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1. Sir John Bourke of Brittas Castle (continued)

   

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   When on the mountain top or glen
   On Altars rude the Mass was said.
   'Twas then Sir John defied the law,
   It's bloody threats he put at naught.
   And to Brittas Castle, Mass to say
   A holy priest he bravely brought.
   O brave Sir John,
   The days are gone
   The terror reign you knew,
   But in freedom's light
   Now shining bright
   Limerick remembers you.
   III
   But for the brave deed that he'd done
   The grand Sir John was forced to fly,
   He escaped, but was betrayed
   His trial was all a mock, a lie.
   They said he had defied the law,
   Of treason guilty he had been.
   And to satisfy their hate
   They hanged him on the Gallow's Green.
   O brave Sir John
   When years roll on,
   May your memory brighter grow.
   May every Gael in Inishfail
   Your hero history know.

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   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. filíocht
         1. filíocht na ndaoine (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Norah M. Connolly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   An Tuath, Co. Luimnigh