School: Fearglass (roll number 15616)
- Location:
- Fearglass South, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0222, Page 466
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- (continued from previous page)You never heard such music as they beat upon his head
V
"His skull they burst & battered, his arms they broke then I think we will and drown him too" said Rory to his men
I was to drain both wide and deep it's there they threw him smart
And if you heard his dying moans it would delight your heart
VI
"Those two men now" says Rory "we are sorry for to kill. Only dreading prosecution, their blood we'd never spill. That is his clerk and driver, they met untimely fate. But for to give them warning, boys, alas! It was too late.
VII
And when the news reached hell, that Clements he was dead
The master devil to his imps those words he quickly said
Lucifer he gave orders for to thrash him he made them get their fails
VIII
As soon as Clements interred hell, they tied him to a wall
And there is not a stroke they gave him but you'd(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Kelleher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tooman, Co. Leitrim
