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School: Achadh Mhaoláin (roll number 9254)

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Aghawillin, Co. Leitrim
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0226, Page 364

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    Bee sure to no traitor, your secrets
    let know,
    2. I'm a Mollie Maguire a foe to
    oppression,
    If you join my cause, I will soon
    set you free,
    If you were in Cloon-town and see
    our preocession,
    Our sons they are numbered five thousand
    and three,
    3. Stein was sent down by association,
    He thought by his speeches he would
    put us down,
    But O'Connell he published a sign
    through the "Nation,"
    To each a peal warning through country
    and town,
    4. I gazed upon Mollie, her tears flowed
    in torrents,
    I asked her the cause of why she
    deplore.
    Oh! son, dearest son, the cause of
    my wailing,
    There's three of our children lying in
    Ballinamore.
    5. Long life to brave Percy, he tried
    to release them,
    (Continued on page 368)
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Evelyn A. Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Keegan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    Over 70
    Address
    Drumcullion, Co. Leitrim