School: Coillte Craobhacha, Drumlish (roll number 15108)

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1. Ballinamuck (continued)

   

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   Was settled - not at all,
   But hopes that buoyed up Gaul and Celt,
   There got a sad, sad fall.
   III
   The French and Irish hand in hand,
   Fought heroically and well;
   And freely died our land to save;
   Ere they that land would sell.
   IV
   There General Blake died at the stake,
   As also died Magee,
   And fields were dyed with Celtic blood
   To set old Ireland free.
   V
   Bedeck the graves and holy mounds
   That on your hill are seen,
   Raise a monument fitting there
   To keep their memory green.
   VI
   The ploughshare and the peasant boy
   Do daily meet the bones
   Of those who died and felt a pride
   To sleep beneath your stones.
   VII
   Oh, Ballinamuck, Oh, Ballinamuck,
   Respond to duty's call;
   The voice comes from your fathers; tombs,

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Ward

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kiltycreevagh, Co. Longford

   Informant

   Patrick Ward

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 60

   Address

   Kiltycreevagh, Co. Longford