School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)
- Location:
- Killacrim, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 22_030
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- In the neighbourhood where I live there is a man and he made a poem while he was in prison. He was born in eighteen-eighty six. His name is Patrick Stack. The name he put on the poem was the "Gurtereen Boys".
One day as he was in his prison he made it. The land lord would not set his land, so all the people went against him.
This poem was written in English because he did not now any Irish. This poet is a small farmer. While he was going to school he was a clever pupil.
These poets when they wanted to hunt rats (they) would try to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán M. Ó Murchadha
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killacrim, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- John Joseph Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Greenville, Co. Kerry
