School: Páirc Árd (High Park) (roll number 11431)
- Location:
- Carrowgilhooly, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Conaill
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“I am a bold evicted Irish lad”
(continued from previous page)That the cursed alien tyrants
despite their rage and spleen.
Must bid a dieu to Irish shore
likewise to the hills of Skreen.
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If that be so, right home I'll go.
and raise my cot anew.
And raise the green flag over it.
to spite the Saxon crew.
Last night as I lay sleeping,
with the stars and stripes above
I prayed to God to guard me
Back to the shadowy hills I loved.
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To view once more the old churchyard,
Where the holly twine so green
The bones of my ancestors lie amid the hills of Skreen
We lived in that vicinity
Where gorgeous days we seen
Amongst the patron and the weak(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Fallathurteen, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mr John Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Fallathurteen, Co. Sligo