School: Ballymore (B.) (roll number 7443)
- Location:
- Ballymore, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P.J. Cooney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0743, Page 141
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- (continued from previous page)The poem 'The Praise of Ballymore" was given to me by John Kearney Mullaghmeehan. Ballymore, a little boy of eleven years who is a pupil of this school. His people are farmers and the poem was written by a man named Carroll in honour of John's Grand Aunt, who married Mr Lestrange of Dysart. The poet Carroll was a native of Dysart and was a neighbour of the Lestrange family. He was a small farmer. The poet and Mrs Lestrange who was a native of Killenboy Ballymore are long since dead but Mr Lestrange and his son are still alive and are living in Dysart. The cattle dealer mentioned in the poem was a Mr Rooney of Killenboy and a great grandfather of John whom I mentioned above.
- Collector
- John Kearney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Mullenmeehan, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mrs Kearney
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Mullenmeehan, Co. Westmeath
