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   shook his true love's hand,
   And rose right back to Errigal Truagh, and marshalled up his clan.
   Then he nobly marched them over the green hills of Tyrone,
   And joined the armies of the north at Benburb by the dawn.
   And proud O'Neill was pleased to see McKenna's mountaineers,
   Who kept the Saxon wolves at bay, in historic Truagh for years.
   And they nobly fought on Benburb's field, when the sassnach flag went down,
   And few there were escaped their pikes towards Carrickfergus town.
   When the autumn leaves were falling and the berries ripe and red,
   McKenna and his youthful bride in Glasslough church were wed,
   And never had Liskenna's hall a fairer bridge e'er seen,
   Thank McMahon's only daughter, the fair blue eyed Maureen.

   

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Charles Woods

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Mr. J. Mc Elmeel

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Corry, Co. Monaghan