School: Drom an Mhadaidh
- Location:
- Drumavaddy, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Murchadha
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- (continued from previous page)to buy provisions for the house and Ned Fegen came and gave him so much for his corn. Saying you have part of your rent paid and adding on five shillings per acre on the land. The following year saying that he did not think Glencurren could produce so good corn so it was no wounder Peter the Poet made the song that follows.
When Ned's remains were in the herse
On Glencurren brae.
The horses refused to pull him
The person came along and read and prayed
And prayed and read
But Devil and inch they could shift on Ned.
- Collector
- Brigid Cumiskey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glencorran, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Cumiskey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glencorran, Co. Cavan
