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School: Cormeen (roll number 16132)

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Cormeen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brian T. Ó Dubhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 292

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    school. He lived beside Brakey lake, and made the following verse about it.
    "In the lake by the wood in the time of the flood that ark it once navigated.
    And Joan was seen at the cross of Cormeen when he got from the whale liberated."
    He is about fifty years of age, and he is neither very tall or very small. He goes about singing as usual.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Diralagh, Co. Meath
    Informant
    John Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Diralagh, Co. Meath