School: Gaigue (B.), Ballinamuck (roll number 13305)

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1. Tom Gilheany (continued)

   

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   To see how yeomen reeled and ran
   Was balsm for any Irish man.
   Besides the bands conjointly played
   In thundering strains "the White Cockade"
   The good old cause we must confess
   Thus far proceeded with success
   And brilliant was Gilheaneys luck
   Till he arrived at Ballinamuck
   And by reverse of fortune there
   He had to fly in wild despair.
   Over hill and vale and mead and more
   His life not for one moment sure
   That night beneath a hedge he lay
   Until it was approaching day.
   Then stepping forward at the dawn
   He met a man called Shuffling Shawn.
   To whom he did communicate
   His sore distress a hapless fate.
   And that he did not his break his fast.
   For eight and forty hours past
   Shawn brought him to his cosy cot.
   And for him good refreshment got
   Which pleased the refugee so well
   He did his whole adventure tell
   He studied to himself a while
   And then he uttered with a smile
   I have some money here to spare

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael Connolly

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   John Duffy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Leitir Cuilinn, Co. an Longfoirt