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School: Rahavanaig

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Ráth Bheannaigh, Co. Chiarraí
Teacher:
Máire de Stac
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0400, Page 056

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    cliffs at Doon Bay, when a plank with the body of a sailor lashed on to it was washed ashore. He was very much decomposed and unrecognisable but judging from his teeth he was a young man. I called some people, who buried him at the foot of the cliffs inside the arch opposite the passage. His body was so decomposed he could not be removed from the plank for burial and both body and plank were buried. As well as I recollect, prayers were said over him by one of the Catholic Curates.
    Doon Bay
    1.
    Oh, famed Ballybunion, how I love thy wild shore,
    Thy sandhills, thy cliffs, and thy breakers' [?] loud roar,
    In storm or in sunshine, ever weird,
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. filíocht
        1. filíocht na ndaoine (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nóra Ní Mhóráin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Leathsheisreach Theas, Co. Chiarraí