School: Baile na Mín (roll number 14925)
- Location:
- Ballinameen, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Conchobhair
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A Local Song (continued)
“On the twentieth of February - that day of renown ¶ 'Twas a bold Sinn Féin party left Ballinameen town...”
(continued from previous page)On the twentieth of February - that day of renown
‘Twas a bold Sinn Féin party left Ballinameen town
They paraded the village – to Corroy each one goes
‘Twas there they were met by their deadly dark foes – 2
For the police were there, boys, some four-score, or more,
Such a sight around Oldtown was ne’er seen before:
With rifles, with bayonets, and caps lined with steel,
And a County Inspector with a spur on each heel.33
Said ned Higgins to the county – “You’ll have to retreat
As I want for my children some food they can eat;
For the stuff that is crossing the Herring-Pond now
Isn’t food for a donkey; a dog; or a sow – 4
And more over, I tell you, I cannot afford
To keep your hands in your pockets – you dressed like a lord;
If you don’t allow me this land to take and to till
O! Heaven won’t have you, and Hell surely will.”5
Then out spoke Joe Coen, boys, the Head of the Band,
He addressed them in language both Glorious and Grand,
Saying, “Go home for to-day boys, and the next day we come
We won’t have a banner, a fife, or a drum.”6
But in spite of his efforts they entered the land
Led on by Ned Higgins with a spade in his hand;
But the police soon entered and chased them away,
And Mick Durr is not well of the fright to this day.- Collector
- Thomas O' Connor
- Gender
- Male
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