School: Mainistir Ó dTórna
- Location:
- Abbeydorney, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Ríoghbhardáin
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- (continued from previous page)our picks, for nearly half a mile,
We could argue about Lemass's wit likewise about Sean T's
But arguments came slowly when you're mud up to the knees.
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And Dinny Daly and Sheehan no man could defy,
Pa Mounihan from the Steeple a most prolific man,
The number of his family I'm told is twenty-one.
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And his wife the Heavens spare her but for her he would expire,
With her big flahule taypot likewise her blazing fire.
We had Paddy Cotter Toureen more, O'Riordan from the hill.
Murt Sheehan from the valley where the birds so sweetly sing.
McSweeney the expostman and O'Regan he was there.
Now when we reached the Steeple as you may plainly see.(continues on next page)
