School: Maoilinn (B.), Áth Treasna
- Location:
- Meelin, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid de Brún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0350, Page 116
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- On the sixteenth day of November
In his old home he peacefully sleeps
When he hears that the soldiers are coming
Right out through the window he leaps.
His coat and his vest leaves behind him,
A race for his life he must make
Holding fast to his dearly loved rifle
He must live for his own country's sake.On to Con Reardon's he's heading
There's surely two hundred to one
From around on all sides and above him
Came the peal from the rifle and gun.
With a blink he is over the river
And on for Davie's big field,
But again comes the cry from the rifles
He'll die before ever he'll yield.On to Dan Burke's _ they'll come on him
They'll capture and surely they'll kill;
But again comes the cry of the rifle
He has blinked them in Gooseberryhill.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Diarmuid Mc Auliffe
- Gender
- Male
