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1. Dermot Donn - Rapparee (continued)

   

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   When near the ending of the Mass the bandogs did appear,
   The women and the children screamed and old men shook with fear;
   Then Dermot rushed up to the priest and said: "Now, Father dear,
   Give me the outer vestment, and for life let you now clear."

   Then on he put the Chasuble, the priest he forced away,
   "God bless you, Father, we shall meet upon the Judgement Day;
   Make for the mountains quickly now; I'll take your place, and well
   I'll fight them when they meet me in yon spot beyond the fell."
   The women shouted: "Do not touch the vestments of the Lord,"
   "Spread out and fly," said Dermot Donn, and dashed along the sward
   The Saxons fire, and down there fall full many of the Gael,
   The priest escapes, and Dermot drags the hunters on his trail.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Brigid Mc Loughlin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Killadiskert, Co. Leitrim