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School: Oldcastle (C.) (roll number 12489)

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Oldcastle, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire D. Ní Nialláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0715, Page 525

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  1. The Murder of Brian Cumisky (continued)

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    They proved his over-throw.
    For if he was unmannerly
    Or following wicked ways
    He would not be cut off so
    In the morning of his days.
    No monument can show how mournful or sad
    We beseech the Lord Almighty to show the mercy great
    To the soul of the departed
    In the year of sixty eight.
    On February the seventeenth
    When it was evening late
    Those cowards lay in ambush
    Convenient to his gate.
    Poor Brian went out as usual
    With cattle to the Spring
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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