School: Áth na gClaidheamh (roll number 10537)
- Location:
- Annagleve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Mac Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0937, Page 291
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“On the eight day of April the year seventeen, ¶ The return from Doohamlit of the Ennisals so green”
(continued from previous page)When a wee boy like that shall my laurels subdue,
I would not for money that goal it was scored,
And after this match I will play here no more,
Here is a health to wee Blackhill they seem to be great.
Not one of their fifteen can hardly be late,
If they keep on winning they soon will be at the top,
At the end of the season they will bring home the cup.
This song was composed in the year 1917 by John Jones of Derryisland when he was cutting turf in a bog on a long summer day, and it concerns the victories of the Blackhill team.
- Collector
- Benny Conlon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Sheetrim, Co. Monaghan