School: Dangan (roll number 7352)
- Location:
- Dangan (King), Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Thomas O' Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0254, Page 320
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- (continued from previous page)composed a poem named the Gentleman's Travels, In this poem he relates his travells.
The Gentleman's Travels.
A mid-Summer's time I lately left business behind me,
At the broadstone for Carrick, I soon took the train.
Having told all my pals it wasn't likely they'ed find me,
Around the corners in Dublin for some time again.
My luggage all labeled and landed securely
overhead in a rack, they were placed in a row.
And you know the pay is so poorly
but the gentlemen always gives a something you know.
2.
Well, at home there was eating and drinking,
And faith you would not find the time passing away,
With the old people feasting, and the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Carmel Glancy
- Gender
- Female
