School: Carrigeengeare (roll number 8672)

Location:
Carrigeengeare, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Muireadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0193, Page 426

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  1. During the days of the Land League when the Irish Parliamentary Party were agitating at home and in the English Parliament, for fair rents for the Irish tenants or for Land Purchase an election was held in 1888 in the Leitrim-Sligo. The candidates of the "Party" were Mr. Jasper Tully, and Mr. Mac Hugh the Mayor of Sligo. The following ballad related of a meeting, held at Drumkeeran, in support of these two candidates which was attended by great crowds of North Leitrim people and which aroused great enthusiasm at that time.
    Attend you gallant Irishman, unto these
    lines penned down,
    Concerning a great meeting, held in
    Drumkeeran town,
    It was a grand and glorious sight
    on the twenty fourth of May
    And twenty thousand Irish hearts
    assembled there that day.
    From the bridge of Manorhamilton,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rosaleen Rooney
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr James Slevin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Munakill, Co. Leitrim