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School: Baile Meadhonach (roll number 10675)

Location:
Ballymanagh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Micheal Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036, Page 0162

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    (continued from previous page)
    Kind and decent, when strangers pass,
    Especially those who are old and feeble,
    And poets are often of the class,
    But when a poet has walked the parish,
    To where Mick Cunniffe has got his home,
    The latter he did not him cherish,
    So now I will begin my poem.
    I
    Mick so bold, proud, and haughty,
    Thinks all others are a botch,
    If people speaks they are faulty,
    Because he carries a curious
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Hynes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Colesgrove, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Stephen Donohoe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymanagh, Co. Galway