School: Monknewton (roll number 9696)
- Location:
- Monknewtown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0713, Page 440
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- (continued from previous page)There is another poet living in Slane called John Gallaher. He is a labourer and works with the minster in Slane. He write poems about fairies and fairy-land. His poems be often in the Drogheda Independent.
There was another man that used to make songs called (?). He made the song "The turf man from Ardee." This is the song.
For sake of health I took a walk at early dawn
I meet a jolly gentle man as both we walked along
The greatest conversation passed between himself and me
And at last I was acquainted with the Turf man from Ardee.II
We chatted very freely as we walked along the road
He said my ass is tired and I want to sell my load,
And we were weary of our journey said
The Turf man from Ardee.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Alice Smyth
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dowth, Co. Meath
