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School: Scoil Naomh Colmcille, Kilmacrennan (roll number 17036)

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Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1081, Page 76

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  1. Erin's Lovely Isle (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    den the gibbet and the gaol
    On many a field your blood
    Flow’d free determined all
    The while
    We fought and fell as history
    Tells
    For Erin’s Lovely Isle.
    Ah! What a tale is that since
    Cruel was your fate
    Your churches wrecked your
    Faith suppressed by the
    Scourge of ‘ninety eight
    The pitch kept cruel could not
    Subdue though Cromwell
    tried most tried most vile
    To exterminate the native
    Race
    From Erin’s Lovely Isle.
    Old dranken’d hills can tell
    A tale of New Ross in
    Garryown [?]
    Remember Emmet’s dying words
    Hard Edward and Wolftone
    Remember well that Sarsfield
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Dhubhthaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Frank Duffy
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    52
    Address
    Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal