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Thread #57396   Message #1368824
Posted By: GUEST,Com Seangan
01-Jan-05 - 02:00 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Connerys (Frank Harte)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Connerys (Frank Hart)
Interesting that the version "Na Conaraigh na sár-fir" specifically mentions TWO brothers. This is substantiated in official records at the time naming them as John and Pat Connery:

"Geallaimse gan bhréig díbh ní raghad ag insint éithigh
Ná faighinn a neart ná a dtréineacht in aon BHEIRT DEARTHÁIR".

BUt "A Choimín mahallaithe... " version has three brothers. And Storyteller says the name of the third brother was Séamus. Is there a reliable source for this? NOt a matter of the greatest importance - but I would be inclined to go along with the official record especially when backed up by a comtemporary poem.
Com Seangan