School: Cluain Tuirc (B.)

Location:
Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0217, Page 177

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    Into a pool of water his lifeless body threw
    And to sweet Lough Rinn and Donegal he now must bid adiue
    His castles and plantations grand are all now in dispute

    No matter who now claims them he cannot them dispute
    O Manner Vohin mansion a place to very grand
    But its beauty rare cannot compare with Lough Rinn lovely stand
    At Kildare near Celbrige in the County of Kildare.
    He owned another castle it was beautiful and fair
    The wills that he had written some of them were not signed
    He was as fickle as the weather cock that changes with the wind
    The bands of wedlock he did shun he played another game
    He who leaves an eveil life shall perish in the same
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Charles Faughnan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Cloonclivvy, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Patrick Faughnan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Cloonclivvy, Co. Leitrim