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School: Manulla (Cailíní)

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Manulla, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Bairéad
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095, Page 362

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  1. The Local Poet

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    About sixty years ago there was a poet in Kilmachade named Frank Bourke but he was commonly called "poet Bourke" Now this man used to compose all kinds of songs but chiefly comic songs. He often composed poems for concerts and for parties and dances.
    He won so much fame for himself thta some important men used to come and pay him well for even oneverse of a song. These men wanted songs belonging to Bourke because his poems had a great impression on the people who heard them.
    Poet Bourke himself was a small farmer and he was
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Manulla, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    65
    Address
    Manulla, Co. Mayo