School: St Canice's, Aghaboe (roll number 16939)
- Location:
- Aghaboe, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Aine Ní Dhubhlaoigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0829, Page 345
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- In the dark days of October
In the year nineteen fifteen,
Twelve thousand gaels assembled,
On the Croke memorial green.
Twelve thousand gaels assembled,
In their native hurling ground,
The day that Ballygeehan
Levelled Cork wall to the ground
* * *
The coin was spun,
The Redmonds won
The ball was set to roll
The Redmonds came upon the green
And bombarded Leix's goal,
But Paddy Ryan defended well
He feared not shot nor shell
And what is worth between the goal(continues on next page)
