School: Páirc an Iarla (roll number 9303)
- Location:
- Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0273, Page 093
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A Song
“Widthe dare, did he dare.”
1
Did they dare, did they dare,
To slay Owen Roe O'Neil,
"Yell the slew with poison him"
"They feared to meet with steel".
May God wither up their hearts,
May their blood cease to flow,
May they walk in living death,
Who poisoned Owen Roe.
11
Tho' it breaks my heart to hear,
Say again the bitter words from Derry against Cromwell,
He marched to measure swords,
But the weapons of the Sasanach,
Met him on the way,
He died at Clock Uacter
Upon St. Lenard's day.
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Wail, Wail, ye for the mighty one.
Wail, Wail, ye for the dead,
Quench the heart and hold the breath,
With ashes through the head,
How tenderly we loved him,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Anne Killeen
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon