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1. The Hills of Ballybroghan (continued)

   

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   Ardkeenagh of the bushes,
   And listen to the blue cuckoo,
   The blackbird and the Thrushes,
   And let me stay one hour with you
   Till the summer sun do'th rise
   and listen to the shepherds shout,
   That Echoes in the sky
   Composed by
   Peter McDermott
   Ballybroghan.
   Tulsk.

   

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2. Lines Written on a Cattle Drive in the Days of the Land Agitation

   

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   Lines written on a cattle drive in the days of the land agitation, about a quarter of a century ago by a local ballad maker named Patrick Henigan Carns, Tulsk, Co. Roscommon. The lines are as follows. On the 10th day of December, That day of great renown When Tulsk men rose against their foes All graziers to put down. The word went round from house to house Our plans for to explain,

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
      2. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   May Beirne

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Rathmore, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Patrick Henigan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Carns, Co. Roscommon