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School: Baile Meadhonach (roll number 10675)

Location:
Ballymanagh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Micheal Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036, Page 0019

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    You Irish men and women its on
    you now I call for my liberation
    I thank you one and all.
    Patrick Finnegan is my name.
    My age is thirty three.
    Thank God and the Blessed Virgin from the scaffold I am free.
    It was in the Co Galway I was
    reared most tenderly.
    Convenient to Craughwell as you
    may plainly see.
    I never injured any man I knew
    in all my life.
    And for the shooting of Peter Doherty
    I never did the crime.
    [2]
    The night that Doherty was shot
    I was lying in my bed.
    Although his sister she had sworn
    I was benkind the hedge.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Dolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carnanthomas, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Stephen Donohoe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Roo, Co. Galway