School: Scoil an Chlochair, Dún Bleisce (roll number 14625)
- Location:
- Doon, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: An tSr. Regis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0519, Page 158
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- Have you ever been to Dola,
There's a peelers barrack there.
'Twas there I had the best of time
With the (Cires) drinking beer.
When their days work would be over
Sure they'd come there to a man
To give a kindly greeting
To the Dola Blackan tan.II
One day we got a message
Of a raid upon a train.
We stuck for Bohendola although
'Twas teeming rain.
The sergeant shouted "hurry,
Sure (bedad) you are not salt"
We walked along the railway line
Till we dropped on a keg of malt.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Biddy O' Dea
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Gortnakistin, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mr J. Anderson
- Gender
- Male
