School: Moys (roll number 10837)
- Location:
- Moy Otra, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Dawson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0935, Page 164
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Local Songs
“Sweet Listening Hill.”
These are the best local songs.Sweet Listinney Hill.
November Keady Fair.
The Nationalist Green Corps.
The 1916 Rising.
The Hunting Song.
The Feddans Pack.
The Nob of Cornahoe.
Mc Kearneys Sow Pig.
Rose of Avelbane.
Shades of Blayney Town.
Ragman from Lemgar.
Sweet Mary Jane.The first four of these songs were written by Neal Doran. Listerfelt, [?] Keady, Co. Armagh, now dead who composed poems of every description. It is said locally that it was Neal's sister who really made the poems but Neal who supplied the subject matter.(continues on next page)