School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Cill Áirne
- Location:
- Killarney, Co. Kerry
- Teachers: An tSr. M. Déaglán An tSr. Marie Thérèse
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0456, Page 282
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“How the blessed Abbot of Ennis Fallen walked for two hundred years about the little Island that was'nt a mile round and the way of it was this...”
(continued from previous page)Father - and he was dead.
- Seán Clárach Mac DomhnaillSan mbliadhain ‘nár imthigh an Sáirséalach agus a shlúagh saighdiuirí ó Éirinn go dtí an Frainnc 1691 rugadh Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill i mBaile an Teampaill in-aice le Ráth Luirc i gCo. Corcaighe. San mbliadhain 1754 do chailleadh é. Dá bhrígh sin baineann sé le ceartlár an tríomhadh ré de stair filidheachta na Núa-Ghaedhilge, maidir le “sgoil” na Muimhneach. Fear ana thábhachtach i stair na sgoile sin ab eadh é.
Daoine achfuinneacha ab eadh a mhuinntir do réir gach deallraimh, agus fúair sé oideachas maith. Do bhí saoghal níos feárr aige ná mar bhí ag formhór filí na haimsire sin. Do bhí a bhformhór go beo bocht, ag stracadh leis an saoghal, ag casadh le n-a mbuaidirt do mhúcadh le hól is ragairne. Maidir le Seán Clárach, bhí feirm agus muilleann aige i gCill Tuathaigh, in aice le Ráth Luirc, agus chaith sé súairce go léir i gcomparáid leis na filíbh eile.
Deirtear gur imthigh sé thar lear(continues on next page) - Informant
- Pádraig Mac Cárthaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 92
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Meentoges, Co. Kerry
