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School: Coillte Clochair (C.) (roll number 2364)

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Kiltyclogher, Co. Leitrim
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0195, Page 102

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  1. Local Song - Tottenham's Fair (continued)

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    A chapel is erected with a dignified steeple,
    Just sixty feet high, from the base to the square
    Proclaim it yourselves, said the man of the people.
    In fame Kiltyclogher, brave Tottenham's fair.
    The above song was composed by Bartley Gordon of Derragoon, Kiltyclogher. Tottenham was the landlord of this district. He held the first fair in Kiltyclogher, all the young people were to be in this fair, and any man who would pick a wife in that fair, would get five pounds reward from Tottenham.
    Johnny Meehan of Derragood was the first man to get a wife and he got five pounds.
    (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
    Mary Dolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kiltyclogher, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Thomas Mc Guinness
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Address
    Kiltyclogher, Co. Leitrim