School: Sheanmore (roll number 16197)
- Location:
- Sheeanmore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Síghle Ní Dhonnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0131C, Page 04_030
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“Of all the Bards this country ever produced, the last and greatest was Carolan the Blind.”
(continued from previous page)A song beginning "O'Rourke's noble fare will ne'er be forgot", translated by Dean Swift, is of his composition. His songs in general may be compared to those of Pindar, as they have frequently the same flights of imagination; and are composed (I don't say written, for he could not write) merely to flatter some man of fortune upon some excellence of the same kind. In these one man is praised for the excellence of his stable
- Collector
- Éamonn Ó Cléirigh
- Gender
- Male