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School: Castlebridge (C.) (roll number 16382)

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Castlebridge, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Mrs E. Shortall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0884, Page 113

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    Poets were not very plentiful in our district formerly but there are none at all in in now.
    There were three poets living here -:
    Jem Rossiter, Jem Pender and Mrs Daly.
    Jem Rossiter lived in Ballytramont, he was born in the year of 1835.
    He was a fisher man by trade and he also used to make potato baskets, mend boots, and other odd jobs.
    He used to make songs about dances, parties, hurling matches, football matches, and so forth.
    Some of his songs
    (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
    Kathleen Morris
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Ryan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63
    Address
    Ballytramon, Co. Wexford