School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camros, Co. Laoise
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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- Composed by Dannie Doolin (Poet) of Castletown, Mountrath.The Plains of Aghaboe – (Achadh Dá Bhó)
In aice le baile Máighe Móise.
beurla Shosana - Rushall)Come all ye Irish landlords and fox hunters likewise
I hope you’ll pay attention and take a good advice
I hope you’ll pay attention while I in grief & woe
Relates how I was conquered on the plains of Aghaboe.II
It happened on a Saturday the 28th of May
The sheriff with his bailiffs came forward on that day.
Likewise came soldiers and police
With magistrates also
For to drive Miss Dolin’s cattle from the plains of Aghaboe.III
The people came in thousands the women led the van
Just as before in days of yore thy swept the Dutchman’s clan
From Limericks walls into the forest they swept the foreign foe
And now again had conquered on the plains of Aghaboe.(continues on next page)