School: Dún Drongáin (B.) (roll number 7231)
- Location:
- Drangan, Co. Tipperary
- Teachers: Diarmuid Ó Gormáin Labhrás Ó Gormáín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0557, Page 191
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- The boys who fight for Ireland's right
Are noble brave and grand;
Their heart's first thought they give to God
Their next to native land_
Their beauteous valley fair;
Their homes, like holy Nazareth,
Of love and virtue rare.Why sleep they on the mountainside?
Why hide they in the glen?
A tempting price is on their heads_
They're marked + hunted men:
Their peaceful homes a smoking ruin,
Their brothers done to death;
No mother's prayer, nor sister's tear,
To soothe their dying breath.Because they've dared to show the flaws
In British rule + sway:
Because they've pluck + brain + brawn,
The Irish of today:
Because they love their native land(continues on next page)
