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School: Ros Cré (B.) (roll number 1594)

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Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
D. Nash
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0548, Page 203

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    What e'er him might befall,
    Into the scoundrels body,
    He sent a rifle ball
    He gave to him the first one,
    Which pierced him through the heart,
    He gave to him the second,
    Before he did depart.
    Which sent him down upon the ground,
    All in his crimson gore,
    Never more to rise or tyranise,
    The lands of Ballaghmore.
    There were coroners and magistrates,
    And gentlemen I'm told,
    And over his dead body,
    An inquest they did hold.
    No blood money could they produce,
    No life could they swear in,
    And from different parts of Ireland,
    Came a band of Orangemen.
    Farewell unto
    Likewise the shamrock shore,
    (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. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    3. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seamus Dynan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Cahill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Railway View, Co. Tipperary