School: Caisleán an Droma, Caisleán na Mainge
- Location:
- Castledrum, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0432, Page 300
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- Towards the end of Maurice Kerin's life, he became a journeyman and travelled into Limerick where he died at a place called Ballyhahill far from the relatives and friends of his youth.He had a great desire to be buried in Keel, and he made a poem on his death bed which consisted at first of 14 verses. In this poem, he sees his friends coming to bring his corpse to Keel, but he was left to be buried where he died in an unknown grave in Ballyhahill. The following is all that can be had of the poem.(continues on next page)
- (continued from previous page)Tá dlíghe ceart i bhfeídhim cois Mainge
Agus leígheas ar cheasuáidhe gháibhtear
Ministrí Dubha, go dub'ach, Fe mhairthig
Do Dheúltuig dact dár Phápa
Gan eagla roimh Fhórcai, Sheóirsi Sacson
I gcóir dlíghe sceara agus dáiteamh
Agus go bhFuil Deachaighthe go deó 'rís gan mór bpígh i gceanntaibh
Agus ní dóigh unm sagart sasta
