School: Drumgossatt (B.) (roll number 14071)
- Location:
- Drumgoosat, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: T. Ó Muireadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0929, Page 230
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- (continued from previous page)Round lovely MagheraclooneVII.
It's up the brae I made my way but soon was forced to stand
To see the home our ? owns
it looks so awful grand
It appeared so fine my heart that time thought I possessed a throne
But instead of that I am poor Pat
In lovely MagheraclooneVIII.
But now thank God there is a change
Not like the years gone by,
When homes like those we built and freed
And from them had to fly
Our clergy they were chased away
And had no place nor home
And pride and 'hellery' had full fling
In lovely Magheracloone.IX.
But now thank God it's at an end
Although we've suffered long
To support a creed of hellery'
To which we ne'er belonged
Our Fathers fought beneath those walls
And smasked the tide in bloom
And showed Norman Steele how their hearts did feel for lovely Magheracloone.
