School: Strang's Mills, Kilmacow
- Location:
- Strangsmill, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Richard Rellis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 331
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- (continued from previous page)Irish speaker. I remember when the cant "Tis soft you have it" was in vogue Johnny was approached by one of the teachers of Ferrybank to put Irish on it. Johnny did so: thus: "Is bog athá sé agat". It was one of the first Irish phrases I learned. He died in the fields about 10 yds from where I now live. He died about 30 years ago.
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“From Bishop's Hall is a hole in the cliffs over the river Blackwater in Kilmacow...”
From Bishop's Hall to a hole in the cliffs over the river Blackwater in Kilmacow there is supposed to be an underground passage. This goes through Miltown & would be about three miles long - Informant
- Thomas Gaull
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 66
- Address
- Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny
- There was a travelling poet around Kilmacow & Dunkitt & the District His was an artist and poet. His name was Johnson. The following are three verses of a song he made about Kilmacow. I may be able to gather more of this song later on as there were sixteen verses in the song when he first made it(continues on next page)
