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Thread #151520   Message #3546091
Posted By: mayomick
06-Aug-13 - 08:18 AM
Thread Name: Folklore/History: Irish Famine
Subject: RE: Folklore/History: Irish Famine
It reminds me of Lyncheahun ,Jim.
I'm Lynchahaun ,I'm Lynchehaun , I'm just your very man.
I'm Lynchahaun I'm Lynchehaun, come catch me if you can.

They seek me here they seek me there , they seek me through the land
But I was with them searching for the famous Lynchehaun

A cattleman from Mayo was taken for me twice
while I was laughing at the foe and that was very nice
and then as well, down in Clomell they spied a railroad man
They stopped the train but all in vain
For here was Lynchahaun

They seek me high they seek me low, they seek me far and near
And every place I leave behind , I write Lynchahaun was here

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"It was almost a decade since Agnes MacDonnell and the Valley House had made national and international headlines when the landowner was brutally attacked and her home set on fire on the night of 6 October 1894. James Lynchehaun was convicted of the crime in Castlebar Court in 1895 and sentenced to life imprisonment."

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