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School: Duleek (B.) (roll number 6554)

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Duleek, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Braonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0682, Page 273

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  1. A Dally-Iron

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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.
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  2. The Irish Caoin

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    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.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Micheál Ó Braonáin
    Gender
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