An old man by the name of Joe Sutton lived down near Rathangan not far from Bridgetown. He was a kind of a poet, very handy at making verses.
He was summoned wan time for having his ass on the roadside and was brought before the Court. The judge asked him "what have you to say for yourself
Sutton stood up and said:
'Poor Joe's ass ran short of grass
His park was lately sowed
And Gentleman, I'll do my best
To keep him off the road."
Sutton the Poet
At a place called Ballinalee, near Ballywitty, a family of Crosbie's lived wan time. The Crosbies were tormented from an