School: Ballyporeen (roll number 15134)
- Location:
- Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: L. Ó Conchubhair
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“The following song was written by Father Sheehy a native of Ballyporeen.”
(continued from previous page)And young and old are coming down
Despite the rain from Barr-na-habhann
From distant Galtees and Skeheen
To early Mass in Ballyporeen.
III
The Angelus is ringing now
The farmer halts behind his plough
FInds time to breathe as he turns the sod
A prayer to Mary and to God
They're saying the Rosary today
For Erin's exiles far far away
For manys the son and fair coleen
Have wandered far from Ballyporeen.
IV
That hallowed spot I long to see
Where brave men fought for liberty
And where they drilled and prepared for fight.In sleety rain and black of night
No wonder then my steps would turn
Or in my heart a love would burn
For those towering Galtees and Skeheen
And my dear old home in Ballyporeen.
- Informant
- Father Sheehy
- Gender
- Male