School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)
- Location:
- Abbey, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séan de Paor
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- 1. The name of my own district is Ballygown.
It is in the parish of Abbey.
It is in the barony of Leitrim. There is a song connected with it called "Sweet Ballygown.
It is about the evictions of Ballygown.Ballygown song:-
I
You true sons of Erin, I hope you'll draw near
For the rights and the wrongs of our country to hear
In the days that are passed they drove us away
From our dear cots in Ireland far over the sea.
Its well I remember, when I was but a boy.
To hear my poor mother, how sad she did cry
When her husband refused the rent to pay down.
Evicted we were them from "Sweet Ballygown".(continues on next page)- Collector
- Neil Conroy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballygowan, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballygowan, Co. Galway