J6tiitijiJ. OF ri!E oou:NtY DONEGAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY. a terw songs. The lament for :mamonn Buidb!i.. Q'l ·Q'B·. o• ·.yle was Jl'ieked. . up b.y tJhe late ·~ MQI'l'i$, and placed in his ~lendld eolleeti<:>n. This l!lamonn 'B\ltdhe was buried over two hundred years ago in the gra,yey;aird of Inis CM·l ait the mouth of the Gw.eeibarra, where St. Conal oaOl bu1llt a church. The O'Boyles' were a powerful family once and ~ve their name to the Barony of Boylagh. This is the first stanza of the song:- ~ .e~momn \')u.i:Oe-tnQ mile Lean 'r mo cf'A'O- . Uo tor.(). f.().01 LI.as, 1r cJ.'n ct.11 reo no UhUU m.a11 cJ. ; lr cu t>J.111Sin b.a -oilre no J'.'io11-rc01t 'S4e'Oe.at C11iC' fJH., ln 1nir c-0.01L, r.a·114\or, 1 5q1e so brJt. In. ano·ther stanza the poeit remi.nds · the tombstone of the treasure that lies 'beneath it: · · ~n eoL uu1cre, .a m611-ctoc n6 1.att-le.1c lift, ~n reo11c·"' .().1-cme "'11 c6111 l'>e1t mr -0.n cir reo .att· ucur 1 flft beo 'Oen po11 r111 .ac uir no c111ur, 1r bio'I'> bl16'0 011c_ cJ 6111-c1rc:e 5.dc b.do-1;SHA.1e.().(: flit::. Then we meet with humorous song's. In the song C!alled ".An Obiiobog," a young ma.n bewails his mamiage to a wilfe who has iproved herself a useless housekeeper: bt1A111 m611 'r-0.' c.dca reo, ba 1'.>e.1r mo cut.d1t e.4'0.d1S; b.d lutm.,,11, ed-'Oc11om, .dlJSe.dnC.4, .d - 1'.>ed11iF.dmn be.an .a t'>11ea5.au. .O.c t"'-'·nncu1S m1re .dn s10b65, mar l'li cupl.d bo m-0.11 rp11e .d1ce, .O.sur u'rJ.s r1 .dfl• .an -0.n...,,r me, "'sur mo c11101ce.dnn se& 5M1 te1111u. .0. t'Ju.ic.i1tili, 'r "' t'>u.16.d1tu, An mem ftA"O .111 n-0, bJ;0.111'l; 5mu1mre Ri 11.d n-O.mse~\L-Se toc11mSe.ar n.i. ptJnem- :So Le1511'.> Se rlJ•n 11..1 bU.<\C..11Lli S<\11 concat'J.d1·rc .dfl· b1t t'JJ.1uce. "CJ. 401t'Jne-0r 1 n:Oo111e le-0.c Co1Mtll 1Mc l'lFAC-0.r -01"1-01i1 r.dn .a1c: rm; r:..;. w11·-0r -05 11.. ,om Con.all -01111 -0.sur m1ott•l'>J1Lci 50 W.nriMfl ; ~c be1r·c nior r1urK.dt$e nJ mo cl-01111r.i. nl flAt'J rta"O l·e f..l.1\., AUil, "C..l. 'Q1li1L -05-0.m n..l.tt pe.dCUl;S r1-0u 6 b.a1crce-0u 1-0.u 'n.i. bp..l.1rqu. C!onllng through the Rooses we cast our eyes seaiward, and note the many isles that lend enchantment to thds part of the Doneia'l coas;t. One of these, Ims Mac Duirn, or Rutland, has passed on a legend wh:iich has been relieved in a cameo of beautiful verse by Br·igid MacGinley, the poetess of Glenswilly. Tlhls ooem I find' in WHMarn Hiarkin's "North.:.West Donegal." Arranmore, which w::.s bae scene of a tragic drowning ddsaster a few years a1ro, has wllitnessed more than one tragedy in the course of its hJ1>tory. Tbe following is the brief outline of a story that has come down to us t·rom the latter haH of the 17th century. There lived a:t tihat time on Arranmore two splendid types oJ manhood, who were also f1ast friends: Aodh Ban O'Donnell and Seamus Crone O'Gallaigher. Alodh B'an was then in · the prime of Ufe, the sole support of an aiged mother, and Sea.mus Ctone was in hi's declilning year1>. One of C'romwell's captains, named C:onynhiam, l1ived in Doe Castle whence the Mac Suibhnes' ihad been ex;peUed. This captain used to raid the country around for booty whenever the evil impulse incited him. He raided Arranmore and took poss::ssion of al1 the cattle and sheep on the h;il1and. .a5A1tl cJ. s.in p6r.iu, l tl • r.an+." t:Ulr-1(> 'ltl.re .dn ,..10b6,,. mN• The .Peop e fled in terror and som,e " " "' <:> "' ,. hid themseives in -the- .caves. tJnforSe4t;t, .a11 l'>e.a5J.n ool.dcc; tunately one woman looRect -nut from b're.&1111 llom cA1Un SL.dn .as.i.m 65 hier Hiding plac.e and was olbservecCos p1lte4'6 u-0rn c11.&tn611..1, a pieket of soldiers. Conynham, on n -·--.- · .... · · L hearing of the presence of refugees '-' ... ua~-<-d.tJ~~ . ~~ re-0.cc.ame e cur hidden on the island, set a party of ..1.mAc '01.i 'Oomtl-.iJ~--------~rs b-y land, and another by sea. to seek ~._hapless people whom he The emig:rla.ition of our .boys to Sc~t- had robbed. -~ massacre enland ha-& a1wiays \been. a sourice of gne:f sued. S'ome of the peoPie escaipe-a;-tnalld anxiety to .the parents they leave dudlng A'Odh Ban and Seamus Crone. behind them at home. . Here are a Among the viotims · was the aged couple .of verses from a song· in which mother of Aoc;Jih, and he swore a solemn a fa.~er r~eals his an~ety and love oath that be would avenge his mother's for hl:S sons.-. murder. He and Seamus made their nu.dtfl A ccim an \'.'Mt1-11se E;attt'> 're mo C•l101Ue t'>ior Cft.\l'l'>t:e, Sm40Jt:1li 4l1 nc. bMcc.1t.U m.& tl1om1 wav in due tLme to the vi!cinity of Doe Ciastle, and a.waited th€dr opportunity. Che day they observ.ed Conynham rlde to® with only a :single attendant.
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