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School: Gurrane (C.) (roll number 14840)

Location:
Clondrohid, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Shéaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0326, Page 347

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  1. A Ballad - The Clondrohid Footballers

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    Onward Clondrohid the hour is approaching
    The trumpet of battle rings and in the air
    No craven fears on our hearts encroaching
    Each man is ready to do and to dare
    On then the blue and gold
    Each heart is true and bold
    Which wears the bright sheen of Clondrohid
    And when the game is o'er
    Victory is ours once more
    Onward Clondrohid
    On On to the fray.
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  2. Olden Times

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    Long ago the people had no boots and all boys and girls would be barefoot for their Confirmation day. The old people had some kind of shoe called pilks shoes. There was a man named John Murray and he walked from Ballyvourney to Cove and got a pair of pilks boots. Then he went to America from there and the suit he had was all homemade by his mother. The food he
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Creed
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrigaphooca, Co. Cork