School: Ardlow
- Location:
- Ardlow, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: S. Mac Síomain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1004, Page 094
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“This poem was composed about the year 1827 about Daniel O'Connell.”
(continued from previous page)I hope and I trust we'll put tyranny down
And may those usurpers decline and diminish
And Catholics flourish in country and town.
All spies and woolcombers must quit this fair nation
At last from Moynalty these reptiles must flee,
Since Mick lost his ears in the gloomy plantation
I'd have you beware of the boys that go free.
- Catholic Emancipation 2 Sept 1938
The following verses were composed by the poet - on the event of Catholic Emancipation and were sung by the people at wedding, wakes and other social gatherings from 1830 to 1845.
You patriots of this fair isle
That long has bore the penal chain,
In spite of tyrants base and vile
Our long lost nights we will regain.
When we'll obtain an equal share
In friendship we will all agree;
The claims we seek are just and fair
Happy homes and altars free.Our noble friends are all combined
To free us from the grinding laws;
They weighed the balance in their mind(continues on next page) - Collector
- John Fitzsimmons
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardlow, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Michael Meenagh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 64
- Address
- Baile an tSléibhe, Co. na Mí
