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School: Caisleán Mathúna (B) (roll number 16202)

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Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
T. Ó Hárdaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0944, Page 122

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    In Flanders, France and Servia from Seine to Danube's shores,
    Brave were the deeds, unwritten still, of boys we'll see no more,
    'Mongst five times twenty-thousand men, the pick of Erin's sons,
    Who went to fight and help to win 'gainst Germans wrecking Huns,
    How few returned with due reward their valour to repay,
    But Thomas Hughes, of Corravoo V.C. is here to-day,
    A Farney man, whose noble deed upholds our County's pride,
    Who saved his comrades, took the gun and stemmed the battleside,
    And changed what might have been a rout in blood stained
    He ranked with bravest of the brave, the Connaught Rangers
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francis Mc Quade
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Dr Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan