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School: Finternagh

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Finternagh, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1004, Page 283

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    The beast known Poet in this district is John Farnon. He lives in the townland of Killboyne. He wrote, The Hotel in the Hollow Below
    We'll sing you a song with a partisan whiff,
    Concerning a building in sweet Kilagrill,
    A haven of hope in the Hollow below.
    To harbour the weary with nowhere to go,
    There's not many in it perchance of the kind,
    An honoured old pig is the best we can find,
    So if you are benighted some time you are around,
    The Hollow below will be surely your ground.
    The staff in attendance of
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philip Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullynaskeagh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr Clarke
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullynaskeagh, Co. Cavan