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1. The Cordal Bog Road

   

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   This was composed by Eugene Meara aged 55, native of Cordal, when the dolers around the district were sent out working on the bog-road - under the Minor Relief Scheme

   i
   On a cold Monday morning, as the day it was dawning,
   We were sent to SeppoDoody, to make a Bog-Road,
   Where we met the green rushes, and cottage with bushes.
   And the ancient old ruins of Patsheen Séan Óge's
   ii
   The weather being bad and the climate not warm -
   We could not surrender and what could we do -
   We were not long there, when we heard the alarm,
   That all the poor dole-men were struck with the flue.
   iii
   It was hard for to leave, on those cold bitter mornings,
   Or what was the cause of this scheme of relief,
   We would sooner the dole that would come without warning,
   Rolled up in a voucher for six pounds of beef.
   iv
   The names of those dole-men, are Jack Hann. and Lacy-Dan Cronin, O Meara, Jones and Mickeen.
   There was Riordan and Teahan, Con Enright and Kerin,
   Young Quarry and Baldwin and Seóirse Páídín.
   v

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Liam Ó Murchadha

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Knocknagashel, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Eugene Meara

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   55

   Address

   Cordal, Co. Kerry