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School: Gort an Iubhair

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Gortanure, Co. Roscommon
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Donncha Ó Fiachra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0242, Page 099

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    By the heartless tyrant's band,
    Though far away we think and pray,
    For poor old Ireland.
    ___________
    Let other countries boast of wealth,
    And more of warriors bold;
    And others too whose sceneries are lovely to behold,
    Give to me those verdant dales,
    Those lakes and rivers grand,
    And true men brave who died to save,
    Poor sainted Ireland.
    ___________
    Ireland my sireland,
    How oft I mourn for thee,
    And watch the time when you shall rise,
    A nation proud and free.
    Iron doors shall be unchained splite ["spite" interlined with carat] of the tyrant band,
    And thy lost right shall be regained,
    In poor old Ireland
    ___________
    This ballad was got from Mrs Grady Cashelduff aged seventy years. It was a popular in her youth.
    ___________
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Informant
    Mrs Grady
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Cashelduff, Co. Mayo