School: St Columba's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eoghan Ua Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 120
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“Twas on a dewy summer's night, it hounds my recollection still”
(continued from previous page)His head from off his body fell
They cheered and waved their bloody swords
When they had done the work of hellVI
In former times such laws were known
To be a Catholic it was death
But here in dear old Innishowen
Men suffered hard to hold the faith
But still with all their cruel laws
That hurt and bleed our country's core
In faith in God's eternal cause
We only love her all the more.Colm Mc Laughlin
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“There is a flat stone in a place called the Green Hill.”
There is a flat stone in a place called the Green Hill. There is the shape of a mans head cut out in the two sides of it. It is about a yard long and a foot broad. One day the Fianna were out training and one of them threw the stone from the(continues on next page) - Collector
- Charles Campbell
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Willie Mc Laughlin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carryleny, Co. Donegal