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School: Baile an Oileáin (B.) (roll number 2808)

Location:
Ballinillane, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Eoghan Ua Muircheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 626

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  1. A Song (continued)

    “The tramp of the trooper is heard at Macroom”

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    Of truce or of treaty but treason ensued
    And the issue of every delusion was death.
    XI
    Thus nobly the patriot prelate sustained
    The ancient renown of his chivalrous race
    And the last of old Egan's descendants obtained
    For the name of Ú Máire new lustre and grace.
    XII
    He died on the scaffold in front of those walls
    Where the blackness of ruin is seen from afar
    And the gloom of its desolate aspect recalls
    The blackout of Broghill's achievements in war.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eugene Moriarty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Leamnaguila, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    John Moriarty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Leamnaguila, Co. Kerry