School: Shanbogh, New Ross (roll number 5297)
- Location:
- Shanbogh Upper, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dubhghaill
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- As far as is known Shanbogh never formed part of the extensive De Frayne territory, an Anglo-Norman family who first settled in North Kilkenny
Local knowledge of the De Fraynes amounts to that found in the following poem. It was brought to me by a pupil Hugh Lee, who got it from a Ciaran Carroll (R.I.P.) of Butterbridge, Shambo.
The first eight verses were missing and so far, I have not been able to find them. The story as told poetically does not agree with Father Corrigan, who says Kally Ryder, married a Francis White, a gentle man of means who occupied Ballyreddy Castle, after it had been forfeited by the Fraynes.X X X X X X X X X X X XDe-La-Fraynes knightly race
There he swore for aye to love her
Kneeling in that sacred place.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Hugh Lee
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Ciaran Carroll
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shanbogh Upper, Co. Kilkenny