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School: Gurrane (C.) (roll number 14840)

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Clondrohid, Co. Cork
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Eibhlín Ní Shéaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0326, Page 312

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  3. XML “A Ballad - The Praises of Drishane”
  4. XML “Poet Aherne”

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  1. A Ballad - The Praises of Drishane (continued)

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  2. Poet Aherne

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    His name was Con Aherne of Ballinagree. He lived about the Famine times when the people died of hunger. He was an uneducated peasant and got the power to compose songs and poems by falling asleep on a stone in the river Laune.
    One day he was working in a field near the river and he got tired and he went into the river and sat down on a fine smooth stone there and fell asleep. When he awakened he was able to compose and his first song was the praises of Drishane. He was also the Author of "In Sweet Donoughmore". He also made a song about a fox hunt
    The Muskerry sportsmen assembled one day
    On the borders of Ryecourt both sprightly and gay.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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