School: Baile Dubh, (C.) (roll number 15541)
- Location:
- Ballyduff, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Dhriaghail
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- (continued from previous page)With love for Mary of Sweet Flower Hill
Did I gain her I'd have been wild with bliss
From her maiden blushes and honey kiss
But the sea that claimed her left me thinking still
Of you, my Mary, of Sweet Flower Hill.
- Ther was a poet who lived in Glencairn, named Thomas O'Sullivan, now dead, and buried in Aglish, who composed many songs, one of which is sung up to the present day - "My Home in Lismore".
He was a shoemaker by trade and he composed another song, but it is forgotten now. It was about a pair of boots he made for his wife. "Lizzie's Brown Boots" was the name of it.
He was also a great storyteller and he wrote many stories for the newspapers and he got many prizes.
All his songs are forgotten now, only the names are remembered. Another one he(continues on next page) - Collector
- May Heskin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Aglish, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mrs A. Heskin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 79
- Address
- Aglish, Co. Waterford
