School: Cromadh (B.)
- Location:
- Croom, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail
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- (continued from previous page)are gone. They say that when they went to arrest Scanlan for the murder that he was in a garden near the Castle, and that he put his hand on a ten foot wall and cleared it. But twas all not good. You know the other story of how he was got (Cuid I). Danny Mann's Sullivans were living in Ballycahane. (All above, to last authority quoted, from Mr. O Connell.)There was a character in the eastern part of the parish of Fedamore in the days of the faction-fights whose name was Cilooly (phonetic spelling). When he was anxious to pick a quarrel he shouted "in a fierce way:""In Fox Cilooly, I'm stout and I'm bold
and never conquered or controlled
By any ____* three year old
And to hell with the vonisther girl." *** (Note: I didn't get the word to fill the space where the dash is above. The challenge or war cry came to me from Mrs. Hederman of "Lortyloorty" (Clogherdaloorty) Tedamore, through her daughter Mrs. James Hartigan, Carrigeen, Croom, and thence via here son Michael Hartigan, dalta sgoile, here.** Note: Alternative to last line herewith (and I believe the most correct version)
"To hell with you varisther Leahy"
(apparently for barrister) I do not understand "vonisther" above, nor can I find to what or whom it refers. It may be Mhainisar, for the young land pronounced it "Von ishther" and so might refer to some girl from Mainiscir - an-Aonaigh, a "three(continues on next page)- Collector
- Daithí Ó Ceanntabhail
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Informant
- Dick Butler
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Edward O Connell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrigeen, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Joe Costelloe
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Miss Finnerty
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- National múinteoir
- Address
- Croom, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Miss Guare
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Hederman
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Pat Allen
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- William O Connell
- Gender
- Male