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School: Drumgownagh

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Drumgownagh, Co. Leitrim
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Dominic Ó Huiginn
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  1. A Rhyme by Poet Higgins (continued)

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    The spot on which O'Hara stood,
    Had been surrounded by a wood,
    Into which beneath the boughs
    He got unharmed by his foes,
    And closely as he was pursued
    The godless pack he did alude,
    Their fruitless search they ne'er gave o'er
    Till he was safe at Ballinamore,
    There long he lived, and oft did tell,
    How he escaped, and Isaac fell.
    Note:- The Nicholl's were a Protestant family living in Rossan. They were good Protestants and were always in good friends with their Catholic neighbours.
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  2. A Rhyme by Poet Higgins

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    Dear Sir, I am about to tell,
    A very candid story now,
    Too long it did in darkness dwell,
    Which chroniclers should not allow,
    Drumcollop, I must let you know,
    Convenient lies to Mohill town,
    And for good poteen long ago,
    It was a place of great renown.
    (continues on next page)
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