School: Belpatrick, Collon (roll number 10537)
- Location:
- Belpatrick, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhonnagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0677, Page 142
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- (continued from previous page)And Dick and Harry Stubbs will stand
Before a jury of the land;
And neither lawyer nor brand
Will clear this worthy pair.This Stubbs was the planter who lived in the farm from which Thomas Reid was evicted.
- Eviction of Dunne. 1887.
Belpatrick lands are stiff and cold,
They can't be ploughed, they can't be sowed.
They can't be let, they can't be sold.
They're the worst beneath the sun.'Twas there for years of slavish toil
In vain to coax the stubborn soil
To yieldsome fruit, with all his moil
Lived honest Johnny Dunne.Although the lands are cold and poor
And all but worthless, to be sure
With might and main he did procure
His crust of honest bread.(continues on next page) - Informant
- Mr John Donegan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Belpatrick, Co. Louth
