School: An t-Éadan Mór
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- Teacher: S. Mac Philib
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- The Blarismoor TragedyIYe Muse, grant me direction,
To sing this foul transaction
Which causes sad reflection
Late done at Blarismoor.
By wicked Colonel Barber,
Should I proceed much farther
And call his conduct murder
'Twere treason I am sureIIBelfast may well remember
When tyrants in their splendour,
In all their pomp and grandeur,
They hoist them on a car;
While cavalry were prancing
And infantry advancing
And glittering armour glancing,
All in the pomp of war.IIIThey were of good behaviour,
No heroes eer were braver,
But a perjured base deceiver.
He swore their lives away
For the sake of golden store
This villain falsely swore
And the crime we now deplore(continues on next page)- Collector
- Bridie Mc Kenna
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr James Mc Kenna
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Tamlat, Co. Monaghan