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School: Granard (B.) (Muire Gan Smál) (roll number 13963)

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Granard, Co. Longford
Teacher:
León Mac Craith
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    Local Poets (continued)
    A girding tribute was laid on
    Which if not paid upon the man
    Your sentance was from thense begone
    You shall not dwell upon the land
    The imposition of wrach-rents
    Made orphans cry for want of bread
    And filled the ships with emigrants
    And filled the cemetries with dead
    For many a dreary year
    This siege went on without a truce
    And many a flood of blood and tears
    Throughout this "Isle" it did produce
    At last we've found the man
    Who made the tyrants tremble, rank and file
    And clipped the crowbar brigade
    And fired you in your native soil
    Peace to the shades of those who fell
    Who bore the test of bar and cell
    And cruelty for justice sake
    Written by Victor Holohan Std VII
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Victor Holohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford