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School: Eiscreach (roll number 13945)

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Eskeragh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0153, Page 197

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    (continued from previous page)
    to [?] his tortured sore
    And wearily to Balla he went.
    In hopes he yet may find
    The boys who kept their optics
    On the bullocks of O'Boyle.

    VII
    It is next to sweet Clasemorris
    Those wandering cattle came.
    The herds were sacked and broken
    And bowed to earth with shame.
    The peelers the aged around them.
    To barter star and spy.
    A thousand came to laugh and chaff.
    And not a man to buy.

    VIII
    And so I'm really thinking
    When I'm old and grey.
    I'll hear about these animals
    In regions far away.
    A sovereign of cannibals
    On some Pacific Isle.
    May feed on these bullocks.
    And perhaps on Frank O'Boyle.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John James Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corvoderry, Co. Mayo