School: Carrigans (B.)
- Location:
- Carrigan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Dochartaigh
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- (continued from previous page)With the angels round him sing
For the soul of Patrick Boylan
Was never stained by sin.
- I
In the year ninty eight I am sorry to state
it was treason to be a Milesian.
Our country was ate by a black bearded set
though history tells us they were hessians
In those troublesome times we had all sorts
of crimes and murders never were riper.
At the side of Glenreen [?] not one acre from me
lived poor Denny Byrne the piper.
II
Neuither wedding nor wake was worth an old
shake to which Denny was not invited.
Emptying the bags and squeezing the he(continues on next page) - Collector
- Michael Conlon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Shannow, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Hugh Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Shannow, Co. Cavan
