School: Meelick (B.)
- Location:
- Míleac, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0597, Page 493
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- There lived in Clare a poor widow,
She reared three darling sons,
Their father died and left them,
When they were very young,
A long time she endeavoured,
To maintain her darling sons,
Until the eldest one became a man.II
At the age of twenty one,
One day he discoursed his mother,
And thus to her did say,
This land is too small to support us all,
And if you will agree,
I am fully bent and quite content,
A clergyman to be.III
That night they discoursed the brothers
And sure they did soon agree,
To send him off to College,
A clergyman to be
He was not long in College
When the Rev. Bishop Browne(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Richard Allen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Redgate, Co. Luimnigh
- Informant
- Simon Allen
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Redgate, Co. Luimnigh
