School: Anglesboro (C.), Baile Mhistéala (roll number 10263)

Location:
Anglesborough, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhonnchadha
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  1. Hurray: they come, brave Galtee men the village people cried.
    As into Ballylanders the mountain men they hied;
    They marched into the village street and faced down Clifford Lloyd
    With Willie Condon at their head,
    The Galtee Mountain Pride.
    II
    But, hark! a wall of bayonets await those heroes bold
    The Land League days were dark, my boys
    With coercion hard and cold:
    But the mountain men they knew no fear
    (continues on next page)
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      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
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