School: Clochar na Trócaire, Drangan (roll number 7232)

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1. Before the Battle Time '98 - by A Drangan Boy (continued)

   

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   He hates the slavish toad ;
   The blaze is shining o'er the hill
   Our courage to renew ;
   To-morrow Forth and Shelmalier
   Shall gather at Carnew.
   III
   The hill is reached! Oh, God above!
   The star that lit our way
   To the humble church where oft we
   knelt,
   When Sunday came, to pray ;
   And Father Murphy's shieling is
   A heap of burned duet,
   Come on, come on who lags behind
   Now let him be accurst !
   IV
   Behold that path of fire and flame!
   The bloody yoes are out.
   Shall they come back? By Heavens, no!
   Nor tell what they're about,
   Hell gapes to-night to claim its own

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. 1798 (~642)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Teresa Walshe

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Magowry, Co. Tipperary