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School: Móin na nGé (C.), An Caisleán Nua (roll number 9402)

Location:
Rahanagh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Eachtigheirn
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    With the victors took your stand
    who like you risked life and freedom
    all for love of motherland.
    Oh brave heart to say you're resting
    heaven bless your honourable name
    Oft' your hopes were rudely shattered
    but the day of reckoning came.
    Now the land is cleared of vampires
    so the strife was not in vain
    and brave hearts there are in Éire
    who would fight that fight again.
    You sleep in Mount St. Laurence now
    close by Limerick's crumbling wall
    where her women shed a halo
    O'er fame's fairest page of all
    There they fought and fell unflinching
    in the cause of liberty
    There Sardfield's best and bravest rest
    Ah but none more true than thee
    Yes, the flag today's at half mast
    Éire's true son passed away
    Bells are tolling for a hero
    Honourable son of Monagea
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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