School: Mercy Convent
- Location:
- Belturbet, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: The Sisters
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Our engineers, gangers and foremen,
From the South and the West they were all;
Our foreman - the one man from Ulster
Was Butler from sweet Donegal.
VI
They picked a few clerks round Belturbet,
Of whom I think "Neddo" was Star;
A change from the bottles and glasses
And standing behind the cold Bar.
VII
The groans and the roars of the dredgers,
As they swung to and fro with a spoil;
The hum of the pumps and compressors
The workman all hard at their toil
VIII
Brought a picture of peace and contentment
To the banks of the Erne's green shore,
Although the wages were scanty,
Just shillings a week -twenty-four.
IX
Quickly the work was extended
Till each sleep valley and glen
Re-echoed the sound of the country,
The talk and the laughter of men.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Brighd Ní Ghilla Phádraigh
- Gender
- Female