School: Arva (C.)
- Location:
- Arvagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Mc Govern
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- There are some songs made up about the people who lived in the this town and had shops. The following verses were composed by a man named Peter McDermott locally known as Peter Foy.
(1)
As I walked down through Avra town,
I saw in red quite plain,
The Eagle house the first in town
that bore McGuire's name,
Around the town the shuts came down,(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kitty Matthews
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Arvagh, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr M. Dowling
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Occupation
- Baker
- Address
- Arvagh, Co. Cavan