School: Iomaire Buí (B.) (roll number 9817)
- Location:
- Ummeraboy East, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Gealbháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0355, Page 284
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- (continued from previous page)Edward exerted himself vigorously in the ante-tithe war + a short term of imprisonment was the reward of his labours.
Some time afterwards he was appointed teacher at Glounthone N. S. but his patriotism (exessive in the ciew od the Authorities) revealed itslef in a article entitles "What is repeal Papa? and published in the nation - Poor Walsh was dismissed ABout this time he made several prose contributions to Old Dublin Penny Journal. folk tales _ such as St Lateren and Daniel OLeary.
Next we find him teaching school in Tureen a few miles from Cappo-gain - Here he fell to wooing - and here he wrote one of his prettiest love Sonfs ("No chraobhin Cnó) My Nut brown maiden - dedicated to Miss Power the daughter of a gardener in the locality
"My heard is far from Liffeys tide + Dublin town
It strays beyond the Southern side of Cnoc Maol donn
Where Capa chuinn hath woodlands green
Where Abanni Mórs waters flow
Where dwells unsung, unsought, unseen
Mo Craobín Cno
Low clustering in her leafy screan
No Craobín Cno.
Later on Walsh met a lady whom he married
-A Miss Bridget Sullican - daughter of a(continues on next page)
