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School: Ballylongford (C.) (roll number 11019)

Location:
Ballylongford, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Cáit, Bean Uí Bheoláin
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  1. The Legend of Carrigafoyle (continued)

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    The Fitzgeralds of Glin and the Stacks of Kilflynn
    Had nothing to do but to bear it and grin,
    He flashed on that way for a year and a day,
    Till it flashed upon him he had forgotten to pay,
    Forgotten to pay and bound by his honour
    To forfeit the lands of Irraghticonnor
    He gave up his lands as a gentleman ought
    But the castle he kept for it was built on the water,
    And there he would set it the torrid alone
    Bewailing his folly and cursing the stone.
    He was crying with rage one day, when a page
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    K. Boland
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher