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School: Cluain (C.) (roll number 15443)

Location:
Cloone, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bean Uí Sholamháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0222, Page 124

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  1. The Heroes of Cloone

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    Hurrah for the land where the Shamrock is green,
    Hurrah for the land where fair maidens are seen,
    The hills of Old Breffni fore'er may they be,
    The nurse of the Fair and the home of the Free.
    The Lords of Old Breffni were valiant and proud,
    By dangers undaunted, by foemen uncowed,
    Shall we, their descendants, surrender like slaves
    While landlords and peelers exult o'er their graves.
    The chieftains of Breffni, right keen were their blades,
    And bright were the plumes of their flashing cockades,
    Thy cliffs, Slieve-an-Erin, have echoed their cheers,
    While the blood of the Saxon was red on their spears.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Keegan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curraun, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Brigid Keegan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    59
    Address
    Curraun, Co. Leitrim