This humble stone what few vain marbles can....

Abstract: Story collected by a student at Kilfearagh, Kilkee school (Kilfearagh, Co. Clare) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0628/3/3

 Kilfearagh, Kilkee [Vol. 0628, Chapter 0003]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Clare Schools

Story text

transcribed at

 

Kilfearagh, Kilkee  [duchas:4878682]

This humble stone what few vain marbles can,

May truly say, here lies an honest man,

Who on the eve of his Redeemer's birth,

Fled all the joys and sorrows of this earth,

To brighter regions where he joins the song,

And chants Hosanna mid the Heavenly throng.

We mourn thee Thomas Cusack here alas,

That thou didst not more mortal seasons pass,

Yet mellow was they season in sixty three,

In proper upright conduct passed by thee,

Thy sorrowing sons have placed this tablet here,

In the ninteenth century's thirty second year.


In this school district the children come from two townlands Kilfieragh and Donoughboy. There are no Irish speakers now living in either of these townlands.

Resource description

Origin information
Kilfearagh, Co. Clare
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 214
Volume 0628
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Pádraig Ó Braoin.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
Folk poetry--Filíocht na ndaoine
School location
Kilfearagh Cill Fhiarach Kilfearagh Kilfearagh Moyarta Clare
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5087921
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0628/3/3

Suggested credit
"This humble stone what few vain marbles can...."in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5087921>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Pádraig Ó Braoin.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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