School: Rathowen (B) (roll number 5101)
- Location:
- Rathowen, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Mc Garry
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- Fond memory brings me back again
Unto that happy time
When I within my native glen
Rejoiced in manhood's prime
It was then true friendship I could win
From comrades near and far
But now I am a convict
In jail in Mullingar
II
A happy home my parents had
They left that home with me
The rent was raised, the times were bad
And I was forced to flee
But still although my pathway lay
Beneath misfortune's star
I never thought Id be to day
In jail in Mullingar
III
I went unto the workhouse
To seek for shelter there(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nuala Cregg
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Joanstown, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- James Killean
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 85
- Address
- Joanstown, Co. Westmeath