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   as Mullaigh, Michéal Ó Doláin as Cuppenagh, agus Micheál Seannon, Golagh.

   Bhí Tomás Mac Samhráin Gub beagnach ceithre fichidh bliadhain daois nuair a fuair sé bás.

   Bhí fear eile i Moneensauran darbh ainm dó Pronnsias Mac Samhrán agus sgríobh sé amhrán Dreagh fén Athair De Lace a bhí mar séipilíneach i mbaile na gCléireach. Seo é an t-amhrán.

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   Oh people of Glangevlin, Glangevlin's valley fair,

   Your son, your sagart is cold in death in a valley over there

   In the parish of Ballinaglera like a young and blushing bride,

   In his youth and bloom laid in the tomb,

   Down by Lough Allen's side.

   
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   His brothers and his sisters have lost a guiding hand

   But Heaven has one more saint obeying God's command,

   We pity his dear father, his dear mother went before

   And with the Angels met him on that bright eternal shore.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   Brighid Ní Shiordan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carrick West, Co. Cavan