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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0718, Page 118

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    (continued from previous page)
    years later and eighty years ago Catherine McCabe was still alive. Cavan still know her. She was then Mrs Somebody-or-other, and not prepared to reveal or maiden name or discuss her youth.
    She must have often been reminded of the unhappy past. However since day in day out the old people by the fireside, hawkers at the fair, and the kids on the street were forever singing a ballad that they called the lamentation of Hugh Reynolds. The song has survived to this very day, as has the popular prejudice against the girl who betrayed her Lochinvar.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mrs Joseph Mullen
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Mount Nugent, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Joseph Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Farren Connell, Co. Cavan