School: Tír-Dhá-Ghlas (Terryglass)
- Location:
- Terryglass, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó Gliasáin
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- (continued from previous page)Nine wounds he did receive
Before he scorned to yield.He lost his trigger finger,
Shot off by a ball.
So Willie and his comrades
were taken after all.Farewell to my dear wife,
And to my children three!
Farewell to my aged parents!
Who shed tears of grief for me.
Mr Carroll, m Rody Kennedy, Lacken, Carrigahirog
Birr, About 60. Blacksmith. Native of parish. Heard song from parents when a boy - Willie Brennan was a robber,
As I hear people say.
He never robbed the poor man
Upon the king's highway.One night he met a packman
By name of Pedlar Bawn.
They travelled on together,(continues on next page)- Informant
- John Heenan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Shoemaker
- Address
- Crossanagh, Co. Tipperary