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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 284

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  1. Local Poets

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    I have often heard people reciting poetry about "Myles the Slasher" and "The Bridge of Finea" but they do not know who write them. In the poem, "the Bridge of Finea" it says that Myles the Slasher was killed there.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán P. Mac Gabhann
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    College Street, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    49
    Address
    College Street, Co. Cavan