School: Baile Glas (Meastha), An Bhlárna (roll number 10930)
- Location:
- Ballyglass, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máiréad, Bean Uí Bhuachalla
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- (continued from previous page)With masks and blackened faces dressed in a cowhouse stall
They made straight for the schoolhouse for the Farmer's Union Ball.
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Their leader then stepped forward and tightly gripped the door,
And sent a young man marching up through the schoolhouse floor
He shook his humpty shoulders and then we heard a shout,
"I bare orders from the captain - just five minutes all clear out"
"What (with) orders" cried young Downey
"We want no bombast here,"
"Do you think your masks and shot guns will fill our hearts with fear.
You know I must keep order, give up your shouting brawl
And clear outside the schoolhouse(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Sheehan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyglass, Co. Cork
- Informant
- John Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Parkina Cross Roads, Co. Cork