School: Clochar na Trócaire, Gort Inse Guaire
- Location:
- Gort, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Siúracha na Trócaire
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- (continued from previous page)When we had our own Arrangers,
Gort was not then as well we know,
the Dumpling ground for strangers.4.
And when they pass along our Paths,
You can see some half fed changers
With bowing heads and lifting hats,
Paying Homage to the Strangers5.
To think of days in our own town,
Those days of long ago,
When Brummuck* beat six Peelers down,
The Hill of Carran Row6.
Those days when Men were noted strong,
Irish guards and Connaught Rangers,
When round our town they used to Throng,
There was no say for Strangers.7.
In days when the water was spring,
And they thanked the almighty giver,
They would not use that uglything*A man of powerful build, who lived in the Gort workhouse and used get periodically insane(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Leech
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gort, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Miss Mollie Glynn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gort, Co. Galway