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School: Baile Uí Chorráin, Eóchaill (roll number 7441)

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Ballycurrane South, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Háirdín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0640, Page 247

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  1. Leaca na Gréine (continued)

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    beadh bocht an bhaile go leíreach gach maidin ag glaosach cun gnó
    Agus dhíolfad sé an bille i gceann lae leo
    Agus go fanfad sé féin go dtí an Foghmhair
    Dá mbeadh taistealach bocht no fear mála bead faire 7 failte roimh
    Gheóbhadh sé ostas go lá ann 7 fairsing ar chlár le roinnt
    D'aireóchadh sé an paidrín Pairteach dá freagad gan sár ár gcroidhe
    Agus Rí na bhFlaiteas mar Garda
    Cun seasamh sa caírde arist.
    Leaca na Greine is the name given to a patch of mountain which belonged at the time of the composition of the song to Dick (Muiris) Fitzgerald of Cladagh, Clashmore. In those days the land was tilled with considerable toil but the result hardly paid for the labour expended on it. Dick Muiris had several small houses on his land. The ruins are still to be seen. His daughter married a man named Hickey from Kilbrien and he planted a few acres of Leaca na Greine with furze for horses. Even he was sorry for that because
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