School: Ballinard (B.), Cnoc Luinge
- Location:
- Baile an Aird, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0517, Page 032
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- (continued from previous page)Along with his bishop he will dine.
Three cheers for the grand Archbishop broke
And General Father Matthew Ryan.
- If you travelled through Limk. Kerry and Clare
From the town of Tralee to the plains of Kildare
Such a grasping old landlord was never met there
As the tyrant that rules Ballyloundash
(II)He's both grasping and grinding, a selfish Piseawn (Piseán)
He's got an Airc Luacra inside his Sliogán
For he's bawling at night and he's bawling at dawn
For the rackrents around Ballyloundash
(III)If you hear of a miser distributing alms
Or old Belzebub chanting up heavenly psalms
Or to be expecting a Tuttle to hold out his palms
And say here's fair play Ballyloundash
(IV)The sheriff he came on a cold winters day
But the Hayeses defied him and showed him some play
And told him the rackrents they never would pay(continues on next page) - Informant
- Owen Bresnan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Loch Goir, Co. Luimnigh
