School: Ballyvaldon (roll number 10792)
- Location:
- Ballyvaldon, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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Oh : what a pity, and a heart-rending ditty,
The High-Church so pretty to droop and decay,
Those sanctified Mitres and Holy black gowns
Their girls and fine punches will surely come down
Likewise the sweet doxeys (The ministers (wifes) that sleep in their arms
The loss of the 10th sheaf will spoil all their charms.The above was written by a local poet, (name unknown) after O'Connell had secured Catholic Emancipation. Anyone heard reciting it at the time of its composition was arrested and charged with treason. The reference to the tenth sheaf is connected with the law which forced farmers to give every tenth sheaf to the protestant clergy. There was much more verses in the poem but Miss O'Connor could not remember any more of it.
Owen Leary a local poet who lived near the Old church of Ballyvaldon, was one day standing on(continues on next page)
