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School: Rathregan (roll number 9846)

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Rathregan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Uigín
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    “A man named Thomas Cowley lived in Batterstown about 50 years ago.”

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    A man named Thomas Cowley lived in Batterstown about 50 years ago. He owned the public house and wrote poetry for Old Moore's Almanac. He was called the "Batterstown Bard".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maolra O' Higgins
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Miss Bridget Mc Guinness
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    69