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School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab (2) (roll number 13976)

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Ballydehob, Co. Cork
Teacher:
J.W. Pollard
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0291, Page 479

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  3. XML “Local Poems”
  4. XML “Old Robert Emmet”

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  1. Local Poems (continued)

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  2. Old Robert Emmet

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    Our struggles are over our boys are defeated
    Our Ireland surrounded in sadness and gloom
    We were betrayed and shamefully treated
    And I Robert Emmet am waiting my doom
    Bold Robert Emmet the darling of Ireland
    Bold Robert Emmet shall die with a smile
    And I boast of my actions it's only my duty
    For I laid down my life for the Emerald Isle
    The barque at anchor waiting to bear me
    Over the billows to the land of the free
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