School: Inniskeen (roll number 13396)
- Location:
- Inishkeen, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Louis A. Duffy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0933, Page 104
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- I
Oh! Larry M' Hale, he had little to fear,
And never could want when the crops didn't fail,
He had a house and demesne and eight hundred a year,
And the heart for to spend it had Larry M' Hale.
II
The soul of a party, the life of a feast,
And an elligant song he could sing I'll be bail,
He could ride with the Rector, and drink with the priest,
O! the broth of a boy was Larry Mc Hale.
III
Its little he cared for the Judge or recorder,
His house was as big and as strong as a jail
With a cruel four - pounder he kept all in great order,
He'd murder the country, would(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Coleman
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- James Coleman
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Chanonrock, Co. Louth
