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School: Clochar na Trócaire, An tSráidbhaile (roll number 13020)

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Stradbally, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
An tSr. Ióseph
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    (continued from previous page)
    Beresfords lie
    Do those smouldering tyrants at this hour know
    How their cruel deeds fill the land with woe
    Do they hear the lone widow wailing wild
    For leanbh a tSeischin her only child
    Whose manly beauty and pleasant mien
    Were his mother's pride and the neighbour's theme.
    3.
    Of all the victims whom those tyrants hung
    None were lamented like the widow's son
    Hark! I hear a rumbling sound
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Crowley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Stradbally More, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mrs Matt Cummins
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    72
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Carrigmoorna, Co. Waterford