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School: Doire Clathach (Derryclough), Drom Dhá Liag (roll number 11931)

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Derryclogh Lower, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Éamonn Mac Firbisigh
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  1. Pádruig Óg Mo Chroí

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    I
    As I stand beside the Liffey's tide and gaze on its roaring flood
    I grieve when i think of it's water's wide run dark oer a hero's blood
    While all around are sad and dear, but none so sad as me
    When I think of the risk of a soldier lad my
    Pádruig Óg mo Chroide
    II
    His love for me was true an kind which bound me like a spell
    And how he loved his native home no words of mine can tell.
    But when his comrades thought it fit to strike for liberty
    The first to grasp his rifle light was my Pádruig Óg mo Chroide
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    Irish
    Collector
    Eamonn Mac Firbisig
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Address
    Drimoleague, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Risteárd Mac Firbisig
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockeenbwee Lower, Co. Cork