School: Cill Críosta

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   Extends through a great track of country
   From Ardrahan to Castleboy hall door
   III
   Patsy Fallon who lives in Knockordha
   Begob what I say is no lie
   When his three sons came down from the mountains
   To secure a good farm to die.
   IV
   Forcible possession is but nonsense
   Where law and good order abides
   In this peaceable parish of Kilchrest
   Where republican police resides.
   V
   In this land he put fourteen small gowneens
   In order possession to take and when he came down from the mountin
   It's then he found out his mistake
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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Clare Ward

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballynacurragh, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Michael Lally

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Gortnamannagh East, Co. Galway