School: An Grianán (Mount Temple) B.
- Location:
- An Grianán, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: S. Ó Riain
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0746, Page 058
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A Local Song
“O Mary, lay your basket down, And rest your weary hand, And come and hear me sing a song of our old Ireland.”
O Mary, lay your basket down,
And rest your weary hand,
And come and hear me sing a song
Of our old Ireland.
II
In Sídheog Dún there lived a Lord,
And a mighty Lord was he,
And he did wed a second wife,
A maid of low degree.
III
But he was old and she was young,
And so in evil spite,
She baked the black bread for his kin
And fed her own with white. This song was composed by Francis Cuniffe. Magheramore, Moate now resident in England.Sidheog Dún is the name of a fort in the land owned by Denis Galvin, Ballykillroe, about three(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Doyle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Magheramore, Co. na hIarmhí