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1. Sir Turlough or the Churchyard Bride (continued)

   

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   The leech groaned loud, "come tell me this,
   By all the hopes of weal and bliss,
   Has Sir Furlough given the fatal kiss?"
   By the bonnie green woods of Killeevy.

   "The banchee's cry is loud and long.
   At eve she weeps her funeral song,
   And it floats on the twilight breeze along,"
   By the bonnie green woods of Killeevy.

   "Then the fatal kiss is given; the last
   Of Furlough's race and name is past,
   His doom is seal'd, his die is cast."
   By the bonnie green woods of Killeevy.

   "Leech say not that thy skill is vain:
   Ah, calm the power of his frenzied brain,
   And half his lands thou shalt retain,"
   By the bonnie green woods of Killeevy.

   The leech has failed, and the hoary priest
   With pious shrift his soul released,
   And the smoke is high of his funeral feast.
   By the bonnie green woods of Killeevy.

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bernard Sweeney

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Doire Ghofraidh, Co. Mhuineacháin

   Collector

   Cathleen Sweeney

   Gender

   Female

   Collector

   Moira Mc Cartin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Sceith na hAirgne, Co. Mhuineacháin