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School: Carrigaline, Ráth Mhór

Location:
Carrigaline, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Mhic Conchoille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0357, Page 150

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    Donal na Gréine lived in a small house exactly on the spot where the boundaries of Cork, Kerry and Limerick met. When the landlord got an ejectment against him in the Cork Court he removed all his effects to that part of the house which was over the Kerry border, and defied the Sherriff's man to follow. When the Kerry land-lord got an order he removed to the Limerick portion and when the Limerick land-lord moved against him he came back again to the Cork portion. In this way he held his house rent free, in being built on portion of the three Counties.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John D. O' Leary
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lyredaowen, Co. Cork

  2. Song

    “Donal na gréine lived in a small house exactly on the spot where the boundaries of Cork, Kerry and Limerick met”

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    Domhnall-so agam-sa is Domhnall-so 'gat-sa
    Is Domhnall na Gréine Domhnall na Gréine
    D'olfadh sé a bhfeicfeadh sé
    Is dá mbeadh a thuille aige (not sure of this)
    A chóta 's a léine, 'chóta 's a léine.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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