School: Glenahulla, Mitchelstown (roll number 12446)
- Location:
- Glennahulla, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máiréad Bean Uí Réagáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0376, Page 030
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- (continued from previous page)catastrophe, which was soon to darken the horizon.
The numerous friends and neighbours who were present settled down after the marriage ceremony for the enjoyment of the good things provided with true Irish hospitality for the occasion, casting all the troubles and cares incidental to Irish life behind them, and thinking only of the immediate present, with never a thought or anticipation of the ill-fortune which towards the break of a new day when the enjoyment was at its highest pitch of the terrible and unforseen development which converted in a moment or two a joyous happy wedding feast, into a heart-rending scene of grief and lamentation through some mistake due to want of presence of mind or possibly to some slight over-indulgence in alcolcholic stimulants on the part of some individual member of the wedding party in the early hours of the morning following. The OMahonys of Ballylough were very popular in the neighbourhood, and all the relatives and friends assembled at the wedding party, in response to the invitation issued, to show their respect and esteem for an old stock rooted in the soil for many generations. The head of the house "William OMahony" and his wife Mary, were very pleased over their daughters(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máiréad Bean Uí Réagáin
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
