School: Baile Meadhonach (roll number 10675)

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1. An Old Story (continued)

   

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   I need not thank her for my life,
   It was the people's prayer that saved from the scaffold high and from an early grave.
   That day of my trial when I stood on the dock when I Maldowney it gave me a dreadful shock.
   I knew that man was innocent just as well as me.
   But thank God and the Blessed Virgin
   From the scaffold we both are free.
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   Now the day is close at hand when we must get fair play.
   For our members of Parliament are working night and day.
   To bring our native Parliament to College Green once more
   And our Irish men and women wont be transported from the lovely Shamrock shore.

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eileen Dolan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carnán Thomáis, Co. na Gaillimhe

   Informant

   Stephen Donohoe

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   An Rú, Co. na Gaillimhe