School: Mín Charraigeach (roll number 7188)
- Location:
- Meencargagh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Caitlín Nic Ghiolla Uain
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Old Song - Pat O'Donnell
“My name is Pat o'Donnell, ¶ I was born in Donegal;”
(Composed by a local Donegalman. Pat O’Donnell was the Donegalman who shot James Carey, the informer on the Invincibles in the year 1882.)My name is Pat O’Donnell,
I was born in Donegal;
I am, you know, a dreadful foe
To traitors one and all,
For the shooting of James Carey
I was tried in London town,
And on the fatal scaffold, boys,
My life I must lay down.IIWe sailed on board the ship Melrose
In August ’82,
And ere we landed in Cape Town
He was well known to me;
When I found he was James Carey
We had angry words and blows,
The villain tried to take my life
On board the ship Melrose.IIII stood up in my own defence(continues on next page)- Collector
- Ethna Cassidy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Croaghonagh, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- James Cassidy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 57
- Address
- Croaghonagh, Co. Donegal