Guth & Tuairim, Bealtaine 1981

0 1 BOYLE OF THE ROSSES 8 They laid him to rest near the rim of the ocean, Near the home of his childhood they laid him to rest; Old Ireland he loved, with faith and devotion, He fought and he fell for the cause he loved best. When Ireland called forth the brave sons of the O'Boyle was the first man to answer the call; The sons of the Rosses he banded together, To drive the oppressor from dark Donegal. heather, O'er mountain and moorland with despots around him, Till outnumbered and wounded a captive he f'ell; To the Bastille of Derry a captive they bound him, But he scaled their stone walls and he bade them farewell. Once more on the mountain, still daring, unconquered, Tis not the false Saxon that's now on his trail; Oh no~ 1 tis the bloodhounds of Judas Mulcahy, A man who sold Ireland, the dregs of the Gael. How bravely he fought with the foemen around him, Till with all hope abandoned h~ turned to his foe; "Long live the Republic", his voice rang out clearly. Their rifles spat death, and our hero's lai~ low. They laid him to rest near the rim of the ocean, Near the scenes of his childhood , the spot he loved well, But long we' 11 remember, with fartli-' and devotion, The fate of our chieftain, the dauntless O'Boyle. This is an old song in memory of Niall Plunkett O'Boyle, soldier of The Irish Republican Armw, who fell resisting Charles: "What did you do then today 1 That is much more important." Di: •-wen it was a fairly shitty d_ay. · · ·· · -- On August 6th, 1890, the first electric chair in history was put into use in the death chamber of Auburn Prison in New York. In distant Abyssinia (now called Ethopia), Emperor Menelik II heard about it and decided that this new method of execution should become part of his modernization plan for his country. Immediately he ordered three electric hairs f'rom the American manufacturer. When the chairs arrived and were unpacked the Emperor was mortified to learn they would not work -Abyssinia had no electricity. The smallest house in Ireland is Dan Kearney 1 s dwellinghouse at Ballyellis, Co. Wicklow. It measures 8 ft. x 7 rt. The last recorded fatal duel: William Todd, The Castle, Buncrana, shot a Mr. Hartley 1810. Oldest pqb The Brazen Head, founded 1688 and still doing business in Dublin's Bridge Street. Donegal has a uaique record of being the birthplace of' two Cardinals and one Archbishop. Cardinals Logue and O'Donnell and Archbishop McGettigan. Five Delaney brothers played together on the Laois Co. f'ootball team. Me.ry Margaret Browne, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon was the first Ban Garda appointed on 9th July, 1959. William Jennings Bryan, when serving as U.S. Secretary of State, invited Switzerland to send its navy to the opening of the Panama Canal. Only one problem - Switzerland~ no navy. Le "Crian Caoch". the forces of the Free State, near Blessington, Co. Wicklow, 1922. He is buried "near the rim of the Is Dan going back to the old custom - trying to ocean" in the grave-yard at Kincasslagh. ~~~~~~~~~~~·~e~x=c~hang~~e~a~p~o=ny~~f~o=r=a~C~ru~i~t~w~o~ma~n~·-------------- •TEA.MPALL CROINE (Cuid a trf) r.. _STAl.R e Dhabhliain des€ o shoin nuair a ceapadh an Caonach 6 Ceallachain ina shagart paroiste, chonaictheas do gur airgead amUairgead ar bith a chaithf1 ar Teach Phobail Naomh Peadair agus toisi"odh ar airgead a chruinniu le teach phobail Ur a thogail. Cuireadh tus leis an teach phobail ur i 1979 ague La Fheil' Muire Mor san Fhomhar seo chuaigh thart foscladh teach phobail ur Naomh Croine. Teach phobail nua-aimsire ataann a dtig leis ~ corradh ague mne duine a choi_nneail. Ta se brea compordach ague ffor oiritfuach mar fhoirgneamh le on61r g ague adhradh a thabhairt do phia na Gloire. _ ~ Teampall Croine i dTearmanns Threig Eaglais na hEireann i go luath san 1% aois (1820) nuair a thog siad a n-ait : fein ar an Chlochan Liath• . Ghlac na caitlici" seilbh dr ari"s agus gidh ruir leigheadh aifreann ann leanadh de bheith ag cur na marbh sa reilig. Ta s~ suimiUl breathnu ar na leachta ata os cionn na n-uaigheanna. Slinn ata i gcuid mhaith acu. Ta se saoithiuil an oiread daoine oga, deagoirf ague fir ague mna ins na fichidf ata~ curtha sa tsean reilig. Creidim go bhfuair a lan acu bas de ghalair nach raibh leigheas ar bith fans gcoinne san am, galair mar feadhmatas, creachta, bolgnach, bufochin, flu agus f'iabhras. Ta suil agam go bhtuil siad uilig i bhFlaitheas De i gcuideachta na Miaghdine Muire ague Naomh Croine. Nfl fb!os go cinnte ea bhfuil Cron fe~n curtha sa tsean reilig ach tadaoine ann a deir go bhfUil a h-uaigh sa cho1rneal in aice gheaf'ta na reilige. TaTeampall Croine mar 81t oilithreachta ag bunadb na paroiste anoia. Nfonn siad 'Turas' ann gach Samhradh thart fa Lii Fheil I Croine, se sin 7U Iuil. Se ta sa turas na paidrin pairteach a ra fhad is siUltear costarnocht thart ar an reilig tri h-uaire, Paidrin eile a ra istigh sa reilig ague paidreacha a ra ag na toibreacha beannaithe. Bhf nos ann am amhain, airgead, boinn bheannaithe, coinneail Mhuire agus crosoga a fhagail ag na toibreacha agus bhi"odh moll acu ann uair amhain. Tascealpaf idir na carraigheacha ar mhullach ardain taobh thiar de'n reilig agus coinnftear cloch Chroine annsin. Cloch chruinn shleamhain atainti a bhfUil mar a bheadh lorg mear go domhain inti. Sa tsean-am ba ghnath leis na daoine an chloch a thabhairt chuig daoine ague ainmhithe a bhi"odh tinn, mar chreid siad go raibh bua an leighis inti. --~ S 1 !omdha ait a tugadh cloch Chroine. _-- Deirtear gur tugadh i" go Meiricea trath~ . Le Dom 0 Cmlimhsf (Crfoch). Deirtear fosta gur tugadh f i bhf'ad amach san fharraige i mbad agus gur caitheadh isteach i ndoimhne na farraige 1, ach gry raibh sf arais sa scealpaf in aice an Teampaill an Li thar na bharach. 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