School: Doohamlet
- Location:
- Dúthamhlacht, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: P. Mac an Bháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0936, Page 316
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- (continued from previous page)Our gallant sons of Erin, come listen for a while
To I sing for you the praises of the boys of Erin's Isle
They feared no death or danger, but they always presevered
These are boys we have got in our Irish Volunteer.
II
"Hurah for the president the champion from Spain
They organized all Ireland every man in old Shein-Fein,
But the British sent their soldiers to shoot them, every man.
But they conquered both the Soldiers and the orange Black-and-Tans.
III
Young Keenan from Doohamlet, they ran him off one day,
They ran him with their bicycles, three miles from Ballybay.
When they got him in the barracks they tortured him severe,
They said he was a rebel and a leading
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