1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Courtbane

School: Courtbane (roll number 14540)

Location:
Courtbane, Co. Louth
Teacher:
P. Mac Eochagáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0664, Page 135

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0664, Page 135

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Courtbane
  2. XML Page 135
  3. XML “The Ghost of Ashburton”
  4. XML (no title)

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The Ghost of Ashburton (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    An English version of this poem must be in existence as these lines are remembered:
    It's not day, my dear, I say
    It's not day, no, nor duskish.
    From Miss Harvey Clonalig.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. (no title)

    “A man from Inniskeen district was working with men and women from Armagh, reaping the harvest near Dundalk.”

    Share Share Post
    man from Inniskeen district was working with men and women from Armagh, reaping the harvest near Dundalk. The Inniskeen man was robbed on the way home.
    Fear ar a ruaig (in a hurry)
    Confused with teeror and pain.
    I asked him what news
    Ose sé dubhairt sé liom sa gan bréag
    "I was sorely aliured
    Idir an chuilfhionn is na h-Ultaigh aréir
    O if ever again
    Má théighim in a wellad (abhaile) ad cuairt
    I must be aware
    Ar thréithe ban ar an ród
    My pockets I'll brace
    Ós mo léiní a chéill go cróidh
    For afeard of the jade
    A thug an méad a thuill mise uaim.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Informant
    Miss Harvey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonalig, Co. Armagh