School: Ballybay (Hall St.) (roll number 12378)

Location:
Ballybay, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
C. Ó Maonaigh
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  1. Sam McMurrary, Robert Gray and Robert Quinn are all good poets they can make songs on dances and concerts. They compose them in English.
    They occasionally compete one with the other privately and help one another at making songs.
    One man is a farmer and the other carpenters. They make their songs at night. They are all good scholars.
    They songs are all sung all over the district.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Breakey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cumry, Co. Monaghan