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School: Cluain (C.) (roll number 15443)

Location:
Cloone, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bean Uí Sholamháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0222, Page 125

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  1. The Heroes of Cloone (continued)

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    Their swords hewed the mail of the Norman and Dane,
    Their war axes glistened where Bagnal was slain,
    Some fought a Boyne Water, some sailed o'er the seas,
    And France drank the blood of the Cloone rapparees.
    Hurrah for those heroes long vanished and gone,
    Hurrah, too, for these whom we yet call our own,
    Let Erin rejoice, and her green banner wave,
    O'er Reynolds the fearless, and Gannon the brave.
    Ah, these were the men when the danger was nigh,
    Stood fronting the foe to defend or defy,
    But to-day for Old Erin they're wearing the chain,
    Though long in our hearts will their memory remain.
    (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
    Kathleen Keegan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curraun, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Brigid Keegan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    59
    Address
    Curraun, Co. Leitrim