore.
II
One day when walking carelessly across the little plain
We went for shelter 'neath a rock whilst pelted down the rain
Old Ned the feeblest of our group sat lightly on a stone
This is the spot where Inez fell and here she sleeps alone.
III
To me the words seemed strange indeed I looked(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joe Rice
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullaghattin, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Sheila Rice
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Aghameen, Co. Louth
