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1. A Rhyme by Poet Higgins

   

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   Dear sir, you know of '98,
   At sundry times I head you treat
   Of battles that were lost lost and 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 strike
   For freedom, with his good long pike
   And when he was obliged to yield,
   And quit the sanguine battle-field,
   The said pile, he, on his shoulder bore,
   And took his way for 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 conveyed him thence,
   To Mr Nicholl's residence,
   Where Catholics, and not a few,
   Protection sought and got it too
   From the good master of the place,
   Which added lustre to his race
   But then, O'Hara, you may guess,

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Charles J. Bohan

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Thomas Bohan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drumgownagh, Co. Leitrim