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1. The Galtee Mountain Boys (continued)

   

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   IV
   In wild Kilclooney's lonely wood,
   Where Peter Crowley stood
   He laid the Cross upon the spot
   Where fell the martyr good.
   Those glorious words upon it,
   I'll now repeat again
   "One true man dead for liberty
   Is worth a thousand dead".
   V
   In youthfool days, in manhood's pride
   By false coercion laws
   His freedom and his home for sake
   For holy Ireland's cause
   The farmers' rights, he fought with might
   By night and day of yore
   And he saw shine bright the tenants rights
   And the landlords are no more.
   VI
   But alas he sleeps, this humble chief
   In Kilgalane's lonely grave,
   That hero brave who fought his way
   To emancipate the slave
   His memory will be honoured
   And a monument will rise
   To tell the fame of Condon bold
   Who led the mountain boys.

   

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs H. Cleary

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   66

   Occupation

   Dress-maker

   Address

   Anglesborough, Co. Limerick