School: Inbhear (roll number 12568)
- Location:
- An tInbhear, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás Mac Gearbhuigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0130, Page 776
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Amhrán
“A Mháire tá díchéillidhe ort mar drigidh tú na t-sléibhe;”
A Mháire tá díchéillidhe ort mar dtigidh tú na t-sléibhe;
Ná fág mise m'aonraic liom féin ins an oidhche.
Tá do theach dhá réidhiteach is seomraí geal in éadan;
In áit a bhéas muid go h-aérach go h-éag ar bheagán cíos.
O Mary lovely Mary if God is in your favour,
Don't have no hesitation in going along with me;
For your house it is a-making and soon will be completed,
In that lovely place where they call the Valley Green.Tá na cómharsanaigh ar gach taobh dinn is deise atá i n-Éirinn,
Is an sean-duine a bheith na céadta bliadhain níorbh fhada leis a shaoghal;
Tá an fear is a bhean in éifeacht a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Muilleach
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gort Meille, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Máire Muilleach
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gort Meille, Co. Mayo