School: Dún Átha, Carraig an Chabhaltaigh
- Location:
- Doonaha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Ed J. Headtromóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0633, Page 265a
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- "File" darbh ainm dó Tomás Ó Meadagáin a cónnaigeadh lámh le Cill Ruis 70 mbliana ó shin a chúm an dán seo leanas fé dhuine a mairbh a bean-chéile is a pháiste.
You young men and maidens
I pray now lend "in air2 (an ear?)
As I am locked in this dismal cell
The truth I do declare
For the murder of my lawful wife
Likewise my only child.Its for the sake of cursed gold
I took their precious lives
It's a false and wicked woman
That fell in love with me.
All for the sake of twenty pounds
with her I did agree
To murder my companion
with her I did prepare
Its with her blood I own to God.When I began this murder
It was dreadful for to hear
I being filled with liquor
No danger did I fear
It's with a knife I pierced her heart
As she lay in the bed.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Haugh
- Gender
- Male
