School: Gallbhaile (roll number 1316)
- Location:
- Galbally, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Mícheál L. Mac Murchadha
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A Local Song
“Up in the town of Keseight Matt Rourke he lived there”
A Local SongUp in the town of Kereight
Matt Rourke he lived there,
He had an old cow that he brought to many a fair
She had so many bad faults
He could not her guarantee,
So he brought her home again
And a sorry man was he.
She could lick she could kick
She was narrow too behind,
She was a thief, she had bad teeth
And all her teats were blind.
She had the blain, the blood murrain,
She was rotten with disease
Her neck was turned crooked
And she could not stop to graze.Composed by:
Patrick Whelan,
Kereight, Ballyhogue, Enniscorthy,
Co. Wexford about the year 1880.
- Collector
- Clement Doyle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garranstackle, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Thomas Mulligan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Garranstackle, Co. Wexford