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    months ago & nobody was,
    everyone knows nae
    now.
    A year ago I worked
    my day,
    No trouble on my soul,
    Except when forced to
    take a nest and live
    upon the dole.
    I was just then a
    poor workman getting
    along somehow,
    Nobody paid any heed
    to me, everyone
    knows me now.
    Ashbourne has another poet in the person of James Kearne, he was born in the year 1866.
    He lives at present in Robertstown, Ashbourne, and only last Saturday retired from his position as road-man. He wrote over a
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dympna Condon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cookstown, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Maureen Kearns
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Baltrasna, Co. Meath