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I’ll  tell ye now of the lovely Selkie,  
She  married   Dingle man  Cagans
For a short span of time, then returned to the sea. 
Near   Kerry’s  land of  goblins

He  found her  drowning in his net  one day
With his strong hand he  saved  her life 
And took  her  Selkie's skin   away, 
He wanted her  for  wife, 

The  man then married  this  seal-woman
She’d be his true  lover 
She  become human and  shed  her  seal skin, 
His love had won her  over 

Oh boys,  but  her true home was the sea, 
The waves and tides of the Bay
She’d leave if the chance came to be free
But, faithful  girl, she  stayed. 

Cagans one windy  winter morn -
In his nets trapped far from shore -
The end, he feared.  But  then  he mourned
The loss of  his darling more.

His cries like waves broke  in her ears:
She changed back to seal-form 
Then she swam right fast and quelled his fears,
And he was saved  from harm. 

Says she, “ I’ve lost our home and bed
But I’ll always swim near you.”
“Then I never will sail from Dingle,” he said, 
“But swim out  each day with  you.“

And every day they were seen in the bay
On the  sea or near  the shore,
A-catching fish and always at play
Till one day they were no more. . . . . . . .  

 . . . . . . Now, a dolphin’s come to Dingle Bay
Fungie’s made it his home.
He’s never left us, but decided to stay,
Never more to roam. 
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NOTE 
Dingle Bay is famous for a young bottlenosed dolphin which appeared at the mouth of Dingle Harbour  in 1984. In Dingle they say it is Cagans swimming always. Christened "Fungie" by the local fishermen, the dolphin rarely ventures far from the mouth of the harbor, a fact that has baffled scientists and specialists. A simple explanation given is that at the time of his arrival, the body of a young female bottlenose was washed up locally. Dolphins are thought to show great fidelity in their relationships, and may only have one mate for life.      Dingle is also  famous as the location for three movies:  RYAN’S DAUGHTER 1969,  FAR AND AWAY 1992,  THE FIELD  1993.
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