School: Corra Cluana (roll number 14054)
- Location:
- Corracloona, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Caomháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0193, Page 386
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- Who is this Michael Davitt
That caused me all this weal.
They say he is an Irishman
A son of Granuaile
To the tenantry of Ireland
A messenger he sent
Saying, "Are you going to starve yourselves,
And pay this man rack-rent."
II
My agents had some useful men
They called them their land jobbers
They used to take evicted farms
They call them now land grabbers
I wonder are they dead and gone
I know they did some harm
But we cannot live without them now
They always took the farm
III
From that to this I'm in a rage
I don't know what to do
My carriage and pair I had to part
And my London mansion too
I cannot appear in public
I look so wretched and blue(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Thomas Keany
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 57
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Laghty Barr, Co. Leitrim
