School: Duleek (B.) (roll number 6554)
- Location:
- Duleek, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Braonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0682, Page 273
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- Jimmy Meade aged about 65, has a "Dally" iron which once belonged to his grandmother. He has also a frame for holding the rushlight which was used when the weaving was going on.
- Collector
- Micheál Ó Braonáin
- Gender
- Male
- There is no memory of the Irish Caoin being sung over the dead in Duleek. But in my boyhood days in Navan, I remember having heard it once at a funeral which was passing down Barrack Lane. This would be about 45 years ago.
Subsequently there was a Missiún (?) in Navan given by the Vincentian Fathers, and two of the friars were Fr Pat Walsh ( afterwards famous for his collection of Irish Songs) and Fr. Darcy. They both took down the Caoin from the old people who still had it. This I remember distinctly being said at the time.
