School: Belpatrick, Collon (roll number 10537)

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1. Poem Obtained Locally (continued)

   

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   And Dick and Harry Stubbs will stand
   Before a jury of the land;
   And neither lawyer nor brand
   Will clear this worthy pair.

   This Stubbs was the planter who lived in the farm from which Thomas Reid was evicted.

   

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2. Eviction of Dunne 1887

   

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   Eviction of Dunne. 1887. Belpatrick lands are stiff and cold, They can't be ploughed, they can't be sowed. They can't be let, they can't be sold. They're the worst beneath the sun. 'Twas there for years of slavish toil In vain to coax the stubborn soil To yieldsome fruit, with all his moil Lived honest Johnny Dunne. Although the lands are cold and poor And all but worthless, to be sure With might and main he did procure His crust of honest bread.

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   Topics

   1. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. riaradh talún (~4,110)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr John Donegan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Buaile Phádraig, Co. Lú