School: St Egney's (C.), Buncrana

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Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Ellen Daly
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  1. Poem - Hegarty's Rock
    Would you know the story of Hegarty's Rock
    That stands out there amid the shock
    Of the Swilly's waves
    Where the wild wind raves,
    And the sea is plumed with tossing mane,
    As of steed repelled and urged again?
    2
    Do you start when you see the red at its base
    That is but the blush of the great sun's face?
    But the blood tint so,
    Long, long ago,
    Crimsoned the waters round Hegarty's Rock
    When the troopers sword God's annointed struck.
    3
    Ah, sad is the tale that is here to tell,
    Of priest, and trooper, and traitor as well -
    A traitor found
    On Irish ground
    To sell for a price, as Christ was sold,
    The soggarth's life for a sum of gold!
    4
    The time felt the scourge of the Penal laws,
    And death was reward for the true to the cause;
    For then outlawed
    Our country and God.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    William Roddy
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Editor