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School: Gort an Iubhair

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Gortanure, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Fiachra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0242, Page 107

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0242, Page 107

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  1. Ballads - 1916 (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    did die.
    Wickow gave us Michael Dwyer in the days now gone by
    Dublin gave us Padraig Pearse
    MacBride from Mayo came
    America gave us De Valera the leader of Sinn Fein
    To lead the boys from Kerry
    To lead the boys from Clare
    From Dublin, Wicklow, Donegal and the boys from old Kildare
    The boys from the land beyond the sea
    From Boston and New York
    With the boys from the County Cork
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  2. Ballads - The Poor Irish Boy

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    Driven from home from the land of old Erin
    My parents are dead I was their one joy
    Not one bright ray through the dark clouds appearing
    O' God help me now I'm a poor friendless boy.
    The black famine came and our crops they were blighted
    The poor starving family no one could employ
    (continues on next page)
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Phillips
    Gender
    Male