School: Cnoc Bríde (1)
- Location:
- Knockbride, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: (name not given)
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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. (no title)
“Our house is situated in the townland of Knockbride...”
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(continues on next page)