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School: Castlebridge (C.) (roll number 16382)

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Castlebridge, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Mrs E. Shortall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0884, Page 119

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    one of his poems on a threshing
    "And heres to rail and steamer
    That they may never fail
    For Guinness travels with them
    To blazes with the flail"
    I am sure some of his songs and poems could be got in the back numbers of the local papers
    Jim Rossiter was born in Ballytramont in the year 18'35 and he died in the year 19'19 he was about 84 years of age
    He was illiterate but had a wonderful head for calculations
    He composed songs of local happenings
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Evelyn Shortall
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyboggan Lower, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    James Shortall
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Ballyboggan Lower, Co. Wexford