School: Doire an Chairn (roll number 12976)
- Location:
- Doirín an Chairn, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Nóra, Bean Uí Shéaghdha
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0280, Page 092
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- I
Is d'fhreagair í a Mháirín go mairg do shár fhear óg.
Do dhéanfadh crúach nó stáca nó dá ba gádh í bhaineadh mhóin
Do chuirfeadh an síol sa Mhárta is sábhálfach é sa bFóghmhar
Ná an táiliúirín 'sa t-snáthad ag árnáil ó ló go ló
II
It was in a Sunday evening on my ramble from Glengarriff
I met with a pair of girls upon the public road
One of them wrung her hands and her coal black locks she tore
Saying if I dont gain the lad I love distracted I will [?]
III
Éist anois a Mháirín táim cráidte i bhfad roimh ré
B'fheárr liomsa an táiliúirín ná nád dá bhfuil sa t-saoghal
Muna mbeadh ach an t-snáthadh tabharfadh sé arán dom agus té
Sin cómhartha ná bhfuigheann ó'n sclabhaidhe bocht gach lá agus é rómhar an cré
IV
It was on a Sunday in yondor valley as he was coming home
He met with his true lover and she eager for to roam
She made him to return to the public house once more
And they spent the night quiet happy and she called for puins go leór
- Collector
- Cáit Ní Mhathghamhna
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Séamus Ua Mathghamhna
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 57
- Address
- An Chúil Iarthach, Co. Chorcaí
