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School: Scoil na gCeithre Máighistrí, Dún na nGall (roll number 14247)

Location:
Copany, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cathal Mag Fhionntaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1035, Page 315

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  1. A Song

    “You friends of truth and justice”

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    I
    You friends of truth and justice
    Throughout green Erins Isle
    I humbly crave attention
    And ask you for a while,
    Through Christian zeal and fervency
    To join my mournful wail
    For the loss of Micheal Herrighty
    Who died in Lifford gail.
    II
    For the murder of Lord Leitrim
    One sunny April morning
    From house and home and kith and kin
    He ruthlessly was torn
    And mere suspicion of the crime
    By which it is confessed.
    He was as guiltless as a newborn babe
    Upon its mother’s breast.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Adhamhnan Mag Fhionntaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Informant
    Jerry Boyce
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donegal, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Tom Travers
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 60
    Address
    Drumadoney, Co. Donegal