School: Kyle (An Chill) (roll number 4442)

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1. Local Evictions (continued)

   

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   played,

   On our lovely Native Isle our exertions proved invain.

   
   (II)

   The Coercion Act is buryed forty feet in ground
   He had a splendid funeral but not a tear was shed.
   God bless Fr. Quailey that lovely divine.
   T'was he that nailed the coffin and prayed never more to rise.

   
   (III)

   The Barony boys and girls they all came in a row.
   They're a credit to their country and the flower of all I know,
   The boys of Knockmonlea was foremost in the lot,
   The music was so enticing that it would rise your heart
   They played such charming notes that the people told them stop
   Or if they carried on much longer they would surely rise the corpse.

   
   (IV)

   The Coercion Act is buried now never more to rise
   There's plenty magpies in the grave to pick his bones,
   There's room for more bad Landlords the grave is very wide,
   And also for poor Foty Jack to be buried down by his side.

   
   (V)

   Now to conclude and finish there's a moral to my scroll
   Let us pull together we're coming by our own,
   Let us be united and fight against our foes
   And Parliament we're sure to have in College Green once more.

   
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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maggie Landers

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Knockmonalea West, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mr Patrick Walsh

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   73

   Address

   Knockmonalea West, Co. Cork