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School: Camross, Mountrath

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Camross, Co. Laois
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Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 451

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 451

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  1. Last Verse of Plains of Aghaboe

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    Now to conclude and finish take warning of my fate
    Take Griffith's valuation and reside on the estate.
    Be good unto your tenants and if not prepare to go
    Like me from Holy Ireland and the plains of Aghaboe.
    John Breen
    Rosnadough
    Camross.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. belief (~391)
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    John Breen
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    Rossnadough, Co. Laois

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    “When the cock crows three times...”

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    When the cock crows three times at unusual times - it means trouble far away.
    Michael Dalton
    Cloughleigh
    Golden
    Co. Tipp.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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