School: Cill Fhíonáin (B.) (roll number 15992)
- Location:
- Kilfinane, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0510, Page 203
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- I
Of all the teams in the County there is none of them all
A match for the Stakers in striking the ball
For freely they'd give if the County should call
Their lives for the cause of Old Erin.
Chorus
For they are the boys who can strike up the ball
And are ready and willing to meet any call
No team in the country can compete at all
With the rattling gay boys of the Stakers
II
The blood of Old Staker it flows in their veins
Of his death fresh and green in their minds it remains
If you listen awhile I will mention the names
Of a few in this team now so famous
(Chorus)
III
Brave Thomas O'Connor our captain I mean
Surrounded by twenty brave men of his team
Dressed up in their beautiful jerseys so green
With the harp and the shamrock of (Eirn) Erin
(Chorus)
IV
The Leahys and Stantons are good boys to be sure(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Edmond Burke
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Darranstown, Co. Limerick
