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School: Cnoc Bríde (1)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1015, Page 189

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  1. A Song - An Old Man Leaned on His Okerstaff Pondering on the Days When He Was Young (continued)

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    Where is the rusty wooden bridge,
    Where is the stepping stones,
    That crossed the stream below the field
    To fifty happy homes.
    The bridge has fallen with neglect
    Its stones are washed away.
    The homes are gone by, the tenants fled
    To shelter where they may.
    How tervant laws and landlords
    Drove the people from the soil.
    As if they had no right to live
    Within their native isle.
    As if their fore-fathers had not fought
    And bled through every vein.
    For their patrons tombs and saints divine
    For their own fair Innisfale.
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    “Our house is situated in the townland of Knockbride...”

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    Our house is situated in the townland of Knockbride near the cross-roads at Anna bog. It was a ballroom in the olden times. When the boys, girls, men and women were going to have a party, they all gave a pound or thirty shillings to have a good night's
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Keown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Keown
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50