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School: Templeglantine (B.) (roll number 2359)

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Templeglentan, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Maitiú Ó Duilleáin
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  1. The Meelin Grabbers

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    I
    Come all you Irish Fenians
    Your guns and sabres gleaming
    Come draw your swords for freedom
    At captain moonlights call.
    II
    There valiant and there daring
    There non but of the bravest
    No one should prove a tratior
    But proudly hold the field.
    III
    With air and admiration
    With joy and exultation
    I'll sing for you a verse or two
    Of what Irish men can do.
    IV
    It been on Sunday evening
    Convenient to policemen
    When a raid was made
    on Meelin
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. people
        1. secret societies (~18)
    3. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Riordan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Templeglentan, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Richard Hartnett
    Gender
    Male