School: Baile an Mhuilinn
- Location:
- Milltown, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Uí Shigín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0157, Page 355
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An Old Song
“farewell Drumcliffe and barney,”
Farewell Drumcliffe and Carney,
Lissadell and Maugherow,
And many a happy day I spent
In the handle of my plough.
Our rent was paid, we were not afraid,
We thought we would not go.
We were forced to yield and quit the field
On board the "Pomeno"
(II)Bad luck to you, Sir Robert,
That you may be lying low
With your agent, Captain Dodwell,
And your driver Jimmy Joe.
You sent four hundred and eighty families
On board the "Pomeno".
Owing to the eviction this song was composed and the evicted people were occupants in a place calle the "Seven Cartrons" which now comprises the greater part of Lissadell demesne. These were already referred to in a previous lesson.
Ada Shaw
Nunstown
Told byMiss E. Shaw (96)
Ballinagalliagh
- Collector
- Ada Shaw
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynagalliagh, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Miss E. Shaw
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 96
- Address
- Ballynagalliagh, Co. Sligo