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School: An Clochar, Roscrea

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Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
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An Mháthair M. Ní Thuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0549, Page 118

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  1. Ballad - An Irishman's Farewell to Home (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    venge for Louvain
    Look out at the goals and scaffolds
    That held you in awe and in dread
    Can't you see the big sheds for the quicklime
    That they shoot on our martyrs when dead
    Look at the homes of your poor aged fathers
    Look at the roadside where tousands did die,
    Look back at the treaty of Limerick
    That was broken before it was dry.
    Yet they ask you to avenge this Nurse Coville
    Butr dearer to you, aye by far
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Tobin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Parkmore, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr John Delaney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    New Road, Co. Tipperary