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School: Granard (B.) (Muire Gan Smál) (roll number 13963)

Location:
Granard, Co. Longford
Teacher:
León Mac Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0764, Page 217

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    Composed by Joe Donnolly Cara (1 mile from Granard)
    He's only a Pauper
    Don't wander back to Cromwell
    Or even 98
    Or even to the Black and Tans
    For scandals small and great
    Just now in 1937
    Aye even at your nose
    You'll find the scandal nothing less
    Than those of Tans and Yoes.
    II
    But one short mile from Granard
    How many go to see
    The graves in "Bully's Acre"
    The Workhouse cemetry?
    Where trampled on by bullocks
    And asses, pigs and sheep
    The bones of England's victims
    But lately laid to sleep.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Victor Holohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford