School: Gort Leitreach (roll number 15960)
- Location:
- Gort Leitreach, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Cionnaith
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0214, Page 381
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- (continued from previous page)That common harbinger of woe.
The procession did appear
Compassed with hobbies front and rear
In close and compact columns these were led
By snubs and C.P.Y.
To have the works of evil done
Before the setting of the sun
Because the law, God Bless the Mark!
Forbids such business after dark
I saw them fell besiegers now
With fury pictured on each brow
And sabers fixed in battle style
Advancing forward rank and file
Their steady independent gait
Showed power and discipline great
5th
And in discharge of their foul mission
They disregarded oppression
But their conjectures were not sound
As hills and glens did all resound
With shouts and cheers denoting then
The near approach of land league men
I soon beheld from where I stood
A sight extremely grand and good
The land league force was come in view
And in hot haste advancing too.
Encounter their ungodly foes(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Patrick Higgins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cluain Cuas, Co. Liatroma
