School: Ármhach (B.)
- Location:
- Arvagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Mac Samhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0983, Page 328
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- The following lines refer to the shooting of a landlord named Bell near Crossdoney in Co. Cavan. "Molly Maguire" in the lines is the secret name of a prominent Fenian who lived near Arva at the time. The words, "nothing to sell" mean that the Fenian had no information to give. As I passed from Cavan to Arva,
I passed by where Dolan shot Bell,
I called in to see "Molly Macguire",
She said she had nothing to sell,
I passed away down through the Manor,
I had but a British half-crown,
I bought a flute from an Orangeman's daughter,
And it often played "Crópaigh lie down."
Ara wait for a while and till I tell you,
The adventures of rambling Jack,
He never was yet lame or lazy,
To gather the full of his pack.
- Collector
- Thomas O Donnell
- Gender
- Male
