School: Gníomh go Leith (B.) (roll number 1703)

Location:
Gneevgullia, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Cormac Ó Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0451, Page 411

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  1. About thirty years ago a man named Paddy Tavog lived in this district. He was one of Lord Kenmare's bailiffs and process-servers. At that time a poet named Joseph Dineen lived in this district. Paddy processed Dineen for some debt. Then Dineen got angry and he made this verse about Paddy.
    "May the Lord above
    Send down a dove,
    With wings as sharpt as razors.
    To cut the hide
    Off Paddy Tavog
    For serving all the neighbours."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maurice Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Gneevgullia, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Julia Moynihan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    78
    Address
    Gneevgullia, Co. Kerry