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School: Muclach

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Mucklagh, Co. Offaly
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S. Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 055

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  1. Condron's Evictions (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    This is his last foul deed of shame such work becomes him well.
    For he'l guile his name with eAcups fame to please his gesebell.
    to please his gesebell my boys.
    And to prove his friendship true
    He wasnt content to pay the rent
    he'd have Nabots vineyard too.
    He turned out the orphan boy
    And his sisters too also.
    And little cared how they fared
    Or where they had to go
    Lady Bury lives abroad with a heart so light and gay.
    She is doing it grand in a foreign land while we the piper pay
    While we the piper pay my boys
    that she may dance the reel
    How grand to be an absentee without a heart to feel.
    Brown he lives in Brook-filed
    He is an independent man and when-ever he gets
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Screggan, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mrs Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Screggan, Co. Offaly