School: Coratillon
- Location:
- Corratillan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Michael O' Beirn
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0966, Page 265
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- (continued from previous page)And tempted lately a
wealthy bailiff to seize
our chapel in Swanlinbar.Had you been there on that
Friday morning on the
12th of August and the night
before,When Grania's sons they
were all assembled from
Lisnaska to Ballinamore.Prepare, my boys at a
moments warning, let you be
guided by the morning star,
Now is the time to repulse the stranger and save our chapel in Swanlinbar,From Leitrims's Mountains they came in thousands, from Cavan's hills and Fermanagh gay,Where are the off-spring of
Martin Luther who dare oppose
us or our church to-day,When those heroes were all assembled and arranged in
order by sept and clan,
I heard one chieftain say to
another , where are our brothers(continues on next page)
