School: Drumconrath (C.) (roll number 16144)
- Location:
- Drumcondra, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Úna Ní Chongbhaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0712, Page 066
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- (The following is printed as an extempore illustration of what might be said on the contrariety of names. like a few others of its class in the collection, it contains names and allusions which should not be published were it not that the puns attempted depend entirely on such.) 1.
Drumconrath is a wonderous place
I'll prove beyond a doubt,
'Tis here we have a man named Strong,
Although he is not stout,
Likewise a Hill that's never green,
A Flood that's ever dry,
And not far distant from the town,
A Bird that cannot fly.
11.
Grim want, while you are living here,
I'm sure you need not dread,
A Halpenny is sufficient
To supply us all with bread:
And if you chance to break the law,
And wish to fly afar,
Before you've time to take a car,
You're taken by a Carr.(continues on next page)
