School: Lecks
- Location:
- Lecks, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: C. Ní Dhiarmuida
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1013, Page 168
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- Nolagh Murder You feeling hearted Christians with pity now draw nearer
A sad and dismal tragedy I mean to let you hear
It too place in Nolagh townland as you can plainly see
And for the crime the culprit hung did on the Gallow tree
Verse II
On the 30th of January in the year of 1898
He planned this awful murder four lives he too complete
He killed his awful married wife all in her youth and bloom
Verse III
LIkewise his children, mother in law the four possessed one tomb
He left a place called Inniskeen on Saturday afternoon
Bound for the town of Carrickmacross that place he entered soon
The Villian took his lodging there and no one knew his plan.
When he left on Sunday evening with a tin box in his hand(continues on next page)
