School: An Clochán (C.)

Location:
Cloghan, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Mairéad, Bean Uí Ghionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0815, Page 089

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0815, Page 089

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  1. Once upon a time there lived in this district a man by the name of Timmy Heelan.
    On the day of his funeral his wife was kneeling down on his grave and she was crying bitterly. Larry Dillon the local poet was there and one of the boys whom Larry was with said ''have you anything to say Larry''. So Larry started.-
    ''Here lies the remains of ould
    Tim Heelan,
    and on his grave his wife
    is kneelin',
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English