O' Neil (Ulster)
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Story about MacMhuirich winning a shirt from O' Neil, 1871
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW119/40
Scope and Contents
Story telling how O' Neil had a 'magnificent shirt' made which he would give to the person who composed the best poem. No one was able to win it from O' Neil until MacMhuirich arrived and he won it by reciting a poem beginning 'Thin[ig] mi a Al[ba] do dh Eir[inn], A dheo[gh] mhic O Nil a chois cliu'.
Dates:
1871