School: Lappen (roll number 2020)
- Location:
- Lappan, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Seán Ó Ruanadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0938, Page 218
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- (continued from previous page)the winning post,
A native sportsman we all should drink a "toast".
They bore him on their shoulders as they came into the town,
& his father swore he'd drink the prize. Let it be fifty pounds
I am sure you've heard of Jackson & likewise Arthur Bán,
You've also heard of Cassidy, for many a race he run
But there is none of those brave sportsmen to young Keatings I'd compare,
For he far exceeded the bold Philgate who rode all in Kildare.
To conclude & finish well for my song it is at an end,
I hope I have said nothing that would any of you offend,
Come drink a health to Keatings & take your glass in hand,
And give him his full title - his name is "Noble Dan".
- Collector
- Peter Mc Garry
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- Male
- Informant
- Frank Mc Garry
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- Parent
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