School: Rathcoyle, Kiltegan

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   Mary Anne she made answer contented I'll be In a farmer and tradesman to sit down by me My two ewes and lambs are at your command If you banish the Cannons all off your land She gave him up the two ewes and he drove them down Unto the next fair that was in Hackelstown I will sell them he said, my debts for to pay And after this year I will sell no more hay The stock is all sold and the money is spent And he holds Mary Anne for the Michaelmas rent. And now my brave boys the wedding comes on He invites all his friends, Maurice Darcy and John The Murphys, and Riellys and Connells also That very same night to the wedding did go The boys of the village assembled that night To blow up old horns it was their delight They marched round the house both the front and the rare To keep him from beating her it was their care.

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2. Old Poets

   

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   There was a man one time by the name of Mr Roche. This man was born in the townland of Rathdangan in the year of 1870. He lived with his parents until he reached the age of thirty and then he lived with Mr Pierce of Killamoate. He wrote a number of songs and books. He died about the

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