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School: Ballymartle (roll number 7361)

Location:
Ballymartle, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Patrick Kelleher
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    “My name is John Maher.”

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    My name is John Maher.
    I am a man that loves pleasure.
    It is two dozen years since I first saw the light.
    I jumped over a table.
    I jumped over a wall.
    I roamed it far west to a place called Crossbarry and back to Ballyheade where I am very well known and likewise Ballymartle where and fame Ballygarry and back into Tracton where the Abbey lie low.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jerry Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Arlinstown, Co. Cork