School: An Mhainistir, Cara Droma Ruisc (roll number 14770)
- Location:
- Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim / Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An Bráthair Eoghan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 073
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- (continued from previous page)To rest some days and pay secure.Gilheaney seemed well satisfied
and bid good morning to his guide.
But, when he reached the distant place
A yeoman stared him in the face
And uttered out in tones severe
"Damn Papish dog! what brought you here."A rebele you were in the past
But now your doomed in sealed at last.
Bob Ferguson it is my name
And I don't think it sin or shame
A croppy dog like you to swing
"Who proved a traitor to his king".Gilheaney then spoke up and said
"I see too late I am betrayed.
Although your worst I do not fear
Curse on the man that sent me here.(continues on next page)
