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1. Saunder's Fort (continued)

   

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   II
   Police and soldiers stood outside,
   And wished the scenes were o'er,
   While the cowardly bailliffs
   Like demons loose,
   Attacked the roof and door.
   But Saunder's men soon drove them back
   With stones and slates and sticks:
   T'was a sorrowful scene in Ireland
   In September '86.
   III
   But in stepped Fr. Fahy who would not see his people die
   From eviction and starvation
   To save them he did try.
   And for doing this, for six long months,
   He was sent to Galway Jail.
   Says he, "Sure I commit no crime,
   I'll not go out on bail."
   IV
   When he arrived in Galway town,
   He was met by thousands there,
   And the noble hearted Galway men
   Their cheers rang through the air.
   Twice they thought to rescue him
   And then with stones and sticks
   They attacked the Jail in Galway town,
   In September '86.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)
   2. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
         1. fairy forts (~5,616)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Hickey

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   60

   Address

   Looscaun, Co. Galway