School: Gortermone
- Location:
- Gortermone, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Mrs A. O' Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0229, Page 285
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“You catholics both young and old, I hope you will attend.”
(continued from previous page)did begin.
And like a lion with all his might, the doors he did break in.
While young and old did loudly cry.
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Alas what will we do, the Holy Temple of Our Lord we are forsed to bid adue.
We could make no resistanse against this tyrant crew.
But as we were with sticks and stones we surely would them face,
But all our loving Clergy Men, told us to keep the pease.
Only for our Clergy men we would show them what we could do.
We had the boys of Ballinamuck, Drumlish and Newtown too.
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The Grannard boys that n'ere grew slack and Longford stout and bold,
But this tyrant cripple he n'ere could be controlled.
But let him look upon the days that surely is to come,
All his wicked actions upon this earth he need not think to shun,
You my Fathers House of Prayer(continues on next page)