School: Achadh Bolg (roll number 3588)
- Location:
- Aghabullogue, Co. Cork
- Teacher: (name not given)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0343, Page 370
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Achadh Bolg
- XML Page 370
- XML “Local Songs - The Hurling Match in Aid of Aghabulloge School”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)I gaily paid eight-pence in aid of the school.
11
The first in the cards were the Reds and the Barrs,
This match was onesided and played rather cool.
For the Reds they ran through those lads wearing blue,
And are on for the final in aid of the school.
Then our own seventeen dressed white and green,
Next crossed their commands with the lads from Blackpool.
They all kept their places and hurled like blazes,
And made themselves winners in aid of the school.
111
At the goal stood Den Healy who hurled so gaily,
At midfield Dan Maurice who whipped it so cool.
Patcha and Billy were racing like devils,
And showed them some science which they ne'er saw at school.
Mick Moynihan was famous(continues on next page)
