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School: An Ghráinseach

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Gransha More, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
E. Nic Uaid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0946, Page 016

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  1. The Burning of Roslea

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    One fine Monday morning about eight o'clock,
    The B. men of Roslea they got a great shock.
    When Lester was popped, boys, they made no delay
    But sent out despaches, Right -To-Rib-I -Aye.
    Says Wig, we will wire over to all Orange halls
    And gather up A men, and B. men, and all,
    From Coonian and Ballagh, and that unto Croom
    With Inver and Shanroe and the robbers from Drum
    They all marched in sections to the town of Roslea
    All chanting the war-cry Right -To-Rib-I -Aye.
    The Clough boys assembled outside the Church gate.
    They seemed in a hurry for fear they'd be late,
    The head of those B. men says "What will we say
    If we met with the rebels"? Right -To-Rib-I -Aye.
    In the centre of the town te work did begin
    To see them burn houses, you'd think it a sin,
    They pillaged and looted and carried away
    The stuff of poor Catholics, Right -To-Rib-I -Aye.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
        1. fires (~306)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Ginnity
    Gender
    Female