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1. The Drowning in Lough Sillin

   

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   You feeling hearted Christians of every degree, claim your kind attention to sympathize with me; Till I relate the unhappy fate which lately has befell Seventeen souls upon Lough Silllin; most heartrendering for to tell. On the 25th July upon this present year, From the parish school of Cullies, as it plainly doth appear; The master and his scholars, the monitor and his wife, Went to boat upon Lough Sillin where they lost their precious life. That morning those children's hearts were glad when they heard the joyful news, When hasting around Lough Sillin they were going to have a cruise. They parted friends and parents not thinking it would be That their pleasant day would terminate in death and misery. All dressed in their best attire, cheeks like roses red; The small selected party with their master at their head. They were not long arriving till the waters bloomed aside And the fatal boat was waiting for them upon the tide. As soon as they started out it would make your heart rejoice To see their innocent pastime and to hear their laughing voice. They gave three cheers with joy as they shoved out from shore;

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   Topics

   1. ócáidí
      1. cruatan (~1,565)
         1. bá (~292)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Evelyn Pepper

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Dúthamhlacht, Co. an Chabháin

   Informant

   Mrs Tom Clarke

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   An Chnapaigh, Co. an Chabháin