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School: Prosperous (B.), Naas (roll number 8763)

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Prosperous, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Brosnacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0773, Page 447

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    “After the Insurrection of 1798 the rebels assembled near the Curragh at Gibbet-Rath.”

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    Told by Daniel O'Neill. Aged 60 years. Blackwood, Robertstown
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  2. A Poem of 1798 - Doorley on the Boyne

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    My Bold United Irishmen that loves your liberty.
    I hope you will attention pay and listen on to me
    When I was going, and in my bloom I lived near Lullymore,
    Until I became a Captain in the bold United core.
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    My father was a farmer a man of noted fame.
    He reared me up most tenderly till a captain I became.
    I was head of bold defenders
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