Beggars Bush: A Perambulation through the Disciplines of History, Geography, Archaeology, Literature, Philology, Natural History, Botany, Biography & Beggary

Ballybrittas, County Laois, Ireland Beggars Bush 1920s

This site is recorded, so far as I can ascertain, only in a modern song referring to a local landmark. Although this site is close to the very early Beggars Bush at Philipstown, County Offally, it does not appear to have any connection with it. It may demonstrate the survival of the phrase is the region. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: April 24th, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: Ballybrittas, County Offally, Ireland, Philipstown, bush, songs | No Comments »

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Ballybrittas, County Laois, Ireland Beggars Bush 1920s

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