School: Uragh (C.)
- Location:
- Uragh, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: E. Mc Caffrey
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He consecrated seven hundred Bishops
Drove snakes and serpents from our Sainted Isle
He told his people that his Church would suffer
More persecution till the end of time
V
It came to pass as the Saint predicted
And Satan's power as we are told
Has lately tempted an earthly tyrant
To toss our Chapel in Swanlinbar
VI
Had you been there on that Friday morning
On the 10th of August or the night before
When old Grania's sons were all alarmed
From Lisnaskea on to Ballinamore
VII
Arise my boys with one moments warning
You will be guided by the morning star
How is the time to repulse the tyrant
And save your Chapel in Swanlinbar
VIII
From the Leitrim mountains they flocked in thousands
From Cavans' hills and Fermanagh's plains
Saying ''Where is the offspring of Martin Luther
That dare oppose our Church this day?''
IX
As these Milesians were all completed
And lined in order in Septs and Clans(continues on next page)