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School: Knocknagilla

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Knocknagillagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. Gilchrist
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0980, Page 019

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  1. The Calico Landlord from Ballyjamesduff (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    of poor Co Cavan,
    And in the townland of famed
    Mullamagavan.
    A cold dreary mountain, unfertile and bare,
    The haunt of the wild-goose,
    the snipe and the hare,
    The only protection of this
    barren soil
    Except; where reclaimed by
    the tenants hard toil.
    And now you may ask "do
    they pay any rent"
    Oer that above Griffiths full
    fifty per-cent,
    Screwed out by the terrors of
    notice to quit
    Or the late got up style of a
    big" Dublin writ,"
    This miraculous monster with
    conscience well steeled,
    Neither threats nor entreaty's
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Andy Mc Manus
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Greaghnagee, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Andy Mc Manus
    Gender
    Male