School: Baile an Gharrdha (B.) (roll number 13210)
- Location:
- Ballingarry, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás Lotrail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0563, Page 124
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Ballad - Langley of the Iron Hand (continued)
“One often hears by the fireside in Ballingarry the story of Langley of the Iron Hand who fought with Cromwell at Clonmel.”
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And what a wondrous change took place
when of his limb herself
He found whew thinking o'er his ease
His right hand was the left
Vii
The furious foe, in joyous glee
The bleeding hero scammed
And bade him then in ivory
to get an iron hand
viii
But Lawyley with his sabre bright
Struck at the boasting doud
to crown the labours of his fight
He cut him through the crown.
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His iron hand hence forth he wore
His various works to settle
Then proving thew just as before
Himself a maw of mettle.