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School: Rathdrum (B)

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Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow
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S. Ó Muirgheasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0919, Page 084

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    Local Poets.
    The name of a poet that lives in this district is Henry Grattan. He is called the "Roving Bard".
    One of the songs that he composed was "the drowning of James Connolly"
    This is one verse:-
    Come back, come back, Jim Connolly,
    entreat the comrades three,
    We'll wander till where waters will more
    safe and shallow be,
    But all in vain, come back, come back,
    The echoing woods encore,
    'Neath the waters grim, their comrade
    Jim,
    Had sunk to rise no more.
    Henry Grattan is not an Irishman. He was born in Scotland.
    He lives on the "Green Hill", near Greenane
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Monaghan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glasnarget North, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Thomas Donohoe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glasnarget North, Co. Wicklow