School: Lios Dubh (roll number 6661)
- Location:
- Lisduff, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Caitlín, Bean Uí Artáin
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- (continued from previous page)Who came of Saxon spawn
And ruled with iron rod for years
The natives of BarnaneIV
The lonesome gables roofless walls
Lay scattered far and wide
For with the malice of "Old Nick"
They cleared the country side
The young and old, the youth and maid,
The man with brain and brawn
Were swept like chaff before the wind
For ever from BarnaneV
And foreign bullocks fat and sleek
Were browsing in the place
That nurtured once a splendid type
Of Ireland's grand old race.
The race these callous tyrants spurned
For even the dumb "bulláin"
Was none of them as dearer prized
Than children of BarnaneVI
Then down the mountain slope I went
My bosom rocked with pain
And hopes for Ireland's freedom gone(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mrs Kathleen Harton
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir