School: Lios Uí Chearbhaill (B.), Malla (roll number 12015)
- Location:
- Liscarroll, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Conchobhar Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0367, Page 075
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Those ruined Old Walls those grand Old Walls.
In stately splendour stand
Their name historic ranks among
The proudest in the land.
For there it was that heroes fought
And fell in Freedom's cause
In bygone days when Erin groaned
'Neath hellish penal laws.
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When despots came with fire and steel
To desecrate our land
The Celtic race to extirpate
With dark and fiendish hand
How nobly our forefathers
Returned the onslaught then
With daring might and chivalry
Like heroic gallant men.(continues on next page)
