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School: Cluaineach (C.) (roll number 11774)

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Coolrawer, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chlaimhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0349

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    “The walls are bound with ivy green,”

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    The walls are bound with ivy green,
    Round streams, round cemeteries
    Where Michael Davitt's relics lie
    beneath the church yard tree.
    A brilliant states-man's eyes are closed.
    Ans a nation still and woe.
    Poor Ireland's dearest friend is gone
    Great Davitt of Mayo
    His Parents were evicted
    When he was but a boy
    Evicted from the house he loved.
    That the landlords did destroy
    When he kelt beside the ruined walls,
    Where the tyrant still lay low
    and vowed he'd die for the land he loved.
    Poor Davitt of Mayo
    A youthful vow he never broke
    While to man-hood years he grew
    (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
    Evelyn Mc Nulty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cully, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr Martin Cahill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Cully, Co. Sligo