School: Clochar na Trócaire, Drangan (roll number 7232)
- Location:
- Drangan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Gráinne
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 242
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- 'Tis Autumn, 1798. A dark pall of sorrow hung over the land. The blood of its best and bravest drenched many a hillside, while gibbet and convict ship groaned 'neath their loads of human sacrifice. Hopes of foreign aid, which hitherto had buoyed up many a patriotic breast, were killed at Ballinamuck where the gallant Humbert was captured; while those who rallied to the blaze on Slievenamon were fugitives amongst the caverns of the Comeraghs, with the head of poor Norton grinning(continues on next page)
