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   Can bowlplay or goal with Young bold Thady Quill.

   At the All-Ireland match between Cork and Tipperary,
   That was played in The Park at the banks of the Lee,
   Our Gaelic young men were afraid of being beaten,
   So they sent for bold Thady to Ballinagree.
   He hurled the ball left and right in their faces,
   Showing the Tipperary men training and skill.
   If they touched on his lines he would certainly brain them,
   So they placed on the papers the praise of Thade Quill.

   Bold Thady was famous in many more places.
   At the athletic races held down at Cloghroe.
   He won the long jump without throwing off his waistcoat.
   Going twenty-four feet from the heel to the toe.
   At the throwing of the weights there was a Dublin chap foremost,
   But Thady, our sportsman, exceeded him still.
   And around the whole field went the wild ringing chorus.
   "Long life to you and glory, young bold Thady Quill."

   At the Cork Exhibition there was a young lady,
   Whose fortune exceeded a million or more,
   A bad constitution had ruined her completely.
   And medical treatment had failed o'er and o'er.
   "Oh mamma," says she, "I know what will heal me.
   And cure the disease that would certainly kill.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Manning

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Aghavrin, Co. Cork

   Informant

   James Manning

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Aghavrin, Co. Cork