School: Curratavy

Location:
Corratawy, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
E. Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0964, Page 060

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  1. The landlord had rent against Swanlinbar Chapel. The people would not pay it to the landlord, so the landlord was going to burn down the Chapel. The Cavan people would not let him. This was in 1870. Thomas McGoldrick of Cloughhogue Swanlinbar composed a song about it. Here is the song.
    Ye gentle Muses. I pray excuse me for my intrusion on learning wings,
    Inspire my genius, ye lords and sages,
    My country's praises I mean to sing.
    Tradition mentions, without contradiction,
    How blessed Saint Patrick he was sent
    o'er,
    By Pope Belestine to improve a wineyard
    called Lire Og or the Virgin Shore;
    And like St. Peter, when his Master told
    him,
    To feed his lambs and his flock to keep ,
    He ranged the desert, the vales, the
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Padraigh Mac Samhrain
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Mc Govern
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male