School: Goresbridge (B.) (roll number 800)

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1. Local Ballads - The Battle of Kilcomney (Goresbridge 1798) (continued)

   

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   The sun was shining brightly in the summer afternoon.
   Like burnished gold was gleaming each helmeted dragon
   When nine mounted Ancient Britons knocked at John Murphy's gate
   They burst the wicket open - no answer would they wait.
   Then four were posted outside, and the other five within,
   With short delay their hellish work the fiends did begin
   The heeded not the women's cry, but struck the ready match
   And soon the blazes mounted high from rafter, beam and thatch.
   Then grimly smiled those bloodhounds, on each bearded face a grin
   Little thinking of the vengeful foe that lay concealed within.
   For four of the County Wexford boys when ended was the fray.
   Sought shelter in the barn and were hid beneath the hay.
   Said the leader of the Wexfords as he peeped from out the door
   There's five troopers in the yard without, within we have but four.

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas Kavanagh

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Goresbridge, Co. Kilkenny

   Informant

   Michael Keegan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   67

   Address

   Goresbridge, Co. Kilkenny