School: Leachtbhruadair (Loughfooder) (roll number 14366)
- Location:
- Lackbrooder, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0450, Page 131
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- (continued from previous page)He poulticed her big hoofs
With cabbage and greens,
And, now, she does swear
She'll not wear the nineteens.The End
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- Introduction
This is a song composed by the Late Pat Donovan of Glenlarhan, Castleisland, Co Kerry.
It deals with the days of Parnell and the Land-league . The O'Grady, mentioned in the song, was a landlord in the neighbourhood of Abbeyfeale and showed no mercy to tenants who could not pay their rent. Whenever the people of the place could not pay the rent, O'Grady took their stock instead or perhaps evicted their altogether and gave their farms to his agents. Raiding the landlord's estate and seizing forcibly the stock, which the landlord himself had caused be driven off the tenants land in lieu of rent, became of a common practice. This cattle-lifting was only practiced against such a landlord-only. Very rarely among the tenants themselves(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Knocknagashel, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mr William Broderick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Occupation
- Farm-labourer
- Address
- Knocknadarriv, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Pat Donovan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glanlarehan, Co. Kerry
