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School: Fothar (roll number 16903)

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Faugher, Co. Donegal
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Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1077, Page 219

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  1. Amhrán (continued)

    “Neigh on death their lay alas, a frail and failing man ¶ There came a hasty messenger, at his bedside did stand.”

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    right hand, your timely aid has turned the sherrifs cruel band.
    You keep the roof tree over his head where he's still pines away,
    a marty to consumption and a lingerer to decay.
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  2. Amhrán

    “O the shores of green Erin ¶ Rise up form the sea ¶ That was cut by the waves of the birth place of me”

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bella Mc Ginley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Parkmore, Co. Donegal