School: St. Anne's (B.)

Location:
Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Mac an t Saoir
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    could read and write. I think he is buried in the old graveyard in Kilann.
    Another old poet called Corbett used to visit Bailieboro fifty years ago.
    He lived somewhere in the County Meath, and came occasionally to visit his sister Mrs Pat Rochfort, William St. It was he who wrote, "Bailie's old Borough that stands in the Vale".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Finegan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    P. Mc Intyre
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan