School: Ráth Ó gCormaic (C.), Carraig na Siúire
- Location:
- Rathgormuck, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Dhálaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0655, Page 374
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Amhráin (continued)
“Brave Windgar team and Carrick-Beg”
(continued from previous page)real name of "Martin of the brake."She lived beside the Anner,
At the foot of Slieve-na-mon,
A gentle peasant girl,
With mild eyes like the dawn,
Her lips were dewy rose-buds
And her teeth of pearl rare,
And snow drift 'neath a beechen bough,
Her neck and nut-brown hair,
How pleasant it was to meet her,
On Sunday when the bell
Was filling with its mellow tone,
Low wood and grassy dell,
And when at eve young maidens strayed,
The Anner banks along,
The widow's brown haired daughter,
Was the loveliest of the throng. The girl mentioned in this song lived at the foot of Slieve-na-mon. Her name was Mac Donnell. The river Anner is near Kilsheelan, Co. Tipperary. I do not know who composed the song.