1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. An Cam (Camp), Tra Lí

School: An Cam (Camp), Tra Lí

Location:
Camp, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Seán Ó Murchadha
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0432, Page 080

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0432, Page 080

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: An Cam (Camp), Tra Lí
  2. XML Page 080
  3. XML “Bithiúnaigh agus Gadaithe”
  4. XML “An Gadaí Dubh”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Bithiúnaigh agus Gadaithe (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    and himself. His mother died when he was twenty eight and the last words she said was, "Jackeen has given me a black and broken heart." Jack used be out at twelve every night before his mother died and they buried her in a field above the house. Every night the heart used rise in two halves and go into the two sides of the house and it was as black as the hob. It killed the father and Jack one night as they were going to bed. They fell and died together. They say that the same heart goes into the old ruin and crying is heard there every night.
    Nioclás Ó Dhomnaill, Rang 7,
    Cnoc Ghlas Mhór.
    An Cam, Tráighlí
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit