School: Cnoc na Manach, An Mhainistir Bhán, Cionn tSáile (roll number 1391)

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1. Johnny Maher (continued)

   

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   For fear of a treason I'll not speak very high For all those damn bobbies they're always so witty When they hear something wrong they would feel very proud May the green Virgin's Isle o'er the country that bore me That seems to be trodden by the foot of the slave And between a small heap of the earth that pressed o'er me Till bold Johnny Maher lies cold in his grave

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2. Johnny Maher

   

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   Johnny Maher lived near Carrigaline. He was a very strong man. He used to wear a white flannel coat. He used come across to Minane Bridge every day and go into the marsh and run around it until the fit was gone. One day he went to Ringabella and started running in one of the fields. There was a river running in that field. There was another man living there named Sisk and he was very strong. Johnny Maher was crossing the river and Sisk caught him and pulled him into the river until he got over the fit. In the Summer time

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