School: Drumshanbo (roll number 16846)

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   Dear Sir, you know of ninety eight
   At Sunday times I heard you treat
   Of battles that was lost and gained
   And how the soil with gore was gained
   Perhaps you heard the story told
   Of Jack O Hara brisk and bold
   Who did such gallantry display
   In Ballinamuck the battle day
   There like famed Hector he did strik
   For freedom, with his good long pike
   And when he was obliged to yield
   And quit the sanguine battle field
   Said pike he on his shoulder bore
   And took his way to Ballinamore
   But with a nimble sturdy gait
   He did proceed on his retreat
   Until he was three miles away
   From where the field of carnage lay
   Then out of danger as he thought
   But there alas he had been caught
   By yeomen who convey him tence
   To Mr Nichool's residence

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Annie Duffy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Pat Higgins

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Clooncose, Co. Leitrim