School: Cluain Fhada (roll number 15091)

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   So adieu Cloonfad, where first I trod on the banks of Ballagh Lake."
   Then Thomas Duignan Corbally who in one of his poems referred to his own burial plot in Aughrim.
   "An arcade high points to the sky above the lonely grave.
   Where wild birds sing in Clooming spring and winds nocturnal rave."
   Last but not least the famous John Neary Ardleckna who in one of his many pieces referred to Barrington's soap as follows:
   "It will clean all skin diseases, don't talk of cleaning clothers,
   Yes, and change black birds as white as curds change ravens, daws or crows"
   We had also James Mc Keon of Cloonfad.

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sadie Gannon

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Corlis, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Mr Edward Clarke

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lackan, Co. Roscommon