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School: Gaigue (B.), Ballinamuck (roll number 13305)

Location:
Gaigue, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Peter Duignan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 174

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    (continued from previous page)
    Down by Sheelin's Vale at Sunset
    Fierce as demons in their wrath
    Sped a band of English troopers
    Fire and carnage mark their path.
    Midnight shines and blazing roof tree
    Let the darkness of the night
    From the shores of fair Lough Gowna
    To the slopes of Granard's height
    Maid and mother fell before them
    All in wrath and vengeance smote
    And in pride the foeman's legion
    Onward sped to Granard's Moate
    We had marched the morn from Creenagh
    To oppose them on their way
    And by river, lake or mountain
    Made me neither stop nor stay
    Till a band of English troopers
    Crossed our path of Edgeworthstown
    And we picked the red foeman
    As the evening sun went down
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    P. Duignan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gaigue, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Francis Whitney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cornacullew, Co. Longford