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School: Castlebridge (C.) (roll number 16382)

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Castlebridge, Co. Wexford
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Mrs E. Shortall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0884, Page 118

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    Local Poets ii
    31 . 10 . 38
    The poets that lived in my district formerly were Mr James Pender, Mr James Rossiter and Mrs Daly
    Jim Pender lived in Crory and he was born in Ballyboggan in or about the year 1876 he died in the year 1930 and he was between 50 and 55 years of age
    He is buried in Ardtramont.
    About 35 years ago he had an argument through the Press with a poet from the Barony of Forth named Joe Sutton
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Evelyn Shortall
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyboggan Lower, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    James Shortall
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Ballyboggan Lower, Co. Wexford