School: Ballyellis (roll number 1766)
- Location:
- Ballyellis, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: P. Fitzgerald
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- 82BallyellisThe following song was composed by Patrick Mc-Donald of Motabower who died about 1902. He was a farmer who had no education beyond what he received in a National school. I got the words from Mr. William Butler BallyellisBallyellisThe sun shines bright on the
Wexford hills and gleams on
a grove of pikes
Where muskets peep with
deadly frown from the adjoining
dykes
And ranks of men by that
low, stone wall(continues on next page)- Informant
- Mr William Butler
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyellis, Co. Wexford