School: Cnoc na Biolaraighe
- Location:
- Watergrasshill, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dll. Mac Carrthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)But what he took from off the rich,
Like Turpin and Black Bess,
He gave it all for to assist
Poor widows in distress.
Brenan on the moor, etc.As Brenan from the mountain side
One day was coming down,
He met the Mayor of Cashel
One mile outside the town;
The mayor he knew his features -
'I think, young man' says he
Your name is Willie Brenan
You must come along with me'
Brenan on the moor, etc.Now Brenan's wife had gone to town
Provisions for to buy,
And when she saw her Willie
She began to wail and cry;
'Give me'. said he, 'that tenpenny
And as soon as Willie spoke
She handed him a blunderbuss,
From underneath her cloak'
Brenan on the moor, etc.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Willie Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Patrick O Connor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Condonstown South, Co. Cork