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1. After the Battle of Ballinamuck

   

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   On the eight of September eighteen hundred and ninety eight, just one hundred years after the battle of Ballinamuck, a monster meeting was held on the Battlefield to honour the Irish heroes who fell on that occasion. A Miss Byrne a native of Cornakelly, on the eve of her departure for America composed the following song about the meeting. I Ye sons of Erin's lovely Isle. The land of Saint Patrick blessed, Why do you leave it to the spoil, Of Tyrants who opress, They wronged your fathers long ago, They wrong you now why wait, Your father's blood for nights did flow, In seventeen ninety eight. II Are you less brave than those who sought,

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Julia Brady

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   15

   Address

   Kiltycon, Co. Longford

   Informant

   John Brady

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Kiltycon, Co. Longford